Poofterama (poofterama) wrote, @ 2009-05-01 00:53:00

apr 09 movie log (slacking!)
Gran Torino Rating: B
I wish I find the ending as powerful and moving as Eastwood thinks it is.

Sincerely Yours (SIFF) Rating: B
It has its moments, but does it really add anything to the migrant worker discourse?

Jay (SIFF) Rating: C+
Interesting script, though the satire is frequently cheap, especially in the ending. The filmmaking could be a lot more robust too.

Girl Inside (SIFF) Rating: B
It may lack the kind of obstacles you expect (hostile parents, hostile society), but its drama never lags.

Singapore Panorama 1 (SIFF)
Tanjung Rhu Rating: N.A.
Mosquitoes / Xiao Fu Rating: C
Love Lost Rating: B-
Note to Singapore film programmers/curators, please stop putting SooKoon Ang's work in theaters; they belong to galleries. 'Love Lost' wants to be TML, but doesn't know to generate the tension that exists in TML's long takes/shots; the problem, I think, lies in conception.

The Days (SIFF) Rating: B-
The narrative trajectories are not as clearly drawn as they could be; otherwise an engaging and heartfelt effort.

Singapore Shorts Finalists 2009: (SIFF)
Madam Chan Rating: B+
5 Films in an Anthology of a Film a Month Rating: B-
Leaving Me Rating: C
Hush Baby Rating: B-
Distance Rating: B-
Swimming Lesson Rating: B+
Dreaming Kester Rating: C
Shingaporu Monogatari Rating: C+
Sink Rating: B-
Another strong year; if this goes on, I may just start missing the so-bad-it's-funny entries.

Wendy and Lucy (SIFF) Rating: B
It's basically the Dardenne brothers, minus the Big Moral Dilemma.

Aruitemo Aruitemo (Still Walking) (SIFF) Rating: A-
Hello, 'Departures' fans, this is how it is done.

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