The LONDON TIMES’ Top 100 Films of 2008
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight (top); Time and Winds by Reha Erdem (bottom)
The London and the Sunday Times critics are apparently quite easy to please. They’ve come up with a list of no less than 100 Best Films for one single year: 2008.
Among the best of the best found in the Times list are masterpieces such as:
Cloverfield ("An hour in I started to sweat. And I nearly threw up trying to make sense of the increasingly chaotic and frightening scenes of the gripping climax" – James Christopher);
Definitely, Maybe ("A romantic comedy with a refreshingly adult sensibility and plot that doesn’t feel that it has been recycled and regurgitated by innumerable Cameron Diaz movies" [...]
by Massimo David | December 4, 2008
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Tags: Critics Choices, Gomorrah, Man on Wire, Matteo Garrone, Paul Thomas Anderson, Reha Erdem, The Dark Knight, There Will Be Blood, Time and Winds
Visualizing the Sacred: Islam on Film at UCLA
"What we wanted to say is, if these people [Iranians, Muslims] scare you, look closer: They have parents, they have lovers, they have hope, they have stories." That’s filmmaker and cartoonist Marjane Satrapi, referring to Persepolis, at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
(Top photo: Brick Lane by Sarah Gavron. Right photo: Of Love and Eggs by Garin Nugroho.)
Whether or not following on Satrapi’s lead, this weekend the UCLA Film & Television Archive is launching the film series "Visualizing the Sacred: Islam on Film," which runs Friday, May 9 — Monday, June 9. "Visualizing the Sacred" will show a side of Islam and Muslims apart from terrorist attacks, Mohammed cartoons, or hysterical short films created by far-right Dutch politicians.
"The films in this [...]
by Andre Soares | May 7, 2008
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Tags: Fatih Akin, Film Festivals, Islam, Los Angeles Screenings, Reha Erdem, Religion, The Edge of Heaven, UCLA
