Let's have a underappreciated lesser known GOOD movie festival!

[Svengoolie 3]

OK we've had a bad movie festival, so why not have a film festival featuring little known good movies we think deserve more recognition?

1. Return to Oz.
2. The keep.
3. Horror express.
4. Failsafe.
5. Roger Corman's Frankenstein unbound.
6. Shin Godzilla.
7.Dark city
8. The Asphalt Jungle.
9. Europa report.
10. Sword of doom.
11. The Maijin trilogy.
12. Ghost in the shell innocence.

[Rev. Powell]

Again, I'll give it a "weird" theme.

1. BLANCANIEVES (2012) - Silent bullfighting fairy tale
2. CRIME WAVE (1985) - Campy Canadian oddity
3. DEATH LAID AN EGG (1968) - Surrealist giallo on a chicken farm
4. IDIOTS AND ANGELS (2008) - Bill Plympton
5. L'IMMORTELLE (1963) - Directorial debut of the writer of LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD
6. THE LOVE WITCH (2016) - Needs more love
7. A REPORT ON THE PARTY AND GUESTS (1966) - Banned anti-authoritarian allegory from Czechoslovakia
8. THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT (1965) - Polish masterpiece, long out of print
9. SITA SINGS THE BLUES (2008) - One-woman animation
10. THE SWIMMER (1968) - Not sure why this classic is so overlooked
11. TITUS (1999) - Crazy Shakespeare
12. THE TRIAL (1962) - Orson Welles

[claws]

Deathtrap (1982)
Safe (1995)
Priest (1994)
The Wanderers (1979)
The Butcher Boy (1997)
When the Wind Blows (1986)
Without a Clue (1988)
The Beast of War (1988)
My Favorite Year (1982)
A Midnight Clear (1992)
The Indian Runner (1991)
White Dog (1982)

[javakoala]

10. THE SWIMMER (1968) - Not sure why this classic is so overlooked

Dude, if you like this, we should get a couple of bottles of good bourbon and spend a day watching movies together.  You are one of the very few people I have ran across who have seen this movie, never mind LIKING it.

[Rev. Powell]

10. THE SWIMMER (1968) - Not sure why this classic is so overlooked

Dude, if you like this, we should get a couple of bottles of good bourbon and spend a day watching movies together.  You are one of the very few people I have ran across who have seen this movie, never mind LIKING it.

It's a non-sexual man-date!

[indianasmith]

ABRAHAM LINCOLN VS. ZOMBIES - much better than the mainstream movie it was meant to parody!
ABSENTIA - Brilliant indie horror film, slow burn but worth it
GRAVE ENCOUNTERS - Just shows what a creative mind can do with a $60,000 budget!
SUCKER PUNCH - Followed by a three hour lecture from me on why this is one of the greatest films of all time.
THE ALAMO (2004) - Best historical film ever to flop at the box office
MIRRORS - Just to show that Kiefer Sutherland CAN star in good movies!
TUCKER AND DALE VS. EVIL - Best horror/comedy EVER!
WILLOW CREEK - Another low budget masterpiece!
PAN'S LABYRINTH - One of the best foreign films I have ever seen.
GANGS OF NEW YORK - Just kidding! This movie sucked so hard it almost made the universe collapse on itself!

[javakoala]

10. THE SWIMMER (1968) - Not sure why this classic is so overlooked

Dude, if you like this, we should get a couple of bottles of good bourbon and spend a day watching movies together.  You are one of the very few people I have ran across who have seen this movie, never mind LIKING it.

It's a non-sexual man-date!

Damn straight. Smoking jackets at dusk, and neither man gets any closer to the other than his recliner. And no romantic comedies!!  

[javakoala]

Here's a random list I pulled while scanning my shelves:

1.  EXCISION (2012)  -- very disturbing film, and Traci Lords gives an Oscar caliber performance, honestly

2.  SUPER (2010) -- savagely dark comedy about love, sanity, hopelessness, and superheroes

3.  THE VOICES (2014) -- another dark comedy about insanity. I'm noticing a trend here, dammit!

4.  HOLY MOTORS (2012) -- wild film that seems to be a love letter to cinema and art

5.  NIGHT OF THE DEVILS (1972) -- dark and beautifully realized horror film that has one of the most soul-crushing endings ever

6.  I DECLARE WAR (2012) -- kids playing war find themselves actually pitted against each other in a war of a deeper sort

7.  SONNY BOY (1989) -- story of insane characters raising an even crazier kid, plus David Carradine in drag.

8.  FLESH + BLOOD (1985) -- gritty tale of a power struggle during The Plague. Great performances.

9.  THE NIGHT VISITOR (1971) -- intricate plan of an imprisoned man to seek revenge. Incredible pacing and stunning photography

10.  LOLLY-MADONNA XXX (1973) -- feuding families in an escalating battle of pride and destruction

11.  HARD CANDY (2005) -- a movie that will make the men here cringe, but the tension in this film is oh so perfect

12.  THE PYX (1973) -- slow to build, but ultimately horrific when you realize the depth of the plan behind the death of a hooker. Karen Black is terrific in this.

[Allhallowsday]

Return to Oz

That's a wonderful first choice.  Exemplifies what your topic is about. 

[Allhallowsday]

10. THE SWIMMER (1968) - Not sure why this classic is so overlooked

Dude, if you like this, we should get a couple of bottles of good bourbon and spend a day watching movies together.  You are one of the very few people I have ran across who have seen this movie, never mind LIKING it.

It's a non-sexual man-date!

Plus, he doesn't chase the cute girl he knows... but maybe he had...?   That's one of those late-at-night broadcasts that I might have (first) seen in the '70s.  I like that one too, but I have high regard for BURT LANCASTER, a favorite. 
 

[lester1/2jr]

The Swimmer is a cool movie definitely


The Inheritance - german movie about capitalism. the good and bad. for some reason I think it's really cool

Super Fuzz- Italian screwball comedy. No one hates italians like I do but this is pure class

the Wid and wonderful Whites of West Virgina - documentary about the family of the Virginia tap dancing guy Jessco whatever. I can only imagine how they are faring under the opioid epidemic. probably about the same

Exam - 20 ambitious business people are led into the room, given a blank piece of paper and told to solve it? solve what?

The Girls of Belarus - really nice BBC movie about girls from Belarus brought to stay in the UK for a couple months as a respite from the post chernobyl brutality that is Belarus. one memorable scene: the girl sees a crossing guard and they let her wear the vest thing and cross people across the street. I'm a simple person and things like that make me briefly happy

the uninvited Guest (2004 not the america mekhi fifer one) - this was a movie abuot a guy who like walked into someones house and hid out there for like months? I'm just going through my 5 star netflix reviews

ace in the Hole - awesome film noir similar to Nightmare Alley. america wasn't in the mood for it's message about how cynical and hungry for a big story the press is

King Frat - "holy s**t... Fart contest!" the most garbegy and best of the animal house rip offs

Chariots of the Gods - the entire history channel owes itself to this late 70's conspiracy fest

Pauly Shore is Dead - unbelievaby , the most vapid of Hollywood personalities somehow made a funny and substantial comedy. the gerardo cameo is the best cameo in the history of cameos

[Svengoolie 3]

Return to Oz

That's a wonderful first choice.  Exemplifies what your topic is about. 

Thanks. I'd say rev. Powell's choice of Titus was an excellent one in have no excise for missing as I've seen it.

[Rev. Powell]

Here's a random list I pulled while scanning my shelves:

4.  HOLY MOTORS (2012) -- wild film that seems to be a love letter to cinema and art

Check out TOKYO! It's an anthology of three films from three directors. The best one is the middle one from Carax, who debuts the Merde character.

[javakoala]

Here's a random list I pulled while scanning my shelves:

4.  HOLY MOTORS (2012) -- wild film that seems to be a love letter to cinema and art

Check out TOKYO! It's an anthology of three films from three directors. The best one is the middle one from Carax, who debuts the Merde character.

Will do.  Ooh, it's on Youtube!

[bob]

Red State, Heaven's Gate, Insomnia (US version),  Vanilla Sky, Moonrise Kingdom, 2010: The Year We Make Contact,  The Godfather Part 3,  Death to Smoochy, A Simple Plan and Inside Llewelyn Davis