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• Let’s Get Translatin’ 4! Famous Film Quotes Lost in Translation

  I haven’t done a Let’s Get Translatin’ post in a while, so I thought I’d bring it back. For those new to the series, what I do is take a bunch of well-known... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Ten Best Acting Performances I’ve Ever Seen

  

  When it comes to films, it’s always pleasing to see a refreshingly good acting performance in a movie. Sometimes, it happens unexpectedly. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Random Question: The Theatrical Experience

  

  A few months back when me and my girlfriend spent the weekend in the city of Dunedin, we had the privilege of seeing a brilliant film that we both loved in the... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The All-Time Favourites #4: The 400 Blows

  

  Welcome to the All-Time Favourites Series. This series examines 25 of the greatest films I’ve ever seen, looking at them in depth with analyses of what makes... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Profile: Gaspar Noé

  

  This week’s Profile post is focusing on the Argentine filmmaker Gaspar Noé. Born in Buenos Aries, Noé has made three feature films in France, as well as a few... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 25 Things I Love About Buffalo ’66

  

  Continuing the 25 Things I Love About… series is a list of things that I love about Vincent Gallo’s charming little indie comedy Buffalo ’66.1: I’m used to... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• November in Movies

  

  November has flown by. Looking back on the list of movies I watched in the past month, I’m not impressed, but I am content. Note that the following is not all... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• DVD of the Week (1/11)

  

  This week’s DVD of the Week is a great film from the 90s; it’s not particularly one of my favourites of it’s year, 1994, but I do like it a lot. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Another Year (2011) [9/10]

  

  Another Year (2011) Director: Mike Leigh Cast: Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville, Peter Wight My Rating: 9/10 In Short: Admirably captures the beauty o... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The All-Time Favourites #3: 2001: A Space Odyssey

  

  Welcome to the All-Time Favourites Series. This series examines 25 of the greatest films I’ve ever seen, looking at them in depth with analyses of what makes... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Profile: Bela Tarr

  

  This week’s Profile post is looking at the Hungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr.Hungarian cinema is an important cinematic movement, but sadly one that does not get... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Short Ode to a Rare Masterpiece

  

  Almost a year ago, my friend Stephen, who is an obsessive film collector and cinema lover, showed me a film he bought off the internet a while back. He didn’t... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Double Review: A Short Film About Killing (1988) and A Short Film About Love...

  

  Krzysztof Kieslowski is my favorite filmmaker. I’ve noted this many times, and I’ve often talked of him. I reviewed his Three Colours trilogy as part of my... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2011 MOVIES

• The Evolution of the Road Movie

  

  For a long time in cinema, filmmakers have become almost obsessed with the concept of driving. Why do we drive? Is it more than just to get to a physical place? Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Double Review: Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset (2004)

  

  So rarely do we get two romantic films that are actually worth sitting through to the end, and leave a lasting impression of greatness on you. Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 25 Things I’m Grateful For

  Despite what the title might suggest, this isn’t one of those dopey, cliché-ridden posts where I ramble on and on about how I’m grateful to be alive, or any of... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The All-Time Favourites #2: Fanny and Alexander

  

  Audiences had been waiting more than 35 years for this. They had sat through some revolutionary cinematic advances, amazing features helmed by the superb Swede... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Profile: Jim Jarmusch

  

  Welcome back to Profile, the weekly series which examines the career of one director from around the world each week. So far, we’ve looked at Steven... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• DVD of the Week (20/11)

  

  The point of DVD of the Week is to highlight one of the DVDs in my collection – usually a film I won’t review in full. Instead of reviewing it, I do something... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Which Ekdahl Are You?

  

  I think it’s safe to say that one of the most memorable, fun, enjoyable fictional families in film history are the Ekdahls, from Ingmar Bergman’s delightful... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2011 MOVIES