Indie Film Release Guide: January 22nd [An ONTD Original]

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[ladychips]

just finished the crack doc on netflix today, it was well done

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I think I missed that release, which is a shame, because I've seen several people say it's good! Will have to check that out.

[polynucleotide]

the only movie ive watched lately was ammonite, which felt very cold. i was not expecting those sex scenes tho.

[laminy]

Sadly the lockdown has really killed my love of film. I used to go to the cinema two or three times a week, I would go see movies of any length, didn't matter, as long as I was in the theatre I could focus. But at home, I'm like, "any good movies that are an hour and ten minutes long? thanks." I can barely find any motivation, so I haven't seen most of the new stuff that's been released. My brain can't handle it here.

I did finally watch John Carpenter's The Thing this week, after years of wanting to and knowing the ending. And it frigging blew me away. I want to watch it all the time now. I think I'm gonna do it annually.

[lyra_loo]

right there with ya. crazy to thing that my main passion for most of my life has pretty much just evaporated in the last year.

the Thing is absolutely amazing tho!!!

[kwoneunbi]

God, same. I hate that 2020 killed my love of film not only bc of that, but mainly bc I compared myself to others too, too much, but I'm slowly getting out of it. I just need to remind myself that it's ok if I'm not in the mood and it's also ok if I fall a little behind. All that matters is that I get back up. IDK when that will be, but I have to be sure of it.

Also, I watched Palm Springs on NYD and LOVED it. The Thing is ALSO aces!

[donaestrangera]

Yeah, I used to be too broke to be able to go to the cinema regularly, and I always dreamed of the day I would have enough money to go see a movie whenever I wanted. I probs wouldn’t have gone 2-3 times a week like you but I dreamed of at least being able to go 2-3 times a month as opposed to 2-3 times a year.

Now, I finally have a steady job where I make enough to be able to blow money on movie tickets and...... there’s a pandemic and even if I wanted to risk my life there isn’t a single cinema open anywhere near me. LOL. I try to keep up with streaming releases but it’s just not the same!!!

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Of these, I'm interested in In & Of Itself, which I never got around to seeing live, and maybe Spoor once it's streaming somewhere. And Psycho Goreman looks pretty... cute? Haha.

Past week's watches:

- MLK/FBI: Interesting and informative, but I didn't like the design or the editing. Lots of footage of MLK I'd never seen before.
- One Night in Miami: Pretty good for a debut film, but I didn't love it. Kingsley Ben-Adir and Aldis Hodge were the highlights for me, but I've seen a lot of people say the opposite so idk. Leslie Odom Jr.'s voice is incredible.
- Promising Young Woman: Really liked this. The script could have used a bit more work, imo,, but the casting was aces and I enjoyed the stylization and heightened reality.

We also finished up the 2017 season of GBBO (labeled as Collection 5 on Netflix) and [Spoiler (click to open)]I was so happy that Sophie won! I'd been rooting for her for a while. And I'm not usually like this about people on GBBO, bc I know they are just normal people and everyone has flaws, but I fucking hated Stacy and was legit

[mors_amor]

Saw Minari and I hope when it’s possible it is released in theatres here so I can watch it there. I loved it.

Next i wanna watch One Night in Miami