Archive for the ‘critic’ Tag

• February 1, 2012 Daily notes 2012-02 posted in Daily notes tagged 1994, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2012, a study in pink, academy, academy awards, andrew scott, ashley, awards, bbc, benedict cumberbatch, blanc, blog, britian, british, brothers, bruce robinson, cannes, critic, currently, currently watching, daily notes, dardenne, david, david ashley, docu, documentary, earth liberation front, eco, eco terrorism, eco terrorists, ELF, film, giovanni ribisi, holmes, horse, hunter s. thompson, if a tree falls, jacob wysocki, jean-pierre, jim, jim moriarty, john c. reilly, julie delpy, just finished, kieslowski, krzysztof kieslowski, luc, marshall curry, Martin Freeman, monte hellman, moriarty, movie, mycroft, oscar, oscar investigations, oscar nominated, oscars, racing dreams, review, richard jenkins, road to nowhere, roman polanski, sentimental, serial, series, sherlock, sherlock holmes, show, spielberg, television, terri, the blind banker, the kid with a bike, the pianist, the rum diary, three colors, trilogy, Trois Couleurs, tv, uk, united kingdom, war, war horse, watching, white, WWI
• January 27, 2012 Film review: Albert Nobbs posted in Film reviews tagged 1800s, 1890s, 2011, 2012, Aaron Johnson, acting, actress, actress in a leading role, adaptation, adapted, Alan Moloney, albert, albert nobbs, as, as a man, as man, ashley, award, awards, baby, based on, based on George Moore's novella, best actress, blog, Bonnie Curtis, Brendan Gleeson Maria Doyle Kennedy, Brian Byrne, butler, butlers, child, close, critic, david, david ashley, dress, dressed, dublin, dyke, faking, fooling, Gabriella Prekop, gay, gays, george moore, glenn, glenn close, hotel, ireland, irish, Istvan Szabo (story), Janet McTeer, John Banville, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Julie Lynn, leading role, lesbian, lesbians, love, lovers, lynn johnston, maid, makeup, martial corneville, matthew w. mungle, mia, Mia Wasikowska, Michael McDonough, Mockingbird Pictures, nobbs, nom, nominated, nomination, nominee, novella, oscar, oscars, Parallel Films Productions, pregnant, pretending, review, reviewed, reviewer, Roadside Attractions, rodrigo garcia, screened, screening, servant, servants, short story, Steven Weisberg, supporting, supporting actress, Trillium, valet, valets, woman dressed as man
• January 27, 2012 Film review: A Separation posted in Film reviews tagged 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, a separation, academy awards, AFI FEST, Alzheimer's, Asghar Farhadi, ashley, berlinale, best, best foreign feature, best original screenplay, blog, care, class, classes, conditions, couple, critic, david, david ashley, desperate, desperation, disease, elderly, father, film, film review, foreign, foreign film, foreign language, golden globe, golden globes, green, green revolution, Hayedeh Safiyari, health, home care, Iran, iranian, jafar panahi, JODAEIYE NADER AZ SIMIN, LAFCA, Leila Hatami, lower, lower class, Mahmood Kalari, marriage, married, melbourne, Memento Films, middle class, movie, nader, nader and simin, nomination, nominee, oscar, oscar nom, oscars, Peyman Moaadi, review, reviewed, Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi, Sattar Oraki, screened, screening, screenplay, screens, script, separated, Shahab Hosseini, simin, subtitled, subtitles, termeh, worker, writer, written by
• January 26, 2012 Seeking Producer for feature film posted in Films tagged 2011, a private investigation, absurd, absurdity, ashley, boston, cinema, college, critic, dave ashley, david, david ashley, detective, director, elusive woman, emerson, emerson college, feature, film, film producer, film production, fun, funny, independent, indie, indy, low budget, midwest, milwaukee, movie, noir, producer, production, quest, screenwriter, screenwriting, script, search, seeking, ultra low budget, wisconsin, writer
• January 20, 2012 Film review: The Flowers of War posted in Film reviews tagged 13 Flowers of Nanjng, 1937, ashley, Atsuro Watabe, Bai Xue, based on the novel 13 Flowers of Nanjng by Geling Yan, Beijing New Picture Film Co., Bill Kong, blog, brothel, Cao Kefan, Chan Quigang, Chaoying Deng, china, chinese, christian bale, convent, critic, david, david ashley, David Linde, EDKO Film, film, foreign, foreigner, Geling Yan, girls, Han Xiting, historical, hookers, Huang Tianyuan, Jin líng shí san chai, Li Yuemin, Liu Heng, massacre, Meng Peicong, movie, nanjin, nanjing, nanjing massacre, nanking, New Picture Company, New Pictures Film Corp., Ni Ni, paul schneider, priest, prostitutes, rape, rape of nanjing, rape of nanking, review, reviewed, Row 1 Productions, screened, screening, Shigeo Kobayashi, subtitled, subtitles, Sun Jai, Takashi Yamanaka, the flowers of war, Tong Dawai, westerner, Wrekin Hill Entertainment, Yangyang Chunzi, Zhang Doudou, Zhang Weiping, Zhang Xinyi, Zhang Yimou, Zhao Xiaoding
• January 13, 2012 Film review: Carnage posted in Film reviews tagged adaptation, adapted, africa, Alexandre Desplat, argument, ashley, battle, blog, broadway, bully, carnage, child, children, Christoph Waltz, Constantin Film Produktion, couples, cowan, critic, david, david ashley, debate, disfigured, families, family, father, fight, film, france, french, gang, god of carnage, Hervé de Luze, husband, jodie foster, john c. reilly, Kate Winslet, longstreet, man, Martin Moszkowicz, massacre, mother, movie, nancy, Oliver Berben, parent, parents, Paweł Edelman, penelope, play, review, revieweds, roman polanski, rwanda, Saïd Ben Saïd, SBS Productions, school, screen, screened, screening, SPI Poland, stage, violence, violent, wife, woma, writer, written by, Yasmina Reza
• December 21, 2011 Film review: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol posted in Film reviews tagged 2011, 4, 4th, Andre Nemec, Anil Kapoor, apple, ashley, assassin, Bad Robot, based on the television series created by Bruce Geller, biggest, blog, Brad Bird, Bryan Burk, building, Burj Khalifa, cold war, critic, david ashley, davida, dubai, espionage, film, FilmWorks, fourth, ghost protocol, impossible, in the world, india, indian, ipad, iphone, j.j. abrams, jeremy renner, Josh Appelbaum, Josh Holloway, kremlin, launch codes, Lea Seydoux, mac, Michael Giacchino, Michel Nyqvist, mission, mission impossible, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, moscow, movie, mumbai, nuclear, nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons, nuke, Paramount Pictures, paul hirsch, Paula Patton, product placement, review, reviewed, Robert Elswit, russia, russian, scaling, screened, screening, secret, side of building, Simon Pegg, Skydance Pictures, spy, Stillking Films, tallest, TC Productions, threat, Tom Cruise, tom wilkinson, Vladimir Mashkov
• November 10, 2011 Daily notes 2011-12/11 posted in Daily notes tagged 11, 11-11-11, 1980's, 2002, 2011, 80's, ashley, beat, blog, cannes, casey affleck, chicago, chinatown, commentary, critic, currently, currently watching, daily notes, david, david ashley, desert, downtown 81, fellowship of the ring, film, friends, gerry2, gus van sant, heavenly creatures, jean-michel basquiat, king kong, lord of the rings, lost, martha marcy may marlene, matt damon, movie, new york, new york city, new zealand, no wave, paramount, peter jackson, re-watching, return of the king, review, sean durkin, sean penn, terrence malick, the tree of life, this is spinal tap
• October 1, 2011 Film review: Mysteries of Lisbon (MFF 2011) posted in Film reviews tagged 2009, 2010, 2011, 272 minutes, Adriano Luz, Albano Jeronimo, american, André Szankowski, ashley, awards, blog, brazil, Carlos Madaleno, Carlos Saboga, Carloto Cotta, clap filmes, Clotilde Hesme, critic, david, david ashley, dead, death, director, drama, festival, Filipe Vargas, film, film festival, final, foreign, france, golden globes, italy, Joao Baptista, Jorge Arriagada, Jose Afonso Pimentel, last film, late, Lea Seydoux, life, lisbon, long, Luís Freitas Branco, Maria João Bastos, Melvil Poupaud, mff, mff 2011, Miguel Monteiro, Milwaukee film festival, milwaukee film festival 2011, Mistérios de Lisboa, movie, music box films, mysteries of lisbon, mystery, Os Mistérios de Lisboa by Camilo Castelo Branco, over four hours, passed away, Paulo Branco, portugal, portuguese, proust, Raúl Ruiz, recently, review, reviewed, Ricardo Pereira, screening, time regained, Valeria Sarmiento, writer, written by
• September 25, 2011 Film review: The Dish and the Spoon (MFF 2011) posted in Film reviews tagged 2009, 2010, 2011, adam rothenberg, alison bagnall, amy seimetz, andrew lewis, ashley, atlantic, blog, breakdown, british, buffalo '66, cheating, cinema, coast, crisis, critic, cute, darrin navarro, david, david ashley, debut, drama, driving, eleonore hendricks, Emerging Visions, english, film, film festival, greta gerwig, humble pictures, husband, independent, indie, indy, infidelity, Lake Effect Media Group, mark schwartzbard, mff, mff 2011, Milwaukee film festival, misfit, movi, movie, mumblecore, olly alexander, peter gilbert, piggie, quirky, review, rose, screenwriter, south by southwest, stephanie vinopal, submarine, SXSW, taylor williams, the dish & the spoon, the dish and the spoon, uk, united kingdom, vincent gallo, writer, written by