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.

February 2006 activity

Total Log Entries: 47

Total Comments: 35

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Winter Passing / USA / 2006

I saw this film for one reason only: and she’s excellent in it.

The film is mostly well-written, but there are too many music cues and the scenes are too short, which tends to preempt much of the film’s emotional content. Ferrell seems a bit out of place, too, but he adds some nice (asexual) levity to the film, in a manner I presume is intended to be somewhat Shakespearean.

But whatever its slight weaknesses, the film should really be seen for Deschanel alone, whose remarkable performance manifests all of her undervalued acting chops — as wounded bird, vicious sneerer, and adorable sweetheart — in restrained and unpredictable ways.

by Leo Goldsmith | Source: Focus Features Screener DVD
24 Feb 2006 3:11 PM | Comments (3)

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  1. Chiranjit / 24 February 2006 / 1:22 PM / URL

    It’s good to hear that we have another Zooey-fan around here! I’m confident I could watch the woman making toast and I would still remain completely fixated on the screen.

  2. leo / 24 February 2006 / 5:24 PM / URL

    Perv.

  3. Chiranjit / 27 February 2006 / 6:57 AM / URL

    You won’t hear any argument from me on that one, Leo.

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