Hey guys, I've had a lot of fun running this blog over the past couple years, but I've got a lot on my plate now and don't have as much time for watching movies or listening to music, let alone writing about the experiences. I think I'm gonna be calling it quits, but seeing as I inaugurated this blog with a list of 20 items, here's a few more movie and hip-hop related lists of that variety.
Top 20 directors:
Robert Bresson
Hong Sangsoo
Howard Hawks
Naruse Mikio
Daniele Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub
Werner Herzog
Nicholas Ray
Raul Ruiz
Oshima Nagisa
Chris Marker
Andrei Tarkovsky
Jean Renoir
Werner Schroeter
Eric Rohmer
Orson Welles
Alain Resnais
Josef von Sternberg
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Anthony Mann
Paul Verhoeven
Top 20 rappers:
Ghostface Killah
Raekwon
Kool G Rap
Andre 3000
Kanye West
Nas
Snoop Dogg
GZA
Ice Cube
Prodigy
Hittman
Jay-Z
MF Doom
Lil B
Cappadonna
Jean Grae
Kendrick Lamar
Killa Sin
Dres
Lauryn Hill
Top 20 films:
Floating Clouds (1955)
Gloria! (1979)
Eika Katappa (1969)
The Searchers (1956)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Stalker (1979)
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
India Song (1975)
Lancelot du Lac (1974)
Twentynine Palms (2003)
Night and Day (2008)
Tropical Malady (2004)
Die Nibelungen (1924)
The Devil Probably (1977)
Like You Know It All (2009)
Le fond de l'air est rouge (1977)
Othon (1970)
Contempt (1963)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
The New World (2004)
Top 20 hip hop albums:
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (Raekwon)
Supreme Clientele (Ghostface Killah)
Doggystyle (Snoop Doggy Dogg)
The Infamous... (Mobb Deep)
Fear, Love, and War (Killarmy)
Aquemini (OutKast)
Original Gangster (Ice-T)
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Lauryn Hill)
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Kanye West)
Ironman (Ghostface Killah)
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Wu-Tang Clan)
A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (Black Sheep)
To the East, Blackwards (X Clan)
Entroducing.... (DJ Shadow)
Wu-Tang Forever (Wu-Tang Clan)
Long Live the Kane (Big Daddy Kane)
Hittmanic Verses (Hittman)
808s and Heartbreak (Kanye West)
Operation Doomsday (MF Doom)
Hell Hath No Fury (Clipse)
Monday, July 27, 2015
07.14
As with many of the Pixar shorts I liked this one a lot more the second time. Nothing to write home about but cute.
Just as moving and impressive the second time. I only noticed two things I hadn't before: a drawing of Bing Bong in a montage at the beginning and when Bing Bong talks about going back in time and having breakfast twice. I thought that one was pretty good.
07.13
I was struck by how closely The Departed stuck to this script, but almost everything that was different was handled better by Scorsese. Just a run of the mill cop thriller.
07.11
Such a dull, cliched story, and so, so much longer than it needs to be. Not even Louise Brooks can redeem this one.
Still a fantastic film, don't get me wrong; but as with Andrei Rublev what once held such wonder and amazement for me often comes across as somewhat more banal and stilted. Many of the scenes retain their original magic though.
07.08
Better than I expected, even given the good reviews. Wish Havoc had a bigger hand in the production, but Illmind's beats are good too. Some of the tracks, like the staggeringly uncreative All a Dream, which has four verses all obviating one Biggie line, are true duds. Lot of really great ones too though.
For a bit it seemed like it was an all-time great. The initial rush wore off a little after a while but it's compelling throughout. Lines like "If I got a problem, a problem got a problem til it's gone" alone make it worth staying through the more wearying stretches.
Saturday, July 25, 2015
07.07
For all the toe fungus and abortion it's a very delicate movie, albeit with a raging emotional undercurrent. Doesn't hit quite as hard as Floating Clouds, but I think that's just because at heart I'll always be a sucker for scope. Anyhow magnificent, and I like Hara more with every new movie I see her in.
Monday, July 13, 2015
07.06
Huh, I kinda took it for granted that whenever I watched this again it would fully become for me what it is for so many people. But nah my memory was right, fantastic of course but not Floating Clouds-tier.
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