I know there's a very popular thread already about what the last movie you saw was, but 99% of that seems to be watching on television. I'm more interested in what was the last film you saw in the theater. All that counts on this one is films you actually saw in a movie theater. And can we please not have a discussion about why you haven't gone to the theater in years? I saw two films in the theater today. The first was The Sisters Brothers, a very unusual Western starring Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly about a couple of hired killers as part of AMC's 5 Dollar Tuesday program at the Rosemont 14. I was literally the only person in the theater, so for five bucks I had an astounding private screening room. The second was a screening of The Man with the Iron Fists at Chicago's Gene Siskel Film Center.
Last weekend I saw Can You Ever Forgive Me. Good movie with some flaws, but a very good performance from Melissa McCarthy,
Last for me was the new Blade Runner. I do prefer to watch at home.. especially with my new OLED tv...
Seriously? Can't get to a second reply without someone bringing up TV? Sorry but watching a movie on the TV set is just...watching...TV. Your OLED TV is just a television set, while the movie I saw was on a 35-foot wide screen. Please let us movie watchers have this one. Thanks.
Yesterday I saw three films, two of which were terrible and one of which was great. The first was Bullitt County. Absolute dreck, poorly written and directed, and I felt bad for the actors. The third was Silencio, which couldn't figure out if it was science fiction, family drama or a ghost story. But in the middle of this turd burger was a truly great film, The Hate U Give. I can't recommend it highly enough, and I'm sure it's going to be recognized come Awards season. Amazing performance by the 16 year old lead, who witnesses a police shooting. Great work all around, deeply moving.
Ladies In Black - new Australian film by Bruce Beresford. Revolves around the lives of 4 women who work in a classy Sydney Department store in 1959, with an unusual focus on Eastern European migration to Australia. It’s beautifully filmed and performed, and deliciously old fashioned in it’s approach - nothing is over the top dramatically and a welcome change from sex, death and violence tropes. Also stars Nicholas Hammond who some of you may recall from The Sound Of Music or the 70s Spiderman films. Last before that was Black Klansan - which I found impressive, the vignette styled silhouetted faces of the rally audience early in the piece particularly effective on the big screen.
He was very good in Can You Ever Forgive Me as well, as was Jane Curtain in her relatively small role (I hadn't seen her do anything for a long time).
We went to see The First Man a couple of weeks ago. It was the first time we've been to a theater in about a decade. Pretty good movie. Saw it on AMC "BigD" gigantic screen format. Picture quality was ok, sound was great. Large, comfy lean-back chairs were nice. There were only three other people. With tickets and snacks, it cost us $51. Yikes!
Nearly every movie I watch is front projected. I last screened Twelve Monkeys which was just released by Arrow. Good lord. Amazing!
Halloween. It was a blast! The first time in those reclining chairs. Which is super nice if you’re tall like me. Before that was a rerun of American Psycho. I love the theater, and it’s effect on the experience of seeing a film. Full immersion!
You should hurry. It needs a big screen and a big sound system. My wife was lucky enough to see it in IMAX (the real IMAX at Navy Pier.)