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.