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lottereinigerforever: Federic Fellini & Anita Ekberg on the...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:03:14 +0200

Federic Fellini & Anita Ekberg on the set of “La Dolce Vita”

Curfew (2012)

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:12:00 +0100

“Curfew”, what a great short film. Directed and written by Shawn Christensen, starring Shawn Christensen himself, Fatima Ptacek and Kim Allen. I liked it so much, that I wish it was a normal length film, beautiful, sad and at times funny story. Great directing/writing/acting by Shawn, I loved the atmosphere and the scenery, everything worked!

At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his nine-year old niece, Sophia, for a few hours. Sophia wasn’t allowed to see her uncle Richie, because he was a drug addict. Richie desperately wants to bond with her, and also with his sister. You can feel his pain, how hard the battle with addiction must have been, his loneliness over the years with no contact to his family…but then at the end, who knows what one day can change…

The Short Film: http://www.movie2k.to/Curfew-watch-movie-2641717.html

Rebelle/War Witch (2012)

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:00:42 +0100

“Rebelle” also known as “War Witch” took my breath away. The incredibly intense and realistic story about child soldiers in Africa. Kids who get abducted from home, are forced to kill their parents, and then fight against the government soldiers. This particular story is about Komona a 14-year-old girl, who tells her unborn child growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. Everything starts when she gets abducted by the rebel army at the age of 12.

Written and directed by Kim Nguyen, who keeps the camera always close on whats going on, sometimes so close you can’t take it. The film is in French, and plays somewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa. “War Witch” impressed me, it brings attention to the problems of child soldiers, and there aren’t that many movies about them, so I absolutely recommend this to everyone who’s interested in that subject. The actress who plays Komona, Rachel Mwanza, also did a great job and completely convinced me. Nominated for an Oscar “Best Foreign Language Film of the Year”, I hope it wins, it’s definitely one of my favorites.

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKXEh_kfPCY

La grande illusion/The great Illusion (1937)

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:49:06 +0100

La grande illusion/The great Illusion (1937)

Susan George and Dustin Hoffman in “Straw Dogs”...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:06:30 +0100

Susan George and Dustin Hoffman in “Straw Dogs” (1971)

Peeping Tom (1960)

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:02:09 +0200

“Peeping Tom” also known as “Face of Fear” (a movie way ahead of its time), directed by Michael Powell and written by Leo Marks, was released in theaters a month before Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho”. Both are about men killing off beautiful women in horrific ways.

While Psycho maintains some suspense over the nature of the killer, Peeping Tom has him front and center, presenting a compelling and conflicting examination of his mind. Starring Karlheinz Böhm as Mark Lewis, a shy, lonely and quiet man with a dark secret, on his off hours, he supplies a local porno shop with cheesecake photos and dabbles in filmmaking, at night he’s killing young women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions.

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAqEn6JS-oM

Mark Lewis (Böhm), works as a focus puller in a British film studio. A lonely, unfriendly, sexually repressed fellow, Mark is obsessed with the effects of fear and how they are registered on the face and behavior of the frightened. This obsession dates from the time when, as a child, he served as the subject of some cold-blooded experiments in the psychology of terror conducted by his own scientist father. As a grown man, Mark becomes a compulsive murderer who kills women and records their contorted features and dying gasps on film. His ongoing project is a documentary on fear. With 16mm camera in hand, he accompanies a prostitute to her room and stabs her with a blade concealed in his tripod, all the while photographing her contorted face in the throes of terror and death.

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:02:06 +0200

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)

iloveretro: Meryl Streep in “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979)

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 19:13:08 +0200

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Meryl Streep in “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979)

My First Mister (2001)

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 17:48:00 +0200

“My First Mister” is a funny and original movie starring Leelee Sobieski, who did a great job portraying a girl, that can’t/doesn’t want to fit in, yet her character isn’t the stereotypical rebel either, and Albert Brooks, almost unrecognizable, plays a lovely, odd man, who’s afraid of everything.

Jennifer (Leelee Sobieski) is a total misfit, she’s as wacky as a teenager can be. Goth-ed out with multiple piercings, tattoos, and dyed hair, she listens to strange music, watches vintage TV, eats primarily chocolate, and self injures. But now high school is over and she needs a job. ‘J’ meets middle-aged Randall (played by Albert Brooks) in the haberdashery window. ‘R’ gives her a job, not to mention a real friendship. Neither of them have a life outside of work so they slowly learn to hang out together, and make each other better people. The soundtrack is cool too - it has the great older tunes like Sinatra, along with some Marilyn Manson and then some reggae as well.

Trailer:

http://www.artistdirect.com/video/my-first-mister/69254

The Departed (2006)

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 20:57:48 +0200

The Departed (2006)

The Lost Weekend (1945)

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:21:00 +0200

A Billy Wilder film, based on Charles R. Jackson’s novel about the desperate life of a chronic alcoholic, followed through a four day drinking bout. Starring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman and Phillip Terry.

Don Birnam, long-time alcoholic, has been “on the wagon” for ten days and seems to be over the worst; but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother Wick and girlfriend Helen, he begins a four-day bender. In flashbacks we see past events, all gone wrong because of the bottle. But this bout looks like being his last…one way or the other.

Full Movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITC5R56CAVg&feature

Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in “American...

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:59:09 +0200

Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in “American Psycho” (2000)

Heathers (1988)

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:52:53 +0200

Heathers (1988)

iloveretro: James Dean (Feb. 8, 1931 - Sept. 30, 1955)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:57:22 +0200

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James Dean (Feb. 8, 1931 - Sept. 30, 1955)

oopswrongcentury: John Barrymore, Dolores Costello and Millard...

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:56:35 +0200

oopswrongcentury:

John Barrymore, Dolores Costello and Millard Webb behind the scenes of The Sea Beast (1926).

Gwyneth Paltrow in “Shakespeare in Love” (1998)

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:51:07 +0200

Gwyneth Paltrow in “Shakespeare in Love” (1998)

Happiness (1998)

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:26:00 +0200

What an ironic title. If theres one movie that will make you depressed, it’s “Happiness”. A movie by Todd Solondz, who is known for making heartbreaking films, such as “Welcome to the Dollhouse” and “Storytelling”. This one gets so intense at times I could barely look, it literally took my breath away!

There are 10 different characters (and more) connected to each other, some very weird and some very lonely, but all in all, they try to find happiness. All the actors did a great job, from young to old, but Dylan Baker as the therapist/father/psychopath/pedophile, was the most convincing character for me. Loneliness, rage, sexual repression/obsession, disintegrating marriages, sadly sophisticated children, relationships built upon artifice, this film has it all. Got 134 minutes and a desire to see something darkly different? Watch “Happiness”.

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkQ_JxoWUP8

The Plot:

When a young woman rejects her current overweight suitor in a restaurant, he unexpectedly places a curse on her. The film then moves on to her sisters. One is a happily married woman with a psychiatrist husband and three kids. Unfortunately the husband develops an unnatural fascination for his 11 year old son’s male classmates, fantasizes about mass killing in a park, and masturbates to teen magazines. One of his patients has an unrequited fascination for the third sister. Meanwhile the apparently stable 40 year marriage of the sister’s parents suddenly unravels when he decides he has had enough and wants to live a hermit’s life in Florida.

Hellraiser (1987)

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:28:50 +0200

A film directed and written by Clive Barker (based on his novel “The Hellbound Heart”), starring Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Sean Chapman, and Ashley Laurence. Barker has delivered us a real horror story, packed with intensity, both emotionally, as well as physically, also with a great/scary soundtrack. Though the special effects from the 80’s make you smile a little, “Hellraiser” can be pretty revolting, so I don’t recommend this to everyone!

Clive Barker’s feature directing debut graphically depicts the tale of a man and wife who move into an old house and discover a hideous creature - the man’s half-brother, who is also the woman’s former lover - hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of S&M demons, the Cenobites, he is brought back into existence by a drop of blood on the floor. He soon forces his former mistress to bring him his necessary human sacrifices to complete his body.

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddGQiiNzF84

Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall on the set of “How to...

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:07:42 +0200

Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall on the set of “How to Marry a Millionaire” (1953)

Ivanovo detstvo (1962)

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:58:12 +0200

A Russian film also known as “My Name Is Ivan” or “Ivan’s Childhood”, beautifully directed by Andrey Tarkovskiy. The movie is about Ivan, a 12 year old boy, played by Nikolay Burlyaev, who works as a spy at the eastern front. He can cross the German lines unnoticed to collect information, while three Soviet officers try to take care of him.

Vladimir Bogomolov wrote “Ivan” which is a fictional story but is based on real facts. It caused a sensation in 1962, no one had seen such a powerful motion picture about war and what it does to the youngest and weakest - the children. It’s a bleak, haunting and horrifying portrait of lost innocence and the childhood that was interrupted the very day the boy’s family was murdered.

Full Movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-cOMy9