i'm not actually a communist

but i play one on t.v.

i know that this list might look incriminating but alas- i'm trying not to care what people think about me. b/c lets face it- people think about me less than i think they think about me...

here are movies i've watched since constance arrived. i have canceled our blockbuster membership-but really enjoyed using it while it was cold and we were housebound.

accepted: i didn't want to watch this so much- but enjoyed it more than i thought i would. it's about kids that didn't get into any other colleges and made up their own instead.
art school confidential: caricature of art schools that i found funny and spoofishly true of my art school experience at ohio state.
america from freedom to facisim: loaded title eh? this is about the 'illegal' enforcement of the payroll tax in america (among other things). very interesting and thought provoking. you'd think this movie was made by people you could dismiss as nutjobs. they seem pretty sane to me. still plan to pay my taxes though.
employee of the month: a romantic comedy at walmart complete. fun and mindless.
straight out of brookyln: turned it off. too afterschool special-y for me.
lagaan- once upon a time in india: the suprise of the bunch. i loved this movie! kinda the indian version of dr. zhavigo in length and context. very good.
i shot andy warhol: the actress in this was incredible (lili taylor). some graphic scene... you've been warned. otherwise pretty good.
sketches of frank gehry: a documentary by syndeny pollack. casual conversation between pollack and gehry. very interesting.
the lost city: directed by andy garcia who is cuban not italian. how i did not know this- i don't know. this is about pre revolution havana and the effects of the cuban revolution on a family. i liked it very much
an inconvenient truth: not as good as i thought it would be.
the yes men: documentary. two guys who intercept initiations from conferences to the WTO and spoof the 'true motives' of trade in the western world. the one movie i'd say is the 'must see' of this list.
the cooler: i love william h macy and you should too. this is about a guy who thinks he's a looser and how love changes his outlook on life. some graphic scenes.
flags of our fathers: a redux of a redux of a redux- clint eastwood's war movie. how the government exploited war. a new concept to us all i'm sure...
borat: not as funny as i thought it would be. made me laugh and feel guily i was laughing.
my left foot: early daniel day lewis. very very good movie about a irish boy who grows up w/ epilipsey and into a prolific artist.
power and terror: noam chomsky in our times: a documentary about the MIT lingusitics professor who has an interesting account of the progression of war and aggression in america. i like.
nowhere in afrika: a jewish family flees germany to escape hitler and moves to kenya. compeling story, great cinematography and wonderful acting.
the u.s. vs john lennon: INS works to kick out john lennon. covers the subversive art of john and yoko in a response to the war.
bloody sunday: the account of the heat that gave rise to the IRA in belfast in the 1972.
the road to guantanamo: depressing.
half nelson: graphic drug use- couldn't watch it all. story of crack head teacher. some redemptive themes but not enough for my taste. too bleak.
running w/ scissors: very very bleak. did not like.
elizabethtown: i liked this movie it's a love story about a guy who thinks his family are country bumpkins but he loves them anyways.
dark days: a docuamentary on homelessness.
the corporation: i forget the details of this movie but it's a documentary about the worst of capitalism and how big companies are screwing the little guy/common man/woman.
dave chappelle's block party: funny funny stuff.
why we fight: in the same vein as the fog of war (ala william mcnamara) this time it is dwight eisenhower.
lumumba: same director that did 'sometimes in april'. an account of the congolese leader and his assignation and america picking the wrong side... again.

next time i'll post the books i've read since constance got here.