1. Cache (Hidden) (why has this not been mentioned searingly good cinema!)
2. There will be blood
3. Zodiac
4. the assasination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford
5. Y tu mamá también
6. Donnie Darko
7. Brokeback moutain
8. L’enfant
9. Mullholland Dr.
10. Sideways
Honorable mentions: Enternal sunshine of the spotless mind, Bowling for Collumbine, The Piano teacher, The Wrestler, Lord of the rings and Bourne Trilogy’s, Spirited away, Grizzly man, Dogville, Memento, Squid and the whale, Little children and Inland empire.
it is overrated. But i do think Boyle has done a great job catching the vibrancy of Bollywood, the soundtrack is great, the performances are pretty boring, there is a wealth of stock characters and the love story is very uninvolving. But this did not detract from the film being enjoyable, i would say it wasn’t worthy of an oscar, but seriously when have they got it right the last few years? an oscar now means very little!
Philip French should get a more than honorable mention, just won critic of the year award, been the observer’s film critic for nigh on five decades. His style is classic, but his writting is rich in context and often alludes to cinema history and culture in general, a intelligent and authoritative writer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/philipfrench
Histoire(s) du cinéma Godard’s 80’s series about the history of film (just started, its very avante garde Godard)
Salo (criterion) (been wanting to see this for a long time, thought i would get some bang for my buck with the best edition out there.)
Pickpocket (my first froway into Bresson, was brilliant.)
the beat that my heart skiped (another film i have been meaning to see)
is it too late to join?! This sounds like an excellent idea, i am currently setting up a blog on film, and have written on film in the past for student magazines and fleetingly for a website; eatmycheeseplease.co.uk. I am based in the south of England taking a year off before i begin my degree in September and I love this idea and the film selection so far is brillaint.
sorry, but on the yggnoise site my site is listed as Eatmycheeseplese.co.uk. My site is seriousaboutcinema.blogspot.com, eat my cheese is just a site i wrote for a few years back! what months are up for grabs for a choice? the description is great by the way!
I am think Gus Van Sant’s Elephant as my choice, the kind of film that will divide people and spark some heated debate i am sure, unless of course you all love it?
I have been doing alot of reading around this film recently and recived the Criterion edition today, so will definatly join in. Also be reading up on De Sade, a interesting if completly fucked up person.
http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/salo/
That contains the two articles mentioned ubove, and some more peices on the films controversy throughout the world. Also some excerts fomr Gary Indiana’s bfi film classics companion to the film, there are also some fantastic essays with the Criterion edition.
I think the 70’s was indeed boom time for well made and intelligent horror film in the U.S. There was almost a movement (allbeit a loose one) of films that were revolutionary in terms of content style and indeed there socio/political critique. I would loosely band togather Romero’s night of the living dead (1968), Craven last house on the left (1972), Hooper’s Texas chainsaw masacre (1974), Cronenberg’s Shivers, Romero’s Dawn of the dead (1976) Craven’s The hills have eyes and bringing an abrupt end (though not in the same canon as the uboves picutres Carpenter’s Halloween. These were brilliant films i am currently writting a feature on this idea for my blog (www.seriousaboutcinema.blogspot.com) a brilliant quote fomr Craven:
“I think there is something about the “American Dream”, the sort of Disneyesque dream if you will of the beautifully trimmed front lawn, the white picket fence, mom and dad and their happy children, god fearing and doing good whenever they can; that sort of expectation, and the flipside of it, the kind of anger and the sense of outrage that comes from discovering that that’s not the truth of the matter, I think that gives American horror films in some ways kind of an additional rage…"
A quote form Adam Simons seminal documentary on these films The American Nightmare.
My name is Tom Day and i blog about film at http://seriousaboutcinema.blogspot.com/., my site has been pretty inactive over the last year or so but I have recently began to write a lot more… my aim in the long term is to open up the blog to other writers and use it as a hub for discussion of recent releases and cinema in general. As a result i am looking for new writers to post reviews and features of original interest, unfortunately I will not be able to provide a fee for any writing, but you never know as time goes on…I have been a avid reader of the Mubi forums for some time now and would love to see if anyone wants to get involved!
Last movie you saw and rate it about 3 years ago
let the right one in 4/5
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TOP TEN 2000 - 2008 about 3 years ago
1. Cache (Hidden) (why has this not been mentioned searingly good cinema!)
2. There will be blood
3. Zodiac
4. the assasination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford
5. Y tu mamá también
6. Donnie Darko
7. Brokeback moutain
8. L’enfant
9. Mullholland Dr.
10. Sideways
Honorable mentions: Enternal sunshine of the spotless mind, Bowling for Collumbine, The Piano teacher, The Wrestler, Lord of the rings and Bourne Trilogy’s, Spirited away, Grizzly man, Dogville, Memento, Squid and the whale, Little children and Inland empire.
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Slumdog Millionaire Overrated Film of the Year about 3 years ago
it is overrated. But i do think Boyle has done a great job catching the vibrancy of Bollywood, the soundtrack is great, the performances are pretty boring, there is a wealth of stock characters and the love story is very uninvolving. But this did not detract from the film being enjoyable, i would say it wasn’t worthy of an oscar, but seriously when have they got it right the last few years? an oscar now means very little!
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The BEST Critics In The Business Right Now? about 3 years ago
Philip French should get a more than honorable mention, just won critic of the year award, been the observer’s film critic for nigh on five decades. His style is classic, but his writting is rich in context and often alludes to cinema history and culture in general, a intelligent and authoritative writer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/philipfrench
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Recent Acquisitions. about 3 years ago
Histoire(s) du cinéma Godard’s 80’s series about the history of film (just started, its very avante garde Godard)
Salo (criterion) (been wanting to see this for a long time, thought i would get some bang for my buck with the best edition out there.)
Pickpocket (my first froway into Bresson, was brilliant.)
the beat that my heart skiped (another film i have been meaning to see)
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The Auteurs Film Club about 3 years ago
is it too late to join?! This sounds like an excellent idea, i am currently setting up a blog on film, and have written on film in the past for student magazines and fleetingly for a website; eatmycheeseplease.co.uk. I am based in the south of England taking a year off before i begin my degree in September and I love this idea and the film selection so far is brillaint.
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The Auteurs Film Club about 3 years ago
sorry, but on the yggnoise site my site is listed as Eatmycheeseplese.co.uk. My site is seriousaboutcinema.blogspot.com, eat my cheese is just a site i wrote for a few years back! what months are up for grabs for a choice? the description is great by the way!
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The Auteurs Film Club about 3 years ago
I am think Gus Van Sant’s Elephant as my choice, the kind of film that will divide people and spark some heated debate i am sure, unless of course you all love it?
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GARAGE DISCUSSION GROUP #1 (MAY 2009)--- Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom about 3 years ago
I have been doing alot of reading around this film recently and recived the Criterion edition today, so will definatly join in. Also be reading up on De Sade, a interesting if completly fucked up person.
http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/salo/
That contains the two articles mentioned ubove, and some more peices on the films controversy throughout the world. Also some excerts fomr Gary Indiana’s bfi film classics companion to the film, there are also some fantastic essays with the Criterion edition.
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Horror about 3 years ago
I think the 70’s was indeed boom time for well made and intelligent horror film in the U.S. There was almost a movement (allbeit a loose one) of films that were revolutionary in terms of content style and indeed there socio/political critique. I would loosely band togather Romero’s night of the living dead (1968), Craven last house on the left (1972), Hooper’s Texas chainsaw masacre (1974), Cronenberg’s Shivers, Romero’s Dawn of the dead (1976) Craven’s The hills have eyes and bringing an abrupt end (though not in the same canon as the uboves picutres Carpenter’s Halloween. These were brilliant films i am currently writting a feature on this idea for my blog (www.seriousaboutcinema.blogspot.com) a brilliant quote fomr Craven:
“I think there is something about the “American Dream”, the sort of Disneyesque dream if you will of the beautifully trimmed front lawn, the white picket fence, mom and dad and their happy children, god fearing and doing good whenever they can; that sort of expectation, and the flipside of it, the kind of anger and the sense of outrage that comes from discovering that that’s not the truth of the matter, I think that gives American horror films in some ways kind of an additional rage…"
A quote form Adam Simons seminal documentary on these films The American Nightmare.
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The Cineastes number 3 Big Trouble In Little China almost 3 years ago
mine is up: http://seriousaboutcinema.blogspot.com/2009/07/cineastes-no3-john-carpenters-big.html
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New Godard short film over 2 years ago
it would appear so. this isnt actually brand new is it?
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Looking to write about film? 7 months ago
Hi there,
My name is Tom Day and i blog about film at http://seriousaboutcinema.blogspot.com/., my site has been pretty inactive over the last year or so but I have recently began to write a lot more… my aim in the long term is to open up the blog to other writers and use it as a hub for discussion of recent releases and cinema in general. As a result i am looking for new writers to post reviews and features of original interest, unfortunately I will not be able to provide a fee for any writing, but you never know as time goes on…I have been a avid reader of the Mubi forums for some time now and would love to see if anyone wants to get involved!
Cheers,
Tom.
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