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Mike

About Me

I wrote, co-directed and starred in a feature film called The Coldest Months. You can now watch it FOR FREE here:

The Coldest Months from Thorn Brothers on Vimeo.

MY 2011 “AWARDS”
Best Picture
THE TREE OF LIFE
Carnage
A Dangerous Method
Drive
Hugo
The Ides of March
J. Edgar
Melancholia
Midnight in Paris
Shame

Best Director
TERRENCE MALICK, THE TREE OF LIFE
Nicholas Winding Refn, Drive
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Clint Eastwood, J. Edgar
Lars von Trier, Melancholia

Best Actor
LEONARDO DiCAPRIO, J. EDGAR
Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life
Hunter McCracken, The Tree of Life

Best Actress
KIRSTEN DUNST, MELANCHOLIA
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jodie Foster, Carnage
Kate Winslet, Carnage
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Best Supporting Actor
KEVIN SPACEY, MARGIN CALL
Jude Law, Contagion
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
Ben Kingsley, Hugo
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Ides of March

Best Supporting Actress
CAREY MULLIGAN, SHAME
Kate Winslet, Contagion
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
Marisa Tomei, The Ides of March
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melancholia

Best Original Screenplay
THE TREE OF LIFE
J. Edgar
Melancholia
Midnight in Paris
Shame

Best Adapted Screenplay
CARNAGE
A Dangerous Method
Drive
The Ides of March
Moneyball

Best Cinematography
THE TREE OF LIFE
The Artist
Drive
Hugo
Restless

Best Film Editing
THE TREE OF LIFE
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
J. Edgar

FAVORITES OF ALL TIME (limit of one film per director)
01. The Tree of Life (2011, Terrence Malick)
02. On the Waterfront (1954, Elia Kazan)
03. Citizen Kane (1941, Orson Welles)
04. Naked (1993, Mike Leigh)
05. Last Tango in Paris (1972, Bernardo Bertolucci)
06. Raging Bull (1980, Martin Scorsese)
07. Gummo (1997, Harmony Korine)
08. Kids (1995, Larry Clark)
09. The Godfather (1972, Francis Ford Coppola)
10. The Brown Bunny (2003, Vincent Gallo)
11. Rebel without a Cause (1955, Nicholas Ray)
12. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962, Robert Mulligan)
13. Scenes from a Marriage (1973, Ingmar Bergman)
14. My Own Private Idaho (1991, Gus Van Sant)
15. The 400 Blows (1959, François Truffaut)
16. Vivre sa vie (1962, Jean-Luc Godard)
17. L’avventura (1960, Michelangelo Antonioni)
18. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972, Werner Herzog)
19. Lost in Translation (2003, Sofia Coppola)
20. Five Easy Pieces (1970, Bob Rafelson)

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arsaib

10Feb12

Hi Mike, I liked 'J. Edgar' quite a bit. I haven't really paid too much attention to how it has been received, but you're probably right. I'd say that the majority of films Eastwood has directed remain undervalued, so it doesn't come as a surprise to me. Biopics are generally a losing proposition; it's virtually impossible to do justice to someone's life in a two-hour span, especially a public figure. So I was glad to see that Eastwood and Black aim their focus on a few defining moments, with Hoover himself serving as a framing device/(unreliable) narrator. And of course his sexuality, where the personal and the political significantly intersect. While the film still moves pretty fast, unlike most in its genre it thankfully doesn't amount to one long montage sequence, jumping from one event to another and haphazardly evoking a multitude of emotions. Anyway, what did you make of DiCaprio? I think I liked him more here than his work as Howard Hughes. This is a more concentrated performance, less eager to please. // Ciao, Arsaib

Carlos Allencar

28Jan12

You have a great taste too. I agree with your "MY AWARDS 2011" in the majority. There are some who have not seen as "Hugo", but Scorsese is best. Your list of favorite movies is very good too. Good to see "Lost in Translation" there, "The 400 Blows" and others.