Linkssss

I feel like writing something but I don't. Like, I wanna write something out for you guys but I can't think of anything and the idea I do have is something I'm gonna do later (AFI predix). Oy.

So, umm, enjoy some links?

Jim Shembri at The Age discusses this year's crop of Australian films. He's definitely 100% correct on many points, but it's a bit much to ask somebody like Ana Kokkinos to give two wanks worth of interest to a movie like Kenny. I mean, really, she seems like the sort of director who cringes at the mere thought of watching a movie that's considered "mainstream". But, yes, 2006 was a very good year (there was also some really bad stuff, but thankfully all the movies that were successful were good) and was an improvement over 2005, which was a big fat giant improvement over 2004. A year I couldn't only get three contenders for the Best Australian Film category in the UMAs (which I'm gonna do this week hopefully).

The European Film Awards awarded their Best Film prize to Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's (I love that name) The Lives of Others, which also won Best Actor and Screenwriter. Almodovar's Volver won four including Best Director and Best Actress for Penelope Cruz.

The Satellite Award nominations were announced last week too. Umm... pretty standard, I reckon although I was surprised to see even they chose something like Venus over A Prairie Home Companion or Borat!. Oh well, there's no real threat of it getting a Best Picture nod at the big ceremonies, nor at the Globes where it's considered a Drama not a Comedy. I was happy to see Lily Tomlin nominated (for Prairie), Gretchen Mol (The Notorious Bettie Page) and the movie Aurora Borealis, which shows even they can have passionate choices out of left field. They laughably nominated seven movies for Best Picture Drama. That's 13 films nominated for Best Picture in total!

*sigh* Looks like Dave Poland gonna go ga-ga over Letters from Iwo Jima and say that it's a lock for Best Picture and Director. I was hoping for an Eastwood-free year, especially after the weird (in a bad way) Flags of our Fathers.

Seriously, download "Ghosts". It's pretty much the greatest song you'll hear all year. I've had it for ages, but i only just realised it's available for free download.