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Max the Movie Guy rated The Swimmer

 The Swimmer 10/10

11 months ago

Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to Films I've seen on celluloid in the digital era list

FORMAT: 35mm CONDITION: ★★★★★ NOTES: Printed from a restored 4K master by Criterion, Jet Tone and Block2. An utterly spotless and vivid print, albeit not a very convincing one. It so obviously being a 4K transfer and the black borders surrounding the frame shuffling along with the picture ruined the immersion. DATE: June 9th 2023 CINEMA: BFI LOCATION: Southbank

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to Films I've seen on celluloid in the digital era list

FORMAT: 35mm CONDITION: ★★★★★ NOTES: Newly produced by WB and YCM from an archival internegative, featuring a tremendous 4-track soundtrack and beautiful colour that helps every trace of red stand out as far as it was intended. DATE: June 9th 2023 CINEMA: BFI LOCATION: Southbank

11 months ago

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FORMAT: 70mm CONDITION: ★★★★★ NOTES: Original release print kept locked away in the BFI’s archive since 1992, it looks absolutely breathtaking, and I can even understand why the only 70mm they chose to show was a major motion picture from the master of baffling choices. The projectionist switched over to the third reel four seconds late so we were treated to an end reel, and the sound of chatter rewinding and a beep was music to my ears. Sadly, there were a few instances in which the audio was muffled for one or two seconds, but overrun the film until the end of the reel at the worst possible time: the race scene. DATE: June 9th 2023 CINEMA: BFI LOCATION: Southbank

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to Films I've seen on celluloid in the digital era list

FORMAT: 35mm CONDITION: ★★★★½ NOTES: BBC transmission print from 1990, acquired by the BFI in 2004. Rarely screened over the years, and it shows astonishingly. Every grain of grass is captured in crystal clear detail. Successfully presented with digitally projected HOH subtitles, and introduced with an essay on preservation of African cinema by writer Imruh Bakari. DATE: June 8th 2023 CINEMA: BFI LOCATION: Southbank

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FORMAT: 35mm CONDITION: ★★★★★ NOTES: Screened as part of the BFI Film on Film Festival, in which all prints this week were presented, with the world premiere of Mark Jenkin’s A Dog Called Discord. They were preparing to open this festival on an original release nitrate print dating back 78 years, but the nitrate projector had already encountered a fault with the fire suppression system which could have put the entire auditorium at risk and the print had to wait another while. Thankfully, they had already transferred a different print onto a new, unrestored National Archive print, and it was the next best thing. Despite sound cutting out at the end of each reel, the print they worked from looked impressive, and judging this print from its source I have to grade it ★★★★½. DATE: June 8th 2023 CINEMA: BFI LOCATION: Southbank Three months later… FORMAT: 35mm nitrate CONDITION: ★★★ NOTES: Original UK release nitrate print, finally screened to great success in a September heatwave. Not as in good condition as the source print for the backup, but still decent considering its age. More white blotches, wet spots, missing frames and other forms of wear than I remember from the newer print, but a stark difference in black levels and picture clarity to the polyester print. The projectionists were late to change the fifth-to-last reel over to the next, and so we got a whole countdown as a treat. DATE: September 8th 2023 CINEMA: BFI LOCATION: Southbank

11 months ago

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11 months ago

Max the Movie Guy rated Shazam!: Fury of the Gods

 Shazam!: Fury of the Gods 4/10

11 months ago

Max the Movie Guy rated The Lost King

 The Lost King 5/10

11 months ago

Max the Movie Guy rated I Am Love

 I Am Love 9/10

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Max the Movie Guy rated Assassination

 Assassination 8/10

11 months, 1 week ago

Max the Movie Guy rated The Boogeyman

 The Boogeyman 5/10

11 months, 1 week ago

Max the Movie Guy rated Meine Chaosfee ich

 Meine Chaosfee ich 4/10

11 months, 1 week ago

Max the Movie Guy rated Of an Age

 Of an Age 7/10

11 months, 1 week ago

Max the Movie Guy rated Mad About the Boy: The Noel Coward Story

 Mad About the Boy: The Noel Coward Story 4/10

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Max the Movie Guy rated Carmen

 Carmen 5/10

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Max the Movie Guy added 4 items to their collection

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Max the Movie Guy rated The Mist

 The Mist 8/10

11 months, 1 week ago

Max the Movie Guy rated BlackBerry

 BlackBerry 10/10

11 months, 1 week ago

Max the Movie Guy rated Reality

 Reality 8/10

11 months, 1 week ago

Max the Movie Guy added 2 items to their collection

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Max the Movie Guy rated Pass Thru

 Pass Thru 10/10

11 months, 1 week ago

Max the Movie Guy added 2 items to their collection

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Max the Movie Guy rated Amanda

 Amanda 7/10

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to Films I've seen on celluloid in the digital era list

FORMAT: 35mm CONDITION: ★★★★ NOTES: Up until Rollergirl asked Amber Waves to be her mummy, this was a very clean picture, and up until Dirk Diggler was escaping Rahad this was very smooth playback. Sounded amazing in its entirety. DATE: May 30th 2023 CINEMA: The Prince Charles Cinema LOCATION: West End

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