Festival Report – Cinesation 2011, Part 1
by HELEN GEIB
Cinesation 2011 Day 1 – Friday, September 23
The Gun Woman (1918)
Friday started with two incomplete films. The Gun Woman was incomplete only due to personal circumstances: it was the first feature of the day and Indianapolis is a five hour drive from the Lincoln Theater in Massillon, Ohio. What I saw of it was of interest as an early work by director Frank Borzage and for its saloon owner heroine, played by Texas Guinan. She’s a curious mixture of wronged woman and “good badwoman,” a sort of female William S. Hart. The story plays out much like a Hart film would play out- which is not the ending one expects a heroine in a film of that era to meet. Read more 
Two Lists, Ten Favorites: Films of Alfred Hitchcock
by HELEN GEIB and NIR SHALEV
An occasional feature where Helen and Nir compare their five favorite films by some of the greats of world cinema.
Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980)
Independence Day Movie Game
by HELEN GEIB
The name of the game is name that movie. And then the hard (?) part: Why did I think of it for the Fourth of July?
edited to add the answers
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Two Lists, Ten Favorites: Films of Akira Kurosawa
by HELEN GEIB and NIR SHALEV
An occasional feature where Helen and Nir compare their five favorite films by some of the greats of world cinema. Today’s inaugural “Two Lists, Ten Favorites” is dedicated to the films of Akira Kurosawa.
Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998)
2010 Year in Review (and Two Top Ten Lists) by Helen Geib
by HELEN GEIB
THE YEAR IN REVIEW
I went to the movies 78 times. That counts three second viewings (of The Secret of Kells, The Secret in Their Eyes, and Red Cliff). It also counts a few revival screenings at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (including favorites The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Topsy-Turvy).
Around a dozen were last year’s year-end releases or foreign films in trickle-down distribution. The Secret in Their Eyes officially closed out the 2009 movie year in May, 2010.
I saw seven movies in other states. In six of those cases, I was there anyway for work or vacation- although getting to The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans was no mean feat even so. The seventh was when I drove to Minneapolis to see Warlords. Read more
Best of the Decade – 2009
by HELEN GEIB
Winner: THE HURT LOCKER
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Written by: Mark Boal
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty Read more
Best of the Decade – 2008
by HELEN GEIB
Winner: (tie) IN BRUGES, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
In Bruges
Directed by: Martin McDonagh
Written by: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clemence Poesy
Let the Right One In
Directed by: Tomas Alfredson
Written by: John Ajvide Lindqvist
Starring: Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar Read more
Best of the Decade – 2007
by HELEN GEIB
Winner: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Written by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Kelly Macdonald Read more
Best of the Decade – 2006
by HELEN GEIB
Winner: PAN’S LABYRINTH
Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Written by: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu, Doug Jones Read more
Best of the Decade – 2005
by HELEN GEIB
Winner: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Directed by: Ang Lee
Written by: Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana
Starring: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway Read more
