She's (Dakota's) funnier than I would've thought. The older she gets the more interesting I find her to be. I'm glad that she's made a name for herself and not used her famous parents' names to get her jobs in Hollywood like some nepo babies.
Wonder how many more times Miyazaki is gonna convince everyone he's retiring just to say he isn't right after his "final film" comes out and makes gangbusters
@@Topdoggie7 Honestly? I don't think it is. He's just very old and I think he should. He just strikes me as someone who has a hard time letting go of what has been a huge chunk of his life.
the woman who was on the dating show lucked out. after she chose the guy, she declined the date because after the show when they met and talked she told the producers he was weird and didnt feel right about him. she lucked out. and the nick cage movie sounds like the "this man" creepypasta
Thanks for your sharing your thoughts, Amanda. I'm looking forward to seeing many of these films, especially "Close to You", and seeing Elliot Page in a male role, outside of "Umbrella Academy."
Great recap! Also, Joseph of Egypt being arrested for not sleeping with Potiphar's wife, the stuff surrounding Lot, and David killing Bathsheba's husband all would predate the murder of John the Baptist.
Dumb Money captured the spirit of that particular time. I can relate since I got caught up with it. I had planned to buy AMC Theatres for $2 per share when GameStop blew up. A few months later, I bought AMC at $10 per share. When GameStop blew up again, I sold some shares of AMC, made $2,500 profit, paid off a credit card, and owed a big tax bill. Fun times!
Totally agree on Aggro Dr1ft. It was like you were playing GTA, inverted the screen, and took a bunch of shrooms. Every other scene had that demon guy randomly humping the air and the characters just looked lifeless (likely due to the infrared). I was at the midnight madness screening and saw a lot of people in the rows in front of me walk out.
Films with polarizing reactions are always bound to age well. Gummo was ripped apart when it was released and now it's on a large amount of top 10 lists for the 90's.
Thanks Amanda for the awesome recap! I was actually planning on going to TIFF for the first time this year, but due to personal family reasons I couldn’t go. But I’m glad that your channel exists so I can hear all about the movies I had on my list. So seriously, thank you for making this video! Also, have you ever considered making a video about how to attend TIFF and get tickets? It would be great to hear your insider recommendations if you have any. I would 1000% watch that video!
I had no idea Woman of the Hour was a thing! I remember hearing this story and honestly just being shocked so to know there's a movie about it coming out is wild to me. Netflix subscription might finally get some use again after all
I work at one of the theatres tiff runs out of, and I didn't see a single screening fail the Bulgari test, but you have no idea how much that ad got on on my nerves by the end of my 75 hour work week wow (saying r during the anti-piracy thing is a much better tradition)
So far the movies that pick my interest from TiFF are The Promised Land, Hell of a Summer, Close to You, One Life, The Teachers' Lounge, Evil Does Not Exist, Seven Veils, Daddio, Hit Man, & Dream Scenario.
the review is amazing, as most of your outputs are to us. Hardly getting a breath following your highspeed is part of it. But those occasional seconds throughout this video where you get almost thoughtful slow are like a new extra planet making the sky more lightful. Love.
Not loving "The Boy and the Heron" is not gonna be an unpopular opinion, I think. It was also welcomed with many mixed reviews in Japan. A friend says he heard someone whisper something akin to "well that was bad" after a screening he went to. Me and my boyfriend were also like "well... that was... a movie..." afterwards. A coworker and my landlady's son were also "meh" about it. I am honestly a bit nervous about it getting a wide release...
It's mildly strange to see you put out a video about TIFF after listening to my friend (a worker there) talk about the technical set up and stress and things. "Oh yeah this person who exists outside my monkeysphere and makes content I watch with some regularity was in the same space as my buddy who recently went on a rant about what's the best clipboard to use at a festival and how one of the workers fucking died between festivals."
I watched Dumb Money on early release day and it was easily one of the funniest cinematic experience because the showing was packed with finance bros, audible reactions during the court hearing like it’s the avengers
I love to watch Olivia Coleman get interviewed on The Graham Norton show. She's hilarious and a bit scatter-brained (her words not mine). She seems genuinely sweet and funny as a person not just as an actor.
Thanks for this - timely here in Leeds as the Leeds International Film Festival programme is about to be launched, so looking forward to planning my festival
Hey, Amanda. Sorry for the off topic, but I was wondering if you already had the chance to watch Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe, in the meanwhile. I'm still suffering because it seems like they won't release it here in Italy anytime soon, so... 😢😢😢
I'm very late buuuut I'd be so glad if you put the title of the movie you're currently talking about somewhere in a top corner or something, I always try to remember the title but then I'm so entertained listening to you that I forget and have to go back (if it seems like one I'd like) and look for it again to put it in my list😭
Haven't seen Fingernails yet, of course, but have you seen Osmosis? It's a French show that mixes fairly hard sci-fi and romance. Basically, a company invents tech to find your perfect match, and we explore the lives of a fairly diverse cast of characters as the bigger story unfolds. Definitely worth a watch!
after hearing the premise of Fingernails i think they were going for something along the lines of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind because that is also based on the idea that you can change your brain chemistry, which theoretically you can alter your memories based on real scientific research done on mice. i guess this one failed to stick the landing and Eternal Sunshine had quirky, imaginative scenarios going for it
Curious if you got to see the Stop Making Sense remaster and Q&A that happened at Tiff. It was the first time Talking Heads were all in a room together since at least 2002.
I’m most looking forward to The Critic because I usually watch Ian McKellen’s work and Hell of a Summer because I think a movie directed by two twenty year olds could be quite interesting.
All I want in film is another perfect masterpiece like Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. Does anyone know of anything that can compare? This isn’t sarcasm I’m 100% serious. I need another one of these historical/paranormal bonkers movies. The Pope’s exorcist was a good start but didn’t quite do it for me
is dream scenario based on the "have you seen this man" creepypasta/internet mystery?? given the base plot and even how the main character looks it could be lol
So, I haven't seen Woman of the Hour, but Rodney Alcala (or however you spell it) actually won The Dating Game show but the woman decided not to go on a date with him when they met after the show because he creeper her out.
Thank you! My friend and I are both in the minority when we went to go see Boy and the Heron in theaters. There is some great animation and some great parts but as a whole it's very... disjointed.
I also was at the fest this year and we have very similar tastes. "His Three Daughters" was fantastic, every but as good as you said, one of my favorites, and "Quiz Lady" really impressed me even though it was a low-ambition comedy. I also didn't like "The Boy and The Haron" which felt extremely undercooked. Also agree 100% with your takes on "Fingernails" and "American Fiction." Both great films with minor but obvious flaws. The one place where we depart in our opinion was "Woman of the Hour" which I didn't like. It had such a great premise and good cast, but was extremely focused on maximizing the power of each scene, like a series of self-contained short films, at the expense of how any of them fit into the entire film. The non-linear structure was a great idea, but pacing was awful. It also did that thing where it "Hollywood fictionalized" parts of the story which really distracted from the true horror of the parts which were more honestly fictionalized, doing great disservice to the themes in the film. Lots of tone whiplash in a way that felt unintentional. It had first-time actor-director vibes and I totally get why it was picked up by Netflix because that's a perfect venue for it. That one aside, so many absolutely incredible woman-directed films at the fest this year, dominating my favorites list, including "Anatomy of a Fall" and "Lost Ladies" and "Green Border."
14:08 “which the movie states is one of if not the first recorded sex crime in Biblical history” oh if only that were the case. *side-eyes the entire Old Testament*
Really wish you'd time stamp every individual film, have to keep going back to get the names again. Sure my issue but, also a fair enough request I believe.
I’m with you on Boy and the Heron, in fact I’m pretty sure I disliked it even more. I also liked Dream Scenario but raised an eyebrow at its intentions. But my Top 3 favorites would probably be Woman of the Hour, Boy Kills World, and Monster.
Me and my bestie see all anime and the boy and the heron WE AGREE WITH U there are a lot of missing info and plot points that make no sense! I only seen this and Ponyo so far and asked her are all his films missing from plot points and slightly confusing? We needed more BACK STORY on THE AUNT. The Birthing room The Heron why the mom was young the uncle there were SO MANY gaps u had to fill when u get 2/3 thru u start to get lost. Still a good watch and visually great but then it just ends like see ya! My top anime movie of the year is still SUZAME
Seems like on the whole the best still weren't top tier, so I'm glad you still got a top 10. I've only seen 1 other review for The Boy and the Heron-5 stars-so this makes it a 3. Dumb Money wasted no time jumping from TIFF to my theater.
yeah Dumb Money was always supposed to be a 'pre-premiere' to the planned wide release I think I would have had a stronger top 10 had I not already seen so many of the movies at the festival but still some surprises!
I hate that i have to even admit this but Humanist Vampire seeking Consenting Suicidal Person... reminds me of an Evan Hansen AU fanfic from Ao3 where Evan and Conner both find each other on a website about suicide *i forget the finer details but the gist of it is they both wish to unalive and so they both make a promise to see it through together and do things theyve always wanted to do before dying and then end up falling in love... and not dying obvi*
@@feferis - Yes! I was so hyped for the movie and was sort of disappointed. The visuals and music are great but the story needs work on the second half.
I always found it somewhat appropriate that the event's acronym is TIFF; which is a word that means a small disagreement or argument. Because it always seems slightly disagreeable but not in a way that particularly bothers you for long.
4:50 Trichotilliomania is something i have and something i didn't expect to hear or see in a movie, gonna have to check this movie out because can relate to anxiety induced picking/pulling
