The Criterion Channel officially launches....TODAY

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I watched two Colombia Noir films today

THE DARK PAST
THE MOB

Movies are short for the most part, restoration on point

 

[FlyRy]

Criterion Channel Is a Streaming Miracle. Here are 25 Movies You Should Watch Now | The Big Picture

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

I've been watching a movie a day for weeks now since this shyt started, I knocked all these out:

Tin Drum
The Comfort of Strangers
Adam Resurrected
Hardcore
Light Sleeper
Patty Hearst
Paris Texas
If...
On The Waterfront
A Taxing Woman

I got Pale Flower on deck which I'm watching tonight. This what's next on my list:

Stalker
The Anderson Tapes
The Italian Job
The Getaway
House
Murder on the Orient Express
Babylon
The American Friend
I actually wanna start War and Peace.
I'll add a few from the Mifune collection, but I've already seen his major works.

what did you think of paris, texas?

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

Criterion Channel Is a Streaming Miracle. Here are 25 Movies You Should Watch Now | The Big Picture

im not trying to listen to 2 hours of podcast is there a list of the movies

 

[FlyRy]

im not trying to listen to 2 hours of podcast is there a list of the movies

I'm sure Sean Fennessey will put a list on his letterboxd tomorrow with all the films mentioned.

Sean Fennessey’s lists

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

what did you think of paris, texas?

I didn't think it was all that great, I know it's regarded as a favorite amongst the Criterion Collection fans but for me it wasn't a good story/cinematography/acting/characters.

 

[HHR]

I watched two Colombia Noir films today

THE DARK PAST
THE MOB

Did you like this one? I just watched it and found it pretty mediocre. But I generally don't care for the "repressed memory"/psycho-therapy branch of noir. Never strikes me as at all realistic.

That said, if you like the home invasion aspect of the story, there are several other noirs I'd recommend in this vein.

He Ran All The Way
Suddenly
Crashout

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

Did you like this one? I just watched it and found it pretty mediocre. But I generally don't care for the "repressed memory"/psycho-therapy branch of noir. Never strikes me as at all realistic.

That said, if you like the home invasion aspect of the story, there are several other noirs I'd recommend in this vein.

He Ran All The Way
Suddenly
Crashout

To be honest it reminded me of those Bugs Bunny cartoons when he would make fun of the gangsters.
I thought the acting was really good, especially for the times and the noir genre. My issue was the ''pay off'' at the end just fell flat, the story took us on this psychological breakdown of the main villain, only for a flat explanation and flat ending. I got a few more noir films to watch today, I'll see what's up.

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

Criterion just announced Bruce Lee: Greatest Hits

BluRay, 7 discs, titles:

THE BIG BOSS (1971)
FIST OF FURY (1972)
THE WAY OF THE DRAGON (1972)
ENTER THE DRAGON (1973)
GAME OF DEATH (1978)

 

[OmegaK2099]

Criterion just announced Bruce Lee: Greatest Hits

BluRay, 7 discs, titles:

THE BIG BOSS (1971)
FIST OF FURY (1972)
THE WAY OF THE DRAGON (1972)
ENTER THE DRAGON (1973)
GAME OF DEATH (1978)

Damn and they just released shout factory editions of his movies

 

[surv2syn]

just subscribed today, put me up on some gems brehs

 

[FlyRy]

just subscribed today, put me up on some gems brehs

Breathless
High and low
Diabolique

 

[HHR]

Breathless
High and low
Diabolical

Don't start with BREATHLESS, that Godard French new wave tip isn't for everyone

 

[HHR]

just subscribed today, put me up on some gems brehs

What kind of movies are you looking for?

Samurai? Foreign? Mysteries? Romances? Silent? Western?

 

[FlyRy]

Don't start with BREATHLESS, that Godard French new wave tip isn't for everyone

I think it was my first Criterion

I don't really fukk with any of Godards other films so you're probably right