[3] With All About My Mother [4] Pedro Almodóvar sends a cinematic valentine to women everywhere. It's a heartfelt examination of the feminine spirit, presented through a tapestry of characters and plots densely woven and flawlessly displayed.
[6] The plot of Once [7] mirrors about half the movie musical boy-meets-girl plots ever written. But in the hands of Irish writer/director John Carney and his stars, that time-tested narrative is turned inside out with deeply moving results.
[9] Date Night [10] has a great setup but it deserved a better director. The pacing is uneven and the action badly staged. But Tina Fey and Steve Carell, at least, are at their comic best.
[12] Odd Man Out [13], about the “troubles,” as Ireland’s long-standing friction with the British is often described, is aiming for something less topical and more universal, perhaps even poetic, than a straightforward examination of politically-inspired terrorism.
[15] During the 1920s Charlie Chaplin was the most famous person in the world. And The Circus [16], which finds the Tramp signing on as a clown at a rundown traveling show, was one the biggest moneymakers of the silent era.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/Film+Blog/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-all-about-my-mother-1999
[4] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Pedro+Almodovar%22+title:%22All+About+My+Mother%22
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19728#comment-form
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-once-2006
[7] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22John+Carney%22+title:%22Once%22
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19685#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-date-night-2010
[10] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Steve+Carell%22+title:%22Date+Night%22
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19683#comment-form
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-odd-man-out-1947
[13] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Carol+Reed%22+title:%22Odd+Man+Out%22
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19682#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-circus-1928
[16] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Charlie+Chaplin%22+title:%22Circus%22
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19675#comment-form
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=2
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=1
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=4
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=5
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=6
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=7
[25] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=8
[26] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=41
