Oscars

As everyone knows by now, the Oscars are this Sunday night and I'm still bitter about the Eddie snub. That said, "Falling Slowly" is as great as any song that appeared on the Into the Wild soundtrack. So...I'm holding out hope for a victory there (I assume it's highly unlikely).

m4a: Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová - "Falling Slowly"

As far as my favorite movies released domestically in 2007, I'd put them in this order:

1. No Country for Old Men
2. There Will Be Blood
3. The Lives of Others
4. Once
5. Into the Wild

Of course, many of these could change as there are still several films that are high on my list to see.

Once

I caught the trailer for an Irish film Once this past weekend (before seeing Waitress) and noticed the familiar voice of The Frames without making any connection to the actor himself. Somewhat surprisingly I soon found out that the actor is, in fact, The Frames lead singer Glen Hansard. The film was also directed by former Frames bassist and now full-time director, John Carney. The film has received some excellent reviews thus far including the World Cinema Audience Award at Sundance. Should be worth a look.

The lead song is the excellent "Falling Slowly" which existed in its original form on their last album, The Cost. I never really got into this album, unfortunately, but their previous effort Burn the Maps was excellent and very underrated.

MP3: The Frames - "Falling Slowly" (from The Cost)
MP3: The Frames - "Dream Awake" (from Burn the Maps)