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. 🎥