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Wilson

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 09:08:23 +1200

I agree Jen, Summer Wars was enjoyable.

But it paled when, later that day, I saw The Illusionist. The narrative is a simple coming of age and end of an era tale of a young girl and aging entertainer. Melancholic and visually charming and disarming. Not quite as good or…

Jennifer Sol

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:58:46 +1200

If anyone on this site is a fan of anime, I saw Summer Wars over the weekend and it was excellent. Stylistically, it makes use of all the visual conventions of anime – it's no TekkonKinkreet. And in some ways the boy gets manipulated by girl romance felt a bit…

Craig Ranapia

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:02:14 +1200

Not sure about Housemaid – a Korean thriller – was gripping until the end when it went all The Omen like, but crikey – those Koreans are a bit raunchy.

Oh yes... but it's been really interesting seeing how South Korean film-makers like Bong Joon-ho and Park Chan-wook (in much…

Adrienne Kohler

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:27:20 +1200

The Two Escobars was a great doco. If this was a movie you would think the entanglement of the lives of Pablo Escobar, the meglomaniacal drug lord, and Andres Escobar, the ethical and talented football player, far-fetched. That it was true makes for a remarkable and ultimately tragic tale. Try…

HORansome

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:55:01 +1200

"Collapse" was intriguing; essentially an hour and an half of Michael Rapport's face telling us how he thinks the world will end.

Rapport is engrossing; you feel like he's talking to you, not the interviewer or the camera, and everything sounds just plausible enough (and he sounds so authoritative) to…

Josh Addison

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:30:38 +1200

In the Incredibly Strange section, Splice was good fun, if entirely predictable.

Danyl Mclauchlan

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:46:34 +1200

Exit through the gift shop is pretty great.

recordari

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:46:16 +1200

I'm reducing my rapturous paean to Claudia Cardinale's expressive cleavage to slightly less fetishistic proportions.

Why bother? The reduction I mean. Always preferred... no, that would be too obvious, even for me ;-)

Craig Ranapia

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:25:53 +1200

Oh yes, as we speak, I'm reducing my rapturous paean to Claudia Cardinale's expressive cleavage to slightly less fetishistic proportions.

recordari

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:16:25 +1200

Are we still getting your more thorough piece Craig? It seems unlikely I'll get to many this year, with flus, holidays and work commitments, but would be good to know what to look out for on return or DVD. Might try to catch the Sam Hunt movie later on though.

Craig Ranapia

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:57:15 +1200

The Ghost Writer? Forget it, Jake, it's not Chinatown, but a faint echo that ultimately collapses under its own solemn absurdity. Don't worry, I'm not going to spoil a damn thing because the last half hour is so damn stupid it really had to be seen unaware to be appreciated.…

Russell Brown

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:22:49 +1200

Seen anything good at the Film Festival? Talk about it here. Just not during the film, alright.