We now return to our regularly scheduled blog.(Seriously – I could not say the word “Oscar” for another year and live a very happy twelve months). If there’s one international director I gravitate towards more than any other, it’s Pedro Almodovar. I can’t quite put my finger on why, but perhaps it’s because his characters…
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Danny Boyle’s SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE is:
A. A Lavish Story About The Determination of The Human Heart
B. An Intriguing Hybrid of Boyle’s Prior Films
C. One of the Best Movies of The Year
D. All of The Above
TIFF Reaction: TEARS FOR SALE (ČARLSTON za OGNJENKU)
I came amazingly close to ditching out on my Monday night screening, but looking back I’m glad I went. TEARS FOR SALE won’t go down as the best TIFF movie I’ve ever seen, but it will certainly rank as one of the most memorable. To paraphrase late night’s Craig Ferguson, this is 12 hours of…
TIFF Reaction: ONCE UPON A TIME IN RIO (ERA UMA VEZ…)
The first opportunity you get – go see ONCE UPON A TIME IN RIO (aka ERA UMA VEZ…). I’m actually going to refrain from trying to write about it, because I’m still so moved and shaken up from what I just watched. I will say this: The movie is a fable, but a fable that…
Doubleback : LA VIE EN ROSE
Edit: I mentioned last week that I felt movies I don’t get to see in a theatre are ones I shouldn’t write a full-out review for. Still, there are a lot of titles I miss catching the first time around that I want to share a thought or two about. These movies are the ones…
Livin’ For the City – CITY OF MEN Trailer
There are movies out there that, while startlingly good, I can’t bring myself to watch a second time. They’re usually heavy, violent, and serious as cancer. REQUIEM FOR A DREAM comes to mind. My fiancee recently mentioned CITY OF GOD in the same regard. Guess she won’t be seeing this then…
LUST, CAUTION
Something tells me I’m gonna need to come back to this sometime.