#1476

Guessing you all forgot about Terrence Davies…

#1477

But not Dre

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#1478

Oh Theo

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#1479

Gonna watch all the top polled films. Just started with A Matter of Life and Death which I really enjoyed. Signed up for BFI player too. Great thread.

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#1480

WRONG

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#1481

Whats better value for money folks, Mubi or BFI player?

#1482

Mubi has some playback gremlins but also gets me a free ticket to the kino every week (today I’m off to see David copperfield).

Never had bfi player. But happy with mubi.

The 30 day window for each film really helps with the choice paralysis I get with most streaming services.

Summary : dunno

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#1483

mubi’s a bit of a gamble, sometimes you get a whole season of stuff you wont really care about but i guess you can always cancel and come back

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#1484

I would say Mubi. I had BFI for a bit and actually found it quite limited. The player was also rubbish for.me but I have an old laptop so it may not be an issue.

I find Mubi has a really wide range of films, good retrospective and themes and as @Aggpass mentions, the 30 day window gives you extra impetus to watch things.

Mubi also has an archive where you can rent films not showing on the main player

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#1485

Had my first film viewing inspired by this thread - u.s. go home by claire denis. Was excellent and will check out beau travail next. Young Vincent gallo!!

Thanks @old_man_burner for the link

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#1486

Genuinely very surprised that we could think only 35% of the greatest film directors ever have been American.

Then again, only 6 of my 20 were, so idk, maybe lots of people just have their own niches like i do with British 60s/70s kitchen sink films.

#1487

Most of the top 15 is American so it balances out

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#1488

Can’t wait to find out which fourteen come miles behind Michael Bay.

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#1489

There’s someone in the top 10 that is gonna make people seethe and I can’t wait

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#1490

This is v exciting to me

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#1491

Watched Serpico for the first time last night, loved it. There’s something about the sound of films of that era/genre that really appeals to me, but I can’t put my finger on what it is. Probably some kind of vinyl warmth.

A slight negative is that Al Pacino’s hair is so good in it that I find myself looking at that and ignoring everything else. I had the same problem with Robert Redford in The Candidate.

#1492

I mean people just need to get over this issue they have with Spielberg, frankly. The man is untouchable

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#1493

J J Abrams?

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#1494

Tim Burton I reckon

#1495

I think my favourite Abrams will always be the first series of Alias, one of the most addictive things I’ve seen and a genuinely breathtaking final episode. Ending one story arc satisfyingly is hard enough; ending four or five in an hour without it feeling rushed is even harder; and starting a new one with the very last word is off the scale.

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