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I did a blind buy of Jonathan Glazer’s Birth in the last Criterion sale because I was pretty sure I was going to love it and, based on my first viewing, I was correct. What a marvel of a film. It’s completely insane that this movie exists, considering the subject matter and the nuance-free world we live in on the internet. The movie itself is genuinely transgressive, and I’ve got nothing but respect in particular for Kidman, who goes pedal to the metal with some pretty thorny material. I have the feeling I’ll be thinking about this movie every day for a good bit of time. 5 star masterpiece.
 
Dr Chud said:
I did a blind buy of Jonathan Glazer’s Birth in the last Criterion sale because I was pretty sure I was going to love it and, based on my first viewing, I was correct. What a marvel of a film. It’s completely insane that this movie exists, considering the subject matter and the nuance-free world we live in on the internet. The movie itself is genuinely transgressive, and I’ve got nothing but respect in particular for Kidman, who goes pedal to the metal with some pretty thorny material. I have the feeling I’ll be thinking about this movie every day for a good bit of time. 5 star masterpiece.
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Anne Heche is a demon in this movie. A quintessential supporting performance.

Danny Huston beefing with the kid is so goddamn funny.

A perfect movie.
 
Lutter said:
Michael made $12.6M in previews last night and is going to likely make $90M this weekend.

Goddamnit the music biopic slop will never stop now.

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Michael.

Considering this movie opened 10 days ago I expected to be able to rock up at a 6.30pm showing on Sunday night without pre-booking. Well I wildly underestimated the popularity of this movie. Showing was completely sold out so has to wait another 45 mins. That 2nd showing also turned out to be full as well. This is a movie clearly with a lot of legs.

It’s not Citizen Kane or anything and a lot of stuff gets whitewashed. There’s also a ton of awful CGI animals and crowds. But the excellent performances from both young and older Michael (his actual nephew) holds it all together.

The crowd absolutely fucking adored it. Big sustained found of applause afterwards.
 
Disco P said:
Just remembered a totally unrecognizable Mike Myers is in it playing Walter Yetnikoff. One of the most powerful people in the music industry in the 80’s but kind of forgotten now.

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Wait Mike Myers is in this too?

Now he's going to be the "good luck charm" for every biopic like how Disney has to put Alan Tudyk in literally everything now.
 
I’ve been trying to work my way through some unopened physical media purchases, so I watched Bamboozled, which I blind bought in a previous Criterion sale. I never saw it when it came out because it was pretty roundly hated and, until its recent reappraisal, when it would come up in subsequent years it was always about how bad it looks. I cannot believe this movie exists. It is such an angry and diabolical film that I cannot believe Lee was able to get financing for it. And, unfortunately for all of us, its venomous mix of The Producers and Network with just a touch of Face In the Crowd has been more or less vindicated by the last 25 years, so this looks like a dispatch from the current day but filtered through the era trappings of the early 00s. The DV look is queasy but it’s very well-deployed and is such a powerful contrast with the beautiful colorful film sections of the variety show. Those variety show sections, folks. Spike is the best, this rocks, and it features the absolute perfect use of Michael Rapaport.
 
I see they’re gonna do another hocus-pocus movie. As long as we’re doing all of these ridiculous sequels….. perhaps my dream of Sean Penn coming back as Spicoli later in life will finally come true?
 
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