These seem to be making the rounds ( Read more... )

At first I didn't intend to write something so long and in-depth, but then realized that this is a subject that is far too difficult with which to take the lazy way out ( Read more... )

Today was terribly hot - that flesh-melting, steaming-blob-on-the-pavement kind of hot in which you can do NOTHING but flop down somewhere and stay there for hours not moving at ALL ( Read more... )

A movie and a TV series.I don't think I've ever been more shocked and chilled by a film than I was last night by 'Madeinusa ( Read more... )

The funny side of autism:

I asked Sean why he rearranges his furniture at angles so it's not flat against the wall, and he told me it's because he leans on it, thus it gets pushed away from the wall a bit, and gets stuck at odd angles. I had to laugh because his explanation was so simple and the reason was not that he did it deliberately ( Read more... )

I KILLED MY MOTHER

An autobiographical movie from 2009 written, directed and starring Xavier Dolan, depicting his own life as a gay teenager growing up in Montreal, this is probably the best Canadian film I've ever seen. It won three awards at Cannes where it was first shown, and apparently received an eight-minute long standing ovation. Yes, ( Read more... )

INNOCENT VOICES

Here is the trailer from Youtube:

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This award-winning film is an intense, riveting, beautifully filmed drama about an 11-year-old boy trying to survive in El Salvador with his family, during the war which took place from 1980-1992. After the war was over, Oscar Torres returned to script and film his story ( Read more... )

EVEN THE RAIN (Tambien La Lluvia)

Stars:

Luis Tosar: Costa
Gael Garcia Bernal: Sebastian
Juan Carlos Aduviri: Daniel
Milena Soliz: Belen


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