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Cannes 2009 apparently more quiet than more most years, but getting an invitation to Inglorious Basterds was as difficult to snatch up as any of the other hotly anticipated films to ever play in the Lumier Theatre. Basterds and The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus were two of the biggest film...

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Today I write to let you know about a shamefully ignored or at least ignored to my knowledge masterpiece. Without a doubt Bullet Train has to be canonized as one of the great international films of the 1970s and as the hand of irony would have it the inspiration for one of the mo...

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The 2009 Cannes competition lineup!!!! Abrazos Rotos (Broken Embraces), directed by Pedro Almodovar Antichrist, directed by Lars Von Trier Bright Star, directed by Jane Campion Enter The Void, directed by Gasper Noe Faces, directed by Tsai Ming-liang Fish Tank, directed b...

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Not sure if anyone has posted this yet on here - but it's an amusing parody from slate.com It contains interpretations of how several different directors may have handled The Watchmen if they were directing it. `Gotta love the Dr. ManhattanWoody Allen comparison Woody Allen Allen se...

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Well - it's official - The Black Dog will be playing at the Cannes Film Festival during May. Details are currently up on their website, and I will recieve more info soon. The Black Dog was a 15 minute film that went from pre production to the end of post production with in the space of one mo...

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DISCLAIMER: I have no interest in using this review to express my religious beliefs and ask that any comments left please remain objective. In 1988 Martin Scorsese, the great director of Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Mean Streets and other classics, committed to film, an adaptation which would b...

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Every now and then, not often, a film will hit you with every one of its elements. It will burn its images into your brain and as you sit watching it, it will not let you go. Each piece of it, being striking, in a absolutely refreshing way, an example of one of these films is, 4 months, 3 weeks a...

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Nick Cassavetes is a director who has not created a very good reputation as a film maker so far which is a pity. As the son of late film maker John Cassavetes and actor Gena Rowlands, you want so much to like what he does, he just makes it very hard to do so. With a series of badly directed an...

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In two words, absolutely beautiful. The Wrestler has arrived in Australia after its hot off the press rumours of Mickey Rourke giving a performance of towering proportion. It appears these rumours were not wrong. Darren Aronofsky, the fertile creator of PI and Requiem For A Dream steps back ...

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For the last year I have been anticipating the release of Quantum Of Solace, ever since I discovered Marc Foster was at the helm of the latest Bond film. Two years ago when Casino Royale came out it was a complete re-invention of the Bond franchise with Daniel Craig taking the role of 007. Ca...

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According to WENN, Philip Seymour Hoffman has apparently had second thoughts regarding his upcoming role in the new Batman film, insisting that he is not the best actor for the part. Hoffman is tipped to be the favourite to play the Penguin in the third installment of the new Batman franchise...

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I was humming the song Some Devil by Dave Matthews when I remembered that it was the closing song for 21 Grams, I remember when 21 Grams first came out, I was extremely excited to see it, there was a large amount of hype around the film the guys who wrote and directed Amores Perros (Aleja...

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Black Snake Moan is about a black man who has a white hot nymphomaniac chained to his radiator played by Christina Ricciwhere has this movie been my whole life. As you can imagine, there could have been a documentary alone on the pitching of this film, which would have been fun to see. Our l...

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I killed you with the evil ones help and with the evil ones help I have lured your son into my power. Now you know, now you know. I see through my tears but no one comes to wipe them away. Carl Dreyers Day Of Wrath Day Of Wrath Shot in 1943 during Nazi occupied Denmark, Day Of Wrath...

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A Woman Under The Influence I'm very concerned about the depiction of women on the screen. It's related to their being either high- or low-class concubines, and the only question is when or where they will go to bed, and with whom or how many. There's nothing to do with the dreams of women, or ...

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