I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With (05): Jeff Garlin plays an overeater looking for love. Not nearly as fun or funny as his role in 'Curb your enthusiasm'.
Thirteen (03): Powerful and disturbing study of the perils of being a young female teen in todays world. I usually can't abide Holly Hunter but she was perfection in her role as the recovering addict mother . The acting by all the kids was spot on. WWW, LLI, EOS.
Downfall (04): German historical drama recounts the last days of Hitler and pals in the Berlin bunker through the experience of his secretary Traudi Junge. Traudi just died recently and the fact that she lived openly in Germany working as a secretary after the war (the director found her name in the phone book!) BMM. WWW.
Would I Lie To You? (97): French comedy about a man down on his luck who gets mentored by a wealthy Jewish garment district mogul who thinks the man is Jewish (but he's not).
Not very funny.
Cloistered Nun:Runa's Confession (76): From the Japanese 'pinku eiga' genre (soft porn) about a nun , her sister and everyone's bizarre erotic adventures. Poorly acted, poorly written. NMCOT.
The Page Turner (07): French psychological thriller about a young woman who takes revenge upon a woman who she feels ruined her budding career as a pianist when she was a child. Pretty good!
Everything is Illuminated (05): BTIE film about a young American Jewish man (Elijah Wood is perfect in the role..) who travels to a remote Ukranian village in Russia in search of some family history. The characters are hysterically funny and the story is painful, poignant and uplifting.
Going Nomad (98): Boring Indie film about boringly quirky characters who cruise NY streets at night in big old cars. GMAB.
Charlie Wilson's War (07): BTIE , fun ,mainstream film about true life congressman Charlie Wilson and his achievements in Afghanistan. Watch the DOC about him if interested.
The Wire Season One (03): HBO series set in Baltimore. FAH.
The Secret Life of Words (05): Almost turned it off but so glad I stuck with it. Fascinating character study of a young nurse who lived through the personal horrors of the recent war in Yugoslavia and the man she treats for burns on a remote oil rig (played by Tim Robbins). WWW.
Black Irish (06): Director Brad Gann spent years getting this made, a real labor of love that panned out beautifully. Follows a teenage boy trying to make good in a lower middle class Irish family in Boston. Without all the annoying 'Southie' stereotypes . Refreshing and well acted. WWW.
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