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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Metropolitan / USA / 1990

Stillman’s film probably isn’t as critical of the “urban haute bourgeoisie” as he would like to think, considering he treats almost all his characters with intense affection no matter how unsavory they would be in reality, but it’s also not as bad a film as I was led to believe. Unfortunately, I can’t really share Stillman’s misery over the supposed wilting or failure of this entire class of people, especially considering old-money will always dominate the American landscape, even if they have to adjust their lifestyle slightly. At least I now know where Chris Eigeman established his smarmy on-screen personality. I’m also fairly certain that Stillman’s film heavily influence TV’s Gilmore Girls.

by Chiranjit Goswami | Source: Criterion Collection DVD
20 Jul 2006 4:27 PM | Submit Comment


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