Domestic Bliss
It seems strange that so many people ache for this thing called domestic bliss. The entire course of history, coupled with television shows like Desperate Housewives, would suggest to us that domesticity is less about bliss than it is about boredom, repressed desire, piles of dirty underwear and a gradual appreciation of television personalities such as Kerri-Anne Kennerly.
Paris
There are only a handful of cities around the world that popularculture won’t stop mythologising. Yes, this is yet another film aboutParis – but after an opening that looks like a slick travelinfotainment show, a TV host asks “Who is Paris?” and immediately flubshis lines.
In Paris, a charming French bakery is asite of casual, everyday racism.
Silly Symphonies: Renegades and Fine Romance
Back in the early days of Disney—before the hand of God would have had just cause to smite the company executives for committing idolatry—Walt also had a series of animated shorts that didn’t include iconic characters at all. Silly Symphonies, as they were dubbed, were reworks of classic tales and nursery rhymes set to a range of musical compositions.
Lars and the Real Girl
The Real Doll phenomenon turns the squick-factor of the Uncanny Valley into something that could be produced by Mattel's "Sexy Nightmare" division. (You can read more about Doll Love here, but maybe wait until you get home.)
Lars and the Real Girl takes this premise, drops it into a small town, and leaves poor Ryan Goslingto generate chemistry with his silicone love interest.
Umbrellas Of Cherbourg
There's a certain subset of people who'll happily accept all kinds of ridiculousness in their cinema - guns that never need reloading, perfectly choreographed sex scenes, coincidence upon coincidence - but instantly dismiss anything in which the cast bursts into song.
In Jacques Demy's 1964 classic, the songs don't burst free; they just are.
Juno
Ellen Page's role as 16-year-old mother-to-be Juno MacGuff guarantees that every vaguely alternative boy in the western world is now in love with her, and critics everywhere seem equally powerless to resist Juno's quirky assault.
(Her frankly terrifying charisma is also helped by the fact her romantic interest is played by Arrested Development's Michael Cera.
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