Indie Film Release Guide: February 1st [An ONTD Original]

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Comments

[the_nerrieds]

Braid sounds interesting

[anterrabre]

I know a lot of messy people in the art world just like these characters so yes, I'm watching the fuck out of Velvet Buzzsaw.

Piercing reminds me of old school Takahashi Miike so I'm going to try to find that too.

[willardwright]

Miike actually directed the adaptation of Audition, which is another novel by Ryu Murakami.
(also, damn, he hasn't directed a good movie in a good while...)

[anterrabre]

I haven't watched anything of his since "Imprint" in Masters of Horror.

[frenchoral]

Miss Bala just seems so unnecessary

You can easily watch the original and most Latinos I know are so fucking tired of the narco narratives

[rinacunt]

omg. im mexican and im sick of all the narco films/tv shows on netflix. idk i just want more movies that focus on actual story telling instead of on violence. drug cartel movies are okay but the mexican media is just oversaturated with it

[silentxstrom]

I hope Gina’s entire career goes to shit after her anti-black comment and non apology. I’m so sick of these narco movies and TV shows. Latinos are stereotyped enough by the mainstream media without their own people adding to this.

[willardwright]

That Maisie Williams movie looks like the ultimate Manic Pixie Dream Girl movie, but the (very few)reviews on Letterboxd say it's not cliche. I'm probably still not gonna watch it.

I wanted to see Piercing, even though Ryu Murakami is very hit and miss for me, but even knowing there are gonna be some twists, I'm not a fan of the premise or the trailer.

[arabian]

I'm so watching the Maisie movie. All but one review have been good, people who've seen it that I've spoken too have loved it, and I stan both Maisie and Nina, plus people who aren't even Maisie-fans have said she's fabulous in it. Others have said it's her best film role. I can't wait until tomorrow to watch it!

[willardwright]

Let us know what you think once you see it, I'm curious :)

[arabian]

I really enjoyed it. Obviously, I'm a Maisie fan so I was inclined to like her performance, but this was definitely my favorite movie performance by her, and my favorite film she's done. She was just so lovely and adorable and I found myself completely charmed by her.

I also love Nina Dobrev, and I thought she did a good job with a pretty slight role. That is probably, alas, my one main criticism... her role was too slight and underwritten.

I did like the writing for the other characters for the most part, especially, of course, Maisie's character, Skye, and Asa Butterfield's character, Calvin. I thought they had a really nice chemistry and the film did a nice job in showing this really beautiful platonic love.

I will not lie, I totally cried. I also do not regret buying the film before even watching it. I mean, it wasn't like this masterpiece or anything and won't win any awards, but it was sweet little film and if you're a fan of Maisie and/or Asa Butterfield, a definite rec!

[djbbgoose]

Robert Schwartzman as in Jason's brother as in Rooney front man as in Coppola?

[scriptedending]

The very same!

[alienjiive]

Rooney: Now I’m-

Friend: Don’t...

Rooney: Now I’m-

Me: SH-SH-SHAAAAAAKING!!!!!

[djbbgoose]

YEAH ROONEY!!