Random Musings of the Month
Well, a heavy work load for me the past couple of weeks, together with a string of annoying PC troubles, have all conspired to shake up my routine and force me to take a bit of an unplanned break from blogging. But now I'm back!
Unfortunately, I don't have a monthly tip or random list of links prepared in time for this post. So despite my usual disdain for these things, I've decided to participate in the 7x7 meme.
Thanks to Cherokee from Feminising Film, Sati from Cinematic Corner, and David from Taste of Cinema for nominating me!
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Las Acacias (2011)
Genre: Drama
Director: Pablo Giorgelli
Starring: Germán de Silva, Hebe Duarte, Mayra Calle Mamani
Language: Spanish
Duration: 82 min.
Rating: 7.7
Summary:
Rubén is a lonely truck driver who has been driving the
motorway between Asunción del Paraguay to Buenos Aires for 30 years carrying wood. However, today's journey will be different.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Life Without Principle (2011)
Genre: Drama
Director: Johnny To
Starring: Lau Ching Wan, Richie Ren, Denise Ho
Language: Cantonese
Duration: 106 min.
Rating: 7.8
Summary:
Three strangers from vastly different walks of life must make soul searching decisions about right and wrong, and everything in between on the morality scale.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The Sheriff Behind Bars (1965)
Genre: Drama
Director: Dimitrij Plichta
Starring: Otakar Prajzner, Martin Stepanek, George Sedlmayer
Language: Slovak
Duration: 95 min.
Rating: 7.4
Summary:
Young Jakub lets himself be arrested and put in jail instead of the 'sheriff'
of his gang. He pleads guilty out of false solidarity
hoping the 'sheriff' will appreciate his gesture. This belief only gives
him the strength to stand the unbearable conditions in the reform
institution.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Into the Abyss (2011)
Genre: Documentary
Director: Werner Herzog
Language: English
Duration: 107 min.
Rating: 7.8
Summary:
In his fascinating exploration of a triple homicide case in Conroe, Texas, master filmmaker Werner Herzog probes the human psyche to explore why people kill-and why a state kills.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Outside Satan (2011)
Genre: Drama
Director: Bruno Dumont
Starring: David Dewaele, Alexandra Lemâtre
Language: French
Duration: 110 min.
Rating: 8.1
Summary:
Beside the English Channel, along the Côte d'Opale, near a hamlet, with its dunes and marshes, lives a mysterious wanderer from nowhere who struggles along, poaches, prays and
builds fires.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Viva Maria! (1965)
Genre: Comedy / Adventure
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau, George Hamilton
Language: French, English
Duration: 119 min.
Rating: 7.5
Summary:
The former Irish terrorist, Maria II, joins the vaudeville act of the
French singer, Maria I, in Central America in 1907. During their first
performance on stage they accidentally invent the strip tease and
become local stars.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Wetlands (2011)
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Édoin
Starring: Pascale Bussières, Gabriel Maillé, Luc Picard, François Papineau
Language: French
Duration: 111 min.
Rating: 7.5
Summary:
In the middle of a drought, a tragedy disrupts the life of the Santerre family on a dairy farm in Quebec's Eastern Townships.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Carnage (2011)
Genre: Drama
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly
Language: English
Duration: 80 min.
Rating: 6.6
Summary:
After two boys duke it out on a playground, the parents of the "victim"
invite the parents of the "bully" over to work out their issues. A
polite discussion of childrearing soon escalates into verbal warfare,
with all four parents revealing their true colors.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
The Firemen's Ball (1967)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Milos Forman
Starring: Jan Vostrcil, Stanislav Holubec, Frantisek Svet
Language: Czech
Duration: 71 min.
Rating: 7.8
Summary:
The story chronicles a firemen’s ball where nothing goes right—from a
beauty pageant whose reluctant participants embarrass the organizers, to a
lottery from which nearly all the prizes are pilfered.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970)
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Starring: Faye Dunaway
Language: English
Duration: 105 min.
Rating: 7.2
Summary:
When visited by an old friend hoping to make a film about her, a former fashion model recovering from a mental breakdown reflects on her rocky past and relationships. TTVRQJ3DEQAR
Monday, March 5, 2012
Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
Genre: Documentary
Director: Patricio Guzmán
Language: Spanish, English
Duration: 90 min.
Rating: 8.1
Summary:
Director Patricio Guzmán travels to Chile’s Atacama Desert where
astronomers examine distant galaxies, archaeologists uncover traces of
ancient civilizations, and women dig for the remains of disappeared
relatives.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Starbuck (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ken Scott
Starring: Patrick Huard, Julie LeBreton, Antoine Bertrand
Language: French
Duration: 103 min.
Rating: 7.5
Summary:
Just when 42-year-old David Wosniak, an eternal teenager, decides to
finally make something of his life, his existence is turned upside down
by the appearance of numerous children. The fruit of his activities as a
sperm donor.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
Genre: Drama
Director: Lynne Ramsay
Starring: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell
Language: English
Duration: 112 min.
Rating: 8.3
Summary:
Explores the factious relationship between a
mother, as she contends for 15 years with
the increasing malevolence of her first-born child, Kevin.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Café de Flore (2011)
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Starring: Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent, Evelyne Brochu
Language: French
Duration: 120 min.
Rating: 8.0
Summary:
Present day Montreal and 1960's Paris are the settings for two seemingly unrelated stories of troubled, clumsy, imperfect and unfinished... human love.
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