January 13, 2015

The Last Ten Movies I Saw

By michaelgloversmith

1. Inherent Vice (Anderson)
2. All the Ships at Sea (Sallitt)
3. Honeymoon (Sallitt)
4. Leviathan (Zyagintsev)
5. One More River (Whale)
6. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (Helander)
7. Inherent Vice (Anderson)
8. The Impatient Maiden (Whale)
9. Permanent Vacation (Jarmusch)
10. Goodbye to Language (Godard)

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 13th, 2015 at 11:49 pm and posted in The Last Ten Movies I Saw. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

4 responses to “The Last Ten Movies I Saw”

  • Beer Movie
    January 14th, 2015 at 5:46 am

    I’m a fan of James Whale, but to be honest I’ve only seen his more famous Universal horror flicks. Do you recommend either of these ones?

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    • michaelgloversmith
      January 14th, 2015 at 9:31 am

      I highly recommend both! THE IMPATIENT MAIDEN is a hilarious proto-screwball comedy about a secretary falling in love with her doctor. ONE MORE RIVER is a really fun melodrama about a woman running away from an abusive husband. They’re hard to track down but well worth it.

      Reply
  • marcosdesouza92
    January 15th, 2015 at 11:31 am

    Will you be posting a review of P.T.A’s Inherent Vice? I would very much like to hear your thoughts on it. I saw it yesterday and I think I might go to see it again to get a better understanding and maybe pick up some things that I may have missed the first time. Is that why you saw it twice?

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    • michaelgloversmith
      January 15th, 2015 at 12:49 pm

      I will be posting a capsule review of INHERENT VICE on Monday so stay tuned. I definitely felt the need to see it a second time in order to get more out of it (and I had read already the book before I saw it). After a second viewing, I can say that it’s my favorite PTA film. But it’s also important to realize that it doesn’t matter if you don’t fully understand the “plot.” It’s insanely complicated on purpose in the best film noir tradition.

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