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Forum: Movie Reviews 2 hours ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
I do want to give CR a big thanks on hosting this...

I do want to give CR a big thanks on hosting this countdown.


I was initially somewhat skeptical about splitting the neo vs classic, but I think, the final list actually serves as a decent list...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 14 hours ago
Replies: 3,165
Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom
Posted By Little Ash
There was a book some odd years back titled, The...

There was a book some odd years back titled, The Economy of Prestige (or something like that), that was supposed to break down how winning big awards like the Oscars (and getting nominated for them)...
Forum: Movie Reviews 20 hours ago
Replies: 1,871
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown

I think the only eligible movie in my top 10 that didn't make the countdown was Kobayashi's 1957 noir, Black River.
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Forum: General Movie Discussion 20 hours ago
Replies: 3,165
Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom
Posted By Little Ash
Re: Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom

Fwiw, I did see this in the theater, but it was a small crowd (discount night showing), and it's always hard to guess how a hypothetical communal response affects the viewing, but I'm pretty sure no...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 21 hours ago
Replies: 3,165
Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom
Posted By Little Ash
I was kind of wondering if something like that...

I was kind of wondering if something like that was going on based on the reactions. I thought his performance was fine (unlike crumbs), but there's an upper limit sometimes when it's in the service...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
Replies: 2,210
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
Out of my top 10, I think only Trans-Europ...

Out of my top 10, I think only Trans-Europ Express didn't make it. Robbe-Grillet's BDSM-laced (aren't they all?), meta-noir movie about people on a train coming up with a plot for a crime movie, the...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
Replies: 2,210
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
L.A. Confidential - a movie I liked in my late...

L.A. Confidential - a movie I liked in my late teens back when it first came out. I've given it even less thought than The Usual Suspects since it came out. Not on my ballot.


Bladerunner - #25...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 1,871
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
I only watched The Maltese Falcon once and it was...

I only watched The Maltese Falcon once and it was in the past decade. I was actually disappointed I didn't care that much for it.


The top two, those are both on my ballot and high up. So, not...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 1,871
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
I'm trying to find their list now. I've seen it...

I'm trying to find their list now. I've seen it in the past (I'm finding their top 10 Great American Noirs (https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-american-film-noirs), and I remember there's a "One...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 1,871
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
One thing worth noting, I'm not sure how much...

One thing worth noting, I'm not sure how much power the Hays Code still had by 1958 for Touch of Evil (people noted it had lost power with Some Like it Hot in 59 and Psycho and 60), but one aspect of...
Replies: 51
Americans’ New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat.
Posted By Little Ash
One thing I didn't notice in the article was,...

One thing I didn't notice in the article was, cable can be notoriously difficult to cancel in the US (or at least, used to be). I think there was a news story that went viral about a decade ago about...
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Americans’ New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat.
Posted By Little Ash
I've started to keep a letterboxd list of movies...

I've started to keep a letterboxd list of movies on Netflix service (not a core service for me) that I would actually want to watch or rewatch should I subscribe to them. If the watched list get long...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 3,165
Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom
Posted By Little Ash
After seeing so many letterboxd reviews go,...

After seeing so many letterboxd reviews go, "there's AI generated art in this, so it has to be one star, but it was an alright movie otherwise," your review makes me feel seen.


Especially since...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 11
Late Night With the Devil
Posted By Little Ash
I'm curious, what put this on your radar so long...

I'm curious, what put this on your radar so long ago? I think I hadn't heard of it until the week before it hit theaters here and don't think I was familiar with any of the names on the film (outside...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 3,165
Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom
Posted By Little Ash
In American cheese's defense, I think the film...

In American cheese's defense, I think the film isn't American.
I'll need an overly long, expository voice-over to confirm though.
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 2,210
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown

Taxi Driver was my number 2. In the days (week?) before submitting my ballot, it went from
* didn't even cross my mind that it could be classified as neo-noir
* to "seeing it on list of greatest...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 30
Anything that gets a sequel is now a franchise
Posted By Little Ash
=\ I think we're on two different...

=\

I think we're on two different wavelengths in terms of the tangents of the conversations in this thread, and am not really following the angle, context, or train of thought that yields this...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 24
What did the ending of Evil Does Not Exist mean?
Posted By Little Ash
I mean, I'm thinking you really shouldn't try to...

I mean, I'm thinking you really shouldn't try to approach or follow gut-shot, wild animals. They tend to get very scared and defensive (i.e. violent). I imagine there are disease reasons as well why...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 24
What did the ending of Evil Does Not Exist mean?
Posted By Little Ash
Re: What did the ending of Evil Does Not Exist mean?

I discovered Hamaguchi through Drive my Car and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy both showing up on a number of critics' top 10 lists for the year. The former getting a BP Oscar nom was more notable in...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 24
What did the ending of Evil Does Not Exist mean?
Posted By Little Ash
I haven't watched it since October, so some of...

I haven't watched it since October, so some of the details have been lost in my mind and I recall my friend and I had to work out the ambiguous nature of the time jumps to determine where we landed...
Forum: Movie Reviews 3 days ago
Replies: 1,871
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
Damn, I should have done that and made Ace in the...

Damn, I should have done that and made Ace in the Hole my #1. Make Double Indemnity my #2.


What would be #4?
Forum: Movie Reviews 3 days ago
Replies: 1,871
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
The Third Man was my #6 and Touch of Evil was my...

The Third Man was my #6 and Touch of Evil was my #7.
I've watched the latter only once, decades ago, but certain scenes still stick in my head, and it's just a damn good movie. I find myself...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 30
Anything that gets a sequel is now a franchise
Posted By Little Ash
Doesn't get us anywhere in terms of what, though?...

Doesn't get us anywhere in terms of what, though? I find the subtle difference in the use of the terms to be interesting. Sometimes it's just an observation of just the word choice falling in and out...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 30
Anything that gets a sequel is now a franchise
Posted By Little Ash
I still think the one interesting thing this...

I still think the one interesting thing this thread turned up was the etymology chart of the frequency of the word usage "film franchise." I'm still wondering how it would have comparatively felt in...
Forum: Movie Reviews 3 days ago
Replies: 2,210
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
My reasoning isn't sound, but I'm sticking Blade...

My reasoning isn't sound, but I'm sticking Blade Runner as my guess for #4, because this isn't the Price is Right game where you always want to switch to the unrevealed door.

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