The Double Life of Veronique (1991, France/Poland, Krystof Kieslowski)

Wherein Ben and I differ on the relative merits of Kieslowski's first post-Cold War feature.

Ben Begins:

It's probably too bad that I didn't have the energy to write this review last night immediately after watching TDLOV. Last night I liked it considerably less than I do this morning, so we could have had a better disagreement. Nevertheless, I hope to nit pick enough to bug you. Before I attempt this, however, I will have to acknowledge what is obviously excellent about the film.

It is a terrible shame that Kieslowski is no longer alive making films, of course.
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Prairie Home Companion (2006, USA, Robert Altman)

Another episode of Ben and Dan being in nearly full agreement as to the merits of a film. Ho hum.

Ben sed:

Nashville meets A Mighty Wind. Which is redundant to the extent that Christopher Guest is pretty clearly a student of Altman in the first place.

And so I've posted my favourite ten musical releases of the past 12 months here. And though it is only a click away, for those who cannot bear to wait, simply scroll down a coupla inches to see my favourite album of 2006.

I will post a similar cinematic version of such a list after I've had a chance to see more of the year-end releases, many of which don't seem to make it to my neck of the woods until the end of January.
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