Was trolling trailers again today (yes this will likely read as an update on Apple's latest trailers) and found
Fish Tank in the mix. Hailed as the "best British film of the year," by several sources, the film received four start from
The Daily Telegraph,
The Independent and
The Times (as well as five start from
The Guardian). It went on to open at Cannes and win the Jury prize at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in addition to winning its newcomer star (Ms. Katie Jarvis, then only seventeen and in her first role) an award for most promising newcomer at the 2009 British Independent Film Awards. Needless to say, I'm excited to see the film. Now I just have to figure out where it might be playing (as I've clearly missed it at TIFF). Any ideas?
Multiple Sarcasms is a film about a man reaching the middle years of his life and deciding that he'd like to write a play about his own experiences. By exploring the complex relationships between those people who are in his life he begins to unravel his own existence in a way that is not conducive to those around him. I'm really hoping that this one becomes a little existential (à la
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind or
Fiction) but I have a sneaking suspicion that it will likely read as a traditional drama. Either way I think I'll be pleased to sit down and watch it as the cast includes Stockar Channing and even though she seems to always play the same strong brazen woman, I do so love that character.
Complex and a vaguely risqué in a way I very much enjoy,
La Belle Personne finds newly transferred student Junie as the object of one student's love and one teacher's desires as the young woman attempts to sort out her own muddled feelings for them both. True the film features the classic love triangle but the French trailer gives the young woman a voice where the apple version does not. If you speak French take a moment to peruse
the film's website and watch the French trailer as the subtle differences give me hope that this film may not be quite as standard as it seems.
talhotblond: is a documentary about whose subject matter--to be honest-- I have no clue. The thing is, the trailer is just so damned cool it makes you want to know what's going on. Take a look, you'll find yourself wanting to find the newspaper articles explaining the story. Could be interesting...I suppose time will have to tell on this one.
That's all for now folks. Please join in if there's something exciting around the corner that I haven't yet mentioned. I'm pumped for the upcoming season of films as the networks seem to have had a giant collective brain fart and won't be playing new content for many of my favourite TV shows for a little while...
It happens to me every year. I forget about it and then it just creeps round again. Usually I notice a few weeks after it has begun, so I'm able to do it every night for awhile cause I have to catch up. Last series ended with them putting Harry Pierce in the trunk of a car.
