The second installment of my Berlinale Journal is up, covering Shine a Light, Wonderful Town, Leo, and In Love We Trust.
Posts Tagged ‘films’
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Occasioned by There Will Be Blood, this revisit was slightly disappointing. My childhood memories of this film were absolutely devastating — I’d probably never seen a tragic anti-hero before — but some of the changes the characters go through feel forced by contemporary standards. Walter Huston’s Oscar-winning turn as leathery gold digger is very amusing [...]
The World of Henry Orient
Two rascally girlfriends, New York City in the early Sixties, and Peter Sellers as frustrated lover: this movie should have been candy, but I couldn’t get over how ridiculously outdated it felt–the music, the “oh golly gees,” the “zany” humor. If I had come across it at the right age, I’m sure I would have [...]
Mulholland Dr.
Had to watch this a few times after Inland Empire, just to regain a certain amount of sanity: it still makes a heck of a lot more sense than the latest three-hour freakout, especially if you take a look at some of the theories. Allen B Ruch’s “No Hay Banda” does a good job at [...]
