Thursday, July 10, 2008

Fantasia 2008, Day Seven: Assembly, Idiots and Angels, and The Most Beautiful Night in the World

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It started out rainy yesterday, but I was able to knock five work hours off the 24 I said I'd work to bring the vacation time used down ...
Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Fantasia 2008, Day Six: Wide Awake and Mad Detective

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So I did the "Zappin Party" for the first time last night. That's one of the "only-at-Fantasia" things, with lots o...
Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Fantasia 2008, Day Five: Before the Fall, Timecrimes, Sparrow, Peur(s) de Noir

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Another longer morning than I hoped, especially considering it's much more likely to be hot and/or thunderstorming in the afternoon. I...
Monday, July 07, 2008

Fantasia 2008, Day Four: The Substitute, Punch Lady, Negative Happy Chain Saw Edge, Let the Right One In, What We Do Is Secret

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Ugh, I've had it sitting around here trying to finish a second review and install someone else's DSL modem. I'm gonna go find s...
Sunday, July 06, 2008

Fantasia 2008, Day Three: Batman, Two Tales to Keep You Awake, the 36th Chamber, Le Grand Chef, and Jack Brooks

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I bumped into Kurt Halfyard from Twitch today, and I was impressed that he recognized me from last year because, despite his protestations...
Saturday, July 05, 2008

Fantasia 2008, Day Two: La Antena, A Love, Genius Party, [REC]

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Yesterday was "adventures in subtitles" day, at least in the afternoon - La Antena made them part of the story. A Love had titl...
Friday, July 04, 2008

Fantasia 2008, Day One: Sukiyaki Western Django

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Got into Montreal at about three yesterday, then took about an hour to get to the apartment because neither the ATM nor the metro ticket mac...

New York Asian Film Festival: Sad Vacation

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I didn't really attend the New York Asian Film Festival; I'd decided I wanted to see November before it ended its run, decided it m...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Nikkatsu Akushon! from The Warped Ones to The Machine Girl

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This was one of the series I was most looking forward to on the spring Brattle calendar, but as luck would have it, the week it ran happened...
Friday, May 30, 2008

A lot of catching up to do.

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Two festivals, some previews, and needing to write about Indiana Jones has got me way behind. But, it's summer, which means I can act...