Or (My Treasure) – Israel, 2004
Head over to Fandor to watch this incredible Israeli film. You’ll need a membership ($10 per month) to view it, but it’s worth it.

Head over to Fandor to watch this incredible Israeli film. You’ll need a membership ($10 per month) to view it, but it’s worth it.

Brian Murnion is a filmmaker, creative director, poet, and self-proclaimed intellectual scrub from Billings, Montana. He spends an unreasonable amount of time obsessing over the connective tissue between music, film, literature, and whatever else seems culturally or aesthetically significant at any given moment. His curation process is equal parts curiosity, fixation, and blind luck, driven by the irrational hope that brilliance is hiding in plain sight somewhere in the chaos.
What we’re watching this weekend.
#15. High And Low dir. Akira Kurosawa (Japan – 1963)
Criterion is releasing a box set of three films by the Italian film director Roberto Rossellini and starring Hollywood’s Ingrid Bergman, Stromboli, Europe ’51, and Journey to Italy. These are remarkable films–highly recommend Journey to Italy, a film about a husband and wife whose marriage begins to disintegrate while traveling near Naples. A masterpiece film in Italian cinema.
The “beauty” of the title refers to many things, but, above all, to Rome. That is where Jep Gambardella (Toni Servillo), a writer known for producing a single book and attending innumerable parties, has lived for decades. Clearly, he never tires of the place; the happiest moments in this long and indulgent film, directed by…
Here’s a rolling selection of modern films that I’m working through. Several of these titles are available to rent or buy online and some have yet to be released. I’ll update as I come across more titles. FILMS I WANT TO WATCH: Beyond the Hills (2013) Dir. Cristian MungiuRomania Museum Hours (2013) Dir. Jem CohenAustria, USA Upstream Color (2013)Dir. Shane…
I have a geographical handicap being located in Billings, MT, so it’s hard to see many of the films on my watch list in any given year, so I decided to pick five films from this year and another five classic films I watched for the first time this year. Five Films From 2014 1. Like…