Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Body Heat

29-Oct-08Body Heat (1981)Dvd
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082089/

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

La ragazza del lago

28-Oct-08La ragazza del lago (2007)Dvd
Director: Andrea Molaioli
imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770829/

Monday, October 27, 2008

Ghost Town

27-Oct-08Ghost 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-08Caos Calmo (2008) Cinema
Director: Antonio Grimaldi
imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929412/

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Caos Calmo

25-Oct-08Caos Calmo (2008) Cinema
Director: Antonio Grimaldi
imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929412/

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

City of God

22-Oct-08City 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-08Besieged (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-08Irresistible (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-08Lars 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-08Burn 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-08Fatal Attraction (1987) Dvd
Director: Adrian Lyne
imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093010/

Gomorra

18-Oct-08Gomorra (2008) Cinema
Director: Matteo Garrone
imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929425/

Friday, October 17, 2008

Breach

17-Oct-08Breach (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-08Mirrors (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-08Blowup (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-08Gomorra (2008) Cinema
Director: Matteo Garrone
imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929425/

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

The Conversation

08-Oct-08The 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-08The Woodsman (2004)  Dvd
Director: Nicole Kassell
imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361127/

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

05-Oct-08How 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-08The Departed (2006)  Dvd
Director: Martin Scorsese
imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/

Righteous Kill

04-Oct-08Righteous Kill (2006)  Cinema
Director: Jon Avnet
imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034331/

Friday, October 3, 2008

Bobby

03-Oct-08Bobby (2006)  Dvd
Director: Emilio Estevez
imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308055/