Showing posts with label Alfonso Cuarón. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alfonso Cuarón. Show all posts

02 August 2008

The Twelve Movie Meme

Piper tagged JA who tagged Glenn who tagged me so . . . here goes nothing. The general idea is to program your own 6 night mini-film festival. I tried to 'program' each night with two films with similar themes or aesthetics.

NIGHT #1


À la folie... pas du tout (Laetitia Colombani, 2002) and
Jeux d'enfants (Yann Samuell, 2003)

Two quirky French comedies with surprisingly wicked edges

NIGHT #2


The China Syndrome (James Bridges, 1979) and
The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)

Two paranoia driven thrillers of the innovative American film movement of the 1970s

NIGHT #3


Diva (Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1981) and
Mauvais Sang (Leos Carax, 1986)

Two classic entries into the New French New Wave Movement of the 1980s

NIGHT #4


Targets (Peter Bogdanovich, 1968) and
The Day of the Jackal (Fred Zinnemann, 1973)

Two narratives following the path of killing spree inspired by true events

NIGHT #5


Murder on the Orient Express (Sidney Lumet, 1974) and
Nashville (Robert Altman, 1975)

Two character packed features directed by masters of the cinema of the 1970s

NIGHT #6


Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006) and
28 Days Later (Danny Boyle, 2002)

Two recent and bleak looks at mankind on the verge of collapse

And, hey . . . there's a whole day of the week left over for me to screen all 6 hours of La Meglio gioventù (Marco Tullio Giordana, 2003)


Technically, I'm supposed to tag 5 people, but I'm pretty sure anyone who plans on doing this already has. If I'm forgetting you, just leave a comment and consider yourself tagged.

08 October 2007

My Top 10 of 2006

As a continuation of my VERY late 2006 awards from an earlier post, I present My Top 10 of 2006.

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The 2006 Rural Jurors

Yes, I know it's October of 2007, but my blog doesn't have these on here and, damnit, I'm putting 'em up!

Best Picture


Children of Men

Best Director


Alfonso Cuarón for Children of Men

Best Actor


James McAvoy in The Last King of Scotland

Best Actress


Helen Mirren in The Queen

Best Supporting Actor


Sergi López in Pan's Labyrinth

Best Supporting Actress


Maribel Verdú in Pan's Labyrinth

Best Cameo/Limited Performance


Rose McGowan in The Black Dahlia