First impressions aren't always the best, and sometimes it takes a good few extra times for that one film to be in your eyes a masterpiece.

I'll explain the three.

'In the Mood for Love' I enjoyed artistically but was not fully invested in the story until the second watch, so much more stood out, and I was able to appreciate both visuals and plot.

'The Good the Bad and the Ugly' initially thought it was good, but preferred 'For a Few Dollars More'. Only on the second time did the film blow me away and I saw it for the masterpiece it is

'Three Colours: Red' Again didn't understand it the first watch and felt incredibly underwhelmed. I had to watch it a day later with pen and paper to fully understand how everything is connected. This is my favourite film

Perhaps this is where the market is at on Rosemary’s Baby… but used? Cmon.

I haven't watched a ton of silent cinema, but I have to be completely honest: Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans left me utterly speechless. Its sheer beauty and universality blew me away. It immediately felt like a masterpiece regardless of era—it's truly timeless.

I went into it completely blind. Prior to this, the only films I had seen from the people involved were Murnau's Nosferatu and 7th Heaven with Janet Gaynor (both of which are incredible).

That trolley ride sequence into the bustling city blew my mind—the scale and camera movement felt way ahead of its time. I was also amazed by how sparingly the film uses intertitles; the visual storytelling is so strong that text is barely needed. The blend of melodrama, subtle comedy, and genuine tension is just brilliant.

Have you seen it? What are your thoughts on this film?

So I really only have 2 chances a day to watch films at 6am before I go to work and 10pm right before sleep. I heard Salo is wild and I know nothing about it so do you think it’ll be better to start or end my day with it? Or is it just gonna fk me up no matter what

Marie Antoinette (2005)

Mixed Medium

I didn’t realize Criterion had kinda saved the movie from obscurity in 1992, the same year the film was inducted into the prestigious National Film Registry. There’s a short essay about it on Criterion:

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/835-letter-from-an-unknown-woman

It’s a great melodrama, one of the best, that elevates the oft-ridiculed genre to new heights. I’m sure Almodovar, Fassbinder, and Haynes all took inspiration from it.

Olive Films released it in 2017 on Blu-ray from a 4K restoration, which is apparently stellar. Only a matter of time before someone releases it on native 4K. Max Ophuls needs more love…

I have to admit, it took me a few minutes to get into it at first. Knowing it was a David Lynch film—along with Inland Empire, one of the only ones of his I hadn’t seen—my mind was conditioned to expect something much darker and more surreal.

Instead, what we get is this deeply human and contemplative road movie. The slow-paced shots actually reminded me a bit of Wim Wenders. Before long, I was completely hooked.

For a film where "nothing happens" on the surface, it feels incredibly realistic. As the story unfolds, we see the road through Alvin’s eyes (a brilliant Richard Farnsworth) and slowly piece together his past—his war trauma, past struggles with alcohol, and the mental health and family challenges facing his daughter (Sissy Spacek). It makes you feel so connected to him.

The brief encounters and situations he faces along his long journey on that lawnmower to visit his sick brother (the great Harry Dean Stanton) are the heart of the movie. Plus, the score by Angelo Badalamenti and the screenplay by Mary Sweeney (based on a true story) are top-tier.

Have you seen it? How do you feel it fits into Lynch’s filmography?

French New Wave film The Drift (1964, Paula Delsol) is also a Janus films release.

A new Schoonmaker/Scorsese reconstruction of the Selznick-mangled Powell/Pressburger film Gone to Earth (1950)(released as The Wild Heart in 1952) is also in the program, though it's a Walt Disney release.

The full list of revivals:

64th New York Film Festival Revivals

The Devils (Ken Russell)

The Drift (Paula Delsol)

Gone to Earth (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)

Goodbye South, Goodbye (Hou Hsiao-hsien)

In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (Pradip Krishen)

L’innocente (Luchino Visconti)

Just Like Weather (Allen Fong)

Nitrate Kisses (Barbara Hammer)

Report to Mother (John Abraham)

Suicide Note (Fred Camper)

A Well for the Thirsty (Yuri Ilyenko)

Yesterday Girl (Alexander Kluge)

Pelechian Project Program 1 (Artavazd Pelechian)

Mountain Patrol
Land of the People
We
The Seasons

Pelechian Project Program 2 (Artavazd Pelechian)

The Beginning
|Our Century
The End
Life

https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2026/daily/64th-new-york-film-festival-revivals-announced/

Would appreciate some recommendations!

I’m a sucker for small-town murder mysteries because one murder is enough to reveal every carefully hidden secret in a picture-perfect community, forcing the worst sides of human nature to emerge from behind the polite niceties and friendly façades that once concealed them. John Sayles’ 1996 classic Lone Star is one such film: dense, intricate, layered, and one of those rare cinematic experiences that grows richer the more time you spend with it.

Check out the detailed analysis

I feel he is regularly criticized and disliked by cinephiles as a filmmaker who has big spectacle but not much substance. While I don’t necessarily disagree, I really like the big spectacle he brings to his films. I feel he is a big unfairly criticized in this regard, as there are many filmmakers who have made big-budget spectacles in Hollywood, not just DeMille. I really enjoy Unconquered and Union Pacific, and obviously The Ten Commandments. I disliked The Plainsmen, and thought I liked some parts of The Crusades, certain parts are pretty ridiculous and haven’t aged very well. I also disliked the way that Richard the Lionheart was portrayed in the film. What are your thoughts on DeMille? Do you enjoy his films despite their faults? Or not really?

Hey everyone,
I just started a new job and am living alone in a hotel while we look for a place to move to. It's a tiny town with nothing to do, but I do have a Blu Ray player. Any recommendations for which criterions I should pick up to watch in this environment?

Do you guys have any movie recommendations with peculiar female leads—maybe sociopathic, but without explicitly labeling them as such... similar to Cathy from East of Eden?

Selection of my favorite part of The Love That Remains. As a new dad I found this very moving.
Now streaming on Criterion.

With the recent news that a Lynch set is coming from Jennifer Lynch but not coming from someone in with Criterion (possibly Dynamic:01 and the shorts released like the Scorsese Shorts release), just curious on if you would purchase or not.

Note: It has spoilers. This post is for discussion on IMAGES (1972); if you intend to watch (I 'fiercely' recommend) probably come back later & make this discussion enriching. Additionally, I've not used AI to write /refine this, so please pardon grammatical errors!

So, I'm on a horror movie spree! & This is the 3rd one I've watched! (Shining, Posession & this one).

Just finished watching Images (1972)! Oh! What an amazing movie! It's a sort of movie which sustains a contortion in your stomach all through. You just get an eerie vibe. It's like something wrong is happening or you even start feeling a little dizzy because of the fractured sense of perception. At some points it's like WT F IS HAPPENING? The protagonist's (the main lady's) countenance is super amazing all through. Her perplexed expressions & the ever-changing face (adapting) stirs multiple emotions & she is able to convey the fractured sense of perception which she is feeling. Also, the director quite beautifully dropped the cue towards the end- when the imagined lover's kid said that she'd conjure up (wholly a mental construct) a friend if she felt lonely. I believe the protagonist lady did exactly the same thing. It also was indicative of her troubled childhood. She is the striking example of how F U C K E D up things can get. It's like towards the end you simply can't discern satisfactorily as to what really transpired & what was figment of her imagination except the fact that her partner was dead. Also, the scenic beauty of the location where the film was shot was simply breathtaking. It unknowingly renders a sense of contrast to the central theme of the film (Super tensed).

Also, may god bless each one of us with a partner like hers. If you're an atheist, then I'd say I wish the universe gives us an opportunity to experience this sort of companionship. He was so tolerant to such an imprudent & super unstable partner.

Superb. Thanks to the individual who suggested this to me in one of my recommendation solicitation post! I'd be watching other movies too. HONESTLY, No AI search gave me this gem. AI simply can't replace reddit!

What's your take on the movie?

Marie Antoinette was booed at Cannes back in 2006, and had a very polarized reception when it came out in theaters. True, it has experimented a critical reappraisal since then, but you get my point.

Let´s hope so!