Monika’s Pensieve

Friday was a busy day (4 films), but a good one - no major disappointments :)
Secrecy
Impressions In Short
Very professionally made documentary. Some excellent interviews.
Some Details
It’s a very well-made documentary. Mainly it consists of interviews with people who were at one time or other involved with government policies to do with keeping certain information classified. There [...]

American Military Intelligence and You!
Impressions In Short
Small, funny, sarcastic film.
Some Details
Basically, the director took the style used in films made during World War II to train US soldiers and made his own propaganda film of a totally different nature. It’s not the most amazing film ever, but there are some wonderful, very sarcastic lines which [...]

In the end I didn’t go to see Donkey in Lahore today, was just too tired and too busy *sigh* Not that I should lament too much about it - having bought 12 tickets I won’t exactly be film deprived this week :]
Anyway, Saturday reviews…
Be Like Others
Impressions In Short
Fascinating topic, average film.
Some Details
I don’t think [...]

Belated post, I know :] As planned, I saw three films on Friday…
Full Battle Rattle
Impressions In Short
I thought it was excellent :) A very clever way of approaching the subject matter of the war on terror.
One of the biggest strengths of the film IMO is that it’s very difficult to suss what the directors’ opinion [...]

{FILM SPOTTING}
The Warsaw Film Festival starts on Friday, so it’s high time I looked into what they’re showing and choose something - a task which is not as easy as it sounds (on top of which I’m feeling a little guilty right now - I should be correcting the documentation of my degree project rather [...]

Ever since the release of Snakes on a Plane (2006) loads of jokes about it have been made. I’ve never seen the film, but the title just says it all ;) In fact that is exactly how the film was marketed:

What I hadn’t realized until recently was that it was an ongoing joke in the [...]

The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) have censored the poster for Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno. You can see the poster (along with a similar, but saucier poster for Good Luck Chuck which they did approve of last year) here.
Kevin Smith & co had to come up with a new [...]