Off The Map is one of the best movies I’ve seen in years. Highly recommended.
Jonah and I just watched this delightful little movie. I kept thinking that Tom Waits seemed awfully young in it, and was astounded when the movie ended with a Copyright 1986. It’s way ahead of its time, and worth a watch. It’s shot on black and white, and is one of the best-looking films I’ve seen in a long time. It’s high quality film and processing, something you don’t see anymore on Indie films since everything’s all the digital, so that was a treat.
Away We Go and Sunshine Cleaning. It’s so nice when I stumble on good indie movies after watching so many bad ones. This is not, however, a blanket recommendation. Those of you that like things to happen in your movies (Nathan, Kelsey), probably won’t like it.
I have mixed feelings about Charlie Kaufman’s work. I loved Adaptation, but consider Being John Malkovich to be one of the worst movies of all time. I’ve seen all of his movies, and I’ll probably keep watching, but I hope they get better. He can be terribly entertaining, but usually he’s wasting time trying to be profound. I understood Synecdoche, NY just fine, but I didn’t really like it. It’s not that the idea isn’t worth exploring, but it can be done in better ways. Aside from a scene early on in the movie, Synecdoche was not entertaining. I think…
It occurred to me last night we’ve seen some really pretty good movies in the past few months. Considering we often watch a lot of not-so-good movies, I figured it’s time to share again. Angel-A. It gets an A. A black and white French film that actually works in black and white. The star is the little grocery delivery guy in Amelie. It was charming, sexy, entertaining, and thought-provoking. Vitus. A-. The sort of movie my mother would like. The main character is a piano wunderkind, and they actually got a real 12-year piano prodigy to play the part. Fortunately,…