(2006) dir. Michel Gondry
viewed: 03/24/07
Whimsy and fantasy and, for some reason, frivolousness are all on high display in director Michel Gondry’s latest film. I remember seeing the trailers, and even though I tend to like fantasy and Gael García Bernal, who plays the hapless fantasizer/artist stuck in a dead-end paste-up job in Paris. When he [...]
Archive of entries posted on March 2007
The Science of Sleep
300
(2006) dir. Zack Snyder
viewed: 03/17/07 at Regal Union Square Stadium 14, New York, NY
This is the first movie that I ever saw in New York. Is that an interesting fact?
Visually, 300, is an aesthetic blast. Shot on green and blue screen, with a nearly complete digital landscape, the film follows an approach taken to a [...]
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
(2003) dir. Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill
viewed: 03/07/07
I’d never seen any of Nick Broomfield’s documentaries, though I’d been interested for a while. His films usually end up being controvertial for some reason or another. For instance, his Kurt & Courtney (1998), his documentary about Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain’s death, implicated Courtney Love in some murder speculation. I [...]
La Moustache
(2005) dir. Emmanuel Carrère
viewed: 03/04/07
I had read that this film was a sort of interesting psychological thriller and had it as something potentially interesting to watch. It’s about a guy who decides to shave off his moustache, but after he does it, everyone in his life including his wife and co-workers all deny that he [...]
Dog Soldiers
(2002) dir. Neil Marshall
viewed: 03/01/07
A few years back, my brother-in-law and my nephew rented this movie and told me about it. I’d never heard of it at the time. They had mixed feelings about it. So, I never really made it any priority to see. But then I saw writer/director Neil Marshall’s recent horror film, [...]
