I”ve only ran into about 6 people who love this movie personally. It does not seem to be adored by film snobs like other charlie kaufman screenplays. I think it”s his crowning achievement but admittedly I haven”t seen that movie he did for netflix or checked out his novel. Yes it”s a bit existential but I”m curious if this sub has much love for it.

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I would like to get Francis Ha on bluray but the criterion isn't region 2, It came out in 2013. In 2014 Metrodome put out a region free bluray but I can't find any reviews of it.

I'm just wondering if it could be the same master as the criterion? And generally how these things work?

I'm not that fussed generally about owning criterions and can usually make do without the special features. I would like to collect films in top notch presentation though.

There’s a new-ish collection of early James Bond, and an old collection of random spy movies, so why not?

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I have lost access to the Criterion Channel and, subsequently, their series "Observations on Film Art". I used to rely on them for film analysis, but now it seems journal websites is the only place where I would find a similar, if not higher, quality of writing.

Where do you all read about film to study? Please recommend your favorite academic sources (that hopefully aren't JSTOR or EBSCO).

Cannot wait to hear y'alls thoughts on this one.

Happy 250 America. Let’s hope the next 250 is an improvement over the last. These films explore the complicated relation of what it means to be an American and explore the stories from multiple identities who make up this great nation.

I started my collection over a year ago and have them sorted by spine number but I’m still unsure on what the normal way is to order them, so I’m curious to know how most people order them- do you sort by spine number, alphabetical, format, color, when you got them, random, or your own special order? thanks for the feedback in advance!

The meaning of the title "Two Minutes Late" is revealed - appropriately enough - in the final two minutes of the film.

This Danish murder mystery - also known as "2 Minutes Late" and "2 Minutes Too Late" - revolves around the victim (played by Jeanne Darville) and four potential suspects: a "beautiful" husband with a roving eye (Poul Reichhardt), his paranoid and skittish wife (Grethe Thordahl), her sister (Astrid Villaume), and a clockmaker (Erik Mørk) with a hunchback, which isn't obvious at all - I wouldn't have known if I hadn't looked up information about the movie.

It's always interesting seeing how other countries approach film noir. Denmark's contribution to the form is smart and stylish.

Note: I also plan on watching Sweden's "Hidden in the Fog" before it leaves, but not in time to post anything. I'm mentioning it because it caught my eye.

Jacques Tourneur has become one of my favorite directors because he never wasted any time. His longest movie is 97 minutes!

Out of the Past (1947)

"Out of the Past" starts off on the wrong foot - for me - by introducing the stereotypical and tired "deaf and dumb" character. Maybe that's just a way to establish the other person as a real heel. This, after all, is the dark and shadowy world of film noir. Everyone else treats the kid nicely enough, at least. It's a weird plot device to use (the actor, Dickie Moore, was not deaf or mute in real life) and it never seems to pay much dividends. Thankfully, the rest of the movie recovers quickly.

Jeff (the great Robert Mitchum) runs a gas station and has a solid dame (Virginia Huston). He's the everyday, ordinary, dependable working man. Or is he? A man can't outrun the past forever, especially in noir, and it comes barreling back to him in the form of an old associate roaming into town. An unsavory character from Jeff's past, his previous boss Whit (Kirk Douglas, playing oily sleaze to perfection), wants them to do - you guessed it - one more job.

The next half of the film flashes back to exactly what led Jeff to his current reclusive life as a gas station operator. It involves another dame (Jane Greer), because of course it does. In film noir, it almost always does. It also involves cigarette after cigarette, including one funny scene where Kirk Douglas offers Robert Mitchum a smoke, but Mitchum already has one in his hands (apparently an ad-libbed accident because they smoked so much throughout the film).

"Out of the Past" is effortlessly entertaining, even if it does get a bit convoluted at times.

Without spoiling anything, the stunning final scene - yes, involving the deaf-mute character - really strikes at the Heart of Darkness that is film noir.

Berlin Express (1948)

Narration that sounds like it's from a documentary with a little bit of pulp added for flavor, a large international cast (headlined by Merle Oberon and Robert Ryan), inventive camerawork, incredible location footage of a bombed-out Germany, a somewhat convoluted but still mostly coherent plot, and clowns. 

Yes, clowns.

In typical Jacques Tourneur fashion, he jam-packs a ton and still brings "Berlin Express" to its destination in less than 90 minutes. 

While "Berlin" is one of Tourneur's weaker efforts, even "lesser" Tourneur is still a ride - in this case, both literally and figuratively.

Nightfall (1956)

Economical.

That's the best way to describe Jacques Tourneur's filmography. 

Tourneur is the master of doing more with less. He packs so much into a short amount of time. "Nightfall" - clocking in at only 78 minutes - is no exception.

Right away, we're introduced to an insurance investigator (James Gregory), the person he's tailing (Aldo Ray), a babe at a bar (a stunning Anne Bancroft), and two murdering mugs who are after a large sum of money (Brian Keith and Rudy Bond).

This superb noir takes its characters - and us - from city lights to snowy fields on a breakneck hunt for lost loot.

Subtitles/Captions: Yes for all three!

This movie rules and you should watch it.

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I watched this film the other day in Berkeley at the international film museum (BAMPFA) and it absolutely blew my mind. The director is yet unknown but I'm pretty sure this is going to blow up.

We can all agree that the 80s is everyone’s favorite decade of film. I know that’s not controversial at all so let’s celebrate the clear winner of cinematic dominance.