http://www.filmtheories.net/ Film Theories en Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:11:00 GMT Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:11:00 GMT info@filmtheories.net info@filmtheories.net http://www.filmtheories.net/yojimbo/ Who hasn't seen it? A severed alien arm against the ground. Star Wars, Mos Eisley, right? You'll find a very similar shot in Yojimbo, a Kurosawa action/dark comedy film that... http://www.filmtheories.net/yojimbo/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/yojimbo/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:11:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/solaris/ There's no way around it. Solaris is pretty crazy. Yes, it's another one of those Tarkovsky thinking films which uses science fiction as a foil for philosophy, but while Stalker... http://www.filmtheories.net/solaris/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/solaris/ Fri, 29 May 2009 01:39:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/stalker/ Stalker was a Russian alien on American soil. So it would seem. A review of the 1979 film appeared October 20, 1982, in the New York Times and was insistently... http://www.filmtheories.net/stalker/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/stalker/ Fri, 29 May 2009 01:29:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/afterlife/ Afterlife is an underrated musing directed by Koreeda Hirokazu, a gentle movie (if likely too talky for some viewers) about the passage between life and death. The premise is simple... http://www.filmtheories.net/afterlife/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/afterlife/ Fri, 29 May 2009 01:13:49 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/springtime-in-a-small-town/ Oh dear the days do pass too quickly already four days since my last post. It is just such a flurry of activity and then night blankness. Last night I... http://www.filmtheories.net/springtime-in-a-small-town/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/springtime-in-a-small-town/ Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:52:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/restless/ I'm looking up restlessness as a medical symptom but the stupid computer is so slow it is driving me insane in my restlessness to hang out for the answer. Computers... http://www.filmtheories.net/restless/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/restless/ Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:38:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/life-as-drama-drama-as-life/ I have lapsed once again but finally back I shall try and commit a concerted effort to posting something every day. I have certainly felt quite passionately to the point... http://www.filmtheories.net/life-as-drama-drama-as-life/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/life-as-drama-drama-as-life/ Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:04:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/channel-surfing-stasis/ Last night my TV watching became to me like when you are craving something in the kitchen that tastes nice and you can't move on from searching for it and... http://www.filmtheories.net/channel-surfing-stasis/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/channel-surfing-stasis/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:30:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/no-reservations/ Once I saw a brilliant German film called Mostly Martha. I think that was the title anyway. It was a very fascinating emotional journey which was masterfully woven together. It... http://www.filmtheories.net/no-reservations/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/no-reservations/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:39:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/lydia-an-exploration-of-female-identity/ Tonight was a good night for grand speeches and strong female presence on the ABC late night old movie lineup. A nice counteraction for the Time Lock film the other... http://www.filmtheories.net/lydia-an-exploration-of-female-identity/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/lydia-an-exploration-of-female-identity/ Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:15:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/time-lock/ Inspired by last nights post I checked the ABC for an old film tonight. There was one starting called Time Lock. It was quite an interesting buildup of suspense and... http://www.filmtheories.net/time-lock/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/time-lock/ Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:36:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/late-night-tv/ I love late night television. Well when there is something on. I do love discovering things at 2am in the morning like an artistic french film on SBS or an... http://www.filmtheories.net/late-night-tv/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/late-night-tv/ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:24:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/il-y-a-longstemps-que-je-taime/ I have long imagined Sunday afternoons should idealically be spent at the Cinema watching arthouse films. There is something bohemian or intellectual or atmospheric about it that inspires me but... http://www.filmtheories.net/il-y-a-longstemps-que-je-taime/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/il-y-a-longstemps-que-je-taime/ Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:27:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/37-days-ago/ Well 37 days is a long time to not write a thing. Finishing a course and being out dawn til dusk is what stole all the time. But I had... http://www.filmtheories.net/37-days-ago/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/37-days-ago/ Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:08:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/contrast/ I saw a beautiful French film the other day at the Nova called "The Grocer's Son. From the opening credits it was a masterpiece of cinematography and it really got... http://www.filmtheories.net/contrast/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/contrast/ Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:59:00 GMT