Film #20: The Best Offer All forgeries contain an element of truth, claims the main character, because the forger cannot resist injecting a little bit of themselves into their work. This is a film about forgeries and deceptions of various kinds, with an excellent cast and beautiful setting distracting from the fact that some of […]
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Film Festival Day 4, 29/07/2013
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Not sure of a theme today? Maybe… families? The ones you get born with, and the ones that you choose for yourself, for good or ill? Film #15: The Rocket Set in Laos, it was a fairly simple story – in the main character’s hill tribe they believe that twins are unlucky (or more specifically, […]
Film Festival Day 3, 28/07/2013
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
It’s weird the themes that jump out at you when you watch a bunch of very different films in quick succession. Today’s theme feels like “community” though I’m not sure I can completely justify it. Film #10: Antarctica: A Year On Ice This was the first film I’ve gotten to go to with C. I […]
Film Festival Day 2, 27/07/2013
Saturday, July 27, 2013
While I saw one or two people I knew yesterday (hi Nick Cole!), today was a veritable cornucopia of bumping-intos, with Fraser and Freya popping up before lunchtime, and Gemma turning up at the Paramount. Maybe I should go into town more often? Film #5: Animation For Kids The inevitable parson’s egg. The first one, […]
Film Festival Day 1, 26/07/2013
Friday, July 26, 2013
So, the first day. A bad start – I was meant to pick up pies for my parents, Celete’s parents, her brother, and us, but when I popped in to work to pick them up, it turned out that they weren’t going to turn up until “sometime before noon”, which was no use to me. […]
Film Festival 2013
Friday, July 26, 2013
Here’s my current schedule, formatted in the way that I have it printed out. Italics mean that you can’t book ahead, a star means that the director will be there… the rest, I think, is pretty self-explanatory. 🙂 Friday, July 26 Em 1:30pm – 3:20pm Stories We Tell (108) Em 4:00pm – 5:35pm Omar (94) […]
Film Festival Day 17: Sunday, 12/08/2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
Films seen: “Pink Ribbons, Inc.”, “The Last Ocean”, “A Bitter Taste of Freedom”, “Mantrap”, “The Sapphires”, and “Holy Motors”.
Film Festival Day 16: Saturday, 11/08/2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Films seen: “Chasing Ice”, “Bully”, “Bonjour Tristesse”, “Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry”, “Tabu”, and “Our Children”.
Film Festival Day 15: Friday, 10/08/2012
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Films seen: “Death Row: Portrait of Hank Skinner”, “Sound of My Voice” (with the short “Abiogenesis”), “Whores’ Glory”, “Tongan Ark”, and “No”.
Film Festival Day 14: Thursday, 09/08/2012
Friday, August 10, 2012
Films seen: “A Monster In Paris” (and the short “Snap”), “Our Newspaper”, “Liberal Arts”, “Shadow Dancer”, “Bert Stern, Original Madman”, and “Policeman”.