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. 🎥