Capturing the Friedmans, Lost Boys of Sudan, Welcome to Sarajevo, Wonderland, & A tout de suite

Capturing the Friedmans is just a sad movie. Whether or not the actual molestation occurred or not, it's a sad movie. Well made, but little is as depressing as watching a family torn apart by accusations of sexual abuse and molestation and pedophilia. I didn't realize that the director was the brother of Eugene Jarecki, director of Why We Fight. Talented family, that. The Friedman's, on the other hand, just give me the willies.

Lost Boys of Sudan was another depressing documentary about the horrible things humans do to other humans. Except that almost all the horrible things happened to them before the documentary. Well, almost everything, as the way that they were sort of thrust into the US without all that much guidance wasn't entirely the best way to get them adjusted. That one ended up with a cult (well, really, crazy Kansan Christians aren't all that far from it) suggests that we may have screwed this up even more. But also, the way that they kept talking about black people being dangerous was sort of a surprise. Didn't expect that.

Welcome to Sarajevo was a fairly typical Winterbottom film, in that it looked like it was shot very quickly, but it was actually very good. A little fluffy at times for me, but I certainly enjoyed it. Even Marissa "The reason I don't respect the Oscars anymore" Tomei was good in her small role as an aid worker. And Woody Harrelson and Stephen Dillane were excellent in their roles as two sides of the way reporters could have covered Sarajevo.

Wonderland was pretty trashy. But it was somewhat interesting trash. Too much fancy stuff with absolutely no point. Excellent soundtrack though. But, what, Hollywood was completely out of enormous fake cocks after the one from Boogie Nights "disappeared"? Kilmer continues his frustrating career, occasionally doing something not terrible just to piss you off. Damn you Kilmer!

A tout de suite is an excellent New Wave homage, and is filled with gorgeous camerawork and beautiful images. The depressing story and the disjointed ending section hurt the movie in my estimation. Not enough for me to not really enjoy it and recommend it. Maybe I'll go watch a happy movie sometime. Probably not for a while.

Merge is doing a very good job at licensing their awesome songs in commercials (Ivanka was in an Audi commercial last year). I Turn My Camera On in a Jaguar commercial. Yay for awesome songs making more money for their awesome musicians.

And the best April Fools Day prank I've seen so far is Google Romance. The pink Slashdot is just hideous.