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Monday, January 30, 2006

End of the month wrap-up

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Out of four movies that I saw in the last few days, three of them bored me to tears. So I won't be objective at all but as subjective as...
Thursday, January 26, 2006

Jean Cocteau and Orpheus

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Incredibly I had not seen any works of this legendary French film-maker until recently. And I managed to make up some ground by watching hi...
Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Look at me, Witnesses, The Blue Angel

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Comme une image (Look at me, directed by Agnès Jaoui): Rating 9.5/10 Director Agnès Jaoui knows how to make a beautiful movie. And she and c...

The 4th Man, The Woman Next Door, Salò and Tokyo Drifter

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The insane movie watching in the first month of the New Year continues. After this week, this excessive movie watching will hopefully stop....
Saturday, January 21, 2006

Broken Flowers, 2046, 5 x 2, Enduring Love and Off the Map

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I have seen a mixed bag of movies recently with one or two surprises like 5x2 . So here’s a quick summary of the 5 movies: Broken Flower...
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The Machinist

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Directed by Brad Andersen, written by Scott Kosar: Rating 9/10 Making movies is a highly complex process. And The Machinist demonstrates ...
Monday, January 09, 2006

Z, Midaq Alley and Central Station

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Z (1969 movie directed by Costa-Gavras): Rating 9.5/10 I tried reading the book by Vassili Vassilikos but I soon got tired. I was sure the...
Sunday, January 08, 2006

3 classics, a Bully and some Mango Souffle

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The Last Picture Show (1971 movie directed by Peter Bogdanovich, written by Larry McMurtry): Rating 8/10 Ah life in a small town! It can be...
Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Love amongst Canadian Mountains

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Brokeback Mountain (Directed by Ang Lee): Rating 10/10 Love -- that complicated simple painful joyful confusing emotion! So many love storie...
Saturday, December 31, 2005

Best Films of 2005

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I am not one for making best of the year movie lists. One can't really compare different kinds of movies which cover different genres an...

End of the year for those song and dance movies

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It was yet another dismal year regarding Bollywood movies. The quality seems to be getting worse and worse. The one thing which stood out mo...
Friday, December 30, 2005

War and Formulas

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Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (written & directed by Je-gyu Kang): Rating 6.5/10 Running at 140 minutes, this one is an epic. Unfo...
Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Munich

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Directed by Steven Spielberg: Rating – sliding scale Oh my God, what a great movie! Another masterpiece! Blah Blah…whenever a Spielberg movi...
Sunday, December 25, 2005

Easy Riders, Taxi Drivers, Kids, Adults, Network execs, Ballet Dancers, Butchers and Thugs

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Tons of movies to go through this time around! A few of the selections came from two Peter Biskind books – Down and Dirty Pictures and Easy...
Saturday, December 10, 2005

Syriana, Brazil, Bihar, Harlem, Venice and a Parisian apartment

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With a tall order of locations, this week’s viewing provided a good range of movies. End result: a mixed bag of likes and dislikes. Syriana...
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