Friday, September 21, 2018
Crime d'amour (2010)
Ruthless executive Christine brings on Isabelle as her assistant, and she takes delight in toying with the young woman's innocence. But when the protégé's ideas become tempting enough for Christine to pass on as her own, she underestimates Isabelle's ambition and cunning -- and the ground is set for all out war.
Tightly directed with an excellent cast, this is a sharp (and twisted) crime thriller dealing with corporate ambitions and skulduggery and personal revenge.
Maltin***1/2: "Superbly acted and incisively written tale of office politics and the ruthless corporate mind-set turns into a twisty suspense thriller that's all the more chilling because of its coolly detached style."
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Eraserhead Stories (2001)
David Lynch discusses the making of the film Eraserhead.
Basically, this David Lynch as talking head telling anecdotes from the making off his first feature, but he's a wonderful storyteller, so it's fascinating and never boring.
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
First Lines: Katherine Dunn - Geek Love
"When you mama was the geek, my dreamlets," Papa would say, "she made the nipping off of noggins such a crystal mystery that the hens themselves yearned toward her, waltzing around her, hypnotized with longing."
Monday, September 17, 2018
Airplane! (1980)
A man afraid to fly must ensure that a plane lands safely after the pilots become sick.
Deliberately silly spoof of Airport-like catastrophe movies entertains due to a relentless onslaught of hit-and-miss jokes.
Sunday, September 16, 2018
The Most Unknown (2018)
Nine scientists travel to extraordinary parts of the world to uncover the answers to some of humanity's biggest questions.
Unusual, but fascinating documentary which confronts scientists of disciplines from physics to psychology to meet each other and discuss the great unknowns of their fields (and as such the big questions of our existence and our universe); the film does simplified insights in the science, but much more reflects the scientists' enthusiasm.
