The Cook, The Thief, his Wife, and her Lover (1989)
Disgusting beyond belief; even I came close to gagging a couple--nay--several times. It's beautifully done with a streak of surrealistic paranoia. If you've previously heard about this film and written it off as pornographic savagery for the sake of simply that, please reconsider. It's carefully and artfully crafted, full of rage and exquisitely shot.
Love and Death (1975)
One of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Woody at his slapstickiest. A fellow Russian Jew recommended this film to me, and all I can say is if you have any Russian Jew in you, this is the movie for jew.
Window to Paris (1994)
'Window' is a satire from Russia. The gist is that a down-and-out music school teacher finds that he can crawl through the window in his apartment in St. Petersburg straight into Paris. It's about the greed of the easily-seduced Russians and the generally uncivilized mess of the times, but the director hits us over the head with one too many metaphors. I wouldn't go out of my way to see it.
Midnight in Paris (2011)
Ohh, it's just adorable. I was super turned off by the trailer, but after a fellow ex-IES Parisian recommended it to me (and I trust her taste), I decided to go for it. It was a fully enjoyable romp through Paris in the 1920's, which is a very seductive era for me. I had some issues with the film, like McAdams' character and her utter one-dimensionality, but in the face of all the cuteness and cleverness, it's no big deal. So it's a bit fluffy, but if you have any sentimental feelings at all about the City of Love, go see it. (Best part: Dali.)
Super 8 (2011)
Was anyone else super bored watching this movie? I feel like it was exactly the same as that other alien one... War of the Worlds, was it? Except with the older Fanning girl. Meh.
In other news, I was on my way to see Tree of Life today when it turns out I went to the wrong movie theater. So we'll save that one for later.
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