1.000.000 EUROS AWARD FOR THE TWO THUGS WHO THROW ACID TO UNION ORGANIZER KONSTANTINA KOUNEVA...

A remarkable initiative from Minister of Public Order Michalis Chrysohoides in Athens Greece. ONE MILLION EUROS are offered to that certain somebody that is going to give info leading to the arrest of the criminals and the mastermind behind this sadistic act. A few months ago two thugs throw acid at the face of union organizer Kouneva (for laborers cleaning the subway stations in Athens. A contract handled by a very specific company).

Kouneva is forgiving her attackers.

We don't.

TONY JAA ROCKS AT "ONG BAK 2"...AT THE VILLAGE CINEMAS...

"ONG BAK 2", directed by Tony Jaa and John Hamburg, is part Robin Hood, part Mogly in the jungle and the exotic locations of Malaysia. Has very good cinematography, a few lines of dialogue, well-trained and choreographed elephants, superb casting, and an action hero with a miserable childhood that never quits.

The genre of action never sleeps.

An enjoyable action trip.

I would see this movie again!

"THE RED SHOES" (MICHAEL POWELL & ERIC PRESSBURGER, 1948) AT THE FILM FORUM...

....The Archers-a UK production company now defunct- take on Art with a capital A: Æstheticism as a life-philosophy, Sergei Pavlovich Dyagilev and the Ballets Russes. And it works: a magnificent, moving film, not just about ballet but Art as a vocation, a religion. It is a Romantic-Æsthetic epiphany. Remarkably for a film of this era, the hero is a wise, dignified, elegant, inspiring, 50-ish gay man, courageously played by a gay actor (...)

This masterpiece has been restored to a pristine quality 35mm print thanks to the love and dedication of Thelma Schoonmaker-Powell and Martin Scorcese among others.

Go see it!

Then you are going to understand the difference between garbage like "PARANORMAL ACTIVITY" and real cinematic pleasure like "THE RED SHOES".