Monthly Archives: March 2008

Dan in Real Life and Doomsday

Posted on 3/15/2008 by reynolds

I saw two movies this weekend, and one was a hateful bit of crass tripe, stitching together bits of other better movies into a shoddy mass-produced mash-up, with a migraine-inducing soundtrack and not a whit of honest human compassion or … Continue reading →

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Khadak

Posted on 3/8/2008 by reynolds

A lovely film pitched as a “fable” from Mongolia ended up being stranger, more conventionally (or is that unconventionally) avant-garde than I’d expected. It riffs on an underlying sense of myth: a young nomadic sheepherder, in the bouts of epilepsy, … Continue reading →

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Moolaade

Posted on 3/7/2008 by reynolds

Ousmane Sembene’s last film manages to keep its focus tight on one community, to weave in warmth and humor and a real sense of pleasure in the everyday, while tackling the big issue of female genital mutilation. It doesn’t preach, … Continue reading →

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Days of Heaven (1978)

Posted on 3/6/2008 by mauer

Last summer I tried to watch The Thin Red Line. I didn’t get too far. All of the huge name actors showing up throughout reminded me too much of It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. I’m pretty sure that … Continue reading →

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State of Play

Posted on 3/2/2008 by reynolds

We’re only half-done, 3 of 6 hour-longs, but this is a CRACKIN’ murder-slash-political thriller, witty and tense and very well-played. Great entertainment.

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