January 2011
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Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
Well this is what you get when you try to be nice.
Well, not the film, but, what happens to artists like Banksy (who actually directed the movie that was supposed to be a movie about him) when they try to take a seemingly trust worthy outsider under their wing. Here, that outsider is a Frenchman, obsessed with filming the things around him, who eventually becomes a so-called Street Artist...
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Tiny Furniture (2010)
Poster really explains it all. This film is pulled from the actual life (or lack there of) of the director. It was awkward and hilarious, the actors probably weren’t actors at all (if I can look at the fact that her sister was played by her sister), which may have added to how perfectly the dialogue was executed. And it reminded me as to why my worst nightmare is failure.
It’s about...
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Modern Times (1936)
Charlie Chaplin is a genius.
And I say this as if we all don’t already know it, because, it is just so easy to be reminded of how dedicated this Silent Era Icon was to his film-making, and his performance.
Modern Times (which he of course wrote and directed himself, but more supisingly composed the score for aswell) is a masterpiece. Classic Chaplin shenanigans abound and a lot is said...
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The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Amarcord (1974)
The 400 Blows (1959)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Shock Corridor (1963)
Alphaville (1965)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
M (1931)
Diabolique (1954)
Lord of the Flies (1963)
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Don't Deliver Us From Evil (1971)
Wild in the streets.
I have to say, that, I love this movie. A co-worker & fellow cinephile recommended it to me, saying “this movie has everything you need. What is better than two sweet girls being best friends and being bad together?” I didn’t have an answer for him at the time and wound up seeing this.
Anne and Lore, a blonde and brunette pair of darlings, lose their...
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The Social Network (2010)
Incredible!
A part of me just wants to leave it it at that, but it’s hard not to go on and on about how great this movie is. Here we see the 6 year old history of the foundation of what is now known as Facebook, unfold. From the moment the trailer first came out, I knew there was something special here. I deleted my Facebook strictly based off of the trailer and how powerful it was in its...
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The Hunger (1983)
If you’re into any aspect of the 80s, this movie will make you pee in your pants. The first two minutes made me so ridiculously giddy: David Bowie and Catherine Denevue walk into some new wave goth club, pick out the grossest, 1983 stereotype of a couple, while a guy behind a cave says “undead” a million times. Oh my.
Couple of things about The Hunger: it stars David Bowie,...
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I'm Still Here (2010)
I’m Still Here actualy blew my mind. Not because it was magnificent or that it was something that had never been done, but because I had no idea that I would see Joaquin Phoenix go this far.
A young actor of considerable talent decides to end his career, despite his star perpetually and significantly rising, to pursue a career in music; this premise sounds like something that...
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