ph: Graham Dunn
Saturday, August 5, 2017
Bunch of Kunst (2017)
Documentary follows the British punk duo Sleaford Mods on their two-year journey from Nottingham bedroom recording sessions to chart success.
Very insightful and down-to-earth view of a left-field combo slowly getting dragged into the maelstrom of commerce - and keeping to their integrity.
First Lines: Anthony Hope - The Prisoner of Zenda
"I wonder when in the world you're going to do anything, Rudolf?" said my brother's wife.
Friday, August 4, 2017
The Visit (2015)
Two siblings become increasingly frightened by their grandparents' disturbing behavior while visiting them on vacation.
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
First Lines: H. Rider Haggard - Eric Brighteyes
There lived a man in the south, before Thangbrand, Wilibald's son, preached the White Christ in Iceland.
Skammen (1968)
In the midst of a civil war, former violinists, who have a tempestuous marriage, run a farm on a rural island, and in spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.
Highly intense study of what war does to human beings; the setting is incredibly bleak and apocalyptic, and the director doesn't spare the audience from some harrowing moments; the performances are excellent, of course.
Maltin****: "Powerful, brilliantly acted drama...One of Bergman's best."
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
The Movies I Watched in July
Berlin '36 2009
7
Bunch of Kunst 2017 7
Captain America: The First Avenger 2011 6
Dark Water 2002 6
Detonator 1993 5
Divergent 2014 6
Emma 1996 6
Farewell, Friend 1968 6
Fifty Dead Men Walking 2008 6
Fireflies in the Garden 2008 7
Half Light 2006 6
Ju-on: The Grudge 2002 6
Kick-Ass 2 2013 5
M 1931 10
Mega Cyclone 2012 3
Noroi: The Curse 2005 6
O.J.: Made in America 2016 8
Persona 1966 10
Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2011 7
Shame 1968 8
Shutter 2004 6
The Babadook 2014 6
The Beguiled 1971 6
Pirate Radio 2009 6
The Face of an Angel 2014 5
The Founder 2016 7
The Killers 1946 7
The Visit 2015 7
The Void 2016 6
Wiener-Dog 2016 7
Winchester '73 1950 7
Bunch of Kunst 2017 7
Captain America: The First Avenger 2011 6
Dark Water 2002 6
Detonator 1993 5
Divergent 2014 6
Emma 1996 6
Farewell, Friend 1968 6
Fifty Dead Men Walking 2008 6
Fireflies in the Garden 2008 7
Half Light 2006 6
Ju-on: The Grudge 2002 6
Kick-Ass 2 2013 5
M 1931 10
Mega Cyclone 2012 3
Noroi: The Curse 2005 6
O.J.: Made in America 2016 8
Persona 1966 10
Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2011 7
Shame 1968 8
Shutter 2004 6
The Babadook 2014 6
The Beguiled 1971 6
Pirate Radio 2009 6
The Face of an Angel 2014 5
The Founder 2016 7
The Killers 1946 7
The Visit 2015 7
The Void 2016 6
Wiener-Dog 2016 7
Winchester '73 1950 7
