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: | 268 Followers |
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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
Jang Kun-Jae's Eighteen wins the Dragons and Tiger's Award
Jang Kun-Jae's Eighteen wins the Dragons and Tigers AwardRalston Jover's Bakal Boys (roughly translated: Scrap Metal Scavengers) won special mention.Happy for these two films, but I really enjoyed all eight; each had its own look, its own point of view, its own urgent message to flash out to the world, and if I could I'd give 'em
Jang Kun-Jae's Eighteen wins the Dragons and Tigers AwardRalston Jover's Bakal Boys (roughly translated: Scrap Metal Scavengers) won special mention.Happy for these two films, but I really enjoyed all eight; each had its own look, its own point of view, its own urgent message to flash out to the world, and if I could I'd give 'em
Vancouver International Film Festival
So I'm at the Vancouver International Film Festival and seen a few films--can't quite say anything about the films we're judging yet--hopefully I can write something about them some time after the festival's ended. But I've seen films outside of the competition as well, and they're quite a memorable collection.Hasn't been a pleasant trip; caught a bug on the flight over (I thought American airlines had the worst food--paid $7 for a cold, cardboard-y Quiznos roast beef sandwich at Air Canada which promptly dropped straight to
So I'm at the Vancouver International Film Festival and seen a few films--can't quite say anything about the films we're judging yet--hopefully I can write something about them some time after the festival's ended. But I've seen films outside of the competition as well, and they're quite a memorable collection.Hasn't been a pleasant trip; caught a bug on the flight over (I thought American airlines had the worst food--paid $7 for a cold, cardboard-y Quiznos roast beef sandwich at Air Canada which promptly dropped straight to
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