Monthly Archives: December 2009

Movies of the decade #11-20

Posted on December 31, 2009 by

11. The Flight of the Red Balloon (2008). This take on one of the most beloved children’s films of the last fifty years has none of said film’s preciousness. In her second great performance of the last two years (see … Continue reading →

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Best of the decade.

Posted on December 30, 2009 by

1. Mulholland Drive (2001). Uneven pacing and incongruous prefatory thirty minutes aside, this is a master’s class in the analysis of performance. Everything about Naomi Watts — from her pink sweater to the sensible shoes her relatives in Canada no … Continue reading →

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Incest and plutocracy

Posted on December 30, 2009 by

My review of Andrew Ross Sorkin’s Too Big to Fail is up. The definitive history of the collapse hasn’t been written — maybe Matt Taibbi wants to volunteer?

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Unforgiven vs Casablanca

Posted on December 29, 2009 by

As part of its periodic  “Best Picture from the Outside”  series, the Film Experince crew publishes an extremely thorough, impressive side by side analysis of Casablanca and Unforgiven. I’m taken with the notion that Clint Eastwood is too besotted with … Continue reading →

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Not enough thinking

Posted on December 29, 2009 by

Since I don’t go to Animal Collective for clarity, let alone cohesion, my instant attraction to “What Would I Want Sky” from the Fall Be Kind EP didn’t surprise me (it narrowly missed my top twenty). The way one of … Continue reading →

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Greetings.

Posted on December 27, 2009 by

A mad holiday weekend. Besides eating and seeing friends, I’ve been spending time with my new niece, born yesterday at 11:59 am. I’ll return to regular scheduled programming shortly.

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Merry Xmas

Posted on December 24, 2009 by

Has anyone remarked on the similarity between this and Jackson Browne’s “Somebody’s Baby”? Same sentiment too…

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