The 25th Hour

I wish there were more hours in the day. Then I could fit in countless movie and tv watching into my schedule. And sleep for 12 hours without feeling like I wasted precious time.

Movies that I'm watching at AFI Fest '08 (3 of them in 1 day. I wonder if Ebert would ever watch 3 movies in one sitting...):


Two Lovers (starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Isabella Rossellini, Joaquin Phoenix, Elias Koteas) "...a taut, emotionally charged psychological love story."


Sugar (Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's follow-up to their Oscar-nominated HALF NELSON) "...a gifted 19-year-old pitcher, gets called up to the American minor leagues...But life on the road and under the glare of the lights carries more challenges than the young man imagined."


The Headless Woman (co-produced by Pedro Almodovar and his brother Augustin) "ingeniously depicts an upper-class matron in crisis."


Poundcake (stars Academy Award nominee Kathleen Quinlan and Jay O. Sanders) "pushes the family reunion film into a hysterical, emotional free-fall."


The Class (Palme d'Or Winner @ Cannes Film Festival) "powerfully presents one high school as a microcosm of contemporary France, with its sometimes explosive cultural and class differences."

Ones I'm hoping to get rush tickets for:


The Good, The Bad, The Weird "...director Kim Ji-Woon’s stunning $10 million homage to Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone a kimchi Western. The sixth film by the director of the cult favorite A TALE OF TWO SISTERS (2003) and A BITTERSWEET LIFE (2005), THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WEIRD continues Kim's South Korean box-office winning streak."


Wendy and Lucy "presents an indelible, deliberately un-sensational picture of poverty in contemporary America. Michelle Williams (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN) gives a superb performance as Wendy who, in spite of mounting difficulties, always maintains her quiet dignity. With WENDY AND LUCY, Reichardt, with a nod to the legendary Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, delivers an austere, meditative essay on America's have nots."

Movies still on my to-see list (backed up from me being in Hong Kong - too many great movies never make it there):
- The Secret Life of Bees
- Rachel Getting Married
- Mamma Mia
- Classic film school must-see movies...which is about 1MM+ movies long

Movies on my radar:
- Dim Sum Funeral
- The Reader
- Che
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Last Chance Harvey
- Australia
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Brothers Bloom
- Skin
- Lion's Den
- Perfect Life
- Twilight

As a side note, I met someone who used to work for the agent that Ari Gold's character is based on in Entourage. Virtual and real worlds are colliding...

*Source of movie photos and descriptions: AFI