Movies we recommend

@caesar-salad said
Bagdad Cafe is a really nice one.

It's a little sad at the beginning, but don't worry ...

I just saw JoJo Rabbit starring and produced by Taika Waititi. It won’t likely be everyone’s taste as usually expected with dark comedies like this one. I was impressed by the acting and cinematography. The film does a fantastic job in the zaniest and simultaneously thought provoking manner whilst illustrating the effects of politics and war on children.

All in all, I enjoyed it immensely.

"Il Postino" ... you'll soon get used to the sub-titles.
Great tragedy/comedy with some lovely music.

footnote:
The lead actor Massimo Troisi postponed heart surgery to complete
the film and sadly died the day after his scenes were finished filming.

edit:
The soundtrack is exquisite
YouTube

Yesterday I watched 'Knives Out' together with my grandson, 28, and we both enjoyed it. I had got the impression that this was an Agatha Christie- inspired 'who dunnit' film, and it was in many ways, but yet so different. Great cast of actors - Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Christopher Plummer, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Chris Evans and more - and they all seemed to have a very good time,

@wolfgang59 said
"Il Postino" ... you'll soon get used to the sub-titles.
Great tragedy/comedy with some lovely music.

footnote:
The lead actor Massimo Troisi postponed heart surgery to complete
the film and sadly died the day after his scenes were finished filming.

edit:
The soundtrack is exquisite
[youtube]95IvXVD0Utc[/youtube]

"Bedazzled" (1967)
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The "Dynamic Duo" of comedy.

YouTube - "Bedazzled" (Drimble Wedge and the Vegetation)


"Paint Your Wagon" (1969)
Great musical film! Clint Eastwood has never sung better. 😀

YouTube - "I Still See Elisa" (Clint Eastwood)

“The blood of heroes”

Rutger Hauer and Joan Chen

"O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000).

Very loosely based on Homer's The Odyssey, and set in 1937 rural Mississippi.

@suzianne said
"O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000).

Very loosely based on Homer's The Odyssey, and set in 1937 rural Mississippi.

Dr. Strangelove

Interestingly I watched this one with my (then teenaged) sons and they weren't impressed. A few years later tow of them strongly recommended the movie to me 😉

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Simply a beautiful film

Walker - with Ed Harris.

Love Liza - with Phillip Seymour Hoffman

Naked - directed by Mike Leigh

Slacker - directed by Richard Linklater

Bottle Rocket - directed by Wes Anderson

The Pledge - Jack Nicholson

Tropic Thunder - directed by Ben Stiller

Jacknife - with Ed Harris and Robert DeNiro

@hakima said
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Simply a beautiful film

I saw the Korean film 'Parasite' last night. I wouldn't recommend it to just anybody but if you like a different kind of film, you might enjoy it. Many people do including me, although it is not the film of the year for me.

@ponderable said
Dr. Strangelove

Interestingly I watched this one with my (then teenaged) sons and they weren't impressed. A few years later tow of them strongly recommended the movie to me 😉