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DUPLICITY — 5/10

La Jetée ~ Chris Marker (1962 )
memorable …

http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/77

Alexis Zorbas (1964) by Mihalis Kakogiannis

I rarely give 5 stars/10 points to a movie, but here goes. What a fantastic movie! The dance at the end is one of the most profound scene in any movie I’ve ever seen. I smiled and laughed and cried at the same time the whole way through it.

The Diving Bell and The Butterfly – 4.5 out of 5

the wackness 1.5/5

Dekalog 4-7: 9/10 Kieslowski is a genius.

Martyrs 7.5/10

Adventureland – 4 out of 5

Only thing that dragged it down was Kristen Stewart’s weak performance and some scenes were a bit drawn out. Other than that, it was great. Very enjoyable, great direction, great camerawork, very good dialog, great story writing.

Speed Racer – 5/10

Tokyo Sonata 8/10

The Lower Depths(Kurosawa) 5/10 I’m a big fan of Kurosawa but this may be his weakest film that I’ve seen.

Tuya’s Marriage (2006) by Quanan Wang

Synecdoche, New York
Grade: A

Obviously a re-watch and some serious contemplation is needed. But it’s clear that this is something special.

Well, i’ve now finally seen the debut film by that great great Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira: Douro Faina Fluvial (1931). A short silent film on life at Oporto and his beloved river Douro; more avant-garde than i expected, quickfire editing, in keeping with the hustle and bustle of the hard-working city, but manages brief moments of poetry too. Now his style is slower, elegant, often stately, though still quite elusive. And aged 100 he’s incredibly prolific, whereas in his younger days the films were few and far between.

I too love the Douro and this captures and retains the spirit of a different time pretty well, after initial uncertainty i warmed to it, especially with the licking cow. 8.5/10

Mouchette — 7/10. I feel it would be higher had I not seen it at home. I imagine Bresson plays better on the big screen.

The 49th Parallel 7.5/10

a bit of wartime propaghanda near-fluff. not a bad film by any means, but definately not serious art—just an anti-Nazi film that fits the era. good solid plot, and decent performances considering the era it was made. possibly very ground breaking for its time, and its nice to see a Canadian-nationalist film, something i’ve never seen before. following around the antagonist and giving us various different and brave protagonists throughout the film was a nice turn, something you don’t see often. Eric Portman as Lt. Hirth is a brilliant villian, but i have to say in this day and age that type of evil typical of 1940s nazis seems very modern when thinking of the many nationalist Americans we have nowadays, just with less racism.

Dear Wendy

I dunno what to say. I loved it.

The Joke 8/10 Jaromil Jires directed filming of Milan Kunderas novel.

Battleship Potemkin 4/5.

let the right one in 4/5

Let The Right One In 8/10

the ending fell in a bit of a moral gray-area, didn’t it? a bit slow at times, but nothing that took away from how good of a movie this was. cute, horrifying, suspensful, and extremely clever, this was definately a treat. i don’t think i’ve ever even HEARD of a vampire film that was this original and charming. i loved the relationship between Oskar and Eli, it was perfectly built. i wish they showed a little more of Oskar’s bully problem, and grew his bravery over time and not so suddenly, and i also would’ve liked a backstory to Eli’s situation, BUT not having any of that didn’t work against the film at all. not your usual coming of age, love story, horror film that’s for damn sure. if you haven’t seen, do it. everyone on this website has been talking about it with good reason.

Scenes from a Marriage (Television version) – 5/5

death at a funeral 0/5 one of the worst movies i have ever seen

Woman of Water (2002) by Hidenori Sugimori

adventureland – 7/10

I’ve neglected my cinephile duties!… well, I was sick…

Just yesterday I saw Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure, an excellent psychological thriller 8/10

and La femme défendue, which I recommend personally. A whole movie from a subjective perspective, about an obsesive relationship 8/10

Oh, and I saw Zathura…. what a great guilty pleasure! 6/10

Godard’s A Woman Is A Woman – 9.5/10

Defiance – Though I’ve assiduously avoided the work of Ed Zwick ever since I saw the despicable The Siege about a decade ago, I submitted myself to his latest film, and actually found it deep and meaningful, rich with ethical questions, technically superb and filled with top-notch actors. Liev Schreiber is a monster, at the top of his game (maybe he’ll motivate me to see Wolverine); and I already knew of Daniel Craig’s abilities after seeing The Mother…I’ve no idea why this film passed without great notice (as did Bryan Singer’s excellent Valkyrie), while that heap of dogshit The Reader heaped up praises…Go figure…

I watched a Japanese samurai film called Aragami this evening. Thoughtful but with dynamic action scenes. 7/10