Happy Endings
I saw this with my sister when I lived with her. It’s a really nice feeling to see a good new movie; Hope. French new wave but sorta modern altman too. Even scenes where they have a song play over a montage of scenes arent the worst idea. Complicated times that tie themselves into a simple knot by the end. There’s some sweet moments in bed but they don’t last long.

Urban Cowboy
Ah yes, the continuing story of Bud and Sissy, we all know this one. After I saw this movie a year or two ago, I realized COWBOYS ARE PUNKS. Debra Winger looks good riding a bull, and J Travolta plays the troubled hero like an old brown shoe, but it’s the story that takes center stage. Love, lust, jealousy, oil refineries, honky tonks, even Bonnie Rait thrown in for good measure makes this movie so easy to watch over and over. And even though I’ve seen it a bunch of times, it still grabs me right through to the last scene. One best told love stories of this Modern Age, along with The last picture show: both from texas; barebones n simple- “not dumb, just simple.”

Fanny and Alexander
Bergman’s swan song to everything cinema and human. We need drama for things to work out. The imagination of our children guides us through the human darkness. Ghosts live on and birth’s are celebrated at banquets. This fim is as rich in its environments as Scenes from a Marriage was in its emotional quotient. Grand Scale is just how Bergman rolls and it reminds me of Kenneth Brannagh’s Hamlet who must have been inspired by this epic. I can’t even see bothering with the regular movie version so when you rent it remember to rent the Televsion Version, all 5 or so hours, its worth your time.