Social Outcasts: Of Pregnant Teens; Vampires; Samurai Hit Men; Losers; And Dysfunctional Families
This post is Part II of a grouping of favorite indie films of the decade. This is the second to last post in the series chronicling my 70 favorite films of the ’00s.
Polanski’s Ghost Writer Traffics in too much Conspiracy Theory
The Ghost Writer, the new film from director Roman Polanski and based on a novel by Robert Harris, is a movie made for people who think 9/11 was an inside job, that no man has ever set foot on the moon and who subscribe to the Gospel According the Michael Moore.
That is to say this [...]
Donnie Darko and Zombies Among the Best Independent Films of the Decade
Continuing my list of favorite films of the decade, here are 5 indie films I really enjoyed. The next post will top off the indies before I close out the list with some final prestige pictures.
28 Days Later… (2003) dir. Danny Boyle – This was really one of the most frightening filmgoing experiences I’ve had. [...]
Martial Arts, Italian History, Sex in Mexico and a Hippie Commune
Here I am inching closer to the end of my favorite movies of the decade. The final list turned out to include 70 films. In this list I take a look at 6 foreign language films that made the cut, not counting the two I have already highlighted (Caché and L’auberge espagnole) in that original [...]
What do Moulin Rouge, Michel Gondry, Love Actually and Richard Linklater Have in Common?
I’m not generally a romantic (at least on the outside) and I often shun romantic films. But that’s mostly to do with the fact that they tend to come in one of two formats: the interminable romantic comedy or the insipid dramatic romance. Sometimes, however, a romance film is created that really touches me or, [...]
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