Archive for the 'cinema' Category

Son of Rambow

Monday, May 12th, 2008

I really like this trailer. Son of Rambow looks really promising! Can’t wait to see it though with a two month old daugther, as far as movie watching goes, we’re finding out NetFlix is pretty much all we can muster for now. Well, how about you go watch it and tell me how it is? [...]

Neat Nike ad

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Not a new concept, but beautifully executed … great music. Directed by Guy Ritchie of Snatch fame.

Hilarious Onion bit

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Eh eh eh … this is too funny.
Wildly Popular ‘Iron Man’ Trailer To Be Adapted Into Full-Length Film

DVD design

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Was shopping around amazon japan (ordered the new PandaKoPanda dvd) and noticed how beautiful the design for the Divingbell and the butterfly DVD is over there. Great design … for a great movie (a must see if you haven’t yet).

Ponyo is coming

Friday, April 11th, 2008

GhibliWorld.com brings news of the official japanese release date of Miyazaki’s new film Gake no ue no Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea) in July, together with some really interesting comments from producer Suzuki San. Maybe we should book a weekend charter flight to Tokyo in July! GhibliWorld.com also features [...]

Kurosawa and Miyazaki

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Last night I popped in the Criterion Seven Samurai dvd and man whenever I start watching that movie I have the hardest time stopping, what a masterpiece! Every scene is absolutely riveting. Interestingly this morning I was checking GhibliWorld.com and they just posted a translated excerpt of Suzuki San’s radio show with, as a guest, [...]

Ponyo image album

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

I received a couple of days ago the “Gake no ue no Ponyo” image album (which is a sort of “pre-soundtrack” usually Studio Ghibli releases for their upcoming movies) and I must say I love the music Hisaishi Joe has started composing for this movie. It’s been a pleasure to listen to it with my [...]

The Fall

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

This movie by Tarsem Singh (The Cell) looks stunning and intriguing. Looking forward to it.

Once

Monday, January 14th, 2008

What a wonderful and refreshing musical. I can’t recommend this movie
enough. Who needs singing actors? Just get talented musicians that can
half act and there you have it. A gem of a low budget film.

Persepolis - drawn to life

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

The New York Times has posted a nice Audio-Slideshow with commentary by Marjane Satrapi and co-director Vincent Paronnaud.