Film noir directed by the great Billy Wilder, starring the also great Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, and Edward G. Robinson. This was a truly thrilling watch for me.
Barbara Stanwyck waiting for her man
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Young@Heart [2008]
In film on October 8, 2008 at 7:34 pm
“Punk’s not dead, it just smells bad.” Never have these words rung truer than in the case of Young@Heart, a documentary about the eponymous chorus, which is made up of really old people. The members’ average age is 80, yet they sing hits by The Clash, the Ramones and Sonic Youth. “If it’s too loud, you’re too old”? Nah, these grandpas and grandmas (one is even a great-great-grandma) are down with the scene like you wouldn’t believe. Read the rest of this entry »
Waltz with Bashir [2008]
In film on October 8, 2008 at 6:54 pm
It’s a film about a Jew gradually remembering his time before and during this massacre of Palestinian refugees in 1982. It’s presented as a documentary, interspersed with flashbacks that occasionally take the form of music videos. At the same time, it’s a very personal picture; director Ari Folman himself is at the centre of the film and his uncovering of memories is what carries the film forward. Read the rest of this entry »
The Laminated Book of Dreams 