Social Distancing Watch Thread:

First up, Contagion (2011) dir. Steven Soderbergh. Watched 3/15.

Tonight, Uncut Gems (2019) dir. Josh & Benny Safdie

Next up, Get Out (2017) dir. Jordan Peele

One of the best of the decade

Nw: 28 Days Later (2002) dir. Danny Boyle, while struggling to get any work done

Nw: CIRCLE (2015) dir. Aaron Hann and Mario Miscione. Not sure about this one. We’ll see how it goes

Nw: The Day After Tomorrow (2004) dir. Roland Emmerich. Really immersing myself in the disaster theme

#nw: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) dir. Rupert Wyatt

#nw: Night of the Living Dead (1968) dir. George Romero

#nw: Blade Runner (1982) dir. Ridley Scott

#nw: Shutter Island (2009) dir. Martin Scorsese

#nw: Snowpiercer (2013) dir. Bong Joon-Ho

#nw: It Comes At Night (2017) dir. Trey Edward Shults A24 productions are usually right up my alley

#nw: Ex-Machina (2014) dir. Alex Garland. A personal favorite

#nw: Happy Death Day (2017) dir. Christopher Landon definitely feels like Groundhog Day in self quarantine

#nw: Shaun of the Dead (2004) dir. Edgar Wright another personal fave and the 15th film of my social distancing so far.

#nw: A Scanner Darkly (2006) dir. Richard Linklater *another* personal favorite. The rotoscoping makes for interesting visuals. Second film based on a Phillip K. Dick story in this watch thread

#nw: Nightcrawler (2014) dir. Dan Gilroy

#nw: Ma (2019) dir. Tate Taylor

#nw: Creep (2014) dir. Patrick Brice

#nw: Arachnophobia (1990) dir. Frank Marshall. A cheesy spider horror tale that sparked my fascination with spiders growing up and my 20th film in COVID isolation

#nw: Black Swan (2010) dir. Darren Aronofsky. Absolute mind-bender.

#nw: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) dir. Tomas Alfredson. Love a good spy drama.

Good morning. #nw: Hereditary (2018) dir. Ari Aster. One of the most effective uses of horror as a vehicle for family trauma and grief I’ve ever seen.

#nw: Zodiac (2007) dir. David Fincher.

Watched Spring Breakers (2012) dir Harmony Korine. Just ok.

#nw: Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) dir. Guillermo Del Toro.

#nw: Cloverfield (2008) dir. Matt Reeves

#nw: American Factory (2019) dir. Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert. feels glumly appropriate.

#nw: Train to Busan (2016) dir. Yeon Sang-ho. 4th zombie film in quarantine. This is one of the best ones in recent memory.

#nw: Scream 2 (1997) dir. Wes Craven

News is already fucking awful this mornin, so instead I will be watching my 30th movie since starting social distancing. #nw: Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) dir. Quentin Tarantino

Doing a bit of whiplash here going from hyperbolic violence to fiercely beautiful. #nw: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma. It’s on Hulu now and you should watch it.

Finished Fighting with my Family (2019) dir. Stephen Merchant starring academy award nominated actress Florence Pugh.

#nw: Doctor Strange (2016) dir. Scott Derrickson. my favorite MCU hero

Finally #nw: The Witch (2015) dir. Robert Eggers. Been meaning to catch up on this one for awhile. Been on primarily a horror kick recently.

The news is awful. Stay inside and watch movies instead. #nw: Us (2019) dir. Jordan Peele. Worth watching for Lupita Nyong'o’s performance alone.

#nw: The Mummy (1999) dir. Stephen Summers

#nw: Inglorious Basterds (2009) dir. Quentin Tarantino. This is a desert island movie for me.

#nw: Coraline (2009) dir. Henry Selick. I have deep love for this film.

Watched The Nightingale (2018) dir. Jennifer Kent. Really really great and an unflinching depiction of trauma.

Finished Gone Girl (2014) dir. David Fincher. Another mind melter like only Fincher can do.

#nw: The Babadook (2014) dir. Jennifer Kent. Watching this after how impressed I was with The Nightingale. Not sure if it’s thread or my Animal Crossing tweets that has me hemorrhaging followers but so be it

#nw: It 2017) dir. Andy Muschietti

Finished The Report (2019) dir. Scott Burns. This one touches a nerve. Really like Adam Driver here.

Finished The Post (2017) dir. Steven Spielberg. Surprised this one got a best picture nom. It’s well made, but doesn’t feel very special. Still, a decent watch. Streep x Hanks x Spielberg after all.

And #nw: Dark Waters (2019) dir. Todd Haynes. Third in this series of investigative stories I’m watching this morning.

Finished It Ch. II (2019) dir. Andy Muschietti. Not nearly as good as ch. 1. The script makes the children look better than the adults

Now watching: Sorry to Bother You (2018) dir Boots Riley. Such a well crafted movie, if not a little hamfisted in the end. Still great and unexpected

Watched The Crazies (2010) dir. Breck Eisner. Meh.

I will be hitting 50 movies tonight. Planned watchlist Mad Max: Fury Road > Book of Eli > Dunkirk > something not sure yet > Parasite

#nw: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) dir. George Miller. What a lovely day

Finished Book of Eli (2010) dir. Albert and Allen Hughes.

Finished The Adventures of TinTin (2011) dir. Steven Spielberg

#nw: Dunkirk (2017) dir. Christopher Nolan. Film number 49. Up next, Parasite to close out 50 films since starting social distancing.

It’s finally here. Film number 50 in this thread. #nw: Parasite (2019) dir. Bong Joon-Ho. My favorite movie from last year. First ever foreign language film to win Best Picture.

And the show goes on. #nw: The Social Network (2010) dir. David Fincher. Fun fact: saw this one at midnight release lol

Finished Blade Runner 2049 (2017) dir. Denis Villenueve. Such a dope looking movie. Makes me long for Cyberpunk 2077.

#nw: Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) dir. Matthew Vaughn.

#nw: Ready or Not (2019) dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet. Been on my watchlist for awhile.

#nw: Booksmart (2019) dir. Olivia Wilde. Love it

Finished Ratatoullie (2007) dir. Brad Bird.

#nw: Corpus Christi (2019) dir. Jan Komasa. Renting it in support of the @PhoenixFilmFest that was cancelled due to COVID-19.

Finished Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) dir. Matt Reeves. Mostly meh, with a few interesting moments.

#nw: Children of Men (2006) dir. Alfonso Cuarón. Someone whose filmography I’ve been meaning to watch. This one seems fittingly bleak.

#nw: Django Unchained (2012) dir. Quentin Tarantino. The D is silent

Also finished The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) dir. Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz. A fairly heartwarming tale

Brain chemicals bad. #nw: Manchester by the Sea (2016) dir. Kenneth Lonergan. An absolute heartbreaker

Sad train rolling. #nw: Seeking A Friend for the End of the World (2012) dir. Lorene Scafaria director of Hustlers (2019) which will probably come up again in this thread at some point.

#nw: Eight Grade (2018) dir. Bo Burnham. Elsie Fisher is so talented. An excellent debut from Mr. Burnham.

On a wholly unexpected suggestion from @DanielleEnRoute I’m #nw: Team America: World Police (2004) dir. Trey Parker. Been years since I’ve seen it so who knows how it’ll go

Another suggestion, this time from @SneakySnake26. #nw: Blockers (2018) dir. Kay Cannon. In his words, “the best comedy in the last 5 years.”

Was not super online yesterday and managed to watch three movies. First, Steve Jobs (2015) dir. Danny Boyle. A well made biopic with a Sorkin script and excellent performances.

Second, The Lighthouse (2019) dir. Robert Eggers. A beautiful, visceral, descent into madness. Maybe a bit too on brand for this isolation period. Excited for future projects from this director.

Last, Sinister (2012) dir. Scott Derrickson. Depictions of grisly crimes and well executed horror tropes make this one pretty terrifying but maybe a bit lackluster in other areas. I really like James Ransone.

Fractured this thread so stitching them together https://twitter.com/prettygrimstuff/status/1249758777902919680

Watched Fruitvale Station (2013) dir. Ryan Coogler. The collaboration of Coogler and Jordan is always a great watch.

#nw: Just Mercy (2019) dir. Deston Daniel Cretton

Haven’t logged shit in a minute. The last thing I watched was Queen & Slim. Raw and beautiful.

Finally, #nw: Scream (1996) dir. Wes Craven

#nw: Alien (1979) dir. Ridley Scott

#nw: Aliens (1986) dir. James Cameron

#nw: Scott Pilgrim V.S. The World (2010) dir. Edgar Wright. We are sex Bob-omb and we’re here to make you think about death and get sad and stuff!

#nw: Annihilation (2018) dir. Alex Garland, who also directed Ex Machina (2014). Excellent science fiction. Still need to watch Devs.

#nw: Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse (2018) dir. Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Bob Persichetti. Perfect Spider-man film.

Tried to productive today. I’ve given up. #nw: Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2019) dir. Mads Brügger

Watched Wrinkles the Clown (2019) dir. Michael Beach Nichols. Pretty disappointing tbh, but still a novelty.

Also watched The Favourite (2018) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. A masterpiece.

Then watched Stuck in Love (2012) dir. Josh Boone. A perfectly serviceable romantic comedy drama led by the delightful Greg Kinnear.

#nw: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) dir. Peter Jackson. Cinematic history.

Watched Knives Out (2019) dir. Rian Johnson. An excellent whodunnit.

Watched Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) dir. Peter Jackson. My favorite of the trilogy because of the skirmish with the warg riders and the battle of Helm’s Deep

Being an absolute madman I pulled an all-nighter to hit my goal of watching 100 movies by the end of last week. https://twitter.com/prettygrimstuff/status/1252396741627801603

First, I watched The Invisible Man (2020) dir. Leigh Whanell an intense thriller that really knows how to up the tension until it’s unbearable.

Second, I watched (500) Days of Summer (2009) dir. Marc Webb. This was the “cool” movie to like when it came out. The Expectations vs Reality sequence is probably universally relatable.

Finally, movie 100 was Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), the conclusion to Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy. Suffers a bit from pacing and some over the top CGI, but still, truly a spectacle of filmmaking that could never be replicated

I've been neglecting this thread and am now up to 111 movies watched. Starting with Accepted (2006) dir. Steve Pink. I remember seeing this one in theaters with @Brian077 still mostly holds up I think.

Next, I watched I Love You, Man (2009) dir. John Hamburg. Probably my favorite buddy comedy of all time with so many memorable jokes. The combo of Jason Segel x Paul Rudd is--*chef's kiss*

Then watched The Assistant (2019) dir. Kitty Green, which is a very relevant depiction of the day-to-day life for an assistant to a certain Hollywood executive. Mundane, but full of subtext. Julia Garner is excellent.

Followed by Inception (2010) dir. Christopher Nolan. Such a great film. Can't wait for T E N E T.

Then a late night pick of Hot Fuzz (2007) dir. Edgar Wright. Some pretty great British humour and absurd violence.

Next, I watched Little Miss Sunshine (2006) dir. Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. A personal favorite and one I put on when I'm feeling blue (read: a lot). Everyone brings their A-game and makes the loss feel so real. Complete with a perfect soundtrack led by Devotchka.

Followed by Stand By Me (1986) dir. Rob Reiner. *The* adolescent coming of age movie. Such a great ensemble of child actors with such good chemistry that if someone told you this story, you could believe it really happened.

After some badgering from @SneakySnake26 I finally got around to watching Bad Education (2020) dir. Cory Finley. A great flick about corruption, greed, and sociopathy. Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney are great.

Recently @SpinningtheReel did an Aaron Sorkin deep dive on the podcast, which inspired me to rewatch Moneyball (2011) dir. Bennet Miller. Probably the best baseball movie that isn't really about baseball at all. Brad Pitt really stood out to me here.

Second to last of this update, I watched Her (2013) dir. Spike Jonze. Such a deeply longing film. It's quite appropriate for these social distancing times.

Finally, Movie 111, The Killing of a Sacred Dear (2017) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. His signature cadence and a fantastically chilling score make this one a hard-to-sit-comfortably watching experience, but it's so worth it.

Catching this thread up to date to before I started my 24hr watch party. Watched 300 (2006) dir. Zack Snyder. Some satisfying action sequences and bleak graphic novel aesthetic, but nothing really compelling beyond that.

Then followed up with Sin City (2005) dir. Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller (who wrote the source material for this film and 300). I liked this one a lot more when I was younger but I just don’t think it holds up that well. Some good elements but drowned out by the not so good

Then watched Saw (2004) dir. James Wan. Probably no other Saw needed to exist after this one, but this one is great.

Also watched Dan in Real Life (2007) after a discussion about Dan’s behavior with @SneakySnake26. All dysfunctional behaviors aside, there’s still some sweetness in there.

Adding this here as it was a brief excursion and ambitious attempt to watch 12 films in 24hrs. https://twitter.com/prettygrimstuff/status/1259212636039680001

Next up, #nw: Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash (2014).

Yesterday I watched Searching (2018) dir. Aneesh Chaganty. Pretty decent little mystery/thriller.

Watched La La Land (2016) dir. Damien Chazelle. Not really a musical person, but this is as good as it gets. Sandgren’s shots are just stunningly beautiful.

Then watched Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) dir. Ruben Fleischer which is an unfortunately soulless cash grab.

Followed by Ready Player One (2018) dir. Steven Spielberg. Inundated with pop culture references in place of character development, but still a fun watch.

Following that, I watched V for Vendetta (2005) dir. James McTeigue, which feels darkly relevant? Hadn’t seen it in awhile.

This morning I watched another 2005 feature, Peter Jackon’s King Kong. The CGI still holds up surprisingly well, but that’s about it.

And finally #nw: The Devil Wears Prada (2006) dir. David Frankel. Iconic.

Haven't updated this thread in a while, but I'm up to 150 movies now. https://boxd.it/51tJC