VIENNALE 2008 : index page : all ratings online (added final 'Hollywood Reporter' link, Dec.29.) Print E-mail

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links to capsule-review pages
1. Documentaries in competition (5x100w)
2. Features in competition (part one) (6x100w)
3. Features in competition (part two) (6x100w)
4. Non-competing new films (5x125w)
5. Los Angeles - A City on Film (8x100w)
6. 'Archive' films (4x125w)

from Agnes to ramZinsky
Viennale 2008 feature-film capsule-reviews, all together on one handy page

Rourke's Drift... to Oscar Glory?
V'08 overview for Tribune 

Thom's Place
piece for FIPRESCI website

For The Hollywood Reporter
THE BEACHES OF AGNES
FOR A MOMENT, FREEDOM
THE INHERITORS

MARCH

A WEEK ALONE     <<<< added 29.Dec.08

upcoming                                                                            
1. 3,500w+ report for Senses of Cinema  {online Dec/Jan}
2. 400w stand-alone reviews of The Wrestler and Wendy and Lucy
       
for Tribune {online in relevant weeks of UK release, Jan 09}


new feature-length films

THE BEACHES OF AGNES : [7/10] : Les plages d'Agnes : France 2008 : Agnes VARDA : 110m M, 28.10
BIRDSONG : [5/10] : El Cant dels ocells aka The Song of the Birds : Spain 2008 : Albert SERRA : 96m G, 22.10
THE BLUE BULL : [5/10] : Spain 2008 : Daniel V. VILLAMEDIANA : 63m U, 26.10^
END OF THE RAINBOW : [6/10] : aka Tout l'or du monde : Australia/France 2007 : Robert NUGENT : 83m V, 22.10^
EVERYTHING IS FINE : [5/10] : Tout est parfait : Canada 2007 : Yves-Christian FOURNIER : 115m V, 24.10^
FLOWER IN THE POCKET : [5/10] : Malaysia 2007 : LIEW Seng Tat : 97m V, 23.10^
FOR A MOMENT, FREEDOM : [4/10] : Ein Augenblick, Freiheit : Austria (Aus/Fr/Tur) 2008 : Arash T. RIAHI : 110m V, 23.10^
(HOW) TO BE DEAD : [3/10] : Como estar muerto / Cómo estar muerto aka To Be Dead / How To Be Dead : Argentina 2008 : Manuel FERRARI : 77m U, 23.10^
THE INHERITORS : [7/10] : Los Herederos : Mexico 2008 : Eugenio POLGOVSKY (Ezcurra) : 90m V, 25.10^
LIVERPOOL : [6/10] : Argentina (Arg/Fr/Neth/Spn/Ger) 2008 : Lisandro ALONSO : 85m G, 25.10
MARCH : [6/10] : März : Austria 2008 : Händl KLAUS : 83m M, 23.10^
MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY : [6/10] : USA 2008 : Barry JENKINS : 87m V, 25.10^
MUST READ AFTER MY DEATH : [6/10] : USA 2008 : Morgan DEWS : 76m V, 26.10^
THE ORDER OF MYTHS : [7/10] :  USA 2008 : Margaret BROWN : 80m V, 23.10^
OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST : [5+/10] : Aquele querido mes de agosto : Portugal (Por/Fr) 2008 : Miguel GOMES : 149m G 24.10; and V 27-28.10^
SALAMANDRA : [5/10] : Argentina (Arg/Fr/Ger) 2008 : PABLO Aguero : 91m M, 27.10^
SYMPTOM X : [5/10] : Shorei X : Japan 2007 : YOSHIDA Kohki : 67m V, 22.10^
TONY MANERO : [6/10] : Chile (Chi/Bra) 2008 : Pablo LARRAIN : 97m M, 26.10^
TO SEE IF I'M SMILING : [6/10] : aka Lirot im ani mehayehet : Israel 2007 : Tamar YAROM : 59m V, 27.10^
A WEEK ALONE : [7/10] : Una semana solos : Argentina 2008 : Celina MURGA : 110m V, 25.10^
WENDY AND LUCY : [6/10] : USA 2008 : Kelly REICHARDT : 80m M, 26.10
THE WRESTLER : [10/10] : USA 2008 : Darren ARONOFSKY : 105m G, 23.10

archive feature-length films
CISCO PIKE : [3/10] : USA 1972 : B L ("Bill") NORTON : 94m F, 24.10
CITY OF FEAR : [6/10] : USA 1959 : Irving LERNER : 81m F, 22.10
CRIME WAVE : [7/10] : USA 1954 : Andre DE TOTH : 74m F, 27.10
THE FLOWER OF PAIN : [6/10] : USA 1983 : John GIANVITO : 75m M, 27.10
GONE IN 60 SECONDS : [8/10] : USA 1974 : H.B.HALICKI : 97m F, 27.10
HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD : [4/10] : USA 1937 : Robert FLOREY : 75m F, 24.10
THE KING OF ROSES : [8/10] : Der Rosenkönig : W.Germany (WG/Por) 1986 : Werner SCHROETER : 106m M, 26.10
MURDER BY CONTRACT : [7/10] : USA 1958 : Irving LERNER : 79m F, 22.10
PIT STOP : [7/10] : aka The Winner : USA 1969 : Jack HILL : 92m F, 26.10
RISE AND FALL OF A LITTLE FILM COMPANY... : [7/10] :  Grandeur et decadence d'un petit commerce de cinema...* : France (Fr/Swi) 1986 TV : Jean-Luc GODARD : 90m U, 28.10
THE SAVAGE EYE : [6/10] : USA 1960 : Ben MADDOW, Sidney MEYERS, Joseph STRICK : 66m F, 24.10
TOUCH OF EVIL : [8?/10] : USA 1958 : Orson WELLES : 111m M, 29.10

shorts
A.Effect : [****] : USA 2008 : Mike OTT : 15m : 22.10, V
Une catastrophe : aka Une catastrophe - Der Viennale-08-Trailer : [*****] : France 2008 : Jean-Luc GODARD : 1m : various
The Cook : [****] : USA 1919 : Roscoe ARBUCKLE : 18m : 28.10, M
Expurgation : [**] : USA 1980 : Tom CONSER : 19m : 27.10, M
The Life and Death of 9413 - A Hollywood Extra : [**] : USA 1928 : Robert FLOREY & Slavko VORKAPICH : 13m : 24.10, F
Man-Bull Fight : [****] : Monsieur qui a mange du taureau : France 1909 : director anonymous : 6m : 28.10, M
Muscle Beach : [***] : USA 1948 : Irving LERNER & Joseph STRICK : 10m : 24.10, F
Olivia's Place : [****] : USA 1966 : Thom ANDERSEN : 6m : 24.10, F
Pass the Gravy : [****] : USA 1928 : Fred L.GUIOL : 22m : 28.10, M
1:42.08 : [***] : USA 1966 : George LUCAS : 8m : 26.10, F
Should Men Walk Home? : [***] : USA 1927 : Leo McCAREY : 20m : 28.10, M
There It Is : [***] : USA 1928 : Harold L.MULLER : 22m : 28.10, M
     ratings for shorts are out of five-star maximum; timings from catalogue(s)

new features already seen and reviewed
Ballast [7/10] Lance HAMMER (seen at Berlin)
Jesus Christ Saviour [6/10] Peter GEYER (Edinburgh)
Let the Right One In [6/10] Tomas ALFREDSON (Gothenburg)
Man On Wire [7/10] James MARSH (in Newcastle on UK release)
Momma's Man [5/10] Azazal JACOBS (Rotterdam)
The Mother [6/10] A.CATTIN & P.KOSTOMAROV (Lisbon)
My Winnipeg [5/10] Guy MADDIN (in Newcastle on UK release)
Of Time and the City [8/10] Terence DAVIES (Edinburgh)
Profit motive and the whispering wind [9/10] John GIANVITO (DVD and Bradford)
La Rabia [6/10] Albertina CARRI (Berlin)
The Romance of Astrea and Celadon [6/10] Eric ROHMER (Rotterdam)
Wellness [6/10] Jake MAHAFFY (Edinburgh)
With A Girl of Black Soil [9/10] JEON Soo-il (Edinburgh)
Wonderful Town [6/10] Aditya ASSARAT (Lisbon)

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^ = films eligible for Fipresci prize (jury : Markus Keuschnigg, Diego Lerer, Norman Wilner, Neil Young)

Cinemas : G = Gartenbaukino; M = Metro; S = Stadtkino; U = Urania (V = video-room). 
All (except 'V') public screenings (complimentary tickets).
Underlined timings are hand-timed; otherwise are taken from the Viennale/Retrospective catalogues.

Year of the Ram : Mickey Rourke in THE WRESTLER

   aka Grandeur et decadence d'un petit commerce de cinema d'apres un roman de James Hadley Chase
  
aka Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company, Based On a Novel by James Hadley Chase
  
aka Serie Noire - Grandeur et decadence d'un petit commerce de cinema
  
aka The Grandeur and Decadence of a Small-Time Filmmaker
  
(... and is also known under various other titles)

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