Silip - 6/10

Loved this movie, too... However, you didn't seem to like Death Proof as much? Interesting, I thought Death Proof was far superior if less drenched in eye candy...

For me, Death Proof just wasn't as fun as Planet Terror. PT was total escapist fare in every sense of the word. DP was good, but it was too focused on being a Tarantino flick.

Les quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows) (1959)

Sheer brilliance. Never before has a filmmaker so accurately portrayed the troubles of childhood in such an understandable way.

bergman's cries and whispers

good gracious. one of the most haunting films ever made. it stays with you.
which is to say: it's a freakin' masterpiece.

alky, i have a feeling you're a fan of this one. yes?

Alien Resurrection- 3/10

Forget any rating I ever gave this.... after watching it back to back with Aliens.... I'll never watch this movie again unless i'm drunk or dead. That KILLED the saga.

I agree with Alky on this.

Oh hell yeah, I am. Thick as hell, eh? Bergman rocks.

Infamous

I enjoyed this one a little bit more than Capote. Toby Jones' portrayal of Truman Capote was far more believable and nuanced than Phillip Seymour Hoffman's (which is saying something.)

The supporting cast is fantastic, especially Danial Craig as Perry Smith. He plays Perry like he is portrayed in the book - a wannabe intellectual with a damaged soul. The relationship between Capote and Smith bristles with sexual energy.

Sandra Bullock is the best she has ever been as Harper Lee and the cast of NYC socialites includes Sigourney Weaver, Peter Bogdonovich, Hope Davis and the lovely Isabella Rosalini.

Having come from Garden City, Kansas, this subject matter has always been close to the heart. My parents knew the Clutter family and always thought of Capote as "that nosey little fagot" who had no business making those killers look like real people. I grew up hating the man out of familial prejudice, but have since learned to love his work of brilliance In Cold Blood and this film plays closer to the book and shows Capote's process in a way that satisfied me even more than in Capote.

9/10