Telluride 2013

Telluride 2013
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY

really, really good/great films. They made my day:

All Is Lost

I wasn’t sure how much I would enjoy a film with no dialogue set in the middle of the Indian Ocean, but having just seen the tribute to Robert Redford (what an inspiring yet down-to-earth man!) I hoped his latest film would live up to it’s hype. It did. This is a totally engrossing story by the director of Margin Call (if you haven’t yet seen this movie, add it to your Netflix list now). A lone sailor becomes lost at sea after his sailboat is mortally wounded by an errant metal container. His struggle, despite overwhelming odds, to survive kept me on the edge of my seat. Academy Award nominations are sure to follow.

Sundance 2013

Sundance 2013
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

I loved these films. they made my day:

A.C.O.D.

This translates as “a child of divorce” and is about a young man (Adam Scott) trying to negotiate his way around his parent’s (Richard Jenkins and Catherine O’Harar) toxic divorce. Trying to broker a peace between them for the sake of his younger brother he enlists the help of a therapist (Amy Poehler).