Year: 1967
Director: Vilgot Sjöman
Writer: Vilgot Sjöman
Rating: 6.5/10
Sexual and political themes clumsily handled; far more interesting is the 'film on film on film' idea-play which should have received more attention.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Les Yeux Sans Visage (Eyes Without A Face)
Year: 1960
Director: Georges Franju
Writers: Jean Redon (novel), Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac, Jean Redon, Claude Sautet, Pierre Gascar
Rating: 9.5/10
Great early horror; several archetypal "horror" techniques within.
Director: Georges Franju
Writers: Jean Redon (novel), Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac, Jean Redon, Claude Sautet, Pierre Gascar
Rating: 9.5/10
Great early horror; several archetypal "horror" techniques within.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Halloween
Year: 1978
Director: John Carpenter
Writers: John Carpenter, Debra Hill
Rating: 10/10
Helped define modern horror; essential.
Director: John Carpenter
Writers: John Carpenter, Debra Hill
Rating: 10/10
Helped define modern horror; essential.
Ernest Goes To Camp
Year: 1987
Director: John Cherry III
Writers: John Cherry III, Coke Sams
Rating: 7.5/10
Almost as great as Jim Varney's magnum opus, "Ernest Goes To Jail".
Director: John Cherry III
Writers: John Cherry III, Coke Sams
Rating: 7.5/10
Almost as great as Jim Varney's magnum opus, "Ernest Goes To Jail".
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi
Year: 2001
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Writer: Hayao Miyazaki
Rating: 9/10
Surreal animated spirit-world fairy tail, stay away from the Disney (Spirited Away) release of it!
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Writer: Hayao Miyazaki
Rating: 9/10
Surreal animated spirit-world fairy tail, stay away from the Disney (Spirited Away) release of it!
Thursday, January 8, 2009
La Jetée
Year: 1962
Director: Chris Marker
Writer: Chris Marker
Rating: 10/10
Perfect post-apocalyptic time-travel noir "photo-novel".
Director: Chris Marker
Writer: Chris Marker
Rating: 10/10
Perfect post-apocalyptic time-travel noir "photo-novel".
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Ernest Goes To Jail
Year: 1990
Director: John Cherry III
Writer: Charlie Cohen
Rating: 8.5/10
One of the greats from Jim Varney's cannon of often misunderstood avant-garde comedy, "I'M IN JAAAAAAIIIIILLLL."
Director: John Cherry III
Writer: Charlie Cohen
Rating: 8.5/10
One of the greats from Jim Varney's cannon of often misunderstood avant-garde comedy, "I'M IN JAAAAAAIIIIILLLL."
Monday, January 5, 2009
Robocop
Year: 1987
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Writers: Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner
Rating: 6.5/10
Entertaining 80s sci-fi, ultimately fails to become a great B movie and falls victim to Hollywood.
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Writers: Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner
Rating: 6.5/10
Entertaining 80s sci-fi, ultimately fails to become a great B movie and falls victim to Hollywood.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Ran
Year: 1985
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writers: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide
Rating: 10/10
Fantastic samurai epic, basis in King Lear and Mori Motonari, perfect dichotomous reversals.
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writers: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide
Rating: 10/10
Fantastic samurai epic, basis in King Lear and Mori Motonari, perfect dichotomous reversals.
L'Âge d'Or
Year: 1930
Director: Luis Buñuel
Writers: Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dali
Rating: 8/10
Enjoyable Surrealist foray, some great scenes, some dragging.
Director: Luis Buñuel
Writers: Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dali
Rating: 8/10
Enjoyable Surrealist foray, some great scenes, some dragging.
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