Okay, I've been doing a little thinking about next years movies and I had some premonitions, if you will. I know we will all be on pins and needles to see if any of this stuff comes to pass.
Best new Film Festival of 2011
Christmas Film Festival commemorating the best of Christmas films as seen through the eyes of reindeer called the Venison Film Festival. This one is in Oregon, not Italy.
Best Films of 2011
Dennis Hopper, surviving his death last year, teams up with Darren Aronofski to once again make ballet accessible to the masses in a film about schizophrenia induced by the 60s hippy drug culture, EASY SWAN. Hopper/Aronofski will achieve an ironic moment as perfect as Wynona Rider's character complaining about someone stealing her stuff.
Charles Ferguson (INSIDE JOB) teams up with the Swedish director Tomas Alfredson (LET THE RIGHT ONE IN) to produce THE WRONG INSIDER, a lightweight musical comedy about a government run by 12 year-old vampires that suck the life out of banks, leaving the people drained. The American version will show the bankers as the victims.
THE SOCIAL NETWORK star Jesse Eisenberg will be play a computer gamer who spends 127 consecutive days playing WoW. His hand has become biologically attached to the keyboard and he has to gnaw his arm off to go outside of his mom's basement to hunt for more Hot Pockets. ALIVE! will only be available on illegal Taiwanese torrents.
The Most Disappointing turn out for Darkside films we really did play: 2010.
I don't list films that have played previously at the Darkside. If you want an idea of what to rent rather than coming to a real movie, you're on your own. But if you rent one of these movies below, maybe when you see it on the little screen you'll understand why I tell you a movie should be on the big screen. So when I say to see it big, you'll come in rather than waiting until you can watch it on your smart phone.
MOTHER: Her son is accused of murder and she's pissed. She goes from mixing herbs and doing some acupuncture to kicking down doors (figuratively).
LEBANON: Think Das Boot in a tank. Not underwater, but on land. Things go very bad and four soldiers try to cling to their humanity in the race to survive. Welcome to serious cinema.
A PROPHET: A light-weight, musical comedy...Um, not even close. Prison, violence, revenge. 97% on Rotten Tomatoes so my affection for this film is not unfounded. A nice palette cleanser after watching anything with Adam Sandler.
I AM LOVE: Tilda Swinton. That pretty much covers it.
And my favorite film no one came to see:
MICMACKS: From the people who made AMELIE. Some people liked this one even better than AMELIE! Seriously, why would no one come out for this? It was funny, cute, took pot-shots at the gun industry. The mysteries of the movie exhibition biz... Maybe I'll write a book about it...Hummmm...
