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Sundance: Catnip: Egress To Oblivion?, Jason Willis

By | Published Monday, January 21, 2013



First things first, what is catnip?

n.

1. A hairy aromatic perennial herb (Nepeta cataria) in the mint family,native to Eurasia and containing an aromatic oil to which cats are stronglyattracted.

Catnip: Egress To Oblivion? is a comedy documentary-styled  short film about kittens on acid, a film premiering at 2013 Sundance.

Catnip is all the rage with today's modern feline, but do we really understandit? This film frankly discusses the facts about this controversial substance.



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The Lady And The Reaper, Javier Recio García (2009)

By | Published Monday, December 31, 2012





The Lady And The Reaper is a Spanish animated short film released in 2009 which was nominated for an Oscar Award for Best Animated Short Film and won the Goya Award for Best Animated Short.
The film is an hilarious tale in which a doctor and the reaper fight over an old lady’s soul and body.
Enjoy it!




The lady and the reaper from Hormoz Zamanpour Siahkal on Vimeo.

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Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson (2012)

By | Published Sunday, December 30, 2012

















Wes Anderson is on form with a charming tale about two unpopular kidswho fall in love and run away. (Peter Bradshaw for The Guardian – 4 stars out of 5)

Most of Anderson’s previous pictures came from the head; Moonrise Kingdom isone from the heart. (Rene Rodriguez for Miami Herald)




The film chosen to kick off the 65th edition of the Cannes Festival, Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, takes place during the summer of 1965 on an island off the coast of New England named New Penzance. It all begins when, at a Khaki Scout camp, the disappearance of a Scout boy leads to a thoroughly search.

(From this point it may contain spoilers. Stop reading if you wish.)

At first, when Sam disappears from the camp, it is believed that the reason behind his departure is tied to his unpopularity within the group. But that is not the truth. Sam, a 12 year-old boy, leaves the camp to meet his pen pal and lover Suzy who is a forgotten daughter with self-control issues. The two carry on their adventure to follow the Old Chickshaw Harvest Migration Trail while every single soul in the village participates in the search.
Being so young and living on an island the young couple knows they cannot go far but they do not even think of giving up. Love is worth everything.
The plot is considerably odd and hardly plausible and yet it leaves the viewer with a bittersweet nostalgic mood. However, the highlights of this film are the immaculate and colourful settings, the almost imperceptible comedy hints and, last but not least, the young actors performances.
It is with no doubt one of this year’s events.


 

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The Green Hornet, Michel Gondry (2011)

By | Published Tuesday, November 6, 2012



I really don’t know how to start this one. I love Michel Gondry’s works from The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep to his The White Stripes and Bjork’s videos. To be honest I’m not into super hero’s stories of any kind so it came as a surprise when I heard about his The Green Hornet. I was doubtful about the final result but I had to see it with my own eyes.
First of all, The Green Hornet is a masked vigilante whose first appearance occurred in 1936 in its homonymous radio show.  And it is possible to find similar traits between The Green Hornet and Batman: they are both rich, no super-power, Batman (1939) is just 3 years younger than The Green Hornet and both have a partner. Kato, The Green Hornet’s partner is a gadget genius who knows martial arts while The Green Hornet is a just a rich kid with an ego bigger than his fortune.
Other than that, the film is just another super-hero film with a hint of comedy like millions of others and Seth Rogen’s performance will never be missed.

 



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