Critic After Dark
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| Blog Name: | Critic After Dark |
| Url: | http://criticafterdark.blogspot.com/ |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | cinema, movies, Philippine |
| Description: | On Filpino films, world cinema, and other grotesqueries |
| Popularity: | 274 Followers |
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Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)
Tarantino's talkathonQuentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is a clever melange of violence, suspense, slapstick, wit, movie references both arthouse and grindhouse, talk, talk, more talk, even more talk; seems to me he is more in love than ever with the sound of his own words coming out of the mouths of about a dozen different men and women, in several accents and twice as many acting styles.His initial setpiece, a variation on an early scene in Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) (Leone's outsized opera style seems to in
Tarantino's talkathonQuentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is a clever melange of violence, suspense, slapstick, wit, movie references both arthouse and grindhouse, talk, talk, more talk, even more talk; seems to me he is more in love than ever with the sound of his own words coming out of the mouths of about a dozen different men and women, in several accents and twice as many acting styles.His initial setpiece, a variation on an early scene in Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) (Leone's outsized opera style seems to in
More Vancouver Festival Films (Sebis; Face; Lebanon; NIght and Fog)
Brillante Mendoza's SerbisDid I mention that almost nobody I talked to in the festival liked Kore-eda's Air Doll, not even
Brillante Mendoza's SerbisDid I mention that almost nobody I talked to in the festival liked Kore-eda's Air Doll, not even
The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2009)
King of painKathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker has been called the best film yet made about the war in Iraq, and one can see where they’re coming from--it’s crude yet coherent, understated yet intense, and it knows that first and foremost, before you even deal with the politics of war, you portray its head rush, the ‘drug’ mentioned in the film’s opening titles.Bigelow’s eminently qualified. A woman successfully working in what’s basically a man’s world, she’s done one action film after ano
King of painKathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker has been called the best film yet made about the war in Iraq, and one can see where they’re coming from--it’s crude yet coherent, understated yet intense, and it knows that first and foremost, before you even deal with the politics of war, you portray its head rush, the ‘drug’ mentioned in the film’s opening titles.Bigelow’s eminently qualified. A woman successfully working in what’s basically a man’s world, she’s done one action film after ano
Cinemanila 2009 (final weekend)
Lav Diaz's Batang West SideCinemanila 2009 (final weekend)Just want to reiterate what I say in this too-short article: Cinemanila's the best deal in the city if you're interest
Lav Diaz's Batang West SideCinemanila 2009 (final weekend)Just want to reiterate what I say in this too-short article: Cinemanila's the best deal in the city if you're interest
More on Jang Kun-Jae's "Eighteen" and Ralston Jover's "Bakal Boys"
Bakal BoysAnnouncement of Dragons and Tigers winnersI'm the hairy dude that makes the dramatic announcement. For some strange reason the focus of my eyes had changed, hence my dramatic whippin
Bakal BoysAnnouncement of Dragons and Tigers winnersI'm the hairy dude that makes the dramatic announcement. For some strange reason the focus of my eyes had changed, hence my dramatic whippin
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