We just had a baby last week and I’m on first watch at night trying to buy 3-4 hours of sleep for my wife before she has to wake up to feed her again. It’s been pretty great actually, I just stay up with my newborn and watch movies every night. Some notables:
The Third Man (1950): I’d never seen it but during this last year I’ve been trying to check out some older movies. I loved it, great setting. A seedy hotel bar filled with black market dealers and military police in post war Vienna is my shit. Orson Wells gets more renown as a writer/director but I like him as an actor as well.
Skyfall (2012): There is probably a Bond movie thread that discuss this but Skyfall has to be the best Bond right? I hadn’t seen it since theaters and it was great. Great villain, very hot Bond girl although she gets dispatched pretty quickly.
Hail, Caesar! (2016): I remember liking it more the first time I watched it, this time it felt a little light with some funny parts. Love that setting for a Cohen brothers movie, just wanted more out of it.
Hard Eight (1996): PT Anderson’s first movie. Definitely feels like a first movie in scope compared to his earlier movies but you can see how he became the director that he did. One incredible Phillip Seymour Hoffman scene. Really enjoyable movie and it made me sad this is the type of movie just doesn’t get made anymore.