films i have seen recently:
hedwig and the angry inch - pretty darn good! fabulous make up and costumes, great songs. a spunky, entertaining musical.
the virgin suicides - struck a chord somewhere. beautifully filmed, heartwarming characters that remain real, tragic storyline without being melodramatic. i was impressed.
dogville - started interesting, turned gloomy, then depressing, then downright horrible. i can see what he was trying to do, but it was very serious stuff, and i wasn't in the mood for the darkness. (nice to see nicole kidman doing something different though)
american splendor - i was hoping it would be better than it actually was. however, still miles better than most things around. definately worth watching.
lost in translation - the micky-taking of the japanese wasn't necessary and was a bit distasteful. the storyline was obvious (and can someone tell me why the beautiful young woman always falls for the older man?) it was trying to be different but it didn't do it very well. didn't live up to the hype.