June 2018 Film Log

At the moment life is steamrolling me with everything that I need to do, so rather than extending the delay in getting this posted by searching for the time to write something more substantive to accompany the log, I'll leave it at that.

-2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968): A+ -- 70mm "unrestored" print; 3rd viewing

-Adrift (Baltasar Kormákur, 2018): B

-Beast (Michael Pearce, 2017): B

-Book Club (Bill Holderman, 2018): C+

-Choose Me (Alan Rudolph, 1984): B -- projected DVD

-Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach) (Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, 1968): B

-Filmworker (Tony Zierra, 2017): B

-First Reformed (Paul Schrader, 2017): A -- second viewing

-Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018): B

-Hotel Artemis (Drew Pearce, 2018): C-

-How to Talk to Girls at Parties (John Cameron Mitchell, 2017): D+

-Incredibles 2 (Brad Bird, 2018): B

-Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (J.A. Bayona, 2018): B-

-Let the Sunshine In (Un beau soleil intérieur) (Claire Denis, 2017): B

-Ocean's 8 (Gary Ross, 2018): B-

-Remember My Name (Alan Rudolph, 1978): B+ -- 35mm

-Set It Up (Claire Scanlon, 2018): A- -- HD stream

-Sollers Point (Matthew Porterfield, 2017): B

-Superfly (Director X, 2018): C

-Tag (Jeff Tomsic, 2018): C

-Uncle Drew (Charles Stone III, 2018): C

-Upgrade (Leigh Whannell, 2018): B

-The Year of Spectacular Men (Lea Thompson, 2017): C-

Shorts:
-Balloonfest (Nathan Truesdell, 2017): B+

-Bao (Domee Shi, 2018): B-

-Take What You Can Carry (Matthew Porterfield, 2015): B -- projected HD video

The top films new to me (current releases):

-Set It Up
-Upgrade
-Beast
-Adrift
-Let the Sunshine In (Un beau soleil intérieur)
-Hereditary

The top films new to me (repertory):

-Remember My Name
-Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach)
-Choose Me

Viewing locations & formats:

-Theatrical viewings: 22 (DCP: 19, 35mm: 1, 70mm: 1, projected DVD: 1) + 3 shorts
-Home viewings: 1  (HD stream: 1) + 1 short

June Totals:

-# of screenings: 23
-# of films seen: 23 
-# of feature films new to me: 21

Year-to-date Totals:

-Theatrical viewings: 128 (DCP: 118, 35mm: 6, 70mm: 3, projected DVD: 1) (includes one live performance & one live accompaniment)
-Home viewings: 12 (HD streams: 6, Blu-ray: 3, HD recordings: 2,  DVD: 1)
-Live performances: 1
-Live accompaniment: 1

-# of screenings: 140
-Unique # of films seen: 135 features, 2 shorts compilation programs, and 7 shorts
-Unique # of feature films new to me: 122