[3] November 9, 2011
Beginners [4], the second feature from writer/director and modern-day Renaissance man Mike Mills, is a bizarrely funny, sweet, sexy and quite moving movie about a depressed guy. Go figure.
[3] Beginners [4], the second feature from writer/director and modern-day Renaissance man Mike Mills, is a bizarrely funny, sweet, sexy and quite moving movie about a depressed guy. Go figure.
[6] When Everybody Loves Raymond [7] ended its run after nine years and 210 episodes, creator Phil Rosenthal [8] began thinking about whether his TV show about a bickering but basically loving middle-class family might translate to other cultures.
[10] Adore him or abhor him, Mel Gibson [11] is the reason to see Jody Foster’s The Beaver [12]. As Walter Black, a toy company executive sliding into a paralyzing world of depression, Gibson registers a degree of mental anguish that is shocking.
[14] Set in the 1840s, Meek’s Cutoff [15] follows a tiny wagon train winding its way westward toward the lush Pacific Northwest. In the hands of minimalist filmmaker Kelly Reichart [16] the usual elements of the classic oater are either not present or subverted into something entirely new.
[18] It’s a funny thing about funny men...at some point they’ve got to show us they can act, too. Everything Must Go [19] finds Will Ferrell [20] examining his stock character not through the lens of comic excess but of compassion.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/Film+Blog/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/new-dvd-shelves-beginners-2010
[4] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=format:%22dvd%22+author:%22Mike+Mills%22+title:%22Beginners%22
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/15097#comment-form
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/new-dvd-shelves-exporting-raymond-2010
[7] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=format:%22dvd%22+title:%22Everybody+Loves+Raymond%22
[8] http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0742814/
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/15052#comment-form
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/new-dvd-shelves-beaver-2011
[11] http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000154/
[12] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=format:%22dvd%22+author:%22Mel+Gibson%22+title:%22The+Beaver%22
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/14833#comment-form
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/new-dvd-shelves-meeks-cutoff-2010
[15] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=format:%22dvd%22+title:%22Meek%E2%80%99s+Cutoff%22
[16] http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716980/
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/14558#comment-form
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/new-dvd-shelves-everything-must-go-2010
[19] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=format:%22dvd%22+title:%22Everything+Must+Go%22
[20] http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002071/
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/14529#comment-form
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14313
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14313?page=11
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14313?page=5
[25] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14313?page=6
[26] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14313?page=7
[27] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14313?page=8
[28] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14313?page=9
[29] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14313?page=10
[30] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14313?page=13