Fantastic Planet

Fantastic Planet is a super sci-fi animated film with great music directed and written by René Laloux and Roland Topor. Each second of this film, if paused, is a brilliant and beautiful piece of art.  Since I am going through a big sci-fi phase this one is my top recommendation...

Other films I have enjoyed this summer..


1. A Town Called Panic written and directed by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, is a brilliant French animation that is on CRACK. It is about a cowboy, an indian, and a French speaking horse, yes a French speaking horse. This film takes animal sacrifice to another level, as well as a creative take on the snowball effect. 

2. Thirst written and directed by Park Chan-wook is a Korean horror flick. Yes it deals with vampires, but trust me this is amazing and bloody. The last scene reminds me of Philip Levine's poem You Can Have It. (Click title for link to read poem!)

3. A Single Man directed by Tom Ford is based off of Christopher Isherwood's novel. It is filled with AMAZING fashion from the 60's. What I love most about this film is the use of color, certain scenes breath with color, this technique makes the footage itself seem human, colors become vivid when characters feel emotions.  It is worth it to watch this technique be used, and if you are a fan of Mad Men, well I think you will like this. Warning story line is super depressing, but the end makes this movie great and Julianne Moore is stunning. 

4. Let The Right One In is based off of John Ajvide Lindqvist vampire novel. Again this is not your typical vampire flick, this one is fucking ridiculous and bloody. 

5. Waltz With Bashir written and directed by Ari Folman, is another great animation. This film does a nice job juxtaposing different generations during times of war, expressing human behavior during war, and showing how in times of war every country serves a different purpose depending on the country's own agenda.

6. Reprise directed by Joachim Trier, is the shit. Anyone who loves to write or loves literature should watch this film. 

7. The Edukators is directed by Hans Weingartner. This film examines activism against capitalism, although this film does not examine what space the three main characters would like to create out of their activism ( " Your days of plenty are numbered" ) , it does express how difficult it is to destroy "the system" but regardless it is still worth to fight it.  

If you have a movie recommendation I would love to hear about it!!