Screening Log
This new site feature is a collective effort to summarize our viewing habits. Occasionally, you will find titles here that are coming to a theater near you, in addition to films viewed on television, and even films viewed in piecemeal. The screening log is archived each month; to view past entries select a month in the menu below.
January 2005 activity
Total Log Entries: 58
- Adam (0)
- Andrew (0)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (0)
- David (0)
- Eva (0)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (0)
- Jenny (0)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (11)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (17)
- Teddy (0)
- Thomas (9)
- Timothy (0)
- Victoria (0)
Total Comments: 19
- Shallow Hal (0)
- The Sure Thing (0)
- Million Dollar Baby (0)
- The Motorcycle Diaries (0)
- Eraserhead (3)
- The Tin Drum (0)
- Crows and Sparrows (0)
- Strike (0)
- Bruce Almighty (1)
- Closer (0)
- Facing Windows (0)
- Secret Honor (0)
- Dogville (0)
- Village of the Damned (1)
- Garden State (2)
- The Aviator (0)
- Sherlock Jr. (0)
- Maisie Was a Lady (0)
- Who’s That Knocking At My Door? (0)
- The Bourne Identity (0)
- Gerry (0)
- Early Summer (0)
- Blue Denim (1)
- Darkman (0)
- Seance (0)
- The Lady Vanishes (1)
- Watch on the Rhine (0)
- A String of Pearls (0)
- The Laborer’s Love (0)
- Made in Britain (0)
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (4)
- Million Dollar Baby (0)
- The Harder They Come (0)
- The Pit (0)
- Kronos (2)
- The Return of the Living Dead (2)
- The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (0)
- Random Harvest (0)
- Spider-Man 2 (1)
- Spectre (0)
- Paris, Texas (0)
- Damn Yankees (0)
- Kinsey (1)
- The Incredibles (0)
- Saved! (0)
- A Woman Under the Influence (0)
- Fighting Elegy (0)
- Youth of the Beast (0)
- The Letter (0)
- Fanny and Alexander (0)
- Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (0)
- Partie de campagne (0)
- The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (0)
- A Woman Under the Influence (0)
- Gates of Heaven (0)
- Scenes from a Marriage (0)
- Blow Job (0)
- The Delta Force (0)
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The Lady Vanishes / UK / 1938
What most surprised me about this early British offering from Hitchcock was not that it is a superbly crafted suspense-thriller, which indeed it is, but that it also offers a hefty dose of humor, much of which had me laughing out loud.
The unconcernedness of the two English cricket fans in particular was a delight to behold. Even as their train is being held up and they are forced to take arms and fight for their lives, they don’t break a sweat, even managing lines such as “nasty jam this” without even a hint of irony.
Impressively weaving such comedy into a tale of espionage, secret codes, and false identities, The Lady Vanishes never lets up and never loses its focus, each seemingly incidental plot element working itself deftly back into the fold, and repeatedly reminding us that we are in the hands of a master filmmaker.
by Thomas Scalzo | Source: The Criterion Collection DVD
20 Jan 2005 10:23 PM | Comments (1)
Eva Michelle / 21 January 2005 / 6:11 AM
One of the things that struck me while watching this film was how perfectly timed it was. The pacing was never off: the suspense builds and the plot twists at just the perfect rate. I never had the thought “this should really be over now,” as I do for so many movies today. Hitchcock is a true master of his craft. He’s created films so enjoyable, that even when you’re viewing them for the second (or third, or even millionth) time, they never lose their luster.