Sunday, August 22, 2010

NYFF 2010

Watched:
Another Year (Mike Leigh) 95/100
Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux) (Xavier Beauvois) 92/100
Carlos (Olivier Assayas) 90/100
Poetry (Shi) (Chang-dong Lee) 89/100
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Loong Boonmee raleuk chat) (Apichatpong Weerasethakul) 89/100
Le Quattro Volte (Michelangelo Frammartino) 88/100
Meek's Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt) 87/100
The Robber (Der Räuber) (Benjamin Heisenberg) 84/100
Tuesday, After Christmas (Marti, dupa cracium) (Radu Muntean) 84/100
Certified Copy (Copie conforme) (Abbas Kiarostami) 83/100
Oki's Movie (Sang-soo Hong) 82/100
The Social Network (David Fincher) 81/100
Robinson in Ruins (Patrick Keiller) 80/100
My Joy (Schastye moe) (Sergei Loznitsa) 77/100
Post Mortem (Pablo Larraín) 73/100
Mysteries of Lisbon (Mistérios de Lisboa) (Raoul Ruiz) 72/100
Silent Souls (Ovsyanki) (Aleksei Fedorchenko) 64/100
Inside Job (Charles Ferguson) 62/100
Hereafter (Clint Eastwood) 58/100
Revolución (Mariana Chenillo, Fernando Eimbcke, Amat Escalante, Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo García, Diego Luna, Gerardo Naranjo, Rodrigo Plá, Carlos Reygadas, Patricia Riggen) 51/100
The Tempest (Julie Taymor) 30/100
Film Socialisme (Jean-Luc Godard) 18/100

Eager to Watch:
Aurora (Cristi Puiu)
Black Venus (Vénus noire) (Abdellatif Kechiche)
LennonNYC (Michael Epstein)
Old Cats (Pedro Peirano, Sebastián Silva)
The Strange Case of Angelica (O Estranho Caso de Angélica) (Manoel de Oliveira)
We Are What We Are (Somos Io que hay) (Jorge Michel Grau)

Monday, August 16, 2010

September 2010 UK & Ireland Releases

The following release information is from Sight and Sound.

Watched:
Certified Copy (Copie Conforme) (Abbas Kiarostami) 83/100
Chanel Coco & Igor Stravinsky (Jan Kounen) 85/100
Dog Pound (Kim Chapiron) 57/100
Eccentricities of a Blond Haired Girl (Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loura) (Manoel de Oliveira) 61/100
Inception (Christopher Nolan) 86/100
The Illusionist (L'illusionniste) (Sylvain Chomet) 48/100
Le Refuge (François Ozon) 69/100
Mother (Madeo) (Joon-ho Bong) 73/100
Rapt (Lucas Belvaux) 90/100
Rough Aunties (Kim Longinotto) 76/100
The Maid (La nana) (Sebastián Silva) 78/100
The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos) (Juan José Campanella) 63/100
Undertow (Contracorriente) (Javier Fuentes-León) 22/100

Eager to Watch:
Baarià (Giuseppe Tornatore)
South of the Border (Oliver Stone)

Will Watch:
Black Dynamite (Scott Sanders)

Might Possibly Watch:
Exhibit A (Dom Rotheroe)
The Expendables (Sylvester Stallone)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden) (Daniel Alfredson)
Knight and Day (James Mangold)

Have No Interest In Whatsoever:
Cherry Tree Lane (Paul Andrew Williams)
CrimeFighters (Miles Watts)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Thor Freudenthal)
Frownland (Ronald Bronstein)
Grown Ups (Dennis Dugan)
Jasper Penguin Explorer (Eckart Fingberg)
Jonah Hex (Jimmy Hayward)
The Last Airbender (M. Night Shyamalan)
Marmaduke (Tom Dey)
No Impact Man (Laura Gabbert, Justin Schein)
Predators (Nimród Antal)
Raavan (Mani Ratnam)
The Runaways (Floria Sigismondi)
The Seventh Dimension (Brad Watson)
SoulBoy (Shimmy Marcus)
Splintered (Simeon Halligan)
The Twilight Saga Eclipse (David Slade)
World’s Greatest Dad (Bobcat Goldthwait)

Edit:
Moved The Secret in Their Eyes from Eager to Watch to Watched 17/8/10
Moved Le Refuge from Eager to Watch to Watched 25/8/10
Moved Mother from Eager to Watch to Watched 27/8/10
Moved The Illusionist from Eager to Watch to Watched 6/9/10
Moved Certified Copy from Eager to Watch to Watched 8/9/10
Moved The Maid from Eager to Watch to Watched 9/9/10
Moved Dog Pound from Have No Interest In Whatsoever to Watched 28/9/10
Moved Rough Aunties from Eager to Watch to Watched 10/2/11

Friday, August 6, 2010

Cannes 2010 Festival

Watched: (17)
Another Year (Mike Leigh) 95/100
Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux) (Xavier Beauvois) 92/100
Poetry (Shi) (Chang-dong Lee) 89/100
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Loong Boonmee raleuk chat) (Apichatpong Weerasethakul) 89/100
Certified Copy (Copie conforme) (Abbas Kiarostami) 83/100
My Joy (Schastye moe) (Sergei Loznitsa) 77/100
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) (Rachid Bouchareb) 73/100
Fair Game (Doug Liman) 71/100
Chongqing Blues (Rizhao Chongqing) (Xiaoshuai Wang) 70/100
Biutiful (Alejandro González Iñárritu) 66/100
Our Life (La nostra vita) (Daniele Luchetti) 62/100
A Screaming Man (Un homme qui crie) (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun) 59/100
On Tour (Tournée) (Mathieu Amalric) 59/100
Outrage (Autoreiji) (Takeshi Kitano) 56/100
The Princess of Montpensier (La princesse de Montpensier) (Bertrand Tavernier) 52/100
The Housemaid (Hanyo) (Sang-soo Im) 51/100
Route Irish (Ken Loach) 42/100

Eager to Watch: (2)
Tender Son - A Frankenstein Project (Szelíd teremtés - A Frankenstein-terv) (Kornél Mundruczó)
The Exodus: Burnt By The Sun 2 (Utomlyonnye solntsem 2) (Nikita Mikhalkov)

Cinema Listings Dublin August 2010

* Denotes either a once-off showing, a festival or a reissue.

Blue means watched
Green means hoping to watch
Red means will not watch
Black means I'm on the fence

August 2010:
Beautiful Kate (IFI)
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (IFI, Cineworld, Lighthouse)
London River (IFI)
Le Refuge (IFI, Lighthouse)
The Secret in Their Eyes (IFI, Lighthouse)
Mother (IFI)
The Illusionist (IFI, Lighthouse)
The Maid (IFI)
Scott Pilgrim vs The World (Cineworld)
Salt (Cineworld)
Undertow (Contracorriente) (Screen)
Eccentricities of A Blonde-Haired Girl (IFI)
Pyjama Girls (IFI)
The Girl Who Played With Fire (IFI, Cineworld)
Knight and Day (Cineworld)
The Rebound (Cineworld)
The Expendables (Cineworld)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Cineworld)
Piranha 3D (Cineworld)
The Last Airbender (Cineworld)
Step Up 3D (Cineworld)
Cats & Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore 3D (Cineworld)
Tinkerbell and the Great Fairy Rescue (Cineworld)
Marmaduke (Cineworld)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Cineworld)
Grown Ups (Cineworld)
Dinner for Schmucks (Cineworld)

Re-issues and Festivals:
Five Easy Pieces (IFI, Lighthouse) *
Carnal Knowledge (IFI) *
Long Arm of the Law (IFI) *
Night and Fog (IFI) *
The Breakfast Club (Screen) *
Cinema Paradiso (Screen) *
The Leopard (IFI) *
Easy Rider (IFI) *
The King of Marvin Gardens (IFI) *
The Last Detail (IFI) *
Chinatown (IFI) *
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (IFI) *
Written By (IFI) *
Running Out Of Time (IFI) *
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Screen) *
Pretty in Pink (Screen) *
Storm Warriors (IFI) *
Invisible Target (IFI) *
Blind Man Walking (IFI) *
McDull Kung Fu Ding Ding Dong (IFI) *
Seaview (IFI) *
Dirty Dancing (Screen) *
The Rooms (IFI) *
In Conversation (IFI) *