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Film / Lars and the Real Girl
May 1, 2008 | Film | by Xavier Toby |
A reclusive man buys himself a sex doll and pretends she is his real girlfriend. Some movies are so original that they demand attention, if just for their novelty value. Read more
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Film / Gone Baby Gone
April 24, 2008 | Film | by Xavier Toby |
An intelligently told, morally complex tale with a raft of unexpected twists, Gone Baby Gone is one of the most original films of recent times. Read more
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Film / Gabriel
April 14, 2008 | Film | by Xavier Toby |
Drug addicted angels prostituting themselves, alcoholic angels, angels who work in soup kitchens, all trapped in purgatory. Read more
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April 5, 2008 | Film | by Yuko Shimizu |
There are three movie directors I absolutely trust whenever they put together their soundtracks: Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino, and Wong Kar-Wai. Never heard of the third one? Well, you will from now on. Read more
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Film / The Black Balloon
March 26, 2008 | Film | by Xavier Toby |
I don’t know what’s going on with me. My two favourite films of the last six months are about a bloke who can only move one eye and a suburban Australian family with an autistic son. I used to like action. Read more
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March 20, 2008 | Film | by Xavier Toby |
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a reminder of why the medium of film is so special. Read more
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March 15, 2008 | Film | by Xavier Toby |
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, the latest film from director Sidney Lumet, is a cautionary tale that takes a seemingly victimless crime then painstakingly analyses the disastrous consequences. Read more
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Film / We Own The Night
March 11, 2008 | Film | by Xavier Toby |
Films involving characters faced with an impossible choice never make easy viewing, an example being the Nick Cave Australian gem, The Proposition. A nightclub manager, played with understated power by Joaquin Phoenix, is the victim here, and you actually feel truly uncomfortable as his predicament unfolds. Set in the 1980s, We Own The Night shows a real nostalgia for that period — particularly in the costumes. Read more
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March 1, 2008 | Film | by Stacey Howard |
French filmmaker, Michel Gondry, has done it again with his new film Be Kind Rewind. Exhibiting his talent and creativity, Gondry, now based in New York, has written a story of two childhood friends in Passaic, New Jersey who set out to remake lost films. He experiments with the reactions of his actors, using his alternative theory of movie making to leave a lasting impression. Read more
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Film / 2 Days in Paris
February 29, 2008 | Film | by Xavier Toby |
Films are popular primarily because they provide an escape from the drudgery and repetition of everyday life. The characters are then as unrealistic as most of the storylines — too well-dressed, attractive, insightful and witty to be real. With 2 Days in Paris, Marion (Julie Delphy) and Jack (Adam Goldberg) are petty, neurotic and jealous. They have stupid fights, awkward, unfulfilling sex, and are initially difficult to like because they are so visceral. Read more
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Film / The Savages
February 29, 2008 | Film | by Xavier Toby |
What would you do you if your estranged and incontinent father, suffering from dementia, was suddenly launched back into your life? Read more
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February 27, 2008 | Film | by Xavier Toby |
Melbourne resident Sue Chuter is definitely wrestling’s number one fan. She’s obsessed with the local and international scene, even taking regular trips to America. In Lovestruck: Wrestling’s No. 1 Fan, director Megan Spencer does a wonderful job of telling Sue’s tragic personal story without passing judgement, making for uncomfortable but compelling viewing. Read more
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Film / Big Dreamers
February 22, 2008 | Film | by Xavier Toby |
Big Dreamers is a funny and intelligently constructed documentary that examines the efforts of a country town to stamp itself on Australia’s tourist map with a big gumboot, after falling sugar prices have decimated the local farming industry. Directed by Camille Hardman and written by John Fink, it’s obvious that a lot of time has been well spent putting this gripping story together. Accounts from the local identities, farmers, artists, rotary members and the resident UFO nut, as well as the main players, are combined effectively to form a coherent narrative. Read more
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Film / There Will Be Blood
February 15, 2008 | Film | by Ari Stein |
I checked out the prestigious Berlinale the other day, which is the moniker for the Berlin Film Festival. Besides being an awesome festival, filled with A-listers — Madonna and Scarlett Johanson, amongst others — I had the chance to see P.T. Anderson’s new film, There Will Be Blood, starring the genius actor, Daniel Day Lewis. The soundtrack has been written, scored and performed by Radiohead’s guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, Jonny Greenwood. It’s truly amazing, based on a previous soundtrack he composed called Bodysnatcher. This one is full of avant-garde and Space Odyssey 2001 moments, atmospheric and richly textured. [see also Atonement]
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Film / Bill Zebub
February 15, 2008 | Film | by Gerry Mak |
Outsider filmmaker Bill Zebub is even more crass and shameless than Nick Zedd. With films like Rape is a Circle, Jesus Christ: Serial Rapist, and Dolla Morte (a film made completely with dolls, in which George Bush tries to attain immortality by killing Dracula), it’s clear he isn’t aiming for Cannes. But he has his devoted fans — most of whom have long, greasy hair and beer bellies. His penchant for lower than low budget special effects, bad acting, tasteless humor, and scantily clad women may put most people off, but that’s precisely what he’s aiming to do. Read more
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George Lois is the god of good ideas, or at least one of them. When I am stuck on ideas, I pray to George the God, or look through his works in hope of doing something one hundredth as good as his work. Read more
We spoke with Patience, lead singer of Australian band The Grates, about the new album the group are in the process of writing. Read more
Dear Miss Helena, one time host of children’s show Romper Room, you have a lot to answer for. Yes, squeaky clean Miss Helena of wholesome blouse and values, I have not forgotten those childhood years spent patiently glued to the television waiting for you to call out my name through the magic ‘looking glass’ — that portal to ‘good’ children everywhere. Read more
A project of my producer and drummer, Tucker Martine, Mount Analog’s soundscapes are gorgeous, melty mixes of organic and processed sounds. Martine brings the best musicians together to create strange and beautiful music.
This awesome promo video for the Lost At E Minor site was created by our friends over at New York-based design studio, Lifelongfriendshipsociety. Read more
Cheap Monday are arguably one of the biggest revolutions in denim since Levi’s. They’re pretty much the uniform second skin for the music totin’, cons scuffin’ youth of today. Read more
Maverick artist come architect, Michael Jantzen, has created this fantastic experiment as a design study for a modular prefabricated eco-friendly house. Read more
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Taking a cue from Trevor Brown, Mainland Chinese artist Zhang Peng creates highly stylized photographs of women, whom he tweaks, with deft usage of the liquify function in Photoshop, to look like dolls. Read more
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Draped in a charming rustic veneer, the Meow Cottage at the Old Marshall House in Franklin, Tennessee, is a self-contained cottage situated on the grounds of a sprawling — and quite beautiful — B&B. Read more
I love the nostalgic overtones in Peter Drake’s artwork. His new series is based on a collection of lead soldiers his father assembled over the years. Read more
For the rest of this week, we have eight copies of the Anton Corbijn directed DVD, Control — the story of UK band, Joy Division — to give away to randomly selected new Australian-based Lost At E Minor subscribers. Read more
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