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
Black Snake Moan / USA / 2007
I can’t for the life of me think why, but for some reason I really enjoyed this movie. This doesn’t mean I thought it was excusable, or appropriate, or even particularly good. But I enjoyed every minute, and was sorry when it ended. I think the problem is that I honestly couldn’t say exactly what Craig Brewer was trying to do- is he really a fearful misogynist, as this film and it’s predecessor Hustle And Flow suggest, or is he just playing? And even if he is, does that excuse anything? Is his rampant overuse of cliché- cultural, racial, and cinematic- intentionally ludicrous, or just lame? I’ve seen very few films which left me as confused as this one, I literally didn’t know whether to laugh or be moved (particularly following the astounding final scene). But this very turmoil is one of the things I find so impressive about the film- it made me feel something new, even if it wasn’t entirely pleasant. And that’s got to be worth something.
by Tom Huddleston | Source: DVD
17 Sep 2007 1:06 PM | Submit Comment
