Showing posts with label films. Show all posts
Showing posts with label films. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Monday, February 01, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
A girl on the train
The girl on the train based on a 2004 real life incident in France, reframed into a film--it might be worth finding.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Eric Rohmer
An article and side bar of his films at the New York Times. And from Scott, also at the Times an appraisal.
Sunday, January 03, 2010
A man and a film: Haneke & White Ribbon
In this review at Salon, a philosophic look at film maker, by film director Haneke.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
The Films
Salon recommends: Synecdoche, New York; Platform; Inland Empire, Late Marriage.
Salon and the New York Times give Crazy Heart a review that makes it seem a "must see."
The Salon series on film recommendations here.
Avatar has had mixed reviews, but I'd like to see it for the effects and perhaps be affected by the story.
Children of Men, dystopia.
The Story of Marie & Julien (2003), a fantasy.
Art Bistro, AP recommendations here.
Truthdigs 20 best "meaningful" films here.
Salon and the New York Times give Crazy Heart a review that makes it seem a "must see."
The Salon series on film recommendations here.
Avatar has had mixed reviews, but I'd like to see it for the effects and perhaps be affected by the story.
Children of Men, dystopia.
The Story of Marie & Julien (2003), a fantasy.
Art Bistro, AP recommendations here.
Truthdigs 20 best "meaningful" films here.
Sunday, December 06, 2009
One Brief Moment: Nelson Mandela
For several days I've seen announcements about a new film about President Mandela and how well Morgan Freeman plays the role. I don't know if the subject matter, a rugby game, inspires me, the subject of "Invictus ," but I do know that Nelson Mandela has the charm and personal charisma to win the world.
I saw him on 8th Avenue. I shook his hand. I held his gaze as he held mine and we parted. A brief encounter of less than two minutes.
I saw him on 8th Avenue. I shook his hand. I held his gaze as he held mine and we parted. A brief encounter of less than two minutes.
Recommended films, Daily Beast
Daily Beast had a segment of "neglected" films. The following interest me:
Adam, about a young man with asperger's syndrome
The Stoning of Soroya M, a Middle East tragedy and a woman's story about betrayal
Skin, a girl is born to two white parents in South Africa, with dark skin; seems poigant and timely
Lemon Tree, a grove threatened by Israeli-Palestine conflict and a woman's fight to survive personal destruction
My One and Only, a woman searches, in a comedy, her independence after searching for a "new husband."
Adam, about a young man with asperger's syndrome
The Stoning of Soroya M, a Middle East tragedy and a woman's story about betrayal
Skin, a girl is born to two white parents in South Africa, with dark skin; seems poigant and timely
Lemon Tree, a grove threatened by Israeli-Palestine conflict and a woman's fight to survive personal destruction
My One and Only, a woman searches, in a comedy, her independence after searching for a "new husband."
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
James Mason Retrospective
Photo via the GlobeAlways among my favourites, a James Mason retrospective at the Brattle and a nice write up at the Globe.
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