Last movie you watched

[erilaz]

Coffy — Jack Hill's 1973 blaxploitation classic. Pam Grier stars as a nurse who's out for revenge against the dope pushers who got her little sister hooked on smack.

[rikkikow]

Ikiru
A black and white movie from 1952 about a post war Tokyo bureaucrat with terminal cancer
and his last months of life and funeral.


Dersu Uzala (1975 film)
A boring movie with a touching story. Winner of Academy Award foreign film.
Based on the memoirs of a Russian explorer in 1903 – 1910.
http://youtu.be/CdIQm91IF4U

[erilaz]

^ On a Kurosawa kick, I see! There are still a few of his that I haven't seen.

A Hard Day's Night — The Beatles' first (and best) film. Criterion just put out a new DVD/Blu-Ray combo edition, so that was something I had to buy. I still need to watch most of the extras.

Life Itself — The new documentary about Roger Ebert. Rated R because of some language and clips (with nudity) from Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, but a must-see for any aficionado of the cinema.

[rikkikow]

^ On a Kurosawa kick, I see! There are still a few of his that I haven't seen.

Yeah.
Rashomon (1950)
http://youtu.be/xCZ9TguVOIA
It was so far over my head that I had to watch it over with the commentary on to see what all the fuss is about. Yeah, it’s something else alright.
It reminded me of the film Hero (2002) in that there were various realities told of the same story. The emperor figures out the truth himself in the end.
http://youtu.be/Sv64wuxjP4E

47 Ronin (2013)
Fantasy added to the famous true story.
Not what I expected, but still entertaining.

[erilaz]

This weekend at the Japan Film Festival of San Francisco, three U.S. premieres:

Count Five To Dream Of You (5つ数えれば君の夢, 2014) — Drama in a girls' high school, starring TOKYO GIRLS' STYLE, who were there for Q&A after the film.

Kotodama: Spiritual Curse (学校の怪談 呪いの言霊, 2014) — High school horror, also starring TOKYO GIRLS' STYLE, who were back for more Q&A.

Why Don't You Play In Hell? (地獄でなぜ悪い, 2013) — Sono Shion's latest dose of cinematic insanity, about a group of amateur filmmakers called the Fuck Bombers, who get involved with a ten-year yakuza vendetta. I've never laughed so much at a yakuza film before.

[esm]

The Immigrant (2013)
I'm already into immigration history, so I immediately watched this when I saw it on Netflix last night. It was a beautiful film. I loved it.

Julie & Julia
I watched this on the plane last week. It was nice and relaxing to watch. I liked the movie a lot.

[erilaz]

One more film at JFFSF:

A Tale of Samurai Cooking: A True Love Story (武士の献立, 2013), starring Ueto Aya. The trailer will tell you what it's about.

[rikkikow]

In honor of Berryz Kobo.
A great love story.

MONGOL (2007)

[erilaz]

Princess Yang Kwei-fei (楊貴妃) (1955) – A classic by Mizoguchi Kenji, set in eighth-century China.

I've been busy with a freelance editing project, so I haven't seen as much of the Pacific Film Archive's Mizoguchi retrospective as I would like.

[Amped]

Boyhood.

some parts of the movie i could relate to when i was a kid.