With their invention of an early viable camera, the Cinématographe, the Lumière brothers enabled the recording of the rich diversity of human experience in a way that was unprecedented. This documentary surveys dozens of early films and gives us a taste for early filmic ambition.
An intimate, captivating, beautiful and heartbreaking film which relates the origins, rise and martyrdom of Oppenheimer while investigating the scientific, moral and political questions leading to and resulting from the development of the bomb that would change our world forever
Haven’t watched it yet, but looking forward to this film. In centennial commemoration of the Lumiere Brothers first film, Romane Bohringer recruited forty filmmakers (including David Lynch and Spike Lee) to create 52 second long short films compiled into this anthology.
Humble beginnings…
What begins as a fun weekend-getaway trip for a group of teens quickly transforms into a nightmare that masks a far more terrifying truth. My take: A surprisingly-entertaining horror comedy which doesn’t disappoint either genre: worth a watch!
German has some great words, and this just became one of my favorites.
“To have sitzfleisch means the ability to sit still for the long periods of time required to be truly productive; it means the stamina to work through a difficult situation and see a project through to the end.”
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180903-to-have-sitzfleisch—its-a-professional-compliment
A pretty good, unsettling horror film starring the great Ethan Hawke about a supernatural force that torments and consumes families. A little formulaic but still worth a watch and does make for some good scares.
Definitely wouldn’t recommend this film. A group of dumb kids in a band decides it’s a good idea to play a show for skinheads, and the outcome is pretty much, well, what you might expect. If I were Patrick Stewart, I definitely wouldn’t have acted in this film. Also disappointing given its A24.
A sublime, humbling examination of the life of the universe and of the special emergence of life itself, Terrence Malick spent decades working on this project, which pensively and inquisitively depicts the world and the beings that inhabit it in all their wonder.
Bearer of Pity 