2009 Notebook: Vol 6

God, I'm watching films faster than I can write about them. Again, I'll have longer rundowns of the films within the week. And, yes, I've been on a Parker Posey kick lately.

The Bad

Antarctica - dir. Yair Hochner - 2008 - Israel - here! Films - with Tomer Ilan, Yiftach Mizrahi, Lucy Dubinchik, Guy Zoaretz, Rivka Neuman, Noam Huberman, Liat Ekta, Yael Deceklbaum, Dvir Benedek, Dina Limon, Yuval Raz, Ofer Regirer, Oshri Sahar, Shirli Salomon

Revisited: The Old Favorites

Hannah and Her Sisters - dir. Woody Allen - 1986 - USA - MGM - with Barbara Hershey, Mia Farrow, Michael Caine, Dianne Wiest, Woody Allen, Max von Sydow, Carrie Fisher, Maureen O'Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, Daniel Stern, Julie Kavner

Rachel Getting Married - dir. Jonathan Demme - 2008 - USA - Sony Pictures Classics - with Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mather Zickel, Bill Irwin, Debra Winger, Tunde Adebimpe, Anna Deavere Smith, Anisa George

Volver - dir. Pedro Almodóvar - 2006 - Spain - Sony Pictures Classics - with Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave, Antonio de la Torre

Revisited: Les Autres

Adam & Steve - dir. Craig Chester - 2005 - USA - TLA Releasing - with Craig Chestor, Malcolm Gets, Parker Posey, Chris Kattan, Sally Kirkland, Julie Hagerty, Kristen Schaal, Melinda Dillon, Michael Panes, Noah Segan

Desperate Living - dir. John Waters - 1977 - USA - New Line - with Mink Stole, Liz Renay, Susan Lowe, Jean Hill, Edith Massey, Mary Vivian Pearce

Personal Velocity: Three Portraits - dir. Rebecca Miller - 2002 - USA - MGM - with Parker Posey, Kyra Sedgwick, Fairuza Balk, Lou Taylor Pucci, Leo Fitzpatrick, Tim Guinee, Patti D'Arbanville, Seth Gilliam, Wallace Shawn, Ben Shenkman, Ron Leibman, David Patrick Kelly

Polyester - dir. John Waters - 1981 - USA - New Line - with Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson, Mary Garlington, Ken King, Mink Stole

Savage Nights [Les nuits fauves] - dir. Cyril Collard - 1992 - France - Gramercy - with Cyril Collard, Romane Bohringer, Carlos López, Corine Blue, Claude Winter, René-Marc Bini, Maria Schneider

Revisited: Shit

The House of Yes - dir. Mark Waters - 1997 - USA - Miramax - with Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Tori Spelling, Freddie Prinze Jr., Geneviève Bujold