Maybe Gen X cult movies will have a second run like Gen X music which at least in the States has been on a tear recently, whether on the radio or tour circuits. It's weird seeing all the Nirvana floating baby t-shirts on teenagers again some thirty years later...
I think it’s more than fashion because the music is everywhere too. I’m all for it (although there’s also a part of me that’s like “damn, for some kids today this is listening to oldies…”)
The 400 'pop' songs being released weekly are shit, not because I'm old, but because they're shit. Any teen who realises that has a chance at being a better person.
I don't know how you manage to view all of these films and previews, but thank you for sharing your recommended lists with your subscribers. I do want to check out the film with Mads Mikkelson and "Totem" from Mexico. Of course, how can I resist a movie review that begins with the sentence, "A mother demands answers from teacher when her son begins acting strangely..." Lastly, the remake of "Nosferatu" looks compelling. I have seen both the 1922 and the 1979 version, so it will be interesting to compare all three.
One daily movie or documentary keeps the shrink away, and adds up to 365 per year. Of course, 6000 hours is arguably a waste, which is why, at the least, it's important to watch that which educates culture, especially of other people's countries, their beauty and struggles. Though I admit that my weakness is occasionally throwing in a horror, the shrink says it's actually my sense of humour at our species thinking it's escaped its junglehood.
Mads Mikkelson's greatest movie is clearly 'The Hunt'. Then 'Promised Land' and 'Another Round' compete for second. He's done some fun, twisted stuff with Dir Anders Thomas Jensen, such as ' Adam's Apples' and the Green Butchers'. The more recent 'Riders of Justice' was more commercial, so I expect it will be remade in the West.
You are a cornucopia of movie reviews. I kind of liked Mads Mikkelson as Stravinsky in the movie about Coco Channel and Stravinsky. The music was great, and he really looked like Stravinsky. I also liked "The Salvation". Also, there is nothing wrong with horror movies (I grew up on them), especially if they are well made. :)
Mads is definitely one of my favourites. And Eva Green, who was with him in 'Salvation' is a force too.
I can appreciate a jump scare, like 'The Descent', but mostly prefer those more psychological, such as 'Monolith' that's listed above. 'Eden lake' managed to combine both elements.
My favourite foreign horror would be 'The Orphanage', the movie J.A. Bayona made in his own language before hitting it massive in the USA. It's taken him 16 years to return to Spanish with the survival biopic 'Society of Snow'.
'You Won't Be Alone', from Macedonia, has an emphasis on drama that i loved. 'Martyrs' is the opposite end, utterly fucked up, disturbing and fascinating.
'Midsommar' is the only horror pulled off in daylight so that makes it a gem. 'Masking Threshold' is underrated indie genius. 'And 'Glorious' (2022) was so absurd it was great.
I agree with you about Eva Green and the movie "The Descent", but I have never heard about the movie from Macedonia. I don't know how you manage to find these movies! I did see "The Orphanage" because I like the actress Belén Rueda. I also saw the movie "Alive" (1993), which tackles the same subject as "Society of Snow". As you have given "Society of Snow" a thumbs up, I must now watch it.
You should definitely share this list. I loved "Wadjda", "A 12-Year-Night", and "The Secret in Their Eyes". The latter is from Argentina and stars Ricardo Darín, one of my favor actors from Latin America (his son, Chino Darín, was in "A 12-Year-Night"). I have seen most of Ricardo Darín's movies. You might want to check out his performances in "Nine Queens", "Wild Tales", and "Carrancho" (to name a few). He also starred in "The Same Love, the Same Rain" (1999) with Soledad Villamil, the woman who played the female protagonist in "The Secret in Their Eyes." I also saw an interesting movie from Hungary entitled "Demimonde". So many movies, so little time.
Break from WRITING politics but it’s a full day reading it. Precarious moment for my country, and the forces at play know it.
Sex robots are more amicable. And if you ever get bored, you can program them to be attracted to each other. That way, they’ll grind and grind until they’re motionless, all out of lubrication.
Maybe Gen X cult movies will have a second run like Gen X music which at least in the States has been on a tear recently, whether on the radio or tour circuits. It's weird seeing all the Nirvana floating baby t-shirts on teenagers again some thirty years later...
I can only hope that it means something to some of them, rather than fashion.
I’d more want to have a conversation with a teen wearing a Pixies , Sisters of Mercy, or Violet Femmes tee.
Metal shirts, however, are always metal. Grandfathers Iron Maiden, for example, never die.
Gen X cult movies don’t die but some, like ‘The Addicted’, never went mainstream (like ‘Fight Club’).
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls099296735/
I think it’s more than fashion because the music is everywhere too. I’m all for it (although there’s also a part of me that’s like “damn, for some kids today this is listening to oldies…”)
The 400 'pop' songs being released weekly are shit, not because I'm old, but because they're shit. Any teen who realises that has a chance at being a better person.
Always handy to have a good inbuilt bullshit-detector
The duty of a parent to grow that in a child.
I don't know how you manage to view all of these films and previews, but thank you for sharing your recommended lists with your subscribers. I do want to check out the film with Mads Mikkelson and "Totem" from Mexico. Of course, how can I resist a movie review that begins with the sentence, "A mother demands answers from teacher when her son begins acting strangely..." Lastly, the remake of "Nosferatu" looks compelling. I have seen both the 1922 and the 1979 version, so it will be interesting to compare all three.
One daily movie or documentary keeps the shrink away, and adds up to 365 per year. Of course, 6000 hours is arguably a waste, which is why, at the least, it's important to watch that which educates culture, especially of other people's countries, their beauty and struggles. Though I admit that my weakness is occasionally throwing in a horror, the shrink says it's actually my sense of humour at our species thinking it's escaped its junglehood.
Mads Mikkelson's greatest movie is clearly 'The Hunt'. Then 'Promised Land' and 'Another Round' compete for second. He's done some fun, twisted stuff with Dir Anders Thomas Jensen, such as ' Adam's Apples' and the Green Butchers'. The more recent 'Riders of Justice' was more commercial, so I expect it will be remade in the West.
https://wickedmike.substack.com/p/60-best-movies-of-2023-english-foreign-language
You are a cornucopia of movie reviews. I kind of liked Mads Mikkelson as Stravinsky in the movie about Coco Channel and Stravinsky. The music was great, and he really looked like Stravinsky. I also liked "The Salvation". Also, there is nothing wrong with horror movies (I grew up on them), especially if they are well made. :)
Mads is definitely one of my favourites. And Eva Green, who was with him in 'Salvation' is a force too.
I can appreciate a jump scare, like 'The Descent', but mostly prefer those more psychological, such as 'Monolith' that's listed above. 'Eden lake' managed to combine both elements.
My favourite foreign horror would be 'The Orphanage', the movie J.A. Bayona made in his own language before hitting it massive in the USA. It's taken him 16 years to return to Spanish with the survival biopic 'Society of Snow'.
'You Won't Be Alone', from Macedonia, has an emphasis on drama that i loved. 'Martyrs' is the opposite end, utterly fucked up, disturbing and fascinating.
'Midsommar' is the only horror pulled off in daylight so that makes it a gem. 'Masking Threshold' is underrated indie genius. 'And 'Glorious' (2022) was so absurd it was great.
I agree with you about Eva Green and the movie "The Descent", but I have never heard about the movie from Macedonia. I don't know how you manage to find these movies! I did see "The Orphanage" because I like the actress Belén Rueda. I also saw the movie "Alive" (1993), which tackles the same subject as "Society of Snow". As you have given "Society of Snow" a thumbs up, I must now watch it.
You're the only person I've chatted to that has seen 'Orphanage' without me recommending it. Thumbs up!
Eva was perfect for 'Penny Dreadful'.
I have a list of movies, mostly drama, from countries that people dont know. I should post it one day. Do Macedonia first but there's:
'4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' (Romania)
'I Still Hide to Smoke' (Algeria)
'Turtles Can Fly' (Iran/Iraq)
'Mustang' (Turkey 2015)
'Winter Sleep' (Turkey)
'Wadjda' (Saudi Arabia)
'Clash' (Egypt 2016)
'Where Do We Go Now?' (Lebanon)
'Once Were Warriors' (New Zealand)
'The Nightingale' (Australia 2018)
'Atanarjuat' (Inuktitut, Canada)
'Embrace of the Serpent' (Colombia)
'The Secret in Their Eyes' (Brazil)
'A Twelve-Year Night' (Uruguay)
'Sin Nombre' (Mexico)
'Luna Papa' (Tajikistan)
'The Legend of Tomiris' (Kazakhstan)
'Ayka' (Russia)
'Beyond the River' (South Africa)
'The President' (Georgia 2014)
'Tangerines' (Abkhazia)
'Ilo Ilo' (Singapore)
'Lady Vengeance' (Korea)
'First They Killed My Father' (Cambodia)
'The Unknown Soldier' (Finland)
'King of Devil's Island' (Norway)
'Man Bites Dog' (Belgium)
'Miss Violence' (Greece)
'Taxidermia' (Hungary)
'The Last Family' (Poland)
You should definitely share this list. I loved "Wadjda", "A 12-Year-Night", and "The Secret in Their Eyes". The latter is from Argentina and stars Ricardo Darín, one of my favor actors from Latin America (his son, Chino Darín, was in "A 12-Year-Night"). I have seen most of Ricardo Darín's movies. You might want to check out his performances in "Nine Queens", "Wild Tales", and "Carrancho" (to name a few). He also starred in "The Same Love, the Same Rain" (1999) with Soledad Villamil, the woman who played the female protagonist in "The Secret in Their Eyes." I also saw an interesting movie from Hungary entitled "Demimonde". So many movies, so little time.
Thanks for the cool Playlist, Mike. Are you enjoying your break from politics?
So much more fun to share art.
I'm still working on my plans to build a killer robot surplus stor and saloon. The killer robot aren't being very cooperative.
Looks like I'll have to convince them to jump into a smelting pot.
Break from WRITING politics but it’s a full day reading it. Precarious moment for my country, and the forces at play know it.
Sex robots are more amicable. And if you ever get bored, you can program them to be attracted to each other. That way, they’ll grind and grind until they’re motionless, all out of lubrication.
Maybe they will eventually make babies 👶
Then you will know profit.
👍