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2022 Film Diary Part 6
This is a continuation of notes on films I’ve seen this year. For this series, I planned to watch films from a few major movements, but because there was a Harry Potter showing at Regal films I got distracted and … Continue reading
2022 Film Diary Part 4
This is a continuation on notes on movies I’ve seen this year. For this series, I tried to watch films from several film movements including the Scandinavian Revival, and Pre-Code Hollywood. Movie #73/ New Movie #51: Top Gun (DVD)This was … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged Criterion, film movements, Films Mets Watches, hollywood, scandinavian revival
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Film Seen In 2022 Part 3
Reviews of movies I’ve seen this year especially by Lubitsch, Sam Raimi, and featuring the multiverse. Continue reading
Posted in Film, Music
Tagged Criterion, hollywood, Lone Wolf and Cub, multiverse, Sam Raimi, Sonic the Hedgehog
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Films Seen in 2022 Part 2
I’m still keeping track of movies I’ve seen. This year I’ve gotten involved into some annual film challenges. One is to watch 52 particular Criterion movies, and the other is to watch four movies each from multiple movements. For this … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Music
Tagged academy award nominations, Bob Dylan, Criterion, Czech New Wave, french new wave
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Films Seen In 2021 Finale
This is the conclusion of a series of observations on movies I’ve seen this year. It includes my favorite movie this year, which is probably not going to be a surprise to anyone who knows that I’m a Spider-Man fan, … Continue reading
Posted in Film, List
Tagged 2021 Academy Award nominations, Criterion, Films Mets Watches, horror, Marvel Cinematic Universe
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Films Seen in 2021 Part 8: Zach Snyder and the Scandinavian Revival
This is a continuation of observations on films I’ve seen this year. For this batch, my subchallenges were ten movies for a Criterion based annual challenge, five films from the Scandinavian revival film movement (there will be overlap with the … Continue reading
Movies Watched in 2018 Part 3
This is a continuation of notes on films I’ve seen this year, following Parts 1 and Part 2. I set myself a challenge of watching ten films per decade (counting the silent era up until 1929 as one decade) while allowing for … Continue reading
Posted in Film, List, Music, Politics
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Criterion, senator ted kennedy
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Movies Watched in 2017 Part 5
This is the conclusion of my effort to watch at least 100 films, 10 from each decade. There have been four previous entries: Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. I kept track of certain details of films I watched … Continue reading
100+ Notable Foreign Language/ Silent Films on Kanopy
Kanopy’s streaming service has so many nice films available that a Top 100 isn’t enough. I did a Top 100 English language films a few days ago, but if anything, their selection of silent movies and foreign language films is … Continue reading
The Best DVDs and Blu-Rays of the 21st Century
I was interested in gathering a list of the best DVDs and Blu-Rays for myself, to get leads on good films and the best ways to experience them. It also helps me keep track of this stuff if there’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged Criterion, film canon, film collections, movie recommendations
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What Would Spidey Do? 