This is a solid ghost film but it has the shakiest camera movement that I've seen since The Blaire Witch Project. Only then there was a reason for it, in this movie the image just jumps all over the place for no reason. I can understand using hand-held shots during the scary parts to increase the tension or even having the camera move in every shot like Gosford Park. But having a spastic camera during mundane scenes is just irritating and Robert Altman pretty much stuck to fluid camera moves. Anyway, I sat really close and got a headache.
This is a suspense movie that is incredibly slow. Probably because there isn't much of a plot (even at a glacial pace the runtime is only 80 minutes). Here's the story: Three friends go hunting. Someone (or someones) unknown starts shooting at them. They shoot back. That's it. I have to give the director credit for making it into a somewhat compelling movie but I definitely heard some snoring in the theater.
This movie rules, like you would not believe. It's a horror-comedy and it delivers on both fronts, in a big way. It'll be playing again as part of the Festival Favorites on Tuesday in the Ritz 5 at 9:30. Do yourself a favor and go see it. Seriously. I just saw 30+ films and this is the first time I'm giving you a show time and venue. But be sure to get your tickets in advance, I'm sure it'll sell out.
This offers an interesting look at people who run (very) independent movie theaters all over the world, from India to Burkina Faso to North Korea to Wyoming. The documentary is more about the people who bring the movies to their communities (that would otherwise have to do without) than the movies themselves which is sort of a shame because those North Korean propaganda films are pretty interesting.
There's really nothing quite like watching porn with an audience of a couple hundred strangers and, if I'm not mistaken, a couple of people I know (don't worry, I won't out anybody). These shorts have an odd mix of the naturalistic and the artificial. It has women that come from an age before plastic surgery and, since these were shot on the cheap, it's unlikely that they did many second takes so you end up with shots of men awkwardly stepping out of their pants. But, at the same time, the women mimic the exaggerated, over-dramatic acting style of the silent stars of that era. Needless to say, it's unique.
Best line of the night: Behold, the gushing fountain of youth!
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RE: Secret Cinema: Just tell me there were no animals this time. Please, no animals.
There was some man-on-cow action but it was animated. Does that make it okay?
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