December 2009
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garconniere's ten favourite films of the decade...
1. xxy (lucia puenzo, 2007)
i had seen the cover of this film at queen video dozens of times, and had always thought about renting it, but the time never seemed right. but one day when morgan and i were there, this movie picked us. we both loved it, and fell in love with ines efron and the character she plays, alex. i watched it three times in 24 hours, i could not believe how beautiful it was....
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2. red road (andrea arnold, 2006) this is probably the film on the list that i could most see appealing to mainstream audiences, and that i think it’s a shame that it is relegated to the “foreign” section of video stores. a story of forgiveness, loss and revenge, but as the events unfold you begin to feel more and more confused about what you know and don’t know. arnold...
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3. palindromes (todd solondz, 2004) this list could not not have any todd solondz on it. every single one of his movies have pestered me, nestled themselves comfortably in my psyche. i never know quite what to think of them, but i do know i like them. i like them because they bother me. and sometimes, they bother me because i like them. it is a film set to shock, and it is very effective in doing...
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4. wet hot american summer (david wain, 2001) so we’re rounding out the top ten and you’re thinking: god julia! you like such depressing movies! no wonder you’re so mopey. but! here we have the one and only comedy on my list. comedies, generally speaking, are not obscure. there aren’t any action movies on this list because like comedies, they get watched in big theatres....
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5. the edge of heaven (fatih akin, 2007)
i’m quite a big fan of how filmmakers outside of the hollywood machine have tackled questions of globalization and their impact on the personal in a skillfully creative way, and akin has done this in the most beautiful way i have seen so far. akin tackles issues about race, nationality, class, sexuality and gender issues in a subtle and effective way...
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6. atanarjuat: the fast runner (zacharias kunuk, 2001)
an achievement in its beauty and in it the story of its creation. the first (known) film to have been entirely made, written, produced, created by inuit people. self-representation is something i truly love and this film was basically my introduction to this concept; why watch another hollywood movie made by a white man about people of...
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bibliotheque:
The Decemberists/Here I Dreamt I...
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garconniere's ten favourite films of the decade...
7. house of sand (andrucha waddington, 2005) my mother recommended this movie to me, knowing i would love it. i would have never picked it for myself because i had it confused with the house of sand and fog (2003) which i had no desire to see. this brazillian movie, on the other hand, directed by andrucha waddington and written by elena soarez, is original, amazing, and highly recommended to...
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8. polytechnique (denis villeneuve, 2009) i was about to put maelstrom, villeneuve’s 2000 film starring marie-josée croze, but i feel like this one is a more important film in the end. along with most other feminists, i cringed at the idea of someone making an exploitative film about the 1989 montreal massacre. but when i heard villeneuve was behind the helm, and was only making the film at...
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10. battle in heaven (carlos reygadas, 2005) i really have no idea what i was expecting going into this film; i knew it was mexican, and i knew the woman on the poster and cover of the dvd looked like a dreadlocked angel. but! i had no idea who reygadas was, and after having watched this film, i assure you that i will never forget. since watching his sophomore film, i have watched all of them and...
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end of the year lists
i was being a bit ambitious with the amount of lists i wanted to finish before i scamper off to mexico.
pop culture:
- my top ten favourite films of the decade you (probably) haven’t seen
- top ten albums of the decade (top 50 but only the top 10 written about)
- favourite songs of the decade (songs i loved as much then as i do now)
all about meeeeee:
- best thrift finds of the year
-...
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"insecurities" and beauty
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peacenikseekspeacenik: nakedpeople:
i just saw another picture of some cute chunky young white woman’s belly with “to every girl with insecurities… you’re beautiful” written on it in black marker.
i don’t like to be a downer, but those pictures really bother me. i mean, i know in middle and high school my worst insecurities were never “oh, no, i’m a cute chunky...
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