Clockwork
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I've got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives and several bartenders that depend upon me, and I don't intend to disappoint them all...
The Branchman, Nessa O'Mahony
The Book of Evidence, John Banville
House of Splendid Isolation, Edna O'Brien
The Rage, Gene Kerrigan
Mondo Desperado, Patrick McCabe
The Book of Evidence, John Banville
House of Splendid Isolation, Edna O'Brien
The Rage, Gene Kerrigan
Mondo Desperado, Patrick McCabe
December 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The Branchman, Nessa O'Mahony
The Book of Evidence, John Banville
House of Splendid Isolation, Edna O'Brien
The Rage, Gene Kerrigan
Mondo Desperado, Patrick McCabe
The Book of Evidence, John Banville
House of Splendid Isolation, Edna O'Brien
The Rage, Gene Kerrigan
Mondo Desperado, Patrick McCabe
The glass blowing scene presumably an exception for safety reasons. While not too different from what you might see in a sales pitch on Murano, in the context of the film it captures and holds the viewer's attention with its direct capture of action and expertise.
December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The glass blowing scene presumably an exception for safety reasons. While not too different from what you might see in a sales pitch on Murano, in the context of the film it captures and holds the viewer's attention with its direct capture of action and expertise.
Famously, the performances were given under hypnosis, which aligns with the numbed reactions in the face of unexplainable catastrophe.
December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Famously, the performances were given under hypnosis, which aligns with the numbed reactions in the face of unexplainable catastrophe.
Some of the footage of the natural world feels like it could come from Middle Earth. Primarily shot in Bavaria and Switzerland, but with additional shots taken in Yellowstone, the Viamala canyon, and Skellig Islands.
December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Some of the footage of the natural world feels like it could come from Middle Earth. Primarily shot in Bavaria and Switzerland, but with additional shots taken in Yellowstone, the Viamala canyon, and Skellig Islands.
I wish I had watched it earlier, absolutely fascinating. While the tone here is more fable than allegory, the complete social breakdown in the collapse of an all encompassing combined culture and industry feels relevant.
December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I wish I had watched it earlier, absolutely fascinating. While the tone here is more fable than allegory, the complete social breakdown in the collapse of an all encompassing combined culture and industry feels relevant.
So good. It holds up as a single season plot wise, I think. Hope it gets rediscovered at somepoint.
December 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
So good. It holds up as a single season plot wise, I think. Hope it gets rediscovered at somepoint.
Anyone wants to talk about this movie, DM me, please.
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Anyone wants to talk about this movie, DM me, please.
Love Is The Devil is quite good, I think, need to rewatch. The blurred photography, the Soho bar scenes, and of course Potemkin!
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Love Is The Devil is quite good, I think, need to rewatch. The blurred photography, the Soho bar scenes, and of course Potemkin!
Good movie, love seeing young Robert Loggia in a significant supporting part.
November 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Good movie, love seeing young Robert Loggia in a significant supporting part.
I think I agree, while maybe not being entirely negative. Effective filmmaking on a moment to moment basis, but those are huge, painful, and messy cultural themes being brought up that resolve plot wise in something much simpler.
October 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I think I agree, while maybe not being entirely negative. Effective filmmaking on a moment to moment basis, but those are huge, painful, and messy cultural themes being brought up that resolve plot wise in something much simpler.
I mean, they can still want to die, no?
October 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I mean, they can still want to die, no?
Have you seen Garner in the 1969 'Marlowe'? Was evidently an influence on Rockford Files along with the Maverick TV show (updated to the then present).
September 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Have you seen Garner in the 1969 'Marlowe'? Was evidently an influence on Rockford Files along with the Maverick TV show (updated to the then present).
It's not that really, but 'Wonder Boys'?
September 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It's not that really, but 'Wonder Boys'?
All of the distance of the film collapses onto you watching her grieve, and pretend for a moment she has escaped the ugliness around her.
September 5, 2025 at 5:41 AM
All of the distance of the film collapses onto you watching her grieve, and pretend for a moment she has escaped the ugliness around her.
Her comfort and sense of peace at the book depository never feels false to me. At being both lusted after and respected at the same time, which is so new. And Mirren plays the of how wrong it went so humanly.
September 5, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Her comfort and sense of peace at the book depository never feels false to me. At being both lusted after and respected at the same time, which is so new. And Mirren plays the of how wrong it went so humanly.
It's one of my absolute favorite films. Maybe it's just me, but I find the theatricality and the artifice (which are fantastic) break through to something genuine. I find it deeply romantic, between 'His Wife' and 'Her Lover' as the story moves forward.
September 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
It's one of my absolute favorite films. Maybe it's just me, but I find the theatricality and the artifice (which are fantastic) break through to something genuine. I find it deeply romantic, between 'His Wife' and 'Her Lover' as the story moves forward.
Blood Simple consistently ranks high in my personal Coen's canon for some reason. Beyond that, John Hawkes is always great.
September 3, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Blood Simple consistently ranks high in my personal Coen's canon for some reason. Beyond that, John Hawkes is always great.
Been needing to rewatch.
September 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Been needing to rewatch.
Jesus what a gorgeous fucking movie.
September 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Jesus what a gorgeous fucking movie.
Purely out of curiosity, what to your mind is the best resource for film concepts from that era, RKO I guess?
August 28, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Purely out of curiosity, what to your mind is the best resource for film concepts from that era, RKO I guess?
What do you think of the original?
August 28, 2025 at 6:37 AM
What do you think of the original?