Indie Film Release Guide: October 21st [An ONTD Original]

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[takemydream]

I watched Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power last night (as part of a film festival) and recommend it.

After glancing at this list, I'm mainly interested in Argentina, 1985.

I'd also like to see Pray for Our Sinners, which isn't mentioned here. I missed it during the aforementioned film festival.

[tillychar]

it's not like it's a rare name but i am amused that aftersun is directed by someone with the exact same name as the character in my icon lol

i will see ticket to paradise at some point honestly, but i might not get to it in theatres because i have zero time atm. we'll see! i did nab glass onion tickets, which i'm excited about. i'm planning to watch scream 5 tomorrow or friday and finish off my watch of that whole series too.

the only movie i've watched this past week was rosaline, which i thought was really cute. great cast, great costumes, felt like it would have fit right in with the 2000s shakespeare teen movie wave (and i mean that as a compliment)

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On my to-watch list for the next week: Aftersun, Banshees of Inisherin, and Till. I'd also like to see a few other films from this week's post (Wendell & Wild, Descendant), but they're gonna have to wait.

Recent watches include:

Practical Magic: I had my husband pick from a handful of Halloween-adjacent films, and he definitely regretted picking this one, lol. I'd seen bits and pieces of it before, as my middle-school BFF was obsessed with it, but I'd never watched the whole thing. The good: Dianne Wiest & Stockard Channing playing witchy aunts, Nicole & Sandra looking super hot. The bad: Basically the rest of it, tbh, but the biggest offender for me was the music. So much music with lyrics played right over dialogue scenes... absolutely chaotic filmmaking!!! But I do love this song

which I think aforementioned BFF put on a mixtape for me at some point.

Decision to Leave: This was the only movie we got a chance to see in theaters this week. It was pretty good! Didn't quite live up to expectations based on the rapturous praise

[drnilescrane]

I'm really excited for Banshees and Ticket to Paradise, which my mom will voluntarily see because of Lucas Bravo/Emily in Paris. Banshees I'll have to see alone but I really don't care, the only person I want to see it with lives in another state that I can't feasibly drive to.

[amacabea]

Slash/Back! Such a fun watch.

What have you been watching lately, ONTD? Seeing anything this weekend?

Saw Rosaline and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Dario and Rosaline are so cute! 🔥 Sean Teale hit me up later,

[carolinalily]

I literally looked at my phone again to check what day it was lol

I watched The 355 which I wrote about in weekend box office post but a c/p here. [Spoiler (click to open)]I thought it was meh. I’m a sucker for spy espionage thrillers but there is just no match for the Mission Impossible franchise. Great cast and love the premise. They should try again since the ending set up a future installment, but with a better, tighter story and less side plots. It’s important to establish an emotional connection with the characters but trying all 5 leads in the same 2hrs was overload and felt rushed and superficial. Picking one at a time over 5 films would’ve been better. The spoiler twists were pretty obvious but not the main issue. The ladies kicked ass, though, and that was a refreshing spin.

We’re doing a date for Ticket to Paradise then dinner after

I’m not sure about The Banshees or Decision to Leave, I think I might wait to stream. Tar will open the following weekend so I’m looking fw to that