February 24th, 2012
Kevin
On Sunday, the 82nd Academy Awards will take place and the voters, of whom are 94 percent white and 77 percent male, will decide on best film of the year. The favorite is The Artist, while Hugo could provide an upset. Both are excellent films, I’ll be rooting for the upset. My top two picks of the year were not nominated, but I figured as a prelude to the show, I’ll post the Media Sickness top films of the year. No, I haven’t seen everything from 2011 yet. There was also no overwhelming favorite for me; I could change my mind tomorrow. The order these titles come in is almost interchangeable. Read more…
Categories: Uncategorized Tags: A Separation, Academy Awards, Best films of the year, Best Picture, Boondock Saints, Descendants, documentary, Hugo, Into the Abyss, Jeff Nichols, Martin Scorsese, Michael Shannon, Take Shelter, Terrence Malick, Top 10, Woody Allen
The Avon Theatre in Stamford, Connecticut is a beautifully restored 1930s movie house. Anyone in the area should make sure to catch a film there. We here at Mediasickness are particularly fond of the venue (Tim even worked there!). Recently the Avon made national news when they posted this notice to their patrons coming to see Tree of Life:
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Categories: Uncategorized Tags: art-house, Avon Theatre, Brad Pitt, Connecticut, letter to patrons, morons, Sean Penn, Stamford, Terrence Malick, Tim Morrison, Tree of Life
Why do the righteous suffer? That is the question at the heart of Terrence Malick’s latest meditation, Tree of Life. This is a film that is so abstract it is hard to believe it was even made.
If I were to claim I understood it after just one viewing, well, I would be lying. This is some pretty heavy stuff. Read more…
Categories: Reviews, Uncategorized Tags: Bergman, Brad Pitt, Days of Heaven, dinosaurs, Jessica Chastain, review, Sean Penn, t-rex, Terrence Malick, Tree of Life, Waco Texas, Werner Herzog, Wings of Desire
Allen and Wilson on the set of "Midnight in Paris"
In 1977 Woody Allen released his timeless masterpiece, Annie Hall, affirming his status as a top-rate auteur. A year later his colleague Terrence Malick did the same with the beautiful Days of Heaven. Now 34 years later, the two are releasing highly acclaimed films within a week of each other. Malick’s Tree of Life has won the Palm d’Or while Allen’s Midnight in Paris is holding a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Read more…
Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Carla Bruni, Ernest Hemmingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fellini, Manhattan, Marion Collitard, Matroianni, Midnight in Paris, Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Terrence Malick, Tree of Life, Woody Allen
Terrence Malick, philosopher, genius and recluse director, made a big splash at Cannes when his new film, Tree of Life, took home the Palme d’Or. It has been reported that the Cannes press was shocked and pissed that Malick didn’t show up, even though he was apparently only a few miles away. This of course is idiotic. Malick hasn’t shown up to anything in the last 40 years so, it would only be shocking if he actually did show up.
Bob Dylan didn’t show up at Woodstock and Ted Williams didn’t come out for a curtain call after his final at-bat home run. As John Updike wrote, “Gods do not answer letters.”
