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Rabbit: Silent But Deadly
Here’s another silent short from the archives: 2005’s Rabbit by Run Wrake, an illustrator and animator who works out of London. Rabbit is, in BananaWho’s opinion, Wrake’s most successful short film out of a body of very interesting work, but you, Dear Reader, are welcome to choose your own favorite here.
Sadly, the critically-condemned [...]
Fish Tank: Life’s a Bitch and Then You Die
Here in America, we take Francois Truffaut’s title for granted, but “The 400 Blows” translated more accurately approximates the English phrase, “Raising Hell.” With this translation in mind, watch Fish Tank, the sophomore feature film from writer/director Andrea Arnold. Hers is a contemporary (read: feminine) homage to The 400 Blows that follows adolescent [...]
Pick Up Your Crazy Heart
In a recent interview with Tin House magazine, the seasoned French novelist Amélie Nothomb shared her view that, “the biggest discovery in life is time.” While at its simplest, Scott Cooper’s Crazy Heart is a story about getting sober, it is also about a man awakening to the discovery of time.
Jeff Bridges is Bad [...]
Best Movies of the Decade
Our planet has only been spinning through this new decade for a month and people are already referring to the Aughts as the worst decade ever, calling the years from 2000-2009 the “Lost Decade.” Perhaps they are referring to September 11th, the two wars we started, tsunamis, Katrina, the economic collapse… [...]
La Danse: Frederick Wiseman On Point(e)
Frederick Wiseman’s latest documentary, La Danse, features just under three hours of footage of the Paris Opera Ballet, one of the world’s premiere ballet companies. You’ll notice, Dear Reader, that Your Correspondent did not use the words “chronicle,” “document,” or any other synonym that would imply storytelling, because that would be a stretch. [...]
Where the Wild Things Are: Creatures of Comfort
If you have ever complained that CGI is ruining special effects, ever pined wistfully for the days of latex and puppets, hear this: you are not alone. Cinematic creatures have undergone a disturbing revolution since the golden days of Peter Jackson and George Lucas, who captured our hearts with miniatures, puppets, animatronics, and simple [...]
Guido van der Werve Won’t Turn with the World
Guido van der Werve, the Dutch pianist and artist has broken ground (and you’ll understand what a witty pun this is in a second) in film in recent years, exhibiting his short experimental work at museums and galleries around the world. His films tend to be simply shot and often static, but they are [...]
A Serious Man: A Never-Ending Story
A Serious Man is the latest from America’s favorite filmmaking duo, the Coen Brothers, (who will be referred to here as CoBro—it’s faster) whose cannon of black comedies and tense dramas have earned them a place in the most casual filmgoers’ vernacular, as well as a Best Picture Oscar for No Country for Old [...]
When We Are Big: The Boo Heard ‘Round the Mountain
When this short film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2006, it was booed at every screening it played at, in three separate venues, by three different crowds of people. When We Are Big was paired with The Page Turner, a French thriller soon forgotten in the midst of all the hubhub. [...]