Film

Here’s my Ted Talk on You’re Watching Movies Wrong. I did this as a joke for a Powerpoint Party. But I do agree strongly with the general assertions. Happy watching

Reviewed by Eric WolframViewed at the San Francisco International Film Festival Country: Colombia/FranceYear: 2000Run Time: 98 minutesCast: Germán Jaramillo, AndersonBallesteros, Juan David Restrepo,Manuel BusquetsProducer: Jaime Osorio Gómez,Barbet Schroeder, MargaretMenegozEditor: Elsa VásquezCinematographer: Rodrigo LalindeScreenwriter: Fernando Vallejo A self indulgent Colombian story, written from the heart of Fernando Vallejo, Our Lady of the Assassins is a fairly…

Reviewed by Eric WolframViewed at the San Francisco International Film Festival Directed by Marleen GorrisCountry: EnglandYear: 2000Run Time: 106 minutesCast: John Turturro, Emily Watson,Geraldine James, Stuart Wilson,Christopher ThompsonProducer: Jody PattonEditor: Michael ReichweinCinematographer: Bernard LuticScreenwriter: Peter Berry Emily Watson reestablishes her ineffable charm in this 1920’s epic love story between a quarky grand master chess champion and…

Reviewed by Eric WolframViewed at the San Francisco International Film Festival Country: USAYear: 2000Run Time: 95 minutesCast: John Cameron Mitchell,Andrea Martin, Michael Pitt,Miriam ShorProducer: Christine Vachon,Katie Roumel, Pamela KofflerEditor: Andrew MarcusCinematographer:Frank DeMarcoScreenwriter: John C. Mitchell Hedwig is a rock operetta, a stroll down camp street, and a journey into love. It manages to be a…

Reviewed by Eric WolframViewed at the San Francisco International Film Festival Directed by Junji Sakamoto Country: JapanYear: 1999Run Time: 123 minutes Cast: Naomi Fujiyama, MichiyoOhkusu, Etsushi Toyokawa Producer: Yukiko ShiiEditor: Toshihide FukanoCinematographer: NorimichiKasamatsuScreenwriter: Junji Sakamoto,Isamu Uno Face is an unusual crime story featuring an ordinary full bodied recluse as the unlikely hero. I ended up loving her, a criminal who brutally killed her sister, and…

Reviewed by Eric WolframViewed at the San Francisco International Film Festival Directed by George Butler In an act of astonishing foresight, Sir Ernest Shackleton hired a gifted photographer and cinematographer to accompany his now legendary antarctic expedition of 1914 — a stunning tale of survival. And only because this photographer, at one point, choose to dive…

Reviewed by Eric WolframViewed at the San Francisco International Film Festival Country: Iran/ItalyYear: 2000Run Time: 91 minutesDirected by Jafar Panahi Cast: Fereshteh Sadir Orafai, Maryam Parvin Almani, Nargess Mamizadeh, Elham Saboktakin, Monir Arab, Fatem Producer: Jafar PanahiEditor: Jafar PanahiCinematographer: Bahram BadakhshaniScreenwriter: Kambozia Partovi The Circle highlights one after another Iranian woman. Each tugs against the various sexist snares which are placed on them by their…

Reviewed by Eric Wolfram.Viewed at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Country: USSRYear: 1967Run Time: 96 minutesCast: Vladimir Vysotsky, Kira Muratova, Nina RuslanovaProducer: Odessa Film StudioEditor: Olga CharkovaCinematographer: Gennadi KariukScreenwriter: Kira Muratova, Leonid Zhukhovitsky Brief Encounters is a time capsule, a magic eye into the river of passions tumbling beneath the bland grey bureaucratic city life of 1960’s era Russia. It tells stories of…

Reviewed by Eric Wolfram. Viewed at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Country: FranceYear: 1999Run Time: 99 minutesProducer: Cati CouteauEditor: Marie-Christine Rougerie,Isabelle RoudyCinematographer: Prum MesarScreenwriter: Rithy PanhDirected by Rithy Panh All my concerns — gas prices, energy, Bush, war, emissions — seemed trivial, after watching Land of the Wandering Souls, a film about a group of poor Cambodians who dig ditches to lay…