tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51973868640483830352011-12-27T22:19:55.767-07:00Foreign film club of Salt Lake CityBekkieannnoreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197386864048383035.post-39563154997812170582009-02-08T09:28:00.007-07:002009-02-08T10:23:06.874-07:00

Review: The Reel Women found this movie, compelling, intense, extremely well acted, and offering something for us to think about long afterward.Michael, nearly 16 years of age, becomes terribly ill on the way home from school, and is helped by a woman he does not know. After confinement to bed for months with scarlet fever, he seeks out the woman to thank her. As happens sometimes in life,

Bekkieannnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197386864048383035.post-75185545423162645562008-11-02T21:28:00.004-07:002008-11-02T21:38:21.961-07:00

This was not a Reel Women outing, I viewed this one on my own, but decided to do a review anyway. Here's what I felt: The movie itself was well-done, well-acted, but the subject matter was like reliving a nightmare. I found it hard to sit through the entire thing.There's no plot to give away since everything in the movie is a matter of record. The movie shows Bush as the arrogant

Bekkieannnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197386864048383035.post-62219931859371800962008-10-28T21:59:00.005-06:002008-10-30T17:55:43.510-06:00

Five Stars for this movie!I'm a little slow getting around to this - we saw this about two weeks ago. It wasn't our regular Reel Women movie. We were celebrating Celia's birthday--dare I say it? The big 60! Welcome to the darker side, Celia!***Spoilers Ahead***The Duchess movie is like reading a delicious historical novel. It is, in fact, based on true characters. The Duchess of Windsor (Kiera

Bekkieannnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197386864048383035.post-64966992049595442102008-09-26T03:58:00.007-06:002008-09-26T06:56:35.368-06:00

Vicky and Christina are best friends, according to our narrator at the start of the movie, and while they agree on almost everything, they couldn't be more different in their views of love. Vicki knows what she wants, a safe, secure, dependable relationship., and is, in fact, engaged to just such a man. Christina is coming off the end of yet another relationship, seeking something, she's not

Bekkieannnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197386864048383035.post-50049005444615937292008-08-25T20:23:00.007-06:002008-09-06T20:13:25.679-06:00

This movie was judged to be an unqualified Five Stars by all in our Reel Women group.Based on Evelyn Waugh's 1945 classic British novel, Brideshead Revisited is a poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to the Second World War. Young Charles Ryder leaves the home of his emotionally abusive and cruel father and sets out to begin his college education at

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Before I have my say, here's what the New York Times said:Behind the Mask of Civility, the Battles Rage Onhttp://movies.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/movies/22duch.htmlBy MANOHLA DARGISPublished: February 22, 2008Jacques Rivette’s “Duchess of Langeais” seems to me a nearly impeccable work of art — beautiful, true, profound. Based on Balzac’s 1834 short novel and set against the French Restoration —

Bekkieannnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197386864048383035.post-9600762830266616972008-06-14T19:49:00.007-06:002008-06-15T06:50:51.791-06:00

A bonus June movie, SATC will not replace our foreign film of the month, but several of us wanted to see this as well. Since it's a girlfriends flick, it makes sense to see it with girlfriends. In fact, nearly all the groups in the theater were women (very few men among us). The man I'm dating sent me an email with his "Get out of SATC free" card because "No man should have to see this movie."I

Bekkieannnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197386864048383035.post-16316287659345378232008-05-31T18:16:00.000-06:002008-06-01T18:39:52.504-06:00

I know, another story about little boys. But that aside, this charming story pulled you in. You couldn't help liking all of the kids in this movie.Will Proudfoot is a quiet timid child who daydreams of fantastical characters and has a talent for colorful cartoons and stories that he illustrates in his notebook. Lee Carter lives alone with his teenaged brother, their dad having abandoned them many

Bekkieannnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197386864048383035.post-8130300596750122502008-04-19T08:14:00.007-06:002008-04-19T09:22:53.632-06:00

Every Sunday at 10 a.m., Rosita in Los Angeles, calls her son Carlitos in Mexico. The movie opens on Carlitos' 9th birthday with a tender conversation.La Misma Luna, a story about a Mexican mother and son separated for four years while she works illegally in Los Angeles, sending money home to support Carlitos and his grandmother, and saving towards the day Carlitos can join her. The story is

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I haven't posted here since last July. And we've seen a lot of great films, too! Pat has promised to provide me with a list and I can at least post a brief comment for each and try to catch up. I'll do better going forward.

Bekkieannnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197386864048383035.post-42380282443009751092007-07-12T22:52:00.000-06:002007-07-15T09:03:21.413-06:00

Click the title above to see the trailer. I guess I'm responsible for suggesting this movie and I wonder if the other women enjoyed it as much as I did. We had planned to go to "Heaven", but somehow, we changed our plans. This is a movie about music with a little nearly-a-love-story on the side. The music is generation "Y" and may not please everyone.One scene I particularly liked took place in a

Bekkieannnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197386864048383035.post-54555586989492952172007-06-23T17:23:00.000-06:002007-07-15T09:49:18.412-06:00

"Brief Encounter" was the directorial debut of David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago,etc.)At a time in post-war England when people were trying to normalize their lives, writer, poet, actor Noel Coward gives us a glimpse into the lives of what he thought were ordinary folks..middle class..hard working...strong family ties and morals. What he created was "Brief Encounter"..a film that has

Bekkieannnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197386864048383035.post-71463496157450597892007-06-09T20:31:00.000-06:002007-06-09T20:52:10.623-06:00

In April, my friend Celia had the idea that we should organize a women's foreign film club. To kick it off, she invited me and her sister Pat to her charming home for dinner and a movie selected by Pat. She told us her idea of posting an invitation on Craig's List to invite other like-minded women. And what do you know! In just a short time we had picked up Judy and Betsy - two very interesting,

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