Favourite new-to-me films for September 2024:
Native Tongue, Never Look Away, Presence , Black Box Diaries, When the Light Breaks, Bird, Julie Keeps Quiet, Dahomey, Bob Trevino Likes It, and How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at His Farm in Normandy.
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Watching Rob Reiner’s 1984 film This is Spinal Tap again. It amazes me how many of the details of the film I remember. 🎥
Another great day of films at the Atlantic International Film Festival where I saw films from India, Japan, Iceland, and the UK. 🎥
First day of seeing films at the Atlantic International Film Festival with 3 features and a short viewed. A nice start to my festival this year.
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. 🎥
Starting my preparations for the Atlantic International Film Festival which happens from September 11 – 18 this year. I make up Letterboxd lists of all of the films which gives me a chance to see what is screening and then I can figure out what I am going to see.
Finally watching Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga directed by George Miller. 🎥