cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com
&c.:
http://cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com/2007/11/nikita-d-luc-besson-1990.html
D Luc Besson, 1990. Standing at the punch table swallowing punch. Thursday, November 08, 2007. D Luc Besson, 1990. You're always combining two things at once.". Depending upon where you live and how you read the film - is a romantic/relational drama masquerading as a spy thriller. Follow: Say you write a letter to a friend, a friend who just so happens to owe you money. You open with the niceties - how's life? This - could you, if it's at all convenient, send me that twenty bucks I let you. This collisio...
cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com
&c.: September 2004
http://cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_archive.html
Standing at the punch table swallowing punch. Thursday, September 30, 2004. Directed by Jacques Tati. Certain films have the potential to be ruined if analyzed too closely. Not that they collapse under the magnifying glass, or that there is analyzable material lacking; no, it's that certain films have such charm, such charisma, that to approach from an angle too analytical is to lose sight of the spirit of the film. Jacques Tati's 1967 Playtime. And M Hulot's Holiday. Makes a reappearance in Playtime.
cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com
&c.:
http://cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com/2007/11/run-lola-run-d-tom-tykwer-1998.html
Run, Lola, Run. D Tom Tykwer, 1998. Standing at the punch table swallowing punch. Wednesday, November 21, 2007. Run, Lola, Run. D Tom Tykwer, 1998. This was among the first batch of films I watched when I first started. Posted by Michael K. at 12:59 AM. You know i had just seen Run Lola a few weeks ago and i considered not goin yesterday (also bc id just seen MiVi and No Country 2x on the big screen and wanted to keep them fresh in mind) -. But I thought Lola , for all its silliness, complimented Miami a...
cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com
&c.:
http://cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com/2007/11/modern-times-d-charles-chaplin-1936.html
D Charles Chaplin, 1936. Standing at the punch table swallowing punch. Saturday, November 17, 2007. D Charles Chaplin, 1936. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. That saying kept bouncing through my head during the entire screening - the first section of the film is that idea taken to the nth degree. That is, what happens when the world you live in equips you to do one thing? Posted by Michael K. at 11:55 PM. Fave Films (by Year). Fave Films (by Filmmaker). Fave Albums (by Year).
cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com
&c.:
http://cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com/2005/01/2004-you-were-so-kind.html
You were so kind. Standing at the punch table swallowing punch. Saturday, January 15, 2005. You were so kind. And you'll still be able to find my dynamic Top Ten of 2004 here. It'll change with my whims. Top Ten Films of the Year. Kill Bill Vol. II. Not as much fun as Vol. I, but still a true hoot. QT, love him or hate him, is a master. The guy has no business being as good as he is. The only relevant criticism is that he has nothing original up his sleeve. But isn't that the point? D David O. Russell.
cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com
&c.:
http://cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com/2007/11/charlie-life-and-art-of-charles-chaplin.html
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin. D Richard Schickel, 2003. Standing at the punch table swallowing punch. Friday, November 23, 2007. Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin. D Richard Schickel, 2003. Posted by Michael K. at 10:23 PM. Fave Films (by Year). Fave Films (by Filmmaker). Fave Albums (by Year). Fave Albums (by Artist). News on the March: 2004 in review. This is what i've been listening to:. Happy Together d. Wong Kar-Wai, 1997. Run, Lola, Run d. Tom Tykwer, 1998.
cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com
&c.:
http://cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com/2007/11/happy-together-d-wong-kar-wai-1997.html
D Wong Kar-Wai, 1997. Standing at the punch table swallowing punch. Friday, November 23, 2007. D Wong Kar-Wai, 1997. Where Wong begins to meld the super-slow to the hyper-fast (or was that in. A move that reaches zenith with (the heartbreaking). In the Mood for Love. Indeed, if you haven't seen. Stop reading this and go watch it. Now. Right now. Really. Yes, really.). The two lovers, btw, are gay; that Wong takes their sexuality. Posted by Michael K. at 12:21 AM. Fave Films (by Year). News on the March: ...
cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com
&c.:
http://cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com/2006/03/million-dollar-baby-d-clint-eastwood.html
D Clint Eastwood, s.w. Paul Haggis. Standing at the punch table swallowing punch. Wednesday, March 22, 2006. D Clint Eastwood, s.w. Paul Haggis. Ignoring plausibility, this is just sloppy, sensationalist writing. Screenwriter Paul Haggis clearly wants to "get you," to make you squirm, to make you say, "Yeah, I hadn't thought about it like that. Thanks, Paul - you're a smart guy." The problem is that it isn't like that. And it shouldn't be like that. This is the general problem with the entire film. Momen...
cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com
&c.:
http://cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com/2008/04/assassination-of-jesse-james-by-coward.html
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. D Andrew Dominik, 2007. Standing at the punch table swallowing punch. Tuesday, April 29, 2008. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. D Andrew Dominik, 2007. And, yeah, cribbing plenty of notes from Matt Zoller Seitz's (as always) whip smart words. I'm struck by the idea of the moment, of mood. MZS writes:. I'm not entirely sure that. Simply put, the narrator hobbles. Essentially living, through James' garments, accoutrements.
cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com
&c.: Music: 2007: The Year in Review: Diving Off the Balcony
http://cinemaetcetera.blogspot.com/2007/12/music-2007-year-in-review-diving-off.html
Standing at the punch table swallowing punch. Thursday, December 20, 2007. Music: 2007: The Year in Review: Diving Off the Balcony. I paid attention in 2007, but not well enough. To be forthright, it is my opinion that it's pretty much impossible to. Pay attention to the contemporary music game. Things move. Weighing Souls With Sand. Future of the Left). Death Is This Communion. Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? Given to the Rising. Nina Nastasia and Jim White). Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. Styled croonings into ...
