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As a lad I would hang out in the Dr. What video store and read the backs of the video cases. We didn’t own a video machine at the time. It has only gotten worse since then.

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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

I actually gave this movie a low rating when I first watched, but it is one of those films that really lingers. I still think about scenes from the film and the different textures. I feel the richer for having seen it.

Favorite Films

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Style

  • Auteur-driven
  • Melancholy
  • Serene & subtle
  • Rebellion!
  • Other-worldly

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nallan

25Jan11

Very excited! Going to the Available Light Film Festival (www.alff.ca). Will see: Waste Land, The Light Thief (Svet-ake), Nostalgia For the Light, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, and You Are Here

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nallan

7Jun10

Cool...hadn't heard of that one. Will add it to the growing "want to watch" list! Just saw Cache, which was really good. I won't say I "got it" but it definitely got me thinking.

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nallan

8Feb10

Looking forward to Available Light Film Festival this week. Will see: 65 Red Roses, Cole, Prom Night in Mississippi, Reel Injun, & Taqwacore: the Birth of Punk Islam (and attend workshop by Taqwacore director Omar Majeed).

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nallan

26May09

Good article on Japanese filmmaker Imamura: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/movies/homevideo/24kehr.html?_r=1&8dpc

Wants To Watch

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Reviews

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Nostalgia for the Light

Nostalgia for the Light

Nostalgia for the Light attempts to create a connection between the explorations of deep and distant space and investigation into the recent history of the Pinochet dictatorship and the thousands that…  read review

Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading

The Coen Bros have said that they don’t outline their scripts before they start writing. Mostly I think that works (e.g., The Big Lebowski) and sometimes it doesn’t – such as this. I thought this movie…  read review

Waking Life

Waking Life

Are we too fast to apply the label “pretentious” to a film where there are discussions of philosophy? In my opinion, the philosophical discussions in Matrix 2&3 were pretentious, but not so much…  read review

A History of Violence

A History of Violence

Doesn’t do it for me in that great Cronenbergian / ‘new flesh’ way, but loved it nonetheless. This and ‘Eastern Promises’ are kind of defining a new type of Cronenberg aesthetic – and I like. In some…  read review

Ratings

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The Kingdom II: Part 4 - Pandæmonium

The Kingdom II: Part 4 - Pandæmonium

  • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

  • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
Project Nim

Project Nim

  • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.