Hey now! It's update time once again. Before you scroll down to make sure that I hyperlinked to your piece, I'd like to put in a HEAVY Muriel plug for THE ARBOR, Clio Barnard's meditation on the brief life and career of playwright Andrea Dunbar and the effect it had on her family, specifically her two daughters, Lorraine and Lisa. Barnard transcends the (already fascinating) subject matter, creating a sui generis documentary that is quite a cinematic/formal feat.
If I were voting today, it'd be number two on my top ten of the year and top the editing, directing, and ensemble categories. How, you may ask, could a documentary earn a spot in the ensemble acting race? To which I answer: watch the film, dummy. It's streaming on Netflix and I have a screener if you want to PM me. The trailer is pasted at the bottom of this post.
And now, here's yer run-down:
If I were voting today, it'd be number two on my top ten of the year and top the editing, directing, and ensemble categories. How, you may ask, could a documentary earn a spot in the ensemble acting race? To which I answer: watch the film, dummy. It's streaming on Netflix and I have a screener if you want to PM me. The trailer is pasted at the bottom of this post.
And now, here's yer run-down:
- SIMON ABRAMS looks at some horrible Spielberg rip-offs
- DANNY BALDWIN is a hoarder
- ANDREW BEMIS begins a spooktacular/ghoultastic/ghostational/etc. list of the scariest monsters in cinema, beginning with Peter Lorre, that chick from the killer VHS movie, and the midget in DON'T LOOK NOW
- SCOTT BLACK yammered about RAMMBOCK, ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, 30 DAYS TO DIE, and GRAVE ENCOUNTERS and made a Muriel cram list that I think we can all benefit from. He only gave ISLAND OF LOST SOULS a "B" which makes me angry at first but, ultimately, just sad for him.
- CHRIS DEVLIN begins a month of horror with I BURY THE LIVING
- JIM EMERSON has started his coverage of the Vancouver International Film Fest. with a review of Markus Schleinzer's MICHAEL.
- JAMES FRAZIER Excels at film watching!
- KENJI FUJISHIMA TIFFs and NYFFs whilst listening to Bowie's Low.
- DANIEL COOK JOHNSON says 50/50 "pulls it off with humorously heartfelt aplomb"
- CRAIG KENNEDY posts trailers for ANOTHER HAPPY DAY, THE LADY, and WAR HORSE. He reviews MARGARET, TAKE SHELTER, and WEEKEND. And then there's some Quentin Tarantion/Coen Brother art exhibit thing that's happening.
- ADAM LEMKE soldiers on through his own horror-ific month.
- MICHAEL LIEBERMAN's friends occupied Wall Street. And were arrested by The Man.
- PHIL NUGENT gets all political an' shit while making a hilarious Miami Vice reference.
- UNCLE CRIZZLE continues to astound. Corsets?! Blaze Magazine?! Professional doormen?! Donnie Hathaway?! Crizz covers it all in true Renaissance Man style.
- PHILIP TATLER IV saw a lady at Starbucks today that resembled Roman Polanski in THE TENANT. Seriously. It was deeply unsettling. I'm barely tethered to reality as it is these days.
- BRYAN WHITEFIELD eulogizes Nobel Prize winner Ralph Steinman and shares some great photos.
That's it then. Here's the aforementioned ARBOR trailer:
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