Ghost Story of the Snow Woman [Kaidan Yuki Jorou] (1968) Chilling costume folk-tale beautifully presented. A beautiful Snow Woman kills everyone who sees her, until she falls in love with one of her prospective victims whom she spares if he vows never to speak of his experience. She takes human form and he marries her, not knowing her true nature. Very slow and formal without a lot of cheap shock, which makes her icy silent threat all the more wonderful. A lovely, sad and beautiful romantic ghost story. 9/10
The Informant! (2009) A Donna movie. Entertaining story based on fact, of an eccentric whistle-blower in corporate America. I am not a Soderbergh fan at all, and the protagonist's voice-over meanderings occasionally became distracting, even irritating, but I see that it did a lot to establish his scramble-minded character. It's a strong story, and the production values were excellent. 7/10
