Have hobnobbed with stars various and sundry.

Surely watching them from afar counts?

( Eastern Promises )

I watched Everything is Illuminated on a giant home theatre screen with friends Friday night who kept asking why they'd never heard of the movie when it was "one of the best they'd seen all year" and ended the evening listening to them sing the praises of Liev, Elijah and Eugene.

And the night before that was the delightful Breakfast on Pluto with ( Read more... )

After scouring the local shops last night, I now own my very own copy of Everything is Illuminated. Yay! Bonus: intense conversation about the film and the superiority of independent cinema with the nerdy clerk who sold it to me ( Read more... )

I think this is one of my favourites so far, and after Gogol Bordello last night, I'm really counting the days to the movie's release on DVD.

( While Jonathan and Alex seem to have nothing in common, Schreiber eventually reveals them to be a perfect combination: Jonathan is the brain, Alex is the heart, and they function far better together than they ever could alone. )

Elijah EII interviews here!

zoniduck says:

The first file is the standard flogging-a-film type interview. I have to say, Elijah is a real pro here. I don't know how he manages to be so good-natured and polite in the face of the same damn questions he's been asked a million times, not to mention rampant asshattery, but he does. Some highlights from this ( Read more... )

( Because what else is there to do on a Friday afternoon when one should be working, other than checking back issues of the local paper? )

( Everything is Illuminated distills the book beautifully )

So I'm at alchemilla_'s place, all psyched up for hours and hours of slashy goodness, culminating in her inaugural viewing of Everything is Illuminated, and WOE - neither copy of Green Street works!

*shakes fist futilely at the tech devil who is clearly laughing at us right now*

As god is my witness, I shall see it in English one day ( Read more... )

And I don't feel like working.

Be very afraid. :)

Another reason to love Flick Filosopher: her Everything is Illuminated review.

Short, sweet, spoiler-free, and cuts straight to the heart of the movie.

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