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.

July 2006 activity

Total Log Entries: 71

Total Comments: 23

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The Devil Wears Prada / USA / 2006

Reliant almost solely on Meryl Streep’s turn as the boorish and self-centered Miranda Priestly, a thinly-veiled incarnation of Vogue editor Anna Wintour, The Devil Wears Prada manages to find solid footing despite its banal habits. Montages are overused; the soundtrack’s diversity becomes annoying; and the plot—a young woman with big dreams climbs the social ladder and alienates her friends, only to find the top wrung a depraved and unappealing place—has been done before. Nonetheless, there’s a Fellini-meets-Steve-Martin feel to the film. The depiction of glamour as a poison rather than a cure never gets old, and “perfection” will always reveal itself to be imperfect. Add Stanley Tucci and a warehouse of arresting fashion, and the film practically writes itself.

by Adam Balz | Source: 35MM Print
01 Jul 2006 7:48 PM | Submit Comment

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