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.


April 2007 activity

Total Log Entries: 50

Total Comments: 20


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The Wind That Shakes the Barley / Germany/Italy/Spain/France/Ireland/UK / 2006

More sweeping in scope than Land and Freedom, but lacking the grittiness and searing emotional intimacy that made some of Loach’s previous offerings, such as My Name is Joe and Sweet Sixteen, so memorable. To be honest, I’m a bit surprised that this captured the Palme d’Or at Cannes last year – while it boasts an absorbing narrative that touches on the complexities of the political situation at hand, it lacks the formal inventiveness that has characterized recent winners such as Dancer in the Dark, Elephant, and L’Enfant.

by Beth Gilligan | Source: IFC 35mm print
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