Silent Films’ WIN: My Road Through the Beginner’s Guide
Thank god Marya exists to guide us through the intimidating world of “old films” and to tell me where to actually start.
Tagged: genre: romance
Amazing Spider-Man, The (2012)
Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man comes across as a visually darker film driven by human emotions and scientific touches thanks to the direction and the screenwriting team.
LaLa Hsu – Dare to Celebrate
Taiwanese artist LaLa Hsu releases the music video to Dare to Celebrate (不怕慶祝), the main theme of the American film Keep the Lights On by Ira Sachs.
Goon (2011)
Seann William Scott plays a bouncer-turned-hockey-player in a quite violent, foul-mouthed sport dramedy.
Casa de mi Padre
Casa de mi Padre is the story of Armando Alvarez, a small-eyed with a somewhat impediment ranchero, whose relationship with his father reaches a low point when Armando’s little brother Raul arrives with his future wife, Sonia, with the plan of taking over Onza’s drug control zone.
Painted Skin
We’ve all heard the story — or maybe you’re new to Asian folklore? Spirit foxes — you can maybe compare them to mischievous forest nymphs in the West — they sometimes like to live among humans just for fun… this is the story of one of them.
May & June 2012
My entire list of new-to-me films for the months of May and June, as well as a decade breakdown and a few words on a few new favorites.
Amy’s Blast from the Past: Talk to me Harry Ziedler, tell me all about it!
Do any of you remember how it was to watch Moulin Rouge for the very first time? The first time you ever heard them saying the line, “They call her the Sparkling Diamond.”
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Hemingway & Gellhorn is the story… the view of Hemingway through the eyes of travel writer and journalist Martha Gellhorn. Their sporadic love/hate relationship through the years of historic turmoil and then some…
Charlie Cochet – The Auspicious Troubles of Chance
Charlie Cochet’s debut The Auspicious Troubles of Chance teaches the reader something about the unshakable grandeur of true love.
