Monday, July 31, 2006

WAKING NED DEVINE

›
WAKING NED DEVINE (1998, Ireland/UK/France/USA, Kirk Jones) There'd have been a mighty party. Twice now, several years apart, we've ...
Friday, July 28, 2006

AMERICAN BEAUTY

›
AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999, USA, Sam Mendes, Alan Ball screenplay) That's the day I realized that there was this entire life behind things, a...

MARCH OF THE PENGUINS

›
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS ("La Marche de l'empereur," 2005, France, Luc Jacquet, Jordan Roberts narration) In Blue Like Jazz, Don ...

AROUND THE BEND

›
AROUND THE BEND (2004, USA, Jordan Roberts) Did you go on digs with him? I wanted him to leave it all in the ground. The pottery, the bones....
3 comments:

THE SON

›
THE SON ("Le Fils", 2002, Belgium, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne) The new kid. I can take him. If you've ever sat through...

LA PROMESSE

›
LA PROMESSE (1996, Belgium, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne) "How can you be guiltier than anyone in the eyes of all? There are murderer...
4 comments:

ROSETTA

›
ROSETTA (1999, Belgium, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne) Your name is Rosetta. My name is Rosetta. You found a job. I found a job. You found ...
Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Soul Food Tidbits: Sight & Sound, June 2006

›
Lots of tantalizing Soul Food crumbs in the most recent Sight & Sound magazine to hit these shores. (S&S is maybe the premiere movie...
Monday, July 24, 2006

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT

›
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT (1992, USA, Robert Redford, Richard Friedenberg screenplay, Norman Maclean novella) My father was very sure about ce...
Saturday, July 15, 2006

Links To Other Soul Food Review(er)s

›
Here's a collection of links to movie writing I like. Movies I'm interested in (usually with some sort of spiritual angle), or writ...
Friday, July 14, 2006

JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO

›
JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO (1990, USA, John Patrick Shanley) Do you believe in God? I believe in myself. What does that mean? I have confi...
Thursday, July 13, 2006

THE STATION AGENT

›
THE STATION AGENT (2003, USA, Thomas McCarthy) Bring 'em in. What? Grace. Really? Really, we got to give thanks. C'mon, bring em i...

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL

›
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951, USA, Robert Wise, screenplay Edmund H. North, story Harry Bates) It is no concern of ours how you run y...
Saturday, July 08, 2006

TIME OF THE WOLF (HANEKE)

›
TIME OF THE WOLF ("Le Temps du loup," 2003, France/Austria/Germany, Michael Haneke) They jump naked in the fire. Sacrificing thems...

THE KING

›
THE KING (2005, USA/UK, James Marsh, w/ Milo Addica) I need to get right with God Elvis Valderez gets his discharge from the navy and heads ...