Sam Sanchez

More TCM watching recommendations. Apparently they’re having a Akira Kurosawa/Toshiro Mifune marathon today.
 
Recommend pretty much all of it but definitely Yojimb, High and Low, Seven Samurai and Rashomon. Though Drunken Angel and Stray Dog for early morning watching are good too though those start like right now so that might be too late.
 
 

 

I’m more of a classic Looney Tunes guy. 
 
Actually, I grew up with the 90s Simpsons, so I’ve been rewatching those a bit as cartoons go.

I have three kids in elementary school that I’m helping with all their schoolwork with and then just watching a ton of movies on the rest of the downtime so I don’t normally watch regular TV and have no baseball to watch.

Actually, yeah I think you’re right. I’m remembering the police one now and it does show up in the quotes in a google search. The “people” one was him and the Wanda character back at the bar.

This is pretty cool. At one of my watering holes across from my office there is one tv dedicated to TCM in the corner as an elderly lady comes in twice a day and orders the same drinks and just watches whatever is on. Her and I have watched a bunch and talk about these.
North By Northwest is still one of my favorite flicks that I'm glad I dropped the remote for.
Would have liked to see Chinatown on here, but it's still a solid list.

I still have never seen The Sand Pebbles or Cincinnati Kid myself.
 
As TCM goes, they cancelled their film festival, and instead are doing an "Home Edition" film festival between April 16th and 19th. The lineup is pretty solid: http://filmfestival.tcm.com/special-home-edition/
 
Some stuff I'd recommend though a lot are obvious:
4/16 - Metropolis (1927) - if you're into classic silent sci-fi
4/17 - The Seventh Seal (1957) - the classic Bergman. RIP Max Von Sydow
4/17 - A Hard Day's Night (1964) - for Beatles fans
4/17 - North by Northwest (1959) - classic Hitchcock
4/17 - Some Like It Hot (1959) - classic Wilder
4/17 - Deliverance (1972) - Weeeeeeee!
4/17 - Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) - great late era Universal monster movie
4/18 - Safety Last (1923) - Classic Harold Lloyd silent comedy. Up there with Keaton and Chaplin's best
4/18 - They Live By Night (1949) - great film noir. Bonnie & Clyde type of story.
4/18 - Network (1976) - classic Sidney Lumet
4/18 - Night and the City (1950) - Among my favorite film noirs. Richard Widmark is always great.
4/18 - The Lady Vanishes (1938) - Early Hitchcock, still great.
4/18 - The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) - Among the greatest silent films of all-time
4/19 - The Set-Up (1949) - Also among my favorite film noirs and likely my favorite boxing related movie.
4/19 - Red Headed Woman (1932) - fun pre-code movie
4/19 - Singin' in the Rain (1952) - joyous fun
4/19 - Baby Face (1933) - pre-code Barbara Stanwyck
 

Have been watching a ton of movies throughout the month, having not had to work for a few weeks.
 
A few of the highlights:
The Man Who Whould Be King (1975) - great late era John Huston adventure movie starring Michael Caine and Sean Connery.
Lenny (1974) - great 70s Dustin Hoffman playing Lenny Bruce.
Mommy (2014) - Depressing, but great recent French canadian drama
Speed Racer (2008)- - I remember this being incredibly divisive when it came out, almost most negative, but I thought it was a great sports narrative in a unique packaging.
Red Rock West (1993) - a somewhat restrained Nic Cage in a solid neo-noir
Barfly (1987) - Mickey Rourke plays Henry Chinaski, for the Bukowski fans
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) - I love Jean Arthur
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) - Likely wouldn't recommend this to most, but I loved it.
 
 
Also rewatched:
The King of New York
12 Angry Men
Sullivan's Travels
Shaun of the Dead
The Nice Guys
 
Which are still great.

thanks, sam. haven't seen much from that list so see if i can tune in to watch a few at least.

I still have never seen The Sand Pebbles or Cincinnati Kid myself.
 
As TCM goes, they cancelled their film festival, and instead are doing an "Home Edition" film festival between April 16th and 19th. The lineup is pretty solid: http://filmfestival.tcm.com/special-home-edition/
 
Some stuff I'd recommend though a lot are obvious:
4/16 - Metropolis (1927) - if you're into classic silent sci-fi
4/17 - The Seventh Seal (1957) - the classic Bergman. RIP Max Von Sydow
4/17 - A Hard Day's Night (1964) - for Beatles fans
4/17 - North by Northwest (1959) - classic Hitchcock
4/17 - Some Like It Hot (1959) - classic Wilder
4/17 - Deliverance (1972) - Weeeeeeee!
4/17 - Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) - great late era Universal monster movie
4/18 - Safety Last (1923) - Classic Harold Lloyd silent comedy. Up there with Keaton and Chaplin's best
4/18 - They Live By Night (1949) - great film noir. Bonnie & Clyde type of story.
4/18 - Network (1976) - classic Sidney Lumet
4/18 - Night and the City (1950) - Among my favorite film noirs. Richard Widmark is always great.
4/18 - The Lady Vanishes (1938) - Early Hitchcock, still great.
4/18 - The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) - Among the greatest silent films of all-time
4/19 - The Set-Up (1949) - Also among my favorite film noirs and likely my favorite boxing related movie.
4/19 - Red Headed Woman (1932) - fun pre-code movie
4/19 - Singin' in the Rain (1952) - joyous fun
4/19 - Baby Face (1933) - pre-code Barbara Stanwyck
 

We watched Train to Busan last night. Korean zombie flick from 2016. It's really good. Tense, well-acted, and surprisingly emotionally affecting.

Just seeing this.... well done

Best Mookie to ever put on a Dodgers uniform?

Co-signing on Lust for Life and even moreso Paths of Glory.
 
Ace in the Hole is essential and might be my overall favorite of his movies. Other of noir movies are definitely worth checking out: Out of the Past, I Walk Alone, The Bad and the Beautiful, and Detective Story. Great career and long life.

Ha. I'm not trying to be mean.  I was asking that legitimately.  He tends to retweet other folks when it comes to breaking news or rumors, and if he does have info, he holds it close to his vest (the whole "googly eyes" thing that was never clarified). 

Well not with THAT attitude.

Well not with THAT attitude.

Wasn't De Niro of Irish descent in Goodfellas too? Didnt seem like a big deal to me in either movie 

2020 is going to be amazing!  Like being in a movie!   I'm very excited!  My big splash is going to earn me some big cash, and this makes me very happy.

I would have preferred Chirinos.

I have a hunch 

Watched Uncut Gems and Knives Out fairly recently. Uncut Gems is likely going to be my favorite movie of the year. Have seen pretty much of everything I'm interested in this year with the exception of Little Women, Waves, and Honey Boy, and I'm not sure any of those will beat out Uncut Gems. It's just an anxiety inducing mess, but it's great.
 
Knives Out is also good if you enjoy murder mystery whodunits along the lines of And There Were None, Sleuth, Gosford Park, etc...
 
Marriage Story is also worth checking out on NetFlix. Among my top 5 for the year currently.

That's a solid spray chart for Marsh

That's a solid spray chart for Marsh

That's a solid spray chart for Marsh

That's a solid spray chart for Marsh