I honestly don't get why they didn't just title it Boondocks or maybe Jerk instead?
Inache... this American summer is turning out to be pretty wild. We're being flooded with these incredibly expensive blockbusters that are, frankly, of such questionable quality.
I have a nagging feeling that a lot of people are going to end up losing their minds over this one. 😬
Honestly, that movie was just a complete waste of time. I remember sitting there in the theater, struggling to even stay focused on such nonsense (I actually had to force myself to pay attention to 🙂), which felt pretty weird since the whole thing was clearly designed for kids with an attention span shorter than five seconds.
.... Alright, fine, I’ll give it one tiny bit of credit—it wasn't entirely useless. Thanks to this flick, I finally learned that even the most powerful computer systems can be completely thrown for a loop just by someone slamming their keyboard in a fit of rage.
Regarding Naked Lunch, David Cronenberg once remarked: "If I were to film this exactly how I envision it, the movie would cost $300 million and get banned in every single country on Earth." 😁😁😁
It’s the exact same reason why the Coens, Kusturica, and Wong Kar-wai are such legends...
...that the French absolutely adore them.
... Honestly, thank God for the French! If you happen to shoot some total garbage of a movie, there's always going to be some Frenchman out there ready to declare it a masterpiece. 😬
Quentin Tarantino, President (Director, scriptwriter - United States)
Emmanuella BEART (Actress - France) Edwidge DANTICAT (Writer - United States) Tilda Swinton (Actress - United Kingdom) Kathleen Turner (Actress - United States) Benoît Poelvoorde (Actor, scriptwriter - Belgium) Jerry Schatzberg (Director - United States) Tsui Hark (Director - Hong Kong) Peter von Bagh (film Critic - Finland)
Official Competition:
Wong Kar-wai: 2046
Olivier Assayas: CLEAN
Agnès Jaoui: COMME UNE IMAGE
Walter Salles: DIARIOS DE MOTOCICLETA
Hans Weingartner: THE EDUKATORS
Tony Gatlif: EXILS
Michael Moore: FAHRENHEIT 911
Mamoru: Ghost in the Shell: Innocence
Hong Sang-soo: LA FEMME EST L’AVENIR DE L’HOMME
Lucrecia Martel: LA NIÑA SANTA
Paolo Sorrentino: LE CONSEGUENZE DELL’AMORE
Hirokazu: NOBODY KNOWS
Park Chan-wook: OLD BOY
Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon: SHREK 2
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen: The Ladykillers
Stephen Hopkins: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS
Apichatpong Weerasethakul: TROPICAL MALADY
Emir Kusturica: LIFE IS A MIRACLE
... Now, this is quite an interesting lineup! I have to say, seeing Ghost in the Shell: Innocence on here actually caught me a little off guard.
It looks like after last year's total disaster, they've decided to pivot toward comedy and finding some laughs again... or at least, that's what the festival director is claiming.
I've got the last three issues of the American Film Institute magazine sitting right here.
Tick-tock... you could always find some genuinely brilliant essays in there, though you’d also stumble upon those painfully awkward, adolescent-sounding rants.
Back in the early nineties, there was this other mag called Super, which was edited by Arsen. To be honest, that publication came dangerously close to being labeled a journalistic disaster. The design was a total mess, the articles felt incredibly shallow, there were typos on top of typos, and God, the sheer amount of massive factual errors—especially when they tried to list filmographies for actors or directors... it was just exhausting.
milk said:... I think someone mentioned the Chronicle earlier... does anyone know who actually puts that out? I’ve managed to flip through a few issues, and I have to say, I’m really digging how they blend deep-dive expertise with actual news you can use. It feels like such a refreshing mix. I noticed they often kick off their five-page spreads with these long-form essays featuring big names like Peter Turk or those other heavy hitters—if I’m remembering the lineup correctly, at least!
That's really it.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is turning its back on him.
I actually meant to start a whole thread about magazines, but it looks like I completely blanked on hitting post
There was a time when I used to grab a copy of Premiere every single week without fail But these days, you'll mostly find me scrolling through film critics on the Guardian, The New York Times, or digging through Sight & Sound online
As for anything local, I usually just flip through them if they're sitting in the library or maybe borrow one here and there
slyowl9 said:The whole thing with Isaac—basically, for the stage show, they were looking for someone masculine but with a higher vocal range, and since they couldn't find anyone who fit the bill, they just went with a woman. That bit actually turned into a bit of a tradition, which is why the movie features a female performer in that traditionally male role.
So, we're talking about a guy who identifies as a woman, carries an Isaac name, has Asian roots, and holds an American passport. 😁
