LAWRENCE FTW

This is coming a little late...but congratulations to Lawrence Ko 柯宇綸, who just won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Taipei Film Festival a few weeks ago for his new movie Jump Ashin! 翻滾吧！阿信.

WHY DAVID BRENT IS A GOOD GUY

"Who needs winners? They're not in the slightest bit funny or interesting. Give me a loser any day." (Ricky Gervais)

MAKE UP

AZKABAN

Still the best Potter movie?

Update: Just watched Deathly Hallows 2. Cuaron's is still the best.

A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY

I just watched the 4-hour version of Edward Yang's A Brighter Summer Day for the first time (off a digitally restored print courtesy of the World Cinema Foundation). The scope and depth of it is even more ridiculous in the 4-hour cut...watching it you feel like you've actually been transported back to the world of 1960's Taiwan.

ACADEMIA AND AU REVOIR

An interesting academic take on Au Revoir:

Senses of Cinema

Annie Hall