Midweek Movie Free Talk

I watched Nouvelle Vague (2025) last night and... well, it's been a while since I was so captivated by a film. I still can't believe Linklater directed it.

The cast is pretty much perfect -- but Zoey Deutch as Seberg is a real stand out.

Does anybody want to talk about:

Singin' in the Rain (1952): ★⯪☆

This has a 20-minute movie-within-a-movie that totally interrupts the plot. Multiple times I thought, "This is still a part of that bit?" Maybe it says something about me that the singing and dancing by itself wasn't enough to keep me entertained. Disappointing since this movie is universally well-reviewed.

Sabrina (1953): ★★★ (rewatch)

Flow (2024): ★★☆

Finally got a chance to watch this. I'd been hoping for The Wild Robot to win best animated movie last year, and I still would now that I've seen Flow, but I can see why others liked this one. The entire thing is presented literally except for that one scene, and maybe I'd have given it full stars if it was literal the entire way through. It's impressive how well this movie tells its story with literally no dialogue. I agree with all the Letterboxd reviews confused about how all the animals seem to know how to do that thing (that would be a mild spoiler to specify).

12 Angry Men (1957): ★★★ (rewatch)

The Sound of Music (1965): ★★⯪ (rewatch)

The Boy and the Heron (2023): ★☆☆

I had the same problem with this movie as I did with Howl's Moving Castle. It never explains how the magic works, so I was confused most of the time and had trouble following along. I left feeling stupid again because I got crossed up by a kids' movie. I've enjoyed other Ghibli movies with magic (e.g. Spirited Away and Totoro), and I don't understand why some of them work for me and others don't. The last "canonical" Ghibli movie I want to see is Princess Mononoke, so hopefully that works out.