Comments on: State of the Biz

By: grady

grady — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:04:39 +0000

Unfortunately, we watched a TON of movies and these 50 represent what we really thought were the best. There were one or two titles (WAY OF THE SNOWSTORM from China, YANGGAW from the Philippines) that we all liked a lot but didn’t get around to programming for various reasons, and there were other movies like Korea’s BEAUTIFUL that almost made it but didn’t quite. We try not to feel like we MUST screen a certain number of films from any one country or that we have to screen films from every genre. Trust us, if there was a year where the best movies were romances, we’d screen all romances!

By: Dario

Dario — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:12:07 +0000

Besides “The Forbidden Door” and “House”, there was a lot lacking from the Horror/Thriller department that I thought would have been easy to fill from asia.

By: marc

marc — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:58:16 +0000

Erika:

What films would you have rather seen us program?

By: dbborroughs

dbborroughs — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:38:45 +0000

Written By has moments but I wouldn’t put it at the top of a list of recommended films
I agree with recommending to various degrees IP Man, Exodus and Dream (the others I’m seeing in the next few days and I’m hopeful)

By: Erika

Erika — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:23:52 +0000

To be honest, I’m kind of disappointed with the film selections this time around — I love action films and crazy arthouse as much as the next film dork, but that seems to be really dominating. I wanted to see more genres represented.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:28:16 +0000

Ip Man should have had more screenings.

By: Hank I.

Hank I. — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:37:19 +0000

I went to see Children of the Dark last night. I must say I am not of the weak hearted or a very sensitive person on the exterior but this movie left me with a knot in my chest even this morning when I woke up. The description and warning for this movie is 100% correct. Some of the scenes will be burnt into my mind forever.
After I left the movie and drove home I had to pull over because my eyes were filled with tears. There was a part in the movie where a young girl was crawling on the ground in pain which made me feel like my heart was ripped out of my chest and given to me to taste. I wanted to jump into the screen and pick her up in my arms and tell her it will be ok now.
I will never be the same after viewing this movie and will appreciate the life I have with much more gratitude and love. I was deeply hurt emotionally by this movie and commend the director for his excellance.
I would like to see this movie again and would take a few of my friends to see it so they would understand my feelings because I went by myself to see it. I wish another screening would be scheduled.