Copying and pasting Letterboxd capsules (note the incorrect dates that I didn't bother to fix). As you guys know, I watched zero films in September. That is the record worst slump since I started this project. October's already looking a little better. I don't have the energy for a full post about any of these. It's at least a positive sign that I'm watching films and thinking about posting again. Finally, if any of you like Shakespeare (and who doesn't?) and like Joss Whedon even the tiniest bit, then do yourself a favor and rent Much Ado About Nothing as soon as you can. Right now, it's my favorite film of 2012.
The Man Who Came to Dinner 1942
★★★ Watched 21 Oct, 2013
Some good laughs. I' probably rate it higher if I wasn't distracted by how oafish and imbecilic the father is portrayed as, essentially coaxing the audience into feeling that the father deserves to be the victim. This is all tied up with how the antihero gets away with being a lovable rascal.
Stranger Than Paradise 1984
★★★★ Rewatched 16 Oct, 2013
Not quite a "my essentials" pick but was very important in my development as a cinephile. This and Overboard starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell.
Much Ado About Nothing 2013
★★★★½ Watched 15 Oct, 2013
Delightful.
Fortune Is a Woman 1957
★★★ Watched 12 Oct, 2013
A solid enough picture with some real tension in the last 2/3rds, almost but not quite ruined by a rushed and too obvious resolution.
The Goonies 1985
★★★ Rewatched 07 Oct, 2013
Goonies holds up just fine.
The Oregonian 2011
★★ Watched 06 Oct, 2013
I'm on the fence about this one. I respect it for fully committing to its dark comic logic.
Silver Bullets 2011
★★ Watched 05 Oct, 2013 5
Swanberg is sad but unrepentant. His movies don't matter. And won't matter.
Museum Hours 2013
★★★ Watched 04 Oct, 2013 4
Worth seeing. At its best, it is one of the best films I've seen in years. At its worst, it's too on-the-nose, self-contradictory, and loses its way in the final third.
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