Saturday, September 01, 2018

August 2018 Film Log

-The Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese, 1993): A -- Blu-ray

-BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee, 2018): A- -- Dolby Cinema

-Les carabiniers (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963): B+ -- 35mm print

-Christopher Robin (Marc Forster, 2018): C-

-Le corbeau (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1943): A-

-Crazy Rich Asians (Jon M. Chu, 2018): B

-Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham, 2018): B+

-A Fistful of Dollars (Per un pugno di dollari) (Sergio Leone, 1964): B+ -- 2nd viewing; 4K restoration

-For a Few Dollars More (Per qualche dollaro in più) (Sergio Leone, 1965): B -- 2nd viewing

-The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo) (Sergio Leone, 1966): A -- 2nd viewing; 4K restoration

-Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (Genndy Tartakovsky, 2018): C

-The Island (Bo Huang, 2018): C

-Juliet, Naked (Jesse Peretz, 2018): B

-The Last Days of Disco (Whit Stillman, 1998): A -- repeat viewing; Blu-ray

-The Last Movie (Dennis Hopper, 1971): C

-Madeline's Madeline (Josephine Decker, 2018): C-

-The Meg (Jon Turteltaub, 2018): C+

-The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Desiree Akhavan, 2018): C

-Mission: Impossible--Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie, 2018): A -- Dolby Cinema; 2nd viewing

-Never Goin' Back (Augustine Frizzell, 2018): D+

-Papillon (Michael Noer, 2017): B-

-Puzzle (Marc Turteltaub, 2018): C

-Searching (Aneesh Chaganty, 2018): B+

-Skate Kitchen (Crystal Moselle, 2018): C

-The Spy Who Dumped Me (Susanna Fogel, 2018): C-

-Support the Girls (Andrew Bujalski, 2018): B+

-Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (Aaron Horvath and Peter Rida Michail, 2018): B-

-The Third Murder (Sandome no satsujin) (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2017): B+ -- 2nd viewing; grade revised from C

-Through a Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel) (Ingmar Bergman, 1961): B -- 35mm print

-To All the Boys I've Loved Before (Susan Johnson, 2018): B- -- HD stream

-Winter Light (Nattvardsgästerna) (Ingmar Bergman, 1963): A

Shorts:

-#TheLateBatsby (Lauren Faust and Jennifer Kluska, 2018): B-

The top films new to me (current releases):

-BlacKkKlansman
-Support the Girls
-Eighth Grade
-Searching
-Crazy Rich Asians

The top films new to me (repertory):

-The Age of Innocence
-Winter Light (Nattvardsgästerna)
-Le corbeau
-Les carabiniers
-Through a Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel)

Viewing locations &; formats:

-Theatrical viewings: 28 (DCP: 26, 35mm: 2, 70mm: 0, projected DVD: 0)
-Home viewings: 3 (Blu-ray: 2, HD stream: 1)

August Totals:

-# of screenings: 31
-# of unique films seen: 31 (31 features and 1 short)
-# of feature films new to me: 25

Year-to-date Totals:

-Theatrical viewings: 174 (DCP: 160, 35mm: 10, 70mm: 3, projected DVD: 1) (includes one live performance and one live accompaniment)
-Home viewings: 15 (HD streams: 7, Blu-ray: 5, HD recordings: 2, DVD: 1)
-Live performances: 1
-Live accompaniment: 1

-# of screenings: 189
-Unique # of films seen: 183 features, 2 shorts compilation programs, and 8 shorts
-Unique # of feature films new to me: 164