Monday, August 29, 2011

Monday Links (29/08)


Well, this week I finally got into my Altmam. I watched MASH, which I was disappointed with, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, which I absolutely loved, and Nashville, which I thought was an extraordinary achievement. I started watching Popeye last night and there is no chance of me getting through it. It's awful. As for new releases, it was a quiet week, but I did see POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold and Cowboys and Aliens. I also decided to revisit a few Harry Potter films. I shared my thoughts on The Goblet of Fire.

But, I have been perusing sites all morning. Here are some links:

Jessica @ The Velvet Cafe has become a much appreciated recent follower. This week she shares her thoughts on The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and Paranoid Park.

Phil @ Phil on Film reviews Pedro Almodovar's new film, The Skin I Live In.

Joel @ Deny Everything unveils his Top 10 Films of the Summer.

Ryan @ The Matinee was very impressed with Soderbergh's Contagion. I am looking forward to it!

The gang on the LAMBCAST (Dylan, Nick, Sam, Tom and Sebastian) talk about their Top 5 Anticipated Films of Fall/Winter. 

Steven @ Surrender to the Void shares his thoughts on my favourite film by Gus Van Sant, Elephant.

Anna @ Split Reel recently watched British genre film, Kill List at the Espo Cine International Film Festival. I CANT WAIT TO SEE THIS. It played at the Sydney and Melbourne Film Festivals. Gah.

Newly accredited to Rotten Tomatoes, Tom Clift @ Movie Reviews by Tom Clift has been reviewing lots of films recently. Be sure to check out what he thought of Beginners.

Should you see Columbiana? John @ John Likes Movies doesn't think so.

Sam @ Duke and the Movies this week was impressed by the David Schwimmer film, Trust.

Stevee @ Cinematic Paradox finally got the chance to see The Tree of Life. Find out what she thought.

Nick Prigge @ Anomalous Material contemplates another sequel to Before Sunrise/Before Sunset.

Alex @ And So It Begins... looks at the career of David Cronenberg for LAMBS in the Directors Chair.
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13 comments:

  1. Sam FragosoAugust 29, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    thanks for the link Andy.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 29, 2011 at 1:10 PM

    Jessica is awesome! Love reading here stuff.

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  3. thevoid99August 29, 2011 at 1:20 PM

    Thanks man. I got a couple of more reviews of Van Sant's work to put out but I'm going to push my Van Sant Auteurs essay a little longer in time for Restless. Then I will release the essay while I will also work on my fifth Auteurs essay on Alexander Payne in anticipation for his new film The Descendants.

    Popeye was fucking awful. It was just bad, bad, bad when I saw and years later, when I learned that Robert Altman directed it. I was like WTF? Still my least favorite Altman film.

    I'm reading the Velvet Cafe now and add me to the list.

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  4. Andy BuckleAugust 29, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    @ Sam - Of course.

    @ James - Yeah she is! It's been a privilege reading her stuff.

    @ Steven - Love Alexander Payne. Sideways is one of my favourite films. Yeah, Popeye is so bad. I can't believe that Altman directed it. Glad to hear you are following the Velvet Cafe. Jessica runs a great site.

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  5. AnonymousAugust 29, 2011 at 2:01 PM

    Popeye huh... =) The Player and Mr T and the Women are Altmans best I think.

    I got to join the Velvet cafe bandwagon, great site that I have recently discovered. Nice that she gets links.

    Thanks for including my rouge top ten of the Summer. I'm kind of surprised theres not more complaints from HP and X-men fans on it.

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  6. Andy BuckleAugust 29, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    @ Joel - The Player, McCabe and Nashville are my top picks for Altman. No worries Joel. I have no qualms about where Potter and X-Men are situated. Transformers: DOTM is another story haha. Yeah, I have received great support from Jessica at The Velvet Cafe and am happy to spread the word about her site.

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  7. JessicaAugust 29, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    Awww. Link love! <3 Thank you very much! And some nice pointers to other blogs I need to check out as well. I'm still new to the film blogging community so I've got a lot of discoveries to do.

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  8. Andy BuckleAugust 29, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    You're very welcome! There are some great sites out there. Glad to help you discover some more!

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  9. Stevee TaylorAugust 29, 2011 at 6:44 PM

    Thanks heaps for the link!

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  10. Andy BuckleAugust 29, 2011 at 10:39 PM

    You're welcome Stevee. Glad you enjoyed ToL!

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  11. NickAugust 29, 2011 at 11:53 PM

    Thank you, my friend! I agree with your sentiment toward "Nashville." When I watched it that was my thought exactly - a great achievement. Yet not really a film - like "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" - that I truly loved.

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  12. Alex WithrowAugust 30, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    Very kind of you, thanks dude!

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  13. Andy BuckleAugust 30, 2011 at 10:13 AM

    @ Nick - Yeah, I didn't immediately enjoy it as much as McCabe, but as I was thinking about it and writing some stuff down, I really did appreciate it and admire it more than I expected. You're welcome!

    @ Alex - Not a problem dude. There will be more in the future, I'm sure.

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