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A Scream from Silence
Directed by Anne Claire Poirier. 1979
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Silent Hill: Revelation 2012
The common misstep with most horror sequels is that the filmmakers, writers or whoever feel that they need to treat their audience like idiots. Granted, the majority of which is completely idiotic, but the only people that may have had interest in this would be the people who actually cared for the first film, a film which I actually liked. Where the first film left things ambiguous with room for interpretation, the second destroyed that creativeness and replaced it with…
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Hero of the Red Light District 1960
Also know as Hero of the Red Light District or Killing in Yoshiwara, Tomu Uchida's film come close to an adaptation of the same source as Renoir's La Chienne and Lang's Scarlet Street.
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Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings 2004
With the conclusion to this extremely enormous film, I've come to realise that this is the finest achievement in all of cinema.
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Ashes and Snow 2005
Cinema as poetry. Since Tarkovsky, there hasn't been a film that is as moving as this. This is a film that reaches into the mind and soul.
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Century of Birthing 2011
I often come across some slightly ignorant listings on letterbox, but none both ignorant and disrespectful at the same time. This great film by Lav Diaz is not just a 'long film' as the description above states. It's much more. If any fine member of letterboxd can fix the description by adding this accurate synopsis of the film that would be great:
Telling two seemingly unrelated tales, it is a grand meditation on the roles of the artist, the prophet…
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Tokyo no onna 1933
A film about a woman, Chikako, who is trying to put her brother Ryo through college. She does this by working as a typist by day who is seen as an excellent worker and a, what we are led to believe, a translator by night. When the true nature of her work comes to light, police become involved and gossip is spread ultimately leading to a tragic end. A very brief yet powerful film by Ozu in what is the great period of Japanese silent film.
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Same Old Song 1998
An interesting film from Resnais. Very well written characters as to be expected from him. The frequent bursts of song from the players may not always work, but they are fun to watch. Curious to know if this film has had any influence on the films of Christophe Honre.
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Je t'aime, je t'aime 1968
I've come to realise that detractors of Resnais are really only familiar with films like Hiroshima, Mon Amour and Last Year at Marienbad. I think if these people were to really explore his filmography and not focus on just those two films, they'd really be surprised by the range of films that he made. Je t'aime. je t'aime is a brilliant film completely unlike anything he has made.
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Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks 2007
Completely mesmerizing...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SKUJfwVUYc
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Michael the Brave 1970
Needs to be seen if only for the battle sequences, which are easily the best I've seen in any film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt0t9qQo2mc
