avnermoriarti
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Post by avnermoriarti on Jan 26, 2020 6:40:31 GMT
The Cave. Oscar nominated this year.
There’s a scene where the female doctor ( the focus of the doc ) goes out for the first time from the subterranean hospital where she works and encounters her city on fire and ruins, at any moment I thought -it looks beautiful or reminded me of Call or duty.-
Not an easy watch to say the least. but in terms of execution I prefer a few others this year.
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Post by getclutch on Jan 27, 2020 15:40:58 GMT
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Post by getclutch on Jan 27, 2020 19:00:14 GMT
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Post by Joaquim on Jan 27, 2020 19:30:39 GMT
Aaron Hernandez netflix doc
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Post by speeders on Jan 28, 2020 8:31:57 GMT
They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) on the big screen.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2020 2:50:36 GMT
Horrifying... The most vivid depiction of the Holocaust I've ever seen. Truffaut considered this to be the greatest film ever made. Be warned: these images will haunt you for the rest of your life.
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Post by getclutch on Jan 29, 2020 14:03:32 GMT
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Post by getclutch on Jan 29, 2020 21:52:50 GMT
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Post by getclutch on Jan 30, 2020 16:35:27 GMT
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Post by Longtallsally on Jan 30, 2020 22:15:27 GMT
Sophia Loren, une destinée particulière (2019)
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Post by cheesecake on Jan 31, 2020 2:31:14 GMT
I meant to post a while back that I watched Hail Satan? last month. I hadn't heard of it prior to it making John Waters best of the year list. Really good balance of entertaining and interesting. The section about the Satanic Panic of the 80s/90s equating to what the Catholic church was doing hurt my heart -- I'd never heard it broken down like that before.
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Post by cheesecake on Jan 31, 2020 2:33:39 GMT
Damn, getclutch. You're making your way through some iconic docs! This Film is Not Yet Rated is so good! Inspired me to make a montage on NC-17 films.
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Post by ibbi on Jan 31, 2020 10:22:56 GMT
Rewatch of Gates of Heaven. Still the GOAT.
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Post by MsMovieStar on Feb 1, 2020 0:44:28 GMT
Oh honeys this was fascinating with lots of rare photographs and footage. Sid Luft is narrated by Jon Hamm while Jennifer Jason Leigh does Garland in that strange voice she used for playing Dorothy Parker. What's with that voice? Luckily, she doesn't have too many lines as she sounds nothing like Garland, who was quite down to earth. The tragedy and horror of Garland's life are told here quite fully, as well as her professional successes. Whenever I see anything about Judy Garland, it always reminds me of Monty Clift, so much talent and so much self-destruction. Drug addiction is a terrible thing.
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Post by urbanpatrician on Feb 1, 2020 1:13:07 GMT
Taylor Swift: Miss Americana.
Basically about the personality of Taylor Swift. Such a strong value system she has. She talks about inner strength a lot.
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Post by getclutch on Feb 3, 2020 13:55:05 GMT
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Post by getclutch on Feb 5, 2020 18:28:16 GMT
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Post by Longtallsally on Feb 6, 2020 21:46:32 GMT
The Passion of Anna Magnani (2019)
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Post by AKenjiB on Feb 7, 2020 6:30:26 GMT
The Edge of Democracy. Oscar-nominated this year. Pretty compelling and more personal than I expected. I didn’t mind the stoic narration but I can picture it bothering some people.
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Post by Javi on Feb 11, 2020 22:05:24 GMT
Honeyland - The surprise of the year for me! The beekeeper and her mother are some of the most memorable movie subjects in a while. Muratova loves being filmed and she doesn't hide it. And her mother suggests the ancient Chunibala Devi from Pather Panchali, but with a wicked sense of humor. "I know I'm a nuisance to you", she tells her daughter, "but I don't intend on dying". (More warning than apology). These two singlehandedly keep mischief alive in the mountains. All else is hardship. But this is no folkloric take on natural life in mountainous Macedonia... or at least, not just that. Muratova's labor comes at a very high cost. Of all the people in the film, she's the most faithful to this wild thorny region, even though it seems to eat at her. She has no children of her own (though she shows great affection for one of her neigbors' kids) so when she goes, it will truly be the end. At one point she's left alone with the camera and the sound of wolves harassing her in the dead of night. She chases the darkness away with torches. It feels like a scene that's repeated itself for centuries, captured here for the last time. At no point do we hear the directors' voices. We don't have to. It really is a magnificent film that expresses all through observation--with an eye for beauty that borders on the ineffable. Top 3 of the year for me (with The Irishman and Parasite); wish it had won Doc.
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Post by pacinoyes on Feb 16, 2020 11:10:43 GMT
The Legend of Cocaine Island (2018) ~7/10 - on NetflixVery entertaining but shallowly presented film. The re-enactments are awful, unless you like seeing a dude puke in a toilet (wtf)......on the other hand it's a very fun way to kill 90 minutes ........and make you think a bit too.
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Post by getclutch on Feb 17, 2020 14:06:29 GMT
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Post by getclutch on Feb 18, 2020 15:53:13 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2020 14:41:36 GMT
This is fun - narrated by Glenda Jackson (!!!), it's an in-depth behind the scenes look at American Vogue for the BBC from the year 2000. sirjeremy LaraQI think you can tell The Devil Wears Prada and Meryl Streep borrowed heavily from this.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2020 16:20:25 GMT
Obviously not ground-breaking or hard-hitting, but I do so enjoy revisiting this film every once and a while. I want to be Grace Coddington.
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