Rod and Marilyn are a bit touchy

Why did you never like Branagh? He's made some turkeys, but his acting in Henry V, just for one, was exemplary.

But Rod didn't deserve being attacked by you for doing what you now do yourself

Well Peter Travers says that The Master is the best movie this year. That should keep me from seeing it.

Margaret (sort of a Dvd thang already)
Moonrise Kingdom
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Master
Lincoln
Cosmopolis (David Cronenberg)
Cloud Atlas (Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis)
Argo (Ben Affleck)

More Foreign, More Obscure:
The Turin Horse (Bela Tarr)
This Is Not a Film (Panahi)
Post Tenebras Lux (Reygadas)
In the Fog (Loznitsa)
Tabu (Gomes)


I've only seen Margaret and Turin Horse of those.
Some are still not out yet.

inla--Why are you leery of Lincoln? Is the buzz out there really bad?

We're in that period between summer films and the early Oscar bait.Trouble with the Curve's coming out on the 21st, there's The Master, of course. Maybe Looper. In October we get Argo, Seven Psychopaths, Cloud Atlas, and, of course, Atlas Shrugged part deux.

Speaking of Shakespeare, there's a film version of All's Well That Ends Well coming out in a couple of months, but it looks to be one of those British productions that doesn't go wide in the States.

To Inla's question about current films, I respond with my standard myopic these-open-today thing: Arbitrage, and Liberal Arts (with Eliz. Olsen as Josh Radnor's love interest in a prof/student romance). While one awaits masterpieces, these might be watchable but really I have no idea....haven't sought out reviews or buzz in any form.

Which I did the other day for the umpteenth time and looooooved it once again. What a cast--and what a delightful movie! Just for starters, Joanne Woodward was never better, even in The Three Faces of Eve. And Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bickford, Kevin McCarthy, etc.--such perfect casting in every single role.

Well Peter Travers says that The Master is the best movie this year. That should keep me from seeing it.

Looking forward to:

Hello, I Must Be Going - supposed to (finally) be Melanie Lynskey's breakthrough performance, plus it was shot in my hometown and written by a former Stapleite (high school grad of said hometown, and aka Chrissy Tompkins from That Thing You Do.) Very mixed reviews, but if nothing else, I can pick out landmarks.
Looper
The Master - I know what's been said, but I want to judge for myself. Plus PSH -- I'm there.
Cloud Atlas -- The description confuses me, and I like that.
Argo - Tentatively liked the trailer, love the supporting cast (A. Arkin, J. Goodman). Have the sneaking suspicion that underneath all the hoopla, this Ben Affleck product could suck; but that can be fun, too. I'm willing to take the chance.


Currently showing, will probably see at least one of these this week:

The Imposter - On the fence about this, as the write-up lays the premise on a little thick. Sometimes I end up wanting to tell a flick like this to get over itself.
Robot and Frank - Frank Langella as an old guy with a companion robot. Sounds predictably schmaltzy but it's Frank Langella, who in my world is almost the male SASSY.

Showing, but being skipped:
The Words - Sometimes I don't have to find things out for myself.
Hope Springs - The hub's not interested , might hurt his feelings if I go alone.
The Intouchables - A French buddy movie of sorts. Might end up going to this one, though.

Inla..........Glad to hear you're a fan of Tetro. I've seen The Queen of Versailles and Trishna. Tomorrow Arbitrage.

Frank Langella wrote a very revealing book called Dropped Names about all the famous people he's known. (Gary.......you could have written that book.)

If you believe it, Langella has bedded everyone from Jackie O. to Dinah Shore to Elizabeth Taylor to Rita Hayworth. Talk about a man on a mission.

Get a fucking life.