The Cinephile’s Lounge: Week 29
It’s the end of the week, and I’m ready to kick back, relax, watch a movie, drink a glass of good, red wine… What’s better than doing that with my fellow cinephiles?
How’s your week been?
Mine has been fairly calm. Got up a few times at 4 AM to watch my national team (The Netherlands) play in the football world cup, but unfortunately, they got their asses kicked by Argentina 🙁 It was sorely disappointing, but I’m also sort of happy I won’t have to get up at those crazy hours anymore!
I watched Her (a beautifully written, touching story), Misery (too long, but very awesome), attended the screening of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (review coming up on Monday :> ) and watched loads of American Horror Story. I finished Asylum and am now halfway through Coven. I loved Asylum, and I get why Coven was received less positively, but nonetheless, it’s very entertaining.
What did you watch this week? Anything you can recommend?
[hero heading=”Question of the Week”]Which directorial debut film is your favorite? Were the following films by the same director as good as his (or her) debut?[/hero]Did you know Donnie Darko (2001) was Richard Kelly‘s first feature length film? It’s one of my all-time favorite movies – it also meant the breakthrough for Jake Gyllenhaal. Unfortunately, Kelly has never again made a film as good as Donnie Darko, his Southland Tales and The Box were received very poorly and he hasn’t directed anything since 2009.
[hero heading=”Sharing = <3″]Interesting Reads
- Ryan over at The Matinee discusses the history of American Movie Critics – a must-read for anyone who fashions him/herself a critic, or aspires to be one!
- I already mentioned it in my review of How To Train Your Dragon 2: John Powell is an amazing composer. Ruth of Flixchatter agrees with me and outlines why his scores are so good.
- At FilmDebate, Anthony wonders if film is indebted to literature and whether the screen has something more to offer than books
- Alex of And So It Begins has outlined a “brief and incomplete” (but nonetheless, good) guide to Korean New Wave Cinema – he also composed a list of the Top 15 Unreliable Narrators in Cinema which is worth checking out
- A Book Review and Movie Preview of Gone Girl over at Man, I Love Films
Videos worth the watch
- 100 Movies Where They Say the Title of the Movie
- The Raid 2 – Deleted Scene “Gang War”
- Steve Carell Anchorman Audition Tape
- Top 10 Director Trademarks
- Noah Movie – “Creation” Clip
So what’s up with you, fellow cinephiles?
(featured image credit – Donnie Darko – source: Pandora Cinema)
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