«I’m like my grandmother, I stereotype. It’s faster,» says Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) in an Up in the Air line so cynically clever I half assumed that I was going loath myself for enjoying his company. But Jason Reitman recession-minded satire makes so sense perfectly within its own universe that it actually comes out as… Les mer »
I knew this list thing was going to be hard, but when I couldn’t even decide a proper name for the list, I was on the verge of giving up. By naming it My Favorite Movies Of The Decade I’m trying to say two things. First, to underline how such lists will and should always… Les mer »
You should know a couple of things before you read the list of my favorite movies of 2009. First, this list will be subject to change. There are still lots of great 2009 movies I have yet to see, either because they have yet to premiere in Norway, I simply don’t know about them, or… Les mer »
…spisse pennen en smule?
Ang Lee doesn’t owe me anything. If anything, I owe him to be grateful for the impressive string of great films he has made over the years, from Sense and Sensibility and The Ice Storm, to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain. But being an acclaimed director sometimes has to feel like the most… Les mer »
Observante lesere av Skrivekollektivet har sannsynligvis fått med seg at flere av skribentene på kollektivet er opptatt med filmfestival denne uken; engasjerte meningsfeller i Bergen har forhåpentligvis opplevd Bergen Internasjonale Filmfestival på nært hold allerede. Festivalen, som, avhengig av hvordan man regner kan kalle seg for Nordens største av slagsen, har velfortjent blitt en institusjon… Les mer »
With several of our contributors literally too busy taking in impressions from the 2009 Bergen International Film Festival to do much reporting, we instead publish a review of Shortbus, one of the audience favorites of the 2006 festival.
Det overrasket meg at jeg likte Gunnar Vikenes kinoaktuelle ungdomsfilm Vegas, men nettopp denne overraskelsen er en del av årsaken. Det som vanligvis kunne vært fellende bevis for filmens overambisiøse tone – hvordan den forsøker å kople sammen triste familiehistorier, trassig selvstendige ungdommer, en lyrisk filmatisk grunnstemning og øyeblikk av uærbødig humor – blir, etterhvert,… Les mer »