I get why people who had read the book filmed their loved ones watching the Red Wedding.
Sunday, March 30, 2014
The Forgotten Space
A disappointment after an entire festival of fantastic documentaries, this was just another political issue film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772382/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772382/
Reconversão
At first you think "walls?" By the end you think "of course, walls!"
Coast of Death
The dangerous, difficult and/or Sisyphean work and activity of the denizens of beauteous Galicia, Spain.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3103318/ (Original title: Costa da Morte)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3103318/ (Original title: Costa da Morte)
The Absent Stone
The structure of the film parallels the mysterious circumstances surrounding both the origin and the move of this ancient stone idol.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2726254/ (Original title: La Piedra Ausente)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2726254/ (Original title: La Piedra Ausente)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Although specific to LA and its moviemaking industry, the ruin, beauty and lost past are no different from other old cities, like, Detroit.
The Decline of Western Civilization Part III
Not so much a follow-up film on punk rock as a heartrending expose of the life of homeless kids.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138393/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138393/
The Decline of Western Civilization
Do you like punk rock? Doesn't matter - you'll go 250 beats per minute anyway.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082252/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082252/
From Gulf to Gulf to Gulf
A stream-of-conscious rendering of the 3rd-world equivalent of shipping containers.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3105448/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3105448/
Manakamana
Hypnotic, gorgeous, transcendent - much like what I assume Nepal is like itself.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3103326/
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Pickup on South Street
How the heck is this not as famous as, say, The Maltese Falcon or The Big Sleep?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046187/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046187/
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Top of the Lake (mini-series)
The natural beauty is stupendous. I can't say the same about the storytelling.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2103085/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2103085/
Upstream Color
For hours after watching this, your life feels like a series of moments captured in snapshots.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084989/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084989/
Thursday, March 20, 2014
The Great Gatsby
That's a heady mix of flamboyant, sparkling Luhrmann and eloquent, symbolic Fitzgerald.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343092/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343092/
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Sweetgrass
Compelling storytelling- about sheepherding- but with an odd final focus for this observational doc.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517252/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517252/
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Veronica Mars
Were the wait and the hoopla worth it? I'll give it a 72% success rate.
Bigger Stronger Faster*
Prime example of the power of a personally motivated tale (and natural directing and editing talent).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1151309/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1151309/
Monday, March 10, 2014
Last Train Home
Can't say it better than Ebert: "The rulers of China may someday regret that they distributed the works of Marx so generously."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1512201/ (Original title: Gui tu lie che)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1512201/ (Original title: Gui tu lie che)
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Man of Steel
You thought the Avengers destroyed NYC (Metropolis, NYC, tomato, tomahto).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770828/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770828/
Friday, March 7, 2014
The Heat
Irreverence in any kind of female-led movie is refreshing.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404463/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404463/
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Dirty Wars
Way too much of the creator in this film, but horrifying nonetheless.
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