I have that film on my lovefilm rental queue

Worlds Apart (To verdener) (2008) 8/10
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Loong Boonmee raleuk chat) (2010) 7/10

Remember The Night (1940) 9/10
First Beautiful Thing (La prima cosa bella) (2010) 7/10

By a coincidence, it turns out that the film I mentioned the other day, Le Diner de Cons is on BBC4 this evening.

Thanks El Loro. It was worth watching. I enjoyed it.

Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain is being shown again on Film 4 on Friday evening. If you haven't seen it, it's a must see, and even if you have, still worth rewatching.

It's a jigsaw of a film, and is the sort of film which will make you wonder what it was all about, a bit like 2001. And I still don't know why it was called The Fountain when a better title would have been The Tree of Life.

I have seen The Fountain and i thought it was a decent film, but found it mostly boring

The Double Hour (La doppia ora) (2009) 5/10
The Killer Inside Me (2010) 4/10

 

 

The King's Speech (2010) 8.5/10
Let Me In (2010) 5/10

Blue Valentine (2010) 9/10
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) 9/10

Jackassfan, my mother was a supporter of The Donkey Sanctuary which is the most important centre for caring for donkeys which have been mistreated. Although it is based in the UK it works around the world. Balthazar would have loved the place.

Strange Voyage (El extrano viaje) (1964) 8.5/10
This Land Is Mine (1943) 7/10

 

I saw 127 hours the other day.  Very good but I felt shortchanged at the end.  I thought they could have focused on what happened in his life after he got out of the rock crevice.  At least another 20 minutes of movie was needed.  I would have given it 8 out of 10, but the sharp ending made it a 7.5. 

Also saw Black Swan.  THAT was a weird movie.    V.V. weird.  About a 5.5 from me.  Not really my kind of movie.

I Dont Want To Sleep Alone (Hei yan quan) (2006) 8/10
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) 4/10

 

Hukkle (2002) 8.5/10
Websitestory (2010) 5/10

I Saw The Devil (Akmareul boatda) (2010) 8.5/10
Love And Other Drugs (2010) 4/10

The Hunter (2010) 8/10
Autumn (Sonbahar) (2008) 8/10

The Time That Remains (2009) 7.5/10
Family Matters (Det bli'r i familien) (1994) 6/10

 

Abel (1986) 7.5/10
Wild Grass (Les herbes folles) (2009) 4/10

The Bow (Hwal) (2005) 8/10 2nd viewing
Confessions (Kokuhaku) (2010) 7/10

Thirst (Atash) (2004) 8/10

The Adversary (Pratidwandi) (1971) 8/10
The Tourist (2010) 4/10

Ali Zaoua (2000) 8.5/10
Burrowing (Man tänker sitt) (2009) 6/10

Although I've seen several films recently, the only real standout was Offside (2006 from Iran) which I saw a recording yesterday. Directed by Jafar Panahi who shows the human side of the Iranian people.

However the Iranian authorities have put him in prison for 6 years, barred from making films for 20 years, and also from travelling, giving interviews or political activity. Although there has been outrage expressed from the film world, the Iranian authorities are unlikely to take any notice.

Though events taking place at present elsewhere in the Arab world may one day free the Iranian people.

I have seen 3 of Jafar Panahi films (The White Balloon, Crimson Gold, The Circle), have yet to see Offside but i do have it on my Lovefilm rental queue


I heard about him being sent to jail and banned from making films for 20 years a few weeks ago, very harsh i say, hopefully when he is released from Jail he can find a way of leaving the country and continue making films elsewhere



What are the other films that you have seen?

Apart from Offside I have also seen The White Balloon which I though was excellent. Since I posted here yesterday I have found an online petition for Jafar Panahi's release which I have signed. I also created a thread over in the Big Brother forum with a link to the petition.

Illegal (2010) 8/10
Kakera: A Piece of Our Life (2009) 5/10

Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) (1964) 10/10
Teorema (1968) 4/10

My own favourite Akira Kurosawa film is Throne of Blood (his version of Macbeth). I rate that as better than Seven Samurai, but that's just my preference.

I saw Teorema years ago on television and thought it was pretentious. Of the other Pasolini films I've seen I admired The Gospel According to St Matthew, remarkable considering that he was an athiest. I also saw The Decameron at the cinema, and subsequently The Canterbury Tales and then Arabian Nights. I thought The Decameron, though bawdy, was the best of the three and showed a real sense of humanity and compassion. I disliked The Canterbury Tales, but thought Arabian Nights was better. I have never seen Salo and do not wish to.

Just starting Brokeback Mountain again.
I like it more with each viewing.
So true to the short story too. Very good adaptation.

I have seen Throne Of Blood and i thought it was excellent and is my 4th fave film of Kurosawa's, Seven Samurai, Rashomon and Ikiru are my top 3
His main films i haven't seen yet  are Ran, High And Low, Kagemusha and Red Beard

I haven't seen those Pasolini films that you have mentioned and like you  i have no interest in seeing Salo
The films i have seen of his are Mamma Roma (Great), Accatone (very good), Hawks And Sparrows (good),

Moscow, Belgium (Aanrijding in Moscou) (2008) 8.5/10
Neds (2010) 7/10

 

Death Note (デスノート,) (2006) Had to watch with sub-titles as my Japanese isn't what it should be   9.9/10

The Illusionist (L'illusionniste) (2010) 9/10
Last Resort (2000) 8/10
Story Of Women (Une affaire de femmes) (1988) 7.5/10

Five Evenings (Pyat vecherov) (1979) 8/10
The Next Three Days (2010) 4//10

I rewatched La Antena (= The Aerial), an Argentinian film from 2007. It is a unique film as it is a homage to silent films, particularly the German expressionist ones, but with a dash of Melies. It would be impossible to get this made in Hollywood as no producer would be prepared to risk money. "A black and white film where the baddy has stolen people's voices so they cannot talk as a tribute to European silent films - there's the door- shut it on your way out"

If you want to see a film which is genuinely different from any other you have ever seen, this is it.

Vive L'Amour (Ai qing wan sui) (1994) 8/10
Congorama (2006) 7/10

Werckmeister harmoniak (2000) 9/10
Alamar (2009) 8/10

Enclosure (L'enclos) (1961) 8.5/10
Intimate Lighting (Intimni osvetleni) (1965) 8/10