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
- Adam (5)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (15)
- Cullen (0)
- David (0)
- Eva (0)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (5)
- Jenny (5)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (6)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (17)
- Teddy (0)
- Thomas (0)
- Victoria (0)
Total Comments: 23
- Lady in the Water (1)
- Metropolitan (0)
- Bonnie and Clyde (0)
- 24 Hour Party People (0)
- Ace in the Hole (0)
- The 40 Year-Old Virgin (0)
- Krrish (1)
- Predator (0)
- Lethal Weapon (1)
- Batman (0)
- Mary of Scotland (0)
- Cheyenne Autumn (0)
- Heading South (0)
- Spider (0)
- Frenzy (0)
- Superman Returns (3)
- The Night Listener (1)
- Captain Blood (0)
- Sleepers (0)
- Snowcake (0)
- American Dreamz (0)
- Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (0)
- Demolition Man (0)
- Ace in the Hole (0)
- The Big Lebowski (0)
- Dazed and Confused (0)
- MASH (0)
- Dazed and Confused (0)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2)
- Superman Returns (0)
- Metropolitan (0)
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (0)
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (0)
- An Inconvenient Truth (0)
- A Prairie Home Companion (0)
- X-Men: The Last Stand (0)
- Art School Confidential (0)
- Brick (0)
- L’ami de mon amie (0)
- Mission: Impossible 3 (0)
- The Spiral Staircase (0)
- Bringing Out the Dead (0)
- Leave Her to Heaven (0)
- Alice (1)
- Fantastic Planet (0)
- A Scanner Darkly (2)
- Caché (0)
- Superman Returns (0)
- The Devil Wears Prada (0)
- A Scanner Darkly (0)
- Popeye (2)
- 25th Hour (1)
- Dazed and Confused (0)
- Halloween: H20 (0)
- Culloden (0)
- Evolution (0)
- Hard Candy (0)
- Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (4)
- Carnal Knowledge (0)
- Naked (1)
- Murmur of the Heart (0)
- Wet Hot American Summer (1)
- Superman Returns (2)
- Bringing Up Baby (0)
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (0)
- Click (0)
- The Squid and the Whale (0)
- The Harder They Come (0)
- Up! (0)
- Superman Returns (0)
- The Devil Wears Prada (0)
Full Archive
Ace in the Hole / The Big Carnival / USA / 1951
Billy Wilder at arguably his most cynical. Decades ahead of its time, the movie centers around an ambitious reporter exiled in a small New Mexico town. Eager to return to the big leagues, he stumbles upon what appears to be a golden ticket in the form of a local man trapped in a mine rumored to be haunted by Indian spirits. Knowing that the public’s interest in the man’s misfortune will only grow as the saga continues, the reporter circumvents a proposed early rescue strategy, convincing local authorities that it is in their best interest to let the drama stretch on for a week. Aided by a sheriff eager for re-election, a contractor looking to raise his profile, and the trapped man’s calculating wife, who plans to hop on the first bus out of town once the profits are divided, the reporter orchestrates a media 3-ring circus that makes all of them a household name. What he doesn’t consider, however, is that things might not go exactly according to plan.
The reporter is played by Kirk Douglas in full sleaze mode, and watching him I couldn’t help but wonder if his performance in this film at all influenced his son’s portrayal of Gordon Gekko in Wall Street. Film Forum screened a new print of this as part of their Essential Wilder series , so here’s to hoping this movie will come to a theater near you.
by Beth Gilligan | Source: 35mm print
20 Jul 2006 11:28 PM | Submit Comment
