I have always given more thought to what films will be on the movie watching plate for this time of season than what I may or may not wear out on the town.
You can keep the candy corn. Here is my menu of traditional and non-traditional treats.
Battle of Algiers - War, revolution, terrorism, and torture.
Contagion - Paltrow gets her cap peeled and Cliff Martinez brings the synth rock to this uneven plague.
House of Sand - Crazy dude drags lovely wife into the uninhabited north coast of Brazil. Can Seu Jorge save the day? You bet your Ziggy Stardust he can!
Kwaidan - Japanese ghost stories rendered beautifully - make your own haiku.
Trick R' Treat - Mindless American fun. And Anna Paquin.
Tenebrae - Stylish early eighties slasher epic. Italian for tits and ass.
Hanna - Homeschool girl kicks ass and takes names.
Happy 'ween!
Showing posts with label film. Show all posts
Showing posts with label film. Show all posts
Monday, October 31, 2011
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Dude, films of August featuring Andrea Arnold
The movie bus rolls into the fall finding your intrepid rambler moderately obsessed with Brits.
Here is the list of films watched in August: Cronos (Del Torro), LA Confidential (Hanson), Hunger (McQueen), Heat (Mann), White Ribbon (Haneke), Payback (Helgeland) , The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah), In Bruges (McDonagh), A Serious Man (Coens), Fish Tank (Arnold), Wasp (Arnold), Red Road (Arnold), and The Ruling Class (Medak).
There is little dead weight here. Hunger is earth shattering and Andrea Arnold's films should not be missed.
Wasp Pt. I
Wasp Pt. II
Out.
Here is the list of films watched in August: Cronos (Del Torro), LA Confidential (Hanson), Hunger (McQueen), Heat (Mann), White Ribbon (Haneke), Payback (Helgeland) , The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah), In Bruges (McDonagh), A Serious Man (Coens), Fish Tank (Arnold), Wasp (Arnold), Red Road (Arnold), and The Ruling Class (Medak).
There is little dead weight here. Hunger is earth shattering and Andrea Arnold's films should not be missed.
Wasp Pt. I
Wasp Pt. II
Out.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
My films of July
Maine in July was tremendous. That didn't stop the film train from rolling along. Here are the movies I took in...
Excalibur, Lovely Bones, True Grit, Dogtooth, Spider Man 2, Stranger than Paradise, Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster, Fitzcarraldo, Captain America, Starship Troopers, and Jackie Brown.
From Dogtooth...
From Ghidorah...
As always, follow links to my favorites and feel free to drop a note about what you have been watching and enjoying.
Excalibur, Lovely Bones, True Grit, Dogtooth, Spider Man 2, Stranger than Paradise, Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster, Fitzcarraldo, Captain America, Starship Troopers, and Jackie Brown.
From Dogtooth...
From Ghidorah...
As always, follow links to my favorites and feel free to drop a note about what you have been watching and enjoying.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Lady Blue Shanghai, Wind Up Bird
I am way up north with the family and just finished Murakami's Wind-up Bird Chronicle which aches with Lynch-Like Madness. So here is David's most recent work for Dior - freak hawkin' bags.
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APT not dead yet.
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APT not dead yet.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Movies from June
June's up and down weather fostered more movie watching challenged mostly by the demands of socialization and taking in a bundle of Monty Python's Flying Circus episodes with the members of the 65 East Oxford Crew.
Moving forward, my movies of June: Short Cuts, Frost/Nixon, The Social Network, 3 Women, X-Men: First Class, Synechodoche, New York, Inglourious Basterds, The Tree of Life, Black Narcissus, and Salem's Lot.
Of note: I watched only US joints to ensure my patriotism reached a fever pitch by July 4th. Sadly, the 2am blasts of cheap fireworks in my hood will most definitely result in an alternative location in 2012.
Montreal anyone?
Moving forward, my movies of June: Short Cuts, Frost/Nixon, The Social Network, 3 Women, X-Men: First Class, Synechodoche, New York, Inglourious Basterds, The Tree of Life, Black Narcissus, and Salem's Lot.
Of note: I watched only US joints to ensure my patriotism reached a fever pitch by July 4th. Sadly, the 2am blasts of cheap fireworks in my hood will most definitely result in an alternative location in 2012.
Montreal anyone?
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Werner Herzog
Herzog makes documentaries about things that only mostly exist. Needless to say, his notion of an "ecstatic truth" is one this viewer and teller of tall tales can fully support.
So kid do your part, get out there, and make some shit up today!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
My Movies of May
APTers get on Mubi.com. I am itching to know what you are watching and enjoying and hanging out in person is so '87.
Here are my movies of May: The Mark of Cain, Dark City, Wendy and Lucy, Thor, Five Easy Pieces, Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, The Incredible Hulk, The Return of the Jedi, High on Crack Street: Lost Lives of Lowell, and The Fighter.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
13 Assassins
Japanese born Takashi Miike's update of THIS samurai epic is a welcome addition to the typical summer movie palate of remakes, sequals, and super poopers.
Playing in Boston Now
Catch it at Space Gallery in June with APT.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
The Moving Pictures of April, Re-Dirk-Culous
I love films. Sadly, making the time to watch them can be a struggle. Silly graduate school has this wanna be cinephile scrambling.
Alas, here is my April list of flicks viewed.
Sin Nombre (Gangs), Downhill Racer (Mountains), Adventureland (Stoners), The Hunger (Vampires), Le Samourai (Hitman), and Old Joy (Ambiguously Gay Duo).
And, the chandelier is broken! Poor Kobe.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
TV on the Radio, Madlib
Nine Types of Light: The movie.
And - Madlib's trash is another man's treasure. Seriously, it is true! Unearthed HERE.
And - Madlib's trash is another man's treasure. Seriously, it is true! Unearthed HERE.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Features of February
I continue to update My Films Viewed in 2011 List over at Mubi.com. The torrent pace ofJanuary cooled considerably in February but has a decidedly Hong Kong flavor. I have included links to my favorites.
I viewed the following films this month: The American, Inception, Inspector Bellamy, JCVD, Red Cliff, Lady Vengeance, Yojimbo, The Streetfighter, Piranha, and The Prestige.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
January Man
I am maintaining a running film log for 2011 on Mubi.com. Mubi.com is a tremendous site that hosts hundreds of obscure feature films, a blog, viewer lists, and well written and conceived essays.
I viewed the following films this month: Valhalla Rising, Green Zone, Narc, 28 Weeks Later, Outland, The Descent, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Domino, Zombieland, Black Book, Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt, Survival of the Dead, Miami Vice, Sorcerer, The Orphanage, Pusher, Pusher II, Pan's Labyrinth, and The Killer Inside Me.
This is what I have been doing while APTers have been surfing the coach watching Brett Favre throw INT's.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Coenfographic
Monday, January 10, 2011
Peter Yates, Jordan McCabe
RIP.
His directorial credits include W2 favorite Krull and Roomie Rock's top choice the Mcqueen driven Bullitt.
Get more at Slashfilm.
And, get a load of future Celtic Jordan McCabe. Nice handles son.
His directorial credits include W2 favorite Krull and Roomie Rock's top choice the Mcqueen driven Bullitt.
Get more at Slashfilm.
And, get a load of future Celtic Jordan McCabe. Nice handles son.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
The Fighter, Posters for Girls, MM
From artist Amanda Visell - some badass pieces for your nieces.
Finally, some birthday love to the King and Curator Supreme of Live from APT.
Friday, November 12, 2010
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