Archive for October, 2006
Jon Kilik, one of the two producers on Babel, joined us for a discussion before the screening. Jon seems like an extremely modest and likeable guy and he talked about how he worked his way to up the producing ladder � the importance of being a line producer, making your contacts, and learning from great […]
Babel, directed by Alejandro Gonz�lez I��rritu (for which he won the Best Director award at Cannes) and written by Guillermo Arriaga, has gotten press for the controversies surrounding the director and the screenwriter. But the focus should be on the film itself. The movie that completes the trilogy started by Amores Perros and 21 Grams, […]
Flags Of Our Fathers is the widely acclaimed film by Clint Eastwood. The now famous picture of the American flag being raised in Iwo Jima was a simple act - an order being carried out by six men. In fact, it was a replacement flag since the first flag that was raised had to be […]
Running With Scissors, by first-time director, Ryan Murphy, is hard to watch. Based on the best-selling autobiography with the same title, by Augusten Burroughs, it was the first movie in a long time that I wanted to walk out of. There were so many times, I said, “Ok, that’s it! Why the heck am I […]
I’ve been struggling with this issue for a while. And with the application deadlines just 5 weeks away, I need to make up my mind and not let the decision be made for me by procrastinating..
Background — I have a graduate degree in business. I have a Filmmaking Certificate from NYU where in 12 short […]
If you live in New York, you’ve probably noticed that there are more films being shot here than ever before. A couple of months ago, there were trailers and craft services on my street for days and I see more and more crews everywhere I go.
On Friday, right where Park Avenue hits the Met Life […]
NY Magazine makes shorts available online
Published by October 15th, 2006 in Film Festivals. 1 CommentThe New York Film Festival is going on and some of the movies I wanted to see sold out immediately. However, I’m also a huge fan of shorts.
NY Magazine selected 5 shorts that they loved and made them available online. I am not sure all of these would have been my picks, and the online […]
The exceptional acting is what makes this overtly violent film exhilerating. Di Caprio and Matt Damon were great, but for me, the best actor by far was Mark Walhberg. His character was was so well written and the foul language flows off his tongue so smoothly that you truly love the character after the first […]
Little Children, written and directed by Todd Field is a film with a lot of potential. Set in an affluent suburb, it deals with the angst of 30-something folks who’ve seen the death of their youthful aspirations and endure lives confined the mundane.
Sarah Pierce (Kate Winslet) is married to Richard (Gregg Edelman). She wonders why […]
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