Archives for the month of: March, 2010

Girls on Film

March 10, 10 //
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Tonight is the first film from the Japanese Foundations “Girls on Film” tour, which has now reached our favorite local cinema The Filmhouse. It’ll be refreshing to see some contemporary Japanese films having somewhat overdosed on the recent Ozu film season.

Most looking forwards to “How to become myself” and “Asyle”, both of which have interesting write-ups.

UPDATE:

TVBombs review of Non-ko here: http://www.tvbomb.co.uk/?p=1515

Films being shown:

  • Non-ko Kaj tetsudai (Kazuyoshi Kumaakiri, Japan 2008) - March 10th
  • Asyle Park and Love Hotel (Izuru Kumasaka, Japan 2007) - March 11th
  • Kamome Diner Kamome Shokudo (Noako Ogigami, Japan 2006) - March 12th
  • German plus Rain German +  Ame (Satoko Yokohama, Japan 2007) – March 13th
  • How to Become Myself Ashita no Watashi no Tsukurikata (Jun Ichikawa, Japan 2007) - March 13th
  • Fourteen Juyon-sai (Hiromasa Hirosue, Japan 2006) – March 14th

Hurt Locker

March 9, 10 //
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I had a digital copy of this film for a while, but over the weekend it popped up in my LoveFilm queue and then on my doorstep today. I enjoyed it (as much as it is possible to enjoy a war film): Nicely shot, with smooth direction and interesting characters. But was this an Oscar film? I am a long-time fan of director Kathryn Bigalow, “Near Dark” and “Strange Days” being high on my list of favorite films. However despite super-slick slow-mo this film didn’t strike me as anything new. It’s not a bad film, but it didn’t stretch the genre: nothing here you’ve not already seen in GenerationX.