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
- Adam (10)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (1)
- Cullen (0)
- David (0)
- Eva (0)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (4)
- Jenny (0)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (0)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (10)
- Teddy (0)
- Thomas (0)
- Victoria (0)
Total Comments: 14
- Breach (0)
- Rescue Dawn (0)
- Little Dieter Needs to Fly (0)
- Bringing Up Baby (0)
- They Drive By Night (0)
- Live Free Or Die Hard (0)
- 28 Weeks Later (0)
- Das Leben Der Anderen (0)
- The Simpsons Movie (0)
- The Lake House (0)
- Slither (0)
- The Prestige (0)
- Hana (0)
- Gamlet (0)
- Notes On A Scandal (0)
- 1900 (0)
- Babyface (0)
- Black Snake Moan (0)
- Old Joy (0)
- Mr. Brooks (0)
- Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (0)
- Dreamscape (0)
- The Petrified Forest (0)
- Zodiac (0)
- Hannibal Rising (0)
- End Of The Century (0)
- I Know Where i’m Going (0)
- Roots Daughters (0)
- Beerfest (0)
- Braindead (0)
- Run, Fat Boy, Run (0)
- Once (0)
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley (0)
- Deliver Us from Evil (1)
- The Fountain (0)
- Transformers (0)
- Transformers (2)
- The Holy Mountain (0)
- El Topo (0)
- Nightmare Alley (2)
- Spartan (0)
- The Magic Christian (0)
- Live Free or Die Hard (1)
- Orca (1)
- Find Me Guilty (1)
- Reign Over Me (0)
- Hannibal (0)
- Kingpin (0)
- Wet Hot American Summer (5)
- Tzameti (1)
- Daratt (0)
- Legacy (0)
- Hardware (0)
- Marie Antoinette (0)
Full Archive
Das Leben Der Anderen / The Lives Of Others / Germany / 2006
A mild disappointment, if only because the reviews were so uniformly glowing, this is a beautifully constructed character drama which falters only because of an occasional uncertainty of tone- the film seems unsure whether to be a thriller or a character piece, and can’t quite manage to be both: the climax descends into unnecessary melodrama, and has a Return Of The King-like number of false endings, not all of which seem strictly necessary. These are minor quibbles, though, with what is otherwise an unreservedly recommended film. And perhaps my favourite director’s name ever.
A great shame, though, that the extraordinary lead actor, Ulrich Muhe, died earlier this week.
by Tom Huddleston | Source: 35mm print
29 Jul 2007 5:50 PM | Submit Comment
