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Watching The Color Purple this week! I might need to push Braveheart, I've been a tad sick, and watching long movies has required in-between naps.

GOING LIVE FRIDAY too - Help me with movies that might have been produced out of the US and outside the scope of the evil AMPTP :)

*Double note* I don't want to give the streamers any of my money during the coming months, so I'm going to be looking to watch movies that you guys might have already purchased. If you're comfortable I've had fans gift me their Vudu logins for occasions like these. Just something to chew on! 

AND WHO SAW BARBIE?

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Adam Doyle

What time for Friday's Live? PST

daniel j brooks

I was going to see Barbie but couldn't say no to Oppenheimer lol. Did you see it yet?

Adam Doyle

I live on the West Coast, so 6:00pm PST works for me, but that might be too late for you guys on the East Coast.

Joe Cross

If you want short and indie you should watch The Full Monty. Such a great lighthearted comedy that still says a lot about economic issues

Paul Cox

Are you sure? SAG-AFTRA captains have specifically requested people NOT boycott the streamers. At least not yet.

matt

Paul Cox is right. The studios will use it against SAG and the WGA, saying that it's just proof that streaming is an unreliable source of revenue. All unions are requesting that people don't cancel their subscriptions unless they legit can't afford them.

Kevin Charley

If you're watching Casino, you should really watch Taxi Driver. Just as far as Martin Scorsese movies go.

Bill W

Casino is ok....it's just soooooo long. =D

Vince

Did the Barbenheimer double feature last Friday, was a great success! Was really lovely to see how excited everyone was, packed screenings, lots of pink everywhere.

Paul Cox

"Help me with movies that might have been produced out of the US and outside the scope of the evil AMPTP :)" Sorry to jump between posts here, as I mentioned Spooky Season planning in the other one, but Dario Argento's 1977 Italian film 'Suspiria' would be cool to see a reaction to. You can save it until October, or you can do it anytime—it's not Halloween-themed, but it is a horror. Another one I love and believe you would too is Wong Kar-wai's 2000 Hong Kong classic 'In the Mood for Love.' A stunner.

Elliot Nesterman

Outside of the US. Hmm. "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" (1964, France) Jacques Demy's gorgeous romance. It was restored some years ago to Demy's original vision of the colors. It is the film that made Catherine Deneuve an international star. Might be a bit problematic to edit, though, as it is sung through. "Sancho the Bailiff" (1954, Japan). Americans always go to Kurosawa (or more recently to Miyazaki), but Kenji Mizoguchi is another world-renowned director, and his "Sancho the Bailiff" is a remarkable film. "Brief Encounter" (1945, UK) Widely regarded as one of the world's great films, it was ranked by the British Film Institute as the second greatest British film of the 20th century (1st place went to "The Third Man"). The combination of Noel Coward's screenplay, David Lean's direction, and Celia Johnson's brilliantly understated performance is breathtaking. "Alexander Nevsky" (1938, USSR) Everyone watches Sergei Eisenstein's silent masterpiece, "Battleship Potemkin," in Cinema 101, but not many Americans take in his later work. His dramatization of the 13th century prince Alexander Nevsky's campaign to repel an invasion of the Teutonic Knights is one of the world's great historical dramas. "Eat the Rich" (1987, UK) A darkly comic, social satire which made a stir in the UK but never bubbled out of the art houses in the US. Great fun all around.

Paul Cox

I only saw Brief Encounter for the first time within the last year and it immediately became a personal favorite.