Indie Film Release Guide: September 14th [An ONTD Original]

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[kairoso]

where has julianne moore been...

[la_petite_singe]

I'm seeing I Think We're Alone Now tomorrow (Reed Morano will be there, woo! ♥) and Lizzie probably on Sunday. Still debating Mandy; I may be too much of a wuss. The Children Act looks potentially good, though I'm still sort of smarting over On Chesil Beach.

And I'm seeing A Simple Favor tonight because female-focused corny Gone Girl-knockoff-esque mysteries are my fave and IDGAF.

[zazie_toujours]

so jel of that itwan screening!

i think children act will probably suck. the book was pretty good though

[therearewords]

I read spoilers on Favor and now just want to watch it to see how badly played put it's going to be. I think.

[sparklytootsie]

I watched The Children Act and it's a very Ian Mckewan script but the case was a good escape from Relationship Drama

[sandstorm]

I'm so mad Mandy isn't wide >:(

[hjalmartazar]

Slice and Mandy! I've been wanting to see those. But this weekend the Hooptober letterboxd film challenge starts (i've mentioned it a few times before) so I need to focus on the movies for that. I think I can fit Slice into the challenge, though, so i'm gonna look for it on demand.

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I've been wanting to watch Luca Guadagnino's other films before Suspiria comes out in October. So earlier this week, we watched I Am Love, which I liked despite the melodrama, and last night, we watched A Bigger Splash, which I loved because of the melodrama. Dakota Johnson isn't quite on Tilda Swinton's level, but she held her own, Ralph Fiennes spent a goodly portion of the film stark naked, and Tilda barely talks and still commands the viewer's attention in every shot. I really get why those two + CMBYN are called the Desire trilogy - in each film, there are gorgeous places, pools, beautiful shots of food, rich people problems, nudity, and sumptuous wide shots of nature.

I don't think Suspiria's gonna fit in with those three in quite the same way, but I am really looking forward to it now that I'm more familiar with Luca's other work. I need to do this with more directors - watch a bunch of their films at once. You pick up on a lot of signatures that way.

[hjalmartazar]

I've done that with actors but never managed to watch everything in their filmography lol. One of the actors was Nicole Kidman and it really made me appreciate her and her film choices. Her filmography is so varied and great.

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Damn, she's a great choice for that, her filmography is enormous! And you're right, she's played all kinds of different roles.

[zazie_toujours]

i think i've seen every mads mikkelsen movie (i do not recommend watching every mads mikkelsen movie)