Posts by Stephen R

2004 TOP TENS By first international release *1.) ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (United States, Michel Gondry) *2.) BEFORE SUNSET (United States, Richard Linklater) *3.) SIDEWAYS (United States, Alexander Payne) *4.)...

Second all the recommendations here, especially Brook's desire to see more Yasuzo Masumura released. I'd love to get an opportunity to see stuff like Red Angel and A Wife Confesses. I'd also like to see Sogo Ishii's cult classics...

Quote: Slience (M. Makhmalbaf) - 1998 Friggin' A. It's about time someone else mention this movie. I was beginning to think myself, J. Ro, and a few Iranians were its only viewership. Don't know if I'd call...

2004 Film List Last Updated: December 25th Total Eligible (First NY/LA Release): 106 (/w 18 carry-overs that do not count towards total) Total Ineligible Festival Titles: 23 Total Older Films Seen: 300+ Total Short Films Seen...

Quote: We all have our own tastes in film, but for me, a movie without a plot is like music without a melody. Kinda makes me sad that so many people have this view. Cinema, for me, has so much more to offer than...

Top Ten of 2003 1. KILL BILL, VOL. 1 2. GERRY and ELEPHANT 3. ALL THE REAL GIRLS 4. IRREVERSIBLE 5. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING 6. DRACULA: PAGES FROM A VIRGIN'S DIARY 7. RAISING VICTOR...

If you don't have a weak stomach, Takashi Miike's Audition. Also, I second recommendations for Franju's Eyes Without a Face and Kiyoshi's Kairo. I'd also recommend a couple other another Kiyoshi Kurosawa movies, Cure and Seance.

Quote: Yes, my lead was correct! The song is from the movie "Riri Shushu no subete (All About Lily Chou-Chou)." The name of the song is "Kaifuku suru Kizu (Wounds that Heal)." As a big fan of All About Lily...

The director's commentary on the Masters of the Universe disc is pretty hilarious. The thing is total camp yet he talks in total seriousness about his shots as if he had directed a European art house film.

Arggg, and I just watched Bringing Up Baby this morning before hearing about this. How cruel, irony.