Recent content by OldCorpse

What can I say, I only recently started watching Succession - and I’m surprised nobody started a thread on this show here on dvxuser. This show is excellent! Very strong performances from almost all actors. Good writing, and especially the exceptional dialogue. Camera work quite good, even the...

In The Cut, sadly did not manage to finish it, I lasted 53 minutes. I have never seen a Jane Campion film, but I know she’ s a celebreated director (at least in some circles), the film has a ton of big name actors, so I thought, well, perfect time to check it out. If you’ve spent your life...

There are those directors who are giants in the field. They tower over everyone else. Fellini is one, Bunuel, another. I’ve frequently pondered what makes it so. How it is that they achieve their effects, and how often it is elusive and not obvious. You can say that their films create their own...

I love this movie more than it deserves by pure merit, but objectively it’s very good anyhow. Here is an example of a film that’s great mostly due to the script and actors, and the director simply got out of the way. It was written by the great sage of Hollywood, William Goldman (“Nobody knows...

Speaking of Hitchcockian, as is well known, Brian De Palma was somewhat obessed wth Hitchcock, and “Body Double” is frequently cited as his tribute to Hitch. But for my money, one could say the same about Dressed To Kill - which if anything is almost more of a tribute. To me, this is also a...

Foreign directors from certain parts of the world rarely make a smooth transition to Hollywood. European directors and writers of course have on the whole done very well, embedding themselves in the very DNA of Hollywood (especially those fleeing WWII Europe). This is for some reason a more...

Just finished watching it. As I expected, a sopping pile of doodoo (IMO). Literally no surprises of any kind. Off for a few beers, and then I’ll do a longer review over the next few days. I wonder how it’ll do at the box office - I think foreign is OKish, domestic something to wait for. I’m sure...

Last night I rewatched Stanley Kubrick’s last film, Eyes Wide Shut (1999). I first saw it in the theater when it just came out, with a friend who is a massive Kubrick fan. We came out both very nonplussed by how poor the film was. He mentioned that Kubrick liked to edit his films right up to...

On Netflix, 5 episodes, Halston seems to be a big hit with the critics. I like the subject matter a great deal, so I was very excited to see this series. The world of fashion design is fascinating, and Halston in particular is an amazing story for many, many reasons. Sadly, I was...

Those Who Wish Me Dead - watching this feels like you’re dying, so they have a point. Directed by Taylor Sheridan - and I swear, I could spot his rotten directing from the get-go. In watching new films, I often try to block out who the director is, so I don’t prejudice myself. That’s what...

I really enjoy the documetaries from Deutsche Welle (roughly the German version of the BBC) - I find them extremely well done technically, and the budget is often very generous. They are well researched and production values are outstanding. About the only thing I don’t like is the dubbing (I...

I re-watched Michelangelo Antonioni’s Red Desert (1964) recently. I’m not a huge fan of Antonioni, but I have a certain measure of respect for him. He is the classic case of an artist who tries to do something new and original, but in his case doesn’t quite manage to make it successful. Hence...

The Korean movie Burning (2018) won a bunch of awards and is a critical hit - and I have to agree with all the accolades; this is one of the best movies I’ve seen in quite a while. Technically very well done, and the music is excellent (which is very rare, unfortunatelly). But really everything...

Roma (2018) - I apologize if there was already a thread on Roma made here, I performed a search and didn’t find it. What can I say - it’s a legit masterpiece. Just love it. Beyond the obvious, a refreshing narrative structure hailing to Fellini, it’s just an amazing piece of work purely...

Currently I have HBO Max, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Netflix. I still find myself chafing at the paltry choices of viewing material. So I thought, what if I put a cap on how much a month I want to spend - say, $50/mo for all my streaming. My interests are both film and TV, but I do like old...