I've been receiving the Sydney Film Festival newsletter, and I had some romantic idea a while ago that maybe I'd get away for a long weekend to check it out for the first time. Maybe zip up there on my motorcycle or fly up and hire a car (or bike). Well, it was a nice idea, and I did a little research of films to see. I say 'little' because that trip just ain't happening (this year at least), and there's no point doing the detailed research that a serious visit to a film festival warrants if you ain't going.Well, for what it's worth, I thought I'd post the list I put together. Readers in Sydney might be interested to check these out. Those marked with an asterisk are those I've seen that I'd definitely recommend to others. Needless to say, I'll be looking to see these if they appear at MIFF.
- Climates* (Iklimer, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, France/Turkey)
- Container (Lukas Moodysson, Sweden)
- Inland Empire (David Lynch, France/USA/Poland)
- Poison Friends* (Les amitiés maléfiques, Emmanuel Bourdieu, France)
- Rescue Dawn* (Werner Herzog, USA)
- The Violin* (El violin, Francisco Vargas Quevedo, Mexico)
- Away From Her (Sarah Polley, Canada)
- Beauty in Trouble (Kráska v nesnázích, Jan Hrebejk, Czech Republic)
- Don't Touch the Axe (Ne touchez pas la hache, Jacques Rivette, France/Italy)
- Flanders (Flandres, Bruno Dumont, France)
- Mala Noche (Gus Van Sant, USA)
- Once^ (John Carney, Ireland)
- Syndromes and a Century (Sang sattawat, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Austria/France/Thailand)
- The Walker (Paul Schrader, USA)
- Control (Anton Corbijn, USA)
Meanwhile, I'll be getting my coverage of the Sydney Film Festival from Matt at Last Night at Riviera and Geoff at Film Alert.
