I know he's a somewhat obscure figure now, but I'm still appalled they didn't know who he was.

As I came toward the end of my first viewing I couldn't possibly think how it could end in a satisfying way. Then that ending came along and absolutely floored me. It's so beautiful and so poignant and so perfect.

It's taken me a while to get into "Golden Archipelago" as well. It sort of requires you to be in the right space to really appreciate it, whereas something like "Rooks" just puts you in that space whether you like it or not.

I'm not so bothered by something like this which is, at the very least, conceptually interesting. I once watched a theatre group perform a single improv exercise for six straight hours and it was one of the most electrifying things I've ever seen.

To be completely honest, I wouldn't have a problem if one (or all) of the recent Fast and Furious films were in the same spot, I just really dislike Skyfall.

That's the thing though, it's really not as good a James Bond movie as we've ever had. It's well constructed and has plenty of fun stuff in it, but it doesn't work as either the pure, uncomplicated entertainment of '60s-'70s Bond, or the intense action-thriller of something like Casino Royale. It sits in this weird,…

For a film as meaningless and empty as Skyfall to rank higher than works by the Dardenne brothers, Raul Ruiz, and Terence Davies is absurd.

I would totally start a fight with Katie about the value of Xiu Xiu's recent output (seriously, the jolting disorienting vitality of both 'Unclouded Sky' and their Nina Simone tribute album equal anything from their 00's period) but I'm just glad to see them on the list.

I think it's one of the best films of all time. That said, I wouldn't necessarily recommend it.

Seconded. The Gospel According to Matthew really emphasises the revolutionary side of Christ, unafraid of letting him come across as occasionally abrasive or contradictory. And yeah, it's absolutely gorgeous.

Not my intention to put the blame on Tarr at all. Since we're talking about film I just naturally went for the adaptation rather than Krasznahorkai's novel.

Damn you, don't make him leave! He's one of the best things left on this website and what do you do? Poke him back into his box with a stick.

I assume he's referring to Bad Lieutenant, another Abel Ferrara film.

(Hungarians are cat people, it would seem.)

Her performance in 24 was so much fucking better than that show deserved. A friend of mine with aspergers considers it one of best portrayals of someone on the lower end of the autism spectrum that he's ever seen.

So, for the first six films at least, this is basically just fetish porn for practical effects buffs.

You had me at 'Techniscope'.

Well, given that each hour-long episode had a self-contained story and was named after a specific commandment, I think you could say that.

Yeah, quite a few of the big stars from that era stayed in the industry for a long time. Jamie Gillis, Sharon Mitchell, take your pick. Plenty more retired from the acting side of things but shifted into producing and directing.

He's absolutely superb in Andrzej Zulawski's L'important C'est D'aimer, one of his first screen appearances. One of those rare actors that manages to perfectly embody the kind of heightened, hyper-real performance style that Zulawski uses in his films.