Summer Hours (Assayas)- 9/10
Always good when a film leaves you wanting more, or the desire to again get absorbed in its beauty immediately after its conclusion.
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Metropolitan, Whit Stillman (1990)
When I first saw this years ago (probably a full decade, now that I think about it), I thought it was impossibly sophisticated and smart. I liked these people. And while, having actually seen films by Lubitsch, Rohmer, Sturges, Wilder (more) etc, this seems a lot smaller by comparison, I have to say I still have some affection for this film. The actorly line-readings (which sometimes border on amateurish). And I think Nick Smith is one of my favourite characters from the 90's (though I'm a bit ashamed of that).
Mostly, having recently read A Fortunate Age, which will go down as one of my least favourite books of the decade, I've gotta say this still seems smart and it's self indulgences less irritating.
When I first saw this years ago (probably a full decade, now that I think about it), I thought it was impossibly sophisticated and smart. I liked these people. And while, having actually seen films by Lubitsch, Rohmer, Sturges, Wilder (more) etc, this seems a lot smaller by comparison, I have to say I still have some affection for this film. The actorly line-readings (which sometimes border on amateurish). And I think Nick Smith is one of my favourite characters from the 90's (though I'm a bit ashamed of that).
Mostly, having recently read A Fortunate Age, which will go down as one of my least favourite books of the decade, I've gotta say this still seems smart and it's self indulgences less irritating.
I know a couple of people here prefer Part III to the first two. I wouldn't say that (although I love the first two and they don't), but I think it is underrated, with some great moments, and the final sequence at the Opera is every bit as good as the baptism sequence in the original.
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Public Enemies (2009) Michael Mann 5/10
Whirlwind (2007) Richard LeMay 5/10
The Pleasure Seekers (1964) Jean Negulesco 2/10
Lloyd of London (1936) Henry King 4/10
A Rage to Live (1965) Walter Grauman 2/10
Ca$h (2008) Eric Besnard 1/10
Whirlwind (2007) Richard LeMay 5/10
The Pleasure Seekers (1964) Jean Negulesco 2/10
Lloyd of London (1936) Henry King 4/10
A Rage to Live (1965) Walter Grauman 2/10
Ca$h (2008) Eric Besnard 1/10
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Roughly Speaking (1945) Michael Curtiz 7/10
Rosalind Russell shines in easy to take biography of spirited Louise Randall Pierson through two marriages and five children right up to the start of World War II. Jack Carson co-stars.
She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945) Alexander Hall 6/10
Late screwball comedy with a stellar Rosalind Russell as an independent psychiatrist pursued by cartoonist Lee Bowman with the aid of her father (Charles Winninger) and butler (Harry Davenport).
The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933) Charles Brabin 7/10
Irene Dunne gets to sing and dance and wear old age makeup all in the same movie, a close cousin of Madame X albeit with a happy ending. Phillips Holmes is her weak husband, Douglas Walton her spoiled son raised by mean grandfather Lionel Atwill.
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Rosalind Russell shines in easy to take biography of spirited Louise Randall Pierson through two marriages and five children right up to the start of World War II. Jack Carson co-stars.
She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945) Alexander Hall 6/10
Late screwball comedy with a stellar Rosalind Russell as an independent psychiatrist pursued by cartoonist Lee Bowman with the aid of her father (Charles Winninger) and butler (Harry Davenport).
The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933) Charles Brabin 7/10
Irene Dunne gets to sing and dance and wear old age makeup all in the same movie, a close cousin of Madame X albeit with a happy ending. Phillips Holmes is her weak husband, Douglas Walton her spoiled son raised by mean grandfather Lionel Atwill.
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I'm not much of a Tashlin fan. Who's Minding the Store being the major acceptation. Though I am a Tuesday Weld fan I was disappointed with her in this. It is Terry-Thomas that takes centre stage in this though.Damien wrote:So little love for this wonderful, if admittedly minor, Tashlin? Hell, the scenes of the dachshund dealing with the dinosaur bone alone is worth an 8 out of 10.Precious Doll wrote:Bachelor Flat (1961) Frank Tashlin 4/10
Do young people today have any idea who Terry-Thomas is?
And Richard Beymer most we the 'gayest' straight actor in the history of cinema.
I doubt many younger people have seen much or any of Terry-Thomas' work. Lots of his better films have thankfully found their way to DVD.
"I want cement covering every blade of grass in this nation! Don't we taxpayers have a voice anymore?" Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole) in John Waters' Desperate Living (1977)
So little love for this wonderful, if admittedly minor, Tashlin? Hell, the scenes of the dachshund dealing with the dinosaur bone alone is worth an 8 out of 10.Precious Doll wrote:Bachelor Flat (1961) Frank Tashlin 4/10
Do young people today have any idea who Terry-Thomas is?
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