Category Archives: Movie Marathons
Foreign May: Day 17 and 18
May 17th: Cria Cuervos This movie is haunting me. You know how people say that a piece of music is “haunting” and they kind of mean that it’s morose, dark, and a little jarring? Cria Cuervos definitely embodies those moods, … Continue reading
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Three Best Friends Triple Feature!!!: Vol. 7
‘Cause we’re the three best friends that anyone could have. We’re the three best friends that anyone could have. The Attendees: Theme: Films featuring a weapon of mass destruction. The Blob Directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Starring Steve McQueen and … Continue reading
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Foreign May: Day 15 and 16
Foreign May is more than halfway over! I’m actually a little sad about that. There are still a billion foreign films I want to watch, but when there are two of us trying to choose a movie, chances are we’re … Continue reading
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Foreign May: Day 13 and 14
May 13th: Last Year at Marienbad Not impressed. Resnais’s Hiroshima Mon Amour seemed heartfelt and romantic. Marienbad was pretentious and the kind of movie that tries to make you feel stupid if you don’t like it. Were I feel a … Continue reading
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Foreign May: Day 10, 11, and 12
May 10th: Summer Hours Besides Juliette Binoche, who I always adore, my favorite thing about Summer Hours was the lack of conflict. Three siblings are trying to decide how to divide up their recently deceased mother’s art collection. Some of … Continue reading
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Foreign May: Day 7, 8, and 9
May 7th: Belle de Jour I’ve always been skeptical when it comes to Bunuel. His films are so often a chore to watch and think through, and then, sometimes, after you’ve put in the effort, you realize you’ve probably learned … Continue reading
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Foreign May: Day 6
May 6th: Masculin, féminin I’ve seen this Godard film many times – probably more than any of his others – but I think I am just now beginning to understand it. My problem, initially, was that I took the characters … Continue reading
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Foreign May: Day 4 and 5
Day 4: Man Bites Dog I think I’ve become disillusioned with the message Man Bites Dog is trying to get across. It’s clever: a film crew is making a documentary about a serial killer and they slowly start to get … Continue reading
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Foreign May: Day 2 and 3
(Every day in the month of May, Scott and I are watching a foreign film. On May 1st, we watched The Official Story.) May 2nd: Porco Rosso Everyone loves Miyazaki and everyone should. His animation if chalk full of charm … Continue reading
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Three Best Friends Saturday Triple Feature!!!: Vol. 6
‘Cause we’re the three best friends that anyone could have. We’re the three best friends that anyone could have. The Attendees: There weren’t as many attendees this week because I was dog sitting the family pets and – characteristically – … Continue reading
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