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What I've been watching part deux: 2008-06-22 21:24:00 I was on a bit of a documentary binge last week and saw a couple that I had put off seeing for one reason or another.Cocaine Cowboys was good, but not quite as good as its hype.Feast of Death follows crime novelist James Ellroy (L.A. Confidential, The Black Dahlia) as he investigates the unsolved murder of his mother from his childhood. I found it very interesting, mostly because Ellroy is a very
Weekend DVD ideas again 2008-06-22 03:24:00 By genre (which is a term I use rather loosely)Hong Kong Action- The Killer, John Woo's hitman with a conscience masterpiece is, as far as I'm concerned the best action film ever made. I know a lot of people would argue that Woo's Hard Boiled is a better action film, well more action does not a better action film make. The Killer has everything an action film should have, bad ass lead, highly chor Read more:Weekend
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Album of the week special edition: Immortal Technique- The 3rd World 2008-06-19 20:03:00 The new Immortal
Technique, The 3rd World
album was leaked. Here's an intro to him and then the download at the bottom with multiple sources in case some get taken down.The 3rd World via mediafireThe 3rd World mediafire altThe 3rd World Rapidshare link
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Meetin' W.A.: A documentary by Jean-Luc Godard on Woody Allen 2008-06-16 20:39:00 Woody Allen
is a world class paranoid, claustraphobe, hypochondriac and filmmaker. Very little exists on his life apart from his films, which despite being quite autobiographical don't delve too deeply into his personal life which he does his best to keep private. I've only seen two documentaries based on Woody's life, the first, Wild Man Blues chronicles Woody as he tours with his jazz band thro Read more:Woody
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Album of the Week: 69 Love Songs Vol.1 2008-06-16 18:22:00 The Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs
, was described by Magnetic frontman Stephen Merrit as, "an album about love songs, not an album about love." The songs range from bubbly to biting and cover everything in between as it relates to the mysteries of love.Download after the video.vol1 pt1vol1 pt2vol1 pt3
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Independent voices, the auteurs of today: Lodge Kerrigan 2008-06-16 17:12:00 Sometimes a filmmaker comes along with such a powerful and thorough understanding of their craft that it really makes me upset that more people are unable to experience their work. One such director, Irish-American Lodge
Kerrigan is someone I've had on this unofficial list for some time but I had yet to see his latest film. Well I just finished watching Keane, his most recent film from 2004 my app
Human Rights PSA 2008-06-13 02:44:00 So after watching the films I did recently, Lilja 4-Ever, Not Angels, But Angels and Body Without Soul. I was driven to read up a bit more on some of the problems faced in Europe with regards to child prostitution and exploitation, and human trafficking, both of which have become more and more of a problem worldwide.I landed on this blog discussing the problem of trafficking along with the MTV Read more:Rights
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Album of the week DJ Shadow style 2008-06-10 03:19:00 My favorite DJ album, followed by The K&D Sessions, this is DJ Shadow
s debut. I'd be surprised to hear people not like it. Download the full album after the videos. The second one is not from this album but its a great track and wong kar-wai, who's one of my favorite filmmakers, did the video so its obviously fuckin awesome.in 2 parts, sorryEndtroducing pt1Endtroducing pt2
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The Early documentaries of Wiktor Grodecki 2008-06-08 20:34:00 On the recommendation of a friend I watched two documentaries by this guy the other day. The first, called Not Angels, But Angels followed by it's unofficial sequel/followup Body Without Soul both deal with teenage male prostitutes/street hustlers in Prague in the early nineties. The first Not Angels, But Angels interviews a group of boys aged 15-17 who make their living selling themselves in th Read more:Early
Weekend dvd ideas 2008-06-08 05:01:00 Films to rent when you're feeling:Nostalgic- Reality Bites. The quinessential generation X comedy. Not even a whole lot to say about it really. Good dialogue, great characters, enough quotes to drive your friends nuts and it made Lisa Loeb a star, so yea.Like you had too much coffee/drugs- Dead or Alive trailer Takashi Miike and the best trailer ever? all I have to say about that.Pretentious- Amat Read more:Weekend
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Lilja, I'm sorry but I'm going to have to be that guy 2008-06-05 22:35:00 I hate the guy that walks out of every movie saying it's the best movie he's ever seen, or that constantly raves how the last movie he saw is always the best film of the year etc. But holy shit I just saw an incredible film that makes me have to be that guy. Lilja 4-Ever, which I just finished has me practically speechless. I think I'll have to come back to this in a bit because I'm still going ov Read more:sorry
What I've been watching 2008-06-05 20:15:00 So I'll add to this every once in a while when I can. Watched two movies this week that I hadn't seen before. The first, Be Kind Rewind, I don't really even know what to say about. Somewhere in a super ambitious, super quirky script writer/director Michel Gondry forgot that the point wasn't to be super quirky and super ambitious, but to make films for a purpose. Uneven doesn't begin to describe it
Album of the Week 2008-06-02 04:12:00 Grandaddy's 2000 release, The Sophtware Slump. A concept album where an allegorical robot comes alive signifying the end of silicon valley and the tech boom, and the effects of Y2K and a time when robots are beginning to ineract with humans. I know that sounds really dense but it's actually not at all. They've been compared to Radiohead, Radiohead light maybe, but while it's unfair to place anyon Read more:Album
DVD Ideas for a Saturday Night 2008-05-31 19:41:00 Back to the 90's indies. Films to rent with your:Boys- Red Rock West. Nic Cage, Dennis Hopper and the late great J.T. Walsh star in John Dahl's second feature. A dark, small town film-noir posing as a modern western is true to it's roots while still being unique and unexpected.Significant Other- Before Sunrise. Richard Linklater's (Slacker, Dazed and Confused) witty and beautiful story of love at Read more:Saturday
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New Coen Bros. Trailer 2008-05-31 02:59:00 Pretty excited, they rarely disappoint except for that weird Catherine Zeta-Jones/ George Clooney movie.Top 5 Coen Brothers films is a tough one.FargoRaising ArizonaNo Country for Old MenThe Big LebowskiMiller's Crossing For the record, #5 could easily be Blood Simple, O Brother, Where Art Thou? or The Man Who Wasn't There and the list would still be legit.
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More on Minimalism 2008-05-29 21:00:00 I wanted to talk a little more about minimalism using the films I posted trailers to yesterday. What Time is it There?, on the surface, is a love story, except that the love story is more implied than shown, and it's really a film about people. About people searching for people and about people searching for themselves and a way to feel something new, or something at all.Everyday we meet and cros Read more:Minimalism
The New Minimalism 2008-05-29 00:15:00 So lately I've been watching a lot of newer minimalist films which is a style/genre that I don't really know a lot about. I mean, of course I've seen The Bicycle Thief, but much more than that was over my head. A few years ago I saw a film called What Time is it There?, a Taiwanese film directed by a man named Tsai Ming-liang. I had seen the trailer for a few weeks leading up to the opening of the Read more:Minimalism
Top 5 lists 2008-05-28 04:31:00 Taking a cue from High Fidelity, in the film it's "Top 5 Side One, Track ones"Top 5 Side Ones. Track Ones "Janie Jones" by The Clash from The Clash "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye from Let's Get It On "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana from Nevermind "White Light/White Heat" by Velvet Underground from White Light/White Heat "Radiation Ruling the Nation" by Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor off
Sydney Pollack (1934-2008) 2008-05-27 05:47:00 Sydney Pollack
(1934-2008) - Director, Producer, Actor, and true member of the Hollywood elite Sydney Pollack passed away Monday at the age of 74. As a director and producer he brought us such classics as Tootsie, Out of Africa, They shoot horses don't they?, as well as newer hits such as The Firm and The Interpreter. As an actor he's best known for his smaller roles in Eyes Wide Shut, Husbands a Read more:Sydney
Fight Test 2008-05-27 03:16:00 "I thought I was smartI thought I was rightI thought it better not to fightI thought there was a virtue, in always being coolSo it came time to fightI thought 'I'll just step aside'And that the time will prove you wrongAnd that you would be a fool" The Flaming Lips - 01 Fight Test.mp3 Found at skreemr.comBut I was wrong. Not about you being a fool, because you were, are, and will continue to
Sunday Night 2008-05-26 03:56:00 Sometimes I wonder if it's all the dark, moody music that I listen to that makes me such a morose malcontent or if I'm drawn to the music because that's just how I am. Clearly it doesn't matter as it's obviously cyclical anyway and starting with either one would lead to the other in due time anyway, still it makes me wonder what originally came first and contrary to what most of my friends would t Read more:Night
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Intro to 90's American Film- as told by me 2008-05-25 01:25:00 So recently I've had a couple people ask me how I first got interested in film. What sort of movies I'm drawn to, what's my favorite movie etc.. I don't do well with favorites but I will try and work on some lists. Another friend of mine asked me to "turn him into a film critic." He was joking, for the most part anyway, but he wanted me to help turn him onto some stuff he wouldn't normally have se Read more:American
Takashi Miike and the best trailer ever? 2008-05-23 05:54:00 Actually no, but it is fuckin badass. A few years ago a theater that I worked at was lucky enough to have this film for a short run. The trailer that we showed prior to opening the film was unrated, which is very rare for films, because it can only screen in front of an unrated or NC-17 film, is the best trailer ever. It was more graphic and if I can find it I'll post it later. You know the green
Quick intro 2008-05-22 19:25:00 My name is J.L. Hartley and this is going to be my new blog. It is my attempt to stop living so much of my life in my own head and share my world with others. It will, hopefully at least, allow a glimpse into what makes me tick which will be useful to both myself and maybe even others.The title of the blog comes from the album "Exile in Guyville" by Liz Phair, I always felt it was a great title (i Read more:Quick
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Takashi Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django 2008-07-03 20:39:00 Just got a call from a friend of mine that I used to work with who gave me the heads up about a press screening tomorrow for the new Takashi Miike film, Sukiyaki Western
Django featuring Quentin Tarantino.My friend actually has the exact same job that I used to have and one of the duties is to run private screenings for the members of the local press so that the movies get reviewed before opening
Album Of The Week - Nas - "Untitled" New Album 2008-07-02 05:35:00 Um, so album titles certainly have come a long way over the years.... Originally tited "Nigger" now currently untitled, this is the album that Nas has been promising for years. The album that's supposedly his best since Illmatic... See for yourself. Multiple links at bottom, mediafire and stupid rapidshare.Nas new album mediafireNas Untitled
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Flirt, A Film by Hal Hartley 2008-06-30 22:48:00 So while I was uploading the shorts from yesterday I figured I may as well put Flirt up also after the comments made about it and Trust never making it to DVD in America. Trust is on youtube already, right here, has been for a while, so here's Flirt. Due to stupid size restrictions it's in nine parts, here's part one and links to the rest afterwards. I promise to write a real post about Hal in th
Hal Hartley, in short form 2008-06-30 01:14:00 So, I got a hold of the DVD Possible Films: Short Works by Hal Hartley 1994-2004, and seeing as I had struggled to find it for years I thought I would put some of them up on youtube. I probably wouldn't put them up if I didn't know his feelings on youtube and distribution of his films, but I do.Of the 7 shorts that were on the DVD, many featured actors who had previously worked with Hal on other p
Album of the Week: Cage - Movies for the Blind 2008-06-27 02:13:00 Cage first got got some public attention due to a relatively public feud with Eminem in the late '90s. They each accused the other of copying the others style, and you'd be pretty naive not to notice at least some similarities.As a teenager Cage spent time in a mental institution when he struck some deal with authorities which helped him avoid jail time. During this time he was given what were at Read more:Album
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