Friday, February 10, 2012

Sita Sings the Blues

I don't know how this even ended up on my queue. Creative and beautifully animated. Bollywood and Jazz music~ never woulda guessed.

p.s. The director's interview has some interesting info regarding Copyright laws and independent film making you might be interested in.

JR-9/10

Micmacs

Impossible not to love this movie. It's like candy for your eyeballs. I recommend watching it twice ~ the subtitles make it a little difficult to pick up on all the nuances.

JR 10/10

Get Low

One of those simple movies with solid dynamics between Murray, Duvall and Black~ Sissy Spacek ads a touch of class herself.

8/10

The Dhamma Brothers

Meditation + Maximum Security Prisons. Makes you wonder what would happen if they tried this in public schools.

JR- 7/10

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Unmade Beds

Drama about kids living in a squat in London - a boy looks for his missing father while a girl looks for love.

ct - 8/10

Standard Operating Procedure

Several soldiers recount the Abu Ghraib prision scandal in Iraq in an incredibly put-together film. I cried multiple times. If it hits you do the commentary w/ Errol talking too.

ct - 10/10

Trash Humpers

I went to the premiere of this film and in the Q&A someone in a hat asked Harmony Korine 'what does your film mean?' and he replied 'what does your stupid hat mean?' After two years of reflection I think they were both right.

CT 8/10

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

Documentary about the people behind the Earth Liberation Front - the 'environmental terrorists' - and how they were caught.

CT - 9/10

Racing Dreams

Documentary about 3 young kids who race go-karts in hopes of one day racing for NASCAR. No need to like racing to really enjoy this film.

CT 9/10

Wrestling Wuth Shadows

Documentary about what happens when a professional athlete forgets he's first a professional entertainer.

CT 10/10

Up The Yangtze

Documentary about a young Chinese girl from a poor family that is forced to go work on a cruise ship on the Yangtze River - which is in the process of being dammed.

CT 9/10

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Mary and Max

The script is poetic and the claymation is inspiring. Not for children.

JR-10/10

Thursday, July 14, 2011

US of Netflix

http://slacktory.com/2011/07/united-states-netflix-local-favorites/

Where do the cool people live? See Map.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

The Five Obstructions

Lars Von Trier finds his obscure favorite director and forces him to make five more films with specific 'rules.' Their conversations are hilarious but the practice gets tiring.

CT 8/10

Inside Job

A documentary about how & why our economy crashed in 2008 and why it's on track for more trouble. I'm not sure the 'lecturing' was necessary - most of the subjects are so arrogant they would have probably incriminated themselves with a different approach.

CT 9/10

Sullivan's Travels

A successful Hollywood director tries to live as a grifter to learn about how the nation's poor live in preparation for directing O'Brother Where Art Thou.

CT 10/10

Dig

A good music-doc about the two very different paths of the two bands 'The Dandy Warhols' & 'The Brian Jonestown Massacre.' From the same director as 'We Live in Public.'

CT 9/10

The Social Network

Such great filmmaking. Everything is on point, but the score shines especially. I couldn't help but watch it twice in two days. The Asian girlfriend literally gave me nightmares.

CT 10/10

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of W. Virginia

I think they used the word 'Wonderful' to cover up some of the fact they are circus freaking this Appalachian family. For the 3 minutes they go into the history of the coal industry having terrible effects on the region's population it gets interesting, then it's back to a shitty, failed MTV project.

CT 5/10
JR 5/10

Everyone Else

A drama about a young German couple who's relationship is tested while they vacation together.

CT 7/10