Watching the documentary Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story on Kanopy. 🎬

Finishing off my March Around the World with a stop in Italy and watching Vittorio De Sica’s 1964 film Marriage Italian Style on The Criterion Channel. 🎬🇮🇹

Continuing March Around the World with the latest from Almodovar, The Room Next Door. 🇪🇸🎬

Watching the 1989 Hong Kong film Full Moon, New York directed by Stanley Kwan on The Criterion Channel as my March Around the World film for today. 🇭🇰🎬

For my March Around the World viewing for tonight I’m watching the 1931 German film Mädchen in Uniform. 🇩🇪🎬

Watching the 2024 Belgian documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat on Kanopy as part of my March Around the World. 🎬 🇧🇪

Watching Juzo Itami’s 1984 Japanese film The Funeral for my March Around the World. 🇯🇵

Watching Alfred Hitchcock’s 1942 film Saboteur for the first time on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching the 1952 Argentine film noir Never Open That Door directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Alice Lowe’s 2024 film Timestalker. 🎥

Watching the 1941 French film Stormy Waters directed by Jean Grémillon on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Jesse Eisenberg’s 2024 film A Real Pain. 🎥

Watching Axelle Ropert’s 2018 film The Wolberg Family on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

New to the Criterion Channel is Chantal Akerman’s hard-to-see 1982 film Toute Une Nuit and I’m going to watch the newly-restored version now. 🎥

Watching the stream of the generative documentary ‎Eno directed by Gary Hustwit. 🎥

Watching Tom Tykwer’s 1998 masterpiece Run Lola Run again. 🎥

Watching Victor Erice’s melancholy 2023 film Close Your Eyes on MUBI. 🎥

Watching Niclas Larsson’s 2023 film Mother, Couch on Kanopy. 🎥

Starting off the new year with that Lubitsch Touch with the 1930 film Monte Carlo on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

My favourite 15 films of 2024 were: Civil War, Faye, Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger, Janet Planet, Black Box Diaries, When the Light Breaks, Bird, Julie Keeps Quiet, Dahomey, Bob Trevino Likes It, The Substance, I Saw the TV Glow, Blink Twice, Kinds of Kindness, and A Different Man.

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Tonight my Noirvember film is the 1947 film Deep Valley on TCM. 🎥

My Noirvember film tonight is the 1952 noir Strange Fascination directed by Hugo Hass in the Criterion Channel’s Columbia Noir collection. 🎥

Tonight’s Noirvember film features Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, and Claude Rains in Archie Mayo’s 1942 film Moontide on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Tonight’s Noirvember film is Byron Haskin’s 1947 film I Walk Alone in Noir Alley on TCM. 🎥

Tonight’s Noirvember film is Alice Troughton’s 2023 film The Lesson. 🎥

Rewatching Jim Jarmusch’s 2009 film The Limits of Control as my Noirvember film tonight. 🎥

Watching Blake Edwards’ 1962 film noir Experiment in Terror on The Criterion Channel as my Noirvember film tonight. 🎥

Rewatching the Coen Brothers’ 1987 film Raising Arizona as my next Noirvember film. 🎥

Second film noir for Noirvember is Susan Seidelman’s 2001 film Gaudi Afternoon. 🎥

Watching Sarah Minter’s 1991 film Alma Punk on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Jean Grémillon’s 1937 film ‎Lady Killer on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the Coen Brothers’ 1998 masterpiece _The Big Lebowsk_i again. 🎥

Best new-to-me films seen in August 2024: City of Gold,
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer,
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes,
Hail the Conquering Hero,
_Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net _,
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger, Janet Planet.

Watching ‎the Coen Brothers’ love letter to the golden age of Hollywood – Hail, Caesar! again. 🎥

Watching ‎Annie Baker’s 2023 film Janet Planet. 🎥

Finally watching ‎Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga directed by George Miller. 🎥

Watching ‎René Clément’s 1960 noir Purple Noon again in the Criterion Channel’s Vacation Noir collection. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2024 documentary Faye directed by Laurent Bouzereau. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2023 documentary Copa 71 directed by James Erskine and Rachel Ramsay. 🎥

Watching ‎Brian De Palma’s 1981 film Blow Out in the Criterion Channel’s Neo Noir collection. 🎥

Watching the 1971 film ‎The Plot Against Harry directed by Michael Roemer on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1946 comedy Easy to Wed directed by Edward Buzzell. 🎥

Remembering the great Donald Sutherland by watching the 1978 film ‎Invasion of the Body Snatchers directed by Philip Kaufman. 🎥

Watching Béla Tarr’s 2000 film ‎Werckmeister Harmonies again on the Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Radu Jude’s 2023 film Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2023 film Godzilla Minus One directed by Takashi Yamazaki on Netflix. 🎥

It’s a sad and beautiful world.

Watching ‎Jim Jarmusch’s brilliant 1986 film Down by Law again. 🎥

Watching ‎Alice Rohrwacher’s extraordinarily beautiful 2023 film La Chimera again. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1997 documentary My America… or Honk If You Love Buddha directed by Renee Tajima-Peña on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Billy Wilder’s 1963 comedy Irma la Douce in the Shirley McLean collection on the Criterion Channel. 🎥

For Canadian Film Day I’m rewatching ‎the 2023 Québécois film Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person directed by Ariane Louis-Seize. 🎥🇨🇦

Watching Yorgos Lanthimos’ 2023 film ‎Poor Things for the first time. 🎥

Favourite new-to-me films for March of 2024: The Nature of Love, The Cassandra Cat, El Conde, A Question of Silence, American Fiction, El Sur, The Holdovers, R.M.N., Lights in the Dusk, The Box. 🎥

Making a stop in Finland to catch up on an Aki Kaurismäki film I haven’t seen – the 2006 film ‎Lights in the Dusk. 🎥🇫🇮

Stopping in Romania on my March Around the World and watching ‎the 2022 film R.M.N. directed by Cristian Mungiu. 🎥🇷🇴

Watching ‎the 2005 South Korean film Tale of Cinema directed by Hong Sang-soo on MUBI for the next stop on my March Around the World. 🎥🇰🇷

Watching ‎Alexander Payne’s 2023 film The Holdovers and loving the 70s film vibe. 🎥

Stopping in Spain with my March Around the World and watching ‎the 1983 film El sur directed by Víctor Erice on The Criterion Channel. 🎥🇪🇸

Taking an afternoon March Around the World stop in Taiwan with the 1980 film ‎Lovable You directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien on The Criterion Channel. 🎥🇹🇼

Watching ‎the 2023 film American Fiction directed by Cord Jefferson. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1981 German film The German Sisters directed by Margarethe von Trotta as part of my March Around the World. 🎥🇩🇪

Watching ‎Wim Wenders’ sublime and beautiful 2023 film Perfect Days again. 🎥

Continuing my March Around the World with a 2023 film from Chile – ‎El Conde directed by Pablo Larraín. 🎥🇨🇱

Continuing my March Around the World with a stop in Japan to watch the 1953 film watching ‎Love Letter directed by Kinuyo Tanaka on The Criterion Channel. 🎥🇯🇵

Favourite new-to-me films for February 2024: Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Dream Scenario, La Comtesse de Castiglone, Defending Your Life, The House on Telegraph Hill, When Strangers Marry, The Zone of Interest, The Fortune Cookie.

Continuing my March Around the World by watching ‎the 1963 film The Cassandra Cat directed by Vojtěch Jasný from Czechoslovakia on The Criterion Channel. 🎥🌍

Watching ‎Monia Chokri’s 2023 film The Nature of Love. 🎥

Watching ‎Billy Wilder’s 1966 film The Fortune Cookie. 🎥

Watching ‎Jonathan Glazer’s 2023 film The Zone of Interest. 🎥

Watching ‎Gus Van Sant’s 1989 film Drugstore Cowboy again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1944 low-budget noir When Strangers Marry directed by William Castle and starring a young Kim Hunter and Robert Mitchum. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1955 musical biography Love Me or Leave Me directed by Charles Vidor and starring Doris Day and James Cagney. 🎥

Watching ‎Juleen Compton’s 1965 film Stranded on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Alex Cox’s 1984 film Repo Man again. 🎥

Watching ‎Albert Brooks’ 1991 film Defending Your Life in The Criterion Channel’s Interdimensional Love collection. 🎥

Watching ‎Sofia Coppola’s wonderful 2010 film Somewhere again. 🎥

Watching ‎Todd Haynes brilliant 2015 film Carol again. 🎥

Watching ‎Claire Denis’ 2022 doomed love story Stars at Noon again. 🎥

Watching ‎Alfred Hitchcock’s 1946 film Notorious on TCM. 🎥

Watching ‎Chantal Akerman’s 1973 silent documentary Hotel Monterey again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Lynne Ramsay’s unsettling 2002 masterpiece Morvern Callar again. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2023 film Dream Scenario directed by Kristoffer Borgli. 🎥

Watching ‎Jonathan Glazer’s brilliant and unsettling 2004 film Birth again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎George Cukor’s 1950 film Born Yesterday on TCM. 🎥

Watching ‎Sofia Coppola’s 2023 film Priscilla. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2022 Italian film Amanda directed by Carolina Cavalli on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Paul Thomas Anderson’s brilliant 2012 film The Master again. 🎥

Watching ‎Sofia Coppola’s 2003 film Lost in Translation again for the first time in over decade. 🎥

Watching ‎Martin Scorsese’s dark and brilliant 1082 film The King of Comedy again. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1959 dark comedy The Gazebo directed by George Marshall on TCM. 🎥

Watching ‎Claire Denis’ 2022 film Both Sides of the Blade again. 🎥

Watching ‎the restored version of Fran Rubel Kuzui’s 1988 film Tokyo Pop. 🎥

Watching Aki Kaurismäki’s beautiful 2023 film ‎Fallen Leaves again on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎Craig Gillespie’s 2023 film Dumb Money. 🎥

Watching Aki Kaurismäki’s darkly funny existential 1988 film Ariel (part of the “Proletariat” series) to get ready for rewatching Fallen Leaves again later this week. 🎥

Watching ‎Martin Scorsese’s remarkable Killers of the Flower Moon again. 🎥

Watching Kelly Reichardt’s 2016 masterpiece ‎Certain Women again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Aki Kaurismäki’s 1990 film ‎ I Hired a Contract Killer. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1966 film The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean written, produced, and directed by Juleen Compton on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching the 2019 documentary about HandMade Films, An Accidental Studio directed by Kim Leggatt, Bill Jones, and Ben Timlett on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching the 1963 Czech science fiction film Ikarie XB1 directed by # Jindřich Polák on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching the 2006 musical short film The Music of Regret on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Wrapping up the year by watching Frank Capra’s 1944 film Arsenic and Old Lace for the first time. 🎥

Watching Martin Scorsese’s 1985 comedy After Hours again. 🎥

Watching Joan Micklin Silver’s 1979 film Chilly Scenes of Winter on TCM. 🎥

Watching ‎Todd Haynes’ 2023 film May December on Netflix. 🎥

Watching ‎Justine Triet’s brilliant slow burning 2023 film Anatomy of a Fall again. 🎥

Watching the 1949 film Holiday Affair on TCM for the first time. 🎥

Watching ‎Elaine May’s 1987 film Ishtar for the first time. 🎥

Watching ‎Christian Petzold’s 2023 film Afire on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1996 film SubUrbia directed by Richard Linklater in the Parker Posey collection on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1957 film noir The River’s Edge directed by Allan Dwan on The Criterion Channel as my Noirvember film for tonight. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1950 film noir The Secret Fury directed by Mel Ferrer as my Noirvember film for tonight. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2023 documentary Albert Brooks: Defending My Life directed by Rob Reiner. 🎥

Catching up with the 1933 film ‎Design for Living directed by Ernst Lubitsch. 🎥

Starting off Noirvember with the 1950 British Noir Madeleine directed by David Lean. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1933 Pre-Code comedy Bombshell directed by Victor Fleming on TCM. 🎥

Watching ‎Errol Morris’ 2023 documentary about John Le Carré – The Pigeon Tunnel on Apple TV+. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1928 silent Ruritanian comedy A Woman with Style directed by Fritz Wendhausen as part of the streaming films of the Pordenone Silent film festival. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1923 silent film Rivals of the Circus directed by Harry Piel streaming as part of The Pordenone Silent Film Festival. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1921 silent Western film The Fox directed by Robert Thornby as part of the Giornate del Cinema Muto online. 🎥

Watching ‎Ira Sach’s 2023 film Passages on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1932 early Technicolor film Doctor X directed by Michael Curtiz in the Criterion Channel’s Pre-Code Horror collection. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1948 Preston Sturges film Unfaithfully Yours on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Relaxing after a long day by watching the restored 1977 German feminist film The All-Around Reduced Personality: Outtakes directed by Helke Sander on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1936 MGM musical Born to Dance directed by Roy Del Ruth on TCM. 🎥

Penultimate Atlantic Film Festival film for me is the Québécois film ‎Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person directed by Ariane Louis-Seize. 🎥

Final film of the day for me at the Atlantic International Film Festival is the documentary ‎Invisible Beauty directed by Frédéric Tcheng and Bethann Hardison. 🎥

First Atlantic International Film Festival film of the day is Days of Happiness directed by Chloé Robichaud. 🎥

First Atlantic International Film Festival film of the day is ‎Anatomy of a Fall directed by Justine Triet. 🎥

Final film for today at the Atlantic International Film Festival will be the documentary ‎Stolen Time directed by Helene Klodawsky. 🎥

Film number 6 of the Atlantic International Film Festival is the world premiere of ‎Suze directed by Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart. 🎥

Final film of my second day of Atlantic Film Festival and fifth of the festival will be Wim Wenders’ ‎Perfect Days. 🎥

Ready for more Atlantic Film Festival films with the Finnish film ‎Fallen Leaves directed by the great Aki Kaurismäki.🎥

Film number 2 for #aiff23 is the Chilean film ‎The Settlers directed by Felipe Gálvez Haberle. 🎥

The amazing ‎Monster directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda at #aiff23 continues the string of films of his that I’ve seen that never have disappointed or struck a false note. Always surprising and beautiful in a way that slowly and deliberately emerges. 🎥

Watching ‎Greta Gerwig’s 2023 film Barbie again at home. 🎥

Watching ‎Alice Rohrwacher’s beautiful and magical 2014 Italian film The Wonders again to prepare for watching her latest film at the Atlantic International Film Festival next Sunday. 🎥

Watching ‎Agnès Varda’s 1985 Vagabond again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Aki Kaurismäki’s 1994 film Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2022 documentary Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy directed by Nancy Buirski. 🎥

Watching Nida Manzoor’s 2023 film ‎Polite Society. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2014 film What We Do in the Shadows directed by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement yet again. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1980 film Hopscotch directed by Ronald Neame on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Susan Seidelman’s 1987 film Making Mr. Right in the Criterion Collection’s AI collection. 🎥

About to watch Oppenheimer directed by Christopher Nolan in IMAX. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1970 film Colossus: The Forbin Project directed by Joseph Sargent in The Criterion Channel’s AI Collection. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2023 documentary Being Mary Tyler Moore directed by James Adolphus. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2018 documentary Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist directed by Lorna Tucker. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1962 film All Night Long directed by Basil Dearden on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2018 documentary Hal directed by Amy Scott. 🎥

Watching ‎Kay Francis starring in the 1934 film Mandalay directed by Michael Curtiz. 🎥

Watching ‎Quentin Dupieux’s 2022 film Incredible But True on MUBI. 🎥

Watching Hal Ashby’s 1979 film ‎Being There again after many years. 🎥

Remembering director William Friedkin by watching his great 1977 film Sorcerer. 🎥

Saw Greta Getwig’s 2023 film ‎Barbie in the theatre today and really enjoyed it. There is a lot going on in it and Gerwig threads the needle perfectly. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2022 film Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game directed by Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1932 film Jewel Robbery directed by William Dieterle in The Criterion Channel’s Kay Francis collection. 🎥

Watching ‎Prano Bailey-Bond’s 2021 film Censor on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1935 MGM musical Naughty Marietta directed by W.S. Van Dyke and Robert Z. Leonard on TCM. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2023 film The Beanie Bubble directed by Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash on Apple TV+. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2022 French film Everybody Loves Jeanne directed by Céline Devaux on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1940 film The Philadelphia Story directed by George Cukor on TCM with an introduction by Ben Mankiewicz and Greta Gerwig. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1953 film noir Crime Wave directed by André de Toth on TCM. 🎥

Watching ‎Jacques Tati’s 1967 film PlayTime on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Jacques Tati’s 1967 film PlayTime on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Steven Soderbergh’s new online project Command Z directed by Steven Soderbergh. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2021 Spanish film El Planeta directed by Amalia Ulman on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎Agnès Varda’s 1981 documentary Mur Murs again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎The Film Foundation’s restoration of the 1946 film noir, The Killers directed by Robert Siodmak. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2014 K-Pop documentary Nine Muses of Star Empire directed by Lee Hark-joon on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2022 French film One Fine Morning directed by Mia Hansen-Løve again. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2021 Norwegian film Ninjababy directed by Yngvild Sve Flikke on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎Kelly Reichardt’s 2022 film Showing Up. 🎥

Watching ‎Stanley Kubrick’s 1957 masterpiece Paths of Glory again. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1945 French film Paris Frills directed by Jacques Becker. 🎥

Favourite new-to-me films watched in June 2023:

Three Identical Strangers,

Enlightenment Guaranteed,

Judy Blume Forever,

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,

The Great Hip Hop Hoax,

The Loved One,

Three Ages,

Our Hospitality,

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Watching ‎the 2023 adaptation ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET. directed by Kelly Fremon Craig. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1923 silent film THREE AGES directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1965 film THE LOVED ONE directed by Tony Richardson on TCM. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1964 comedy SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL directed by Richard Quine. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1964 film SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON directed by Bryan Forbes on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Anton Corbijn’s sad and beautiful 2007 film CONTROL. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2011 vinyl store documentary SOUND IT OUT directed by Jeanie Finlay. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2013 music documentary THE GREAT HIP HOP HOAX directed by Jeanie Finlay on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1958 film THE GODDESS directed by John Cromwell in The Criterion Channel’s Method Acting collection. 🎥

Catching up with Wes Anderson’s 2007 film ‎THE DARJEELING LIMITED. 🎥

Watching ‎Peter Medak’s 1993 neo-noir ROMEO IS BLEEDING again for the first time in years. 🎥

Watching ‎William Friedkin’s 1971 film THE FRENCH CONNECTION on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Ali Kaurismäki’s 1989 film LENINGRAD COWBOYS GO AMERICA on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Martin Scorsese’s 1974 film ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE for the first time on the Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Martin Scorsese’s 1999 film BRINGING OUT THE DEAD again for the first time in many years. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2023 documentary JUDY BLUME FOREVER directed by Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1938 screwball comedy THE MAD MISS MANTON directed by Leigh Jason and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2000 German film ENLIGHTENMENT GUARANTEED directed by Doris Dörrie. 🎥

Watching the 2018 documentary ‎THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS directed by Tim Wardle on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1938 screwball comedy BRINGING UP BABY directed by Howard Hawks. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1934 screwball comedy SING AND LIKE IT directed by William A. Seiter on the Criterion Channel. 🎥

Best new-to-me films for May 2023: Letter From a Filmmaker: Chantal Akerman, Forty Guns, The Janes, The Anniversary Party, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, The Five Devils, It is Night in America, The Wages of Fear, BlackBerry, You Hurt My Feelings, Feels Good Man, Reality.

Watching ‎the 2023 docudrama REALITY directed by Tina Satter. 🎥

Watching the 2020 documentary ‎FEELS GOOD MAN directed by Arthur Jones on MUBI. 🎥

Revisiting one of the strange and beautiful films of the Greek Weird Wave and watching ATTENBERG directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari from 2010. 🎥

Now going to the theatre to watch Nicole Holofcener’s new film YOU HURT MY FEELINGS. 🎥

In the theatre to see the 2023 film BLACKBERRY. 🎥

Watching ‎Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1953 film THE WAGES OF FEAR on The Criterion Channel. I’ve seen William Friedkin’s 1977 remake, but not the original until now. 🎥

Watching the 2022 Brazilian experimental documentary ‎IT IS NIGHT IN AMERICA directed by Ana Vaz on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2022 film THE FIVE DEVILS directed by Léa Mysius on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2014 documentary FILMED IN SUPERMARIONATION directed by Stephen La Rivière. 🎥 I loved Captain Scarlet and Thunderbirds when I was young.

Watching ‎David Lynch’s sad and beautiful 1980 film THE ELEPHANT MAN again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Stanley Donen’s 1974 musical adaptation of THE LITTLE PRINCE. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1982 film THEY CALL ME BRUCE? directed by Elliott Hong in the Asian American ‘80s collection on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2023 documentary STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE directed by Davis Guggenheim. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2001 film THE ANNIVERSARY PARTY directed by Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming. 🎥

Watching ‎Renuka Jeyapalan’s 2022 film STAY THE NIGHT again. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2022 documentary THE JANES directed by Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes. 🎥

Watching ‎Hirokazu Kore-eda’s beautiful 2022 film BROKER again. One of my favourite films of last year. 🎥

Watching ‎Samuel Fuller’s 1957 Western FORTY GUNS on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1997 self-portrait CHANTAL AKERMAN BY CHANTAL AKERMAN again. 🎥

Favourite new-to-me films viewed in April 2023: WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?, HESTER STREET, RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: CODA, POLY STYRENE: I AM CLICHE, SAINT OMER, A FILM ABOUT A FATHER WHO, FLAMING EARS, A FISH IN THE BATHTUB, WOMEN TALKING, URGH! A MUSIC WAR. 🎥

Watching ‎Joan Micklin Silver’s 1998 film A FISH IN THE BATHTUB on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎the stunning 4K restoration of Akira Kurosawa’s beautiful reworking of King Lear, the 1985 film RAN. 🎥

Time to revisit one of the masterpieces of the 20th century – Chantal Akerman’s 1975 film ‎JEANNE DIELMAN, 23, QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES. 🎥

Watching ‎the gorgeous transfer of Claire Denis’ enigmatic and haunting 2004 film THE INTRUDER again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching the odd and funny 2004 musical shirt film ‎AD/BC: A ROCK OPERA directed by Richard Ayoade again. 🎥

Watching ‎Alice Diop’s 2022 film SAINT OMER. 🎥

Finally watching Todd Field’s 2022 film Watching ‎TÁR. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2021 documentary POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHÉ directed by Paul Sng and Celeste Bell. 🎥

Watching ‎Joan Micklin Silver’s 1975 debit feature HESTER STREET on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎the restored version of David Lynch’s strange and unsettling 2006 film INLAND EMPIRE again. Every time I watch it it seems like a different film. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2023 film TETRIS directed by Jon S. Baird on Apple TV+. 🎥

Going to Sweden in my March Around the World and watching ‎the 2015 film A MAN CALLED OVE directed by Hannes Holm. 🎥🇸🇪

Continuing March Around the World and revisiting a strange and beautiful 2020 film from Greece – ‎APPLES directed by Christos Nikou. 🎥🇬🇷

Watching ‎a film from Egypt – the selected country for March Around the World 2023 – the 2020 documentary LIFT LIKE A GIRL directed by Mayye Zayed. 🎥🇪🇬

Watching ‎Rian Johnson’s brilliant 2016 debut BRICK yet again. 🎥

Stopping in Australia tonight in my March Around the World and watching ‎the 2022 film THE STRANGER directed by Thomas M. Wright. 🎥🇦🇺

Revisiting a 1994 documentary from Finland as I continue to March Around the World – ‎TIGRERO: A FILM THAT WAS NEVER MADE directed by Mika Kaurismäki. 🎥🇫🇮

Next up in my March Around the World is a stop in Canada for the experimental 2022 documentary ‎SELF-PORTRAIT directed by Joële Walinga. 🎥🇨🇦

Taking a stop in Norway in my March Around the World and watching ‎the 2006 film REPRISE directed by Joachim Trier. 🎥🇳🇴

Continuing my March Around the World by watching ‎the 2012 documentary from BRAZIL ELENA directed by Petra Costa. 🎥🇧🇷

Watching ‎Steven Soderbergh’s fun 2020 film LET THEM ALL TALK again. 🎥

Continuing my March Around the World by watching ‎the 2019 film THE PERFECT CANDIDATE directed by Haifaa al-Mansour from Saudi Arabia. 🎥🇸🇦

Continuing my March Around the World by watching ‎a film from Hungary in 1975 – ADOPTION directed by Márta Mészáros on The Criterion Channel. 🎥🇭🇺

Up next in my March Around the World is the film ‎MAN IS NOT A BIRD from Yugoslavia in 1965 and directed by Dušan Makavejev. 🎥

The next film in my March around the world is a documentary from Ukraine – ‎THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE from 2020 directed by Iryna Tsilyk. 🇺🇦🎥

The next film in my March Around the World is from Bhutan and is the 1999 drama ‎THE CUP directed by Khyentse Norbu on The Criterion Channel. 🇧🇹🎥

Watching ‎the 1932 film NIGHT AFTER NIGHT directed by Archie Mayo in the Criterion Channel’s “Pre-Code Paramount” collection. 🎥

For my 3rd March Around the World film I’m watching ‎the 1986 Hong Kong film ROYAL WARRIORS directed by David Chung in the “Michelle Yeoh Kicks Ass” collection. 🇭🇰🎥

Watching ‎the 1970 film from Czechoslovakia KILLING THE DEVIL directed by Ester Krumbachová on The Criterion Channel as the second film in my March Around the World. 🇨🇿🎥

Film number 1 in March Around the World 2023 is the Austrian film MUTZENBACHER directed by Ruth Beckermann. 🇦🇹

Watching ‎the 1963 film BILLY LIAR directed by John Schlesinger in The Criterion Channel’s British New Wave collection. 🎥

Watching ‎Chantal Akerman’s fun and complex 1986 musical GOLDEN EIGHTIES again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1957 film THIS COULD BE THE NIGHT directed by Robert Wise on TCM. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1962 Japanese film AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON directed by Yasujirō Ozu. 🎥

Watching ‎David Lean’s 1955 film SUMMERTIME on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Todd Stephens’ 2021 film SWAN SONG on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2022 documentary IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING: KING CRIMSON AT 50 directed by Toby Amies. 🎥

Watching ‎Claire Denis’ unsettling and melancholy 2018 science fiction film HIGH LIFE again. 🎥

Watching ‎The Film Foundation’s free online screening Jean Renoir’s restored 1951 film THE RIVER. 🎥

Watching ‎Mia Hansen-Love’s complicated and beautiful 2021 film BERGMAN ISLAND. It’s intellectual but personal and has a brilliant structure filled with ambiguity. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1949 film noir TENSION directed by John Berry on TCM’s Noir Alley.

Watching ‎the 2022 documentary FREE CHOL SOO LEE directed by Eugene Yi and Julie Ha on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1946 film noir DECOY directed by Jack Bernhard in Noir Alley. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1973 film The Last of Sheila directed by Herbert Ross. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2021 French film The Braves directed by Anaïs Volpé on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2022 documentary DOUG AND THE SLUGS AND ME directed by Teresa Alfed. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2021 Romanian film ÎNTREGALDE directed by Radu Muntean on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1951 screwball comedy RHUBARB directed by Arthur Lubin on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎The Film Foundation’s gorgeous restoration of the 1956 film GIANT directed by George Stevens. 🎥

Watching ‎Fritz Lang’s 1941 film MAN HUNT on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Joanna Hogg’s 2022 film THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1995 film PARTY GIRL directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Mike Mills’ 2005 film THUMBSUCKER on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Final film of the year will be Charlotte Wells’ beautiful and impressionistic and precise film ‎AFTERSUN. 🎥

Watching ‎GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson. 🎥

Watching Noah Baumbach’s 2022 film WHITE NOISE. 🎥

Watching ‎one of my favourite films of the year again – GOD’S CREATURES directed by Anna Rose Holmer and Saela Davis. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1943 screwball comedy THE MORE THE MERRIER directed by George Stevens on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Claire Denis’ wonderful and odd 2017 romantic comedy LET THE SUNSHINE IN again. 🎥

Watching ‎the restored version of Mai Zetterling’s bold 1964 film LOVING COUPLES on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Time for some Friday night screwball comedy with the 1937 film ‎LOVE IS NEWS directed by Tay Garnett. 🎥

Watching ‎Preston Sturges’ 1944 screwball comedy THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN’S CREEK on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Marguerite Duras’ 1977 film BAXTER, VERA BAXTER on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Antonioni’s 1960 film L’AVVENTURA for the first time and thinking that it may be good to watch it now before I finish watching certain season of a TV show set in Italy that I will finish very soon. 🎥

Watching ‎Park Chan-wook’s twisty 2022 neo-noir DECISION TO LEAVE directed by Park Chan-wook again on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎Mai Zetterling’s 1982 film SCRUBBERS on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎a screwball comedy from 1937 – EASY LIVING directed by Mitchell Leisen on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Mai Zetterling’s 1968 film THE GIRLS on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Mai Zetterling’s 1966 Swedish film NIGHT GAMES on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1939 screwball comedy MIDNIGHT directed by Mitchell Leisen on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the screwball comedy from 1938 – BLUEBEARD’S EIGHTH WIFE directed by Ernst Lubitsch. 🎥

Watching ‎the screwball comedy from 1938 – BLUEBEARD’S EIGHTH WIFE directed by Ernst Lubitsch. 🎥

My final #Noirvember film is the 1947 UK film ‎IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY directed by Robert Hamer. 🎥

Time for some British #Noirvember viewing with the 1951 film ‎POOL OF LONDON directed by Basil Dearden. 🎥

Back to my #Noirvember viewing and watching ‎the 1964 Japanese film BLACK SUN directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2021 film HOLD ME TIGHT directed by Mathieu Amalric and starring Vicky Krieps. 🎥

My next #Noirvember pick is the 2007 film ‎NIGHT TRAIN directed by Diao Yi’nan on MUBI. 🎥

Tonight for #Noirvember I’m watching ‎a 1958 noir featuring Robert Mitchum – THUNDER ROAD directed by Arthur Ripley. 🎥

Going back to Japan for #Noirvember and revisiting Kioshi Kurosawa’s brilliant 1997 film ‎CURE. 🎥

Tonight’s #Noirvember choice is the 1947 ‎film THE UNFAITHFUL directed by Vincent Sherman in Noir Alley on TCM. 🎥

Michael Curtiz’s 1950 noir ‎THE BREAKING POINT is my #Noirvember film for today. 🎥

Tonight’s #Noirvember film is the 1949 noir ‎THIEVES’ HIGHWAY directed by Jules Dassin. 🎥

Tonight’s #Noirvember film is the haunting and enigmaticac 2020 Hungarian film ‎PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME directed by Lili Horvát. 🎥

Watching ‎the restored version of John Huston’s 1952 film MOULIN ROUGE in The Film Foundation Restoration Screening Room. 🎥

One of the wonderful things about #Noirvember is finding unseen films from unexpected directors and my next noir is a silent film from Yasujirō Ozu, the 1933 Japanese film ‎DRAGNET GIRL on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎some noir from France for #Noirvember with the 1946 film PANIC directed by Julien Duvivier on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

My #Noirvember viewing tonight is the 1948 film ‎CRY OF THE CITY directed by Robert Siodmak. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1966 film GEORGY GIRL (1966) directed by Silvio Narizzano on TCM. 🎥

My next #Noirvember film is ‎PLUNDER ROAD directed by Hubert Cornfield from 1957. 🎥

Tonight’s #Noirvember film is the 1995 tech noir ‎JOHNNY MNEMONIC directed by Robert Longo. 🎥

Tonight’s #Noirvember film is the 1956 film ‎CRIME OF PASSION directed by Gerd Oswald and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Sterling Hayden. 🎥

Going to the UK for #Noirvember with the 1948 film ‎GREEN FOR DANGER directed by Sidney Gilliat. 🎥

For my tenth noir of #Noirvember I’m going to Denmark for the 2000 film ‎FLICKERING LIGHTS directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. 🎥

The ninth film of my #Noirvember is the 1934 film ‎THE WOMAN CONDEMNED directed by Dorothy Davenport. 🎥

My eighth noir of #Noirvember and first of #Deneuvember is the 1986 French film ‎SCENE OF THE CRIME directed by André Téchiné and starring Catherine Deneuve. 🎥

Sunday night noir with my seventh film for #Noirvember and the 1951 noir ‎ON DANGEROUS GROUND directed by Nicholas Ray and Ida Lupino. 🎥

Noir number five for #Noirvember is the 1948 film CALL NORTHSIDE 777 starring James Stewart directed by Henry Hathaway as part of the Fox Noir collection on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Noir number 5 for #Noirvember is Otto Preminger’s 1945 film ‎FALLEN ANGEL on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

My fourth film for #Noirvember is the 1946 film ‎THE DARK CORNER directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Lucille Ball. 🎥

Noir number 3 for #Noirvember is the 1942 film ‎THIS GUN FOR HIRE directed by Frank Tuttle. 🎥

Second #Noirvember film is the 1941 film ‎OUT OF THE FOG directed by Anatole Litvak and shot by James Wong Hong. 🎥

Best new-to-me films watched in October 2022: THE LADY, NOTHING COMPARES, THIS SPORTING LIFE, STARS AT NOON, APPLES, SWEET CHARITY, CONFESS, FLETCH, GOD’S CREATURES, MISSISSIPPI TRIANGLE, LA NAVIRE NUIT.

The first film for me in #Noirvember is the 1951 noir ‎HE RAN ALL THE WAY directed by John Berry. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1988 film VAMPIRE’S KISS directed by Robert Bierman on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1984 documentary MISSISSIPPI TRIANGLE directed by Christine Choy, Allan Siegel, and Worth Long on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching the 2022 film ‎CONFESS, FLETCH directed by Greg Mottola and it’s quite delightful. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2020 Greek film APPLES directed by Christos Nikou. 🎥

Getting an early start on the Criterion Movie Club tonight and watching ‎THE HIDDEN again for the second time since I watched it on VHS in the 80s. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1929 silent film The Runaway Princess directed by Anthony Asquith as part of the streaming program of the Pordenone Silent Film Festival. #GCN41 #PordernoneSilent 🎥

Best new-to-me films watched in September 2022: BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE, MISSISSIPPI MASALA, A TASTE OF HONEY, BROKER, TRIANGLE OF SADNESS, DECISION TO LEAVE, ENYS MEN, AFTERSUN, ONE FINE MORNING, METRONOM, BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK.

Celebrating silent movie day by watching ‎the 1926 Marion Davies film BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK directed by Sidney Franklin. 🎥

Watching Agnès Varda’s 1962 masterpiece ‎CLÉO FROM 5 TO 7 yet again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎more British New Wave on The Criterion Channel with the 1960 film THE ENTERTAINER directed by Tony Richardson. 🎥

Watching ‎Derek Jarman’s 1978 film JUBILEE on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Claire Denis’ 2022 film BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE. 🎥

Watching ‎some more British New Wave on The Criterion Channel with the 1959 film LOOK BACK IN ANGER directed by Tony Richardson. 🎥

Diving into the British New Wave collection on The Criterion Channel and watching ‎the 1959 film ROOM AT THE TOP directed by Jack Clayton. 🎥

Watching the 1938 film ‎TEST PILOT directed by Victor Fleming in the Myrna Loy program on the Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1941 film LOVE CRAZY directed by Jack Conway on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 masterpiece THE CONVERSATION again. 🎥

Watching ‎Martha Coolidge’s 1983 film VALLEY GIRL directed by Martha Coolidge on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching the 1961 musical ‎FLOWER DRUM SONG directed by Henry Koster in The Criterion Channel’s Hollywood Chinese program. 🎥

Watching ‎Stanley Donen’s 1966 film ARABESQUE on The Criterion Channel in their Swinging Soundtracks of Henry Mancini collection. 🎥

Finally watching ‎Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 film DUNE. 🎥

Finally watching Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2021 film ‎LICORICE PIZZA. 🎥

Watching ‎Charlotte Gainsbourg’s 2021 documentary JANE BY CHARLOTTE. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1981 neo-noir BODY HEAT directed by Lawrence Kasdan on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Almodóvar’s 1988 film ‎WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN again for the first time in decades. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1933 German film VICTOR AND VICTORIA directed by Reinhold Schünzel on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1958 Metrocolor film noir PARTY GIRL directed by Nicholas Ray on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching the noir in colour 1945 film ‎LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN directed by John M. Stahl on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Alex Cox’s 1984 film REPO MAN again for the first time in a long time. 🎥

Watching ‎Samuel Fuller’s 1955 film noir HOUSE OF BAMBOO in the Criterion Channel’s “Noir in Color” series. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1953 musical GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES directed by Howard Hawks on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1958 film THE HORSE’S MOUTH directed by Ronald Neame on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2022 film THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT directed by Tom Gormican. 🎥

Celebrating the great Billy Wilder’s birthday by watching ‎his 1950 masterpiece SUNSET BOULEVARD. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1999 comedy DICK directed by Andrew Fleming to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Watergate scandal. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2018 documentary THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA directed by Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1989 film CHAMELEON STREET directed by Wendell B. Harris Jr. on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Finally watching the Daniels’ ‎EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE. 🎥

Watching ‎Ulrike Ottinger’s 1979 film TICKET OF NO RETURN on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Agnès Varda’s beautiful and loving 1995 documentary THE WORLD OF JACQUES DEMY again. 🎥

Celebrating the birthday of the great Jacques Demy by watching ‎his 1963 film BAY OF ANGELS for the first time. 🎥

Watching ‎Billy Wilder’s 1943 film FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Best new-to-me films for May 2022: IT’S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER, TOVE, THE PARALLAX VIEW, LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW, DAMN YANKEES, THE KIDS IN THE HALL: COMEDY PUNKS, SOMETHING WILD, FRENCH CANCAN, and, ANTONIO GAUDI.

Celebrating the birthday of the singular Agnès Varda by watching her fun and colourful 1967 short UNCLE YANCO again. It is crammed with a remarkable amount of history and self-awareness. 🎥

Watching ‎Jean Renoir’s 1955 Technicolor musical FRENCH CANCAN on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Remembering Ray Liotta by watching Martin Scorsese’s masterful 1990 film ‎GOODFELLAS again. 🎥

Watching Jonathan Demme’s 1986 film ‎SOMETHING WILD for the first time on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1958 musical DAMN YANKEES directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen. 🎥

Watching ‎Ingmar Bergman’s 1955 film SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the brilliant 2016 thriller 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE again. 🎥

Thanks to Roman Mars appearing on the Blank Check podcast I’m now watching ‎the 1995 Sam Raimi film THE QUICK AND THE DEAD again. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1934 film LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW? directed by Frank Borzage on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1933 pre-Code film TORCH SINGER directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes on The Criterion Channel . 🎥

Watching ‎Pedro Almodóvar’s brilliant, complex, and moving 2021 film PARALLEL MOTHERS again. 🎥

Watching ‎Agnès Varda’s remarkable 1977 film ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN’T which is about female friendship and reproductive rights and a whole lot more. 🎥

Watching ‎Richard Linklater’s 2006 animated adaptation of the Philip K. Dick novel A SCANNER DARKLY on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Best new-to-film films watched in April 2022:

ZERO FUCKS GIVEN (2021), NIGHTMARE ALLEY (2021), LATE SPRING (1949), THE FEMALE CLOSET (1998), ALL IN THIS TEA (2007), FUTURA (2021), A BROTHER’S LOVE (2019), COLMA: THE MUSICAL (2006).

Watching ‎Nicholas Ray’s dark and disturbing 1956 film Bigger Than Life on TCM. 🎥

Watching ‎Monia Chokri’s 2019 film A BROTHER’S LOVE on Netflix. 🎥

Watching ‎Věra Chytilová’s anarchic, subversive, and surreal 1966 film DAISIES again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Angela Schanelec’s extraordinary and intricately-composed 2010 film ORLY on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2021 Italian documentary Futura directed by Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi, and Alice Rohrwacher on MUBI. 🎥🇮🇹

Watching ‎the 2007 documentary film ALL IN THIS TEA directed by the great Les Blank. 🎥🫖

Watching ‎the 2017 documentary about the late Gilbert Gottfried – GILBERT directed by Neil Berkeley. 🎥

Watching ‎Chantal Akerman’s brilliant 1978 film THE MEETINGS OF ANNA on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Finally watching Guillermo del Toro’s‎ NIGHTMARE ALLEY. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2021 Belgian film ZERO FUCKS GIVEN directed by Emmanuel Marre and Julie Lecoustre on MUBI.🎥

Watching Richard Linklater’s 2022 animated film ‎APOLLO 10½: A SPACE AGE CHILDHOOD on Netflix. 🎥

Best new-to-me films for March of 2022: THE SOUVENIR: PART II, THE METAMORPHOSIS OF BIRDS, THE MURDERER LIVES AT NUMBER 21, LUCY AND DESI, THE PINK CLOUD, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD, FAYA DAYI, THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD, STE. ANNE, THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS.

Finally watching ‎THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS directed by Lana Wachowski. 🎥

Watching ‎a film from Canada on my March Around the World with Rhayne Vermette’s 2021 film STE. ANNE. 🎥🇨🇦 #30Countries2022 #Canada

Next stop on my March Around the World is in Romania for Radu Jude’s 2009 film ‎THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD. 🇷🇴 🎥

The next film in my March Around the World is a 2002 film from Chad – ‎ABOUNA directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun. 🎥🇹🇩 #30Countries2022 #Chad

Stopping in Germany on my March Around the World and watching ‎Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1970 German film THE AMERICAN SOLDIER on The Criterion Channel. 🎥🇩🇪 #30Countries2022 #Germany

Watching ‎Steven Soderbergh’s OCEAN’S ELEVEN again for the first time in years and it’s a whole bunch of fun. 🎥

Going to Norway on my March Around the World and watching the 2021 film ‎The Worst Person in the World directed by Joachim Trier. 🇳🇴🎥 #30Countries2022 #Norway

Making a stop in Japan on my March Around the World to celebrate Akira Kurosawa’s birthday by watching his 1947 film ‎ONE WONDERFUL SUNDAY. 🇯🇵🎥 #30Countries2022 #Japan

Watching the 2015 Ukrainian film ‎THE RUSSIAN WOODPECKER directed by Chad Gracia as part of my March Around the World. 🎥🇺🇦 #30Countries2022 #Ukraine

Going to Lebanon for my next stop on March Around the World with the 1957 Lebanese film ‎WHERE TO? directed by Georges Nasser. 🎥🇱🇧 #30Countries2022 #Lebanon

Going to Brazil on my March Around the World and watching ‎the 2021 film THE PINK CLOUD directed by Iuli Gerbase. 🎥🇧🇷 #30Countries2022 #Brazil

Catching up on my March Around the World with a stop in Switzerland and watching the 2020 film ‎MY LITTLE SISTER directed by Véronique Reymond and Stéphanie Chuat. 🎥🇨🇭#30Countries2022 #Switzerland

Watching ‎the 1932 pre-Code film THIS IS THE NIGHT directed by Frank Tuttle. 🎥

Time for yet another visit to ‎THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL directed by Wes Anderson. 🎥

Watching ‎Steven Spielberg’s masterful remake of WEST SIDE STORY again. 🎥

Film number 8 for March Around the World is from France in 1942 – ‎THE MURDERER LIVES AT NUMBER 21 directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot on The Criterion Channel. 🎥 🇫🇷 #30Countries2022 #France

My seventh film of March Around the World is from Cameroon (and Belgium) – ‎THE TWO FACES OF A BAMILEKE WOMAN directed by Rosine Mftego Mbakam on The Criterion Channel. 🇨🇲🎥 #30Countries2022 #Cameroon

The sixth film in my March Around the World 2022 is from Angola – ‎AIR CONDITIONER from 2020 directed by Fradique on MUBI. 🇦🇴🎥 #30Countries2022 #Angola

My fifth film for March Around the World this year is from Portugal – ‎THE METAMORPHOSIS OF BIRDS directed by Catarina Vasconcelos on The Criterion Channel. #30Countries2022 #Portugal 🇵🇹🎥

Going to Croatia for my 4th film of March Around the World 2022 and watching ‎the 2020 film ACCIDENTAL LUXURIANCE OF THE TRANSLUCENT WATERY REBUS directed by Dalibor Barić on MUBI. #30Countries2022 #Croatia 🇭🇷🎥

Film number 3 for March Around the World 2022 is ‎HIVE directed by Blerta Basholli from Kosovo on The Criterion Channel. 🇽🇰🎥 #30Countries2022 #Kosovo

Second film of March Around the World 2022 is Joanna Hogg’s 2021 UK film ‎THE SOUVENIR: PART II. #30Countries2022 #UK 🇬🇧🎥

My first film in March Around the World 2022 is Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1955 Danish film ‎ORDET. 🇩🇰🎥 #30Countries2022 #Denmark

Favourite new-to-me films for February 2022: I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING, SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS, WIFE OF A SPY, ATTICA, KIMI, MAKING WAVES: THE ART OF CINEMATIC SOUND, PARALLEL MOTHERS, THE MAN WITH THE GRAY ELEVATED HAIR, KARAOKE GIRL, AMOUR FOU.

Watching ‎Jessica Hausner’s 2014 film AMOUR FOU on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1978 film ROCKERS directed by Ted Bafaloukos and Monty Diamond on the Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Steven Soderbergh’s latest film KIMI on Crave. 🎥

Watching the 2020 documentary ‎SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS directed by Lisa Rovner. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1945 film I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING! directed by Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Celebrating Lunar New Year by rewatching ‎the 1990 film DAYS OF BEING WILD directed by Wong Kar-wai on The Criterion Channel. 🎥 🧧🐅

Best new-to-me films for January 2022: ALI IN WONDERLAND, A LETTER TO THREE WIVES, THE THIN MAN, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, THE HOUSE, SIMONE BARBES OR VIRTUE, BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN, RADIO ON, SPENCER, I DON’T BELONG ANYWHERE THE CINEMA OF CHANTAL AKERMAN.

Watching ‎the 2015 documentary film I DON’T BELONG ANYWHERE: THE CINEMA OF CHANTAL AKERMAN directed by Marianne Lambert. 🎥

Celebrating the birthday of one of the great directors by watching the 1919 silent film ‎THE DOLL directed by Ernst Lubitsch on Kanopy. 🎥

Watching ‎Pierre Étaix’s 1965 French comedy YOYO on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 3 Strip Technicolor comedy THE DIVORCE OF LADY X from 1938 directed by Tim Whelan on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Celebrating the birthday of Jim Jarmusch by watching his 2003 film COFFEE AND CIGARETTES on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1979 film RADIO ON directed by Chris Petit on the Criterion Channel. 🎥

Catching up on films I wanted to see last year and watching Radu Jude’s 2021 Romanian film ‎Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn in the TIFF Digital Lightbox. 🎥

On this windy and rainy night it feels appropriate to be watching ‎the 1943 film STORMY WEATHER directed by Andrew L. Stone on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Martin Scorsese’s 1997 film ‎KUNDUN again. 🎥

Watching the 2000 film THE GLEANERS AND I directed by Agnès Varda again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1947 film THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Claire Denis’ startlingly beautiful 1999 masterpiece BEAU TRAVAIL on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Rachel Amodeo’s 1993 film WHAT ABOUT ME? on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

My Favourite 25 Films of 2021 list arranged in the order that I viewed the films and added them during the year. 🎥

Final film of the year is ‎THE LOST DAUGHTER DIRECTED BY MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL ON NETFLIX. 🎥

Watching ‎the underseen gem ESTHER KAHN from 2000 directed by Arnaud Desplechin on MUBI. 🎥

Best new-to-me films for December 2021: THE POWER OF THE DOG, THE MAD WOMAN’S BALL, C’MON C’MON, AZOR, LYDIA LUNCH: THE WAR IS NEVER OVER, LISTENING TO KENNY G, WEST SIDE STORY, A DOG BARKING AT THE MOON.

Watching ‎Mike Mills’ transcendent and beautiful C’MON C’MON again. 🎥

Just finished watching LANDSCAPERS and it’s great. Ed Sinclair and Will Sharpe have crafted something remarkably sad and beautiful.

Remembering a great writer by watching Griffin Dunne’s 2017 documentary JOAN DIDION: THE CENTER WILL NOT HOLD again. 🎥

Relaxing by watching one of the great films, Michael Curtiz’s 1942 ‎CASABLANCA. 🎥

Celebrating Jane Birkin’s birthday by watching Agnès Varda’s 1988 documentary ‎JANE B. BY AGNÈS V. on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Aki Kaurismäki’s 1996 film DRIFTING CLOUDS on the Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Penny Lane’s 2021 documentary LISTENING TO KENNY G. 🎥

Watching ‎Beth B’s 2019 documentary LYDIA LUNCH: THE WAR IS NEVER OVER on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Andreas Fontana’s 2021 film AZOR on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎Mélanie Laurent’s 2021 film THE MAD WOMEN’S BALL. 🎥

Excited to have the chance to finally watch Jane Campion’s latest film THE POWER OF THE DOG on Netflix. 🎥

Best new-to-me films watched in November 2021: Devil in a Blue Dress, Zero Focus, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Passing, Titane, Nightmare Alley, No Way Out, Drunken Angel, Quai des Orfevres, The Big Risk.

Wrapping up #Noirvember with the new-to-me French noir ‎THE BIG RISK from 1960 directed by Claude Sautet on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Completing my viewing of the Fox Noir collection for #Noirvember tonight by watching ‎the 1950 film WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS directed by Otto Preminger. 🎥

Part way through watching Quai des Orfèvres and I thought Mathieu Amalric could play the police inspector in a remake. Then I remembered that Wes Anderson modelled Amalric’s character in The French Dispatch on Louis Jouvet’s character and it all made sense.

Some French noir on the final weekend of #Noirvember with Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1947 film ‎QUAI DES ORFÈVRES on MUBI. 🎥

For tonight’s #Noirvember viewing I’m watching ‎Fritz Lang’s 1953 film THE BLUE GARDENIA for the first time. 🎥

My #Noirvember viewing tonight is the 1954 film ‎BLACK WIDOW directed by Nunnally Johnson on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Some new-to-me Kurosawa for #Noirvember with his 1947 film ‎DRUNKEN ANGEL on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎one more #Noirvember film tonight with the 1952 film SCANDAL SHEET directed by Phil Karlson. 🎥

Time for some colourful Japanese noir for #Noirvember viewing with Seijun Suzuki’s 1963 film Youth of the Beast on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

A bit of Noir Alley viewing on Sunday night for #Noirvember with the 1947 film ‎JOHNNY O’CLOCK directed by Robert Rossen. 🎥

Some more new-to-me noir tonight with the 1950 film ‎NO WAY OUT directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Sidney Poitier and Richard Widmark. 🎥

Watching ‎Chantal Akerman’s 1986 musical GOLDEN EIGHTIES again on The Criterion Channel. One of the few musicals that feature people singing about Labrador. 🎥

Some new-to-me #Noirvember viewing with the 1947 film ‎ODD MAN OUT directed by Carol Reed. 🎥

Celebrating a great director’s birthday by watching ‎the delightful 2011 film HUGO directed by Martin Scorsese. 🎥

Another #Noirvember film tonight from the Fox Noir collection on The Criterion Channel, the 1947 film ‎NIGHTMARE ALLEY directed by Edmund Goulding. 🎥

Finally watching ‎Julia Ducournau’s 2021 film TITANE. Counting it as a #Noirvember watch based on my vague knowledge about the film. 🎥

Japanese noir tonight for #Noirvember with the 1957 film ‎I AM WAITING directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Sunday night #Noirvember viewing from Noir Alley with the 1958 film ‎THE LINEUP directed by Don Siegel. 🎥

Watching ‎Rebecca Hall’s 2021 film PASSING on Netflix. 🎥

Watching Steven Spielberg’s 1971 feature debut ‎DUEL on the 50th anniversary of its debut on TV. 🎥

Weekend #Noirvember viewing starting with a shot of whisky and watching ‎the 1956 noir 5 Steps to Danger directed by Henry S. Kesler in Noir Alley. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2021 film THE ELECTRICAL LIFE OF LOUIS WAIN directed by Will Sharpe. 🎥

Tonight’s #Noirvember film is the 1953 film ‎NIAGARA directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Marilyn Monroe. 🎥

Another Mitchum noir for #Noirvember with the 1953 film ‎ANGEL FACE directed by Otto Preminger. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1950 noir WHERE DANGER LIVES directed by John Farrow for my #Noirvember film tonight. 🎥

My second #Noirvember film of the day is the Japanese noir ‎CRUEL GUN STORY from 1964 directed by Takumi Furukawa on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

First up for my #Noirvember viewing is the 1949 film ‎THE BIG STEAL directed by Don Siegel. 🎥

Watching some Japanese noir tonight on The Criterion Channel with the 1961 film ‎ZERO FOCUS directed by Yoshitaro Nomura. #Noirvember 🎥

My #Noirvember viewing tonight is from the Fox Noir collection on The Criterion Channel with the 1946 film SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. 🎥

My #Noirvember pick tonight is from TCM’s Noir Alley with the restored 1952 noir ‎THE BEAST MUST DIE directed by Román Viñoly Barreto. 🎥

My next #Noirvember film is the brilliant examination of ethics from the Coen Brothers – ‎MILLER’S CROSSING. 🎥

Kicking off a #Noirvember weekend by watching ‎HANGOVER SQUARE directed by John Brahm. 🎥

Watching some neo-noir for #Noirvember with the new-to-me 1995 film ‎DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS directed by Carl Franklin on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

In the theatre about to watch ‎LAST NIGHT IN SOHO directed by Edgar Wright. 🎥

Second #Noirvember film is a rewatch of the 1944 film ‎LAURA directed by Otto Preminger. 🎥

Kicking off #Noirvember by watching ‎the 1941 film I WAKE UP SCREAMING directed by H. Bruce Humberstone. 🎥

Best New-to-Me films for October 2021

TRALALA ONE HOUR WITH YOU THE VELVET UNDERGROUND COMPARTMENT NO. 6 I’M YOUR MAN THE FRENCH DISPATCH

Wrapping up October and getting ready for Noirvember by watching the 1943 film ‎THE LEOPARD MAN directed by Jacques Tourneur on TCM. 🎥

Relaxing on a fine Friday night by watching ‎PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE again. 🎥

Beginners

Watching ‎the 1948 film BRIGHTON ROCK directed by John Boulting on TCM in Noir Alley on TCM. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2021 German film I’M YOUR MAN directed by Maria Schrader in iTunes. 🎥

Watching ‎COMPARTMENT NO. 6 directed by Juho Kuosmanen as I continue to watch films from the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma streaming selections. #FNC2021 🎥

Watching ‎the 2021 Ukrainian film REFLECTION directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych as part of the streaming selection of the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. 🎥 #fnc2021

Watching ‎Todd Haynes’ 2021 music documentary THE VELVET UNDERGROUND on AppleTV+. 🎥🎵

Starting my Festival du Nouveau Cinéma by watching ‎Mathieu Amalric in the musical comedy TRALALA directed by Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu. #FNC2021 🎥

Watching ‎the 1928 silent film MORAL directed by Willi Wolff streaming as part of the #PordenoneSilent Film Festival. #GCM40 🎥

Watching ‎the 1919 silent film PHIL-FOR-SHORT directed by Oscar Apfel as part of the #PordenoneSilent streaming films this year. #GCM40 🎥

Watching ‎the 1921 silent film FOOL’S PARADISE directed by Cecil B. DeMille as part of the Pordenone Silent Film Festival. #PordenoneSilent #GCM40 🎥

Watching the 1920 silent film AN OLD FASHIONED BOY directed by Jerome Storm as part of the Pordenone Silent Film Festival streaming selection. #PordenoneSilent #GCM40

Watching Janicza Bravo‎’s 2020 tweet-based film ZOLA on Hoopla. 🎥

Watching the 1928 silent film ‎JOKEREN directed by Georg Jacoby as part of the online films of the 40th Pordenone Silent Film Festival. #GCM40 #PordenoneSilent 🎥

I’m so happy that Hirokazu Kore-eda’s extraordinary 1998 film AFTER LIFE has a Criterion Collection edition and that it’s streaming now on the Criterion Channel. A wonderful love letter to life and cinema.

Watching ‎Marie Clements’ 2017 musical documentary THE ROAD FORWARD on the NFB app. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2021 documentary RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT directed by Mariem Pérez Riera on Kanopy. 🎥

Watching Sarah Polley’s remarkable 2012 documentary ‎STORIES WE TELL again. 🎥

Watching ‎Mia Hansen-Løve’s 2021 film BERGMAN ISLAND as part of #TIFF21. 🎥

Watching Luàna Bajrami‎’s 2021 film THE HILL WHERE LIONESSES ROAR as part of #TIFF21. 🎥

Very much looking forward to starting my #TIFF21 online viewing tonight with Céline Sciamma’s PETIT MAMAN. 🎥

Watching ‎Ernst Lubitsch’s 1946 comedy CLUNY BROWN on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1936 film SUZY directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Jean Harlow, Franchot Tone, and Cary Grant. 🎥

Watching ‎Norman Jewison’s 1987 comedy MOONSTRUCK on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Agnès Varda’s 1962 masterpiece CLÉO FROM 5 TO 7 again. 🎥

Watching ‎Arthur Penn’s 1975 neo noir NIGHT MOVES on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s 2019 film TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Leos Carax’s 2021 musical ANNETTE. 🎥

Watching ‎the behind the scenes documentary @IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE on The Criterion Channel to find out more about one of my favourite films and the most romantic onscreen couple ever - Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Maggie Cheung. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2021 documentary VAL directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo. 🎥

Watching ‎Jackie Raynal’s 1984 film HOTEL NEW YORK on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2006 film GAME 6 written by Don DeLillo and directed by Michael Hoffman in iTunes. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1970 documentary LANGLOIS directed by Eila Hershon and Roberto Guerra on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Lynn Hershman-Leeson’s 1997 film CONCEIVING ADA on the Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Jill Sprecher’s 1997 film CLOCKWATCHERS on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching the 2019 documentary ‎BEYOND THE VISIBLE - HILMA AF KLINT directed by Halina Dyrschka on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the restored 1956 Argentinian film noir THE BITTER STEMS directed by Fernando Ayala on Noir Alley on TCM. 🎥

Time to watch Steven Soderbergh’s new film ‎NO SUDDEN MOVE. 🎥

Watching ‎Delphine Seyrig’s 1981 film BE PRETTY AND SHUT UP! on MUBI. 🎥

Kicking off HIFF (Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival) 2021 at home by watching ‎THE CLOUD IN HER ROOM directed by Zheng Lu Xinyuan. 🎥 #HIFF2021

Celebrating Chantal Akerman’s birthday by watching ‎her 1986 film LETTERS HOME for the first time on MUBI. 🎥

Watching Zeinabu irene Davis’ 1999 film ‎Compensation on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1936 film MY MAN GODFREY directed by Gregory La Cava on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Favourite new-to-me films for May 2021:

DOWN WITH LOVE, REMEMBER THE NIGHT, THE PALM BEACH STORY, THE HUMAN VOICE, THE FLORESTINE COLLECTION, FOUR ROADS, RIDERS OF JUSTICE.

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Watching the 2013 colourful and strange comedy ‎I’M SO EXCITED! directed by Pedro Almodóvar on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎Anders Thomas Jensen’s 2020 film RIDERS OF JUSTICE in iTunes. 🎥

Watching ‎Tom Tykwer’s 1998 film RUN LOLA RUN again. 🎥

Starting to watch the music documentary series 1971: THE YEAR THAT MUSIC CHANGED EVERYTHING on Apple TV+.

Watching ‎Grant Gee’s brilliant 2007 music documentary JOY DIVISION again. 🎥

Watching ‎Mike Leigh’s gorgeous 2014 film MR. TURNER on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2021 documentary STREET GANG: HOW WE GOT TO SESAME STREET directed by Marilyn Agrelo in the TIFF Digital Lightbox. 🎥

Watching ‎King Vidor’s delightful 1928 silent comedy THE PATSY. 🎥

Watching ‎George Cukor’s 1935 film SYLVIA SCARLETT with Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant on TCM. 🎥

Diving into the wonderful collection of films that is part of the Animation Festival of Halifax which is now streaming.

Watching ‎Joyce Chopra’s 1985 film SMOOTH TALK on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

It’s National Canadian Film Day and there are great films streaming for free and to rent. Here are some I would recommend: STORIES WE TELL, WEREWOLF, MURMUR, NINTH FLOOR, A COLONY, WINDOW HORSES, THE BODY REMEMBERS WHEN THE WORLD BROKE OPEN, ANTIGONE, and so much more. 🇨🇦🎥

Watching ‎Claire Denis’ 1996 film NENETTE ET BONI again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Věra Chytilová’s 1987 teen horror film WOLF’S HOLE on The Criterion Channel. 🍿

Watching ‎the 1968 documentary THE QUEEN directed by Frank Simon on Netflix. 🎥

Watching ‎Agnès Varda’s colourful and brilliant LE BONHEUR from 1965 again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥🌻

Watching the 1985 Japanese film ‎TAMPOPO directed by Juzo Itami for the first time and feeling a bit hungry. 🎥🍜

Watching ‎Nelly Kaplan’s 1991 film THE PLEASURE OF LOVE on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Best new-to-me March 2021: 24 CITY, FOGO, THE 39 STEPS, BEGINNING, CORPUS CHRISTI, THE TREE HOUSE, PITY, ROSE PLAYS JULIE, ECHO, SHIVA BABY, AGAIN ONCE AGAIN.

My final film for March Around the World is ‎AGAIN ONCE AGAIN directed by Romina Paula from Argentina on MUBI. 🎥 🇦🇷

Today continuing my March Around ‎the World by stopping in Kenya with the 2018 film RAFIKI directed by Wanuri Kahiu. 🎥 🇰🇪

Continuing my March Around the World by watching ‎the 2005 film THE BLOODETTES from Cameroon directed by Jean-Pierre Bekolo on The Criterion Channel. 🎥 🇨🇲

Watching ‎SHIVA BABY directed by Emma Seligman as part of the programming for Women Making Waves this year. #WMW2021

Watching ‎a film from Afghanistan from 2019 on my March Around the World – THE ORPHANAGE directed by Shahrbanoo Sadat on MUBI. 🎥 🇦🇫

Making a stop in Finland as I March Around the World with Aki Kaurismäki’s 1994 musical documentary ‎LENINGRAD COWBOYS: TOTAL BALALAIKA SHOW on the Criterion Channel. 🎥 🇫🇮

Going to Iceland on my March Around the World today with ‎ECHO directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson. 🎥 🇮🇸

Watching the 2010 film ‎DISSOLUTION directed by Nina Menkes on my March Around the World with a stop in Israel. 🎥 🇮🇱

Looking forward to watching ‎ROSE PLAYS JULIE directed by Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy through Carbon Arc’s online screening. Lawlor and Molloy always make thought provoking films that stay with me. 🎥

Watching ‎a film from Guatemala on my March Around the World with the 2015 film IXCANUL directed by Jayro Bustamante. 🎥🇬🇹

Today I’m watching ‎the 2008 film TREELESS MOUNTAIN directed by So Yong Kim from South Korea on my March Around the World. 🎥🇰🇷

Watching a film from Romanian director Cristi Puiu from 2020 – MALMKROG on my March Around the World today. 🎥🇷🇴

Watching ‎the Bolivian documentary film WOMEN OF THE MINE from 2014 directed by Malena Bystrowicz and Loreley Unamuno as part of March Around the World. 🎥 🇧🇴

Continuing my March Around the World and celebrating Isabelle Huppert’s birthday with the 1991 German film ‎MALINA directed by Werner Schroeter on MUBI. 🎥 🇩🇪

The next stop in my March Around the World is in Greece as I watch the 2018 film ‎PITY directed by Babis Makridis on MUBI. 🎥 🇬🇷

Today my March Around the World film is from Vietnam with the 2019 film THE TREE HOUSE directed by Truong Minh Quy on MUBI. 🎥 🇻🇳

My next March Around the World film is from France, directed by Nelly Kaplan in 1969 – A VERY CURIOUS GIRL on The Criterion Channel. 🎥🇫🇷

Continuing to March Around the World by stopping in Ireland to watch the 2020 film ‎TO THE MOON directed by Tadhg O’Sullivan as part of Montréal’s Festival du nouveau cinéma’s Nuit Blanche celebration. 🎥🇮🇪🌕

Watching ‎DEATH OF A LADIES’ MAN directed by Matt Bissonnette because of Leonard Cohen music, Gabriel Byrne, and a bunch of Québécois actors. 🎥

Watching ‎the sublime and beautiful THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL yet again. 🎥

Watching ‎a film from Japan in my March Around The World with Naomi Kawase’s 2020 film TRUE MOTHERS. 🎥 🇯🇵

Watching ‎a 1953 film from Spain for my next stop in my March Around World – SEGUNDO LÓPEZ, URBAN ADVENTURER directed by Ana Mariscal thanks to the Instituto Cervantes. 🎥 🇪🇸

Film #12 in my March Around the World is from Poland – the 2019 film ‎CORPUS CHRISTI directed by Jan Komasa on the Criterion Channel. 🎥 🇵🇱

Watching ‎film #11 in my March Around the World with a 2020 film from Georgia – BEGINNING directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili on MUBI. 🎥🇬🇪

Today in March Around the World I’m watching a film from Armenia from 2006 – ‎THE LIGHTHOUSE directed by Mariya Saakyan on MUBI. 🎥🇦🇲

Watching ‎a Hitchcock that I haven’t seen in my March Around the World with his UK film –THE 39 STEPS from 1935 on TCM. 🎥 🇬🇧

Film #8 in my March Around the World is a 2006 film from Chad – DRY SEASON directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun on The Criterion Channel. 🎥 🇹🇩

Watching ‎a film from Mexico set in Newfoundland as stop #7 in March Around The World with Yulene Olaizola’s 2012 film FOGO on MUBI. 🎥 🇲🇽

Watching a film from Morocco as #6 in my March Around the World – ‎ABOUT SOME MEANINGLESS EVENTS from 1974 directed by Mostafa Derkaoui on MUBI. 🎥 🇲🇦

March Around the World film #5 is the Norwegian film ‎THE WAYWARD GIRL directed by Edith Carlmar from 1959 on MUBI. 🎥 🇳🇴

Continuing my March Around the World with the Chinese film ‎24 CITY from 2007 directed by Jia Zhangke 🎥

Watching ‎Elaine May’s darkly funny 1971 film A NEW LEAF again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Film #3 of March Around the World is from Czechoslovakia in 1970 – ‎FRUIT OF PARADISE directed by Věra Chytilová on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Film #2 in my March Around the World 2021 from Senegal is Ousmane Sembène’s 1968 film ‎MANDABI on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Starting March Around the World 2021 with Aotera / New Zealand and the 2017 film ‎WARU directed by Briar Grace Smith, Casey Kaa, Ainsley Gardiner, Katie Wolfe, Chelsea Cohen, Renae Maihi, Awanui Simich-Pene, and Paula Whetu Jones.

Looking forward to the March Around the World Challenge this year. The goal is to watch 30 feature films you haven’t seen from 30 different countries. You need to watch 1 film from a featured country which is New Zealand / Aotearoa this year.

Watching ‎Robin Campillo’s brilliant 2017 film BPM again. 🎥

Watching ‎Amber Sealey’s 2016 film NO LIGHT AND NO LAND ANYWHERE on MUBI. 🎥

Watching ‎Olivier Assayas’ 1996 film IRMA VEP on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Wong Kar-wai’s 2000 masterpiece IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE again on The Criterion Channel. ❤️🎥

Watching ‎Cathy Yan’s 2018 debut feature DEAD PIGS on MUBI. 🎥🐂

Watching ‎the 1932 film BLONDE VENUS directed by Josef von Sternberg on the Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎William Greaves’ 1972 newly-restored documentary NATIONTIME on the Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎Jacqueline Audry’s 1951 film OLIVIA. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1950 film noir / epidemic film THE KILLER THAT STALKED NEW YORK directed by Earl McEvoy on Noir Alley on TCM. 💉🍿

Watching ‎the 2020 Hungarian film PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME directed by Lili Horvát in the TIFF Digital Lightbox. 🎥

Watching ‎the new Criterion edition of Jim Jarmusch’s 1999 film GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Best new-to-me films for January 2021: MY SISTER’S GOOD FORTUNE, SHIRLEY, THE SMILING LIEUTENANT, MINARI, BLACK LEGION, UNMASKED, THE DIG, THE KILLERS.

Gently winding down from the week by watching ‎Agnès Varda’s 1955 film LA POINTE-COURTE again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

“It’s a sad and beautiful world.”

Celebrating Jim Jarmusch’s birthday by watching ‎DOWN BY LAW again. 🎥

Watching ‎Chantal Akerman’s 1974 film JE, TU, IL, ELLE again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Time for some of the Lubitsch touch with the 1931 film ‎THE SMILING LIEUTENANT on TCM. 🎥

Finally watching ‎SHIRLEY directed by Josephine Decker on Prime. 🎥

Watching ‎David Lean’s 1949 film THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

My favourite films 1-10 of 2020: FIRST COW, NOMADLAND, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS, ANOTHER ROUND, KAJILLIONAIRE, I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, DA 5 BLOODS, BEANPOLE, LET THEM ALL TALK, THE ASSISTANT.

My favourite films 11-20 for 2020: BAIT, FAMILY ROMANCE LLC, NO ORDINARY MAN, UNDINE, DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD, WORLD OF TOMORROW EPISODE 3, LAST AND FIRST MEN, COLLECTIVE, I’M YOUR WOMAN, WHAT DID JACK DO?

Best new-to-me films December 2020: WHITE RIOT, THE ROYAL ROAD, DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA, HOW TO BE AT HOME, HERSELF, THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT, WOMAN IN THE MOON, COLLECTIVE.

Watching ‎the 2019 Romanian documentary film COLLECTIVE directed by Alexander Nanau on iTunes. 🎥

Catching up on the 1929 Fritz Lang silent film WOMAN IN THE MOON. 🎥

Watching ‎IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE yet again. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1980 film XANADU for the first time and kind of like the goofy blending of classic musicals and the 80s in a quirky remake of the Rita Hayworth musical DOWN TO EARTH. 🍿

Blasting off into the Criterion Channel’s Afrofuturism program with the 1974 film ‎SPACE IS THE PLACE directed by John Coney. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2020 music documentary THE BEE GEES: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART. 🎥

Remembering John Le Carré by watching ‎the brilliant 2011 adaptation of TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY. 🎥

Watching ‎Steven Soderbergh’s new film LET THEM ALL TALK. 🎥

Watching ‎DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA directed by Spike Lee. 🎥 🎶

Watching ‎Jenni Olson’s 2015 film THE ROYAL ROAD on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎the Coen Brothers’ 1994 screwball comedy THE HUDSUCKER PROXY after watching a bunch of films from the 30s. 🎥

Time to watch David Fincher’s ‎MANK. 🎥

Watching ‎Jane Campion’s brilliant and beautiful 2009 film BRIGHT STAR again. 🎥

Watching ‎the 2019 documentary WHITE RIOT directed by Rubika Shah. 🎥

Watching ‎the documentary OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN LIFE. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1989 Hungarian film MY TWENTIETH CENTURY directed by Ildikó Enyedi on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

On the final day of #Noirvember I watched ‎DRIVE directed by Nicolas Winding Refn so I ended the month strong. 🎥

Best new-to-me films November 2020: THE AMERICAN FRIEND, L.A. TEA TIME, BAIT, ANY NUMBER CAN WIN, THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD, I’M YOUR WOMAN, ZAPPA.

Watching ‎the figure skating film noir SUSPENSE from 1946 directed by Frank Tuttle on TCM in Noir Alley for my #noirvember film today.

More new-to-me noir tonight for #Noirvember is ‎the 1950 film THE MAN WHO CHEATED HIMSELF directed by Felix E. Feist. 🍿

Watching ‎INSOMNIA (1997) directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg on The Criterion Channel for some Nordic noir. #Noirvember 🎥

For some new-to-me-noir tonight I’m watching ‎Ida Lupino’s 1953 film THE BIGAMIST on The Criterion Channel. 🍿

Time for some new-to-me noir with the 1947 film ‎BRUTE FORCE directed by Jules Dassin and starring Burt Lancaster. #Noirvember 🎥

Time for some Nikkatsu noir for #Noirvember with the 1958 film RUSTY KNIFE directed by Toshio Masuda on The Criterion Channel. 🍿

More French film noir tonight with Truffaut’s 1960 film ‎SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎KISS ME DEADLY from 1955 directed by Robert Aldrich for my #Noirvember film for today. 🍿

Watching ‎Corneliu Porumboiu’s brilliant and fun neo-noir THE WHISTLERS again for #Noirvember today. 🎥

For #Noirvember tonight I’m watching ‎the 1946 version of THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE directed by Tay Garnett. 🍿

Watching ‎THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD directed by Armando Iannucci which is quite delightful. 🎥

Time for some new-to-me French film noir with Jean Gabin and Alain Delon starring in ‎ANY NUMBER CAN WIN directed by Henri Verneuil and written by Michel Audiard 🎥 #noirvember

Watching ‎the stylish Japanese film noir PALE FLOWER from 1964 directed by Masahiro Shinoda on the Criterion Channel. 🎥 #noirvember

Time for some arty Hungarian noir for #noirvember as I watch the newly-restored 1988 film ‎DAMNATION directed by Béla Tarr on TIFF’s Digital Lightbox.

Watching ‎more #HIFF2020 films tonight with SO PRETTY directed by Jessica Dunn Rovinelli. 🎥

Tonight’s #Noirvember film is ‎NORA PRENTISS from 1947 directed by Vincent Sherman. 🍿

Watching ‎the #HIFF2020 presentation of Mark Jenkin’s hand-crafted 2019 film BAIT. 🎥

It’s #HIFF2020 time and the Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival begins with ‎L.A. TEA TIME directed by Sophie Bédard Marcotte. 🎥

Continuing with Tom Ripley during #Noirvember by watching ‎Wim Wenders’ 1977 film THE AMERICAN FRIEND on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Another new 1960 noir for me today during #Noirvember with PURPLE NOON directed by René Clément on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching ‎some noir from Japan in the afternoon for #noirvember with the 1960 film INTIMIDATION directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Claire Denis’ newly-restored 1999 masterpiece BEAU TRAVAIL on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

For #Noirvember tonight I’m watching the 1956 film ‎NIGHTFALL directed by Jacques Tourneur. 🍿

Time for some melodramatic noir for #Noirvember with the 1945 Michael Curtiz film ‎MILDRED PIERCE starring Joan Crawford. 🎥

Today for #Noirvember I am rewatching ‎Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s visually stunning 2011 Turkish noir, ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA. 🎥

For #Noirvember tonight I’m watching Bong Joon-ho’s newly restored 2003 ‎MEMORIES OF MURDER again. 🎥

Watching ‎another film for #Noirvember with BLIND ALLEY from 1939 directed by Charles Vidor. 🍿

My third noir of #Noirvember is ‎the 1946 film THE CHASE directed by Arthur Ripley on The Criterion Channel. 🍿

Kicking off #Noirvember by watching ‎Humphrey Bogart in the 1945 film CONFLICT directed by Curtis Bernhardt. 🍿

Best new-to-me for October 2020: UNDINE, WORLD OF TOMORROW EPISODE 3, DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD, THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION, UPPERCASE PRINT, INTO OUR OWN HANDS, 575 CASTRO STREET, KAJILLIONAIRE, POINT AND LINE TO PLANE, LAST AND FIRST MEN, KHAMSIN, ATLANTIS.

Watching ‎the Italian film MARTIN EDEN directed by Pietro Marcello in Carbon Arc’s virtual cinema. 🎥

Watching the Ukrainian film ‎ATLANTIS directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych as part of the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma online. 🎥 #FNC2020

Watching ‎Sofia Coppola’s ON THE ROCKS on AppleTV+. 🍿

Watching ‎Miranda July’s 2020 film KAJILLIONAIRE. 🎥

Watching ‎Radu Jude’s 2020 Romanian film UPPERCASE PRINT as part of #FNC2020. 🎥

Watching the final program of #GCM39 as #PoderoneSilent screens the collection of shorts LAUREL OR HARDY. 🎥

Watching ‎the 1913 silent film UNJUSTLY ACCUSED directed by Holger-Madsen on the final day of #PordenoneSilent. 🎥

Watching ‎A ROMANCE OF THE REDWOODS from 1917 directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Mary Pickford as part of #PordenoneSilent. 🎥

Just rented WORLD OF TOMORROW EPISODE THREE: THE ABSENT DESTINATIONS OF DAVID PRIME from Don Hertzfeldt. 🎥

Time for some silent cinema from #PordenoneSilent as I start to watch ‎the 1928 THE DEVIOUS PATH directed by G.W. Pabst and starring Birgitte Helm. 🎥

Just immersed myself in UNDINE directed by Christian Petzold as part of the Festival du Nouveau Cinema and it wasn’t what I expected but it resonated with me after the credits finished. #FNC2020

Time for more #PordenoneSilent films as I watch the 1921 Italian film ‎LA TEMPESTA IN UN CRANIO directed by Carlo Campogalliani. 🎥

Watching the 1935 Chinese silent film ‎NATIONAL CUSTOMS directed by Zhu Shi-Lin and Lo Ming-Yau as part of #PordenoneSilent. 🎥

Watching ‎PENROD AND SAM from 1931 directed by William Beaudine as part of #PordenoneSilent this year. 🎥

Starting to watch the films of #PordenoneSilent with the program “The Urge to Travel”. www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/

Watching ‎Albert Brooks’ 1979 debut feature REAL LIFE on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Steven Soderbergh’s strange 1996 film‎ SCHIZOPOLIS again on the Criterion Channel. 🎥

Taking advantage of the extended screening times of FIN Atlantic International Film Festival #FINstream and watching ‎a film from Lesotho – THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT’S A RESURRECTION directed by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese. 🎥 🇱🇸

It’s time for ANOTHER ROUND, the Closing Gala for the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival #FINstream. It’s directed by Thomas Vinterberg and stars Mads Mikkelsen. 🎥

Watching ‎the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival Gala presentation of the French film How to Be a Good Wife directed by Martin Provost and starring Juliette Binoche. 🎥 #FINstream

Watching ‎Mira Burt-Wintonick’s documentary WINTOPIA on this stormy afternoon with lots of FIN Atlantic International Film Festival #FINstream films to see. 🎥

Watching ‎the Gala presentation of Ariel Nasr’s documentary THE FORBIDDEN REEL about the Afghan Films that were saved from destruction as part of the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival #FINstream. 🎥

Watched the impressive and intense BONE CAGE and now time for some Greek weird wave with Georgis Grigorakis’ DIGGER on this fine #FINStream afternoon.

Wrapping up my FIN Atlantic International Film Festival today by watching ‎Clark Johnson’s 2020 drama PERCY starring Christopher Walken. 🎥 #FINstream

Watching the 2020 documentary ‎CURED directed by Bennett Singer and Patrick Sammon as part of #FINstream. 🎥

Watching Jillian Acreman’s feature directing debut, QUEEN OF THE ANDES as part of the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival #FINstream. 🎥

Watching the second Newfoundland-based FIN Atlantic International Film Festival Gala tonight with UNDER THE WEATHER directed by William D. MacGillivray. 🎥 #FINstream

Watching film number 5 as part of FIN Atlantic International Film Festival with the documentary JIMMY CARTER: ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT. #FINstream 🎥

Opening Gala time with FALLING as FIN Atlantic International Film Festival is fully underway. 🎥

Starting early and squeezing in THE TASTE OF PHO by Mariko Bobrick as the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival begins streaming today. #FINstream 🎥

Watching the 2016 musical documentary CONTEMPORARY COLOR directed by Turner Ross and Bill Ross IV on the Criterion Channel. 🎥

Starting to watch Chloé Zhao’s 2020 film NOMADLAND as part of #TIFF20 and really looking forward to it. 🎥

Starting to watch some #TIFF20 films with the documentary FIREBALL: VISITORS FROM DARKER WORLDS directed by Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer. 🎥

Rewatching Thomas Vinterberg’s challenging 2012 film THE HUNT starring Mads Mikkelsen as I anticipate their newest collaboration playing soon at FIN. 🎥

Catching up on FIN Atlantic International Film Festival films and watching the 2018 documentary JOHN MCENROE: IN THE REALM OF PERFECTION on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Starting to watch Pre-Code films of Joan Blondell with the 1931 film ‎BLONDE CRAZY directed by Roy Del Ruth on The Criterion Channel. 🍿

Watching Dorothy Arzner’s 1932 film MERRILY WE GO TO HELL on The Criterion Channel. 🍿

Watching one of my most anticipated films of the year, Charlie Kaufman’s ‎I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS on Netflix. 🎥

Watching Agnès Varda’s 1962 masterpiece CLÉO FROM 5 TO 7 again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Best new-to-me films August 2020: SPINSTER, LADY MACBETH, SHE DIES TOMORROW, BEANPOLE, IF ONLY, INFINITE FOOTBALL, FOSSE/VERDON, EPICENTRO, and BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC.

Watching the 2020 film BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC directed by Dean Parisot in iTunes. 🍿

Watching BILL & TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE for the first time. 🍿

Watching Hubert Sauper’s 2020 documentary EPICENTRO on KInoMarquee and supporting Halifax’s Carbon Arc as well. 🎥

Watching Kathleen Collins 1982 film LOSING GROUND before it leaves the Criterion Channel in a few days. 🎥

Revisiting a film from the “Extreme” program of 2019 FIN Film Festival, the timely Brazilian film BACURAU directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Lake Bell’s 2013 film IN A WORLD… again. 🍿

Just finished watching FOSSE / VERDON and it’s pretty amazing. 💃🏼

Watching Amy Seimetz’s latest film, SHE DIES TOMORROW in iTunes. 🎥

Time to watch Andrea Dorfman’s latest film SPINSTER in iTunes. 🍿 #nsfilmjobs

Watching FRANCES HA. Again. 🎥

Favourite new-to-me films July 2020:

FIRST COW, THE TRUTH, THE ASSISTANT, JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE, ISMAEL’S GHOSTS, THE LOVE WITCH.

Watching Jamie Babbit’s 1999 film BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER again on The Criterion Channel again. 🎥

Watching Arnaud Desplechin’s 2017 film ISMAEL’S GHOSTS on Kanopy. 🎥

Watching Céline Sciamma’s 2019 masterpiece PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE again. 🎥

Watching Paul Thomas Anderson’s gorgeous and intense 2012 film THE MASTER again. 🎥

Celebrating Philip Seymour Hoffman’s birthday by watching Charlie Kaufman’s 2008 film SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK again. 🎥

Watching Steven Spielberg’s great 2002 film MINORITY REPORT again. 🎥

Watching Dawn Porter’s documentary JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE. 🎥

Watching Michel Gondry’s inventive, beautiful, and melancholy 2013 film MOOD INDIGO again. 🎥

Watching Samuel Fuller’s great 1953 noir PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET again. 🎥

Watching Kitty Green’s film THE ASSISTANT. 🎥

Watching Kore-eda’s 2019 film THE TRUTH in iTunes. 🎥

Watching Zacharias Kunuk’s brilliant 2016 film SEARCHERS again. It reworks John Ford’s western into a northern context. 🎥

Watching Sara Driver’s 1993 film WHEN PIGS FLY on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Best new-to-me films June 2020: HISTOIRES D’AMÉRIQUE (Akerman), MS SLAVIC 7 (Campbell / Bohdanowicz), THE WATERMELON WOMAN (Dunye), DA 5 BLOODS (Lee), THE EYES OF ORSON WELLES (Cousins), FAMILY ROMANCE, LLC (Herzog), LOLA (Fassbinder).

Watching Lynn Shelton’s 2014 film LAGGIES again. 🍿

Watching Chantal Akerman’s 2006 film DOWN THERE on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching D.W. Young’s 2019 documentary THE BOOKSELLERS and supporting Carbon Arc with the rental too. 🍿

Time for the new Spike Lee Joint, DA 5 BLOODS on Netflix. 🎥

Watching Billy Woodberry’s 1983 film BLESS THEIR LITTLE HEARTS on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Shola Lynch’s 2004 documentary ‎CHISHOLM ‘72: UNBOUGHT & UNBOSSED on Kanopy. 🎥

Best new-to-me films for May 2020: MY FIRST FILM, PEPPERMINT SODA, PAPUSZA, SWORD OF TRUST, DIS-MOI, JOYCE AT 34.

Watching the #TIFFAtHome chat between Tantoo Cardinal and Cameron Bailey before watching ‎Darlene Naponse’s 2018 film FALLS AROUND HER. 🎥

Watching Olivier Assayas’ intriguing and enigmatic 2014 film CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA again. 🎥

Watching Diane Kurys 1977 film PEPPERMINT SODA on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Lynn Shelton’s 2013 film TOUCHY FEELY again. 🎥

Watching Rachel Talalay’s 1995 film TANK GIRL for the first time. 🍿

Watching Matt Wolf’s 2020 documentary SPACESHIP EARTH. 🎥

Watching Lynn Shelton’s 2019 film SWORD OF TRUST on Netflix. 🎥

Just about time to watch THE BIG LEBOWSKI again as part of TIFF Stay-at-Home Cinema. 🍿🎥

Lots of great films added to The Criterion Channel including Chantal Akerman’s hard-to-find 1980 tv documentary TELL ME. 🎥

Watching Laurie Lynd’s 2019 documentary film KILLING PATIENT ZERO. 🎥

Watching Samuel Fuller’s fascinating 1959 noir THE CRIMSON KIMONO on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Pamela B. Green’s 2018 documentary BE NATURAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALICE GUY-BLACHÉ on Kanopy. 🎥

Watching John Ford’s 1935 film THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING in The Criterion Channel’s Jean Arthur collection. 🍿

Watching Eliza Hittman’s 2020 film NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS. 🎥

Watching Perry Henzell’s 1972 Jamaican film THE HARDER THEY COME on The Criterion Channel. 🍿

Watching John Hughes 1985 classic film THE BREAKFAST CLUB again as part of TIFF-at-Home. 🍿

Watching Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s 2015 film JOURNEY TO THE SHORE on MUBI. 🎥

Getting ready for #CriterionMovieClub and watching the 1958 film noir MURDER BY CONTRACT on The Criterion Channel. 🍿

Watching Douglas Sirk’s 1947 thriller LURED on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Christian Petzold’s brilliant 2014 film PHOENIX again. 🎥

Watching Sophie Fiennes’ 2017 film GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI on Kanopy. 🎥

Watching Joan Tewkesbury’s 1979 film OLD BOYFRIENDS on Kanopy. 🎥

Watching Sophie Deraspe’s 2019 Québécois film ANTIGONE. 🎥

Just watched the delightful Maine noir BLOW THE MAN DOWN and it was quite fun.

Watching Rita Hayworth in Alexander Hall’s 1947 film DOWN TO EARTH on the Criterion Channel. 🍿

Watching Martin Ritt’s 1957 film EDGE OF THE CITY on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Anna Rose Holmer’s remarkable 2015 film THE FITS again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Corneliu Porumboiu’s brilliantly constructed and dryly humorous 2019 Romanian neo-noir THE WHISTLERS again. One of my favourite films from 2019. 🎥 🇷🇴

Watching Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper in Howard Hawks’ 1941 comedy BALL OF FIRE on the Criterion Channel. 🍿

On what would have been his 100th birthday I’m watching the great Toshiro Mifune in Kurosawa’s brilliant 1957 adaptation of Macbeth, THRONE OF BLOOD on The Criterion Channel. 🎥 🪑🩸 #Mifune100

Watching the Aretha Franklin concert documentary Amazing Grace (2018) directed by Sydney Pollack and Alan Elliott. 🎥 🎶

For my 30th film in March Around the World I’m watching the 2019 Icelandic film THE COUNTY. 🎥 🇮🇸

As the March Around the World challenge approaches the end of the month I’m watching the Norwegian film from 1987 PATHFINDER on The Criterion Channel. 🎥 🇳🇴

Tonight in my March Around the World viewing I’m watching the 1925 German film VARIETY on The Criterion Channel in their German Expressionism collection. 🎥 🇩🇪

March Around the World continues with a film from the UK with IN FABRIC from 2018 directed by Peter Strickland. 🎥 🇬🇧

As part of March Around the World 2020 I’m watching Roberto Rossellini’s 1952 Italian film ‎THE MACHINE THAT KILLS BAD PEOPLE on The Criterion Channel. 🎥 🇮🇹

Continuing to March Around the World with François Truffaut’s 1969 film ‎MISSISSIPPI MERMAID on the Criterion Channel. 🎥 🇫🇷

Watching Edward Yang’s 1985 Taiwanese film TAIPEI STORY on the Criterion Channel as part of March Around the World. 🎥 🇹🇼

Continuing my March Around the World with Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s 1968 Cuban film MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT on the Criterion Channel. 🎥 🇨🇺

Watching Antonella Sudassassi’s 2019 Costa Rican film The Awakening of the Ants on MUBI as part of March Around the World. 🎥 🇨🇷

Watching Greta Gerwig’s wonderful 2019 adaptation of LITTLE WOMEN again. 🎥

Watching Dominga Sotomayor’s 2018 Chilean film TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG as part of my March Around the World 2020. 🎥

Tonight I continue the March Around the World challenge with Miloš Forman’s 1967 film THE FIREMEN’S BALL from Czechoslovakia. 🎥

Continuing my March Around the World challenge with Kenji Mizoguchi’s 1951 Japanese film MISS OYU. 🎥

Starting the March Around the World 2020 – Brazil challenge with the 1931 Brazilian silent film LIMITE. 🎥

Watching Jean Cocteau’s 1950 film ORPHEUS on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

About to watch Céline Sciamma’a brilliant and beautiful PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE again in the theatre. 🎥

Watching Todd Haynes’ bold and under appreciated 2017 film WONDERSTRUCK again. 🎥

Watching Jessica Hausner’s 2019 film LITTLE JOE in iTunes. 🎥

Watching Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1972 film ‎UN FLIC on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Just rewatched Ira Sachs’ beautiful and delicately constructed film FRANKIE again. 🎥

Watching Ernst Lubitsch’s 1940 film THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER on The Criterion Channel. 🍿

Watching Madeleine Olnek’s 2018 film WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY in iTunes. 🎥

Starting my #AltOscarParty by watching Mati Diop’s 2013 experimental documentary film ‎A THOUSAND SUNS on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching François Truffaut’s 1971 film TWO ENGLISH GIRLS on The Criterion Channel. I was intrigued by it as Greta Gerwig cites it as one of her influences for LITTLE WOMEN. 🎥

Watching Christian Petzold’s 2007 film YELLA on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Ruben Östlund great 2017 uncomfortable satire THE SQUARE again. 🎥

Watching Leslie Harris’ 1992 film JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. before it leaves The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 satirical masterpiece DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB again. 🎥

Watching Lee Ok-seop’s 2018 South Korean film ‎MAGGIE on MUBI. 🎥

Watching Sidney Lumet’s brilliant 1976 satire NETWORK again. 🎥

Watching one of my favourite films from last year, Claire Denis’ melancholy and stylized science fiction film HIGH LIFE. 🎥

Watching Céline Sciamma’s naturalistic and beautiful 2011 film TOMBOY again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Watching Martin Scorsese’s brilliant 1993 adaptation of THE AGE OF INNOCENCE again. 🎥

Watching Bong Joon-ho’s rock-solid metaphorical masterpiece PARASITE again. 🎥

Watching Almodóvar’s beautiful 2019 film PAIN AND GLORY again in iTunes. 🎥

Watching Scott Z. Burns’ 2019 film THE REPORT on Prime. 🎥

Watching Spike Jonze’s 2002 film ADAPTATION again. 🎥

So sad to hear of the loss of the amazing Agnès Varda and happy that she was able to share her remarkable gift for storytelling with us for so long. She redefined what filmmaking could be with a radical empathy and a delightful sense of humour.

Five great films about women directed by women for #IWD2019:

JEANNE DIELMAN, 23, QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES – Chantal Akerman

LET THE SUNSHINE IN – Claire Denis

WANDA – Barbara Loden

CERTAIN WOMEN – Kelly Reichardt

CLEO FROM 5 to 7 - Agnès Varda

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Wong Kar-wai’s 1994 CHUNGKING EXPRESS is the Criterion Channel film of the week. I haven’t watched it for a while, so this week will be an excellent time to immerse myself in that stylish world again. 🎥

Watching Elaine May’s brilliant MIKEY AND NICKY again as I take advantage of my Criterion Channel charter membership. 🍿

Watching Agnès Varda’s lovely 1963 short SALUT LES CUBAINS again. A brilliant use of stills and music to create something more than the sun of the parts. 🎥

Watching the 1918 film THE DREAM LADY directed by Elsie Jane Wilson. 🍿