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Here's a quick list of all movies watched by the SMC. Or if you prefer, here's a more detailed examination.
Newbie @RhinoRush leads the charge in our FINAL WEEK of Cycle 3! That's right, folks. We're about to start over again and head into our fourth go-around. I think he's got a good list here for us so let's end things on a bang.
Blue Ruin (2013)
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
Stars: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves
Premise: A mysterious outsider's quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Why @RhinoRush picked it: Director Jeremy Saulnier is probably my favorite up and coming director. His films have a distinct, grimy but beautiful aesthetic and tend to focus on lesser told American stories. Of his three films, Blue Ruin is the best and features a beautifully tragic central performance from Macon Blair. Saulnier's next film, Hold the Dark, comes out in 2018 and we can only hope he continues to punish us with his brutal American folklore. Revenge tales don't get any better than this.
Trailer:
Out of the Furnace (2013)
Director: Scott Cooper
Stars: Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana
Premise: When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn't follow through fast enough, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice.
Why @RhinoRush picked it: Scott Cooper burst onto the scene in 2009 with Crazy Heart, snagging two Oscars in his directorial debut. His follow-up, 2013's Out of the Furnace is the better film but told a story Hollywood wasn't quite so quick to lionize. Christian Bale puts in another tremendous performance but it's Casey Affleck who steals the show here as the Iraq veteran forced to pay his debts in the brutal world of underground fighting. This movie is equal parts heartbreaking and gripping.
Trailer:
Prisoners (2013)
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis
Premise: When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.
Why @RhinoRush picked it: Denis Villeneuve is the second French Canadian director on this week's list and easily the more famous. Basically everything this guy puts out is stellar, but Prisoners finds him at the peak of his game. A taut, tense thriller featuring unbelievably intense performances by both Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. But don't sleep on Terrence Howard and Viola Davis's subdued, angsty performances either. Paul Dano is just as excellent as the perfect creep. This thing is a tour-de-force that keeps you guessing up until the stunning finale and forces you to ask yourself how far your would go for the people you love.
Trailer:
Winter's Bone (2010)
Director: Debra Granik
Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt
Premise: An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.
Why @RhinoRush picked it: The only film on this list with a female lead and a female director is also the only film not from 2013. Jennifer Lawrence picked up an Oscar for what is easily her best performance. John Hawkes also turns in what should have been a star-making performance as the terrifying yet sympathetic Teardrop. Winter's Bone inhabits the same bleak, unforgiving world as the other films on this list but probably has the most heart out of all of them. Debra Granik's direction is understated and probably the weakest of the four on this list, but it does allow the tremendous performances from her actors to take center stage.
Trailer:
Members: @shadow_priest_x @europe1 @iThrillhouse @chickenluver @jeicex @MusterX @Coolthulu @TheRuthlessOne @Scott Parker 27 @the muntjac @Caveat @FierceRedBelt @RabidJesus @RhinoRush
Here's a quick list of all movies watched by the SMC. Or if you prefer, here's a more detailed examination.
Newbie @RhinoRush leads the charge in our FINAL WEEK of Cycle 3! That's right, folks. We're about to start over again and head into our fourth go-around. I think he's got a good list here for us so let's end things on a bang.
Here are our candidates!
Blue Ruin (2013)
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
Stars: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves
Premise: A mysterious outsider's quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Why @RhinoRush picked it: Director Jeremy Saulnier is probably my favorite up and coming director. His films have a distinct, grimy but beautiful aesthetic and tend to focus on lesser told American stories. Of his three films, Blue Ruin is the best and features a beautifully tragic central performance from Macon Blair. Saulnier's next film, Hold the Dark, comes out in 2018 and we can only hope he continues to punish us with his brutal American folklore. Revenge tales don't get any better than this.
Trailer:
Out of the Furnace (2013)
Director: Scott Cooper
Stars: Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana
Premise: When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn't follow through fast enough, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice.
Why @RhinoRush picked it: Scott Cooper burst onto the scene in 2009 with Crazy Heart, snagging two Oscars in his directorial debut. His follow-up, 2013's Out of the Furnace is the better film but told a story Hollywood wasn't quite so quick to lionize. Christian Bale puts in another tremendous performance but it's Casey Affleck who steals the show here as the Iraq veteran forced to pay his debts in the brutal world of underground fighting. This movie is equal parts heartbreaking and gripping.
Trailer:
Prisoners (2013)
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis
Premise: When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.
Why @RhinoRush picked it: Denis Villeneuve is the second French Canadian director on this week's list and easily the more famous. Basically everything this guy puts out is stellar, but Prisoners finds him at the peak of his game. A taut, tense thriller featuring unbelievably intense performances by both Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. But don't sleep on Terrence Howard and Viola Davis's subdued, angsty performances either. Paul Dano is just as excellent as the perfect creep. This thing is a tour-de-force that keeps you guessing up until the stunning finale and forces you to ask yourself how far your would go for the people you love.
Trailer:
Winter's Bone (2010)
Director: Debra Granik
Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt
Premise: An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.
Why @RhinoRush picked it: The only film on this list with a female lead and a female director is also the only film not from 2013. Jennifer Lawrence picked up an Oscar for what is easily her best performance. John Hawkes also turns in what should have been a star-making performance as the terrifying yet sympathetic Teardrop. Winter's Bone inhabits the same bleak, unforgiving world as the other films on this list but probably has the most heart out of all of them. Debra Granik's direction is understated and probably the weakest of the four on this list, but it does allow the tremendous performances from her actors to take center stage.
Trailer:
Members: @shadow_priest_x @europe1 @iThrillhouse @chickenluver @jeicex @MusterX @Coolthulu @TheRuthlessOne @Scott Parker 27 @the muntjac @Caveat @FierceRedBelt @RabidJesus @RhinoRush
