Film forum off topic/random chat thread

Nothing yet, no. I saw it at an IFI festival screening in Dublin a few months back so it has screened here, but only in a festival context.

Unfortunately it’s another of the recent A24 titles caught up in release limbo here and in the UK, along with Pearl and a few others. It’s seemingly random whether some other distributor will pick them up or if A24 will handle it themselves. They did release Everything Everywhere… on their own, and I believe are doing The Whale as well. But they sold After Yang rights to Sky and X was handled by Universal or someone. It does seem like they’re getting a bit more comfortable handling UK and Ireland releases themselves post EEAAO so hopefully more of these films show up promptly rather than months or years later.

The mysterious Ghibli / Lucasfilm project is… a 3 mins short in which Baby Yoda crosses over with the dust bunnies from Spirited Away. On Disney+ now.

On the topic of Scorsese, the man himself turns the big 8-0 today. What a towering figure he is, albeit with his delightfully charming and modest public persona. He is naturally one of the major directors in contemporary film himself, and in every interview you can tell how much he adores the medium. But its his commitment to the restoration and release of classic films from around the globe that has cemented his status as a true champion of the artform. In a world where film history is often dominated by a handful of countries (US, UK, France and Japan particularly), Scorsese has always been committed to expanding the canon to the rest of the world.

Mubi actually has a bunch of the Scorsese World Cinema Project titles available at the moment: a bounty of riches to be found there.