Category Archives: Film and book reviews

Partly at the suggestion of a commenter on Motes and Queries, I saw Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy last night (“H2G2,” as a young woman in front of me explained to her parents). I went along because the first of … Continue reading →

The latest Netflix journal entry! I really liked this film, far more than I expected to. I knew I would like Ben Kingsley, and thought that Jennifer Connelly would probably be good, but I was blown away by all the … Continue reading →

Excellent film, although not quite what I was expecting from, I guess, trailers and reviews from last year. It’s more El Norte than the Latin American Requiem for a Dream I was steeling myself for. Catalina Moreno is incredible, especially … Continue reading →

Directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott. I had to finish this movie this morning because we couldn’t watch it to the end last night. This is a significant: if three academics in full political sympathy with a documentary can’t … Continue reading →

I guess this film got on my NetFlix list because I saw it mentioned as a classic Los Angeles film, and, having just more or less moved to the Los Angeles area, felt I needed to see it. (I have … Continue reading →

Saw this Wednesday night, March 2. Liked it a lot. Amazing to see Jodie Foster speaking excellent French. The combination of gruesome battle scenes, dark comedy, and sentimentality (about the maximum I can stand, actually) really worked. Audrey Tatou is … Continue reading →

Watched this movie by Stephen Frears last night (Dec 14) with Philo. Excellent movie. Audrey Tatou is very convincing as an illegal immigrant Turkish woman in London. The Chinese pathologist character is wonderful.

Monday, November 8, I went alone to see I {Heart} Huckabees. What an unlikely cast, which really works, however. I found the film thoroughly engrossing, very funny, a laugh or brain-twister a minute.