Talk to Her – 10/10
Leave Her to Heaven – 9/10
Che – 10/10
Manderlay – 1/10
Shorts by Don Hertzfeldt
Out of 4
Ah, L’Amour (1995) — 1.5
Genre (1996) — 3
Lily and Jim (1997) — 2.5
Billy’s Balloon (1998) — 1.5
Rejected (2000) — 2.5
The Meaning of Life (2005) — 2.5
chaotic ana 5/10
The Cove – 10/10
Heartbreaking.
Lust, Caution 2007
Se, jie
DIR Ang Lee
SCR Eileen Chang, Hui-Ling Wang, James Schamus
157 Min
only a love that lasts
through hard times
is true
9/10
Street Angel – Frank Borzage 9/10
True to the Borzage maxim “Leave no tear unjerked”, Janet Gaynor makes this one exclusively hers. Fine camera work with some fine tracking shots and nice use of shadows, but the film is Gaynor’s.IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE — 10/10
Ralch is ruthless ;)
Doinel and I are on the same track:
I watched “Sunrise” (1927) with Gaynor and George O’Brien. 9/10.
It’s a simple potboiler of a story (temptation/infidelity) exactly as intended, but with a hallucinatory overlay of unforgettable visuals. Expressionism meets Hollywood. Gaynor and O’Brien are very strong as the couple.
You have to look past the occational melodramatic moments and see the thing for what it is: a meditation on human feelings and the cost thereof, set in a universe alternately moody and simple (the village) or frantic and soulless (the city) and done with camerawork and lighting that should be required viewing for anyone contemplating working in cinema.
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“Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid” – 10/10
Watched it on Saturday.
Trouble in Paradise – 9/10
Inglorious Basterds – 6/10
Saw Breaking the Waves for the second time
94/100
In my top ten favorites of all time.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine- 5/10- Hollywood has to stop ruining these films. Now i just found out Bryan Singer has jumped ship and is going back to do another X-Men origins geez give us a freaking break man!
don’t laugh
inglorious basterds – 8.5/10
linda lovelace for president (1975)
apes the style and structure of the happy hooker series of films but not nearly as funny or sexy.
4/10
El secreto de sus ojos 9/10…
Everything is perfect, but 9 because of the last three minutes!
Brothers
72/100
Unremarkable script, but Tobey Maguire puts in a good performance.
“Gallipoli” 9/10
Not the Gibson feature, but a Turkish/Australian documentary on the particular hell of that theatre of war.
Ghastly destruction of everything, especially human life, in a see-saw over very little land.
Brilliantly done, and highly recommended. That war is nothing but waste has rarely been shown so well.
The Baader-Meinhof Complex 9/10
Am entertaining and fun movie.
(is it wrong to call a film about terrorists “entertaining” and “fun”?)
it might get loud
6/10
Fast & Furious: 3/20- This turd wasn’t fast and it sure as hell wasn’t furious! Why do i waste my time who the hell knows! All i noticed was Paul Walker’s career was done before they even shot a single frame and Vin Diesel is getting old and bloated!
Matewan – 8/10
My Life as a Dog – 6/10
Avatar 6/10
Avatar – C+
Three Monkeys 2008
Üç maymun
DIR Nuri Bilge Ceylan
SCR Ebru Ceylan, Ercan Kesal, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
109 Min
Too liminal?
6/10
Up in the Air
61/100
I loved the initial interactions between Clooney and Farmiga. They reminded me of classic Hollywood pictures. The film seems muddled, as if the director isn’t quite sure what to make. Or the “message” seems trite and banal.
The Wild Geese
How can you go wrong with Richard Burton, Roger Moore and Richard Harris? You can’t.
8/10
Harley133
The Wedding Planner 0/10 – I was bored.