Reading December 2013

Quentin Tarantino Tells You About The Actors & Directors Who Provided the Inspiration for “Reservoir Dogs”

Akira Kurosawa’s 80-Minute Master Class on Making “Beautiful Movies” (2000)

Reading November 2013

15 "Golden Rules" of Filmmaking from John Waters, Wim Wenders & Jim Jarmusch

Broken Hill

This film is set in outback Australia. It's about music, crossing the threshold into adulthood and redemption. I loved it.

The Sapphires

I finally watched this film this week. It's very good. Based on a true story about a group of Australian girls who toured Vietnam to entertain the troops. The relationships and family scenes are gold. The music is wonderful. I highly recommend this. Others do too, it won awards.

I was kind of amused (because I've never been thrilled  with how the US treats Australian film), but mostly offended at this article: The Age: Furore over 'sexist, racist' Sapphires DVD cover for US release. How can they get it so wrong?

 

Reading July 2013

Jane Campion : this much I know. (The Guardian UK)


iSentia Blog: Most Mentioned Issues Category

Spike Lee Shares His NYU Teaching List of 87 Essential Films Every Aspiring Director Should See | Open Culture

Spike Lee Shares His NYU Teaching List of 87 Essential Films Every Aspiring Director Should See | Open Culture

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Still fabulous even the second time around. I went to see it last year and blogged about it a couple of times on my other blog. Solid gold actors, gentle challenges humorously handled. Love it!

The Failed Estate: Old Empires New Legacies

The Failed Estate: Old Empires New Legacies: Journalism isn't like any other business. And that's because journalism isn't a business at all.  The great newspaper empires ...

David Bowie Narrates Sergei Prokofiev’s Children’s Symphony Peter and the Wolf | Open Culture

David Bowie Narrates Sergei Prokofiev’s Children’s Symphony Peter and the Wolf | Open Culture

Reading June 2013

Open Culture: Beatles perform spoof of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Mental

Love! Love! Love! This film is a must see for a great belly laugh. The women I went with don't want to go to the movies with me again cause I laughed too loud. There were so many hilarious moments. If you love the soundtrack from 'The Sound of Music', 'Muriel's Wedding' or Toni Collette, this is for you. Don't miss it. I als 

The Burning Man

I love Australian Film. The Burning Man is set in Sydney and is about a chef. It took me a little while to follow the plot as it moved about between present and past. I liked it though. It all made sense in the end and there were some great Aussie actors in it, such as Rachel Griffiths, a favourite of mine.

It is a story about love, loss and grief. The protagonist is a chef and there was some reality there. It is a beautiful film in lots of ways and I enjoyed it.

Reading May 2013

Mumbrella:Film Ink gets the Shining treatement

Open Culture: Revisit Martin Scorese's Hand-Drawn Storyboards for Taxi Driver

Mumbrella: Australian Films Stand on their own merit

April 2013 Reading

Open Culture: Alfred Hitchcocks Seven Minute Editing Master Class

The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss: How to Create a Viral Book Trailer or get 1 000 000 Views for Almost Anything

The Intouchables

The Intouchables is one of the funniest films I've seen in a long time. It's irreverent and uplifting and I highly recommend it. The version I watched is French with English subtitles and it was worth putting aside all distractions to watch and enjoy. This film is my favourite so far this year.

Searching for Sugarman

I listened to Rodriguez in the park on the way to school where we would stop for a sneaky smoke before school. I'd downloaded his music on my ipod and I had no idea about his story until I saw this great film. What a story!

Django Unchained

It's hard to anticipate a film you are looking forward to seeing. As a big fan of the writer/director, you can have high expectations. I totally enjoyed 'Django Unchained'. I'm too biased in favour of Tarantino to give a decent review, so here are a coupl from professionals:

The Australian: Tarantino is unrestrained
ABC: At The Movies




 

Snow White and the Huntsman

I love the retelling of faery tales. Recently I began watching the TV Series 'Once Upon a Time'. All retellings are not equal, yet the retelling continues and the story is familiar, yet with a different perspective. This is another one. Too scary for children.

Snow White and the Huntsman held a few surprises for me. One of the big improvements I saw was no stepmother relationship and no happily ever after wedding.

I am yet to see 'Mirror, Mirror', also made last year.