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.


October 2006 activity

Total Log Entries: 57

Total Comments: 43


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The Queen / UK/France/Italy / 2006

Forgiving Stephen Frears for the overdone symbolism of the stag, I can honestly say this was a refreshing, if not bewildering film. (A friend of mine used the word “campy.”) The humor is surprising—a joke about the Queen greasing Diana’s breaks, for one—but consistent. And while the complicated nature of each character makes them both unlikable and engrossing, I would’ve liked to have seen more from James Cromwell—he groans and scowls but never allows us inside Prince Philip.

Oh, and did I mention Helen Mirren?

by Adam Balz | Source: 35MM Theatrical Print
14 Oct 2006 11:42 PM | Submit Comment


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