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.


January 2007 activity

Total Log Entries: 84

Total Comments: 32


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Pan’s Labyrinth / El Laberinto del Fauno / Mexico/Spain/USA / 2006

I seem to be in the minority here, but something about this film left me a little cold. It’s beautifully realized, but like Tom, I felt the narrative never fully cohered.

Jenny’s Review

by Beth Gilligan | Source: Picturehouse 35mm print
09 Jan 2007 10:46 AM | Comments (1)


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  1. rob / 9 January 2007 / 7:43 PM / URL

    Count that two of us in the same boat. For such a fantasy-driven film (or at least imagination-driven, considering the minor revelation in the end), it felt pretty tightly constricted both visually and narratively, pampered and prim. For me, the best films of this sort are always a little messy and prone to flights of fancy; this one seemed intent on getting each scene over and done with as efficiently as possible. Then again, I also saw this between Inland Empire and Children of Men. I’m holding my opinion in limbo until viewing #2.

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