Which movie did you last see?

[Lloyd]

"Bullets or Ballots"from 1936. Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart in a Warner Brothers gangster film.... very good, as expected.

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[TSherbs]

"Bullets or Ballots"from 1936. Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart in a Warner Brothers gangster film.... very good, as expected.

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In the spring of 1981, after Reagan was shot, my editor at my university newspaper wrote an editorial about how Americans, when frustrated at the ballot box, sometimes turn to the bullet. The editorial was titled, "The Ballot or the Bullet," an allusion to the Malcolm-X speech, which is also an allusion to the film title. Within a couple days, the FBI was in our office interviewing the kid.

[Lloyd]

"The File of Thelma Jordan" a noir starring Barbara Stanwyck.... of course, I enjoyed it.

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[joolstacho]

Last night on TV, a superb film called 'Sound of Metal'.
About a heavy metal drummer who loses his hearing. Very clever use of the soundtrack to accentuate the aural experience.

[Chip]

Grand Hotel (1932).



(Note the fountain pen!)

Set in a posh hotel in Berlin, it follows the crossing paths of several guests: a film star, a tycoon, a thief, an everyman with a fatal disease, a stenographer, et al. It has inspired several remakes and multiple spinoffs, which made it seem familiar and somewhat clichéd, although it probably wasn't at that time.

I found it mostly entertaining but kept wishing someone would strangle Garbo (I vonnt to be aloooone. . .) who played a self-centered ballet star.

[Chip]

Keep On Keepin' On, a documentary with legendary jazz trumpet player Clark Terry and his young friend and protege, pianist Justin Kauflin. Along with an overview of Terry's music and career, it also focuses on the friendship he has with Kauflin and other musicians (Quincy Jones). Deeper, and more moving, than the usual jazz doco.

[Lloyd]

Keep On Keepin' On, a documentary with legendary jazz trumpet player Clark Terry and his young friend and protege, pianist Justin Kauflin. Along with an overview of Terry's music and career, it also focuses on the friendship he has with Kauflin and other musicians (Quincy Jones). Deeper, and more moving, than the usual jazz doco.

I've been wanting to see this since it was first released....

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[Lloyd]

"Flamingo Road" - pretty good noir with Joan Crawford and the amazing Sidney Greenstreet.
"The Cockeyed Miracle" - enjoyable fluff

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[Carpio]

Hello,

'The Sting'

I would love to have £20 for every time I've watched the film.
I love the music, and play the soundtrack often, and the clothes...... well, I was born 30 years too late.

Carpio

[Chip]

That film put me on a serious Scott Joplin jag.

[Lloyd]

"The Hit" from 1984. I loved this movie. Very character driven with excellent script and performances (and soundtrack).

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[Jon Szanto]

We just viewed "Living". Very affecting, and the lead role was just meant for Bill Nighy.

[Lloyd]

"Electra" from 1962. Excellent retelling of the Greek mythological tale.

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[Yazeh]

We just viewed "Living". Very affecting, and the lead role was just meant for Bill Nighy.

Funny how the original was inspired by Tolstoy's novella, made into a Japanese film in 52, and the remade in English, written by a Japanese-British writer

[Yazeh]

"Electra" from 1962. Excellent retelling of the Greek mythological tale.

That was one of the most striking films, I've ever seen. The starkness of the cinematography reminded me of the Seventh Seal

[Jon Szanto]

Funny how the original was inspired by Tolstoy's novella, made into a Japanese film in 52, and the remade in English, written by a Japanese-British writer

Indeed! I now want to see the Kurasawa incarnation of the story; I don't know if I'll go back to the Tolstoy, maybe one day.

[Chip]

The Quiet Girl /An Cailín Ciúin, a 2022 Irish coming-of-age story written and directed by Colm Bairéad. It's the first film I've seen with Gaelic dialogue and English subtitles, a tender and restrained treatment of a young woman in a rural Irish family burdened by too many pregnancies and a father's alcoholism, who is sent to live with relatives and begins to see a way out of her confined and desperate circumstances. Catherine Clinch gives a marvelous performance.

Highly recommended.

[Lloyd]

"Before the Rain" from 1994. Beautifully filmed but shocking statement on the nonsensical and devastating impact of war.

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[Yazeh]

"Before the Rain" from 1994. Beautifully filmed but shocking statement on the nonsensical and devastating impact of war.

Can you elaborate on the shocking statement?

[Lloyd]

It was filmed in Macedonia not long after the end of their large war (Christian vs Muslim, Macedonians vs Albanians, ...)... it's pretty realistic about the nature of war on society, even between friends and relatives as well as how it can effect lives around the world.

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