MIFF so far...
Kate Bush: Under Review
Bad bad bad. Or maybe just disappointing. They grabbed nobody with any real connection to her, or insight into her music. Except for one of the original session musicians, and they didn't let him talk much. Ordinary.
Son of Rambow
Excellent. A great coming-of-age story about two kids in school growing up through acting out their imaginations. Really heartfelt and beautiful.
Idiots and Angels
Bill Plympton being a little less despairing of people than usual, by being more brutal than usual. A story about a man who grows wings that force him to do good, even though he's such an ugly person that he really doesn't want to. A cool story about the battle between love and hate that rages inside.
Ben X
Emotionally intense story of an autistic schoolboy brutalised by the other kids at school and the escape he finds in online games. But when the bullying moves online too, it just becomes even more intense. A surprising film, it wrongfoots you in some of the most wonderful ways.
Cargo 200
Just depressing. Based on real events, it just leaves you horrified that people can be so awful to each other. Russia in the 80s wasn't a pretty place if this story is anything to go by.
Diary of the Dead
George Romero has fun with zombies, and manages a fair amount of commentary of bloggers, citizen journalism and the signal to noise ratio of such endeavours, as well as the usual sad reality of the descent of people in extremis. Awesome zombie deaths too.
Bad bad bad. Or maybe just disappointing. They grabbed nobody with any real connection to her, or insight into her music. Except for one of the original session musicians, and they didn't let him talk much. Ordinary.
Son of Rambow
Excellent. A great coming-of-age story about two kids in school growing up through acting out their imaginations. Really heartfelt and beautiful.
Idiots and Angels
Bill Plympton being a little less despairing of people than usual, by being more brutal than usual. A story about a man who grows wings that force him to do good, even though he's such an ugly person that he really doesn't want to. A cool story about the battle between love and hate that rages inside.
Ben X
Emotionally intense story of an autistic schoolboy brutalised by the other kids at school and the escape he finds in online games. But when the bullying moves online too, it just becomes even more intense. A surprising film, it wrongfoots you in some of the most wonderful ways.
Cargo 200
Just depressing. Based on real events, it just leaves you horrified that people can be so awful to each other. Russia in the 80s wasn't a pretty place if this story is anything to go by.
Diary of the Dead
George Romero has fun with zombies, and manages a fair amount of commentary of bloggers, citizen journalism and the signal to noise ratio of such endeavours, as well as the usual sad reality of the descent of people in extremis. Awesome zombie deaths too.
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