So the Film Fest swallowed me whole but has now (thankfully) spat me back out the other side. As usual, I feel a little tattered and bruised, but no major damage I think... *pats self*

The highlights of my final selection of films were The Host and The wind that shook the barley.

The Host
( Korean blockbuster monster flick with humour )

I found a Smallville connection at the Melbourne International Film Festival! *is ridiculously proud of herself* And I have a new actress to fangirl!

Her name's Jodelle Ferland, and she's only 11 years old. She played Emily Dinsmore (S2's Accelerate: Lana's childhood friend, cloned by LuthorCorp), and she stars in Terry Gilliam's movie Tideland, ( Read more... )

Well, the countdown is on until I am sane again and/or have time to myself. I'm getting through record amounts of work, and I'm three films into my Melbourne International Film Festival. This is a brief rundown of the films I've seen so far for anyone who's interested.

Offside
( An Iranian film about female soccer fans )

Many spoilers ahead! (though these headings are very deceptive *is clever*)
( The perfect dream )

I went to see the movie Water today. I'm still recovering. For those of you who don't know, it's the third movie in Deepa Mehta's controversial Elements trilogy (Earth and Fire being the first two). Controversial in India, that is, since I think they've been widely embraced by the international film audience. Water is a spectacular movie and highly ( Read more... )

( Wherein there are many spoilery spoilers and I reveal my unpopular opinions. Seriously don't click if you haven't seen the movie. I don't want to frak anyone else off )

Rambles
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Because clearly I have not spammed my journal enough this weekend, here are a few more thoughts. (Aside: Eep! What is that autosave thing?! That is freaking me out!)

Random bitching
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So this is what I do on a Friday night when there's no access to SV for another 24 hours!

Since seeing King Kong a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been wanting to articulate precisely what it was about it that I liked so much.
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