Saturday, November 9, 2019
Tomie: Anrimiteddo (2011)
A photography student's life takes a turn for the worse when her dead sister is welcomed back into the family home.
Japanese body horror certainly delivers the shocks, but it's all presented in a realm beyond any logic, and the frequent twists are disorientating.
The Florida Project (2017)
A precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World.
Realistic and at times heart-wrenching study of life and childhood on the precarious edge of society; Dafoe and Vinaite give excellent performances, but more amazing are the kids' achievements as they are the main focus of this movie.
Photographer: Brigitte Lacombe
(Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis photographed by Brigitte Lacombe on the set of “Gangs of New York”, 2000)
Bio:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Lacombe
Friday, November 8, 2019
First Lines: Charles Stross - The Atrocity Archives
I'm lurking in the shrubbery behind an industrial unit, armed with a clipboard, and a pair of bulbous night-vision goggles that drench the scenery in ghastly emerald tones.
City of Ember (2008)
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing ... and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker.
A very nicely produced adaptation of a good young adult novel adds some quite unnecessary aspects to the story and is fairly watchable, but fails to capture the mystery and atmosphere of the book.
Maltin**: "Adaptation...never fires the emotional response it needs so badly. The real star of the film is production designer Martin Laing."
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Asthma (2014)
A young rock n roller picks up a stunning tattoo artist in a stolen classic.
Likable, but otherwise quite unremarkable outsider romance drama; good performances, though.
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
First Lines: Neal Stephenson - The System of the World
"Men half your age and double your weight have been slain on these wastes by Extremity of Cold," said the Earl of Lostwithiel, Lord Warden of the Stannaries, and Rider of the Forest and Chase of Dartmoor, to one of his two fellow-travelers.
Sunday, November 3, 2019
Chernobyl (2019)
In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.
Harrowing account of the Chernobyl catastrophe takes some liberties with the facts, but is excellently produced with a good cast; the focus is - besides on the actual impact of the explosion - on human frailty and the political bureaucracy's attempts to contain the truth.
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