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Off to Cannes

This is what is apparently expecting me tomorrow afternoon. In any case, wish me and our short film, Star (official entrant in the Cannes Short Film Corner, no less) best of luck for the Cannes Film F...
Posted by on Mon, 12 May 2008 14:48:00 GMT

Chris Marker’s La Jetée (1962)

This is one of the best films ever made, and at a mere 26 minutes worth every second of your time.
Posted by on Mon, 12 May 2008 14:47:00 GMT

The Fat Lady Sings (kind of)

It's decided. More or less. After much toing and froing, the May 6 results in Indiana and North Carolina have made it mathematically impossible for Hillary Clinton to overtake Obama's delegate count a...
Posted by on Mon, 12 May 2008 14:46:00 GMT

Send in the Clown

So it's done. Boris Johnson has been elected mayor of London, and from this point onwards Londoners no longer have a right to make condescending jokes about George W. Bush, since we have proven just a...
Posted by on Sat, 03 May 2008 16:04:00 GMT

Garfield minus Garfield

"Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:57:00 GMT

Obama vs Clinton

A lot of people who know me are probably aware that I'm a firm supporter of Barack Obama's presidential campaign (as much as one can be a firm supporter when you're a mere onlooker...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:21:00 GMT

Paprika

Remember how I said that Control was the best film of 2007? Well, skip that, because I hadn't yet seen Paprika at that point. To think that an anime with a goofy name would not only turn out to be Sat...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:20:00 GMT

Persepolis - Trailer

An early contender for best film of the year, Persepolis is the autobiographical story of Marjane Satrapi's childhood in 1980s Iran and her subsequent exile in France. It's already out on li...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:12:00 GMT

Taquito Tuesday!

More at Sinfest. 
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:11:00 GMT

Movies of the Year 2007

Huzzah, here's what the entire world has been waiting for - my favourite movies of 2007! I promise to carry on with my top 100 movies list next year and give the baying hordes at my gate, screaming in...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:34:00 GMT