Archives for: January 2005
Sunday January 30, 2005
I went to the Annie Awards tonight with a bunch of people from the UCLA Animation Workshop.
Not surprisingly, The Incredibles totally swept the Animated Feature awards. Brad Bird won 3 awards, for Best Writing, Best Directing and Best Voice Acting, w… more »
Saturday January 29, 2005
I've spent about an hour looking through all the characters and places that Howard Hallis doodled in The Picture of Everything... Incredibly creative and extremely exhaustive. I was trying to find characters that he hadn't drawn, like Nemo and SpongeBob… more »
Thursday January 27, 2005
Nobody Knows
dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
2004
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Hirokazu Kore-eda has directed two of my favorite Japanese films, After Life and Maborosi. Nobody Knows is his fourth film that I've seen, and like all of his previous films… more »
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Posted: Jan 27, 2005
@ 11:53 PM
Filed under: Asian Cinema, Theater, 5 Stars, Japanese
Posted: Jan 27, 2005
@ 11:53 PMFiled under: Asian Cinema, Theater, 5 Stars, Japanese
Wednesday January 26, 2005
Mind Game
マインド・ゲーム
dir. Masaaki Yuasa
2004
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Aptly titled, Mind Game is an anime dreamscape... very psychedelic (though I watched the film completely sober,… more »
Monday January 24, 2005
D'oh!!! I love the Onion, but now I've got to change all my passwords... more »
Thursday January 20, 2005
Buenos Aires Zero Degree dir. Pung-Leung Kwan
1999
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Buenos Aires Zero Degree is one of the special features on the Happy Together DVD (part of the Wong Kar Wai Collection). Directed by Pung-Leung Kwan (one of 3 cinem… more »
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Posted: Jan 20, 2005
@ 4:49 PM
Filed under: Asian Cinema, DVD, 5 Stars, Chinese, Documentary
Posted: Jan 20, 2005
@ 4:49 PMFiled under: Asian Cinema, DVD, 5 Stars, Chinese, Documentary
Happy Together
dir. Wong Kar Wai
1997
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My second favorite Wong Kar Wai film (tied with 2046 right behind In The Mood For Love), Happy Together depicts one of the most honest, yet emotionally abusive relationships I… more »
Wednesday January 19, 2005
The Rains Came dir. Clarence Brown
1939
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Compelling story with an interesting mix of humor and melodrama, but what really blew me away about The Rains Came were the special effects... mind-boggling for 1939, the fl… more »
Monday January 17, 2005
So I stumbled upon these pics of Women of the Israel Defense Forces by photogragher Ashkan Sahihi.
I'm not quite sure what sort of social commentary can be inferred from Sahihi's photos, but I'm inclined to think that he's trying to say more than jus… more »
Saturday January 15, 2005
Last night was the Second Annual Tilghman/Suhr Bowling Experience, a fun night of drunken bowling to celebrate James Suhr and Leila Tilghman's birthdays.
Here are some pics courtesy of Donna Segal and Régis Camargo
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