Miyazaki:still the most human

https://youtu.be/BfxlgHBaxEU

BONE TOMAHAWK

Ok just watched Bone Tomahawk and I am dazzled. Kurt Russell, for one thing, has the best beard and blue eyes in the business. Richard Jenkins! Matthew Fox! Patrick Wilson! And then it is an honest-to-god Western-with all the dust and dirt and brutality and bad outfits. The cinematography is gorgeous, all long shots to enjoy the gray dusty landscape--until you get to the 45-minute denouement and then it is all up close and stomach turning. Not lots of blood, but atrocities that are creative and visceral.The palette is is so monochromatic that you are relieved to see Kurt's blue eyes.  Even the trogs are pale and pasty and carry--you guessed it--bone tomahawks from leftover bison jaws. They have their voice boxes stuck in their throats and they make sounds that I guarantee you have never imagined. Rich characterization throughout, not usually a horror staple. And after I commented to Tom that it reminded me of that brutal jailhouse movie starring Vince Vaughn (Brawl in Cell Block 99), we found that both are directed by S Craig Zahler.  A total win. 👌👌👌👌

T'CHALLA in his own movie. CANNOT WAIT

Why Miyasaki has no challengers

Jackie Chan: ACTION not EFFECTS

TONY ZHOU on MARTIN SCORSESE

Martin Scorsese - The Art of Silence from Tony Zhou on Vimeo.

MY FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME (so far)

In no particular order: 

*la Belle et le Bete (Cocteau)

*V for Vendetta

Fight Club

*Raising Arizona

Titus (1999)
Shakespeare in Love
Wings of Desire
Dangerous Liaisons
Tombstone
Jackie Brown

*Amelie

*Manchurian Candidate 1962
*The Dark Knight

Grosse Pointe Blank

El Mariachi
Trollhunter

American Beauty

*Unbreakable

An Ideal Husband

the Grifters

Some Kind of Wonderful

Exodus

Rebecca

American History X

The Big Chill

Gunfight at the OK Corral

Gentle Persuasion

Pulp Fiction

Kill Bill 1
Kill Bill 2

Pollock

*Moonstruck

The Departed

Sin City

Tampopo

Ironman

*Rear Window
North by Northwest

Picnic at Hanging Rock

*Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Pulp Fiction

Ran

The Long Kiss Goodnight

It’s a Wonderful Life

Ronin

The Hidden Fortress

Blade Runner

Star Wars: 4,5,6

Pride and Prejudice 2006 version

* indicates favorite favorites