Society (1989) ***1/2
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Focus On Film: Episode 42 – September 2016 Criterion Titles
Focus On Film Episode 42 is up! Download the MP3 HERE In this episode: September 2016 Criterion Collection Titles Announcement Best & Worst Of The Month – THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK (1997), SAMURAI COP (1991), THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY (1980), THE LOBSTER (2015) Criterion Most Wanted "Focus On Film Theme" & commercial music: Daniel Sardella
The Neon Demon (2016) ****
The Neon Demon (2016) is Mulholland Drive (2001) meets Starry Eyes (2014), featuring one of Cliff Martinez 's best scores. NWR , you continue to be one of my favorite filmmakers.
Hail, Caesar! (2016) ****
In Hail, Caesar! (2016), Brolin channels Polito , Tatum is actually good, and the Coens manage (unsurprisingly) to both parody and display their affection for Old Hollywood. I laughed a lot and I loved it. It reminded me of another Coen favorite The Hudsucker Proxy ( 1994) with dashes of The Big Lebowski (1998) and The Man Who Wasn't There (2001).
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) ****1/2 [TCM Double Feature Pt. 2]
Chop Top: Music is my life. Stretch ♥ L.G. Drayton Sawyer: One of those hard-shell peppercorns. Chop Top: DOG WILL HUNT. Stretch: "How...good...are...you?" Stretch: You're REALLY good. Lefty: I'm the lord of the harvest. Drayton: The saw is FAMILY.
The Lobster (2015) ****
I really enjoyed The Lobster (2015). It's as if Spike Jonze and PTA co-directed a film with creative input by Quentin Dupieux . It also reminded me of Full Metal Jacket (1987) in the way that it had two "sections"—with the second half being slower. The ending was perfect.
