Monday, May 30, 2016

FILMS ABOUT THE POLITICS OF LATIN AMERICA IN THE 1960S-1980S

FILMS ABOUT THE POLITICS OF LATIN AMERICA IN THE 1960S-1980S
(This list is made for Nong Tok)

UNSPECIFIED SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY
THE DANCER UPSTAIRS (2002, John Malkovich)
DEATH AND THE MAIDEN (1994, Roman Polanski) ประเทศในหนังน่าจะหมายถึงชิลี
FEVER MOUNTS AT EL PAO (1959, Luis Buñuel)

ARGENTINA
THE BLONDS (2003, Albertina Carri)
GARAGE OLIMPO
THE HEADLESS WOMAN (2008, Lucrecia Martel)
THE HOUR OF THE FURNACES (1968, Octavio Getino, Fernando E. Solanas, 260min)
IMAGINING ARGENTINA (2003, Christopher Hampton)
KAMCHATKA (2002, Marcelo Piñeyro)
MOEBIUS (1996, Gustavo Mosquera R.)
THE OFFICIAL STORY (1985, Luis Puenzo)

BRAZIL
DZI CROQUETTES (2009, Raphael Alvarez + Tatiana Issa)
FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER (1997, Bruno Barreto)
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN (1985, Hector Babenco) from the novel of Manuel Puig
PEÕES (2004, Eduardo Coutinho)

CHILE
THE BATTLE OF CHILE PART 1-3 (1975-1979, Patricio Guzmán)
ACTA GENERAL DE CHILE (1986, Miguel Littin, 240min)
CALM PREVAILS OVER THE COUNTRY (1976, Peter Lilienthal)
CHILE, THE OBSTINATE MEMORY (1997, Patricio Guzmán)
COLONIA (2015, Florian Gallenberger)
DAWSON ISLA 10 (2009, Miguel Littin)
I WAS, I AM, I SHALL BE (1974, Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann)
MISSING (1982, Costa-Gavras)
NO (2012, Pablo Laraín)
NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT (2010, Patricio Guzmán)
OF LOVE AND SHADOWS (1994, Betty Kaplan)
THE PEARL BUTTON (2015, Patricio Guzmán)
THE PINOCHET CASE (2001, Patricio Guzmán)
SALVADOR ALLENDE (2004, Patricio Guzmán)

COLOMBIA
THE NATURAL ROUTE (2014, Andres Huertas, animation short film)

CUBA
BAD CONDUCT (1984, Néstor Almendros, Orlando Jiménez Leal)
BEFORE NIGHT FALLS (2000, Julian Schnabel)
I AM CUBA (1964, Mikhail Kalatozov)
THE LOST CITY (2005, Andy Garcia)

DOMINICAN
THE FEAST OF THE GOAT (2005, Luis Llosa) from the novel of Mario Vagas Llosa

EL SALVADOR
CHOICES OF THE HEART (1983, Joseph Sargent)
INNOCENT VOICES (2004, Luis Mandoki)

MEXICO
CANOA (1976, Felipe Cazals)
RED DAWN (1990, Jorge Fons)

NICARAGUA
CARLA’S SONG (1996, Ken Loach)
UNDER FIRE (1983, Roger Spottiswoode)
THE UPRISING (1980, Peter Lilienthal)

PANAMA
DOLLAR MAMBO (1993, Paul Leduc)

INVASIÓN (2014, Abner Beneim)

Sunday, May 29, 2016

MY FAVOURITE FILMS IN 2011



Favourite foreign films
1. Zoetrope (Rouzbeh Rashidi, 2011)
2. Out 1, noli me tangere (Jacques Rivette, 1972)
3. Au siècle de Maupassant: Contes et nouvelles de XIXème siècle: episode "Crainquebille" (Philippe Monnier, 2010, TV film)
4. Incendies (Denis Villeneuve, 2010)
5. Melancholia (Lars von Trier, 2011)
6. Lourdes (Jessica Hausner, 2009)
7. Ying chun ge zhi Fengbo (The Fate of Lee Khan, King Hu, 1973)
8. Porndogs: The Adventures of Sadie (Greg Blatman, 2009)
9. L'insurgée (Restless, Laurent Perreau, 2009)
10. Un Borghese piccolo piccolo (An Average Little Man, Mario Monicelli, 1977)
11. Une exécution ordinaire (An Ordinary Execution, Marc Dugain, 2009)
12. Je ne dis pas non (Can't Say No, Iliana Lolic, 2009)
13. Fais-moi plaisir! (Please, Please Me!, Emmanuel Mouret, 2009)
14. Une femme pas comme les autres (A Woman Like No Other, Abdulaye Dao, 2008)
15. Écoute voir... (See Here My Love, Hugo Santiago, 1978)
16. Sleeping Beauty (Julia Leigh, 2011)
17. Dyut meng gam (Life Without Principle, Johnnie To, 2011)
18. Weekend cu mama (Weekend with my Mother, Stere Gulea, 2009)
19. Camellia: segment "Love for Sale" (Jang Joon-hwan, 2010)
20. Husk (Brett Simmons, 2011)

Favourite Thai films
1. Yang noi/Yang klang/Yang mak (Leastways/Moderate Ways/Extreme Ways, Tritos Termarbsri, 2011)
2. Nakorn asajarn Trilogy: Collapse, Might, Nightmare (Wachara Kanha, 2011)
3. Tee rak (Eternity, Sivaroj Kongsakul, 2010)
4. Mother (unfinished version) (Vorakorn Ruetaivanichkul, 2011)
5. Puen (Friends, Pichanund Laohapornsvan, 2010)
6. Sing-nai (Distance, Chonlasit Upanigkit, 2010)
7. Rug jud nug (Love, Not Yet, Pairach Khumwan, Pass Patthanakumjon, Anuchit Muanprom, Intira Charoenpura, Chakorn Chaiprecha, 2011)
8. Hi-so (Aditya Assarat, 2011)
9. Chaeki-Chaeue (Buncha Muhae, 2011)
10. Bang-kerd-kloaw (Kamontorn Eakwattanakij, 2011)
11. Panya Renu (Bin Banloerit, 2011)
12. Kwam fung kong jakrawal (The Fancifulness of the Universe, Krit Twinwawit, 2010)
13. Pai dang (Red Bamboo, Permpol Cheyaroon, 1979)
14. Hug na Sarakam (Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, 2011)
15. Bangkok Kung Fu (Yuthlert Sippapak, 2011)

Favourite foreign short films
1. Mittelwerk Express (Jean-Baptiste Alazard, 2010)
2. CD (Campanilla, 1997)
3. Lovers & Enemies (Dilmana Yordanova, Mihaela Kavdanska, 2010)
4. Esto pasa mucho (This Happens a Lot, Estibaliz Sabada, 2000)
5. Puerta beta (Beta Door, Chus Domínguez, 2009)
6. Bow (Rannvá Káradóttir, 2010)
7. More Zhelaniy (Sea of Desires, Shota Gamisonia, 2010)
8. L'année de l'Algérie (The Year of Algeria, May Bouhada, 2009)
9. Split (Kitty Green, 2008)
10. T'embrasser une dernière fois (To Kiss You One Last Time, Olivier Jahan, 2010)

Favourite Thai short films
1. Pli ruk...mai roo roy (Forget Me Not, Naphat Chaithiangthum, 2010)
2. Dod (Why Do You Jump?, Korn Kanogkekarin, 2011)
3. Saita rubfung (Gaze and Hear, Nontawat Numbenchapol, 2010)
4. Pipitapun hang sang (Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory, Chaloemkiat Saeyong, 2010)
5. Let's Eat (Wasunan Hutawach, 2011)
6. Erotic Fragments No. 1,2,3 (Anucha Boonyawatana, 2011)
7. Home Computer (Teeranit Siangsanoh, 2011)
8. Ngarn nakkattarerk kong pootprai (The Festival of Demon Spirit, Sittiporn Racha, 2011)
9. Rajprasong (Nok Paksnavin, 2011)
10. This House Have Ghost (Eakarach Monwat, 2011)
11. Passing Through the Night (Wattanapume Laisuwanchai, 2011)
12. Gone rug ja glai pen kwam pookpun (Blue Love, It Khaena, 2011)
13. Tribhumikhata (Imperial Earths, Phatthi Buntuwanit, 2011)
14. Pithee perd (Opening Ceremony, Palakorn Kleungfak, 2010)
15. Sing (Sa Sakawee, 2011)
16. Spider (Tossapol Boonsinsukh, 2011)
17. Chingcha (Swing, Weerapong Wimuktalop, 2011)
18. Dinning Table (Wararak Thienkunakorn, 2011)
19. Klai (Distinction, Tulapop Saenjaroen, 2011)
20. Na Ohm yark mee pua (Flush Tank, Tossaphon Riantong, 2011)
21. Parp muen krueng tua kong Crazy C (A Portrait of Crazy C, Eakalak Maleetipawan, 2010)
22. Cyber chimplee (Utopia Cyber, Pakawat Panmanee, 2011)
23. Planking (Chulayarnnon Siriphol, 2011)
24. The Room (Pesang Sangsuwan, 2011)
25. Plagyag (Akkapon Ritjitpian, 2011)
26. Walay tog palueg (Crystallization Time, Krisda Phongphaew, 2011)
27. Barn pee pob (The Pob's House, Ukrit Sa-nguanhai, 2010)
28. The Mission 2: Diamond Battle of the Underground (Sompong Soda, 2011)
29. Essence de Femme (Chama Lekpla, 2011)
30. Jin ta (Imagination, Somsak Tepmalai, 2010)

Favourite documentaries
1. V Monument (Hamer Salvala, 2009)
2. I Covered My Eyes (Paul Turano, 2008)
3. Them (Artur Zmijewski, 2007)
4. 6 PM (Sinjai Piraisangjun, Palakorn Jiamtiranat, 2011)
5. Les Arrivants (Claudine Bories, Patrice Chagnard
6. Disorder (Huang Weikai, 2009)
7. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (Andrei Ujica, 2010)
8. Me and My Video Diary (Tani Thitiprawat, 2010)
9. Kamkuen sudtai (Our Last Night Together, Wachara Kanha, 2010)
10. Le soleil et la mort (Sun and Death, Bernard Debord, 2006)
11. Matoom (Benjamas Rattanaphech, 2011)
12. Sunday (Siwapond Cheejedreiw, 2010)
13. Nénette (Nicolas Philibert, 2010)
14. Nam tuam krungtep pee 2485 (Bangkok Flood in 1942, Tae Prakartwuttisarn, 1942)
15. Rian churn tan pratarn glao rai ngarn wattooprasong kong kronggarn (And Now the President Will Talk About the Objectives of the Project, Sitthichai Pleantongdee, 2011)
16. Sarn rueng sang (Fluorescent, Chaiwat Wiansantia, 2011)
17. Hong kong chun lae rueng kong pom (My Room and I, Ka-nes Boonyapanachoti, 2010)
18. Bangkok: Fried Insects at any Hour of the Day (Matthias Heeder, Monika Hielscher, 2007, TV film)
19. Interviewing Objects #2 (Eulalia Valldosera, 2008)
20. Undo (Cierlito Tabay, Moreno Benigno, 2011)

Favourite animations
1. The External World (David OReilly, 2010)
2. Something Red Hairy Unfocused (Laura Victoria Delgado, 2010)
3. Kongko Happy Kitchen (Euakwan Komolmanus, 2011)
4. Five Centimeters per Second (Makoto Shinkai, 2007)
5. The Trembling Veil of Bones (Matthew Talbot-Kelly, 2010)
6. Mary and Max (Adam Elliot, 2009)
7. Pleng pra artit (Sunset Love Song, Rutt Jumpamule, 2010)
8. Spain Loves You (Isabel Herguera, 1988)
9. Lascars (Round Da Way, Albert Pereira-Lazaro, Emmanuel Klotz, 2009)
10. Kuky se vrací (Kooky, Jan Sverák, 2010)

Favourite video installations
1. Anthem (Proxy, 2011, shown in an exhibition curated by Josef Ng at WTF Gallery)
2. Non-Zero-Sum (Mattia Sedda, 2011)
3. Someone Is Watching You (Chalisa Charttrakulchai, 2011, multimedia installations with moving images from CCTV)
4. A Dedicated Machine (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2009)
5. Merging of Painting and Video (Vichaya Mukdamanee, 2011)
6. Harmony (Yu Xingze, 2003)
7. Happiness (Zhang Peili, 2006)
8. I Want to Be Famous (Kunlapak Chintanakorn, 2011)
9. Welcome to the World of Happiness (Ronarong Butthongkaew, 2010)
10. Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Beheading Holofernes, Jeff Koons' Untitled, and Thai Villagers (Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, 2011)

Favourite TV series/mini-series
1. Marion Mazzano (Marc Angelo, 2009)
2. Le Tuteur: episode "Yann" (Jean Sagols, 2007)
3. Tipping the Velvet (Geoffrey Sax, 2002)
4. Quand vient la peur (When Fear Strikes, Élisabeth Rappeneau, 2010)
5. Signature (Hervé Hadmar, 2011)