October 2011
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Day 5 of the Philadelphia Film Festival
Today I only managed to catch one film. This was due to having to catch up on some work at home and it was probably the strangest film I have yet to see at the festival so far.
The film is called UNDERWATER LOVE and it a Japanese Pink Musical. If you’re not up on your exploitation genres pink is the equivalent to American softcore the only difference is pink films are still shot on film and...
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Day 4 of the Philadelphia Film Festival
Day 4 was sadly only a double feature. I started the night with the Mexican film MISS BALA. Now I had seen bits on MISS BALA online, but it wasn’t on my must see list to be honest. It definitely turned out to be a pleasant surprise about 30 minutes in when I was hooked on its gritty portrayal of a girl trying to be a beauty queen in the drug cartel infested state of Baja California.
The...
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Day 3 of the Philadelphia Film Festival
For my day 3 I had three films on my schedule starting at 2pm on Sunday with the black and white South Korean film THE DAY HE ARRIVES.
The film directed by Sang-soo Hong, was about a director who has made 4 films, retired and is now teaching at a small school in the country. The film chronicles his 4-day visit to Seoul where the director, Seong-Jin is there to see a friend and possibly stir...
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Day 2 of the Philadelphia Film Festival
Today is day 2 of the Philadelphia Film Festival or was for that matter. I checked out 2 films today that were part of the festival and one that was not. The two I saw that were part of the festival was JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI and A DANGEROUS METHOD; I also caught the screening of ZOMBIE as well that was part of the Ritz at the Bourse Late Night Program.
I was originally going to check out...
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Day 1 of the Philadelphia Film Festival
Today was day 1 of the Philadelphia Film Festival and was not a great start to be honest.
The first film on my agenda was the controversial erotic drama directed by Steve McQueen, about a sex addict starring Michael Fassbender titled SHAME. The film essentially deals with how Michael’s character Brandon deals with his affliction, while trying to appear normal to those around him.
This...
Friday Night the Tables Turned....
Tonight at a screening of Human Centipede 2 of all films I was witness to probably one of the greatest acts of theatergoer valor ever displayed in my humble opinion. During the entire film one guy laughed obnoxiously and yelled at the screen exposing us all to his insipid inner monologue. Quite a few people yelled at him and told him to shut up and use his inside voice, but he persisted...