It’s not just a snowboard or ski movie, or a skate flick, it’s a film about what the ridiculous Voleurz family does for fun on the West Coast of Canada. A smooth blend of snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding, tomfoolery and beer combines to create a one of a kind film that will keep you smiling and stoked no matter who you are, where you live, or what’s strapped to your feet. We hope you have as much fun watching Outdoor Graduation as we did making it.

Love that fakie to fakie with complete stall at 13.48. Classic. Actually it’s all ace, the riding, the filming, the editing. Respect.

The narrator, Marjane Satrapi, only daughter of an educated Teheran couple, first sketches in briefly how the Shah came to power, only to lose it and be replaced by the religious regime of today. Educated in a French school, she and her family are rapidly alienated from the so-called revolution; she is sent to Vienna to continue her education, falls in with a group of punks and eventually returns both depressed and disillusioned to Teheran where, with other university students, she must submit to the rule of extreme Islamists.

The story covers a great deal of ground from the point of view of a young pro-Western culture radical, and is told with humor and intelligence. She laughs at herself as much as at the semi-lunatic Guards of the Revolution.

Satrapi’s hold on reality is much strengthened under the influence of her highly honest grandmother who teaches her not co compromise, not to betray and not to give in.

This is no fairy tale with flying horses and beautiful princesses, but a serious, unsentimental and sometimes brutally honest film covering, among other events, the story of the millions of Iranians and Iraqis who died in a now forgotten seven year war around the Persian Gulf. (Taken from IMDB.COM)

Persepolis

It’s been out for a while now, but just in case you didnt see it, go see it. I still can’t believe Bill Murray doesn’t get on the train, but it really couldn’t have been any better. What can I say, it’s moving, profound, philosophical, beautiful, interesting, funny, touching and many other feelings you can, as well as can’t explain with simple words.