Friday, August 28 at 7:30 PM PT
Fargo (1996)
Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
The Coen brothers. A kidnapping scheme that collapses in a day, and the pregnant police chief who calmly picks it apart. Funny until it is not.
All picks.
One movie a week. One ten minute conversation on Friday. Browse what we have watched, what we are watching, and what is next.
This week
What is this.
Movies Take It Slow is a weekly film ritual. We pick one movie. You watch it any time during the week, however you want. Friday at 7:30 PM PT you get a Zoom link and ten minutes with one other person who watched the same film. No app. No profile. Your email is never shared. Five dollars per Friday. Cancel any time.
This page is the archive. Every Friday a new pick. Every past pick stays here as a permanent page you can read, link to, or share.
Upcoming
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Directed by Robert Altman
Miller's Crossing (1990)
Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Get Shorty (1995)
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Jackie Brown (1997)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Barton Fink (1991)
Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Local Hero (1983)
Directed by Bill Forsyth
A Simple Plan (1998)
Directed by Sam Raimi
Blood Simple (1984)
Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Diner (1982)
Directed by Barry Levinson
Election (1999)
Directed by Alexander Payne
Past picks
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Total Recall (1990)
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Platoon (1986)
Directed by Oliver Stone
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Directed by Frank Darabont
Sneakers (1992)
Directed by Phil Alden Robinson
The Firm (1993)
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Unforgiven (1992)
Directed by Clint Eastwood
No Way Out (1987)
Directed by Roger Donaldson
Carlito's Way (1993)
Directed by Brian De Palma
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Serpico (1973)
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Field of Dreams (1989)
Directed by Phil Alden Robinson
Heat (1995)
Directed by Michael Mann