indie
Bellflower
I guess this new hip, slightly grubby, apocalyptic indie movie could be classified as ‘mumblecore* plus’ i.e. it’s a tad more professional (despite the minuscule budget) and more accessible than others in that genre. It’s about two young men barely grown up who are best friends, good looking, immensely personable, very funny and quick-witted, and who are…
MELANCHOLIA
This movie starts out with a stunning long visual prologue played out to the sound of Wagner’s Tristan & Isolde that sets the tone of this powerfully dramatic story told in two parts named after two sisters. The first is Justine, who is a severely disturbed and melancholic bride, struggling to get through the lavish…
LIKE CRAZY
So here’s a story that I can relate too personally: how the course of true love was knocked off-kilter because one of the lovers was American and the other a Brit and they were the subject to all the red-tape of immigration restrictions. The fact that one of them overstayed their visa didn’t help their…
HAPPY HAPPY
Set in the middle of winter in the middle of nowhere in the middle of Norway this very cold ‘comedy’ is about two couples bored with each other and they try a bit of wife swapping to liven things up. Well, it’s not exactly like that as one of the husbands hits on the other…
