There are gay-themed Hallmark movies, I think?
Yeah, there are romcoms but the general lack of interest Bros had seemed to be because the main audience is interested in weirder films with less broad appeal. Political, camp, arty, smutty, tougher fare.
I enjoyed this series from Shudder more than I was expecting to.
That looks fun, I’ll have to see if it’s available on DVD since I don’t have Shudder. I’m not entirely opposed to romcoms, I quite enjoyed Fire Island, I just think that it’s time for more options and more queer created cinema getting proper budgets and releases.
MAD GOD
There is no story, but I was overwhelmed by the visuals.
Men
Don’t Worry Darling
Recently watched…
Hellbender: A good entry in the “folk horror” genre. A young girl being raised in the isolated mountains of Appalachia finds out there’s a reason she’s being kept away from other people. Someone mentioned it upthread, I’m glad I’m not the only one who saw it 
Speak No Evil: Low budget horror on Shudder about two couples who meet on vacation, then decide to meet up again afterward. And things take a turn. It’s got a great balance between humor and suspense. Reminds me a lot of The Invitation, on the discomfort of being a guest to a host who may not have your best intentions at heart. The turn/twist is really well done. There’s a real WTF Chekov’s gun about halfway through the movie, and when they brought it back, it made me gasp.
No story in Mad God? Maybe it’s more allegorical, but I took that it was trying to say something about the nobility and futility of attacking a powerful, self-perpetuating evil, where your efforts to destroy it only make it stronger. It starts to come apart a bit at the end, but it’s an absolutely gorgeous movie. Future classic, for sure.
I still need to see Men.
Are you aware that Hellbender is made by a diy horror family called Addams family? I didnt til the other day. Very impressing I think and gotta watch the others they made. Miltown with some other dude directing looks punishing.
I saw it as his ruminations on struggles and abuses of humanity as an observer with little ability to change the systems of power. Not so much a “hero’s journey”.
Just finished this. Terrifying
Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished.
As someone who always has an eye out for a House Of Leaves adaptation, the synopsis sealed the deal for me. But this is maybe the most visceral sense of dread I’ve seen on film
Watch in the dark with sound on high
Almost too tense. Someone else said it’s “like ambient music” in that it’s so oppressive that it eventually washes over you and under the right circumstances it’s beautiful (paraphrasing)
I thought that was a good description
Also rewatched sicario. Something about denis villeneuve’s cinematography/editing. he can make a 5 minute scene of cars driving through Juarez so intense and captivating. Prisoners is my favorite movie but this one kills as well. And the soundtrack is incredible
His style hits even harder if you watch it back to back with the non-villeneuve directed sequel
This reminds me, the “To Hell and Back” sequence from V/H/S ‘99 by the Winters was extremely well done. Nightmarish in a really unique dream-like way that most directors fail to capture on film. Shorts seem to excel at that type of thing for whatever reason
Skinamarink makes you want to see it, the genesis is interesting too. Seen in the cinema?
I don’t know why I tried to watch this but it was so stereotypical Hollywood which I don’t mind at times but couldn’t make it more than half way through. Sort of strange that adults seemed to find them funny back in the day, I mean I can understand how it appeals to kids like the Three Stooges etc.
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Just recently saw the preview for Skinamarink. I was rattled just watching the trailer. Can’t wait to see the full thing!
This is high praise. House of Leaves may well be impossible to film, because so much of it is interacting with the medium itself (endless footnotes with tantalizing tidbits, jumbled text, encoded messages, etc.). But if it captures that sense of mystery and dread, I’m in!
Given his engagement with text and books in film, Peter Greenaway would be my fantasy pick for an adaptation.
I don’t want to get hopes up too high. It doesn’t have anything to do with house of leaves. But it gave me the same sense of mystery and fear. I think it’s a similar vibe , if you will
Definitely worth it watching
whats some good greenaway? i grabbed 3 or 4 yesterday: the belly of an architect, drowning by numbers and 2 others i think. I started the belly of an architect but havent finished it yet. I liked the soundtrack so much that i grabbed that, though. very interesting score from wim mertens
The Pillow Book was a big hit (by arthouse standards). I really like Prospero’s Books, which is deeply textured but may be kind of hard or weird to get into depending on what else you usually like to watch. It is more like one of those big illustrated medieval manuscripts than a conventional film.
Have you seen Kusturica’s Underground?
Yes and I liked it a lot.
In fact, apart from Arizona Dream which I really didn’t like and its reports which I didn’t see, I’m quite a fan.
I didn’t care for Arizona Dream either. I was only able to watch Underground for the first time a few years ago for some reason that film wasn’t easily available in the US and I think it had something to do with the embargo from the 90s.
This is finally available on Prime in the US for a rental fee. Highly recommended.
