Some of what I've been watching:
Communion (1989) - aka Christopher Walken gets an anal probe. Favorite thing I've watched recently. It's the filming of an alien(?) abduction book that the author still claims is real. He went on to write five or six more! Only thing is that the director certainly doesn't treat it like fact. All through the movie there's all these crazy paintings and statues that seem to suggest your enviroment informs your dreams or hallucinations. It would also explain why the alien effects totally suck. At some point Walken is sat next to some props! Really good mood movie with shots of nighttime New York and a sick soundtrack featuring Eric Clapton.
Capricorn One (1977) - I can watch Elliott Gould for hours, but I didn't really give a shit about the plight of the would-be astronauts. Thirsty OJ Simpson with all this shit caked to his face was pretty funny though. Telly Savalas has a strange role late in the movie and almost steals the show. Something about these 70's thrillers that just leaves me cold.
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) - Great documentary. A real gut punch though.
The Blackbird (1926) - Lon Chaney's always watchable and there's some good sequences, but this didn't do that much for me. Chaney's a villain who pretends to be his own crippled brother when it suits him. So spoilers! --
At some point the police are knocking down the door and he's changing into his alter-ego. Only the door hits him and he falls and now the affliction he faked is somehow real.Toggle Spoiler. And this is somehow the least convoluted Tod Browning / Lon Chaney movie! Big reccomendation to check out THE UNKNOWN or West of Zanzibar instead.
The Outlaw and his Wife (1918) - Good early Sjöström movie about lovers living outside of law & society. Since it's 1918, a lot of the movie is happening in the shot of an unmoving camera, but there's some great outdoor scenery. Gets pretty dramatic near the end, but avoids melodramatic cliches.
At some point the villagers are coming to arrest the lovers. So the woman is like "You'll never get my child!" and throws the fucking kid off the side of a mountain! After which both escape anyway!Toggle SpoilerMildred Pierce (1945) - Good noir mystery. You'll figure it out before the movie does, but it's a very entertaining watch. Can't see Joan Crawford as anything other than Joan Crawford though. She's more alien than the strange hobgoblin that gave Christopher Walken an alien probe. Anyway, be sure to check out Mommy Dearest before anything else Joan-related.