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.
November 2007 activity
Total Log Entries: 25
- Adam (8)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (0)
- Cullen (0)
- David (0)
- Eva (1)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (0)
- Jenny (0)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (0)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (7)
- Teddy (0)
- Thomas (1)
- Victoria (1)
Total Comments: 6
- Ratatouille (0)
- Secrets From Another Place (0)
- Black Narcissus (0)
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture (2)
- This Is England (0)
- Hail The Conquering Hero (0)
- American Gangster (0)
- Frozen (0)
- Paris Je T’Aime (0)
- Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (0)
- Shake Hands With The Devil (0)
- Fido (0)
- American Gangster (3)
- The Zero Effect (0)
- Trapped in the Closet (0)
- The Big Lebowski (0)
- Begotten (0)
- Saw IV (0)
- Lions for Lambs (0)
- Death of a President (0)
- Stranded (0)
- Evil Dead II (0)
- The Evil Dead (0)
- The Goonies (0)
- Cemetery of Terror (1)
Full Archive
Frozen / India / 2007
Shivajee Chandrabhushan’s sophomore feature Frozen is a strong candidate for the most beautifully photographed film ever made. Every frame could be printed and hung, every angle is perfect, shimmering monochrome and deep shadows creating a vivid, startling portrait of a strange and jarring world. DP Shanker Raman, who also wrote the screenplay, deserves not only to win the Oscar, but a newly created Nobel Prize for Cinematography, and perhaps an honorary knighthood to boot. That’s how utterly stunning this film looks.
Sadly, nothing else in the film quite works. The story is chronically slow and quite hard to follow, detailing the hardships faced by a small family of peasants living in the harsh Himalayan foothills. Things seem to happen with no lead-in and no consequence, as though the scenes have been switched around. The characters are interesting but underdeveloped, and the narrative- basically, rags to even worse rags- predictable and depressing. The ending is an effective surprise, and as a window into an alien world the film is undoubtedly fascinating. But the reason to see Frozen, the only real reason, is it’s staggering, flawless visuals.
by Tom Huddleston | Source: 35mm print
27 Nov 2007 11:22 AM | Submit Comment
