Good Night, and Good Luck A very good film. It was just on the cusp of boring, the “we’re married but we’re hiding it” subplot seemed like a waste of time and the parallels between the McCarthy era and present … Continue reading →

The Fountain (Widescreen Edition) I watched this one on the plane back from London. Yeah, it’s been one of those weeks*- it’s taken me this long to get around to posting this….

I’ve had these as a draft post for a couple of weeks… Let’s get this out of the way. The Departed Lifetime achievement award. It’s okay… Infernal Affairs (Wu jian dao) But not as good as this. And I wrote … Continue reading →

Most Beautiful An interesting film from Kurosawa. From the perspective of craft, it’s a real treat. The editing, pace and shot composition throughout show real flashes of brilliance. From the perspective of story, for my money at least, the film … Continue reading →