Watched in AugustThe Last Black Man in San FranciscoIkarie XB 1The Beaches of Agnès (Les Plag
Watched in AugustThe Last Black Man in San FranciscoIkarie XB 1The Beaches of Agnès (Les Plages d'Agnès)Fireball: Visitors From Darker WorldsTitaneThe Unseen River (Giòng sông không nhìn thấy)The Recorder Exam (리코더 시험)Brother (Брат)Lina from Lima (Lina de Lima)Cave of Forgotten DreamsWTFTitane (Julia Ducournau, 2021): Granted, I had high expectations after Raw but even now, a few weeks after seeing this, I’m still not sure what it was. So it wasn’t bad, but I’m not sure it was good either, just really… what????OK filmsThe Last Black Man in San Francisco (Joe Talbot, 2019): This is one of those very American films where I understand what’s being done and I support it but the storytelling is just so formulaic it leaves me just feeling “meh”The Beaches of Agnès (Les Plages d'Agnès, Agnès Varda, 2008): This was the last Varda film on Mubi France that I had not seen. It was all right? Not her best. Might work well as an introduction to her work and/or documentary style.Brother (Брат, Alexey Balabanov, 1997): Was really excited for a 1990s Russian gangster film. It was all right but not amazing, and also, there is something in the plot that I didn’t understand?? I’m an idiotLina from Lima (Lina de Lima, María Paz González, 2019): Another one of those films I’ll forget. Visually very good, also loved the music intervals, but I didn’t connect with itFilms I really enjoyedIkarie XB 1 (Jindřich Polák, 1963): A Czechoslovakian 1960s space film with a robot named Patrick… Need I say more?Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds (Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer, 2020) and Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Werner Herzog, 2010): Herzog documentaries never disappoint The Recorder Exam (리코더 시험, Rikodeo siheom, Kim Bora, 2011): This short film centers on a little girl’s fast-approaching recorder exam at school as a way to explore the dynamics of her family. It is very goodFavourite of the monthThe Unseen River (Giòng sông không nhìn thấy, Phạm Ngọc Lân, 2020): I watched this because it was on Mubi, I was in the mood for a short and it looked nice. I really loved this, it is beautiful, atmospheric, and the two storylines provide these amazing slice-of-life nuggets in a way only the best short films do.*I watched ten films in August which should feel like enough but I still feel like I’m neglecting films in favour of other things. Maybe because this month’s crop wasn’t particularly good? I feel like since the year started I’ve watched very few super-good films.* Follow me on Letterboxd! -- source link
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