2012 dallas international film festival

CINEMA SIX

our first film of the festival. i understood and felt some emotions with this film. its about a small group of coworkers that work at a theatre. they all have different lives but the only thing that keeps them together is the fact that they work here, at the theatre. they don't really want to work there but have no other way out. to understand it you have to be in the same situation. in the end when they seem to be stuck there forever things turn around for all of them when some get fired and some quit. no one now works there and that feeling of leaving a job that doesn't in any way make you move forward in life is so uplifting. its like saying that if you are in a place because it becomes routine you need a way out but can't find it then the best thing that ever happen to you was to get fired. I'm not saying that getting fired is a good thing but it gives you a sigh of relief. they are now wondering o crap just got fired, okay then i quit. you realize that it's not the end but only the beginning of another chapter in your life. your life needs excitement don't make it ordinary(routine). in the end they all get together and trash the place, man that was a spiritual feeling saying I'm done with this.

a comedy and life changing experience.

THE PACT

this was a midnight showing. it is a scary movie(horror). the pact is tricky. it's about two sisters that are now grown up and have to go back to their childhood home because their mother has died. they hadn't been there in years because something happened to them when they were kids, something that you just can't ever speak of and this is what was implied. one sister ends up vanishing in the house while the other sister tries to find her. she is scared to go back into the house but that is where her sister disappeared so she has to go back inside. their police gets involved, a medium gets involved, and a serial killer gets involved. throughout the film you are trying to figure it out and it doesn't hit you till 15 minutes before its over and that my friend is just plain horrific. the pact i believe is made from human to spirit. the spirit helps the human by making a pact to help each other. i don't want to give the ending away but i can tell you this. you have to be seriously sick in the head to abuse your children while your brother watches and then kills them. the pact isn't sickening just wrong. this movie could actually be true but never got to stay and ask. have you ever questioned who has ever lived at the house you live in now? i have and maybe you should too.

a horror and question what happens behind walls.

KID-THING


what really is a king thing? it's what a kid does. its about the life of a little girl with a father and no mother. the story of a girl with no rules and lives day to day without any supervision. she is probably around 12 years old and her dad is pretty much in his own world. she is destructive and bad. she makes an imaginary person to try to cope with the loneliness. its pretty sad if you think about it. here is a girl with no mother and dad stays in bed til when he wants to get up. she goes and makes trouble because she needs attention. she is really smart but does it matter?  it has a sad ending. her life means nothing so why matter. kids need love and this is a perfect example. even though its sad it has its funny moments.

a drama and parents need to give attention.

SATELITTE OF LOVE


one of my favorites at the festival. yes , it's about love and wine. a couple in love but she ends up with his best friend. what happened? what went wrong? it's no typical teenage love story but mature adults. their friendship so strong between the three of them but love is strange. it takes place in a beautiful place in Texas where there are vineyards. to think that this place exists in Texas is just crazy. it's filled with so much emotion its hard not to pick sides. they try to keep their friendship but something happens that will question whether they can continue to even be in the same place again.

a romance and when you least expect it love can change.

BINDLESTIFFS


three friends are set out to find what they would consider "love" I'm going to use this word because i just feel weird typing it on here. its a funny stupid film. you have to be open for anything. i found myself with my jaw wide open. well to tell you that some people had to leave the theatre because they got offended, that should tell you. one of the boys falls in love with a homeless woman. hey we all need love. the movie ends with a funeral in a backyard for the homeless woman that the three friends have put together.

a comedy and if you don't have a twisted funny muscle in your brain it's not for you.

EXTRATERRESTRIAL


no it's not the movie E.T. but it is about aliens, well one alien. this was a Spanish movie with English subtitles. its nothing like a sci fi but just regular looking people like you and me. it's about love. what one man will do for the love of a woman that he just met. what he will have to give up to just say i love you. this one was for me an original and beautiful love episode. how one man managed to confuse everyone to believe in him and leave it at that, just to realize that who he loves will not ever be with him. he accepts his loss and stirs up a story to prove he came from another planet because he wanted to learn from us but told her that he came because he from afar came to love this woman. it's sad but a happy shed a tear kinda sad.

a foreign film and remember to make your own story to love.

a film festival is really an opportunity to see films that are made that might never get to be played in theatres because of lack of funds. they cost the same as a regular movie ticket but are only being played no more than two weeks every year for the month of April. every year they are different because new ones are being made. i love films (movies) so it's extra special for me. if you have never done this you should give it a try. it's an experience. you can actually speak with the directors or meet the actors or actresses to the films. it's like having our two week of Hollywood here in Dallas. yes you will see people in gowns but you will see us in t-shirt and jeans because believe it or not they could care less what you wear all they care about is whether you came to enjoy the film.

mix it up a little throw in a comedy, a horror, a romance, a drama, a funny stupid, or a foreign.  we had a great line up this year can't wait for next years.


we might get lucky and see these films in dvd or get funded to be in theatres so keep an eye out for them. i wouldn't mind seeing them again or buying my favorites on dvd.

remember if you love film, love film.