On Friday, Paul and I headed a screening of Tiny Furniture at the MFA. It was one of those screenings where you look around and everyone looks like you. There were some truly excellent things about this film which I’ve listed below: A hamster appears in the opening scene like a thing of all-encompassing beauty/grace …
Category: Film Thoughts
Film Thoughts
Gotta do a shout out during all this Golden Globe nonsense.
During this disappointing and downright disgusting golden globe season (I mean, The Tourist? REALLY? Inception? REALLY? BLACK SWAN? REALLY?) I’ve seen three films I’m going to bat for. One, Winter’s Bone, because it surprised the shit out of me. Two, The King’s Speech, because it met my reasonably high expectations. (I haven’t seen True Grit yet, …
2010 Cinema Arts Film Festival
I want to shout out to whoever curated the 2010 Cinema Arts Film Festival in Houston this year. While I couldn’t attend as many events as I wanted to, there was plenty to see and nothing sucked (except for Black Swan – see below). But on the whole, I saw some great movies and heard …
The Social Network
I’m still reeling from my utter disappointment in “The Social Network.” I saw it nearly a month ago and I can’t seem to unravel exactly why my hopes were so high and my disgust so acute. It’s easy to see the film’s weaknesses. Fincher’s pace, coupled with Sorkin’s snappiness, were enough to derail even the best …
Memory Lane Movie List
This is memory lane in the form of movies I have watched and remembered (either the actual movie or where/when I watched them. Turning points, you might say.