I forgot to mention I went to see Ken Loach’s new film a few weeks ago. In hindsight, the five pounds I spent for a nap in an upright cinema seat for the duration of a shockingly inaccurate interpretation of Potter’s sixth year at Hogwarts this week should really have gone towards a second viewing of Looking for Eric. Go see it if you can.
Archive for Films
Looking for Eric
Gran Torino was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen
I saw two movies this weekend. Surveillance and Gran Torino. I will simply say that Surveillance- a disturbing and indisputably sick film about a couple who turn out to be sadist mass-killing mental cases- was without a shadow of a doubt the best of the two.
Man on drugs?
As long as you have a towel handy to absorb the litres of sweat your palms will undoubtedly be expelling, definately ensure you watch this remarkable film directed by James Marsh documenting Philip Petit’s interminable yet meticulously accurate plot leading up to his victorious walk (8 times across, to be exact) on wire between the twin towers.
Emotional Smackdown
With oversized chicken-and -mole-sauce burritos from Cafe Habana in our bellies on February 14th we decided to complete the long established date format with a viewing of The Wrestler at Sunshine Cinema building on Houston- the building was formerly the Houston Hippodrome motion picture theatre and a Yiddish vaudeville house but for over 50 years it had been shuttered serving as a hardware warehouse.
This was a movie that couldn’t be improved on. Terrific script and outstanding performances, I would recommend watching this above all other movies I’ve seen in a good few years.
Another Valentines day successfully uninhibited by flowers, love hearts, or strawberries. Result.
Gomorra
Set in the provinces around Naples, where the crime organization known as the Camorra runs the everyday ins and outs of society the film is beautifully shot without seeming intentionally ‘gritty.’ The characters are real, the backdrop is real, and the storylines are perfect glimpses at parts of the world’s clockwork-the ‘logical-yet-illogical extension of free-market capitalism’- that are often too complicated to find a place in perhaps frivolous ‘arthouse’ flicks.
Long, but a must-see. And perhaps a must see-again for me.
A Room for… more
I must say, a bag of milk bottles and sour snakes as well as a soundtrack by Gavin Clark did play a large part in my overall Somers Town viewing enjoyment on Saturday night. Interesting to see Thomas Turgoose a year older and better than his last role …he’s good, the cinematography is good… meh, maybe the film’s a little short.
But it made me laugh, which is great.
