Light after Darkness

Promotional poster from Carlos Reygadas‘ latest film, POST TENEBRAS LUX.

via Movie Poster of the Day.

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Donald Gray
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Sasha Shout-Out

Sasha Grey loves Mubi

David Hudson had a little fun at Mubi’s Notebook the other day after noticing that former adult performer and current actor/photographer/musician Sasha Grey (THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE, NEÜ SEX, atelecine) had been gushing on Facebook about one of the best movie websites in the world.

I know. Poor choice of verb.

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Donald Gray
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THE GREY [Carnahan/2011] One-man-genre-machine Neeson gives his best but, despite robust action scenes, needless mysticism drags it all down.

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Donald Gray
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THE THING [van Heijningen/2011] Remake/prequel to 1982 version but with a sharp female lead. Like its monster, an efficient but flawed copy.

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Donald Gray
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Better Than a Baby

Writer/Director Preston Sturges offered up his list of the ”eleven rules for box-office appeal” in 1941.

  1. A pretty girl is better than an ugly one.
  2. A leg is better than an arm.
  3. A bedroom is better than a living room.
  4. An arrival is better than a departure.
  5. A birth is better than a death.
  6. A chase is better than a chat.
  7. A dog is better than a landscape.
  8. A kitten is better than a dog.
  9. A baby is better than a kitten.
  10. A kiss is better than a baby.
  11. A pratfall is better than anything.

via LISTS OF NOTE

Source: The Cinema of Preston Sturges: A Critical Study

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Donald Gray
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SOUND OF MY VOICE [Batmanglij/2011] Lacks courage to be a straight-up character piece about cultists; confuses ambiguity with red herrings.

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Amy Robinson
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THE CABIN IN THE WOODS [Goddard/2011] Lightly amusing sampler of Whedon TV tropes suffocates any potential for buy-in with blanket of meta.

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Amy Robinson
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SHAME [McQueen/2011] Beautifully assembled, but sex addict angle too tame to be more than provocative frill on usual troubled-siblings tale.

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Amy Robinson
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The Passion of Dr. Strangelove

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A page in Stanley Kubrick‘s notebook where he played around with different titles for his ’60s black comedy DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB.

via LISTS OF NOTE

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Donald Gray
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TINY FURNITURE [Dunham/2010] Meandering look at post-college malaise is self-absorbed but also fearless in an admittedly narcissistic way.

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Donald Gray
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