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Submarine
Adam – 8/10
Simon – 7.5/10
Track Played – Howlin’ Wolf – Gettin’ Old and Grey (Single, 1952)
Dream Theater – A Dramatic Turn of Events
Adam – 1.5/5
Simon – 1.5/5
Track Played – Dream Theater – Outcry
Top 5 Coming of Age Film
Adam –
5. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000)
4. The Goonies (Richard Donner, 1985)
3. Juno (Jason Reitman, 2007)
2. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (John Hughes, 1986)
1. Stand By Me (Rob Reiner, 1986)
Simon –
5. Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955)
4. Walkabout (Nicholas Roeg, 1971)
3. Stand By Me (Rob Reiner, 1986)
2. If… (Lindsay Anderson, 1968)
1. The 400 Blows (Francois Truffaut, 1959)
Track Played – Otis Redding – Day Tripper (Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul, 1966)
Hella – Tripper
Adam – 3/5
Simon – 3.5/5
Track Played – Hella – Osaka
The Guard
Adam – 7.5/10
Simon – 7/10
Track Played – The Pogues – The Body of an American (Poguetry in Motion, 1986)
Top 5 Noise Rock Albums
Adam –
5. Swans – Children of God (1987)
4. Boris – Pink (2005)
3. Melvins – Houdini (1993)
2. Sonic Youth – Sister (1987)
1. The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat (1968)
Simon –
5. Swans – Children of God (1987)
4. Lightning Bolt – Wonderful Rainbow (2003)
3. Boris – Akuma no Uta (2003)
2. The Jesus Lizard – Goat (1991)
1. Big Black – Songs About Fucking (1987)
Mildred Pierce
Adam – 6/10
Simon – 8.5/10
Track Played – Cab Calloway – Minnie the Moocher (1931)
Top 10 TV Shows
Adam –
10. Firefly
9. Futurama
8. Mad Men
7. Seinfeld
6. The Wire
5. Arrested Development
4. Lost
3. Deadwood
2. The Office (UK)
1. The Prisoner
Simon –
10. Band of Brothers
9. Seinfeld/Curb Your Enthusiasm
8. South Park
7. The X-Files
6. The Office (UK)
5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel
4. Arrested Development
3. The Sopranos
2. Six Feet Under
1. The Wire
Pina 3D
Adam – 7/10
Simon – 7.5/10
Track Played – Eluvium – Radio Ballet (Copia, 2007)
Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch the Throne
Adam – 4.5/5
Simon – 4/5
Track Played – Jay-Z & Kanye West – Murder to Excellence
Top 5 Dance Sequences
Adam –
5. Swingers (Swing dance sequence) (Dir. Doug Liman, 1996)
4. Young Frankenstein (Puttin’ on the Ritz) (Dir. Mel Brooks, 1974)
3. Pulp Fiction (Jackrabbit Slim dance) (Dir. Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
2. Singin’ in the Rain (Singin’ in the Rain sequence) (Dir. Stanley Donen, 1952)
1. Mac & Me (McDonalds dance sequence) (Dir. Stewart Raffill, 1988)
Simon –
5. Young Frankenstein (Puttin’ on the Ritz) (Dir. Mel Brooks, 1974)
4. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Time Warp) (Dir. Jim Sharman, 1975)
3. Pulp Fiction (Jackrabbit Slim dance) (Dir. Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
2. Footlight Parade (By a Waterfall) (Dir. Lloyd Bacon, 1933)
1. The Red Shoes (The middle ballet sequence) (Dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948)
Track Played – Godflesh – Wake (Songs of Love and Hate, 1996)
Fleshgod Apocalypse – Agony
Adam – 3/5
Simon – 3.5/5 (Retrospectively changed rating)
Track Played – Fleshgod Apocalypse – The Violation
Jane Eyre
Adam – 8/10
Simon – 8/10
Track Played – Converge – Jane Doe (Jane Doe, 2001)
Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel (1980)
Adam – 4/5
Simon – 2.5/5
Tracks Played – Peter Gabriel – I Don’t Remember & Biko
Track Played – Frank Zappa – The Legend of the Illinois Enema Bandit (Zappa in New York, 1978)
Track Played – The National – Fake Empire (Boxer, 2007)
Top 5 MIFF Films
Adam –
5. Tiny Furniture (Dir. Lena Dunham, 2010)
4. Into Eternity (Dir. Michael Madsen, 2010)
3. Bobby Fischer Against the World (Dir. Liz Garbus, 2011)
2. The Third Man (Dir. Carol Reed, 1949)
1. 13 Assassins (Dir. Takashi Miike, 2010)
Simon –
5. Cold Fish (Dir. Sion Sono, 2010)
4. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Dir. Werner Herzog, 2010)
3. Give Up Tomorrow (Dir. Michael Collins, 2011)
2. Melancholia (Dir. Lars Von Trier, 2011)
1. 13 Assassins (Dir. Takashi Miike, 2010)
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 2
Adam – 7/10
Simon – 6/10
Track Played – Blind Guardian – Mirror, Mirror (Nightfall in Middle Earth, 1998)
The Horrors – Skying
Adam – 3/5
Simon – 3/5
Track Played – The Horrors – You Said
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Adam – 9/10
Simon – 9/10
Click here for the full Melbourne International Film Festival Program.
Click here to check out the Melbourne Cinemateque where Simon likes to pretend he is a film critic.
The Trip
Adam – 8/10
Simon – 8/10
Track Played – King Crimson – Ladies of the Road (Islands, 1971)
Shabazz Palaces – Black Up (Link is to Last.FM)
Adam – 4/5
Simon – 4/5
Track Played – Shabazz Palaces – Free Press and Curl
Top 5 Most Anticipated MIFF Films
Adam –
5. Norwegian Wood (Dir. Tran Anh Hung, 2010)
4. Tiny Furniture (Dir. Lena Dunham, 2010)
3. 13 Assassins (Dir. Takashi Miike, 2011)
2. Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête) (Dir. Jean Cocteau, 1946)
1. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Dir. Werner Herzog, 2010)
Simon –
5. 13 Assassins (Takashi Miike, 2011)
4. Tyrannosaur (Paddy Considine, 2011)
3. Project Nim (Dir. James Marsh, 2011)
2. Melancholia (Dir. Lars Von Trier, 2011)
1. The Yellow Sea (Dir. Hong-Jin Na, 2010)
Check out the MIFF website here in preparation for the full program announcement on July 8th!
Track Played: John Lee Hooker – Country Boy (It Serve You Right to Suffer, 1966)
Gillian Welch – The Harrow & The Harvest
Adam – 4/5
Simon – 3.5/5
Track Played – Gillian Welch – A Dark Turn of Mind
The Tree of Life
Adam – 8/10
Simon – 10/10
Kraftwerk – Autobahn (1974)
Adam – 2.5/5
Simon – 3/5
Track Played: dredg – The Canyon Behind Her (El Cielo, 2002)
Sleeping Beauty
Adam – 3/10
Simon – 3/10
Track Played: Mr. Bungle – Girls of Porn (Mr. Bungle, 1991)
Bon Iver – Bon Iver
Adam – 3/5
Simon – 4.5/5
Track Played – Bon Iver – Calgary
Rules of the Game (La Règle du jeu) (1939)
Adam – 9/10
Simon – Wanker/10
Track Played: The Devin Townsend Project – Kawaii (Ghost, 2011)
The Devin Townsend Project – Deconstruction
Adam – 4/5
Simon – 4.5/5
Track Played – The Devin Townsend Project – Sumeria
Meek’s Cutoff
Adam – 8.5/10
Simon – 9/10
Track Played – Tomahawk – Totem (Anonymous, 2007)
Talking Heads – Fear of Music (1979)
Adam – 4.5/5
Simon – 4.5/5
Super 8
Adam – 7/10
Simon – 7/10
Track Played – Boredoms – Super Going (Super æ, 1998)
Battles – Gloss Drop
Adam – 3.5/5
Simon – 2/5
Track Played – Battles – Ice Cream
Top 5 Movies about Movies
Adam –
5. The Blair Witch Project (Dir. Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez, 1999)
4. Boogie Nights (Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)
3. Adaptation. (Dir. Spike Jonze, 2002)
2. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (Dir. Michael Winterbottom, 2005)
1. Singin’ in the Rain (Dir. Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952)
Simon –
5. The Player (Dir. Robert Altman, 1992)
4. The Purple Rose of Cairo (Dir. Woody Allen, 1985)
3. Sherlock Jr. (Dir. Buster Keaton, 1924)
2. Sunset Blvd. (Dir. Billy Wilder, 1950)
1. 8½ (Dir. Federico Fellini, 1963)
Track Played – Entombed – Premature Autopsy (Left Hand Path, 1990)
Autopsy – Macabre Eternal
Adam – 3/5
Simon – 2.5/5
Track Played – Autopsy – Spill My Blood
X-Men: First Class
Adam – 5/10
Simon – 5.5/10
Track Played – Shuki Levi – X-Men: The Animated Series Theme (1992)
Top 5 Death Metal Albums
Adam –
5. Gorguts – Obscura(1998)
4. In Flames – The Jester Race (1996)
3. Entombed – Clandestine (1992)
2. Opeth – Still Life (1999)
1. Meshuggah – I (2004)
Simon –
5. Gorguts – Obscura (1998)
4. Death – Symbolic (1995)
3. Entombed – Clandestine (1992)
2. Nile – Annihilation of the Wicked (2005)
1. In Flames – The Jester Race (1996)
Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux)
Adam – 8/10
Simon – 7/10
Track Played – The Clash – Should I Stay or Should I Go (Combat Rock, 1982)
Boris – Heavy Rocks (2011)
Adam – 5/10
Simon – 5.5/10
Track Played – Boris – Czechoslovakia
Top 5 Religious/Spiritual Films
Adam –
5. Amadeus (Dir. Milos Foreman, 1984)
4. A Serious Man (Dir. Ethan & Joel Coen, 2009)
3. The Wicker Man (Dir. Robin Hardy, 1973)
2. Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade (Dir. Steven Spielberg, 1989)
1. There Will Be Blood (Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
Simon –
5. Monty Python’s Life of Brian (Dir. Terry Jones, 1979)
4. The Night of the Hunter (Dir. Charles Laughton, 1955)
3. A Serious Man (Dir. Ethan & Joel Coen, 2009)
2. Black Narcissus (Dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1947)
1. The Holy Mountain (Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973)
Track Played – John Zorn – Peur Sur La Ville (The Big Gundown, 1985)
Dangermouse & Daniele Luppi – Rome
Adam – 2.5/5
Simon – 1.5/5
Track Played – Dangermouse & Daniele Luppi – Two Against One
Snowtown
Adam – 9/10
Simon – 7/10
Track Played – Sufjan Stevens – John Wayne Gacy Jr. (Illinois, 2005)
Top 5 Film Scores
(Composers in brackets)
Adam –
5. Amadeus (John Strauss (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), 1984)
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Howard Shore, 2001)
3. Blade Runner (Vangelis, 1982)
2. Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain) (Yann Tiersen, 2001)
1. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams, 1980)
Simon –
5. The Dark Crystal (Trevor Jones, 1982)
4. North by Northwest (Bernard Herrmann, 1959)
3. Dirty Harry (Lalo Schifrin, 1971)
2. The Third Man (Anton Karas, 1949)
1. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (Ennio Morricone, 1966)
Insidious
Adam – 5/10
Simon – 7.5/10
Track Played – King Diamond – The Invisible Guests (“Them”, 1988)
The Antlers – Burst Apart
Adam – 4.5/5
Simon – 4.5/5
Track Played – The Antlers – Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out
Top 5 Horror Films
Adam –
5. Rosemary’s Baby (Dir. Roman Polanski, 1968)
4. The Wicker Man (Dir. Robin Hardy, 1973)
3. The Thing (Dir. John Carpenter, 1982)
2. Audition (Ôdishon) (Dir. Takashi Miike, 2000)
1. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Dir. Wes Craven, 1984)
Simon –
5. Braindead (Dir. Peter Jackson, 1992)
4. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (Dir. Chuck Russell, 1987)
3. Suspiria (Dir. Dario Argento, 1977)
2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Dir. Tobe Hooper, 1974)
1. Halloween (Dir. John Carpenter, 1978)
Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2
Adam – 3.5/5
Simon – 3/5
Track Played – Beastie Boys – Funky Donkey
Source Code
Adam – 8/10
Simon – 7/10
Track Played – David Bowie – Five Years (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, 1972)
Top 5 Hip Hop Songs
Adam –
5. Madvillain – Figaro (Madvillainy, 2004)
4. GZA/Genius – Duel of the Iron Mic (Liquid Swords, 1995)
3. The Streets – It’s Too Late (Original Pirate Material, 2002)
2. A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario (The Low End Theory, 1991)
1. Wu-Tang Clan – C.R.E.A.M. (Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), 1993)
Simon –
5. Jay-Z – December 4th (The Black Album, 2003)
4. P.O.S. – Purexed (Never Better, 2009)
3. A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario (The Low End Theory, 1991)
2. Wu-Tang Clan – Hellz Wind Staff (Wu-Tang Forever, 1997)
1. Nas – Represent (Illmatic, 1994)
Episode 3:
How I Ended This Sumer (Kak ya Provyol Etim Letom)
Adam – 8/10
Simon – 9/10
Track Played – Messer Chups – Satan Jeans (Crazy Price, 2003)
Ulver – Wars of the Roses
Adam – 3.5/5
Simon – 3/5
Track Played – Ulver – Norwegian Gothic
Top 5 Foreign Films of the Last Decade
Adam –
5. Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (Dir. Guillermo Del Toro, 2006)
4. The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) (Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
3. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (Dir. Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
2. Oldboy (Dir. Park Chan-Wook, 2003)
1. Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain) (Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
Simon –
5. In the City of Sylvia (En la Ciudad de Sylvia) (Dir. José Luis Guerín, 2007)
4. Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (Dir. Guillermo Del Toro, 2006)
3. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (Dir. Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
2. Oldboy (Dir. Park Chan-Wook, 2003)
1. 2046 (Dir. Kar Wai Wong, 2004)
Panda Bear – Tomboy
Adam – 4/5
Simon – 4.5/5 (Revised 4/5)
Track Played – Panda Bear – Alsatian Darn
Paul
Adam – 5/10
Simon – 5/10
Track Played – The Only Ones – Another Girl, Another Planet (The Only Ones, 1978)
Top 5 Albums that Represent Us
(In no particular order)
Adam –
Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
The Smith – The Queen is Dead (1986)
David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
The Beatles – Revolver (1966)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem in D Minor (Composed 1791)
Simon –
GZA/Genius – Liquid Swords (1995)
Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (1985)
Tool – Lateralus (2001)
Boards of Canada – Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (1971)
Never Let Me Go
Adam – 7/10
Simon – 7.5/10
Track Played – De La Soul – Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey) (De La Soul is Dead, 1991)
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Adam – 3.5/5
Simon – 3/5
Track Played – Fleet Foxes – Blue Spotted Tail
Top 5 Films that Represent Us
(In no particular order)
Adam –
High Fidelity (Dir. Stephen Frears, 2000)
Cyrano de Bergerac (Dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1990)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Dir. Peter Jackson, 2001)
Swingers (Dir. Doug Liman, 1996)
Amadeus (Dir. Milos Foreman, 1984)
Simon –
Chungking Express (Chung Hing Sam Lam) (Dir. Kar Wai Wong, 1994)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Dir. Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
The Thing (Dir. John Carpenter, 1982)
Modern Times (Dir. Charles Chaplin, 1936)
Chinatown (Dir. Roman Polanski, 1974)
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