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Good Time. A bar re-stocking party.

Movies, Strange Stuff
Pattinson looking hard-ass

The Safdie brothers bring grungy, almost relentless chaos in Good Time. Connie Nikas is a small time criminal (played most convincingly by Robert Pattinson) desperately trying to raise bail to spring his mentally handicapped brother (also portrayed brilliantly by Benny Safdie), who is in Rikers Island after a failed robbery earlier in the day. This is some crazy isht.

I had been wanting to start doing some MovieNight-like screenings in the new place, but realized that the bar stock was pretty low. Being (almost) as resourceful as Connie Nikas, I thought, “I know. Bar restocking party!” Thanks to everyone who turned up with hooch. It was, indeed, a good time 🙂

The Death of Stalin. We try out the new place.

Movies, NewScreen Stuff
Such a lovely man…

With a cast that reads like a who’s who of British comedy (Steve Buscemi and Jeffrey Tambor represent for the US of A), this darkly hysterical romp through Stalinist Russia is also an entertaining history lesson. One wouldn’t normally expect too many laughs in a movie entitled The Death of Stalin, but then again, this is the work of director/screenwriter Armando Iannucci, who’s acerbic wit made us laugh (very much out loud) with In the Loop at MovieNight back in 2009.

The Death of Stalin was banned in Russia, albeit not entirely successfully. Of course, most of our guests tonight were from that place!