Kill List

— The Guardian reviewer said "If Ricky Gervais or Mike Leigh made a horror film, it might look something like this unsettlingly strange offering from British director Ben Wheatley". Well, after seeing "Kill List" yesterday and I think that about sums it up, except for it also being very brutal in places. Oh, and it was a very good horror film too! Definitely "unsettling". Kind of "Blair Witch" and "Wicker Man" for the art house crowd. this year

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[2011. 95 min. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, and Harry Simpson.]
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/kill-list-2012

Bully

— Just came from "Bully", Lee Hirsh's film that tells a story kids need to see—and educators—even though it received an R rating from the MPAA. Kids who are different really ought to feel safe at school and educators need to get a clue about what's really happening.

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[2011. 98 min. Directed by Lee Hirsch. Featuring Ja’Maeya Jackson, Kelby Johnson, and Lona Johnson.]
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-ed-bully-20120302,0,3436722.story

The Island President

— "The Island President" was a beautiful film, but sad to be viewing it in a country doing so little about global warming.

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[2011. 101 min. Directed by Jon Shenk. Featuring Mohamed Nasheed.]
http://www.docnyc.net/film/the-island-president/

How To Survive the Plague

— "How to Survive the Plague" had a great crowd at 10:30 a.m. Well worth seeing.

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[2012. 110 min. Directed by David France. Featuring Peter Staley, Larry Kramer, and Iris Long.]
http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120083/how_to_survive_a_plague

¡Vivan Las Antipodas!

— “¡Vivan Las Antipodas!” was lovely but just outside my tolerance level. The festival booklet described it “As if Wallace Stevens and James Thurber kidnapped a David Attenborough film crew.” True enough, it was a gorgeous film, and a quick and entertaining Victor Kossakovsky was there (thank you MoMA), but I just didn’t have the stamina for it.

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[2011. 108 min. Directed Victor Kossakovsky.]
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/vivan-las-antipodas-venice-film-230299

Searching for Sugar Man

— Film 4 was the best so far. "Searching for Sugar Man" was one of those fascinating, semi-biographical, solving-a-mystery documentaries that leaves you feeling good and reminds you that even if life isn't fair, it can still be great. The director got a well-deserved, heartfelt, long, standing ovation.

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[2012. 86 min. Directed Malik Bendjelloul. Featuring Rodriguez, Stephen “Sugar” Segerman, and Dennis Coffey.]
http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120073/searching_for_sugar_man