Writer/Directors: Joel and Ethan Coen
Year: 1987
Cinematographer: Barry Sonnenfeld
In my top 5 favorite comedies of all time.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Funny People ***
Writer/Director: Judd Apatow
Year: 2009
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski
Good premise, but not a tight enough film, and the comedy isn't funny enough. Personally, I'm tired of sex jokes.
Apatow turns out "hmm, good" movies but hasn't yet turned out a VERY good movie. Sure his stuff is funnier than most comedies these days, but that doesn't mean they are great films.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Invictus **
Director: Clint Eastwood
Year: 2009
Book by: John Carlin
Adapted by: Anthony Peckham
Cinematographer: Tom Stern
Uninspiring, a mess of a script and poorly directed, Morgan Freeman was born for this role, but never gets a chance to show his chops. Conflict never rose for me, and the rugby scenes don't make any sense, I don't get any sense of tension or what they are doing. There are no plays that are important, it seems like the scenes were an afterthought... "oh yeah, this is a film in which Rugby supposedly united a nation, I guess we should throw in some shots of the game..."
Eastwood needs to focus on making his last few films actually count. I understand he's trying to tell stories that are important to him, but he needs to slow down and tell them well.
Some really horribly over-bearing music cues too.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
A Christmas Story ***
Director: Bob Clark
Year: 1983
Book by: Jean Shepherd
Adapted by: Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, Bob Clark
Cinematographer: Reginald H. Morris
Saturday, December 12, 2009
The Passenger *****
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Year: 1975
Writers: Mark Peploe, Michelangelo Antonioni, Peter Wollen
Cinematographer: Luciano Tovoli
Andrei Rublev ****
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Year: 1966
Writers: Andrei Tarkovsky, Andrey Konchalovskiy
Cinematographer: Vadim Yusov
Solyaris *****
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Year: 1972
Book by: Stanislaw Lem
Adapted by: Andrei Tarkovsky, Fridrikh Gorenshtein
Cinematographer: Vadim Yusov
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Original Title: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
Writer/Director: Werner Herzog
Year: 1972
Cinematographer: Thomas Mauch
Mala Noche ****
Director: Gus Van Sant
Year: 1985
Story by: Walt Curtis
Writer: Gus Van Sant
Cinematographer: John J. Campbell
Drugstore Cowboy *****
Director: Gus Van Sant
Year: 1989
Book by: James Fogle
Adapted by: Gus Van Sant, Daniel Yost
Cinematographer: Robert Yeoman
Solaris ***
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Year: 2002
Book by: Stanislaw Lem
Adapted by: Steven Soderbergh
Cinematographer: Steven Soderbergh
A good movie, but nothing compared to the original by Tarkovsky.
Worth seeing, but first see 1972's Solyaris.
My Own Private Idaho ****
Director: Gus Van Sant
Year: 1991
Play by: William Shakespeare (Henry IV)
Adapted by: Gus Van Sant
Cinematographer: John J. Campbell, Eric Alan Edwards
Ocean's Eleven *****
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Year: 2001
Writer: Ted Griffin
(original 1960 story by George Clayton Johnson, Jack Golden Russell, screenplay by Harry Brown, Charles Lederer)
Cinematographer: Steven Soderbergh
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues ***
Director: Gus Van Sant
Year: 1993
Book by: Tom Robbins
Adapted by: Gus Van Sant
Cinematographer: John J. Campbell, Eric Alan Edwards
Good Will Hunting ****
Director: Gus Van Sant
Year: 1997
Writers: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
Cinematographer: Jean-Yves Escoffier
Finding Forrester ***
Director: Gus Van Sant
Year: 2000
Writer: Mike Rich
Cinematographer: Harris Savides
Gerry *****
Director: Gus Van Sant
Year: 2002
Writers: Gus Van Sant, Matt Damon, Casey Affleck
Cinematographer: Harris Savides
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