Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino, 2009)
“She refers to a phenomenon of moviegoing which I have called certification. Nowadays when a person lives somewhere, in a neighborhood, the place is not certified for him. More than likely he will live there sadly and the emptiness which is inside him will expand until it evacuates the entire neighborhood. But if he sees a movie which shows his very neighborhood, it becomes possible for him to live, for a time at least, as a person who is Somewhere and not Anywhere.” (Walker... Read More
Cannes Unveils 2009 Lineup
The lineup for the 2009 Festival de Cannes was released today. Many notable entries here, but I know I and at least one other Filmwell critic have been rejoicing that Pixar’s Up is opening the festival – the first animated film to ever do so. Other fabulously notable directors with work at Cannes will be Quentin Tarantino, Ang Lee, Pedro Almodovar, Jane Campion, Ken Loach, Michael Haneke and Park Chan-wook. Also, Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus... Read More
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