blades of glory*

Josh Gordon - 2007

Hey Wow.

interview*

Steve Buscemi - 2007

Based on Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh's 2003 film, Steve Buscemi and Sienna Miller make you cringe as they dig deeper into their own psyches. Buscemi plays a washed-up writer assigned to interview a dumb starlet-of-the-month. 

I watched this on a plane on my way to Charlotte.

fargo

Joel Cohen - 1996

What can you say? Simply amazing. Love the snow.

heist

David Mamet - 2001

I caught the last forty-five minutes or so of Heist, a great suspense thriller that has you guessing until the last frame. The possible permutations of plot proceed like a reverse pyramid until the final moment. The movie ends with a scene so simple, it seems anti-climatic, but then that's Mamet. When the scene finally cuts, the protagonist has lost his love, but won the day, and he smiles. Mamet thrills in irony.

Gene Hackman, Rebecca Pidgeon, Sam Rockwell, Delroy Lindo & Danny DeVito star. On to Fargo.

the prince & me*

Martha Coolidge - 2004

Our babysitter was watching this when we got home and we just finished it after she left. Totally predictable and stupid, but I do always love a romantic comedy.

the shawshank redemption

Frank Darabont - 1994

Sam turned to me while I watched part of this great movie and said, "how can you watch this again and again?" This is one of those I watch just about every time I see it on HBO. It is a masterful piece of cinema that I always love. The nuances of character and story are great. Tim Robbins again.

things we lost in the fire*

Susanne Bier - 2006

Starring Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro, this movie was really sad, and really good. Really sad.