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BBC - Tom Waits, Tales from a Cracked Jukebox (2017)

Rare archive, audio recordings and interviews on a trip through the surreal, moonlit world of Tom Waits.

available on mvgroup.org

Excellent!

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I'm almost through the first season, and I give this a rousing endorsement -- especially if you're over sixty, and old enough to get a nostalgia hit from the intricately and accurately crafted settings from late fifties urban America. I think this series is loosely based on the life of Joan Rivers, but I mostly base that on watching Brosnahan's comedy routines.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel



Definitely hunt this one down and watch it. IMDB currently rates it a 9, and it deserves every point.

"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" is set on New York's Upper West Side in the late 1950s, where a privileged Jewish housewife, Miriam "Midge" Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan), lives with her lousy husband Joel (Michael Zegen), an aspiring comedy writer. But when he leaves her for another woman, Midge decides to take a crack at her own stand-up ambitions, with the help of Suzie (Alex Borstein), a no-nonsense bartender at a comedy club.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5788792/

I was not able to find this series in any open directories. It is available on Amazon. I found the episodes I watched using torrent.

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Smudge wrote:

I was not able to find this series in any open directories. It is available on Amazon. I found the episodes I watched using torrent.

The days of usenet hosting a useful video archive are over but Amazon appears to have left Mrs. Maisel's pilot standing. Nothing else, though.

The early 60s NYC it depicts is not nearly tacky enough, way too disinfected, theatrical and quiet, entirely missing the stink. Sherman-Palladino faithfully mimics Rivers' voice, though, god help us all. Why not just icepick our eardrums?

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Detectorists



Detectorists (as they inform us early in the first episode) are people who use metal detectors to survey the landscape in search of things of value.

I'm through most of the first season of this British comedy gem (IMDB rates it 8.7 at the moment), and enjoying myself immensely. It's British humor -- so dry your lips might crack -- but the laughs, while not rib splitting or side slapping, are there. As are the subtle, and often poignant, insights into human nature.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4082744/

Three seasons are available, of six (half hour) episodes each. I found these episodes available in open directories, as well as via P2P sharing. If you have trouble locating them send me a PM, and I will assist you.

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Smudge wrote:

Choad said: "The early 60s NYC it depicts is not nearly tacky enough, way too disinfected, theatrical and quiet, entirely missing the stink."

I don't think it's supposed to be naturalistic or particularly realistic; it's highly stylized and sanitized. Sort of like the television of the day.

Joan says in clip above she's from Larchmont, NY but in fact she didn't move there until she was 17, in 1950, 20 years into an exodus of prosperous jews north out of NYC. Many of their new goyem neighbors were horrified and fled to CT, both sets of my grandparents among them. The shtetl patois you hear in Rivers' voice drove them batshit.

fnord probably knows something about this.

Cuatro Estaciones looks fun. Does he wear a girdle the whole time?

He looked to me like he was wearing one the whole time. Positively Shatneresque.

Asi, lo me veo.

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If you love film making, don't miss this one; it's a stunning piece of cinematography. On the IMDB description page it notes that "The film received a six-minute long standing ovation after its screening at the Cannes Film Festival". Watch it and you'll see why. It reminded me a little bit of Scorsese's After Hours, except Good Time isn't a comedy, Additionally, Robert Patterson's in the running for a Best Actor Oscar for his role in this gem:

Good Time



www.imdb.com/title/tt4846232/

(Drop me a PM if you want me to help you find a copy of the film; I found it in several locations.)

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

http://tvworthwatching.com/BlogPostDeta … stId=15557

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5711280/?ref_=rvi_tt

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Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

http://tvworthwatching.com/BlogPostDeta … stId=15557

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5711280/?ref_=rvi_tt

In my queue, but waiting to finish Black Mirror first as I'm pretty sure I don't want to cross the streams.

How is it looking so far?

The End of the Fucking World on Netflix

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The Nile Hilton Incident



The Nile Hilton Incident won five awards this week at the Swedish Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The film is an exotic ride, and it will take you into a completely foreign word for a couple of hours. I found it to be fascinating.

"A political thriller based on a true story. Weeks before the 2011 Egyptian revolution, Noredin (Fares Fares), a police officer in Cairo's corrupt system, investigates the murder of a famous club singer at the Nile Hilton Hotel. What initially seems to be a crime of passion turns into something that concerns the very power elite of Egypt. Upon realizing this, Noredin decides to break the rules in order to obtain justice, colliding not only with the system but also with himself." (synopsis pinched from Rotten Tomatoes)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5540188/

PS - Send me a PM if you want help finding a free copy of this.

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Gomorrah



Gomorrah is a thrilling, highly rated, edge of your seat crime series from Italy, and it's loosely based on real events. The IMDB rating (currently 8.7) puts it in rarefied company with the likes of Breaking Bad and The Wire. Be warned; THIS IS A VERY VIOLENT TV SERIES -- give it a pass if you have trouble with that sort of thing.

The production values for all aspects of the show are the best; this is an extremely well done drama.

...Gomorrah is a 2014 Italian television crime drama series. It is based on the book Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano and the film Gomorrah directed by Matteo Garrone. It is set in the suburbs of Naples, focusing on organized crime and the relationships of gangsters, drug dealers, and ordinary people. Gomorrah depicts street-level crime and its hierarchical organization from the pavement up to the office chair, and giving an audience a story about external and internal power struggles between criminals and delinquents.

(Excerpt from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomorrah_(TV_series))

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2049116/

I found the episodes I watched using P2P sharing, but I also recently found the series (all three seasons) in an open directory, which is what prompted this post. Send me a PM if you would like the address.

I stumbled on this article yesterday, about an Australian film called Goldstone:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/goldstone … tern-movie

It turns out that Goldstone is the sequel to Mystery Road, a 2013 film by the same director, and one of the few Australian films which I really liked a lot. I watched Goldstone last night, and thought it was excellent. Well worth the ride for the remarkable scenery alone, but it's also a well crafted drama and thriller (see article).

If you liked last year's Oscar nominated Hell or High Water, I'm pretty sure you will also like both of these gems.

i recommend both films, and I found links to each in open directories. Send me a PM if you would like me to forward those. They are available via torrent as well, of course.

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Counterpart

I'm only a couple of episodes into this, but I'm hooked and in for the ride -- at least through the first season. I usually skip Sci-Fi, but if the writing is good enough...

Nothing redeeming so far as I can tell, but a well orchestrated spy/thriller/action melodrama -- with solid production values and a good cast. It's easy to find online (send me a PM if you want an open directory link), using P2P sharing or...the last few episodes of the season are still being broadcast on Starz.

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Found and added this (yeah; what she said):

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainme … rz/550970/

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A very long look at a very weird chapter. Astonishing the ringleaders are willing to speak about it, but they did the time. Not as much freaky fun as the film about the Source family, unless of course, you know someone who was there for that ecstasy madhouse.

Wild Wild Country Explores the Northwest's Most Notorious Cult

No just old friends, who had gone all in.  I do know others who have stayed since at the ashram in Pune, but they were just being stardust in the wind.

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So, what's out there. Anything at all in this great wasteland worth watching?

Johnny_Rotten wrote:

Worrickers Trilogy

I love that. I think I've got "Page Eight" memorized.

This won't be available for a week, but I'm eager to see it when it hits; the newest in the current batch of Agatha Christie dramatizations:

Ordeal By Innocence



https://thekillingtimestv.wordpress.com … #more-9096

Given that England is seven hours ahead, I can usually find popular British shows available via torrent the evening of the same day they were broadcast (the efficiency of the internet never ceases to amaze me), and available in open directories a day or two later. So I expect i'll watch this on Easter day.

Collateral



Collateral is a four-part British television drama serial, written and created by David Hare. The series, described by Hare as "a police procedural without any of that police attitudinising", stars Carey Mulligan as Kip Glaspie, a detective inspector assigned to investigate the murder of a pizza delivery driver who is gunned down in a London suburb. The ensuing story explores a complex web of characters who are all somehow connected with the story. Nathaniel Martello-White stars as Glaspie's partner, detective sergeant Nathan Bilk. Jeany Spark, Nicola Walker, John Simm and Billie Piper (of Doctor Who fame) are also credited as principal members of the cast.

I'm half way through this, and enjoying the ride. Fabulous cast, great writing and top notch production values.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6729080/

I can point you in the direction of an open directory with Collateral. Send me a PM if interested.

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Spoiler Alert!

Once upon a time, when studios leaked like sieves and major ISPs still hosted usenet binaries [until 2007], new seasons of popular productions routinely dropped all episodes in one binge deluge.

Trusted reviewers, of course, have always enjoyed that privilege and more and more of them are spoiler abusing it.

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The first time I watched this film I had to stop it in the middle to catch my breath. I laughed so hard my sides ached and I nearly passed out from lack of oxygen.

Years later, my brother watched it at my suggestion. He and his young son laughed so hard they nearly passed out while watching it. His wife and daughter sat through the entire film stone faced and never laughed once. I don't think it has anything to do with gender; more likely personality.

Not everyone, it seems, is ready to embrace Mr. Hulot's (or Mr. Tati's) reality. Best in full screen. No subs needed because there is essentially no dialogue. You can save a copy with a stream capture program if you wish:

Mister Hulot's Holiday
Directed by Jacques Tati

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