Review: Max & Bobo         [16:45 ]     #0059

DIRECTOR: Frédéric Fonteyne
CAST: Alfredo Pea, Jan Hammenecker
top! Midnight Cowboy must have been the last time I saw a touching film about two fuck ups, about two losers spat out by their environment and completely clueless about their next step to survive. Dispair will pair the strangest people and will make them do horrible things. This film shows this better than most others. Joep

Review: Rushmore         [16:40 ]     #0058

DIRECTOR: Wes Anderson
CAST: Jason Swartchman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams
top! Wes Anderson is a director who can make offbeat movies with much deadpan humor and hard to predict storylines and Rushmore must be one of his best. This story about an allround organizing nerdy kid who becomes friends with the local beneficiary (played by Bill Murray) and falls in love with a teacher who falls in with the beneficiary and the nerdy tries everything in his power to win her back, is original and keeps the viewer unknowing of what comes next. And that is pretty amazing for a film that falls into the highschool comedy genre. Joep

Review: Fetch/Fresh Air         [16:30 ]     #0057

DIRECTOR: Lynn-Maree Danzey/Neil Mansfield
CAST: Matt Day, Rebecca Frith, Mindy/Nadine Garner, Bridie Carter, Marin Mimica
Good! Screenings of Fresh Air open with the excellent short Fetch which is more effective in three minutes than most are in ninety.
Fresh Air is a window onto the world of three young Australian. It's so loose in structure and storyline that this film almost resembles the indiefanzine which one of the characters is making. A collection of snippets visual wisecracks, music and offbeat dialog. It becomes very clear where the original ideas you see in so many Australian movies come from. Joep

Review: Crime Kings         [16:25 ]     #0056

DIRECTOR: Thanit 'Pued' Jitnukul
CAST: Amphon Lumpoon, Dorn hetrakul, Supakorn Kijsuwan
AWESOME! One of the themes of this filmfestival is the Thai crimefilm, rumour had these can be as good as any actionmovie from Hong Kong om Japan. The rumour is true, the actionscenes in this story about a Robin Hood figure who steal from the rich and gives to the poor, situated in sixties Thailand contains so many excellent actionscenes that even remind me of the work of Sam Peckinpah. Squirting blood everywhere, big explosions, many camerangles and very fast editing. Bloody amazing. Hope to see more like this. Joep

Review: A Simple Plan         [16:15 ]     #0055

DIRECTOR: Sam Raimi
CAST: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, Gary Cole
okayish So for some reason they decided to seize the opportunity and use the festival to promote this film to European audiences. Good idea to send Bridget Fonda in, but there's nothing she does in this movie any other good looking girl could have done. It's just not a strong enough movie for that. But for a thriller, it's original enough. Joep

Het laatste avondmaal        [16:15 ]     #0054

christus!
Lodewijk Crijns denkt dat ie Jezus is.

 Review: Henry Fool         [13:45 ]     #0053

DIRECTOR: Hal Hartley
CAST: Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Parker Posey, Kevin Corrigan, Miho Nikaido, Chuck Montgomery
good!! It took my breath away for the first 50 minutes, then it weakened a bit but it's my thing, sure. Really strong shots throughout the whole movie. A garbage man turned in to a prise winning autor by a to timing conaisseur of writing. Genius is allways there to be recognised! Paul

Review: Another day in Paradise         [13:45 ]     #0052

DIRECTOR: Larry Clark
CAST: James Woods, melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner
good!! No kids, roadish movie with direct view on Melany Griffiths innerlegg. I guess there's no message in this one, just enjoy a pretty hard movie. Fits in with a lot off the IFFR, drama the right way. Paul

de straten van Rotterdam        [13:45 ]     #0051

the streets of Rotterdam
culture in the movie but also just on the street: break a leg boys!

 Review: Barrio         [13:30 ]     #0050

DIRECTOR: Fernando León de Aranoa
CAST: Críspulo Cabezas, Timy, Eloi Yebra, Marueta Orozco, Alicia Sánchez, Enrique Villén, Francisco Algora
Beautiful A beautiful movie about three boys living in one of the worst neighborehoods (barrio) in Madrid. No one overthere has money and it is very hard to have a living in 'El Barrio'. the three boys also have trouble getting around. Great soundtrack. Hubert

Review: Barrio         [13:30 ]     #0049

DIRECTOR: Fernando León de Aranoa
CAST: Críspulo Cabezas, Timy, Eloi Yebra, Marueta Orozco, Alicia Sánchez, Enrique Villén, Francisco Algora
Beautiful Finally there it is; the movie that makes me love film again. Docu-drama, no happy end, real and to the point. Paul

Review: Sitcom         [13:30 ]     #0048

DIRECTOR: Francois Ozon
CAST: Evelyne Dandry, François Marthouret, Marina De Van, Adrien De Van, Stéphane Rideau, Lucia Sánchez, Jules-Emmanuel Eyoum Deido
Never buy a white rat Saturday was just on of those days where all the movies I saw where brilliant and Sitcom was one of them. On the eye a very normal and wealthy family, till dad comes home with a pet rat. First the son touches the rat and becomes gay (the son), than the daughter touches it, gets suicidal tendencies and becomes a SM master. Mum touches the rat and wants sex with her son and on it goes. Lot's of fun and one very clear message: "NEVER BUY A WHITE RAT!" Hubert

Review: Aprile         [13:30 ]     #0047

DIRECTOR: Nanni Moretti
CAST: Nanni Moretti, Sylvia Nono, Andrea Molaioli
okay Nanni Moretti does it again, a wonderful, funny and politically very interesting movie. It's not as good as Caro Diario was. Turning point of the movie is almost at the end of it, when a friend of Nanni tells him how much time he has left for his life. This point could have been done earlier in the movie, but hey... Nanni takes his Vespa and all troubles are over. Hubert

Review: Aprile         [13:30 ]     #0046

DIRECTOR: Nanni Moretti
CAST: Nanni Moretti, Sylvia Nono, Andrea Molaioli
nope, not for me Nanni Moretti does it again, a wonderful, funny and politically very interesting movie. It's not as good as Caro Diario was. Turning point of the movie is almost at the end of it, when a friend of Nanni tells him how much time he has left for his life. This point could have been done earlier in the movie, but hey... Nanni takes his Vespa and all troubles are over. Paul

Zaterdagnacht, schouwburg: DHS        [13:45 ]     #0045

DHS Video
Zelden zo'n mooie, strakke en vette combinatie gezien tussen electronische dansmuziek en video/computeranimaties. Stokes (H-Gun) en Jack danger van Meat beat Manifesto (hit: House of God) zorgden voor een van de beste dansavonden van het filmfestival tot nu toe.
DHS

Waar zitten ze?        [10:00 ]     #0044

tommi joepi pauli huberti
??? 12:15 Pa5 Barrio
14:15 Ve1 Killer
17:45 Pa3 Once upon a time..this morning
20:00 Victor.. pendant
22:15 Lux Three Businessmen
 ??? 16:30 Tropicola, Pa2
19:30 L'Albero Delle Pere, Lux
22:00 La Expresion del Deseo + Midnight, Pa2

Review: The Acid House         [01:55 ]     #0043

REGIE: Paul Mc.Guigan
okay Tales from the unexpected, with god as a surprise act, done the Edinborough way. Familiar faces from Trainspotting same feeling less glamour. Paul

Review: Dis moi que je reve         [01:55 ]     #0042

REGIE: Claude Mourieras
okay The love of a family for their backward son. A step by step solution to a growing problem the son causes. Surprisingly pleasant. Paul

Review: Happiness         [01:50 ]     #0041

REGIE: Todd Solonz
MET: Jane Adams, Dylan Baker, Cynthia Stevenson, Lara Flynn Boyle, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jared Harris, Ben Gazzara, Louise Lasser
EINDDEUNTJE: Mike Stipe
okay Allways expect the worst in a normal family setting. With smile and no tear, surfaced a pool of filth. Watch out for your nice happy neighbour. It's Woody Allen made understood. Paul

Review: S.         [01:46 ]     #0040

DIRECTOR: Guido Hendrickx
CAST: Natali Broods, Kristine van Pellecom, Inge Paulussen
Really really really really BAD! S. as is so sorry to have wasted my time here. A great promising script, could have worked. Little things made to important, big things left out. Paul

Review: S.         [01:42 ]     #0039

DIRECTOR: Guido Hendrickx
CAST: Natali Broods, Kristine van Pellecom, Inge Paulussen
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! A ninety-five minute feminiSt maSturbation fantaSy makeS for one very Sad and Shitty film. Laughably tranSparant in itS childiShly naive themeS (all men muSt die! All women should become leSbians!), populated by charicatureS, while belgian actorS pretend to be AmericanS. It Sucks. With a capital S. Tom

Review: The Hole         [01:40 ]     #0038

DIRECTOR: Tsai Ming-Liang
CAST: Nobody I'd ever want to see again
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! Technically weak, annoying, boring, with musical numbers: Tsai Ming-Liang, don't ever make another film again. Tom

Review: The Dumb Die Fast, The Smart Die Slow         [01:35 ]     #0037

DIRECTOR: Manop Udomdej
CAST: Sorasak Wongthai, Aungkana Timdee, Khachonsak Ratananidsai
thumbs down! This Thai crime movie starts out promising, but fails to deliver. Though incorporating all the elements of the classic American film noir, the film nevertheless falls flat as the first five minutes are better than the 120 that follow. A talky, convoluted script and above all horrendous overlength bury any chance of enjoyment. And I won't even mention the ridiculous ending. Tom Tom

Review: Bullet Ballet         [01:30 ]     #0036

DIRECTOR: Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST: Shinya Tsukamoto, Mano Kirina, Nakamura Tetsuya
thumbs up! It's everyman versus the evils of city life. Japanese über-stylist Tsukamoto employs his usual themes to deliver a thumping techno version of Scorsese's Taxi Driver. Deliriously violent, hallucinatory and sometimes headache-inducing (due to shaky handhelds and rapid-fire editing), but above all an overwhelming audiovisual experience. Tom