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.


July 2007 activity

Total Log Entries: 54

Total Comments: 14


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Once / Ireland / 2006

The plotline is thin and familiar, but the soundtrack is solid—that is to say, near brilliant. Which makes the film’s unanticipated success even more remarkable. Conservatively advertised, it’s gained a loyal following spurned almost entirely by word-of-mouth. It’s the same spontaneous campaign that made other notable low-budget features—namely, My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Napoleon Dynamite—sleeper hits. Sometimes, in a season of multi-million-dollar blockbusters, when you begin losing faith in your fellow moviegoers, they can surprise you.

by Adam Balz | Source: Fox Searchlight 35MM Theatrical Print
11 Jul 2007 6:05 PM | Submit Comment


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