Andrew POE!

It took me a bit of time for me to be drawn into the movie. If I start to wonder what's going on with the movie or I'm looking at my watch, then it tends to lose me (although Die My Love's second hour more than made up for it). I meant in comparison to Lawrence. Jennifer Lawrence was on another level with her performance. She was like all those actresses I mentioned (that I need to just get off my duff and watch those movies - Possession/A Woman Under The Influence/Repulsion). I really loved Morvern Callar (I had reviewed it over a year ago when I started watching movies every day). I keep meaning to watch We Need To Talk About Kevin, but I'm not sure I'm mentally prepared for that.

Well, Barnes & Noble 50% off Criterion sale started. The damage from yesterday: Uncut Gems 4K, Shoeshine 4K, Choose Me, Let The Sunshine In, and My Own Private Idaho.

Hey now! I loved McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" with its Yamaha CS-80s!

No, I haven't. I guess I need to do that and Mother Night as well.

Movies today.... Shadows and Fog (Criterion Channel, leaving on 11/30) - 3/5 stars Breaking News (Criterion Channel, leaving on 11/30) - 4.5/5 stars Die My Love (saw in the theaters) - 4/5 stars Breakfast of Champions (Criterion Channel, leaving on 11/30) - 3.5/5 stars The Trip To Italy (Criterion Channel, leaving on 11/30) - 4/5 stars

I'll be watching Breakfast of Champions this month since it's leaving Criterion Channel. I have a review for Remember My Name somewhere in the thread too. I may get Choose Me since the Criterion Collection sale started back up.

I guess he'll do Splendor in the Grass and Lilith after that. Movies today.... Django Kill...If You Live, Shoot! (Mubi, leaving on 11/19) - 3.5/5 stars Hide and Seek (Criterion Channel, leaving on 11/30) - 4/5 stars Queens of the Qing Dynasty (Mubi, leaving on 11/15) - 3.5/5 stars Dark Matters (Criterion Channel, leaving on 11/30) - 2.5/5 stars

Another one for DVDVR Arthouse wing

Two for DVDVR Arthouse

I took the afternoon off tomorrow to see Die My Love. Not for Predator Badlands. I'll be the only one in the theater for Die My Love.

Movies today... Werewolf (Mubi, leaving on 11/15) - 3/5 stars Occupied (Mubi, leaving on 11/15) - 4/5 stars The Trip (2010) (Criterion Channel, leaving on 11/30) - 4/5 stars Machine Gun McCain (Mubi, leaving on 11/19) - 3/5 stars

Movies today...a bit more work than usual. Afterglow (Criterion Channel, leaving on 11/30) - 3.5/5 stars It Happened Tomorrow (Criterion Channel, leaving on 11/30) - 3/5 stars Little Man Tate (Criterion Channel, leaving on 11/30) - 4/5 stars

This better be better than the most recent Indiana Jones movies (since the first Mummy movies were pretty close to those).

Yeah, I loved The Mastermind as well and had it as my best movie of 2025 for awhile (until the Panahi film). I probably need to see Cameraperson (and her follow up Dick Johnson Is Dead). I recommend seeing It Was Just An Accident. Even with the language/cultural barrier, it's accessible as a movie. It moves a bit slower compared to other 'revenge' movies (a lot of scenes had a longer than usual number of seconds for a shot before the camera would change to a new position or it would cut to a new scene). Yeah, I wasn't expecting to love Nouvelle Vague but I was completely onboard when it started the movie showing actors like looked like Godard, Truffaut, Claude Cabrol, and Suzanne Schiffman sitting in a theater and watching a movie. Nouvelle Vague is just loaded with references - one scene had Bresson meet Godard and he says "this is the best pickpocket in Paris" as one of his actors has Godard's notepad and his producer's watch (which is an obvious reference to Bresson's Pickpocket. Like I said in my review, it made me want to watch everything of French New Wave and its inspirations, which may have lead to me overrating Nouvelle Vague a bit. I saw Blue Moon the previous weekend and completely loved it as well. It's probably Ethan Hawke's best role in awhile and it's amazing he did that the same year he did The Black Phone 2 (which I haven't seen, I tend to watch the first movies first before going into a sequel).

Movies today... Perfumed Nightmare (Mubi, leaving on 11/11) - 4.5/5 stars PTU (Criterion Channel, leaving on 11/30) - 3.5/5 stars Dear Chantal (Criterion Channel, leaving on 11/30) - 3/5 stars Gypsy 83 (Criterion Channel, leaving on 11/30) - 3/5 stars