Pygmania

Remember the film  Ida  we were planning to see at Lincoln Plaza when your water heater exploded or something? Just noticed it's free to stream on Amazon Prime (yes I pay for that) so let's book a date with your couch once you're back in sunny New York.

so i was getting a post ready about how much we really need to watch black orpheus and then when i went to add it to our extra-official film list page thing ...well black orpheus was already there. i don't even know why i'm making this post now.

Reposted from everywhere on the internet I have seen this posted:   Thoughts? For one, I'm surprised to see Apocalypto (Mel Gibson) on here, as well  as a total lack of some directors (notably Bergman for my own reasons). Should we 'do the right thing' and aspire to be the first ever Pymlish-language directors, and familiarize ourselves with Spike Lee's Fave Moviez™? all hi-res paintings, best of contemporary art

We gotta do this!  I would see: Grapes of Wrath Camille (one of Greta Garbo's best performances, plus Lionel Barrymore - one of the finest English actors in the theater tradition; also grandfather of Drew) Cries and Whispers (Bergman) Rear Window 400 Blows 8 1/2

Wuthering Heights  ( Japanese :  嵐が丘 ,  translit.  Arashi ga oka) is a 1988 Japanese  drama film  directed by  Yoshishige Yoshida , based on the novel by  Emily Brontë . It was entered into the  1988 Cannes Film Festival . [ 1 ] [ edit ]

So, I really wanted to see A Separation, but I just read about this movie and am thinking it might be 100% perfect to watch. Then again, I'm having trouble deciding if that's based on irony or true desire. http://www.fandango.com/theforgivenessofblood_147913/movieoverview

Roman Polanski's Carnage .  Looking at the NYT review, the first paragraph alone involves whiskey, two young boys, a hamster, the streets of Brooklyn and the word "spry".  I literally read no more of the review.  Even if it's not Polanski's best, it's worth seeing.  That reminds me - did you ever see Repulsion?  You would like it and I want to re-watch it anyway. NOT the new film by the director of The Hours and Billy Elliot, Stephen Daldry.  This one centers around a nine-year-old New Yorker searching the City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father who died in 9/11.  The kid is a cute little science explorer very attached to his dad, aka you.  What's the problem?  Tom Hanks and -- t a k e   a   m o m e n t   t o   b r a c e    y o u r s e l f -- Sandra Bullock. The new and aggressively-advertised Charlize Theron movie, because it looks like Repulsion if Repulsion were a come...

Effy (first my favorite character and I vaguely remember you thought she was awesome too?) from Skins will be starring as Catherine in a new version of Wuthering Heights which just premiered at Venice.  AMAZING?  Couldn't have planned it better myself?  Plus, Heathcliff is FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER BEING PLAYED BY A BLACK ACTOR.  They better not fuck this one up. PS, Natalie Portman was originally cast to play the part but dropped out in May.  Major thanks to Wikipedia.