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
- Adam (6)
- Andrew (0)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (6)
- David (0)
- Eva (0)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (6)
- Jenny (0)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (7)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (8)
- Teddy (0)
- Thomas (0)
- Timothy (0)
- Victoria (0)
Total Comments: 20
- Grindhouse (0)
- Spider-Man 2.1 (0)
- The Shop Around the Corner (0)
- Chimes At Midnight (3)
- Heavy Weights (0)
- The Bothersome Man (3)
- Blood Diamond (0)
- Starter For Ten (0)
- Ace In The Hole (0)
- Flushed Away (0)
- Sunshine (2)
- Local Hero (0)
- Children Of Men (0)
- The Science of Sleep (0)
- La Kermesse Heroique (0)
- House By The River (0)
- Seraphim Falls (0)
- Eagle vs Shark (0)
- Manhattan (0)
- Year of the Dog (0)
- Kaw (0)
- Grindhouse (2)
- The Philadelphia Story (0)
- Bringing Up Baby (0)
- Purple Rain (2)
- Krapp’s Last Tape (0)
- Hot Fuzz (0)
- The Namesake (0)
- Dial M For Murder (0)
- Sunshine (4)
- Zodiac (1)
- Fast Food Nation (0)
- Labyrinth (0)
- The Second Circle (0)
- Cursed (0)
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley (0)
- The Awful Truth (0)
- Hot Fuzz (1)
- Children of Men (0)
- Stalker (0)
- Advise and Consent (1)
- Gates of Heaven (0)
- The Ox-Bow Incident (0)
- Shoah (0)
- The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (0)
- Piranha (0)
- The Namesake (0)
- Rushmore (1)
- Blades of Glory (0)
- Black (0)
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The Namesake / India/USA / 2007
I haven’t read The Namesake, but being familiar with Jhumpa Lahiri’s short stories, it was easy for me to imagine how certain tropes and plot points that are rendered in a somewhat shallow manner onscreen might have packed a punch on the page. This, along with the miscasting of Kal Penn, is my chief complaint about the film – director Mira Nair seems to be in awe of her source material, relying on it rather than her own directorial abilities to convey certain truths.
Jit’s more articulate, personal comments can be found here.
by Beth Gilligan | Source: Fox Searchlight 35mm print
18 Apr 2007 11:17 AM | Submit Comment