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"The Father", with Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman. Excellent film, this is one of those that reminds me of why I love a good movie.

"Anthony" is old and have dementia, which makes his life a struggle because of the problems with keeping reality in check. "Anne" his daughter wants to take care of him.

A very simple plot executed with brilliance in every aspect.

Watched No time to die Bond film and was pretty good - the wife watching with me simultaneously accurately guessed various parts of the plot and had to have important bits explained to her.
Anyway was a classic Bond romp. Mostly

For the first time in years I am not even sure I can make a top 10 of the best films I've seen in 2021.

My 2021 in films: https://filmsinwords.eu/round-up/2021/1 ... -2021.html

Thanks for the write up, always a pleasure to read you. :)

"Don´t Look Up" on Netflix, a satirical look on the end of the world. Very enjoyable in my opinion.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11286314/? ... _sr_srsg_0

It is always interesting to see a summary of the year's movies by Manu. Verhoeven's flick is a must see for me.

And on a side note, because it is not worth more as that in my opinion. I bought the the Blu-Ray of Dune and can only say, meeeeeh. Nice picture but no content, no characters.

^ I missed Dune, but if you say it has little of value in it I might pass it altogether.

Watched "Power Of The Dog" by Jane Campion and "The Big Short" directed by Adam McKay on New Years Eve. Both worth watching in my opinion.

About "The Big Short" https://www.investopedia.com/articles/i ... lained.asp

There were a lot of stuff in this movie that I did not understand, the finance market seems to be a lot of mumbo jumbo to me. Like some weird ponzi scheme that not even the players themselves understand fully. Scary shit when you think about it.

Jane Campion does what she does, and I like and are fascinated by the slowness in her movies. Films that take their time to just tell the story. Anyway a very tranquil New Years weekend at home accompanied by good films. Sweet. :)

no one knew how widespread the losses were or who owed what, so they stopped lending completely.

Yes, pretty scary.
You try and short sell your wage...

Watched two ok films yesterday. With two very different stories.

"Hope" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9812614/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3 About a woman that gets very bad news from her doctor, and how she and her family copes with it. Based on the directors experiences in a very similar situation. With Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård doing a great job.

"Mesterkokken Cheng" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9779658/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 by Mika Kaurismäki. A warm human comedy. Liked it a lot, probably because it was easy for me to relate to the cultural landscape that plays an important part of the film.

I am a sucker for movies and documentaries about rock climbing. Apart from going to the mountains with my bike and also running and hiking there I still do some bouldering, even though I reduced it.

So I watched this Netflix anime and really liked it. The Summit of Gods.

Recently I also watched Gaspar Noé's Climax. I am always somehow fascinated by his films, you remember Irreversible? I know you either love him or you hate him. Climax is a trip (good or bad :), I am still not sure) and the soundtrack is great.

The price has finally dropped so I got De Palma's Scarface on 4K. I cannot believe one of my favourite films was still missing in my collection. The VHS does not count, of course. The UHD remaster is fantastic, both video-wise and sound-wise. Highly recommended.

Watched a film called "Lighthouse" a couple of weeks ago. Awesome acting by William Dafoe and Robert Pattinson in a total shit of a movie about two guys getting drunk and masturbating. Avoid. :(

I've been re-discovering the great cinema of Francesco Rosi these days. Start with Illustrious Corpses and enjoy.

Watched the Korean movie "Parasite" yesterday. Funny, tragic and satirical at the same time. well spent two hours for me. :)

^ I still have to get the chance to watch it.

Nightmare Alley
Del Toro is not my favourite director and yet I always end up watching his films. This is way too long to hold any interest in me. Cinematography-wise is a beauty, but it circles around the same thing over and over and over again.

One for the Run
It's been a while since the last time I watched a good film from Thailand. This has Wong Kar-wai's money behind it, but some of his ideas as well.

Passengers (2016)
Was a good, not too hard to understand, friday night family friendly film. Better with a couple of beers for full suspension of disbelief.

Wild Things
Why don't they do this wannabe-dirty-but-end-up-being-a-bit-goofy-and-still-sleazy-somehow neo noir any more?