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by
Leonard Heldreth
Offbeat film salad, with a side of French
Three distinctly offbeat films and two distinctly French films
balance each other this month.
[ XXY
| Mister
Foe | Sukiyaki
Western Django | Priceless
| Flight
of the Red Balloon ]
All
films reviewed by Leonard Heldreth, unless otherwise noted,
and are available as DVDs or videotapes from local video stores
at time of review.
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December,
2008: Trains, parks and screwball comedies
The films this month include a thriller set on a Russian express
train, an account of a young man coming to terms with his own
actions, a middle-aged college professor’s encounter with
the world of illegal immigrants and a frothy female buddy movie
that imitates the screwball comedies of the ’30s.
[ Transsiberian
| Paranoid
Park | The
Visitor | Miss
Pettigrew Lives for a Day ]
November,
2008: The films this month include a British fantasy, an international
children’s adventure story, a new Woody Allen film and a
comedy about the last days of two men.
[ Hogfather
| The Fall
| Cassandra's
Dream | The
Bucket List ]
October,
2008: Music examined from opposite spectrums
[ The Band's Visit
| The Counterfeiters
| Shine
a Light ]
September,
2008: Horror times two, with a side order of drama
[ The Last Winter
| The Orphanage
|
Before
the Devil Knows You’re Dead | Starting
Out in the Evening ]
August,
2008
[ In Bruges
| Persepolis
| Savages
| Charlie
Wilson’s War ]
July,
2008
[ I'm not there
| Youth
Without Youth | Romance
and Cigarettes | Slipstream
]
June,
2008
[ Death at a Funeral
| Lust,
Caution | Atonement
| Silk
]
May,
2008
[ The Brave One
| No Country
for Old Men | Sweeney
Todd | Ojibwa
Drum Songs ]
April,
2008
[ Michael
Clayton | The
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford |
Beowulf
| Once
]
March,
2008
[ 3:10 to Yuma
| Sunshine
| Stardust
| Eastern
Promises ]
February,
2008
[ Waitress
| La Vie
en Rose (La Mome) | Paris
Je T'Aime (I Love Paris)
Renaissance:
Paris 2054 | Paprika
]
January,
2008
[ Sicko
| Ratatouille
| Firefly
and Serenity ]
December,
2007
[ 13
Tzameti | The
Inheritance | Black
Snake Moan | 1408
]
November,
2007
[ The
Perfect Crime | Black
Book | Inland
Empire | Death
Proof ]
October,
2007
[ Disturbia
| The Lives
of Others | The
History Boys | Blades
of Glory ]
September,
2007
[ The Host
| The Aura
| Perfume:
The Story of a Murderer | The
Abandoned ]
August,
2007
[ Venus |
Little
Children | Little
Miss Sunshine ]
July,
2007
[ The Queen
| Notes
on a Scandal | Volver
]
June,
2007
[ Babel |
Children
of Men | Pan’s
Labyrinth | L’Enfant
(The Child)
]
May,
2007
[ The Illusionist
| The Prestige
| The Departed
]
April,
2007
[ Time to Leave
| La Moustache
| Stranger
than Fiction ]
March,
2007
[ Sympathy
for Mr. Vengeance | Oldboy
| Lady
Vengeance ]
February,
2007
[ The Devil Wears
Prada | Art
School Confidential | Brick
| Clean
]
January,
2007
[ The Proposition
| Lucky
Number Slevin | Where
the Truth Lies | Pride
and Prejudice ]
December,
2006
[ The Family Stone
| A Prairie
Home Companion | Proof
| Three
Times ]
November,
2006
[ Caché
| Marilyn
Hotchkiss Dancing Class and Charm School |
Don’t
Come Knocking | The
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada ]
October,
2006
[ Dot the i
| Memory
of a Killer | The
Ice Harvest ]
September,
2006
[ Match Point
| My Mother’s
Smile | Breakfast
on Pluto | Jarhead
]
August,
2006
[ Thumbsucker
| Milwaukee,
Minnesota | Transamerica
| Winter
Passing ]
July,
2006
[ Mrs. Henderson
Presents | Walk
the Line | Casanova
|
The Wild
Parrots of Telegraph Hill ]
June,
2006
[ Crash |
Brokeback
Mountain | Capote
]
May,
2006
[ Good Night and
Good Luck | The
Constant Gardener | A
History of Violence ]
April,
2006
[ Wallace &
Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit |
Tim Burton’s
Corpse Bride | Howl’s
Moving Castle | MirrorMask
]
March,
2006
[ Millions
| Broken
Flowers | 5X2
| Junebug
]
February,
2006
[ Being Julia
| 2046
| Goodbye
Dragon Inn ]
January,
2006
[ Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory | 3-Iron
|
Schultze
Gets the Blues | Mysterious
Skin ]
December,
2006
[ Since Otar Left
| Me and
You and Everyone We Know | 6ixtynin9
|
Last Life
in the Universe ]
November,
2005
[ A Very Long
Engagement | Closer
| Undertow
| A Love
Song for Bobby Long ]
October,
2005
[ Kung Fu Hustle
| Layer
Cake | Sin
City | A
Talking Picture ]
September,
2005
[ Red Lights
| Time
Out | Wilbur
Wants to Kill Himself | The
Machinist ]
August,
2005
[ Primer |
The Jacket
| White
Noise | Final
Cut ]
July,
2005
[ Bad Education
| The Woodsman
| Birth
| P.S.
]
June,
2005
[ Twilight Samurai
| Stage
Beauty | I
(Heart) Huckabees |
What the
#$*! Do We Know? | Collateral
]
May,
2005
[ Motorcycle Diaries
| Incredibles
| Dirty
Pretty Things | Nine
Queens ]
April,
2005
[ Young Adam
| Kitchen
Stories | Jersey
Girl | De-Lovely
]
March,
2005
[ I’ll Sleep
When I’m Dead | Satoichi,
the Blind Swordsman |
The Son (Le
Fils) | Under
the Tuscan Sun |
Facing
Windows | Springtime
in a Small Town ]
February,
2005
[ The Return
| My Father
and I | I’m
Not Scared |
A Home
at the End of the World ]
January,
2005
[ Rivers and Tides:
Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time | The
Station Agent |
Spring,
Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring | Mystic
River ]
December,
2004
[ The Triplets
of Belleville | Angels
in America |
The Barbarian
Invasions | Kill
Bill | Love
Actually ]
November,
2004
[ Eternal Sunshine
of the Spotless Mind | Peter
Pan | Hellboy
Fahrenheit
9/11 | Songs
from the Second Floor ]
October,
2004
[ Japanese Story
| The Dreamers
| Flower
of Evil ]
September,
2004
[ American Splendor
| Lost
in Translation | Man
on the Train | Dust
to Dust ]
August,
2004
[ The Weather
Underground | The
Fog of War | The
Endurance | Winged
Migration ]
July,
2004
[ Girl with a
Pearl Earring | Big
Fish | The
Cooler | 21
Grams ]
June,
2004
[ Intolerable
Cruelty | Twin
Falls Idaho | Jackpot
| Northfolk
]
May,
2004
[ Respiro
| Russian
Ark | The
Housekeeper | Nowhere
in Africa |
The Sea
is Watching | Better
Luck Tomorrow ]
April,
2004
[ Bend It Like
Beckham | Femme
Fatale | 28
Days Later | The
Swimming Pool
The Italian
Job | The
25th Hour | Trembling
Before G-d ]
March,
2004
[ The Cuckoo
| The Man
Without a Past | Whale
Rider | Movern
Caller | Love
Liza ]
February,
2004
[ 8 Women
| With
a Friend Like Harry | Read
My Lips | The
Piano Teacher ]
January,
2004
[ Heaven |
Sex and
Lucia | Real
Women Have Curves | Secretary
| Roger
Dodger ]
December,
2003
[ Lost in La Mancha
| Bowling
for Columbine |
The Kid Stays in the Picture | The
Believer ]
November,
2003
[ Spider |
The Good
Thief | Punch
Drunk Love | Chicago
]
October,
2003
[ The Hours
| About
Schmidt | Solaris
]
September,
2003
[ Talk to Her
| Amores
Perros | Y
Tu Mam Tambin ]
August,
2003
[ The Good Girl
| The Man
from Elysian Fields | All
or Nothing |
Innocence
| Scotland,
Pa ]
July
2003
[ One Hour Photo
| Spirited
Away | Far
fom Home | Adaptation
]
June
2003
[ About a Boy
| Dangerous
Lives of Altar Boys | Igby
Goes Down | Ratcatcher
]
May
2003
[ My
Big Fat Greek Wedding | Possession
| Road
to Perdition | Full
Frontal ]
March,
2003
[ Sunshine State
| The Son's
Room | Italian
for Beginners | Up
at the Villa ]
February,
2003
[ Signs |
Panic
| Changing
Lanes | Panic
Room ]
January,
2003
[ Big Fat Liar
| Flawless
| Death
to Smoochy | Happiness
| Storytelling
]
December,
2002
[ Monsoon Wedding
| L.I.E.
| Insomnia
| Frailty
]
November,
2002
[ A Beautiful
Mind | Iris
| The Brotherhood
of the Wolf | Monster's
Inc ]
October,
2002
[ Cat's Meow
| Gosford
Park | The
Devil's Backbone | In
The Bedroom ]
September,
2002
[ The Shipping
News | Last
Orders | Armelie
| The
Vertical Ray of the Sun ]
August,
2002
[ Royal Tenebaums
| Vanilla
Sky | Bridget
Jones's Diary | Kate
and Leopold ]
July,
2002
[ Sexy Beast
| The Deep
End | Under
The Sand | Lantana
]
The Month of Love: June,
2002
[ The Others
| The Girl
on the Bridge |
The Princess
and the Warrior | In
the Mood for Love ]
May,
2002
[ The Man Who
Wasn't There | Mulholland
Drive | Donnie
Darko ]
April,
2002
[ Tortilla Soup
| Brother
| The
Million Dollar Hotel ]
March,
2002
[ The Anniversary
Party | Series
7: The Contenders | An
Everlasting Piece ]
February,
2002
[ Family Man
| Me Myself
I | Hedwig
and the Angry Inch | Moulin
Rouge ]
January,
2002
[ Theremin—An
Electronic Odyssey | The
Straight Story
Goya in
Bordeaux | You
Can Count on Me | Liebestraum
]
December,
2001
[ Along Came a
Spider | Swordfish
| Snatch
| State
and Main | Shrek
]
November,
2001
[ The Claim
| Memento
| Chocolat
| Spy Kids
]
October,
2001
[ An Affair of
Love | Steam:
The Turkish Bath | Shower
All
About My Mother | 8
1/2 Women ]
September,
2001
[ O Brother, Where
Art Thou? | The
Pledge
The
Emperor's New Groove | Traffic
]
August,
2001
[ Crouching Dragon
Hiden Tiger | Shadow
of the Vampire
The Contender
| Unbreakable
]
July,
2001
[ Way of the Gun
| Return
to Me | Waking
the Dead ]
June,
2001
[ Saving Grace
| Best
in Show | Drop
Dead Gorgeous ]
May, 2001
Is currently Unavailable
April,
2001
[ Center
Stage | Topsy
Turvy | The
Cell ]
March,
2001
[ The Iron Giant
| Titan
A.E. | Princes
Mononoke | Chicken
Run ]
February,
2001
[ Snow
Falling on Cedars | Frequency
The
Whole Nine Yards | Big
Momma's House ]
January,
2001
[ Rules
of Engagement | Final
Destination | U-571
| Gladiator
]
December, 2000
[ High
Fidelity | American
Psycho | Election
]
November, 2000
[ Erin
Brockovich | Magnolia
| Fight
Club ]
October, 2000
[ Girl,
Interrupted | The
Green Mile |
Ghost Dog, The Way of the Samurai ]
September, 2000
[ Bringing
Out the Dead | Dogma
|
Cradle
Will Rock | American
Beauty ]
August, 2000
[ The Talented
Mr. Ripley | Man
on the Moon
Wilde
| An Ideal
Husband ]
July, 2000
[ Galaxy Quest
| Sleepy
Hollow | Three
Kings ]
June, 2000
[ Being John Malkovich
| The End
of the Affair | Eyes
Wide Shut ]
May, 2000
[ Payback
| The Limey
| The Replacement
Killers | Heat
]
April, 2000
[ The Blair Witch
Project | The
Haunting
The Sixth
Sense | Stir
of Echoes ]
March, 2000
[ Ma Vie en Rose
| Run,
Lola, Run | Tango
| Tarzan
]
February, 2000
[ Playing by Heart
| The Thirteenth
Floor | eXistenZ
]
January, 2000
[ Tea With Mussolini
| Life
is Beautiful | Bent
]
December, 1999
[ The Matrix
| Analyze
This | Central
Station ]
November, 1999
[ Little
Voice | A
Midwinter's Tale ]
October, 1999
[ I
Went Down | The
General
Lock,
Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels ]
September, 1999
[ Waking
Ned Devine | Dancing
at Lughnasa | The
Butcher Boy ]
August, 1999
[ Gods
and Monsters | Velvet
Goldmine | In
Dreams | Apt
Pupil ]
July, 1999
[ Love
and Death on Long Island | The
Governess | Ever
After ]
June, 1999
[ Lolita
| Chinese
Box | In
the Company of Men ]
May, 1999
[ Blade
| John
Carpenter's Vampires | Dark
City ]
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