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. 🎥