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3 Things

Heartbeat Detector [2007] 1. Weird title. The actual title in French is “The Human Question” (based on an novel of the same name). I don’t care for that title either.2. A line of corporate execs all lined up together at … Continue reading →

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You, the Living [2007]  1. Looking out the window of house, realizing the scenery is moving, realizing the house is actually a train. It just looks like a house.2. Everyone pausing from their work to look up at the sky. … Continue reading →

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A Walk Into the Sea [2007]  1. We will probably never finish compiling a list of all known Warhol associates. They just keep coming out of the woodwork.2. Paul Morrissey being his usual egotistical, know-it-all self. He seems to contradict … Continue reading →

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 I’ve seen 9 movies since Friday. I’m in a sort of exhausted dream-like state that’s very close to happiness.

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Thunderball [1965] 1. The vibrato of Tom Jones has never been so mesmerizing. 2. Bond isn’t as stupid or careless as he is in Goldfinger, but he’s more sexist. 3. Motifs that will reappear later in other 007 movies: sharks, … Continue reading →

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3 things about Esteban Sapir’s THE AERIAL

The Aerial [2007] 1. Snow as a beautiful visual shorthand for film grain. 2. Spirals, electricity, shadows, eyes, mouths. 3. As if I needed more proof: along with The Science of Sleep, more concrete evidence that the best of imaginations … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile [2006] 1. A blind would-be rapist.2. Lying next to each other on a fancy bed, making small talk. Phone rings. It’s the front desk: your hour is up.3. One of the main actors (don’t know his name) looked a … Continue reading →

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3 things about Stuart Gordon’s STUCK

Stuck [2007] 1. In my view, the first must-see movie at this year’s festival. 2. Stephen Rea fashioning a make-shift sling out of a length of scrap wood and a bunch of plastic bags tied together; the splintered glass raining … Continue reading →

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Hallam Foe [2007] 1. Jamie Bell is pretty easy on the eyes when fully naked, but the effect is all but negated when the movie he’s in is a whimsical coming-of-age dramedy about incest.2. Edinburgh still looks like a cool … Continue reading →

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3 Things #8

Control [2007] 1. Black & white was totally the right choice, because it means that you pay less attention to the 70’s fashions and decor and more to the characters and settings. 2. Craig Parkinson was a great Tony Wilson, … Continue reading →

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