The killing (1956) (5/10)

Must have been a very good movie when it was made. It is good. The planning and all. But ends up seeming slow compared to any movie these days. Perhaps because of the details. Some art movies get tolerated even if they are slow because they are not supposed to convey anything. But this movie is a bit slow because it is precise. But it is not a Hitchcock. A perfect plan to rob a race-course. But then the cookie crumbles.

The killing (1956) (5/10)

The future of food (2004) (7/10)

This is a documentary and worth a watch. I was not sure of the exact dangers posed by genetically modified foods. It is now amply clear that much of the threat if from greedy people rather than the inherent biological aspect of it. It is big corporations which lobby, patent and drive farmers out of a livelihood. The second generation sterility is artificially imposed. Strongly recommended.

The future of food (2004) (7/10)

Chess fever (1930) (7/10)

Directed by Aleksandr Dovzhenko, this 30 minute gem is about the passion of Russia for chess, and especially of the hero whose marriage is in jeopardy because of it. It is interesting to see who all plays chess, where and how. And what happens to our young otherwise romantic couple.

Chess fever (1930) (7/10)

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) (7/10)

This weird and interesting Mississippi movie about a jailbird who convinces two others to flee with him in search of a 1.2M treasure is replete with some very hearable songs. The flow is rather jerky along the prophesy of a railline prophet they meet. Much like the Earth gets destroyed in a different way in each episode of HHGTTG, the trio keeps getting in to trouble until ...
One gets to see a lot of the devil and god and the in-between. Ever applied Nova to your hair? It used to be so nice ...

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) (7/10)