a_film_you_should_see crOwl i saw the motorcycle diaries on saturday night with kathy and greta. dave and i have been talking about che guevera all summer so it was good to see the film. i highly recommend it to you. gael garcia bernal lights up the screen. and south america is stunning. i loved the dancing and che's speech to the lepers. 041108 ... bijou the_whole_nine_yards makes me laugh out loud every time i watch it 041108 ... colorful goth 1( saved 2) terms_of_endearment 041109 ... skyburst the one i will make someday when i have a camera 041109 ... lotuseater brazil. terry gilliam is a genius. 041109 ... crOwl northfork by the polish brothers a haunting, achingly beautiful dream. 041117 ... cocoon 1.shaun of the dead 2. saw : i haven't actually seen it, but i've heard lots of good things about it. 041117 ... crOwl greta, kathy and i went to loews waterfront to see "sideways" but it was sold out so we went to the forward ave. theatre and saw "enduring love." filmed in the english countyside, london, and oxford. the opening scene with the hot air balloon is unbelievably real and full of unexpected, gripping, out of control terror. the story goes on to show how all who were part of the experience are affected by it. well filmed with amazing shots, a thoughful, philosophical screenplay that challenges why we love and creepy as hell suspense. 041121 ... aM i DiStUrBeD? Moulin Rouge. I know you may not think much of it, but I watched this last night. I think I was at a stage where it really affected me. It even made me cry, which isn’t something you see every day. It isn’t even something I see everyday. Anyway, it was totally inspirational and touched a nerve so that it will leave its tracks in my mind for quite a long time. 041121 ... iNsEcUrE_GoTh_GiRl Eternal_sunshine_of_the_spotless_mind great film really really inspiring also fight_club the_breakfast_club theres more but my brain is fuzzy today 041122 ... shilohlives the laberynth... yup yup... the spelling is wrong, but it's a interesting movie.... yea... 041122 ... goat Spy Game 041122 ... Cicero Band of Outsiders 041124 ... crOwl tarnation jonathon caouette's raw and sensual display of self destruction and rebirth redefining the documentary. all done on imovie for under $3oo.oo, he uses an eclectic mix of media form to create the bizarre story of his life and what could be yours. it showed at cannes and was picked up by gus van sant. should be showing at an art house theatre near you. 041127 ... cosmic shame definitely not girl_with_a_pearl_earring it's crappers 041128 ... lotuseater barfly amazing... 041129 ... unhinged nevermind, i have nothing to say 041129 ... crOwl the machinist christian bale lost sixty pounds to play this dostoevsky-like character that will easily get him an oscar nomination. his soul descends into madness, plagued by a haunting, mysterious element which robs him of his ability to eat and sleep. he becomes delusional and paranoid and it is our task as the audience to figure out what is real and what is his psychosis. it was a noir horror/thriller shot in a creepy sepia film tone with a musical score that crawls and slithers under your skin. it's spooky and mesmerizing and not until the end do you actually "get it." to see this skeleton man is both shocking and sad, especially when you realize what it is that gave him such emotional and physchological torment. when all the loose ends get tied up at the finale then you can understand how devastating and life effecting our wrong choices can turn out to be. don't miss it. 041211 ... monee in_this_world - i gasped, i cried 041211 ... monee the_price_of_milk - bizarre, wonderlandish 041214 ... crOwl closer for the stunning natalie portman performance and the fotos of strangers blown up way larger than life and for london fooling me and for the line about dogs, how we love them because they love us. 041219 ... crOwl finding neverland the story behind the story of peter pan with the mature johnny depp as j.m. barrie. an engrossing tale of love, sacrafice, and imagination that made me weep for the power of connecting reality with fantasy. my favorite scenes are in the park when barrie dances with his dog and we get to see inside his thoughts where the dog really is a bear at a vintage circus. also, when barrie and the real boy, peter, are sitting on the bench at the end and his eyes are swollen with tears. you can see depp praising the little boy's performance, yet it fits amazingly well into the scene. 041223 ... crOwl actually, two films. me, greta, dave, and hilary saw "a series of unfortunate events" yesterday. i love jim carrey's abandon. and the play in the woods with many strings of white lights hanging in the trees is creativity to die for. the end credits artwork is stunning. tonight, kathy, greta, and i saw "a very long engagement" from the french who gave us amelie. storytelling like it needs to be. 050104 ... crOwl moolaade' official selection at cannes, toronto, new york, chicago, and telluride film festivals the story of one woman from a tribe in senegal who stands up against "purification," the male idea that a girl must undergo genital mutilation (female circumcision) at puberty to become a bride. it is also an amazing look at the west african culture, the warmth and generosity of spirit in village life, the outside influence of the french, islam, and the breakdown of the patriarchal hiearchy through female liberation for the advancement and development of society. ousmane sembene's camera made me a willing participant. i could almost feel the orange dust on my feet, taste the welcome water, and absorb the tears of the mother whose little girl bled to death. his award winning film is an unflinching look at a serious subject, but it is carefully infused with a humor and pathos that filled me with exhilaration. -wassa, wassa, wassa!... -wassa, wassa, wassa!... 050204 ... birdmad Chungking Express 050204 ... crOwl million dollar baby i never wanted to see it because i thought it was a wba rocky story. but after reading a review of it in paste and learning it was emotional i thought what the fuck. greta and i went to whole foods and then joined a small crowd at the squirrel hill theatre. whoa! we were in for quite the roller coaster ride. it's an amazing story. 050212 ... crOwl "the realms of the unreal" an award winning documentary about the life of reclusive artist henry darger, who was a lonely janitor for a catholic hospital in chicago. he spent solitary time in his apartment creating a 65,000 page novel and several 1o' long paintings that he created from thousands of collected images and fotocopies of children from newspapers, books, and magazines to illustrate it. his art was a lifelong project that explored his unbridled imagination and captured the raw, visceral pain of his tortured childhood, the loss of his parents, the years of his neglect suffered in a home for feeble-minded children, his fractured view of society, his inner battles with god, and his desire to shelter children from evil. his art went virtually unknown until his death in 1973 when it was discovered by his landlord. and that's not even scratching the surface of this provocative, soul-stirring gem of a film. kathy and i had an amazing conversation on the way home from the regent square theatre, talking about our own broken childhoods and how we grew up dealing with them in various ways and still do. 050329 ... unhinged i heart (the shape of a heart rather than the word) huckabees dustin hoffman and lily tomlin had the performances of their careers in this movie i think right up there on my list with eternal_sunshine_of_the_spotless_mind and garden_state i'll be your other 050330 ... raze david gordon green's "george washington". one of the most lyrical, quietly beautiful films i've ever seen. not for everyone [particularly those with short attention spans and a need to see nudity and things exploding] but, for me, a small miracle of a film. 050625 ... APRicochetMVP The Longest Yard The Notebook Hitch Saw The Boondock Saints Pirates of the Caribbean Forest Gump American History X A lot more that I can't think of, but these are good for a start. 050626 ... Sonya Closer Sin City Crash Lost In Translation The Incredibles 050626 ... nomme) rivers and tides 050630 ... nomme) | i kept going woah and woo and wow | 050630 ... crOwl i agree whole-heartedly mon. that's what i did when i saw it. subsequently, we bought one of his books. i saw christopher nolan's first film last night called 'following'. it's shot in 16 mm black and white, handheld. very slick. 050630 ... nomme) two brothers - made me cry, like the bear 050725 ... nomme) i even commented during the filming "this reminds me of the bear", the way it was shot and everything,...but i didn't know it was the same director till later both produced the same effect in me 050725 ... oopsie during the film rather, not the filming) 050725 ... crOwl "rize" clowns are prophets 050725 ... megan diary of a mad black woman was something i did not expect it is a beautiful (and horrible) portrayal of some real life loved it 050725 ... APRicochetMVP Charlie and the Chocolate Factory This movie actually made me want to read which is something that not many things or people can say. 050725 ... Sonya Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Sometimes I feel like I'm like Clementine only I have black hair instead of orange. I would dye my hair orange if I knew I wouldn't get fired from work for it. the wistful feline 050726 ... misstree what_the_bleep is really going on not widely available, still mostly just west coast, but very interesting documentary-like exploration into malleable reality and mental constructs and all kinds of yumminess. 050726 ... REAListic optimIST it's called what_the_bleep_do_we_know, and it's out on video now. it pairs well with run_lola_run however, both films are dwarfed by the enigma that is 21_grams. 050726 ... REAListic optimIST network shock_treatment donnie_darko being_john_malkovich cemetary_man trust pay_it_forward 050726 ... Vulgar Cecil B. Demented Probably one of John Waters' best movies ever. 050728 ... tree seconds that nomination 050728 ... karasu akai The Pillow Book 050728 ... crOwl good choice, birdmad. i saw it on the train ride from pittsburgh to chicago. one of ewan megregor's first films, before he got whitewashed. 050728 ... REAListic optimIST an interesting funny take on "Network" is a film with Jeff Goldblum, Meg Ryan, and Eddie Murphy called "Holy_Man" and is worth seeing. It speaks of our over commodification of everything, including each other. 050729 ... crOwl the jacket how much time do you have left? 050805 ... crOwl miranda july's, me and you and everyone we know it's what we don't know about people. plus, the music is by michael andrews, who also did the donnie darko score. 050807 ... karasu akai Jacob's Ladder 050808 ... crOwl the_constant_gardener ralph feinnes rachel weisz life by the frayed ropes exposing big, corporate america's lustful greed 050925 ... crOwl the corpse bride and yet i have not seen it yet. oh, the humanity! 050925 ... crOwl thumbsucker honk if you're flawed 051007 ... Sonya Garden State I have the soundtrack and I've listened to it a million times literally. It is so very close to my soul. 051008 ... crOwl proof apple's mom is at her stripped down best. 051016 ... shower singer the_station_agent 051016 ... nom) dark_pines 051027 ... nom) blind_spot 051027 ... birdmad perfect_blue Satoshi Kon's paranoid masterpiece 051027 ... iNsEcUrE_GoTh_GiRl the_nightmare_before_christmas i love this film. love it. watch it, tim burton's mind is the scariest, funniest, wittiest, most childlike and the cleverest stage for such characters as Jack Skellington, that weird doctor thing, Oogie Boogie and Sandy Claws to romp round in. Seriously. Watch it. I haven't seen Corpse Bride yet, it looks similar but i want to watch it. It has only just come out in England very recently and i forgot last night that i was supposed to be seeing it with my boyfriend. (Instead i was getting merry in a drag bar listening to the paper faces remix of filthy_gorgeous.) Girl_Interrupted is also a classic, you should read the book too. (same with the aforementioned fight_club). Series_7_The_Contenders is a little-known, one off kind of film that i feel you can only ever see once. Interesting take on reality tv, wish i could re-enact it lol. Secretary - a sadist-masochist love story, basically. i thought this film was powerful, and a favourite of many people i know. Run_Lola_Run i really enjoyed, classic. American_Beauty is similar to eternal_sunshine in my mind, as i feel they both have such a dramatic impact on the viewer. Amelie - i saw this film at my best friend's house, ironically meeting my now-boyfriend for the first time when we watched this. Special, quietly moving film. mr_and_mrs_smith - like you need a reason other than the leading man and lady to watch this. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt? Come on, this film was so made for the bisexuals. *leers at screen* party_monster - the film itself is another one i don't think is up to repeated watchings. I like the music, and the people in it are fab, and i felt that it looked inside my head perfectly and splashed my ideals over the clubs and showed the world what it really means to live fast. Right up until the overdoses and deaths. But hey, live fast, die young. awwwww i can't think of any more at the moment, i will later. (again) get watching, skites. 051027 ... slothisily everything is illuminated 051029 ... crOwl mirror mask a mind-blowing collaboration from the arful wizardry of dave mckean and neil gaimen. handful after handful of eye candy that makes one think vaguely of the wizard of oz, but even more so of, umm, could i be so bold to utter...rillian and his crowl? 051211 ... tilt any film, with a few friends. 051212 ... siskel cell and ebertemia i heart huckabees high and low (kurosawa) red beard (ibid.) 21 grams orfeu negro and cidade de deus ray 051212 ... crOwl march of the penguins life is summed up in more than one word... love, dedication, commitment, endurance, family, tradition, and resistance. 051217 ... crOwl chumscrubber indie flick/ sundance fave, starring jamie bell, ralph feinnes. very cool dark comedy about the crumbling life under the thin veneer of idyllic suburbia. teen-age view of how busy parents fail to know who their kids even are. 060120 ... crOwl one day in september documentary about the palestinian terrorist group black september's murder of several israeli olympic athletes in 1972...to view before seing spielberg's munich. germany did not negogiate with terrorists. 060206 ... nom be here to love me it's singalongable 060207 ... nom and sighable and cryable highly watchable 060207 ... nom smileable at times, especially at the end 060207 ... mcdougall Princess Mononoke. Hayao Miyazaki makes good movies, if you like animated movies. 060207 ... Sonya Love Me If You Dare Tristan & Isolde Lord of War 060208 ... crOwl cache (french=hidden) fill in the blanks type suspense/mystery film that will inspire great after-film conversation at your local cafe. 060222 ... birdmad i was gonna say MirrorMask, but crOwl beat me to that one. (my cats are often as insistent as the stray sphinxes) 060222 ... megan walk the line 060223 ... crOwl 5x2 french with subtitles, about the dissolution of a marriage told backwards. interesting because you can see the steps, one by one that caused the break-up. plus, in the special features of the dvd you can see the audition which features the main couple doing a scene from an ingmar bergman film. 060313 ... vulgar Leaving Las Vegas 060325 ... nom in america - my dad kept saying i should see it and i eventually did just a few hours ago i was particularly impressed with the actress playing ariel 060406 ... crOwl is this the one with samantha morton and the children bring happiness to a dying african in nyc? 060407 ... crOwl capote...phillip seymour hoffman is transformed into the celebrated author of in cold blood. a stirring, provocative drama that exposes to what depths and lengths a writer will go to create a story. 060408 ... AfPRicochetMVP V for Vendeta although the story that this is based off of was written in the 80s, i still see a lot of what is wrong with this world in this movie 060409 ... nom hotel rwanda. 060414 ... nom and yes crOwl, it is (in america) 060414 ... unhinged kundun a rather accurate and stunning recreation of the dalai lama's first autobiography, from the time he was discovered at 4 years old til the time he left tibet in 1959; i believe he was about 24. i cry everytime i watch it. and the beginning is absolutely adorable; the dalai lama readily admits what a brat he was when he was a child. plus, it's a martin scorsese (sp) film, so you really can't go wrong. 060416 ... nom kundun: best_movies_of_all_time : i agree with unhinged, definitely a film you should see if you haven't already or even if you have i've probably watched it about a dozen times) ("things change, kundun" is a constant joke between my older brother and i) 060416 ... crOwl family_stone(belly fire's quote is top knotch) far from perfect, but its ensemble cast and kaleidoscopic mix of humor and pathos was definately entertaining. i laughed and cried. the ending is genuis. 060527 ... nom the motorcycle diaries was good 060627 ... nom liked recently: the new world dear wendy 060627 ... nom lord of war also 060627 ... nom and by also i meant it had something but i didn't entirely love it 060630 ... nom i heart huckabees and garden state were two good surprisers 060630 ... crOwl v for vendetta ideas are bulletproof. 060810 ... crOwl little miss sunshine a beginning and ending so flawlessly done it made me want to scream out my excitement for being alive. devotchka does the score and some of it was filmed in my old home town of ventura, california. so beautiful from the pier gazing on to the hillside city bathed in summer fog... embrace who you are because even in your quirky imperfectness you contain everything you need to be awesome in this world. 060903 ... crOwl four_eyed_monsters 061004 ... nom my sister took my mom and i to see little miss sunshine for my birthday i liked it 061004 ... nom the other day i watched deepa mehta's water i'd wanted to watch it when it was at the theatre here before but didn't get a chance so i was glad it was on tv i also watched danny deckchair which made me laugh and millions which also made me laugh i loved the kid and the saints 061004 ... nom princess mononoke was good 061004 ... nom i've been watching all the studio ghibli with my sister during my visits in vancouver castle in the sky howl's moving castle my neighbor totoro kiki's delivery service porco rosso pom poko whisper of the heart spirited away and "pre-ghibli"? nausicaä of the valley of the wind castle in the sky howl's moving castle and nausicaä are my faves i think 061004 ... tilt nausicaa is good. seen princess mononoko? 061005 ... nom yep, - above (061004) i was scrolling down ysterday and saw mcdougall's mention (060207) which sparked my whole ghibli list have you seen it? 061005 ... nom everything is illuminated - i also watched (just noticed slothisily 051029) was interesting 061005 ... raze "tenshi no tamago" (angel's egg) unlike anything else i've ever seen in the field of anime, or any other genre of film for that matter. there's very little dialogue, but that just makes it easier to focus on the stunning imagery. especially if you're like me and tend to stay away from english dubs (though this film doesn't have one, and the only way to get a dvd with english subtitles is to head over to ebay, so it's kind of a moot point). to say it isn't for everyone is an understatement, but i think it's one of the most beautiful things i've ever seen. the fact that it was drawn entirely by hand is pretty staggering. i have a fair amount of anime titles in my collection i still haven't watched (including "serial experiments: lain" and some of miyazaki's work), mostly because i just haven't made my way around to them yet. "grave of the fireflies" is one i've intentionally been avoiding, though. i have a feeling that one will be more than a little depressing to watch, and i haven't figured out how best to go about approaching it yet. 061006 ... crOwl babel the tower crumbles everyday 061114 ... nom code 46 it had some interestingness 061205 ... crOwl tres colours, the color triolgy by krysztof kieslowski blue, white, and red watch red last because the ending will blow you away. 061206 ... rendezvous of dreams v for vendetta 2046 charlotte sometimes eternal sunshine of the spotless mind closer 061207 ... flux i was thinking 2046 as well, amusingly. a film you should see? i dunno. i like a lot, but what can i recommend? neco z alenky, or maybe sedmikrasky. gegen die wand. 061207 ... crOwl ingmar bergman's "vargtimmen (hour of the wolf") when i was 20, my friend joni loved bergman, always trying with her innocent cohersion to get me to watch him. finally, i know why. thousands of his black&white stills could stand alone as wall hangings. 061219 ... ever dumbening yo_crowl, i watched _a very long engagement_ today. did you ghost write that? that is so totally your style. i feel like i need to watch it again to get all the little details of the characters. and to correctly address the blathe's title: _oldboy_ violent korean flick; very cool. 070121 ... crOwl pan's labyrinth whoa... del toro's artful, reality/fantasy gem featuring killer special effects, make-up, and one of the most diabolical villians i've seen in a long time. in the theatre where i saw it, people were actually cheering. 070122 ... just another teen raver i've seen that film! (pan's labyrinth) it's quite dark, i think. very good. i would recommend 'mirrormask'...it's like a twisted fairytale, very very good. also human traffic....can't believe nobody's said it. it is the ultimate clubbing film. the weekend has landed! all that exists now are clubs, drugs, pubs and parties. the milkybars are on me! 070122 ... just another teen raver ah should really have reread this blather before posting........crOwl's beating me to all the best ones....like mirror mask and pan's labyrinth. good taste there my friend. i'm a major fan of christian bale...American Psycho is excellent, and i thought he was very good in Equilibrium too. I was very shocked to hear him in an interview clip on YouTube without an American accent. He seems to be able to take on any accent perfectly. Legend. Battle Royale is a good film. Set in Japan, it depicts a chilling insight into a world where the children have no respect for anyone or anything and so the Battle Royale act is brought in for one random class of children....they are given the order of killing their classmates. don't want to spoil the plot so i'll stop there. 070122 ... birdmad "The Proposition" Nick Cave takes what could have been one of his songs and turns it into a simultaneously brutal and heartwrenching screenplay 070122 ... belly fire hard candy um...wow. and for a laugh? thank you for smoking. 070123 ... flux oh, of course. until the end of the world 070123 ... crOwl notes on a scandal based on the zoe heller novel ,with a superb screenplay is this stirring british cinema, sodden with london slang, and gutsy humiliation from two of the finest women actors working today. worth the price of admission just to see judi dench suck at a cigarette as if her whole face is going to cave in. 070127 ... tessa Judi Dench scares me. Stranger Than Fiction Its about: agency, fate, mortality, art, architecture, making a masterpiece of your life, seizing the day, ok is good enough, death, numbers, helping each other, literature and baking. what more can you ask for? 070210 ... pete tsotsi 070210 ... nom i watched the new world again last night 070225 ... crOwl the wool cap william h. macy playa a landlord, who is also a mute that desires to raise a african-american foster child who he befriends when her mother overdoses. redemption. forgiveness. family reconciliation. new beginngs. tears. all the good stuff overcoming the bad. 070402 ... bsc beginnings 070402 ... nom modigliani ...inaccuracies? and all was still seeable 070402 ... birdmad wings_of_desire and faraway_so_close 070403 ... crOwl terry gilliam's "tideland" whoa...one of the best things about this film that has been ridiculed and crapped on by critics is the beginning when gilliam explains why he made it. he made it for himself... i loved it. i have never seen someone capture the innocent imagination of a child so well. sure, it deals with some questionable issues that give it reasonable license to be judged harshly, but the fact that it was made for personal conviction gives it a just liberty somehow...if we can't do that, then what is art? 070414 ... cocoon The Science of Sleep. Zwarteboek is also supposed to be good, although I havent seen it yet. [Although given the fact that at some time in my life I actually recommended Saw as a film you should see means that I should probably stop believing what people tell me.] For some mindless fun, 300 was excellent. 070414 ... nom the namesake 070425 ... nom the science of sleep i second cocoon's recommendation i watched it earlier tonight,...was quite a best movie 070426 ... Achilles blood Sunshine. But I'm a sucker for all Danny Boyle's work. 070428 ... thorn definitely the science of sleep. i third the recommendation because it is just that amazing. 070428 ... thorn swimming pool. 070628 ... ever dumbening Das Leben Der Anderen fucking brilliant 070725 ... jane children_of_men this film haunted me for days. not much more to say, everything is amazing. fear_and_loathing_in_las_vegas 'twasn't so much depp's portrayal of hunter himself, but hunter's writing that really got me. plus i have always wanted to do a ton of drugs & drive to vegas. or just do the drugs. the_big_lebowski it's like the quote movie of all time. still makes me laugh, i love the coen brothers. right up there with the_hudsucker_proxy and raising_arizona. okay, then. 070726 ... crOwl julie taymor's "across the universe" visually stunning...i loved the london scenes with the cobblestone alley running through the walled backyards of the shipyard working families...jude's accent and singing voice, lucy's beauty, the pinned strawberries like bleeding hearts, bono's acid soaked bus trip to wonderland...whoa...crazy entertainment...julie taymor is definately near the top of my list of artists i would want to hang out with... 071014 ... thorn 2nd-ed for across the universe. i've seen it twice this weekend already, and am going to go with my friend soon. 071014 ... tilt children_of_men is very good. so is V_for_Vendetta. 071016 ... da4 wu1 ya1 2046 - because i think everybody should get a little baked and watch a random string of Wong Kar Wai films Curse of the Golden Flower - Director Zhang Yimou strikes again...It's like Shakespearean tragedy, but in Chinese and with some of the most brain-meltingly spectacular use of color i have ever seen 071016 ... thorn american beauty. i can't really describe it, except that kevin spacey is wonderfully cynical and the whole movie is absolutely amazing. 071023 ... crOwl into the wild we touched on this a little while ago in the rclg. kathy and i saw it this evening in squirrel hill, while a huge contingency of beautiful asians were next door seeing ang lee's nc-17 "lust/caution..". i loved sean penn's adaptation of jon krakauer's amazingly tragic, but inspiring biography of chris mccandless/alexander supertramp...the way he told the story moving from the magic bus to the trip west for the preparation for alaska, and all the people he touched along the way was perfect...the lat ten minutes were gut wrenching sad. whoa...defiantely go...it will do something great inside of you, i promise... "happiness is meant to be shared." 071027 ... crOwl the darjeeling limited wes anderson's romp across india by train featuring three emotionally damaged brothers reconnecting after their father's death. part comedy/part spiritual odyssey...nevertheless wes anderson's best work. there's a sense of reality to it that makes it very accessible. it includes a short at the beginning from a hotel in paris that is something uniquely akin to anderson for he connects it later to the feature film... the colors were so vibrant and at one point i wished i could smell all the spices... 071104 ... You Mileage May Vary dead zone. an old stephen king adaptation. the movie is only so-so, but about halfway through watching it last night a beautiful woman took of my clothes (and i hers) for a little petite mort of our own. 071104 ... My Spelling May Vary "off" that is 071104 ... crOwl lars and the real girl kathy and i were supposed to meet hil and corey, but we were running late from hanging out at alex and marina's birthday party so we sat down in the squirrel theatre just as it was starting. turns out they were even later than us and were the two silhouettes walking down the aisle after we sat down in the back. other than some people laughing at inappropriate places, i totally enjoyed it...yeah, it's funny at first when the doll arrives and the family and town is reacting to it...but when lars starts to heal from the pains of his childhood and tells his shrink that bainca is dying...ok, it's time to get weepy. get it and stop laughing, already. 071111 ... sorry that should read bianca 071111 ... crOwl i'm not there todd haynes; director i never was a dylan fan. his voice irritated me for some reason when i was coming of age, but this film has made me want to see martin scorsese's "no direction home" to get an even clearer, definitive picture of this artist, musician, and master of disguise. what an honor it must be to have someone make a film about your ability to reinvent yourself... while you're still alive...of the six actors that play dylan's personas, cate blanchett is easily the best, but ben whishaw is my favorite because he looks and talks like corey, my daughter hilary's boyfriend. the scenes when a scraggly, bespeckled richard gere rides into a gloom/doom/end of the world, minstrel town and jim james of my morning jacket sings with a clownish white face are eerily stunning as are the psychedelic/black tarantula crawling on a white wall scenes in nyc when dylan is dumping edie sedgwick...oh yeah...go see it. 071210 ... franco this is nothing new in theaters but one of the most inspiring films I have ever seen. Ivan's childhood by Andrei Tarkovsky. He is a mastermind and his films are breathtakingly beautiful. This film is haunting and depressing and will stay with you forever. 071210 ... crOwl "la vie en rose" i'm watching it for the third time right now as i'm putting the final work on the rclg prize...marion cotllard as edith piaf...breath-taking....what a tragic transformation. i love near the end when a french journalist interviews her with proustian questions as she watches the sun set at a california beach. "what advice would you give a woman?" "love." "to a young woman?" "love." "to a child?" "love." 071211 ... birdmad "Sublime" You'll most likely find it in the "horror" section, though it is sort of mislaid there as it is a rather odd psychodrama which borrows a few horror conventions, but to good use. Without spoiling too much i will say that it reminded me a little bit of "Jacob's Ladder" but i won't sell it short by leaving it at that Fear, Mortality, perception, and dreams as they relate to who are we and how we define ourselves. "the dark fucking unknown" i can't describe this movie coherently, it does not quite work that way. but what a ride. 071212 ... crOwl heima sigur ros return home to iceland and play a series of 16, unannounced free shows to tiny crowds and large ones, inside old fish factories, clubhouses, fields near the sea, and city parks. i love how they intimately reveal the faces of the children, the teens, the adults, and the old... how they become mirrors of the music. it can't be any more beautiful. 071214 ... crOwl can you tell i just saw "the namesake?" 071215 ... unhinged lars and the real girl he sat next to me and i wanted him to grab my hand. admittedly, i was turned away from him, rigid. practiced indifference 071216 ... ever dumbening once cool movie about music and communication and passion and dreams and letting go and holding on 080122 ... jane did i already say "sideways"? 080123 ... birdmad Paprika Satoshi Kon does it to your brain yet again. whoooah. 080123 ... Bespeckled It's called "Scareface." You should see it, and know that Tony Montana can and always will be able to kick your white ass. Jerk. 080124 ... Bespeckled It's called "Scarface." You should see it, and know that Tony Montana can and always will be able to kick your white ass. Jerk. 080124 ... c r 0 w l "there will be blood" ...daniel day lewis...no need to say anything else. 080128 ... busy bee best in show is pretty darn funny. 080128 ... jane crOwl, i just saw 'there will be blood,' & we are already talking about going again... 080131 ... c r 0 w l very cool... 080131 ... two Alice by Woody Allen. 080131 ... gja Atonement. I heard reviews praising the likeness of the film with novel - and wondered - why is this praiseworthy? After thinking no more on this quandary until I arrived at the cinema - it suddenly occurred to me that if this film was going to be true to the novel it would have to be good. (I maintain that Mr McEwen’s novels will be remembered as highpoints, if not pinnacles of our generations produce. "Saturday" is talked about in my local pub by otherwise, almost, bookless drinkers. “On Chesil Beach” remains my touchstone when relationships waver.) It was. It was much better than good. Likeness or otherwise to the novel aside it was an exceptional film. Paced precisely with a inseparable, metronomic soundtrack to hypnotise and lead. It is tightly focused AND broad in view. It is layered in not so much content – then vary definitely in view – the crowning embodiment of the novels theme. The film is populated by divine and viscous actors - their visual loveliness alone could hold me captive. And then, they ACTED, and then, I was putty in their hands. I don’t get to the cinema often. My film viewing is, in the main, confined to rented DVDs or public broadcast TV selections. I am ecstatic that this was the film that broke my cinema attendance drought. It is a personal film. Watch it alone. 080201 ... c r 0 w l eastern promises russian mafia (vory v zakone,'thieves in law'), prison tattoos, trafficking in human beings, and viggo's trip to ukraine to study the culture earned him an oscar nomination... 080201 ... franco 4 months 3 weeks and 2 days The best film I have seen in a very long time. I have never been so involved and tense throughout an entire film like this one. No special effects and no music and this film carried more emotion than the greatest tragedy. It is very real. The acting is so incredible that you forget that you are watching a movie. It feels like its really happening.I can not give away anything and I believe that you should go see it with knowing as little about it as possible and by reading as little reviews as possible. Let yourself become consumed and lost in this film. It will take you far away away. 080202 ... c r 0 w l ever_dumbening suggested, "once." i wholeheartedly arree. it's a bittersweet symphony. good call, james... 080204 ... bsc agree 080204 ... birdmad "In The Mouth of Madness" John Carpenter's most underrated (and perhaps most brilliant) horror film. Imagine equal parts Phillip K. Dick and H.P. Lovecraft. Who is real? What is real? and what nameless, indescribable horrors lurk behind the veil of what we assume we know? 080205 ... c r 0 w l fur 080206 ... c r 0 w l actually films... the 2007 academy award nominated shorts (live-action and animated) touching, sad, inspiring, beautiful, stunning, funny, breathtaking, awesome...8 countries represented 080219 ... crOwl grace is gone sad, but the girls that play the sisters are awesome little actors... 080302 ... raze "paris, texas". i just watched it again recently, for the first time in two or three years. i'd forgotten so many things about it. it's a very slow film...for some people i'm sure sitting through it would be an agonizing, dull experience. but i still think it's one of the most beautiful things i've ever seen. even watching it with people who were throwing in occasional snarky asides didn't hamper the experience for me. i don't think harry dean stanton has ever had another lead role (he's always been more of a "character actor"), but this is the part he was born to play. and the child who plays his son is amazing. i was stunned to learn that a few of his most interesting passages of dialogue were entirely improvised. children really do have remarkable minds. the scene that always gets to me the most is when travis meats hunter outside of school, and they walk across the street from one another, hunter mimicking the way travis is walking, even when he trips over a garbage can in the middle of the sidewalk. and then they finally walk onto the street and meet one another halfway, walking the rest of the way home together. i don't know why this little scene resonates with me so deeply, but i could watch it over and over again and never tire of it. i think part of it is ry cooder's slide guitar. 080302 ... crOwl the king james marsh's cannes film festival select creepy artful tale of near shakespearean tragedy level... 080308 ... two 9 1/2 Weeks. 080309 ... c r 0 w l the fountain death is the road to awe 080318 ... c r 0 w l 3:10 to yuma pathetic man becomes a hero 080319 ... c r 0 w l train man: densha otoko 21st century japanese romance 080323 ... Webley Altered States starring Williams Hurt 080323 ... no reason the nines and then you should see people's thoughts and interpretations of it 080325 ... ever dumbening watched rashomon and rocket science over the last couple days. both good. but then you knew kurosawa was a fucking pimp. i have other kurosawa films i like better, but rashomon is pretty sweet (seems like it needs more watchings, too). and rocket science is good melancholy fun. p-p-p-pizza. 080325 ... you kill me james 080326 ... now_now I liked rocket_science it reminded me a bit of Thumbsucker which is also a_film_you_should_see 080326 ... ever dumbening after the wedding (efter brylluppet in danish). intense. 080326 ... day crowl night crowl day night day night creepy life of a suicide bomber's final two days from an award winning writer/director who meticuoulsly researched the subject. watch it a second time with her commentary. 080403 ... unhinged vanity fair i've always wanted to wear dresses like that 080403 ... crOwl heaven this was the screenplay that kieslowski wrote and would have directed, the first in his series to include purgatory and hell, but unfortunately died at 54. however, tom twyker, who directed "run lola run" and "the princess and the warrior" took the project on and was true to kieslowski's intention without imitating him. beautiful story of redemption, going from darkness to the light and relearning how to love. 080410 ... c r 0 w l no reason...thanks for the suggestion about "the nines." it's good and thought provoking. 080411 ... no reason you're welcome... it is a pretty interesting movie. it has some plotholes but overall is worth seeing, i think. 080411 ... c r 0 w l venus portrait of myself as an old man 080416 ... pilgrim ZIETGIEST-the movie freaked me out Now I question EVERYTHING 080417 ... blather anal retentive film fan Zeitgeist 080417 ... cr0wl the orphanage gothic horror scares you can't see... 080428 ... Bespeckled Le Ballon Rouge (The Red Balloon) by Albert Lamorisse. I don't care who you are; you should see it. 080428 ... c r 0 w l reservation road hit and run driver kills a young boy and the ripples it causes in the lives of the two families involved. 080429 ... crOwl thanks ever dumbening for the heads up on..."after the wedding" also..."starting out in the evening" and "sunshine" 080520 ... cr0wl au hasard balthazar something awful and wonderful defeats all critical accumen when balthazar lays down to die and schubert begins to play and the little bells sound and the sheep gather. it reduced me to the human being bresson intended. 080601 ... birdmad John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) just because it's a damned good fright flick 080602 ... z yeah. it is the only film that ever had me looking over my shoulder. 080603 ... cr0wl bug superbly acted 080605 ... z lars and the real girl. i cried. 080605 ... Isaou My friend keeps going on about Lars and the Real Girl, it sounds quite unusual. 080605 ... ever dumbening the diving bell and the butterfly is worth a spin. 080605 ... jane last night i watched "me, you, and everyone we know." i will second crOwl's nomination for the film. although ms_s & i agreed that there was a lack of conclusion in the end. 080606 ... ever dumbening delicatessen. fun. quirky. great creation of another world. dark, warm, sticky. i'm now convinced that cr0wl is secretly jean-pierre jeunet. also watched 2046 this weekend. elegant. didn't really "get" it though. i think it requires multiple viewings for all the threads to sink in. high marks visually and in terms of mood/atmosphere. 080616 ... ever dumbening watch all of the films above (even the shitty ones) and then turn the page ... a_film_you_should_see_take_2 080621 what's it to you? who go blather from