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.
February 2008 activity
Total Log Entries: 38
- Adam (6)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (1)
- Cullen (0)
- David (3)
- Eva (4)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (0)
- Jenny (0)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (4)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (4)
- Teddy (0)
- Thomas (5)
- Victoria (1)
Total Comments: 22
- Juno (8)
- Electroma (1)
- The Room (0)
- Grave Robbers (0)
- The Roost (0)
- The Power of Nightmares (0)
- Axe (0)
- The Room (0)
- How She Move (2)
- Step Up 2 the Streets (0)
- The Phynx (0)
- The Oh in Ohio (0)
- Chicago 10 (0)
- Billy the Kid (0)
- The Visitor (0)
- Kisses For My President (0)
- Re-Animator (0)
- There Will Be Blood (3)
- The Ten (3)
- Atonement (0)
- Shoot ‘Em UP (0)
- Beach Girls (0)
- The Satanic Rites of Dracula (0)
- Fried Green Tomatoes (0)
- How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days (0)
- The King Of Kong (1)
- Duck Soup (0)
- The Golden Compass (0)
- Cloverfield (0)
- The Cremator (0)
- Great World Of Sound (0)
- Sweeney Todd (2)
- Throne Of Blood (2)
- Zodiac (0)
- Away From Her (0)
- Reeker (0)
- 27 Dresses (0)
- Subway (0)
Full Archive
How She Move / Canada / 2008
With Step Up 2 the Streets, this was my double-feature crash-course in modern dance movies. Of the two, this is the superior film, boasting a tad more originality than the Step Up sequel and (crucially) infinitely better music.
Abstractly claiming some sort of New York setting (but in fact shot in Canada … by Canadians), How She Move seems to follow the pattern of other films in the genre: a dead relative, a period of training/re-training, high economic and social stakes, a formidable dance competition, and a nerd character that makes good.
But plot, life-lessons, and social commentary are not the reason to see How She Move. What are the reasons? Elaborate set-pieces, implausibly agile high school kids, a Caribbean-infused hip-hop soundtrack with contributions from Montell Jordan, and big, no-nonsense women.
Also of interest: Class warfare (seemingly a genre staple), Keyshia Cole cameo, and well-filmed dance performances that don’t seem like they’ve been cobbled together in post-production.
by Leo Goldsmith | Source: Paramount Vantage 35mm Print
21 Feb 2008 2:16 PM | Comments (2)
Marina / 25 February 2008 / 4:53 PM / URL
Happy to hear that there’s still some love out there for this little Canadian film. And it’s worth noting that it is actually stated that it’s Toronto. It just happens to be hidden and easy to miss.
leo / 27 February 2008 / 11:28 AM / URL
Thanks for the correction. I swore she pulled up in a NYC bus at the beginning of the film, but I could be wrong.
And who knew Toronto had such a big Jamaican population? Someone remind me to get some curry goat next time I’m there. Mmmmmm, goat.