Archive for February, 2008
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
The Kermodes 2008
Hands up if you’ve seen the Oscars. I’m not doing that because I want to count how many people tuned in, I just want to rob you from your money for doing that. Just like you’ve already been robbed from your soul by watching the awards show.
All kidding aside, the award ceremony wasn’t broadcast in [...]
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Sunday, February 24th, 2008
Things you can do to an arthouse crowd
I was talking to a manager of my local cinema the other day and he told me that last year one of the projectors didn’t want to start working. The movie was INLAND EMPIRE and it took ten minutes before someone thought it may not be the director’s intention to start the movie with ten [...]
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Thomas est amoureux
Between February 2003 and May 2004 I had the chance to introduce movies to a crowd of students. Noone believed it could be done (at least not more than once), but in total there were 30 movies shown and introduced by me. From better known films (Requiem for a Dream, Fucking Amal, Ghost in the [...]
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
The Alternative Valentine’s Day
As you may have noticed, it’s Valentine’s Day today. In case you were aware but think the whole day is far too mushy, don’t worry: here’s my suggestion for an Alternative Valentine’s Day Film Festival.
1. KISSED
(R: Lynne Stopkewich, CAN, 1996)
Kissed is a romantic movie, be it with a twist: while Sandra Larson (Molly Parker) loves [...]
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Eleanoora Rosenholm
Yes yes, you’re shaking, but you know what you’re shaking to? Contrary to what most people assume, my Finnish is a little rusty, so I really don’t understand the lyrics of Eleanoora Rosenholm. Now while that doesn’t seem to matter when you’re listening to poppy songs, you might feel a bit uneasy when you read [...]
