Lefty

Here's the film I made for my dissertation

Who is he?

James Arthur

Myself and the boys on our way to download this year (I'm on the right),

Can't praise The Conversation enough, it's a film I studied extensively in my first year of university and I have a lot of time for it. However, it ranks behind French Connection and The Royal Tenenbaums in my personal favourites, but as a piece of work it's by far his best.

I've got to say Gladders I'm disappointed. For someone who usually hits the nail on the head with their opinions on film I think you've got both Harmony Korine and Larry Clark all wrong. In my opinion Kids is a great film and Bully was even better. I think Clark taps in to youth culture in a much more realistic way with his films than just about any other film maker, even if his obsession with shirtless teenage boys can leave you feeling uncomfortable at times. Korine is someone who I have a lot of respect for as well. As a director he seems relentless in his quest to push the boundaries of his art, sometimes it works and often it doesn't but least he's not making formulaic tosh for the masses. He's not going to be everyone's cup of tea but I don't think he cares nor tries to be, he seems like someone who has a lot of respect for film as a medium and constantly tries new and different approaches to film making in order to make something entirely unique. Spring Breakers is going to be his most mainstream film to date and I have a feeling he's going to knock it out of the park.

I'm a big fan of Transmetropolitan, and just re-read the first TPB the other day. I think it's probably Darick Robertson's best work and definitely one of the best illustrated comics I've ever seen. I was truly gutted when I finished it.

Just came across this channel on Youtube. Full of loads of old Coliseum home video releases, some classic stuff on there.

Was never an NYPD Blue fan, I was a Homicide:Life on the Street fan

 

Homicide: Life on the Street is great! I love that programme. Watched it last year on DVD, surprisingly easy to watch. Absolutely burned through it, I did.

 

So many great performances and three or four individual episodes/storylines that I'd rank with anything else from the era. Homicide: The Movie is one of the best 'final episodes' of a TV show ever.

 

Good to see some more love for it, I've got one season to go, and I'm of the opinion that, at times, it's as good as tv gets. There are a few episodes that are up there with The Wire for sheer visceral drama. It's much better than NYPD I think, a series which seemed to steal the visual style of Homicide and its tone, but wiseguy it up a bit.

 

If anyone is still not watching Treme, incidentally, you crazy foo'

I had completely forgot about Homicide: Life on the Street. I think I might just have to search out the first series and give it a go.

anyone remeber the cartoon

. I remeber having the first episode on a promo VHS along with an episode of MASK and something else. Only ever saw a couple of other episodes after it. Would love to be able to find it if its available on DVD or or a torrent

I didn't recognise C.O.P.S, but that video linked me to this

So I've became riddled with man-flu all week and it doesn't seem to be getting any better but it has gave me a thought. I've pretty much exhausted my TV library (Soprano's, Entourage etc.) and I'm looking for something new, or perhaps more specifically old. I remember NYPD Blue being really popular when I was younger but I never watched it. It has a gritty aesthetic which I like and it's a cop show so it's ticking a few boxes. Are there any Blue fans on the board? Someone that can perhaps give me a nudge in the right direction.

I was thinking bi-weekly, given that a week can often be a little too short. It also gives enough time for some decent discussion and debate. In the event that the film is airing on Freeview I'd try and pic something from the first week that can be recorded.

I know it was suggested a while ago but there doesn't seem to have been any movement since, would anyone mind if we started a UKFF film club?

All films would be either available for free on say Youtube or scheduled to air on freeview TV during that week. I'm thinking of maybe doing a history of film themed one, focussing on the development of cinema which would work out great given the availability of many older films on Youtube. Any takers?

Top work Ronnie, a big thanks for putting the time in to doing the awards, they've been a great read this year.

After managing to reclaim most of the contents of my old external hard drive (I'd backed it up on a friends), I've recently came back into a wealth of documentaries including:

The Decline of Western Civilization trilogy

Crumb (1994)

Gates of Heaven (1978)

Jesus Camp (2006)

Best Worst Movie (2009)

The Perverts Guide to Cinema (2006)

Restrepo (2010)

American Grindhouse (2010)

and a quite a few more.

I've spoke about a number of those films before in this very thread, but the after re-watching those particular films recently the one that stands out by a long distance is Gates of Heaven (1978). It's an absolutely fascinating watch and it's propelled me to go and seek out some more Errol Morris documentaries. I watched the Thin Blue Line (1988) a while ago (available on Netflix If i recall) which for those of you discussing the WM3 case I'd definately suggest. I believe another Errol Morris film available on Netflix is Vernon, Florida (1981) which I shall try and watch this week and report back.

Impressively though, over the course of his meltdown he racked up an extra 9 votes since this morning, whereas all the other leading candidates barely got one or two more between them.

meltdown i aint running around saying im sick of this forum or disable my account. I can take it like a man if you dont believe me check to see if I reported you

 

 

There you go again...

Glorious.

Echoing the sentiments of both Houchen and Loki. I actually prefer to read the UKFF's opinions on the product rather than the shows themselves most of the time. I voted for Ian, his opinions are usually nailed on and he expresses them with fantastic wit. Top poster.

Strong field this year. Ronnie has had a great year, Surf always lightens the mood and has seemingly made the pic thread his own with some stellar contributions, but as already mentioned by several others Gladstone keeps this place ticking over.

Been playing Slender: The Eight Pages instead of cracking on with essays like I should. I'm loving the simplicity of it, and I'm finding it quite addictive but still haven't managed to get past 6 pages yet. Anyone else played this? It's genuinely terrifying.

For the 5 years I've been a member of this board I've never posted a picture, so I guess it's about time.

Me and the Mrs. in York a few months ago.

Am I in the minority that think the move to Sky is a good thing for the Bond franchise? After watching them all when they've been on TV recently I've noticed that ITV have made some horrific cuts in the films and edited some bits out all together. ITV also have a huge hard-on for the Pierce Brosnan era films, which with the exception of one are pig shit.

Paul Verhoyven to make controverstial movie about Jesus Christ

He already made a movie about christ, I believe it was called Robocop.

In all seriousness though this will probably never see the light of day, its far too controversial for certain religious groups to deal with. I'm personally not interested at all in biblical epics, this Noah film is the first time Aronofsky has brought anything out that I've not had any interest in.

I just finished The Complete Maus. I thought that it was a fantastic way of telling a survivor's story. I'm now keen to pick up the accompaniment book "Meta Maus."

I've been meaning to get into Maus for ages, I've only ever heard stellar things about it.

I've been off work this week and apart from feeling quite sick and really sorry for myself I've also finally managed to finish Preacher. Absolutely loved it, took me a little while to get into it due to the sometimes disjointed dialogue of the earlier installments, but the story is incredibly engrossing and the supporting characters are brilliant.

Starting The Boys now, I'm a big fan of Darick Robertson from his work on Transmetropolitan so this seems like its going to be the most readily accessible having just finished Preacher.

I re-watched For Your Eyes Only (1981) recently and have to admit I'd forgot just how good it is. That's the great thing about the Moore era films, they are so diverse. From the massive elaborate sets of TSWLM and Moonraker to a good old, stripped back, spy film like FYEO. They're hit and miss at times (Jaws' face turn for example), but the better Moore films are just about untouchable.

Don't know how many chaps here will be interested but the first

trailer came out today. I'm a bit of a Les Mis whore and from what you can see from the trailer, I'm quite excited for what Tom Hooper's done with it. Certainly looks very cinematic. Don't know how it'll catch on with people who aren't fussed about the show at all, but it could be an interesting one for next January.

That does look promising. No doubt Mrs. Lefty will be wanting to go see this, she is obsessed with Les Mis.