Edward Copeland has undertaken an ambitious project on his blog: trying to assemble a Top 25 list of non-English language films. Interestingly, he’s running it in two rounds: in the first, an invited group of people submitted their lists, which were whittled down to 123 films. Voting on those 123 films is now open to…
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10 movies I still want to see this year
September to January is traditionally when the low-brow summer movies are put aside and the more-interesting flicks start to show up. Of course, it’s also when the middle-brow Oscar-bait starts to appear, but those are usually easy to avoid: just look for trailers with middle-aged UK actors, cellos on the soundtrack, and the words “from…
Be Kind Rewind trailer
Remember a couple weeks back when I said that The Darjeeling Limited and No Country for Old Men are my two most-anticipated upcoming films? Sure, we all do. This is number three, Michel Gondry’s upcoming movie about a video store clerk (Jack Black) who accidentally erases the store’s inventory with his magnetic head and has…
on Bergman and Antonioni
So both Ingmar Bergman and Michaelangelo Antonioni have passed away. As is so often the case, The AV Club expresses my own feelings (and even experiences this time) better than I ever could. When I was an 18-year-old Film student, I tried to force myself to appreciate the works of Antonioni and Bergman because they…
“Mr Shoop’s Surfin’ Summer School Midterm”
I’ve praised Dennis Cozzalio’s Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule before, but probably my favourite part is his semi-regular film geek quizzes. I’ve never managed to actually find the time to fill one out before, though (hey, I have important Battlestar Galactica and The Wire to watch!). But this time, finally, I did. I’m…