AMBITIOUS SLACKER (Free subscription) | yesterday
30. MY WINNIPEG Guy Maddin had an incredible run this decade, from the insane short THE HEART OF THE WORLD to this alluring "docu-fantasia" hybrid that critiques and celebrates his hometown like no one else could. 29. JUDY BERLIN A low budget, black-and-white fable about a day in the life of a sleepy Long Island suburb--the type of little indie film that now seems lost to a cherished, almost...
stars sliding (Free subscription) | 02/08/2010
Been a slow blogging week... work was rather tense (not really related to me, but I'm in the middle - or the bottom - of it all); meeting people was, well, the opposite of tense - but which opposite do I mean? And I spent most of yesterday out of the house. *** Last week I mentioned my "long poem" Lathynarn . I said I was going to begin it... and I have! It is currently living at a blog all...
Most Beautiful Fraud in the World (Free subscription) | 01/25/2010
After long deliberation and even longer procrastination, and with very little fuss and/or fanfare, I give you my choices for the fifty best films of the last decade. 1. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch) 2. In the Mood For Love (Wong Kar-wai) 3. Dogville (Lars von Trier) 4. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson) 5. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino) 6. Y Tu Mama Tambien (Alfonso Cuaron) 7. Werckmesiter...
Clandestine Critic (Free subscription) | 01/25/2010
I think that Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a great film (I was pleasantly surprised when it was ending up on so many of those premature Best Of The Decade lists), and Being John Malkovich and Adaptation are two of the most original and smart films I’ve seen. Therefore, Charlie Kaufman directing his own script is an automatic ‘must see’ film, even if you have to look up...
Most Beautiful Fraud in the World (Free subscription) | 01/04/2010
Welcome to Part VII of the Best of the Decade Project. Each few days I will name my choices for the best films of each particular year in the aforementioned decade. This will culminate just after the new year with my list of the 50 greatest films of the decade. So without further ado I give you my top ten for the year 2008. 1. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman) 2. Che (Steven Soderbergh) 3. A Christmas...
Get the Big Picture (Free subscription) | 12/31/2009
Roger Ebert wastes no time telling you about his pick for the greatest movie of the past ten years. Synecdoche, New York is the best film of the decade, Ebert says matter-of-factly. "It intends no less than to evoke the strategies we use to live our lives." Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut from 2008 is a bold choice, although I think quite a few critics have at least considered it for...
Donal Foreman (Free subscription) | 12/31/2009
FIVE NEW FILMS • Two Lovers (James Gray) • 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis) • Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman) • Police, Adjective (Corneliu Porumboiu) • Facs of Life (Silvia Maglioni and Graeme Thomson) FIVE OLD FILMS • Milestones (Robert Kramer and John Douglas, 1975) at Anthology Film Archives • Méditerranée (Jean-Daniel Pollet, 1963) at the Different...
Oceans Never Listen (Free subscription) | 12/30/2009
2009, the year in cinema, will be remembered by me for one thing above all. It was the year that Australian cinema came of age. After many years of mixed results, 2009 was a truly memorable and consistently great year for Australian cinema. Even if they still failed to top the box office, these cinematic offerings were original, heartfelt, intelligent and packed a huge emotional punch. Plus, in compiling...
Jamespeak (Free subscription) | 12/22/2009
For the introduction and entries 26-50, click here . *** 25. Requiem For a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000) 24. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Judd Apatow, 2005) 23. High Fidelity (Stephen Frears, 2000) 22. Audition (Ôdishon) (Takashi Miike, 1999/2000) 21. Kill Bill (Vols. 1 & 2) (Quentin Tarantino, 2003-2004) 20. The Incredibles (Brad Bird, 2004) 19. Up (Pete Docter & Bob Peterson, 2009) 18....
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 12/18/2009
Quentin Tarantino 's Inglourious Basterds is one of my favorite films of the year, and now it's also one of my favorite Blu-rays. Other than Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York , which technically was released in theaters last year, there's no movie released to home video in 2009 that will more satisfyingly appreciate in its charms upon multiple viewings. Part of the reason for this, of course,...
Five Branch Tree (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
And then when at the end of it all....... [Synecdoche, New York; Charlie Kaufman, 2008]
faith in honest doubt (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Gareth Higgins of The Film Talk blog offers his top 10 films of the 00s, which stretches to considerably more than ten items. While I have no quarrel with expanding a top ten list to numbers larger than ten, I shall nonetheless focus on the disagreements, reservations, qualifiers, cavils, and complaints I have with his list because that's my kind of pointless. Higgins: There Will Be Blood : A story...
Five Branch Tree (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
It falls on the sweet-neck of poetry to keep the rain-pitted face of love from leaving us once and for all. --C.D. Wright [ Synecdoche, New York ; Charlie Kaufman, 2008] "Now I have a title. The Obscure Moan Lighting an Obscure World ." "I think it might be too much." "Probably."
The One-Line Review (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
USA Feature Film Writer/Director: Charlie Kaufman Cinematographer: Fred Elmes Composer: Jon Brion Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams, Emily Watson, Tom Noonan, Dianne Wiest, Hope Davis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Robin Weigert Brilliant screenwriter Kaufman’s hugely ambitious (perhaps overly ambitious) directorial debut - an enigmatic, nightmare-like...
Fool.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
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pgoodd | 09/06/2009
Download Synecdoche, New York movie Genres: Comedy | Drama Year: 2008 Countries: USA Actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman - Caden Cotard Catherine Keener - Adele Lack Sadie Goldstein - Olive Tom Noonan - Sammy Barnathan Peter Friedman - Emergency Room Doctor Charles Techman - Like Clockwork Patient Josh Pais - Dr. Eisenberg Daniel London - Tom Robert Seay - David Michelle Williams - Claire Keen Stephen Adly...
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