By far the best Harry Potter movie ever made, and a genuine masterpiece of the fantasy genre. It's much darker than other installements, with truly amazing cinematography, but what really sets it apart from the others is the incredibly story - as flawless (and daring) an example of bold narrative deconstruction as has ever been attempted in a mainstream Hollywood movie. Superbly directed by Alphonso Cuaron, it's a cinematic and dramatic triumph in every respect.
November 11, 2004
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004) *****
By far the best Harry Potter movie ever made, and a genuine masterpiece of the fantasy genre. It's much darker than other installements, with truly amazing cinematography, but what really sets it apart from the others is the incredibly story - as flawless (and daring) an example of bold narrative deconstruction as has ever been attempted in a mainstream Hollywood movie. Superbly directed by Alphonso Cuaron, it's a cinematic and dramatic triumph in every respect.
Sideways (2004) *****
Alexander Payne's masterpiece and one of the best films about wine. There is a great article in Slate, written 22 years after the film's release, that explains the film's enormous influence on the wine culture in America.
October 10, 2004
September 9, 2004
Comment conquérir l'Amérique en une nuit (2004) ***
Refreshingly candid comedy about two Haitians in Montreal.
Triple agent (2004) ***
The kidnapping of a White Russian general by the Bolsheviks in 1937. Based on a true story.
September 8, 2004
August 8, 2004
Notre musique (2004) ***
July 7, 2004
Eros (2004) ***
Three very different views of eroticism by three very different filmmakers. Wong Kar-Wai's vision is all cerebral and completely chaste, with hardly any nudity. It's eroticism as an intellectual concept, where the main erogenous zone is the brain and the imagination. Antonioni's vision is purely voyeuristic, with full frontal nudity and the sight as the principal erotic sense. And Soderbergh's vision is a sort of a compromise between the two, with a hefty dose of verbal exchanges dominating the film.
Segments:
"The Hand" (Wong Kar-Wai) ***
"Equilibrium" (Steven Soderbergh) ***
"The Dangerous Thread Of Things" (Michelangelo Antonioni) *****
Como fazer un film de amor (2004) **
Brazilian comedy directed by José Roberto Torero. A satire about the cinematic conventions.
July 6, 2004
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