White Dog: How many movies on operant conditioning are there? After being released on the 2nd, it’s only just recently become available on NetFlix. (They’ve been offering it, but it’s been on “short wait” status for weeks.) Now if I can get through Prince of the City, I’ll finally be able to see it.
Last Year at Marienbad: An art-house classic of the 60’s, now impossible to find. Criterion Collection is working on a DVD release, but I’ve been waiting on it for months and they still haven’t announced a release date. Come on!
Ballast: I’m not sure what the plot is. But Roger Ebert gave it a rave review, and the few images I’ve seen from it look stunning. (I love overcast days; the light is always beautiful.)
A Girl Cut in Two: Contender for “Most Misogynistic-Sounding Title Ever?” Yes. But it sounds sexy and suspenseful. Hence, I must see it.
Let the Right One In: While everyone else at my high school goes to see Twilight, I’m enthused for a much grimmer-sounding, more brutal vampire film. Unfortunately, chances of it coming to theaters around here are slim, thanks to its Swedish origins and unlikeliness of being nominated for Oscars. Sniffle.
Rachel Getting Married: Being described as like a wedding you wish you could attend? I must see it.
The Wrestler: Darren Aronofsky making an unstylized movie? Mickey Rourke giving what’s considered the best performance of his career? Marisa Tomei getting naked again? Everything about this movie makes me want to see it more and more.
Milk: First off, it’s Gus Van Sant, who’s been making some very interesting movies lately. Second, it’s in San Francisco, a city I’ve fallen in love with. Third, it’s getting major Oscar buzz. I only hope the last one isn’t a “sorry about Brokeback Mountain” thing.
Slumdog Millionaire: More Oscar buzz! Plus hyper-stylized visuals! And a love story! Recommended by many! Exclamation marks!
My Winnipeg: Guy Maddin is my kind of oddball filmmaker, and My Winnipeg sounds like it will live up to Brand upon the Brain! in oddness. (Horse heads frozen above the surface of a lake? A soap opera with every episode starting with a woman talking a man off a ledge? The destruction of the newest parts of a hockey stadium while the old parts mysteriously stay up? Whee!)
