So, the fact of the matter is that as much as I love independent film and celebrate it and would almost always choose it over studio fare, I still have a routine “violent reaction” to having overloaded on the Sundance/Slamdance stuff by going directly to movie comfort food. That means a by the numbers zombie movie, a doc of the National Lampoon, Tom Cruise and Matt Damon action fare, and an Academy screener for THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN which I got Festworks Editor-in-Chief Rose Kuo to watch (while I was staying with her family in NYC this past weekend) by leading her to believe it was up for a writing award at the Oscars.
A few people you may recognize from the National Lampoon documentary.
Guilty pleasures all. Also, not listed is a binge watch of “The People vs O.J. Simpson” series since it arrived on Netflix, and half-way through the “Santa Clarita Diet” as well. And now we are heading into Dallas International Film Festival prep and next week’s Oxford Film Festival. Little wonder that I rarely see a theatrical release movie in an actual movie theater (unless it’s playing at a fest) any longer…
THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN
- EVOLUTION (DIR: Lucile Hadzihalilovic) – VOD
- QUALITY PROBLEMS (DIRS: Brooke Purdy, Doug Purdy) – screening link
- THE VOID (DIRS: Jeremy Gllespie, Steve Kostanski) – screening link
- JASON BOURNE (DIR: Paul Greengrass) – VOD
- THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN (DIR: Kelly Fremon Craig) Academy screener
- JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK (DIR: Edward Zwick) – VOD
- DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: THE STORY OF NATIONAL LAMPOON (DIR: Douglas Tirola) – VOD
- THE REZORT (DIR: Steve Barker) – VOD
- BUSHWICK (DIRS: Cary Murnion, Jonathan Milott) – Sundance
- PATTI CAKE$ (DIR: Geremy Jasper) – Sundance
BUSHWICK
1. Arrival
2. The Girl on The Train
3. La La Land
4. Manchester By The Sea
5. The Founder
6. Moonlight
7. Jackie
8. Bridget Jones’ Baby
9. The Muppets Take Manhattan
10. Hidden Figures
9 & 10 should be closer to the top.
Oh, I do it in the comments… that should be easy. Not listing in any particular order since I’m under embargo on some of these and at least one is for my Oxford jury-ing.
1. My Name is Emily (link)
2.The Human Surge (at Metrograph)
3. The Other Kids (link)
4. The Great Wall (theater)
5. Get Out (theater)
6. Journey to the West (sequel, can’t remember the subtitle) (theater)
7. American Graffiti (Metrograph)
8. Slap Shot (Metrograph)
9. A Cure for Wellness (theater)
10. John Wick 2 (theater) and A United Kingdom (same theater)
And for added good measure I’m seeing Logan in four hours!
From Matthew David Wilder (screenwriter of DOG EAT DOG):
1. QUERELLE (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
2. CEZANNE (Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet)
3. FIFTY SHADES DARKER (James Foley)
4. THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE (Chris McKay)
5. THE GANG THAT COULDN’T SHOOT STRAIGHT (James Goldstone)
6. SICILIA! (Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet)
7. WORKERS, PEASANTS (Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet)
8. PERSONAL SHOPPER (Olivier Assayas)
9. FIRE AT SEA (Gianfranco Rosi)
10. GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (Stanley Kramer)
From Larry Karaszewski (Co-writer/producer of the award winning “The People vs O.J. Simpson”):
Twilights Last Gleaming
Such Good Friends
Roxanne, Roxanne
Dina
The Big Sick
Call Me By Your Name
The Incredible Jessica James
I Knew Her Well
At Long Last Love
Serial
The Sterile Cuckoo
The April Fools
American Honey
Hush
OJ: Made in America
Still Walking
Bright Lights
Poetry
Passengers
Elle
Weiner
Greasy Strangler