Reeling: “Take This Waltz”
Posted by Simon in Film, Reeling on 20. Nov, 2011 | 0 Comments
“Take This Waltz” is a beautiful film. Channelling the smouldering (and stalkerish) sexuality of Wong Kar-Wai’s “In The Mood For Love” while also slightly cramping its vibrant visual style, director Sarah Polley is in her element when contextualizing life — long sighs, lingering glances and carnal tension spill off the screen with prodigious visual ease. [...]
Reeling: Watching “Blue Valentine” with my long-term girlfriend
Posted by Jef in Film, modern relationships, Reeling, sex week on 14. Feb, 2011 | 5 Comments
The general consensus around Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine is that it’s a very bad choice for a first date activity. I don’t disagree. But it’s also an awkward idea for a ten-thousandth date, which I learned after catching a screening with my girlfriend of nine years. Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling play Cindy and Dean, [...]
Reeling: “Tron: Legacy”
Posted by Jef in Film, Reeling on 22. Dec, 2010 | 0 Comments
Spoiler-free. With the Disney original dropping in early 1982, the Tron franchise is roughly the same age as I am. I never saw Tron in theatres and my only memory of it is catching random scenes while channel surfing. I approached the sequel as I imagine those of a younger generation than mine approach the [...]
Reeling at Reel Asian: Arvin Chen and “Au Revoir Taipei”
Posted by Jef in Film, Interviews, Reeling on 19. Nov, 2010 | 1 Comment
“Woody Allen is probably my all-time favourite filmmaker…Very much in the same way Woody Allen is obsessed with New York, I think I have an obsession with Taipei.” -filmmaker Arvin Chen First-time director Arvin Chen’s fondness for Taiwan’s capital city is matched only by his appreciation for the romance of cinema. Au Revoir Taipei, his [...]
Reeling at Reel Asian: “Golden Slumber”
Posted by Jef in Film, Reeling on 15. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
It takes a day or so after watching Yoshihiro Nakamura’s Golden Slumber to fully appreciate just how frigging weird it is. For the most part, it’s another Hitchcockian “wrong man” film where an affable dude gets blamed for a massive crime that is totally beyond his world view. And even if Golden Slumber were just [...]
