Watchlist | Boutique Blu Ray Recommendations | BFI | Criterion | Second Sight | Warner | Radiance
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Wonderful to be back recommending some recent watches and films that caught my attention. With movies from BFI, Radiance, Criterion, Warner Archive and Second Sight there should be something for everyone.
Recommendations are always welcome.
My Contact Details
Twitter: 7oclockshadow
Instagram: / chrismohan
Letterboxd: letterboxd.com...
I remember Lunana being recommended several years back and then I completely forgot about it. It’s now at the top of my “to see” list. Thanks for reminding me and for the other recs.
Thanks Steve. I may have recommended it before but its a film I adore so happy to shout it from the rooftops! I hope you're well :)
Good to see you back, Chris! I’ve missed your take on films worth seeing and am hoping that you might be on here a bit more regularly again.
I’m on the verge of buying The Music Lovers as I do like a bit of Ken, now and then. It’s not as OTT as some of his films (as I recall) and Glenda is always worth watching (RIP). She made so many excellent films that I can always rewatch for her alone.
Hi Richard. I know exactly what you mean about Mr Russell. Sometimes he’s exactly what I’m looking for. He’s always interesting to watch either way.
Glad to be back and hoping to get regular content out along the way. 😎
Good to see you back, Chris and with a refreshing mix of movies to talk about. I’ve seen a few mentions of The Landlord and would definitely be interested in seeing that. I’ve found Lake Mungo on streaming so have added that to my watchlist.
Thanks Neil, I'm glad I've gotten the monkey off my back in terms of taking the leap and recording a video. The Landlord is an interesting examination of class and race, especially given when it was released. Loving the variety of your pickups as always. Take care :)
Great to have a watchlist back as i have nothing to watch currently 😉. A list that is pure Mr Mohan. I have the Landlord on the Radiance pile. Watched 18 years in prison today, which was as good as the other 2 Tai Kato films that they have released. I never picked up Lake Mungo but may do so now. I see you have the OOP limited edition which is going for silly money if you ever need to buy bread haha.
Cheers bud. I still have the Tai Kato films to catch up on. I'm waaaay behind on my Radiance discs but the Landlord is a good start. Lake Mungo has its moments where it's all very fake dramatic but is a great exercise in making the most of what you have in terms of creating a suspenseful story. Those LE sets are sometimes worth the money. If only I could give them up... :)
Hey Chris, some great watches there! A few that I'm keen to see, like All that money can buy, which sounds really interesting. I got Eureka's edition of Faust a while back which I still need to see, so perhaps a double feature awaits me. Also I was thinking of skipping The Landlord, but very curious to check it out now! I certainly need to see more of Hal Ashby, but clearly there's more to this one than I thought at first sight. I also loved Lunana, and I couldn't agree more about it being schmaltzy, but like yourself, I loved that about it. It's hard not to fall in love with the place and the people as you watch it, and my goodness Bhutan looks breathtaking.
Cheers buddy. Hope you enjoyed your Olympics trip. I was living vicariously through you 😂
Faust is an absolute joy and probably the better of the two films so a great double bill awaits! Lunana is one we’re going to have to continue to champion between the two of us. A great double bill with The Eight Mountains as well
“The Landlord” sounds like a good time, will definitely check it out!
As for myself, I recently had a great experience with three Orson Welles movies: “The Third Man” (1949 Film Noir), “Touch of Evil” (1958 Film Noir) & “Chimes at Midnight” (1966 Historical Comedy-Drama adapted on the various Shakespeare plays with the Character of John Falstaff).
Some of my other recent watches that I can recommend are: “Chinatown” (1974 Neo Noir), “Witness” (1985 Neo-Noir set among the Amish), “Richard III” (1995 Period Drama adaptation of the Shakespeare play), “Heat” (1995 Neo Noir), “Master & Commander” (2003 Epic Naval War Drama, perhaps my favorite film ever, yearly rewatch!), “Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy” (2011 Cold War Spy Drama), “Hail, Caesar!” (2016 Coen Brothers Comedy set in 1950’s Hollywood), “Emma” (2020 Romantic Period Comedy adaptation of the Jane Austen Novel) & “Tar” (2022 Psychological Drama about a female conductor accused of misconduct)!
So many wonderful films seen there. Chinatown is top tier filmmaking and is probably in my top 25 films of all time. I went through a Welles season last year, watching The Trial, Chimes at Midnight and The Immortal Story one after the other. I think Chimes at Midnight needs reappraisal in his filmography. It's fantastic.
Tar is utterly fabulous. Never felt it's runtime and I love how it just represents the events without forcing the viewer to make a judgement call while watching. Always hoping for a good release of Master and Commander. Hopefully soon so that I can do a proper rewatch. Thanks for the recommendations, I've added Emma and I need to dig out Tinker Tailor out of the shrink-wrap :)
@@chrismohan Indeed!
Inspired by this (and some hilarious Criterion Closet videos), I have made a Criterion List of my own (with a limit of only one film per director):
The Roaring Twenties (1939, Walsh)
Bitter Rice (1949, De Santis)
Seven Samurai (1954, Kurosawa) *1
The Seventh Seal (1957, Bergman)
Spartacus (1960, Kubrick) *1
La Dolce Vita (1960, Fellini)
Contempt/Le Mepris (1963, Godard)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964, Demy)
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965, Aldrich)*2
Chimes at Midnight (1966, Welles)*3
Andrei Rublev (1966, Tarkovsky)
Belle de Jour (1967, Bunuel)
Le Samurai (1967, Melville)
In the Heat of the Night (1967, Jewison)
Shaft (1971, Parks)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975, Weir)
Tess (1979, Polanski)*4
The Elephant Man (1980, Lynch)
The Long Good Friday (1980, Mackenzie)
Risky Business (1983, Brickman)
A Room with a View (1986, Ivory)
The Princess Bride (1987, Reiner)*5
Do the Right Thing (1989, Lee)
Thelma & Louise (1991, Scott)
The Fisher King (1991, Gilliam)*6
Hard Boiled (1992, Woo)*7
The Age of Innocence (1993, Scorsese)*8
The Thin Red Line (1998, Malick)
*1-Picking just one Kurosawa or Kubrick movie is HARD!
*2-Felt I had to have a Jimmy Stewart movie in there (same with “The Roaring Twenties” for both Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney), classic “Dad” movie (would have chosen either “The Guns at Navarone” or “To Kill A Mockingbird” for Gregory Peck, or “All the President’s Men” or “Spy Game” for Robert Redford, if they were on the list)
*3-I would be lying if I did not say “Citizen Kane” is his best work, but I am more in the mood of “Chimes” right now.
*4-Would have picked “Chinatown” if it was in the Collection, but still, very powerful movie!
*5-Had such a hard time choosing between this and “This is Spinal Tap”! 😆
*6-Oh, how I miss that beautiful soul Robin Williams! 😭
*7-“The Killer” might be Woo’s most “esthetic” movie, but I do like this one better all together.
*8- Prehaps my most controversial pick, passing over Scorsese’s 70s & 80s Classics, but I do have a big weak spot for this one!
Also have to mention the fact that RUSS MEYER(!😆) is in the Criterion Collection with “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls” (1970) (while there are NO Steven Spielberg movies, and neither “Lawrence of Arabia”, “Bridge over River Kwai” or “Dr. Zhicago” by David Lean are on it), is downright hilarious to me!😂 I might actually have picked “Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill!” if that were his entry in the Collection! 🤣
What an endeavour! An incredible list of films no matter how you see it.
I''m a big Scorcese fan but Age of Innocence is so clearly his best movie for me. It transcends everything else he has made and I can connect with it emotionally in ways that leave some of his other great works in their wake.
I'm actually a fan of Faster Faster. I remember watching it as a teenager and being my first proper appreciation of exploitation cinema. I was confused and intrigued by its strong visual style and challenging use of sexuality. I'd love a good release of that and Criterion could do with more genre picks in general, but accept that is a very sought after type of title in the boutique blu ray world.
I'll keep this list and refer back to it. Thanks Mac :)
@@chrismohan
You are much to kind, Chris!
Typically me, I forgot a couple(😅):
12 Angry Men (1957, Lumet)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019, Sciamma) (Cue Jon Lovitz’s SNL skit “Tales of Ribaldry” 🤭)
Godland (2022, Palmason)
Two other “recent” movies that I would wish were included:
A Most Violent Year (2014, Chandor: The “Anti-Scarface” Crime Drama set in NYC 1981, very Sidney Lumet in tone, amazing performances by Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain plus “Inner City Blues” by Marvin Gay, might be my favorite 2010s movie!)
The Promised Land (2023, Artel: Danish 18th Century Historical Fiction “Western” with Mads Mikkelsen as a retired soldier whom by royal decree is attempting to cultivate the Danish moors, set up against the local nobility that wants the land for themselves)
PS: Apologies for keeping you on but have you seen “Restoration” (1995, Hoffman: 17th Century Historical Drama against the 1666 London Plague and City Fire with Robert Downey Jr., Sam Neill as Charles II, David Thewlis, Hugh Grant etc.), just saw an upgraded trailer and it really peaked my interest!
Cheers!
@@MacScarfield Godland is another fine film. One I enjoyed a lot and will probably include in a future video once I rewatch it.
I haven’t seen any of those recent movies you listed, which is always a great sign for future releases. Inner City Blues is such a great tune.
Welcome back to the craziness that is youtube.
Glad to be back Peter. Looking forward to catching up on Sunday :)
Hi Chris - I remember "The Music Lovers" being quite over the top when I saw it in the cinema but I have not seen it since. How does it hold up compared to other Russel's biopics?
Hi Ben, I don't think there is any way to talk about Russell without thinking of the phrase over the top! :D It definitely is, especially the performances of Chamberlain and Jackson. It doesn't go as deranged as say Gothic, but the normal interactions are definitely heightened.
It's one of those things, it annoyed me in Gothic on one watch and not so much on the second, but I think you know what you are getting with Russell. I could do without a lot of the aghast face pulling certainly. :)