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.
September 2007 activity
Total Log Entries: 31
- Adam (5)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (0)
- Cullen (0)
- David (0)
- Eva (0)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (1)
- Jenny (5)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (6)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (2)
- Teddy (0)
- Thomas (0)
- Victoria (0)
Total Comments: 3
- Cry Terror! (0)
- The Thing (0)
- 2 Days in Paris (0)
- If… (0)
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (0)
- The Kingdom (0)
- Hotel Chevalier (1)
- The Grudge 2 (0)
- Wooden Crosses (0)
- Eastern Promises (1)
- Black Snake Moan (0)
- Death Proof (0)
- Bagdad Cafe (0)
- Dead Reckoning (0)
- Superbad (0)
- Bend It Like Beckham (0)
- Atonement (0)
- In Which We Serve (0)
- No End in Sight (0)
- Red Road (0)
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie For Theatres (0)
- Keeping Mum (0)
- McLibel (0)
- Live Flesh (0)
- Fright Night (0)
- Starman (0)
- Death Sentence (0)
- Halloween (0)
- Casino Royale (0)
- When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (0)
- Rushmore (1)
Full Archive
McLibel / UK / 2005
The true story of two British activists—one a divorced father, the other a homespun gardener and bartender—who draw the ire of a global Goliath, become victims of their nation’s own laws, and are forced to represent themselves in court for seven years—and win. Helped along the way by scientific experts, representatives from the World Cancer Research Fund, and even a former Ronald McDonald, the case soon became a rallying cry for those opposed to billion-dollar corporations.
The transgressions of McDonald’s has been well-documented for some time—and, for support, director Franny Armstrong brings in Eric Schlosser of Fast Food Nation fame—and the film manages to condense much of that into an enjoyable, informative 85-minute documentary that balances the courtroom struggles against the “McLibel Two’s” lives at home, which slowly deteriorate. Included herein are recreations of those seven-year proceedings, taken directly from court documents, featuring the environmentalists themselves, and directed by none other than Ken Loach.
by Adam Balz | Source: DOC Channel
12 Sep 2007 9:42 AM | Submit Comment
