December 2010
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last tuesday of the year; why not humour us? (or... →
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the decade that was: #1 (judah).
1. inglourious basterds [tarantino, 2009]
the decade’s best film? even to call it tarantino’s best film is sure to spark some controversy – and i don’t doubt that there will be plenty of valid arguments in existence to suggest otherwise. but for me, inglourious basterds was both; the master director capping off the decade at his most audacious, iconoclastic and clever. i’ll admit; its...
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the decade that was: #1 (jansen).
1. there will be blood [p.t. anderson, 2007]
there will be blood transcends the decade: itself an epic struggle rooted in the turn of the 20th century, in form and theme it seems to exist ‘outside’ of the 2000s. but like 2002’s far from heaven, its juxtaposition within its time gives it an added resonance. like 2008’s the dark knight, its sheer ambition eventually yields a wholly draining...
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the decade that was: #15-11.
nothing left now ‘cept the piéce de résistance that is #1 – guaranteed to deliver you lots of over-exuberant adjectives in service of a couple of wrong opinions.
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judah:
15. the diving bell and the butterfly (le scaphandre et le papillon)...
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obviously the story is bizarre, that’s why i made... →
–banksy, via interview with all these wonderful things the only way any superhero does them without revealing his secret identity: email.
[he also claims that were they alive today, Michelangelo and Leo DiVinci would be making avatar instead of painting chapels].
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"i need hugs... to live..."
it’s near on impossible to refrain from insistently referring back to the original when discussing any film sequel, reimagining or remake – especially when you are keenly passionate about the former. such is the case for me and matt reeves’ let me in; a remake of the swedish vampire horror låt den rätte komma in that has its feet so squarely placed in its predecessor’s footsteps that it...
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the decade that was: #20-16.
so we figure back in 2001, jean-pierre jeunet wraps amélie and thinks to himself – in french, of course – ‘je l’ai fait. il va seulement y avoir 15 meilleurs films faits cette décennie.’
(i’ve done it. there’s only going to be 15 better films made this decade.)
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ten decisions shape your life...
i’m gonna throw a curveball here and compare sofia coppola’s somewhere with p.t. anderson’s there will be blood.
what?
well, each opens with twenty minutes of near silence. sure, one will go on to be an eccentric, mad epic and the other a minimalist mood-piece; but both establish through sound, imagery, and body language exactly who and what their protagonists are – a faith...
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the decade that was: #25-21.
you know you’ve got a post full of downer films when you’re relying on hugo weaving as an elven king to lighten things up.
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judah:
25. the lord of the rings [jackson, 2001-2003]
while it’s a near patriotic offence to say anything...
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lesbo jokes at the so-cal outdoor table: perfect...
in late october, i dropped the trailer for the kids are all right and made passing reference to the indie quirk of little miss sunshine and juno. back then, i had no idea how much director lisa cholodenko would up the ante: organic farmers, kids named Laser, and the trailer’s vampire weekend tune playing not ironically over a dramatic moment, but in the film’s opening seconds.
said...
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the decade that was: #4-2.
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judah:
4. children of men [cuarón, 2006]
while i could probably fill this entire paragraph talking about mesmerizing tracking shots, there is literally too many exceptional facets of cuarón’s sci-fi opus to neglect. children of men just...
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'oh, hi mark!'
[the room: the criterion collection via madebyhk.com]
tommy wiseau’s searing romance/melodrama the room (2003) is nothing if not ambitious. the seemingly intimate story about a seven-year relationship between hard-working, committed johnny [wiseau] and hedonistic feminist lisa [juliette danielle] quickly grows as wide as the san francisco bay in scope, to encompass the tragedy and...
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the decade that was: #30-26.
our #4-2 offerings – coming up next – will be the last post from our respective top 10s before we invariably disappoint you all with our #1.
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judah:
30. mystic river [eastwood, 2003]
every couple of years, sean penn turns in a performance that...
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you're like martin scoresoso ... thank you for... →
quentin tarantino gets the friars club roast in new york.
[via the hollywood reporter.]
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the decade that was: #35-31.
don’t mind the overlap, great films are just great films (even cartoon ethan hawke agrees).
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judah:
35. waking life [linklater, 2001]
its easy to dismiss philosophical meandering as wanky, hipsterish pretension, but its the odd, sublime...
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November 2010
66 posts
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the only job that was ever of interest to me other... →
–chris nolan, restarting the inception hype machine for wired magazine.