Castaway on the Moon AKA Kim’s Island (2009) Pretty good Korean film about a failed exec who while attempting suicide gets stranded on an Island int eh middle of a Seoul river, and a ‘shutaway’ girl who watches him with her telescope. Little dialogue, but a cool imaginative story.
An Education (2009) Excellent film, based on a true memoir, about a high school senior seduced by an older man, in the early 60s. Great principal acting and excellent evocation of the era.
Prison on Fire (1987) After Ringo Lam helped usher in the Hong Kong ‘Heroic Bloodshed’ with the excellent ‘City on Fire’, he (or his producers) tried to cash in with more ‘On Fire’ films. I didn’t like ‘School on Fire’,s o I put off seeing this for a long time. So I was very pelased when it turned out to be an excellent film about prison buddies played by Chow Yun-Fat and Tony Leung Kar-Fai.
Tristana (1970) Do I have to hand in my film-snob card when I admit that Bunuel bores the hell out of me. Nor did Catherine Deneuve save this film for me. I barely even remember what it was about.
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) Very good Vincente Minelli MGM film about a fictional studio head, told via flashbacks narrated by his previous ditrector, writer and leading lady.
I Am Curious, Film (1995) The Scandinavian contribution to the BFI’s ‘Century of Cinema’ series of national/regional cinema documentaries. Not as good as a couple of others in the series, but relatively interesting.