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Love That Boy (2003)
Charming film
This is a lovely film about an overachieving girl named Phoebe who is weeks away from graduating from university. She has done almost everything from "foraging for wild mushrooms" to getting a "kayak certification", but has never had a boyfriend.
This is not by any means your average cheesy romantic comedy. It is modest in visual style, yet perfectly appropriate. Attention has been paid to Phoebe's many retro outfits, to a great script, and to perfect direction to the actors whose manner perfectly matches the tone of the film.
This film will leave you enchanted, content, and smiling. Andrea Dorfman has already created a signature style between this and her last film "Parsley Days".
The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
Amazing film with a unique vision, and very funny
This film will not appeal to everyone, unfortunately, because it employs a different visual style than all of those people who are rushing to see "My Boss's Daughter" are used to. Guy Maddin is a true cinephile who employs a retro visual style consisting of grainy mostly black and white images in this film. He tends to use a single light source, and extremely unconventional but imaginative sets. This is someone who cares about the end-product.
There are so many things to enjoy about this film. It is set in Winnipeg, in 1933, in the midst of the Great Depression. A contest is announced for the saddest music in the world, with the aim to bring big business for the beer baroness because all of the depressed people will drink at the contest. Mark McKinney plays a cunning musical producer originally from the town but representing America in the contest as he has moved to New York. He is perfect for the role.
This film provides tons of laughs, with some of the most viciuos humour, and biting satire. One of the best films I've seen in a long time.
Henry & June (1990)
Amazing story, absorbing movie.
The story of Anais Nin is really the centrepiece of this film. Although other reviews have praised Uma Thurman's acting, it's my opinion that Maria de Medeiros was the real star of the film. Utterly convincing as Nin, she takes us on a journey of sexual adventure and exploration in a very underground world of middle of the century Paris that was very seductive and somewhat forbidden to her. I found Thurman's performance rather flat and could not really understand why Henry and Anais were so drawn to her, besides, of course, her incredible looks.