| 31-Dec-08 | Il muro di gomma (1991) | Dvd |
| Director: Marco Risi | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102487/ |
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Il muro di gomma
The Firm
| 31-Dec-08 | The Firm (1993) | Dvd |
| Director: Sydney Pollack | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106918/ |
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
L' aria serena dell'ovest
| 30-Dec-08 | L'aria serena dell'ovest (1990) | Dvd |
| Director: Silvio Soldini | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138299/ |
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Adam's Rib
| 23-Dec-08 | Adam's Rib (1949) | Dvd |
| Director: George Cukor | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041090/ |
Monday, December 22, 2008
Wall Street
| 22-Dec-08 | Wall Street (1987) | Dvd |
| Director: Oliver Stone | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094291/ |
Sunday, December 14, 2008
The Station Agent
| 14-Dec-08 | The Station Agent (2003) | Dvd |
| Director: Thomas McCarthy | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340377/ |
Saturday, December 13, 2008
The Day the Earth Stood Still
| 06-Dec-08 | PThe Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Scott Derrickson | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970416/ |
Monday, December 8, 2008
Little Miss Marker
| 10-Dec-08 | Little Miss Marker (1980) | Dvd |
| Director: Walter Bernstein | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081063/ |
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Parlez-moi de la pluie
| 06-Dec-08 | Parlez-moi de la pluie (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Agnès Jaoui | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1065332/ |
Lakeview Terrace
| 06-Dec-08 | Lakeview Terrace (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Neil LaBute | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947802/ |
Sunday, November 30, 2008
What Just Happened
| 30-Nov-08 | What Just Happened (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Barry Levinson | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486674/ |
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Body of Lies
| 29-Nov-08 | Body of Lies (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Ridley Scott | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758774/ |
Friday, November 28, 2008
Iron Man
| 28-Nov-08 | Iron Man (2008) | Dvd |
| Director: Jon Favreau | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371746/ |
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
| 22-Nov-08 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | Cinema |
| Director: Terry Gilliam - Terry Jones | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/ |
Seen at BFI in London. Terry Jones was there for a Q&A session, after the film.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Eagle Eye
| 21-Nov-08 | Eagle Eye (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: D.J. Caruso | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1059786/ |
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Ghost Town
| 16-Nov-08 | Ghost Town (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: David Koepp | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0995039/ |
Saturday, November 15, 2008
The Matrix
| 15-Nov-08 | The Matrix (1999) | Dvd |
| Director: Andy Wachowski,Larry Wachowski | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/ |
Friday, November 14, 2008
In the Valley of Elah
| 14-Nov-08 | In the Valley of Elah (2007) | Dvd |
| Director: Paul Haggis | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478134/ |
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Conte d'été
| 11-Nov-08 | Conte d'été (1996) | Dvd |
| Director: Eric Rohmer | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115940/ |
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Le dîner de cons
| 09-Nov-08 | Le dîner de cons (1998) | Dvd |
| Director: Francis Veber | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119038/ |
Easy Virtue
| 09-Nov-08 | Easy Virtue (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Stephan Elliott | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808244/ |
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
Amici miei
| 07-Nov-08 | Amici miei (1975) | Dvd |
| Director: Mario Monicelli | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072637/ |
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Burn After Reading
| 02-Nov-08 | Burn After Reading (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Ethan & Joel Coen | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887883/ |
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Body Heat
| 29-Oct-08 | Body Heat (1981) | Dvd |
| Director: Lawrence Kasdan | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082089/ |
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
La ragazza del lago
| 28-Oct-08 | La ragazza del lago (2007) | Dvd |
| Director: Andrea Molaioli | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770829/ |
Monday, October 27, 2008
Ghost Town
| 27-Oct-08 | Ghost Town (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: David Koepp | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0995039/ |
I loved this one. And laughed so much!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Caos Calmo
| 26-Oct-08 | Caos Calmo (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Antonio Grimaldi | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929412/ |
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Caos Calmo
| 25-Oct-08 | Caos Calmo (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Antonio Grimaldi | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929412/ |
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
City of God
| 22-Oct-08 | City of God (2002) | Dvd |
| Director: Fernando Meirelles | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317248/ |
Oh my... I hated this film. HATED IT. I hated the postcard-like photography, the annoying voice-over, the frantic Matrix-like editing, and the cool camera movements that are million miles from the poverty and drama of the subject matter. I hated the absolute lack of humour, and the director's cynicism in turning such a dramatic story into a video game, almost literally.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Besieged
| 21-Oct-08 | Besieged (1998) | Dvd |
| Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0149723/ |
The film is good. I think Roger Ebert is quite wrong in his review.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Irresistible
| 20-Oct-08 | Irresistible (2006) | Dvd |
| Director: Ann Turner | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448564/ |
What a mess! The writer and the director are absolutely inept. In this case they are the same person. Mirrors and Babylon A.D. deserve to be revalued: this is the worst film I've seen in a long time.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Lars and the Real Girl
| 19-Oct-08 | Lars and the Real Girl (2007) | Dvd |
| Director: Craig Gillespie | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805564/ |
I really enjoyed this. Very funny. Emily Mortimer is adorable.
Burn After Reading
| 19-Oct-08 | Burn After Reading (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Ethan & Joel Coen | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887883/ |
Really really funny. I love it when George Clooney doesn't play "George Clooney". And here there is also Brad Pitt who doesn't play "Brad Pitt". And Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton are just great. Tilda Swinton's in the harem with this. And J.K. Simmons has a little part that he plays so brilliantly. One of the funniest and most entertaining I've seen in a while.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Fatal Attraction
| 18-Oct-08 | Fatal Attraction (1987) | Dvd |
| Director: Adrian Lyne | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093010/ |
Gomorra
| 18-Oct-08 | Gomorra (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Matteo Garrone | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929425/ |
Friday, October 17, 2008
Breach
| 17-Oct-08 | Breach (2007) | Dvd |
| Director: Billy Ray | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401997/ |
Very good. Really enjoyed this one. Laura Linney definitely enters Guido's Harem with this film.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Mirrors
| 12-Oct-08 | Mirrors (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Alexandre Aja | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790686/ |
Rubbish. One of the worst films I have seen.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Blowup
| 11-Oct-08 | Blowup (1966) | Cinema |
| Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060176/ |
Seen on a big screen, in a digital print: beautiful!
Friday, October 10, 2008
Gomorra
| 10-Oct-08 | Gomorra (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Matteo Garrone | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929425/ |
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The Conversation
| 08-Oct-08 | The Conversation (1974) | Dvd |
| Director: Francis Ford Coppola | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071360/ |
Brilliant. Tonight I have enjoyed it particularly. Probably because of the anticipation of the screening at IFI, this Saturday, of Antonioni's Blowup, which I am not going to miss.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
The Woodsman
| 05-Oct-08 | The Woodsman (2004) | Dvd |
| Director: Nicole Kassell | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361127/ |
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
| 05-Oct-08 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Robert B. Weide | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455538/ |
Saturday, October 4, 2008
The Departed
| 04-Oct-08 | The Departed (2006) | Dvd |
| Director: Martin Scorsese | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/ |
Righteous Kill
| 04-Oct-08 | Righteous Kill (2006) | Cinema |
| Director: Jon Avnet | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034331/ |
Friday, October 3, 2008
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
I've Loved You So Long
| 30-Sep-08 | I've Loved You So Long (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Philippe Claudel | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068649/ |
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Taken
| 28-Sep-08 | Taken (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Pierre Morel | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0936501/ |
Redbelt
| 28-Sep-08 | Redbelt (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: David Mamet | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1012804/ |
Friday, September 26, 2008
Wonder Boys
| 26-Sep-08 | Wonder Boys (2000) | Dvd |
| Director: Curtis Hanson | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185014/ |
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
The Vanishing
| 24-Sep-08 | The Vanishing (1988) | Dvd |
| Director: George Sluizer | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096163/ |
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
| 24-Sep-08 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | Dvd |
| Director: Guy Ritchie | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120735/ |
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Quiz Show
| 23-Sep-08 | Quiz Show (1994) | Dvd |
| Director: Robert Redford | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110932/ |
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Dog Day Afternoon
| 21-Sep-08 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | Dvd |
| Director: Sidney Lumet | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072890/ |
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Disclosure
| 20-Sep-08 | Disclosure (1994) | Dvd |
| Director: Barry Levinson | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109635/ |
Tropic Thunder
| 20-Sep-08 | Tropic Thunder (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Ben Stiller | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0942385/ |
Friday, September 19, 2008
Deep Impact
| 19-Sep-08 | Deep Impact (1998) | Dvd |
| Director: Mimi Leder | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120647/ |
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Internal Affairs
| 14-Sep-08 | Internal Affairs (1990) | Dvd |
| Director: Mike Figgis | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099850/ |
Bad Influence
| 14-Sep-08 | Bad Influence (1990) | Dvd |
| Director: Curtis Hanson | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099091/ |
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Eyes of Laura Mars
| 12-Sep-08 | Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) | Dvd |
| Director: Irvin Kershner | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077530/ |
Pretty bad. Interesting to see a young Tommy Lee Jones though.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
| 09-Sep-08 | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) | Dvd |
| Director: Joseph Sargent | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072251/ |
Monday, September 8, 2008
L' ami de mon amie
| 08-Sep-08 | L' ami de mon amie (1987) | Dvd |
| Director: Eric Rohmer | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092550/ |
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Lolita
| 07-Sep-08 | Lolita (1962) | Dvd |
| Director: Stanley Kubrick | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056193/ |
I wanted to see this again to check if it is really a lesser Kubrick as some critics believe. It is quite good really, with some excellent points: James Mason, Sue Lyon, and above all Shelley Winters are great; the scene of Shelley Winters' death is a favourite of mine. What I just can't appreciate is Sellers' place in the film: the scene outside the hotel, when he talks to Humbert without ever looking at him, is so wrong, it just doesn't work. His acting is so fake that you wonder how is it possible Humbert doesn't realize the other guy is a fake?
Saturday, September 6, 2008
The Verdict
| 06-Sep-08 | The Verdict (1982) | Dvd |
| Director: Sidney Lumet | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084855/ |
Friday, September 5, 2008
The Parallax View
| 05-Sep-08 | The Parallax View (1974) | Dvd |
| Director: Alan J. Pakula | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071970/ |
Seen this for the first time today. After the first scenes, I thought the film would go towards Antonioni's Blowup (1966) and Coppola's The Conversation (1974); after one character shows another a photo, asking "Have you seen this photograph?", I almost hoped it would. But it doesn't. There is the same sense of paranoia found in Coppola's film of the same year though, and Capricorn One (1978), and the same 'look' of those films. The end is similar to that of Arlington Road (1999), the film influenced by the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995, which, incidentally, contains one of my favourite scenes: a short one in which a very spooky Joan Cusack suddenly appears behind another character at a public phone (in the same way seen in many films by Brian De Palma).
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
8 1/2
| 02-Sep-08 | 8 1/2 (1963) | Dvd |
| Director: Federico Fellini | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056801/ |
Quite simply, the best film I have ever seen.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Gone Baby Gone
| 01-Sep-08 | Gone Baby Gone (2007) | Dvd |
| Director: Ben Affleck | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452623/ |
I just wanted to see this again. Very good indeed.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Babylon A.D.
| 31-Aug-08 | Babylon A.D. (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364970/ |
What a mess! Absolute rubbish.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
La bestia nel cuore
| 30-Aug-08 | La bestia nel cuore (2005) | Dvd |
| Director: Cristina Comencini | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443446/ |
Thursday, August 28, 2008
La ragazza del lago
| 28-Aug-08 | La ragazza del lago (2007) | Dvd |
| Director: Andrea Molaioli | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770829/ |
Get Smart
| 28-Aug-08 | Get Smart (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Peter Segal | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425061/ |
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Il Divo
| 26-Aug-08 | Il Divo (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Paolo Sorrentino | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1023490/ |
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Sunshine
| 17-Aug-08 | Sunshine (2007) | Dvd |
| Director: Danny Boyle | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/ |
I have seen this a few times now, four or more, and my first impressions have been confirmed: this is an extremely well-made piece of cinema. A little great film.
U.S. Marshals
| 17-Aug-08 | U.S. Marshals (1998) | Dvd |
| Director: Stuart Baird | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120873/ |
For a few dollars more
| 17-Aug-08 | For a few dollars more (1965) | Cinema |
| Director: Sergio Leone | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059578/ |
Seen this for the first time. Really enjoyed it.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Spider-Man 3
| 16-Aug-08 | Spider-Man 3 (2007) | Dvd |
| Director: Sam Raimi | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413300/ |
Seen this for the first time, after reading several positive reviews. I found it very disappointing. Same CGI effects seen in many other films before.
Man of the Year
| 16-Aug-08 | Man of the Year (2006) | Dvd |
| Director: Barry Levinson | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0483726/ |
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
| 16-Aug-08 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Dennis Dugan | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0960144/ |
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Donnie Brasco
| 13-Aug-08 | Donnie Brasco (1997) | Dvd |
| Director: Mike Newell | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119008/ |
Brilliant film. Among my favourite three interpretations of the post-Godfather Pacino. The other two being De Palma's Carlito's Way (1993) and Mann's Heat (1995).
It's also my favourite role for Johnny Depp, even though I haven't seen Dead Man yet.
Forget about it.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Saturday, August 9, 2008
The Dark Knight...second take
| 09-Aug-08 | The Dark Knight (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Christopher Nolan | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/ |
Today, among other things, I paid extra attention to Gary Oldman. After the first time I saw this movie, I was surprised to find out that one of the actors who had been on the screen for quite some time was actually Gary Oldman: I had not recognized him, even though I thought I knew his face well. Today it was almost fascinating to realize that a pair of (fake?) mustache, a pair of glasses and a certain hairstyle could tranform a face beyond recognition. And this thought brought back to mind another role which Gary Oldman played without being recognizable: the rich Mason Verger in Ridley Scott's Hannibal (2001). And while my mind was wandering between these two films, there it happens on the screen: the Joker threatens another villain to cut his face and feed it to the villain's dogs. That is the same way Mason Verger had become disfigured: he had cut his face and fed it to his own dogs ("It seemed like a good idea at the time").
To note also a tiny cameo of Cillian Murphy: was his part meant to be bigger and ended up on the floor of the editing room?
Friday, August 8, 2008
Jindabyne
| 08-Aug-08 | Jindabyne (2006) | Dvd |
| Director: Ray Lawrence | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382765/ |
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Yella
| 07-Aug-08 | Yella (2007) | Dvd |
| Director: Christian Petzold | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0806686/ |
Very interesting. I want to see something else by Christian Petzold. Maybe Wolfsburg (2003) and Something to Remind Me (2002)
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Manhunter
| 06-Aug-08 | Manhunter (1986) | Dvd |
| Director: Michael Mann | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091474/ |
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Les yeux sans visage
| 05-Aug-08 | Les yeux sans visage (1960) | Dvd |
| Director: Georges Franju | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053459/ |
Monday, August 4, 2008
Strange Days
| 04-Aug-08 | Strange Days (2007) | Dvd |
| Director: Kathryn Bigelow | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114558/ |
This is the film that Nanni Moretti decides to see at the cinema (and then regrets it), with his pregnant wife, in order to expose his soon-to-be-born son Pietro to the big screen, in Aprile (1998).
Married Life
| 04-Aug-08 | Married Life (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Ira Sachs | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804505/ |
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Ne le dis à personne
| 03-Aug-08 | Ne le dis à personne (2006) | Dvd |
| Director: Guillaume Canet | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362225/ |
Anche libero va bene
| 03-Aug-08 | Anche libero va bene (2006) | Dvd |
| Director: Kim Rossi Stuart | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456041/ |
Man on Wire
| 03-Aug-08 | Man on Wire (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: James Marsh | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1155592/ |
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Dark City
| 02-Aug-08 | Dark City (1998) | Dvd |
| Director: Alex Proyas | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118929/ |
Amazing film.
The X Files: I Want to Believe
| 02-Aug-08 | The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Chris Carter | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443701/ |
This morning, among the people watching the movie - Dublin, Ireland, CineWorld Cinema, Screen 10, 11am - I noticed a particularly high number of folks who were clearly overweight. More than usual, I believe. And I couldn't help thinking that most of the audience were fans of the TV serial, which means long time sitting on the couch watching telly, eating junk,... Mmm, that could be.
I am 37 years old and I have never watched a single episode.
Nothing worth noting on the film. I still can't understand though how two people who are not agents anymore, who have been knowing each other and working together for years keep calling each other by family names. Even while kissing. Even in bed. Try it with your partner, if you can. Without laughing that is.
A very special film
What is the best film I have ever seen? No doubt: Fellini's 8 1/2. Would I watch it every day? Probably not. Are there other films I love? Tens and tens of them. Would I watch any of them every day? Probably not ... except Fred Zinnemann's The Day of the Jackal (1973). This is a marvellous film I keep going back to, again and again. Whenever I want to watch something, but I can't decide what, when there is nothing that is appealing enough, I can always turn to The Day of the Jackal and watch it and enjoy it as it were for the first time. Roger Ebert ends his 4-star review of this film with this sentence:
"There are some words you hesitate to use in a review, because they sound so much like advertising copy, but in this case I can truthfully say that the movie is spellbinding."
He is absolutely right.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Un Flic
| 01-Aug-08 | Un Flic (1972) | Dvd |
| Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067900/ |
Monday, July 28, 2008
The Dark Knight
| 26-Jul-08 | The Dark Knight (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Christopher Nolan | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/ |
The very first scene has obviously been influenced by Michael Mann's Heat (1995), to the point that it almost plays as a mini-homage to that great film. In other parts, there are echoes of Nolan's own The Prestige (2006) - some references to 'magic tricks', Christian Bale's face, etc...
All the positive things written about Heath Ledger's Joker are absolutely deserved. His performance is incredibly exciting, fun to watch. It's a pity he's not around to receive the praise he deserves.
Overall a very enjoyable film, even though slightly too long. I'll see it again, just to re-enjoy The Joker's tricks and laughs.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Some of the films I've seen in the last few months...
| 22-Jul-08 | Le rayon vert (1986) | Dvd |
| Director: Eric Rohmer | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091830/ | ||
| 20-Jul-08 | WALL·E (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Andrew Stanton | ||
| imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910970/ | ||
| 19-Jul-08 | Le Serpent (2006) | Dvd |
| Director: Eric Barbier | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486474/ | ||
| 19-Jul-08 | The band's visit (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Eran Kolirin | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1032856/ | ||
| 18-Jul-08 | Lo sceicco bianco (1952) | Dvd |
| Director: Federico Fellini | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044000/ | ||
| 17-Jul-08 | The Awful Truth (1937) | Dvd |
| Director: Leo McCarey | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028597/ | ||
| 16-Jul-08 | La meglio gioventù - Atto II (2003) | Dvd |
| Director: Marco Tullio Giordana | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346336/ | ||
| 15-Jul-08 | American Gangster (2007) | Dvd |
| Director: Ridley Scott | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765429/ | ||
| 15-Jul-08 | Hancock (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Peter Berg | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448157/ | ||
| 14-Jul-08 | Gone Baby Gone (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Ben Affleck | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452623/ | ||
| 11-Jul-08 | The Cincinnati Kid (1965) | Dvd |
| Director: Norman Jewison | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059037/ | ||
| 10-Jul-08 | In the Valley of Elah (2007) | Dvd |
| Director: Paul Haggis | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478134/ | ||
| 10-Jul-08 | Romance & Cigarettes (2005) | Dvd |
| Director: John Turturro | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368222/ | ||
| 08-Jul-08 | The ice storm (1997) | Dvd |
| Director: Ang Lee | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119349/ | ||
| 06-Jul-08 | Trilogy: Three - Après la vie (2002) | Dvd |
| Director: Lucas Belvaux | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0233230/ | ||
| 06-Jul-08 | Sideways (2004) | Dvd |
| Director: Alexander Payne | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375063/ | ||
| 05-Jul-08 | Trilogy: Two - Un couple épatant (2002) | Dvd |
| Director: Lucas Belvaux | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234940/ | ||
| 04-Jul-08 | Trilogy: One - Cavale (2002) | Dvd |
| Director: Lucas Belvaux | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0233418/ | ||
| 01-Jul-08 | Once (2007) | Dvd |
| Director: John Carney | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907657/ | ||
| 30-Jun-08 | Das Boot (1981) | Dvd |
| Director: Wolfgang Petersen | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082096/ | ||
| 29-Jun-08 | Benny's Video (1992) | Dvd |
| Director: Michael Haneke | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103793/ | ||
| 28-Jun-08 | Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) | Dvd |
| Director: Jay Roach | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295178/ | ||
| 26-Jun-08 | The Tall Guy (1989) | Dvd |
| Director: Mel Smith | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098436/ | ||
| 25-Jun-08 | Les Rendez-vous de Paris (1995) | Dvd |
| Director: Eric Rohmer | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114266/ | ||
| 22-Jun-08 | 5X2 (2004) | Dvd |
| Director: François Ozon | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354356/ | ||
| 22-Jun-08 | Teeth (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780622/ | ||
| 21-Jun-08 | Bad Lieutenant (1992) | Dvd |
| Director: Abel Ferrara | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103759/ | ||
| 19-Jun-08 | Pretty Persuasion (2005) | Dvd |
| Director: Marcos Siega | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381505/ | ||
| 15-Jun-08 | The Happening (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: M. Night Shyamalan | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0949731/ | ||
| 13-Jun-08 | The Insider (1999) | Dvd |
| Director: Michael Mann | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140352/ | ||
| 12-Jun-08 | The Shape of Things (2003) | Dvd |
| Director: Neil LaBute | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308878/ | ||
| 11-Jun-08 | Three days of the Condor (1975) | Dvd |
| Director: Sydney Pollack | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073802/ | ||
| 10-Jun-08 | Capricorn One (1978) | Dvd |
| Director: Peter Hyams | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077294/ | ||
| 09-Jun-08 | The Star Chamber (1983) | Dvd |
| Director: Peter Hyams | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086356/ | ||
| 08-Jun-08 | The Game (1997) | Dvd |
| Director: David Fincher | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119174/ | ||
| 07-Jun-08 | Hard Candy (2005) | Dvd |
| Director: David Slade | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424136/ | ||
| 05-Jun-08 | I Confess (1953) | Dvd |
| Director: Alfred Hitchcock | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045897/ | ||
| 04-Jun-08 | L' amour en fuite (1979) | Dvd |
| Director: François Truffaut | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078771/ | ||
| 28-May-08 | Juste avant la nuit (1971) | Dvd |
| Director: Claude Chabrol | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073221/ | ||
| 27-May-08 | Alien: Resurrection (1997) | Dvd |
| Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118583/ | ||
| 25-May-08 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Steven Spielberg | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/ | ||
| 25-May-08 | Mio fratello è figlio unico (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Daniele Luchetti | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0846040/ | ||
| 24-May-08 | Heartbeat Detector (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Nicolas Klotz | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765141/ | ||
| 23-May-08 | Summer Things (2002) | Dvd |
| Director: Michel Blanc | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290916/ | ||
| 22-May-08 | I Am Legend (2007) | Dvd |
| Director: Francis Lawrence | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/ | ||
| 21-May-08 | Les Noces rouges (1973) | Dvd |
| Director: Claude Chabrol | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070453/ | ||
| 20-May-08 | Aprile (1998) | Dvd |
| Director: Nanni Moretti | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118635/ | ||
| 19-May-08 | Read My Lips (2001) | Dvd |
| Director: Jacques Audiard | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274117/ | ||
| 18-May-08 | The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) | Dvd |
| Director: Jacques Audiard | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411270/ | ||
| 18-May-08 | Baisers volés (1968) | Dvd |
| Director: François Truffaut | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062695/ | ||
| 17-May-08 | Domicile conjugal (1970) | Dvd |
| Director: François Truffaut | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065651/ | ||
| 16-May-08 | Who Killed Bambi? (2003) | Dvd |
| Director: Gilles Marchand | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326036/ | ||
| 15-May-08 | Tristana (1970) | Dvd |
| Director: Luis Buñuel | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066491/ | ||
| 11-May-08 | Iron Man (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Jon Favreau | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371746/ | ||
| 10-May-08 | Twentynine Palms (2003) | Dvd |
| Director: Bruno Dumont | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315110/ | ||
| 03-May-08 | You, the living (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Roy Andersson | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445336/ | ||
| 17-Apr-08 | Gone (2007) | Dvd |
| Director: Ringan Ledwidge | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482374/ | ||
| 13-Apr-08 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Julian Schnabel | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401383/ | ||
| 12-Apr-08 | Il Conformista (1970) | Cinema |
| Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065571/ | ||
| 06-Apr-08 | Funny Games (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Michael Haneke | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808279/ | ||
| 30-Mar-08 | The Orphanage (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Juan Antonio Bayona | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464141/ | ||
| 22-Mar-08 | Vantage Point (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Pete Travis | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443274/ | ||
| 16-Mar-08 | In Bruges (2008) | Cinema |
| Director: Martin McDonagh | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780536/ | ||
| 15-Mar-08 | Sicko (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Michael Moore | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386032/ | ||
| 09-Mar-08 | No Country for Old Men (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Ethan & Joel Coen | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/ | ||
| 08-Mar-08 | Anna M. (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Michel Spinosa | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814659/ | ||
| 27-Jan-08 | Juno (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Jason Reitman | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467406/ | ||
| 20-Jan-08 | Sleuth (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Kenneth Branagh | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0857265/ | ||
| 13-Jan-08 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Sidney Lumet | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292963/ | ||
| 08-Nov-07 | Atonement (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Joe Wright | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783233/ | ||
| 14-Oct-07 | Mr. Brooks (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Bruce A. Evans | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780571/ | ||
| 14-Oct-07 | Michael Clayton (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Tony Gilroy | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465538/ | ||
| 26-Aug-07 | The kingdom (2007) | Cinema |
| Director: Peter Berg | ||
| IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431197/ |