2014-03-31

Starbuck



Starbuck
(Ken Scott, 2011)

David (Patrick Huard) is a delivery man for the family butchery. He is the black sheep and owes 80 000$ to a gang. He grows weed in his apartment and one day he learns that he is the father of 533 children. Having given more than 600 times to a sperm bank twenty years ago, signing by the pseudonym of Strabuck the famous Canadian bull who produced great milk cows, David is asked to reveal his true identity for a group of 142 of his biological children looking for their father.

2014-03-28

Blissfully Yours



Blissfully Yours (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2002)

The story of a love affair that begins during a picnic on the Thai-Burmese border.

2014-03-26

The Ice Storm



The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997)

The film features an ensemble cast of Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, and Sigourney Weaver. Set during Thanksgiving 1973, The Ice Storm is about two dysfunctional New Canaan, Connecticut families who are trying to deal with tumultuous political and social changes of the early 1970s, and their escapism through alcohol, adultery, and sexual experimentation.

2014-03-24

Young Mr. Lincoln



Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford, 1939)

A family traveling through New Salem, Illinois in their wagon need groceries from Lincoln's store and the only thing of value they have is a barrel of old books including a law book, "Blackstone's Commentaries." After thoroughly reading the book, Abe (Henry Fonda) opts for the law after receiving encouragement from his early, ill-fated love, Ann Rutledge (Pauline Moore).

2014-03-21

Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles



Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

Jeanne Dielman (Delphine Seyrig) is a single mother and a six years widow with a teenage son. They live in the same apartment where she daily receives one man to subsists to their needs. The audience is asked to watch her daily routines for three days and to witness her evolution in three subsequent days.

2014-03-19

The Tiger of Eschnapur



The Tiger of Eschnapur (Fritz Lang, 1959)

Fritz Lang returned to Germany to direct two films The Tiger of Eschnapur and The Indian Tomb, which together tell the story of a German architect (Paul Hubschmid), the Indian maharaja (Walter Reyer) for whom he is supposed to build schools and hospitals, and the Eurasian dancer (Debra Paget) who comes between them.

2014-03-17

Oldboy (2003)



Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)

The film follows the story of one Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik), who is locked in a hotel room for 15 years without knowing his captor's motives. When he is finally released, Dae-su finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and violence. His own quest for vengeance becomes tied in with romance when he falls for an attractive sushi chef.

2014-03-14

Dressed to Kill



Dressed to Kill (Brian De Palma, 1980)

It centers on the murder of a housewife and an investigation involving a young prostitute who witnessed the murder, the victim’s teenaged son and her psychiatrist.

2014-03-12

The Terminator



The Terminator (James Cameron, 1984)
In 2029, artificially intelligent machines are attempting to exterminate what is left of the human race. Two beings from this era travel back in time to 1984 Los Angeles: One is a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a cyborg assassin programmed to kill a woman named Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton); the other is Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn), a human resistance fighter sent to protect her. After the Terminator kills two other Sarah Connors listed in the telephone directory, it eventually tracks down its target to a nightclub. Kyle shows up and saves Sarah from the Terminator's attack and the two make an escape.

2014-03-10

The Music Room



The Music Room aka Jalsaghar (Satiyajit Ray, 1958)
Jalsaghar depicts the end days of a decadant zamindar or landlord (Chhabi Biswas) in Bengal, and his efforts to uphold his family prestige even when faced with economic adversity.

2014-03-07

The Grandmaster



The Grandmaster (Wong Kar-wai, 2013)

The film chronicles the life of the Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man from the 1930s in Foshan, his flight to Hong Kong after the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the events leading to his death.

2014-03-05

The Wolf of Wall Street



The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013)

Based on Jordan Belfort’s memoir of the same name, it is an extravagant retelling of the rise and the fall of a young stockbroker who ruled the financial world.

2014-03-04

March Update: Mike's Movie Goals 2014



Last year when I made my resolutions for 2013 I pretty much made a list of films that were films I wanted to watch in priority and some blindspot directors. Just look at my original post here.
During the year, I modified those goals and I got circling around the list because I thought it was already too planned for me. I still like to follow my moods when I choose a movie to watch. This is why as you’ll see I’ve kept a certain freedom in my goals for 2014 and instead of listing a definite list of films I wanted to watch, I  will challenge myself to mix things up with a wider range of goals.

2014-03-03

Results: Final Oscar Predictions




 
Here are my picks (in bold) (winners in green and my incorrect picks in red) for the 2014 Academy Awards:

2014-03-01

Final Oscars Predictions




 It is this time of the year when we, film lovers, get a little wet and try predicting the winners of the night of the films.
Having seen more than the half of the movies nominated I can say that it is an average year and that I'm expecting no real surprise for the night of March 2nd. Before sending my final picks for the Oscars here's my personal ranking of all the films nominated I've seen.

1. Her
2. Before Midnight
3. Dallas Buyers Club
4. Gravity
5. American Hustle
6. The Grandmaster
7. 12 Years a Slave
 
Here are my picks (in bold) for the 2014 Academy Awards:
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