#481

More serious answer: still dunno, but think “coming of age films” reflect the time they are made and set probably more than any genre, so yeah it’s potentially a shortcoming of all of them

#482

Yes I am. Enjoyed it a great deal - there isn’t a single camera shot that hasn’t been designed to stand alone as a great image.

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#483
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#484

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/p07y2frq

Did we know this was a thing

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#485
#486

Joint Security Area - One of the best South Korean films. Highly recommended.

The Hunt - Can’t remember if I posted about this. The politics of it are a bit confused but there is some fun stuff in there. Unfortunately it’s all a bit cheap and awkwardly strung together. That said there is an extremely well choreographed fight at the end, which isn’t unlike The Raid films.

#487

Ooooh

#488

Turns out we did!

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#489

I was really close to paying to rent Vertigo on the PlayStation store thingy, and then I saw it’s come on Netflix today. Huzzah.

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#490

And so has Psycho…oh wait it’s the remake ffs

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#491

Haha, that got me too!

(though I would be interested in seeing the remake, purely out of curiosity)

#492

I watched Greener Grass the other day. Anyone seen it?

I thought it was genuinely incredible and fell in love with it. Written and directed by Jocelyn DeBoer, who was the wife in Thunder Road (and also stars Jim Cummings and has similar humour).

It’s been called “David Lynch meets Desperate Housewives”, and it’s a pretty perfect summary.

#493

I watched That Thing You Do (1996). File under: films that definitely didn’t need to be 2 1/2 hours long.

#494

That’s the extended cut apparently, maybe the original 108 minute version is better!

#495

I know Gus Van Sant was a hot property after Good Will Hunting but doing a shot-for-shot remake of Psycho has to rank as one of the most baffling film choices ever.

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#496

Monos was properly brilliant, loved it.

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#497

Water Lilies was just heartbreaking.

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#498

For those living in London, London Live show some pretty good British films from yesteryear each day at 1pm.

Worth a look into. Some very good hidden gems there.

#499

If you needed further proof that Richard Curtis is an awful man

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#500

Damn, he really is Conner4Real in claiming credit for everything!