Saturday, April 30, 2005

IFFB Day Two: Casting About, After Innocence, and Dead Birds

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The theme for Day Two was waiting. I'm not a naturally patient person, and I suppose this is just a piece of the festival experience, b...
Tuesday, April 26, 2005

IFFB Day One: Stolen, Childstar, and White Skin

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Well, Day One for me, since I didn't manage to catch the opening night film. Amazing that that huge main theater in Somerville sold out...
Thursday, April 21, 2005

Tentative IFFB plans

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Bolted work a little bit earlier than I probably should have at 5pm, took the 70A to Watertown Square, the 71 to Harvard, then the Red Line ...

Thoroughly unpleasant people: Raging Bull and Oldboy

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As you might be able to guess from the month between these two movies, I've been procrastinating on writing my review for Raging Bull . ...
Monday, April 18, 2005

Products of their environment: Off The Map, Melinda & Melinda, Fever Pitch

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So, today, three movies defined in large part by their settings and the characters who inhabit them - desert hermits near Taos, New Mexico; ...
Tuesday, April 12, 2005

From Away: Downfall, Wilby Wonderful, and Dot the I

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So, three more reviews. Only 14 behind now. Downfall ( Der Untergang ) * * * * (out of four) Seen 9 March 2005 at Landmark Kendall Square ...
Thursday, April 07, 2005

Recent-ish documentaries: Gunner Palace, Sunset Story, Los Angeles Plays Itself, Dust to Glory

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In many ways, documentaries make the case for distribution via digital video. I don't like digital video as a rule - I've yet to se...
Monday, April 04, 2005

Coming out of the dumping ground: Be Cool, In Good Company, The Jacket, Hostage, Sin City

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So, anyway, as my friend-I've-never-met Scott Weinberg says, 2005 has been a dire year for movies, at least so far . At least out of Ho...
Friday, March 25, 2005

Big names from Japan: Takeshi Kitano's Dolls, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Bright Future, and Katsuhiro Otomo's Steamboy

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How far behind am I on my reviewing? Between the time I saw two of these movies in the theater and the time I reviewed them, they were out ...
Monday, March 21, 2005

SF/30 - Don't try this at home (10 movies)

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So, anyway, the plan was to put all the movies I saw and reviewed at the thirtieth annual Boston Science Fiction Film Festival together int...
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Sunday, March 13, 2005

Children without parents in Japan: A Tree of Palme, Grave of the Fireflies, and Nobody Knows

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There's not REALLY a pattern here - after all, between Grave of the Fireflies and Nobody Knows I went to the Boston Sci-Fi Film festiv...
Sunday, March 06, 2005

Life in its myriad forms: Aliens of the Deep, Galapagos, The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

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More catching up, while also throwing I saw yesterday in because it sort of fits the theme. Anyway, let it be known: I love IMAX. I really...
Thursday, March 03, 2005

Bollywood/Hollywood: Bride & Prejudice

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So far, I think I've seen about four attempts to merge Bollywood and Hollywood sensibilities. They line up thusly: Bollywood/Hollywood ...

Three from Korea: Jungle Story, Ma Vie en Rose, Memories of Murder

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I don't particularly like football; during the Patriots' recent run, I've been mostly indifferent and didn't become a hypocr...