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LATEST ARTICLES ( 305 )

• Once Started, Always Finished

  

  I was thinking today about movies that when, once we start them, we cannot stop watching. We always have to finish. Not everyone has movies like these. Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Possession (1981)

  

  Director: Andrzej ZulawskiCast: Isabelle Adjani, Sam NeillRuntime: 120 minutesMy Rating: 10/10Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession, arguably one of the best horror... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• In Honour of Béla Tarr’s Birthday: 25 Highlights of a Great Career

  

  Note: This post is well overdue. It was Béla Tarr’s birthday last Saturday. But since I’ve been incredibly busy lately and I’ve had to slow down with blogging, ... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• La Cèrèmonie (1995)

  

  Director: Claude ChabrolCast: Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacqueline BissetRuntime: 110 minutesMy Rating: 8/10Sophie is quiet. When she talks, it... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Jean-Luc Godard Twitter Parody Account (@RealJLG)

  

  Yesterday I decided to start a Twitter parody account that satirizes the notorious personality of great filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard. Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Movie Confessions Blogathon

  

  The fantastic Nostra at Myfilmviews has created an ingenious idea for a new blogathon, called the Movie Confessions blogathon. Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Weekend (2011)

  

  Director: Andrew HaighCast: Tom Cullen, Chris NewRuntime: 95 minutesFilmScore: 9/10The height of intimacy, connection and humanity in a relationship has... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The All-Time Favourites #16: The Piano Teacher (2001)

  

  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 20 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• He Shoots He Scores #8: Dead Man

  

  Though it’s a score for a film I haven’t seen in more than half a year, I still remember it clearly and listen to it often. It is infectious, moving, deep and... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• What I’m Watching #3

  

  Welcome to the second edition of What I’m Watching, a series that twice a month looks at the films I’ve been watching recently, and the films I plan to watch... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Unforgettable Scenes #10: “Happy Birthday…”

  

  This week’s Unforgettable Scene is from one of my absolute favorite movies. A social drama about family secrets surfaced and confronted, Thomas Vinterberg’s... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• My 15 Favourite Closing Shots in Film

  

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  Posted on 13 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Films of Lars Von Trier

  

  This post is part of the LAMBs in the Directors Chair Event #28 on Lars von Trier. Read more here. Lars von Trier, the controversial Dane who helmed such... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Travelling Players (1975)

  

  The Travelling Players (1975) Director: Theo Angelopoulos Cast: Petros Zarkadis, Vangelis Kazan, Eva Kotamanidou Runtime: 230 minutes My Rating: 8/10 Theo... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Films That Bring Back Memories

  

  A couple of days ago I saw for the first time a film by Roy Andersson called A Swedish Love Story. As I detailed in my review of the movie, the film brought bac... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Swedish Love Story (1970)

  

  Director: Roy AnderssonCast: Ann-Sofie Kylin, Rolf SohlmanRuntime: 115 minutesMy Rating: 10/10I’m not sure if I can pinpoint exactly what it is that I love so... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• He Shoots He Scores #7: American Beauty

  

  This week’s featured film score is Thomas Newman’s quiet, moving, clever score for the great Sam Mendes film American Beauty.American Beauty is a film about... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, MUSIC

• The Very Best of The Good Doctor

  

  Recently I’ve been listening to some of the many audio and video film reviews by Mark Kermode. For those of you who don’t know him, he’s a British film critic... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Film in Images: Persona

  

  This week’s Images post looks at one of the best-shot movies of all time, Ingmar Bergman’s arthouse hit Persona. Whether you’re a fan of the film or not, you... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Hunger (2008)

  

  Hunger (2008) Director: Steve McQueen Cast: Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham, Liam Cunningham Runtime: 95 minutes FilmScore: 10/10 Steve McQueen seemed to... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES