Gateway Cinephiles

Film Diary: Willow

1988
Director: Ron Howard
Viewed: March 19, 2008
Format: DVD - 20th Century Fox (2001)

Film Diary: Gone Baby Gone

2007
Director: Ben Affleck
Viewed: March 16, 2008
Format: DVD - Miramax (2008)

Film Diary: No Country For Old Men

2007
Directors: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
Viewed: March 14, 2008
Format: Blu-ray - Miramax / Paramount (2008)

Review: The Rape of Europa

2006
Directors: Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, and Nicole Newham
Viewed: March 9, 2008
Format: Theatrical Print

Whether or not any given viewer will find The Rape of Europa to be engaging will depend to a large extent on whether they find the subject matter itself engaging. The directors seem shamefully reluctant to utilize the medium of film to convey anything that couldn’t be gleaned from the book of the same name by Lynn Nicholas. The result is a documentary that rests only a notch above the standard History Channel fare. The Nazis’ plundering of European artwork and cultural heritage is a topic that, I will admit, fascinates me. The Rape of Europa is as comprehensive and courageous a treatment as one could expect in a two-hour feature. Anyone not dazzled by the subject at the outset, however, might find their interest fading as the film wears on.

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Film Diary: There Will Be Blood

2007
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Viewed: February 15, 2008
Format: Theatrical Print

Film Diary: Jaws

1975
Director: Steven Spielberg
Viewed: February 12, 2008
Format: DVD - Universal (2003)

In Memory of Roy Scheider, 1932-2008.

Film Diary: Inland Empire

2006
Director: David Lynch
Viewed: January 15, 2007
Format: DVD - Absurda / Rhino (2007)

Film Diary: Caché

2005
Director: Michael Haneke
Viewed: January 8, 2008
Format: DVD - Sony (2006)

Film Diary: Ratatouille

2007
Directors: Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava
Viewed: January 4, 2008
Format: DVD - Disney (2007)

Film Diary: I Am Legend

2007
Director: Francis Lawrence
Viewed: December 18, 2007
Format: IMAX Theatrical Print