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.

August 2006 activity

Total Log Entries: 61

Total Comments: 60

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The Night Listener / USA / 2006

At the risk of alienating myself further, I’d like to express my utter enjoyment with The Night Listener (sorry, Tom). Beginning with the simplistic yet eerie title sequence, the film weaves an underlying web of tension and uncertainty. The performances—Robin Williams’ being modest and sparse, Toni Collette’s being acutely haunting—drive the film, strengthened along the way by its minimalist cinematography and lingering soundtrack.

I will, however, concede that the film is too dependent on us making connections between Gabriel and Donna, connections highlighted with an air of ta-da superiority in the closing scene. The beginning could have been shorter—my friends and I spent much of the first fifteen minutes counting boom appearances (five, in case you’re curious). And, as someone who lives in the nowheres of Wisconsin, I was put off by the depiction of the secluded and sadistically loyal town-folk. Boo!

by Adam Balz | Source: 35MM Theatrical Print
08 Aug 2006 11:24 PM | Submit Comment

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