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Lowry_Sam wrote: Sat Aug 16, 2025 3:45 am

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The Curious Sofa wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 8:13 am Tracy and Hepburn never married; Tracy remained married to his first wife his entire life.

Well if the rumors are true, what Hepburn & Tracy shared was that both were not predominantly interested in the opposite sex and that their very public affair was an affair for show publicized by the studios to cover their real affairs (with members of the same sex).

Randall Maysin Again wrote: Fri Aug 15, 2025 9:00 pm Here is a line from Gary Tooze's new review of Shoeshine, that indicates that, not only is he a terrible writer, but that he's actually AI:

Additionally, the release boasts a new cover by F. Ron Miller, providing contextual depth and historical insights that enrich appreciation of this neorealist classic.

Originally created for the Eureka Blu-ray is "Meet the Femms" (37:58), a brand new video essay

Lindo, as usual, makes an effort.

Maladroit Aggregator wrote: Sun Aug 24, 2025 2:33 pm

Lindo, as usual, makes an effort.

One of the most depressing, upsetting films I've ever seen. It has many good reviews though (that I've seen in other locations). Mystified. I guess it must be brilliantly made, or something.

A man is so horny for Ginger from gilligans island's Grade-A bazongas that he rejects mccarthyism in favor of the immortal science of marxism-leninism.

A drama that follows the travails of the Pineda family in the Filipino city of Angeles. Bigamy, unwanted pregnancy, possible incest and bothersome skin irritations are all part of their daily challenges, but the real "star" of the show is an enormous, dilapidated movie theater that doubles as family business and living space. At one time a prestige establishment, the theater now runs porn double bills and serves as a meeting ground for hustlers of every conceivable persuasion. The film captures the sordid, fetid atmosphere, interweaving various family subplots with the comings and goings of customers, thieves and even a runaway goat while enveloping the viewer in a maelstrom of sound, noise and continuous motion.

y'know, i'm disappointed. why couldn't they make this movie sadder??? like, why'd the dog have to live??? we should've gotten a scene where he gets hit by a fucking truck and then the old guy cries about it for minutes on end. hell, the old man should've gotten hit by a truck too! actually no, how about the maid gives birth to her baby and then they BOTH get hit by a truck and die painfully! that would be sad, just like real life! couldn't we get a scene where the old man gets beat up within an inch of his life and has all his money stolen, and then needs to pay a really expensive hospital bill? how about a scene where he gets diagnosed with cancer, malaria and the bubonic plague all at the same time? how about a scene where he gets struck by lightning? or, better yet, just start 'em off dead and hold the camera on his corpse for 90 minutes! now THAT's objective realism, baby! TRUE artistic mastery!!! this man's life is shit, just like yours, viewer! the real world sucks, and i relate to that!!!

domino harvey wrote: Sun Nov 09, 2025 6:37 pm

y'know, i'm disappointed. why couldn't they make this movie sadder??? like, why'd the dog have to live??? we should've gotten a scene where he gets hit by a fucking truck and then the old guy cries about it for minutes on end. hell, the old man should've gotten hit by a truck too! actually no, how about the maid gives birth to her baby and then they BOTH get hit by a truck and die painfully! that would be sad, just like real life! couldn't we get a scene where the old man gets beat up within an inch of his life and has all his money stolen, and then needs to pay a really expensive hospital bill? how about a scene where he gets diagnosed with cancer, malaria and the bubonic plague all at the same time? how about a scene where he gets struck by lightning? or, better yet, just start 'em off dead and hold the camera on his corpse for 90 minutes! now THAT's objective realism, baby! TRUE artistic mastery!!! this man's life is shit, just like yours, viewer! the real world sucks, and i relate to that!!!

Mr Sausage wrote: Sun Nov 09, 2025 8:03 pm Umberto D.?

thats one way to get rid of my annoying son i havent tried

The Devil's Bride is an enchanting romantic musical. The story is adapted from the novel "Baltaragio malûnas" by Kazys Boruta. A musical about love conquering all. Starring Gediminas Girdvainis, Vasyl Symchych, Vaiva Mainelyte, and Regimantas Adomaitis.

Who's up for a Lithuanian supernatural folk-rock musical? Continuing their track record of blowing viewers' minds with titles completely neglected in the U.S., Deaf Crocodile strikes again with The Devil's Bride (Velnio nuotaka), a completely sung feast for the senses clearly inspired by funked-up stage hit stampeding through Europe like Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and La Révolution Française. Shot in scope and ultra-saturated color, it was a local hit and became something of a cult favorite among Soviet bloc audiences but has stayed under the radar pretty much everywhere else.

Pinchiukas (Gediminas Girdvainis) is a devil who finds himself kicked out of Heaven and ends up at a frog pond owned by the simple farmer Baltaragis (Vasyl Symchych). Pinchiukas promises the farmer the hand of blonde love Marcelé (Vaiva Mainelyte) as long as it is in exchange for the as of yet unborn daughter, Jurga (also played by an adult Vaiva Mainelyte).

In the mountains of heaven, God and a lot of angels are having a banquet that soon turns raucous when they shake off their white robes and start to party. Faster than you can say "Lucifer," one of the instigators, top hat-wearing Pinčiukas (Girdvainis), is among those banished to Earth. He ends up in a lake on the property of Baltaragis (Simčičius), a lowly farmer, and their years-long relationship involves a bargain with the lives and souls of beautiful Marcelė and the daughter she has with Baltaragis, Jurga (both played by Vaiva Mainelytė). The latter is promised to the conniving imp when she comes of age, but of course things get complicated when she ends up falling in love with bearded man of the land Girdvainis (Adomaitis) -- all belted out in song.

Directed by Arunas Zebriunas (The Girl and the Echo, The Beauty), The Devil's Bride is a must-see musical and one quite unlike anything else out there. The musical is creatively independent and manages to evoke a simultaneously dark and light aesthetic that is distinctly its own style. A masterful production and a must-see gem of Lithuanian filmmaking.

That synopsis is a lot more linear than the experience of actually watching this film, which leaps through time periods and doesn't waste its time with old-fashioned concepts like character development. Instead you can just focus on the great, catchy music and psychedelic color palette, while the basic themes of temptation and true love come through clearly enough thanks to the source material, Larzys Bortua's 1945 novel Whitehorn's Windmill. A veteran of locally successful fable-style films geared towards children, director Arūnas Žebriūnas was a logical choice here with something a bit more adult in nature (mainly a tiny bit of nudity and strongly implied sexual longing). At a brisk 76 minutes, the film tears through its songs and characters without wasting any time and also manages to work in some raucous comic relief at regular intervals.

Alissa Wilkinson wrote:5. The Testament of Ann Lee (Mona Fastvold)
I've never seen a movie like this one, and can't imagine I ever will.

Walker Storz wrote:Very depressing—Ms. Plath seems to have a very bleak outlook on life. In my opinion she overthinks things too much. If she is still out there, I hope you read this, Sylvia! Cheer up!

colinr0380 wrote: Mon Jan 26, 2026 4:41 pm EDITOR'S NOTE: Sadly, Ms Sylvia Plath did not, in fact, cheer up.

colinr0380 wrote:EDITOR'S NOTE: Sadly, Ms Sylvia Plath did not, in fact, cheer up.