Wednesday, October 31, 2018

October 2018 Film Log

-Bad Times at the El Royale (Drew Goddard, 2018): B-

-Coeur fidèle (Jean Epstein, 1923): B -- w/ Alloy Orchestra accompaniment

-Colette (Wash Westmoreland, 2018): C+

-Dial M for Murder (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954): B+ -- 3D; 3rd viewing

-First Man (Damien Chazelle, 2018): A- --IMAX

-The Fog (John Carpenter, 1980): B -- 4K; 2nd viewing

-Free Solo (Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, 2018): B+

-Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978): B+ -- repeat viewing

-Halloween (David Gordon Green, 2018): B

-The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr., 2018): B

-Hunter Killer (Donovan Marsh, 2018): B-

-Johnny English Strikes Again (David Kerr, 2018): C

-Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock, 1944): B -- Blu-ray

-Mid90s (Jonah Hill, 2018): C-

-Monsters and Men (Reinaldo Marcus Green, 2018): B-

-North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959): A -- 4K; repeat viewing

-The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston, 2018): C+

-The Oath (Ike Barinholtz, 2018): D+ 

-The Old Man & the Gun (David Lowery, 2018): A-

-One Sings, the Other Doesn't (L'une chante l'autre pas) (Agnès Varda, 1977): C+

-Private Life (Tamara Jenkins, 2018): A- -- HD stream

-Project Gutenberg (Mo seung) (Felix Chong, 2018): B-

-Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954): A -- 35mm; repeat viewing

-The Sisters Brothers (Jacques Audiard, 2018): B

-A Star is Born (Bradley Cooper, 2018): B+ -- Dolby Cinema

-Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock, 1951): A -- 35mm; repeat viewing

-Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977): A -- Blu-ray

-To Catch a Thief (Alfred Hitchcock, 1955): A -- 35mm; repeat viewing

-Venom (Reuben Fleischer, 2018): C -- IMAX

-Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958): A+ -- 70mm; repeat viewing

-The Wife (Björn Runge, 2017): B-

The top films new to me (current releases):

-First Man
-Private Life
-The Old Man & the Gun
-A Star is Born
-Free Solo

The top films new to me (repertory):

-Suspiria
-Lifeboat
-Coeur fidèle

Viewing locations & formats:

-Theatrical viewings: 28 (DCP: 24, 35mm: 3, 70mm: 1) (includes one live accompaniment)
-Home viewings: 3 (Blu-ray: 2, HD stream: 1)
-Live accompaniment: 1

October Totals:

-# of screenings: 31
-# of films seen: 31
-# of unique films new to me: 23

Year-to-date Totals:

-Theatrical viewings: 245 (DCP: 225, 35mm: 15, 70mm: 4, projected DVD: 1) (includes two live accompaniments and one live performance)
-Home viewings: 20 (HD streams: 10, Blu-ray: 7, HD recordings: 2, DVD: 1)
-Live accompaniments: 2
-Live performances: 1

-# of screenings: 265
-Unique # of films seen: 258 features, 2 shorts compilation programs, and 8 shorts
-Unique # of feature films new to me: 229

Monday, October 01, 2018

September 2018 Film Log

-Assassination Nation (Sam Levinson, 2018): D

-Bel Canto (Paul Weitz, 2018): C-

-The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963): A -- 35mm; repeat viewing

-The Bookshop (Isabel Coixet, 2017): C-

-Fahrenheit 11/9 (Michael Moore, 2018): C

-Hold the Dark (Jeremy Saulnier, 2018): B- --HD stream; repeat viewing (also in TIFF 2018)

-The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Eli Roth, 2018): C -- IMAX

-John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection (L'empire de la perfection) (Julien Faraut, 2018): B

-Kin (Jonathan Baker and Josh Baker, 2018): D

-The Land of Steady Habits (Nicole Holofcener, 2018): B- -- HD stream

-Life Itself (Dan Fogelman, 2018): C-

-The Little Stranger (Lenny Abrahamson, 2018): B+

-Mandy (Panos Cosmatos, 2018): B

-Night School (Malcolm D. Lee, 2018): C

-The Nun (Corin Hardy, 2018): C+ -- IMAX

-Peppermint (Pierre Morel, 2018): D-

-The Predator (Shane Black, 2018): C+ -- Dolby Cinema

-A Simple Favor (Paul Feig, 2018): B

-Smallfoot (Karey Kirkpatrick and Jason Reisig, 2018): B-

-They Live (John Carpenter, 1988): B+ -- 35mm; 2nd viewing

-White Boy Rick (Yann Demange, 2018): C

2018 Toronto International Film Festival

-3 Faces (Se rokh) (Jafar Panahi, 2018): A

-American Dharma (Errol Morris, 2018): B-

-Ash is Purest White (Jiang hu er nv) (Jia Zhangke, 2018): B+

-The Biggest Little Farm (John Chester, 2018): B-

-Blind Spot (Blindsone) (Tuva Novotny, 2018): A

-Everybody Knows (Todos lo saben) (Asghar Farhadi, 2018): B

-Her Smell (Alex Ross Perry, 2018): B

-High Life (Claire Denis, 2018): B+

-Hold the Dark (Jeremy Saulnier, 2018): B-

-Hotel by the River (Hong Sang-soo, 2018): B-

-"I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians" ("Îmi este indiferent daca în istorie vom intra ca barbari") (Radu Jude, 2018): A-

-In Fabric (Peter Strickland, 2018): B-

-The Innocent (Der Unschuldige) (Simon Jaquemet, 2018): C

-Killing (Zan) (Shin'ya Tsukamoto, 2018): D+

-Long Day's Journey Into Night (Di qiu zui hou de ye wan) (Bi Gan, 2018): C -- portions in 3D

-Maya (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2018): B-

-Meeting Gorbachev (Werner Herzog and André Singer, 2018): C

-Monrovia, Indiana (Frederick Wiseman, 2018): B+

-Non-Fiction (Doubles vies) (Olivier Assayas, 2018): B+

-Roma (Alfonso Cuarón, 2018): B

-Shoplifters (Manbiki kazoku) (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2018): A-

-Transit (Christian Petzold, 2018): A

-Vita & Virginia (Chanya Button, 2018): C-

-The Wild Pear Tree (Ahlat Agaci) (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2018): B+

The top films new to me (current releases):

-The Little Stranger

The top films new to me (TIFF 2018):

-Blind Spot (Blindsone)
-Transit
-3 Faces (Se rokh)
-Shoplifters (Manbiki kazoku)
-"I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians" ("Îmi este indiferent daca în istorie vom intra ca barbari")
-Ash is Purest White (Jiang hu er nv)
-The Wild Pear Tree (Ahlat Agaci)
-Non-Fiction (Doubles vies)
-High Life
-Monrovia, Indiana

The top films new to me (repertory):

-None this month

Viewing locations & formats:

-Theatrical viewings: 43 (DCP: 41, 35mm: 2, 70mm: 0, projected DVD: 0)
-Home viewings: 2 (HD stream: 2)

September Totals: 

-# of screenings: 45
-# of films seen: 44
-# of feature films new to me: 42

Year-to-date Totals:

-Theatrical viewings: 217 (DCP: 201, 35mm: 12, 70mm: 3, projected DVD: 1) (includes one live performance)
-Home viewings: 17 (HD streams: 9, Blu-ray: 5, HD recordings: 2, DVD: 1)
-Live performances: 1
-Live accompaniment: 1

-# of screenings: 234
-Unique # of films seen: 227 features, 2 shorts compilation programs, and 8 shorts
-Unique # of feature films new to me: 206