March 7, 2007


I Just Signed up for Netflicks

Please, recommend a movie. Go!

posted by John Pakaluk in Uncategorized 

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16 Responses to “I Just Signed up for Netflicks”

  1. erin on March 7th, 2007 at 4:42 pm

    Delicatessen. On a Clear Day. Thirteen Conversations About One Thing. Gosford Park. You Can’t Take it With You. A Very Long Engagement. Il Postino.

    How do those grab you?

  2. Deron Bauman on March 7th, 2007 at 4:57 pm

    The Squid & The Whale

    Vernon, Florida

    Swimming to Cambodia

    Punch Drunk Love

    The Man Who Wasn’t There

    Dogville

  3. Mary Jeys on March 7th, 2007 at 5:02 pm

    Battle of Algiers, On Any Sunday, 3 Little Girls, Harlan County U.S.A., An Inconvenient Truth

  4. Sheila Ryan on March 7th, 2007 at 5:18 pm

    I’ll name one: Mike Leigh’s 1993 film Naked. (A few hours on I might name another, but that’s the one that pops to mind this very instant.)

    Check this link to the BFI’s online guide for a decent overview and a few clips of telling scenes.

  5. Sheila Ryan on March 7th, 2007 at 5:33 pm

    Shoot. Seems that BFI Screenonline “video and audio content is only available to users in registered UK educational establishments, currently UK schools, colleges, universities and libraries.” Ah, well. Trust me. Naked is a great film, one of the greatest.

  6. Chris Glass on March 7th, 2007 at 6:04 pm

    The Straight Story (David Lynch – slow, but good)

    Gattaca – Jude Law before he was popular. One of my favorites

    Sordid Lives – 2/3 of this campy black comedy are awesome.

    Rear Window – See why Hitchcock was so good

  7. Andrew Simone on March 7th, 2007 at 10:14 pm

    You Can Count On Me.

    Metropolitan

    Barcelona

    (and for the sake of the trilogy) Last Days of Disco

    Oh, and Dogville is good, but it will fuck you up.

  8. Andrew Simone on March 7th, 2007 at 10:38 pm

    Also, ‘Rear Window’ is the perfect film.

  9. Deron Bauman on March 7th, 2007 at 11:27 pm

    I think I remember saying something like I have never seen such justice after watching dogville.

  10. Fletch on March 7th, 2007 at 11:50 pm

    Brick
    The Devil’s Backbone
    Thumbsucker

    Of course, it all depends…

  11. India on March 8th, 2007 at 1:04 am

    I tried not to list only girl movies, but, well, I have girly taste in movies.

    * Babette’s Feast
    * Blazing Saddles
    * Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (release date unknown, but put it in your queue)
    * Ghost World
    * The Legend of Drunken Master
    * Persuasion
    * Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
    * Twelfth Night
    * Withnail and I

    Note that I did not list the 1995 Pride and Prejudice, nor Sense and Sensibility. Because, please, it goes without saying. Persuasion is excellent, though, and less well known.

  12. Mark PIttman on March 8th, 2007 at 9:04 am

    This list may have a little too much variety. Sorry.

    Scenes from a Marriage

    24 Hour Party People

    Pickpocket

    Hoop Dreams

    In the Mood for Love

    A State of Mind

    Life in the Undergrowth

    Sherlock, Jr.

    I also highly recommend Kes and David Holzman’s Diary, but they’re not available on Netflix or in Region 1 (USA) for that matter.

  13. Andrew Simone on March 8th, 2007 at 9:23 am

    I forgot The Natural History of the Chicken.

  14. Brian Beatty on March 8th, 2007 at 10:03 am

    The Big Lebowski & I [Heart] Huckabees

  15. Cooper on March 8th, 2007 at 10:26 am

    Butterfly (aka The Butterfly’s Tongue aka La lengua de las mariposas)

    Les choristes (aka The Chorus)

    Au revoir, les enfants

  16. John Pakaluk on March 8th, 2007 at 11:26 am

    Wow! thanks a lot. These will fill my queue for a long time.