11 July, 2011 at 8.20 am
 My love of independent animations is definitely at an all time high thanks to the fact that, surprisingly, they’re quite easy to get a hold of a copy here in Beijing.
The latest addition to my collection is My Dog Tulip, an American independent animation based on the writings of British BBC editor J. R. Ackerley. The animation is based on J. R. Ackerley’s memoire of the same name (his dog was originally named Queenie but editors decided to change her name to Tulip out of fear that people would make fun of Ackerley’s open homosexuality [...]
29 December, 2009 at 9.12 pm
Directed by Karl Lagerfeld, starring Lara Stone and some dude (Baptiste Giabiconi).
Perhaps the most painful thing I’ve ever watched. The only thing I really liked about the short was the motorcycle, because that was a thing of beauty, and the fact that Lara Stone was in it.
Bad Karl, bad.
14 December, 2009 at 11.35 pm
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE – a review
“It’s going to be a place where only the things you’d want to happen, would happen.”
It’s hard to explain how beautiful Where The Wild Things Are is, especially when a bunch of teenage boys kept on walking in and out during the entire thing, before finally deciding that they should all stage a walk out. For a film based on a children’s book, and largely aimed at children, it’s strangely serious, and in some [...]
3 December, 2009 at 11.20 pm
Really good! In an action/thriller kind of way. Think it might have been the first film that Gerard Butler has produced, or at least, that he has both produced and been in. The film kind of blurs the line between good and bad and you never really know what’s going to happen next (unless you’ve watched the trailer and therefore, can probably piece together what happens next). But yeah, good kind-of-mindless fun.
I watched this instead of studying for tomorrow’s test. And I’ve just realised I have to edit [...]
22 November, 2009 at 7.25 pm
So over the summer, most of you probably know this, I took an internship at Crossroads International. Now they do a lot of work with refugees, and so over the summer, in conjunction with the UNHCR, they hosted their very own Refugee Film Festival. I’d show you the promo video but I think it’s lame. Haha. Such a horrible thing to say. I actually wanted to see all of the films, but could only see the Devil Came On Horseback, which was about the American who tried to bring the Darfur genocide to the attention of the press, to [...]
20 November, 2009 at 9.48 pm
I decided to give The Matrix a spin, 10 years on since the first time I watched it.
Not surprisingly, still amazing. Though that gives me a thought, shouldn’t it be kind of disheveled now? It’s been awhile and we should technically (literally) be moving forward. Once you’ve mastered the ability to make an entirely fantastical image look natural on-screen, where do you go from there? I get that we’ve moved from VCD to DVD to HD to Blu-Ray but then what? I find being able to see Megan Fox’s pores distracting, even if it is [...]
18 November, 2009 at 12.00 pm
Tags: Danny Elfman, Donnie Darko, Films, Garden State, Give a Little Listen, Good Bye Lenin!, Good Night and Good Luck, Music, Recommendations, soundtracks, Yann Tiersen. This weeks special: FILM SOUNDTRACKS… Which ended up just being film recommendations.
Yaaaay.
1. Good Bye Lenin! – Yann Tiersen
Probably more recognised for his work on the Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain soundtrack, Yann Tiersen composed an absolutely AMAZING soundtrack for Good Bye Lenin! (if you haven’t watched this film, I suggest you drop everything you’re doing now, find a copy, and watch it. Watch the hell out of the film.) The soundtrack is sad and hopelessly beautiful.
2. Garden State
Oh, you all knew I was going to [...]
12 October, 2009 at 4.23 pm
I watched Chungking Express for the first time on Friday (every friday the Chinese department at University plays a Chinese film). I think it’s the second Wong Kar-Wai film I’ve seen, with In the Mood for Love being the first (the copy of 2046 I borrowed from the local Blockbusters was horrendously scratched, so I have yet to see it). I’m not going to say much about it because I’m sure Anne can tell you more (Wong Kar-Wai being her absolute fave)
I really loved it. I loved the actors casted, which I [...]
27 September, 2009 at 5.27 pm
南京！南京！(Nanjing! Nanjing!) or The City of Life and Death is a film directed and written by Lu Chuan (陸川). The film took 4 years to complete and was released earlier this year. It was a box office success, yet has sparked some controversy in China.
The film is a dramatisation of what is often referred to as the Nanjing Massacre – The Japanese invasion of Nanjing during the years 1937-1938. To give a brief history of the event, after taking Shanghai, the Japanese forces attacked Nanjing, the then capital of the Nationalist Party. City officials, families [...]
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