April 4, 2006

I Dream Of Driftwood (2006) ****

Superb experimental documentary about apartment buildings in Winnipeg and their grandiose names.

Où est Maurice? (2006) ****

A wonderful pastiche of, simultaneously, German expressionism and the French cinema in general.

Big Bad Wolves (2006) ****

Dare (2006) ***


Poison d'avril (2006) ***

Short film about a babysitter and a hidden camera.

Here It Goes Again (2006) ***

Music video from OK Go.

Fergalicious (2006) ***

A Fergie music video directed by Fatima Robinson.

Buttons (2006) ***

Sexy music video directed by Francis Lawrence.

Plastic (2006) ***

Nous sommes tous les jours (2006) ***

Brassens (2006) ***

Fake documentary short about French singer Georges Brassens giving a concert at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal in 1978.

Un Lever de rideau (2006) ***

SexyBack (2006) ***

A Justin Timberlake music video directed by Michael Haussman.

A l'ombre (2006) ***

Touching film about a mother and her son.

Vilar Workbook (2006) **

Short pastiche of "The Golden Girls". Amusing.

Les Jours (2006) *

Short film directed by Maxime Giroux.

Le Rat (2006) *

A short film about a garbage collector. Part of the "Chambre 13" series.

The Little Matchgirl (2006) ***

An adapation of the famous Hans Christian Andersen's story. Incredibly sad and profoundly moving.

Maestro (2006) ***

Hungarian cartoon about a famous singer. The ending is spectacular. Nominated for an Academy Award.

Un, deux, trois, crépuscule (2006) ***

No Time For Nuts (2006) ***

Scrat (the prehistoric squirrel from "Ice Age") finds a time machine. Nominated for an Oscar.

The Danish Poet (2006) ***

Oscar-winning cartoon about true love, great writers and coincidences.

Lifted (2006) ***

Wacky Pixar cartoon about an alien failing an exam of trying to abduct a little boy.

Head (2006) *

Abstract animated short from Canada.