April was a bit lean when it comes to the movies that I watched compared to the previous months. Well, I was quite busy and for about two weeks, I was also on a collecting trip in Mindoro and Banaue since two visiting foreign friends came. Anyway, 11 movies and 1 short made it this month. No specific country, language or director, but it was a mix of different genres, types and works.
I was in fact planning to view a number of Japanese films from such acclaimed directors as Akira Kurosawa, Takashi Miike, Takeshi Kitano and others but I was only able to watch 2. In the Valley of Elah, Don’t Tell, Tsotsi are also good films. As for The Forbidden Kingdom, well, as soon as Americans star as heroes in martial arts films and even with the likes of Jackie Chan and Jet Li as back up, its always bound to fail.
In the Valley of Elah - Paul Haggis, 2007 (US)
The Virgin Suicides - Sofia Coppola, 1999 (US)
The Forbidden Kingdom - Rob Minkoff, 2008 (US)
Tsotsi - Gavin Hood, 2005 (South Africa)
Tasogare Seibei (Twilight Samurai) - Yoji Yamada, 2002 (Japan)
46-okunen no koi (Big Bang Love, Juvenile A) - Takashi Miike, 2006 (Japan)
The Other Boleyn Girl - Justin Chadwick, 2008 (UK)
Vers Le Sud (Heading South) - Laurent Cantet, 2005 (France)
L’Homme de sa Vie (The Man in My Life) - Zabou Breitman, 2006 (France)
Gegen die Wand (Head On) - Fatih Akin, 2004 (Turkey)
El Bestia nel Cuore (Don’t Tell/Beast in the Heart) - Cristina Comencini, 2005 (Italy)
Short: The Storekeeper - Gavin Hood, (South Africa)
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Nice selection of films you’ve got there. Try ‘Audition’ and ‘Visitor Q’ from Miike, ‘Rashomon’ and ‘Ran’ from Kurosawa.
estan where do you get to watch those mainstream and indie films? is it through p2p or torrent sites? please pm me through my email. many thanks
was just dropping by .btw im into your s3 corner. if you got those numbers let me know. thanks need the $ badly