Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Feb 19, 2008

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The Band’s Visit

The Band’s Visit is a small, charming Israeli film that is wise, well written, funny, deadpan and very human. The characters are real, the situation is slightly absurd and it is like a little wishful fable that humanizes neighbors who are perfectly capable of living in peace with each other, but…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Feb 10, 2008

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In Bruges

I’m a fan of Martin Mcdonagh’s Oscar winning short “Six Shooter”, which I loved so much it actually inspired me to make my own humble short. And I really liked his play “The Lieutenant of Inishmore”, but I am a bit disappointed by his first feature, In Bruges. I thought it would be smarter and funnier…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Feb 4, 2008

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Find Me Guilty

You would never catch me watching a film starring Vin Diesel, but I heard rumors that this one was different. For one, it is written and directed by Sidney Lumet and two, Vin Diesel plays a real life mobster called Jackie Di Norscio who is much older than him. He actually gives a performance, as…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Feb 13, 2008

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Bernard and Doris…

…is just worth looking at (on HBO) to see two amazing pros at work. Susan Sarandon is absolutely wonderful as Doris Duke. I miss her (Susan, not Doris). She should be in every movie, she is so good.
I predict Emmy.
I don’t really care if she looks like Duke or acts like her. Hers is a portrayal…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Feb 21, 2008

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Lust, Caution, For Real

For a country of 1.321,851,888 billion people, the Chinese government is rather persnickety about sex. What, they don’t want to give people ideas?
Movies with sex scenes are banned in China. Not only that, their producers are banned from working for a specific number of years.
I know…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Feb 18, 2008

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Un Mundo Maravilloso

I almost resent giving space to this failed Mexican movie, but I saw it yesterday at Lincoln Center as part of the Film Comment Selects series. I had really liked director’s Luis Estrada dark political satire La Ley de Herodes and I was looking forward to this one, what with the…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Feb 25, 2008

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There Wasn’t Enough Blood

The Oscars are my Superbowl.
We sat, we saw, we endured. It was rather boring, as it always is.
There is some justice in the world that Tilda Swinton (looking fabulous with makeup intended to look sans makeup and a great strange dress) won the Oscar for best supporting actress…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Feb 26, 2008

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One more kvetch about the Oscars

I suddenly remember that this was the 80th edition of the awards and so we expected some major actors and directors to be around for the celebration. Where were the great American greats? Instead we had some Cyrus unstoppable munchkin that sings and Jonah Hill (love him…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Feb 23, 2008

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Near Riot at The Duchess of Langeais

It’s nice to see that a French film by 80 plus year-old Jacques Rivette can command such lines.
But before we could see the movie, there were technical problems with the projection at the IFC.
And almost all hell broke loose among the nice, entitled crowd.
To be…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Feb 18, 2008

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The Orphanage

Scary movies. Isn’t this a great concept or what? Movies can make you laugh, cry, swoon, but the ones designed to scare the living daylights out of you, I have a special fondness for those. The pioneers of film figured this out from the very beginning: ghosts and mysterious night creatures and…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Feb 18, 2008

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Oscar Pool

Some categories are very contested and they are hard to call. This year at least the 5 nominees for best movie are all very decent films. The supporting actor and actress categories are very tight too; so is the adapted screenplay, with everybody doing a great job.

Winner in red, my favorite in blue…

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These were the top 11 stories published by I’ve Had It With Hollywood in February of 2008. You can also dive into daily archives for February of 2008 by using the calendar at the top of this page.