Under the radar film recommendations

ston
I like me a good film. 

Me too! A few of my favourites from recent years.
 
'Still Life' with Eddie Marsan, one of favourite character actors. A very quiet, slow, deeply moving film.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_Life_(2013_film)
 
'In Order of Disappearance', very black Norwegian comedy about a snow plough driver taking revenge on the drug baron who killed his son
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Order_of_Disappearance
 
'Wild Bill' guy gets out of prison to find his 2 sons living alone in a flat. Best 'showdown in a pub' ending, ever. Also discovered solo music from Mark Hollis of Talk Talk from the soundtrack.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Bill_(2011_film)
 
'Bone Tomahawk' - horror-western, quite Tarantino-esque.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_Tomahawk
 
Will edit to add more when I remember them.
 
 
 
 

Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tNrvDA_eE8
 
Let's Go To Prison
Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7pNiELcZsg
 
And for any of you Americans thinking about relocating north of the border, Canadian Bacon.
Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jf8Bt4gD9Y
 

What IS this "film" concept I hear so much about anyway? 

bitflipper
If you haven't dived into Asian cinema yet, there is a wealth of good stuff out there.
 
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And some Japanese as well. Their humor is not the same as ours and sometimes it is making fun of the other TV's around the world.
 
Juzo Itami had an endless bunch of funny films. The "Taxing Woman" (she collects back taxes), and both films are very good, and funny, and get crazy.
 
In general, almost everything that shows up here in Portland at the Film Festival, is way too serious and not as much fun. I don't recall a funny one in at least 10 years, or I missed it!
 
 

jamesg1213
'Song of The Sea' - I love good animation, and this is one of the best of recent years.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/...he_Sea_%282014_film%29

Yup, brilliant.  As is Tomm Moore's first film, The Secret of Kells.

craigb
What IS this "film" concept I hear so much about anyway? 

Cellulose acetate film was used from the beginning of the 20th Century as a base material for photographic emulsions.  The audio-visual media which people have been enjoying for over one hundred years now takes its name from this material.  A sequence of still images, or frames, are projected at a screen at relatively high speed, with the light source blocked as each frame is changed.  This causes the human brain to interpret what is happening as smooth movement, a 'moving picture' or more commonly 'movie'.  You should try leaving the rock under which you live and check some out, you may enjoy them :|^)
 
I wish I had a nice rock to live under...

Watched this last night, really enjoyed it. Like 'Gremlins' only much darker...
 

I like some of the "off the beaten path" films. I know that these are not hidden gems and most of them are probably well known around here. Still, most of the people I've met have never heard of them.
 
Smilla's Sense of Snow - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120152/ My wife and I have watched this one several times.
Parallels - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3479316/ This one feels like a TV pilot that needs to be finished, but I enjoyed it.
Primer - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/ I couldn't get anyone to sit through this one with me, but I've watched it several times. 
Mom and Dad Save the World - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104905/ Yes, it's just that stupid. I love it.
The Stupids - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117768/ No, this one is the stupid one. It's worse than Earnest Saves Christmas, but I'm not mentioning that one because I don't want to wear the jacket with the long arms again. Oh, that reminds me...
Dream Team - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097235/ Escaped mental patients in NYC. Something about this seems very familiar...
The Lathe of Heaven - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081036/ I could not love the book more than I already do. The movie is fantastic, if you've read the book and know what's going on. If you haven't, your conscious mind may not appreciate it.
Dark City - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118929/ Okay, this one is probably more mainstream, but it's old enough now that it's been largely forgotten. 
 
Sorry about The Stupids, but at least I didn't mention Earnest Saves Christmas. 
 
You're welcome.
 
 
 
 
 

The Lego Movie

Afro Samurai
Fantastic Mr Fox
Whiplash
Chronicle
Frequencies
The Signal
Push
Source Code
 

Does "The Hunt for Red October" count as an under the radar film or is it classed as under the Sonar?

Hatstand
Does "The Hunt for Red October" count as an under the radar film or is it classed as under the Sonar?

A film can be either under the radar, or above the sonar :-)
 
K-Pax