2013 Saturday Movies
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Feb. 2nd Boy Wonder 2010 93 minutes, is a revenge flick about an abused boy. IMdB rating 6.8/10. We didn't watch it because there were no subtitles. Instead we streamed Netflix's House of Cards, the first two episodes. Excellent remake of great Brit series.
Jan. 26th The Man from Elysian Fields 2001 106 minutes, is a comic and romantic character study starring Andy Garcia and Mick Jagger! IMdB rating 6.6/10. Recommended.
Jan. 19th Arbitrage 2012 107 minutes, is a Hollywood thriller about a hedge fund manager with problems, starring Richard Gere. IMdB rating 6.7/10. Quite good.
Jan. 5th Savages 2012 131 minutes, an Oliver Stone crime thriller with pot growers facing off against a Mexican drug cartel. IMdB rating 6.6/10.

2012 Saturday Movies
Dec.29th Notes on a Scandal 2006 92 minutes, - a British thriller starring Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench. IMdB rating 7.5/10. Quite Good.
Dec. 22nd Gladiator 2000 - a multi-award winning Hollywood spectacular historical epic starring Russell Crowe in Ridley Scott's resurrection of Ancient Rome. IMdB rating 8.5/10. Just another epic.
Dec. 15th The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada 2005 121 minutes - a Western crime drama directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones. IMdB rating 7.5/10.
Dec. 8th Waitress 2007 - a comedy starring Keri Russell. IMdB rating 7.1/10.
Dec. 1st The Fighter 2010 116 minutes, is based on a true story of a boxer starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale. IMdB rating 7.9/10.
Nov. 24th United 93 2006, a riveting docudrama recreating (almost) real-time events on the hi-jacked plane. IMdB rating 7.7/10.
Nov. 17th Changing Lanes 2002, a thoughtful thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Affleck. IMdB rating 6.4/10.
Nov. 10th The Limey 1999, Soderbergh vengeful Englishman goes to L.A. IMdB rating 7.1/10.
Nov. 3rd Waking Ned Devine 1998, a British screwball comedy about friendship and community in an Irish village. IMdB rating 7.1/10.
Oct. 27th C.R.A.Z.Y. 2005, a French-Canadian gay coming-of-age film which paints an indelible portrait of an entire family. IMdB rating 7.9/10.
Oct. 20th Death at a Funeral 2007 90 minutes, a screwball black comedy starring Matthew MacFaydyen.
Oct. 13th Citizen Ruth 1996 106 minutes, an issue-centered comedy starring Laura Dern: the debate over abortion. Not really a comedy, though it had funny parts.
Oct. 6th Gumshoe 1971 88 minutes, a British crime comedy starring Albert Finney, and directed by Stephen Frears.
Sept. 29th Bernie 2011 104 minutes, a 'comedy of generosity, money lust, and skewed perception is based on a true story' [to quote David Denby] starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey.
Sept. 22nd Headhunters 2011 100 minutes, a twisty Norwegian thriller. Good fun.
Sept. 15th Moneyball 2011 133 minutes, a sports drama starring Brad Pitt.
Sept. 8th The Tao of Steve 2000 87 minutes, an Indie romantic comedy with a scrappy, witty script.
Sept. 1st Get Low 2009 100 minutes, a 'comedy about loneliness, guilt, redemption, forgiveness, love, and human mortality' starring 'cantankerous Robert Duvall, the hilarious Bill Murray and elegant Sissy Spacek'. [quotes from an IMDB review]
Aug. 25th Shotgun Stories 2007 92 minutes.
Aug. 18th Le Havre 2011 93 minutes, a Finnish comedy in French and in France.
Aug. 11th Show Me Love 1998 89 minutes, a Swedish teenage comedy-romance.
Aug. 4th Panic 2000 88 minutes, a comedy/thriller film starring William Macy, Donald Sutherland, and Tracy Ullman. No subtitles, but CC.
July 28th Billy Elliot 2000 110 minutes, an English comedy starring Jamie Bell, boy dancer. But 'director Stephen Daldrey has enough sense not to let the dance get in the way of his story' which takes place in a gritty coal-mining town.
July 21st Young Adult 2011 93 minutes, a dark comedy starring Charlize Theron.
July 14th The Lincoln Lawyer 2011 119 minutes, a Hollywood thriller starring Matthew McConaughey. Recommended.
July 7th The Window [La Ventana] 2008 85 minutes, an Argentine 'Déclassé Fairytale with emphasis on that golden prewar era' directed by Carlos Sorin. Definitely not our usual fare for Saturday, but...
June 30 The Grey 2011 117 minutes, a thriller starring Liam Neeson. Skip it.
June 23rd Men in Black 1997 98 minutes, a sci-fi action comedy, recommended by Joe.
June 16th Let the Right One In 2008 115 minutes, a Swedish vampire film about two lonely youngsters.
June 9th Certified Copy 2010 106 minutes, a French romantic comedy starring Juliette Binoche and William Shamell.
June 2nd The Disappearance of Alice Creed 2009 100 minutes, a twisty British psychological thriller. With English subtitles!
May 26th Felicia's Journey 1999 116 minutes, an Atom Egoyan thriller starring Bob Hoskins and Elaine Cassidy.
May 19th Love Crime [Crime D'amour] 2010 106 minutes, a riveting French thriller about relationships as a lever to power and influence.
May 12th The Help 2011 146 minutes, a film starring Emma Stone and Viola Davis about black maids and their mistresses in 1960's Jackson, Mississippi on the eve of the civil rights movement. Based on the popular book.
May 5th Sunshine Cleaning 2008 91 minutes, a quirky black comedy starring Amy Adams and Emily Blunt. Joan Krizack, my son's mother-in-law, said, 'You've got to see this.' (She's Grey's other grandmother).
Apr. 28th Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 2011 127 minutes, the British thriller starring Gary Oldman as Le Carré's Smiley with an all-star supporting cast.
Apr. 14th The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2011 158 minutes, the Hollywood remake of the Swedish thriller. Starring Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig.
Apr. 7th A Dangerous Method 2011 99 minutes: the evolution of the rift between Freud and Jung as they analyze each other and their patient, Keira Knightley.
Mar. 31 Jackie Brown 1997 154 minutes (i.e. long), a Tarantino crime/action comedy.
Mar. 24th The Debt 2010 113 minutes, a remake of the Nazi-hunting Israeli film Ha-Hov starring Helen Mirren and Jessica Chastain (as her younger self).
Mar. 17th Take Shelter 2011 120 minutes, "a dark, symbolic mapping of the last five years of the middle-class American experience".
Mar. 10th The Skin I Live In 2011 117 minutes, Almodóvar's latest, a 'philosophically complex mystery and horror film'.
Mar. 3rd Project Nim 2011 93 minutes, a tragic documentary starring Nim Chimpsky, the chimpanzee. Sad and unforgettable.
Feb. 25th The Clearing 2004 95 minutes, a character-driven crime drama film starring Robert Redford, Willem Dafoe, and Helen Mirren. What a cast! I found it intriguing that the women reviewers liked it much better than the men.
Feb. 18th Contagion 2011 106 minutes, a Soderbergh film starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne, Matt Damon, Elliot Gould...
Feb. 11th Take Out 2004 87 minutes, an suspenseful Indie drama shot on a shoestring in NYC.
Feb. 4th The Guard 2011 96 minutes, an 'an Irish "French Connection" by way of "The Long Goodbye".'
Jan. 27th The Ides of March 2011 111 minutes, a political thriller starring George Clooney who also worked on the screenplay. Recommended.
Jan. 21st Win Win 2011 103 minutes, a quirky indie sports comedy starring Paul Giamatti.
Jan.14th Margin Call 2011 107 minutes, a thriller film starring Kevin Spacey and Jeremy Irons about the beginning of the financial panic.
Jan. 7th No Movie. Thomis family get-together.

2011 Saturday Movies
Dec. 31st No Saturday Night Movie New Year's Eve.
Dec. 24th No Saturday Night Movie Christmas Eve.
Dec. 17th Disgrace 2008 119 minutes, a South African film starring John Malkovich.
Dec. 10th Joe Versus the Volcano 1990 102 minutes, a comedy/romance/fantasy from J.P. Shanley who received an Oscar for writing Moonstruck, and starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. No comparison.
Dec. 3rd Super 8 2011 112 minutes, is another Sci Fi thriller, this one produced by Spielberg dir. J.J. Abrams, but perhaps more of a coming-of-age drama than thriller. Bob particularly waneds to see this because of his lifelong interest in Super 8, including founding the company Super 8 Sound based on his inventions (with Jay Kirsch & my brother Wendl), and it's relation to Spielberg's early efforts.
Nov. 26th District 9 2009 112 minutes, a 'fresh and entertaining' Sci Fi thriller.
Nov. 19th A Perfect World 1993 138 minutes, a Clint Eastwood thriller. About a boy and a criminal. Recommended.
Nov. 12th Where the Truth Lies 2005 108 minutes, Atom Egoyan's period (1950's) crime drama with Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth.
Nov. 5th Bridesmaids 2011 125 minutes, finally a comedy. Writer/actress Kristen Wiig and co-writer Annie Mumolo 'with their sharply observed, sharply satirical screenplay, turn the chick flick into comedy for all'.
Oct. 29th The Edge 1997 117 minutes, starring Anthony Hopkins and Alex Baldwin, script by David Mamet, is recommended by my brother Wendl.
Oct. 22nd Cell 211 2009 110 minutes, is Spain's answer to French prison epic A Prophet.
Oct. 15th The Year of the Quiet Sun , a Polish WWII romance/drama.
Oct. 8th Melvin Goes to Dinner 2003 83 minutes, cerebral comedy.
Oct. 1st In the Shadow of the Moon 2007 100 minutes, a NASA documentary on the Apollo 11.
Sept. 24th Incendies 2010 130 minutes. Canadian twins Jeanne and Simon Marwan (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin and Maxim Gaudette) travel to Lebanon in search of their father and their brother.
Sept. 17th Police, Adjective 2009 115 minutes, is a Romanian crime drama with a lot of semantics.
Sept. 10th Source Code 2011 93 minutes, a sci-fi thriller directed by Duncan Jones whose earlier Moon we enjoyed a lot.
Sept. 3rd The Adjustment Bureau 2011 106 minutes, a romantic sci-fi thriller suggested by Joe & Susan. Looks as if it raises some of the questions Bob has been addressing in his book and IPhi website. An IMDB reviewer said, 'The way the bureau works and how they function is a wonder in itself. You'll never look at a door or a man wearing a hat the same way again after viewing the film.... [It] leaves you questioning how much of your life is really left to fate and chance...'
Aug. 27th Akira Kurosawa's Dreams 1990 119 minutes, a dreamlike collection of short visits to other more fanciful worlds which are brought to life through music, costumes, subtle special effects, and fantastic locations.
Aug. 20th Dinner Rush 2001 99 minutes, a restaurant comedy-thriller.
Aug. 13th My Dog Tulip 2009 81 minutes, based on J.R. Ackerley's 1956 autobiographical novel, an animated love story not intended for children about a man and his dog.
Aug. 6th Dick 1999 94 minutes, a political comedy satire - the 'true' story about Watergate - 'the flip side of "All the President's men" '.
July 30th I Love You Phillip Morris 2009 98 minutes, a comedy-romance starring Jim Carrey.
July 23rd No Saturday Night Movie.
July 16th Moonlighting 1982 97 minutes, an acclaimed political allegory which follows a Polish construction crew -- led by English-speaking foreman Nowak (Jeremy Irons) -- as they renovate a rich man's London flat without British work permits.
July 9th The Machinist 2004 101 minutes, a dark psychological thriller.
July 2nd L'Affaire Farewell 2009 113 minutes, a French Reagan-era spy thriller based on a true story.
June 25th Open Your Eyes 1997 117 minutes, Spanish thriller.
June 18th Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life 1925 71 minutes, a documentary by the pioneering filmmakers Merian Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, who would later make King Kong. Riveting, fascinating story of an Persian tribe's seasonal migration with all its animals from the winter lowlands into the summer highlands. A must see.
June 11th A Place in the Sun 1951 122 minutes - a classic starring Liz Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Shelley Winters based on Dreiser's novel of the 20's, An American Tragedy.
June 4th Passing Strange 2009 135 minutes. 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man meets Rock n' Roll. Post-post-modern African-American epic journey. .... a live filming of a Broadway musical on stage.
May 28th Don't Look Now 1973 110 minutes: a classic thriller starring Donald Sutherland & Julie Christie. A rational man who does not believe in psychics, omens or the afterlife sees evidence which shakes his skepticism.
May 21st Black Death 2010 108 minutes, a British medieval horror/thriller.
May 14th Shutter Island 2010 88 minutes: a Scorsesi thriller . We didn't much like it, although it held our interest to the end.
May 7th A Film Unfinished 2010 88 minutes: an Israeli documentary: inside the Warsaw Ghetto.
Apr. 30th Black Swan 2010 108 minutes: Nightmarish ballet thriller with a magnificent Natalie Portman as the swan in Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. Can't compare to 'The Red Shoes', though.
Apr. 23rd Hereafter 2010 129 minutes: Clint Eastwood's latest, a supernatural thriller starring Matt Damon.
Apr. 16th Fair Game 2010 108 minutes: Political drama based on the Valerie Plame affair.
Apr. 9th Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974 2009 102 minutes: First of a trilogy of British dark thriller/police-procedurals.
Apr. 2nd Leaves of Grass 2009 105 minutes: Indie black comedy.
Mar. 26th Terribly Happy 2008 90 minutes: Danish mystery/drama.
Mar. 19th Beyond Rangoon 1995 100 minutes: an Action drama about an American doctor in Burma in the 1980's recommended by Joe & Susan.
Mar. 12th Secretary 2002 104 minutes: comedy-romance, S&M sex at the office, recommended by Bruce LeClair.
Mar. 5th Exam 2009 101 minutes, a cerebral, claustrophobic British sci-fi mystery recommended by Jill Westcott. Recommended by us, too..
Feb. 26th Last Train Home , 2009 85 minutes, a Chinese documentary.
Feb. 19th Thirteen 2003 100 minutes, about a 13-year-old and her mother.
Feb. 12th The American 2010 105 minutes, a slow, dark thriller about an aging hit-man.
Feb. 5th The Town 2010 125 minutes, a must see as it is directed by our own Ben Affleck - about a gang of Charlestown bank robbers.
Jan. 29th Salt 2010 100 minutes, an action flick starring Angelina Jolie at full speed.
Jan. 22nd Day of Wrath 1943 97 minutes, Carl Theodor Dreyer's brilliant parable about witch-finding and witch-burning in 17th-century Denmark.
Jan. 15th Inception 2010 148 minutes, unnerving sci-fi thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
Jan. 8th A Christmas Tale 2008 150 minutes, French, with Catherine Deneuve matriarch of another dysfunctional family reunion.
Jan. 1st No movie - New Year's Day.

2010 Saturday Movies

Dec. 25th No movie - Christmas Day
Dec. 18th No movie.
Sat. Dec. 11th Mother 2009 128 min., a Korean thriller.
Dec. 3rd Stander 2003 116 min. To quote our famous critic Bruce, 'This is one of my favorite movies, partially because it tells a true story, and for the flair and visual style used in the telling.'
Nov. 27th Come and See 1985 142 min., the last film of the Russian Elem Klimov shows WW II on the Eastern front through the eyes of a boy.
Nov. 20th Red Cliff: Part 2 2008 142 minutes, more of the same with the exciting conclusion of the historic battle. Everyone says it's as good as the 1st part.
Nov. 13th Red Cliff: Part 1 2008 146 minutes, a sweeping Chinese martial arts action-adventure centered on a battle fought in China's Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.) recommended by Joe and Susan.
Nov. 6th The Baader Meinhof Complex 2008 149 minutes, a sweeping German docudrama recommended by Bruce. There seem to be several other films on this topic, perhaps as good or better than this, exploring different aspects of terrorism.
Oct. 23th Crimson Rivers 2000 105 minutes, a French whodunit.
Oct. 16th Identity 90 minutes 2003, a psychological mystery thriller of the Agatha Christie genre.
Oct. 9th The Square 2008 106 minutes, a neo-noir thriller from Australia with 'more plot twists than a corkscrew' (IMDB reviewer)..
Oct. 2nd The Secret in Their Eyes 2009 129 minutes, an Argentinian thriller/romance - won the 2010 Academy Award for best foreign-language film.
Sept. 25th City of God DDDD.
Sept. 18th A Prophet 2009 155 minutes, a must see French prison thriller. We considered 'Time Bandits', but it has no subtitles, sigh.
Sept. 11th Primal Fear 1996 129 minutes, a courtroom mystery -An altar boy is accused of murdering a priest.
Sept. 4th Donnie Darko 2001 113 minutes, a sort of cult mystery that Derek's mother-in-law tells me is a 'must see'.
Aug. 28th Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 2009 122 minutes, a Terry Gillian (of Monty Python) dark comedy.
Aug. 21st No movie.
Aug. 14th No movie.
Aug. 7th No movie.
July 31st Night on Earth 1991 129 min., a Jarmisch comedy requested by the group after we saw his 'Down by Law'.
July 24th Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2009, 148 minutes, Swedish, based on the bestseller.
July 17th Invictus 2009 134 minutes, historical drama - Nelson Mandela enlists the national rugby team in 1995 to unite the country newly freed from apartheid. Directed by Clint Eastwood.
July 10th Separate Lies 2005, 86 minutes, British character study recommended by my brother Wendl, stars Tom Wilkinson and Emily Watson. .
July 3rd High and Low 1963 143 min., dir. Kurosawa's film noir thriller based on an Ed McBain police procedural.
June 26th Five Minutes of Heaven 2009 89 minutes, stars Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt.
June 19th Ripley's Game 2002, based on a Patricia Highsmith novel, 110 min. Ebert includes it among his Great Movies.
June 12th The Big Heat 1953 Dir. Fritz Lang, 89 min. Film noir starring Glenn Ford and Gloria Swansen.
June 5th Milagro Beanfield War 1988 117 minutes. Dir. Robert Redfield - irrigation wars- tradition vs. progress - plus a bit of magic.
May 29th The Messenger May 22nd Crazy Heart 2009 112min., with Jeff Bridges as alcoholic country singer, recovering.
May 8th Uncertainty 2008 101 min., I wanted to show it because of its connection to Bob's theme in his Barcelona talk.
May 1st There Will Be Blood 2007 158 min., very loosely based on Upton Sinclair's 'Oil!' about the beginnings of the oil boom in California. Bob Bradford said, 'very much like a Steinbeck novel in scope and biblical character (with a darkly ironic Thomas Hardy-like doomsday destiny in the background.) All to say, it's a "must-see" epic for anyone with a serious interest in truly distinctive great films---an exceptional cinematic tour de force for the intellectual film buff.'
Apr. 24th 35 Shots of Rum 2007 100 min., slice of life from French director Claire Denis. Ebert gave it 4 stars. 7.3/10 on IMDB.
Apr. 17th Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans 2009 122 minutes, corrupt cop played by Nicholas Cage. Ebert gave it 4 stars. 6.7/10 on IMDB.
Apr. 10th Cherry Blossoms 2008 127 minutes, German romantic drama - grieving widower visits Japan. 7.5/10 on IMDB
Apr. 3rd The Informant!' 2009 128 minutes, a Matt Damon dark comedy/thriller, dir. Soderbergh, based on a true story. Ebert gave it 4 stars. 6.6/10 on IMDB.
Mar. 27th The Butcher Boy 1997 110 minutes, an Irish anti coming-of-age tragi-comedy. Ebert gave it 2.5 stars. 7.0/10 on IMDB.
Mar. 20th No movie.
Mar. 13th Duplicity 2008 125 minutes, romantic thriller starring Julia Roberts and Clive Owens. Ebert gave it 3 stars. 6.2/10 on IMDB.
Mar. 6th Inglourious Basterds 2007 153 minutes. Fasten your seatbelts, it's Saturday night!. Tarantino's alternative WWII. Ebert gave it 4 stars. 8.3/10 on IMDB.
Feb. 27th The Brave One 2007 122 minutes, dir. Neil Jordan (of 'Crying Game & Michael Collins, etc.) - Jodie Foster out for revenge. Ebert gave it 3.5 stars. 6.8/10 on IMDB.
Feb. 20th The Hurt Locker' 2008 131 minutes, riveting war thriller about a bomb disposer in Iraq. Ebert gave it 4 stars. IMDB rating, 7.7/10.
Feb. 13th Perfume: Story of a Murderer 2006 147 minutes, fascinating French fantasy based on the best-selling novel. All about smell. Ebert gave it 4 stars. IMDB rating, 7.5/10.
Feb. 6th Moon (2009), sci-fi drama, practically a one-man performance by Sam Rockwell. A must see. Ebert gives it 3 1/2 stars out of 4. IMDB rating, 8.0/10!
Jan. 30th Adoration another terrific Atom Egoyan film. 'An intensely involving film, and a powerful one as well; a film about prejudices, loss, the power of technology, and the effect of fiction on reality and vice versa will always be topical, but given the actual plot of the film it is particularly relevant to today's world.' (Reviewer quoted). IMDB rating, 6.4/10.
Jan. 16th Avatar 2009, the 3D sci-fi sensation that has amazing reviews and astounding special effects. We went downtown to see it in 3D rather than wait for the DVD version. You must see it. IMDB rating, 8.0/10.
Jan. 9th Risky Business 1983, a comedy about male adolescent guilt, with a young Tom Cruise turning his suburban family home into a brothel among other escapades. Ebert gave it 4 stars. IMDB rating, 6.7/10.
Jan. 2nd The Unforgiven 1992 131 minutes, Clint Eastwood classic western. Ebert gave it 4 stars as a great movie. IMDB rating, 8.4/10.

2009 Saturday Movies

Dec.12th Soapdish 1991, a satire on TV soaps of inspired lunacy. IMDB rating, 6.2/10.
Dec. 5th The Merry Gentleman an offbeat Holiday film. IMDB reviewer said, 'relies on its two main characters, Frank (Keaton) and Kate (Macdonald), to carry the film. And these two fine actors do not disappoint. Their scenes together are strikingly powerful.' and 'a drama about human connections, more than anything else.' Ebert gave it 3 1/2 stars . IMDB rating 7.2/10.
Nov. 28th 21 Grams director Iñárritu's (of Amores Perros) latest film starring Sean Pean, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Filmed out of time sequence, this is 'a gripping story of disconnected lives that intersect in odd and unpredictable ways in the wake of a horrible accident'. IMDB rating 7.9 out of 10.
Nov. 21 Prick Up Your Ears 1987, biopic of Joe Orton's spectacular life and murder, dir. Stephen Frears. Ebert gave it 4 stars. IMDB rating, 7.2/10.
Nov. 14th Scanner Darkly 2006, rotoscoped, based on Philip K. Dick's sci-fi novel.
Nov. 7 Charlie Bartlett 2007, 'A rich kid becomes the self-appointed psychiatrist to the student body of his new high school'. IMDB rating 7.0/10.
Oct. 31st Fracture An 'intellectual chess game between Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling'. A legal thriller with the two leads playing mind games. IMDB rating 7.1.
Oct 24th Homicide David Mamet's film only gets a 6.9 rating in IMDB, but Ebert gives it fours stars. It's about a detective who is forced to wake up to his Jewish identity.
Oct. 17th Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 2005, Joe suggested this one, I'm off the hook. It's a comic film noir. IMDB rating 7.7.
Oct. 10th Catch Me If You Can 2002, comic crime biopic starring DiCaprio. IMDB rating 7.9.
Oct. 3rd Brothers Bloom 2008, romantic adventure comedy about the bloom brothers, lifelong con men. Recommended by Derek & Rebekah. IMDB rating 6.8/10.
Sept. 26th No Movie.
Sept. 19th Play Misty for Me 1971, Clint Eastwood's first director/star effort (7.0/10) - a Crime|Drama|Romance\Thriller.
Sept. 12th Soloist 2009, biopic. Journalist seeks out homeless Julliard-trained musician. IMDB rating 6.6/10.
Sept. 5th State of Play 2009., political mystery starring Ben Affleck & Russell Crowe. Congressman's mistress's murder investigation involves reporters and police. IMDB rating 7.2/10.
Aug. 29th Tropic Thunder 2008, an action adventure war comedy. IMDB rating 7.0/10.
Aug. 22nd - No movie.
Aug. 15th Knowing Sci-fi mystery starring Nicholas Cage. IMDB rating 6.2/10. Not recommended.
Aug. 8th - No movie.
Aug. 1st Hard Candy 2005, a drama/thriller. A 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him...IMDB rating 7.2/10. Recommended.
July 25th Changeling 2008, with Angelina Jolie - based on a true story. 1920's L.A. Boy disappears. Can he be found? IMDB rating 7.8/10. Recommended.
July 18th - No movie.
July 11th Lakeview Terrace 2008 Samuel L. Jackson as a racist cop. IMDB rating 6.2/10. Skip it.
July 4th - No movie.
June 27th Gran Torino 2008, Clint Eastwood's highly rated - IMDB 8.4/10.
June 20th Miracle of Morgan's Creek - a 1944 Preston Sturges film (7.8/10 at IMDb).
June 13th Traitor - crime/drama/thriller with Guy Pearce and Don Cheadle, screenplay by Steve Martin, but not a comedy, 7.2/10.
June 6th Body of Lies 2008, CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader, starring DiCaprio and Crowe. Ebert gave it 3/4 stars. IMDB rating 7.1/10.
May 30th On The Waterfront 1954, with a Hollywood blacklist backstory, Elia Kazan defends testifying and naming names. Stars Marlon Brando. IMDB rating 8.3/10.
May 23rd High Noon Joe suggested we watch this iconic western (like no other western, really, no stagecoaches and Indian chases.). It's really a Kantian morality play about the conflict between duty and beauty (well, desire). And it has a terrific political back story. It's a thinly veiled allegory for friends deserting you under pressure. It came out in 1952 at the height of Joe McCarthy witch hunts. The writer Carl Foreman had been in front of HUAC and refused to name names. Before High Noon got to the screen, he was blacklisted and exiled himself to the UK. The other producer, Stanley Kramer (also a former communist like Foreman) was deathly afraid he would be blacklisted too and tried to get Foreman's connections with the film expunged. He is the main abandoning friend, HUAC the bad guys coming to town. Maybe we should see Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront sometime. It's the flip version of HIgh Noon, with those who stood up for American values (Kazan naming names) against the corruption in unions (Hollywood). Here HUAC are on the good guy side.
May 16th Black Hawk Down 2001. With all the news about Somali pirates, here's the failed mission to capture some Somali warlords during the Clinton administration. It's a dramatic feature by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner) with the feel of a documentary. IMDB rating 7.7/10. Everyone but Holly liked it.
May 9th War Zone 1999, 'follows an isolated British family living in the lush green hills somewhere in England. ... until one day the son sees something he's not supposed to -- the dad molesting the daughter' [Michael Margetis on IMDB]. IMDB rating 7.3/10.
May 2nd Stray Dog Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa's version of a Hollywood crime/drama/thriller. IMDb gives it 7.8/10 and calls it Kurosawa's first masterpiece.
Apr. 18th Layer Cake 2004, British crime thriller - cocaine dealer tries to retire, but... IMDB rating 7.4/10.
Apr. 11th Tell No One 2006, a twisty Belgian Crime/Drama/Mystery - 7.6/10 at IMDb.
Apr. 4th Shane 1953, Alan Ladd's classic.
Mar. 28th Happy-Go-Lucky 2008, Mike Leigh's hilarious comedy about Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher.
Mar. 21st Rachel Getting Married 2008, a Jonathan Demme romantic drama starring Ann Hathaway. (7.2/10).
Mar. 14th Sweet Sixteen 2002, a Ken Loach crime drama about a teen trying to buy a home for his ex-con mom. IMdB rating 7.4/10.
Mar. 7th - No Movie.
Feb. 28th Point Blank 1967, a lyrical postmodern noir revenge movie starring Lee Marvin with a great commentary track.
Feb. 21st Transsiberian 2008, an American couple finds murder and deception on the trans-Siberian express. IMdB rating 6.7/10. Recommended.
Feb. 14th Le Samourai 1967, classic starring Alain Delon as an assassin. IMdB rating 8.2/10.
Feb. 7th Nine Queens 2000, Argentinian crime thriller about a counterfeit sheet of rare stamps. IMdB rating 7.8/10.
Jan. 31st Victim 1961, British crime drama - homosexual lawyer (Dirk Bogard) threatened by blackmailer. IMdB rating 7.7/10.
Jan. 24th - No Movie.
Jan. 17th Klute 1971, call girl (Jane Fonda) threatened seeks protection from cop (Donald Sutherland). IMdB rating 7.2/10.
Jan. 10th Burn After Reading 2007, Coen brothers' zany crime comedy starring Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, and George Clooney. IMdB rating 7.1/10.
Jan. 3rd Narrow Margin 1952, noir thriller - protecting an anti-mob witness on train trip. IMdB rating 7.7/10.

2008 Saturday Movies

Dec. 20th Dog Day Afternoon DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Dec. 13th Clockers DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Dec. 6th White Countess DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Nov.29th American Gangster DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Nov. 22nd Choose Me DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Nov. 8th Mongol DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Oct. 25th The Visitor DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Oct. 18th After the Wedding DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Oct. 11th Pulp Fiction DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Sept. 27th True Love DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Sept. 20th Lust, Caution 2007, Ang Lee's espionage thriller set in WWII Shanghai. IMdB rating 7.5/10.
Sept. 13th My Blueberry Nights 2007, Romance starring Jude Law. IMdB rating 6.7/10.
Sept. 6th Bank Job DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Aug. 30th Night Moves DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Aug. 23rd No Movie. We went to Lenox.
Aug. 16th Chop Shop DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Aug. 9th Little Voice DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Aug. 2nd God's Country 1985, Louis Malle documentary about small Minnesota town, warts and all. IMdB rating 7.5/10.
July 26th Definitely, Maybe DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
July 19th 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
July 12th In Bruges DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
July 5th Wolf DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
June 28th Goya's Ghosts 2006, political drama about Goya's model in the Inquisition. IMdB rating 6.9/10.
June 21st The Bubble 2006, Israeli and Palestinian 'lovers attempt to hide from Israel's violent political turmoil in the liberal "bubble" of Tel Aviv'. IMdB rating RRR/10.
June 14th History of the World: Part I 1981, MelBrooks unforgettable comedy. IMdB rating 6.7/10.
June 7th Romance and Cigarettes 2005, musical comedy/romance. IMdB rating 6.2/10.
May 31st Heaven And Earth 1993, Oiver Stone's 3rd Vietnam War - from the point of view of a young Vietnamese woman. IMdB rating 6.7/10.
May 24th Juno 2007, Pregnant teen comedy/romance. IMdB rating 7.7/10.
May 17th Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 2007 - Crime within the family goes horribly wrong. IMdB rating 7.3/10.
May 10th Zodiac 2007, Detectives after a serial killer. IMdB rating 7.7/10.
May 3rd Starting Out in the Evening spring/fall romance starring Frank Langella. IMdB rating 6.9/10.
Apr. 26th Knocked Up 2007, Judd Apatow's male-fantasy in which crude juvenile guy gets the girl. IMdB rating 7.2/10.
Apr. 19th 2 Days in Paris Julie Delpy's comic take on the war of the sexes. IMdB rating 6.8/10.
Apr. 12th Kite Runner 2007, Afghan exile tries to atone for his sins in Afghanistan. IMdB rating 7.6/10.
Apr. 5th In the Valley of Elah 2007, father of an Iraq vet investigates his disappearance . IMdB rating 7.3/10. Riveting, grim.
Mar. 29th Mafioso 1962, Italian neo-realist crime comedy. IMdB rating 7.2/10.
Mar. 22nd The Company 2002, Hindi expose of Mumbai underworld. IMdB rating 7.9/10. Forget it.
Mar. 15th No Country for Old Men 2007, Coen brothers' violent thriller. IMdB rating 8.2/10. Must See.
Mar. 8th Andrei Rublev 1966, Andrey Tarkovskiy's masterpiece about 15th century Russian icon painter, and forging a gigantic bell. IMdB rating 8.2/10. Slooow.
Mar. 1st Michael Clayton 2007, law firm's problems while representing a guilty client - starring George Clooney as "fixer". IMdB rating 7.4/10.
Feb. 23rd Gone Baby Gone 2007, Ben Affleck's Boston detectives investigate kidnapping. IMdB rating 7.8/10.
Feb. 16th Bourne Ultimatum 2007, 3rd Hollywood action thriller starring Matt Damon, from the Ludlum novel. IMdB rating 8.1/10.
Feb. 9th Bourne Supremacy 2004, another Hollywood action thriller starring Matt Damon, from the Ludlum novel. IMdB rating 7.7/10.
Jan. 26th A Short Film About Love 1988, Kieslowski's extended version of the Dekalog's adultery part. IMdB rating 8.3/10.
Jan. 19th The Devil Wears Prada 2006, Naive Ann Hathaway works for wicked fashion mag magnate Meryl Streep. IMdB rating 6.7/10.
Jan. 12th House of the Flying Daggers 2004, Zhang Yimou's eye-popping historical fantasy. IMdB rating 7.6/10.

2007 Saturday Movies

Dec. 15th Angel Heart 1987, Private Eye in nightmarish mystery slips into horror. IMdB rating 7.3/10.
Dec. 18th Matrix 1999, paranoid fantasy - computer hacker discovers the nature of reality. IMdB rating 8.7/10.
Dec. 1st Bourne Identity 2002, action thriller starring Matt Damon. First of three. IMdB rating 7.9/10.
Nov. 24th A Short Film About Killing 1988, Kieslowski's meditation on the 5th commandment, murder and the death penalty. IMdB rating 8.1/10.
Nov. 10th No End 1985, an early Kieslowski collaboration with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, three loosely connected stories about life under martial law. IMdB rating 7.5/10.
Nov. 3rd Brokeback Mountain 2005, Ang Lee's Oscar-winning romance about cowboys in forbidden love, starring Heath ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. IMdB rating 7.7/10.
Oct.: No Saturday movies this month.
Sept. 29th Heat and Dust DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Sept. 22nd Oliver Twist 1948, David Lean classic. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Sept. 15th Keeping Mum DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Sept. 8th The Five Senses DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Sept. 1st The Damned 1969, collapse of a industrialist Junker family during the Hitler's Third Reich. IMdB rating 7.4/10.
Aug. 25th Cold Mountain DDDD. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Aug. 18th Winter Guest 1997- Phyllida Law and Emma Thompson play mother and daughter, which they are in real life. IMdB rating 6.9/10.
Aug. 4th Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself 2002, Wilbur's brother hopes to save him. IMdB rating 6.9/10.
July 28th Why We Fight 2005, documentary on American militarism - how we got into this mess. IMdB rating 8.0/10.
July 21st The Loved One 1965, Hollywood Cemetery satirized - based on the Evelyn Waugh book. IMdB rating 7.0/10.
July 14th Little Children 2006, damaged lives and relationships in middle America - starring Kate Winslet. IMdB rating 7.7/10.
July 7th Delicatessen 1991, surreal French black comedy. IMdB rating 7.8/10.
June 16th Unbreakable 2000, suspense thriller from Shyamalan starring Bruce Willis. IMdB rating 7.2/10.
June 9th Vanya on 42nd Street 1994, Chekhov translated by Mamet, with Wallace Shawn. IMdB rating 7.2/10.
June 2nd Shaun of the Dead 2004, British horror comedy with the undead coming to eat us. IMdB rating 8.0/10.
May 26th Stranger then Fiction 2006, author's character tries to escape her intensions. IMdB rating 7.7/10.
May 5th Caché 2005, Parisian couple terrorized by suveillance videotape, starring Auteuil and Binoche. IMdB rating 7.3/10.
Apr. 28th My Life So Far 1999, memoir of Scottish 10-year-old in the late 20's, starring Colin Firth. IMdB rating 6.4/10.
Apr. 21st Queens 2005, five sexy Spanish mothers cope with their gay sons weddings. IMdB rating 6.6/10.
Apr. 14th Children of Men 2006, sci-fi drama - chaos in a childless world, starring Clive Owen and Julianne Moore. IMdB rating 8.0/10.
Apr. 7th Babel 2006, interlocking international stories. IMdB rating 7.5/10.
Mar. 31st Brothers 2004, complex Danish family drama about consequences of a tour in Afghanistan, from Susanne Bier. IMdB rating 7.6/10.
Mar. 24th L.A. Confidential 1997, noir crime thriller - police corruption, with Kevin Spacey and Russell Crowe. IMdB rating 8.4/10.
Mar. 17th Under the Sun 1998, Swedish romantic drama - love triangle on the farm. IMdB rating 6.8/10.
Mar. 10th Gathering Storm 2002, Albert Finney nails Churchill. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Mar. 3rd An Inconvenient Truth 2006, Al Gore on Global Warming. A must see. IMdB rating 7.6/10.
Feb. 17th Finding Neverland 2004, J.M. Barrie meets Wendy's family. IMdB rating 7.8/10.
Feb. 10th Conversations with Other Women 2005, comedy romance with Helena Bonham Carter and Aaren Eckhart. IMdB rating 6.9/10.
Feb. 3rd Smoke 1995, smoke shop stories from Paul Auster. IMdB rating 7.2/10.
Jan. 20th Two Family House 2000, Buddy finally fulfills his dream of owning a bar on Statin Island. IMdB rating 7.2/10.
Jan. 6th Road to 9/11 2005, PBS documentary: Mid-East History from the fall of the Ottoman Empire to Islamic terrorism. IMdB rating 8.0/10.

2006 Saturday Movies
Dec. 23th Beyond Silence 1996, child of deaf parents wants to be a musician.... IMdB rating 7.1/10.
Dec. 16th Identity 2003, ten stranded strangers killed off one by one.... IMdB rating 7.3/10.
Dec. 9th The Da Vinci Code 2006, murder in the Louvre and a religious mystery, from the best-seller. IMdB rating 6.4/10.
Nov. 25th Pieces of April 2003, Thanksgiving dinner comedy with dysfunctional family. IMdB rating 7.0/10.
Nov. 18th Twelve and Holding 2005, Three twelve -year-olds in small town deal with a death amongst them. IMdB rating 7.5/10.
Nov. 11th A Canterbury Tale 1944, Michael Powell - A land girl, a US G.I., and a British soldier unravel the mystery, before embarking on a pilgrimage to Canterbury. IMdB rating RRR/10.
Nov. 4th Earth 1998, Indian, love amidst political and religious violence in 1047. IMdB rating 7.5/10.
Oct. 28th The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943, Michael Powell classic with a very young Deborah Kerr playing three roles. Ebert includes it in his Great Films. IMdB rating 8.1/10.
Oct. 14th 11:14 2003, dark comedy, 5 perspectives on a car crash. IMdB rating 7.2/10.
Oct. 7th Kings and Queen 2004, French comedy/romance. IMdB rating 7.1/10.
Sept. 23th Ridicule 1996, French 18th century costume drama that 'substitutes wordplay for swordplay'. IMdB rating 7.3/10.
Sept. 16th Too Beautiful for You 1989, Gerard Depardieu, businessman with gorgeous wife is attracted to his secretary. IMdB rating 6.8/10.
Sept. 9th Cousins 1989. IMdB rating 6.1/10.
Aug. 19th The Sea Inside 2004, Javier Bardem's quadriplegic seeks euthanasia. IMdB rating 8.0/10.
July 29th Lord of War 2005, Nicolas Cage as cheerfully amoral arms dealer chased by Interpol. IMdB rating 7.6/10.
July 22th A History of Violence 2005, Viggo Mortensen as quiet man who suddenly saves the day, and complications . IMdB rating 7.6/10.
July 15th Syriana 2005, George Clooney, CIA agent in mideast politics and Big Oil. IMdB rating 7.0/10.
July 1st Passion of Mind 2000, psychological romantic thriller about woman with a double life. IMdB rating 5.2/10.
June 24th The New World 2005, Terrence Malick's recreation of Pocahontas's Virginia. IMdB rating 6.8/10.
June 17th Nine Lives 2005, Snapshots of nine women's lives. IMdB rating R.8/10.
June 10th Shopgirl 2005, Steve Martin and Claire Danes in Martin story. IMdB rating 6.5/10.
June 3rd Paradise Now 2005, Two friends on a suicide mission in Tel Aviv. IMdB rating 7.5/10.
May 27th Munich 2005, Spielberg's - kidnapping and deaths of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. IMdB rating 7.7/10.
May 20th Capote 2005, biopic starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman. IMdB rating 7.4/10.
May 13th The Squid and the Whale 2004, two young boys and divorced parents. IMdB rating 7.5/10.
May 6th Constant Gardener 2005, murder and corporate corruption, starring Ralph Fiennes. IMdB rating 7.5/10.
Apr. 29th North Country 2005, 'docudrama' of sexual harassment case. IMdB rating 7.2/10.
Apr. 22th The Mother 2003, British, widowed woman steals daughter's lover. IMdB rating 6.7/10.
Apr. 15th Proof 2005, Mathematician's death leaves daughter troubled, starring Gwyneth Paltrow. IMdB rating 6.8/10.
Mar. 25th Goodbye, Columbus 1969, poor Jewish boy meets Jewish princess, starring a very young Ali McGraw. IMdB rating 6.6/10.
Mar. 18th The Holy Land 2001, modern prodigal son tale. IMdB rating 6.6/10.
Mar. 11th Made-Up 2002, . IMdB rating 6.5/10.
Feb. 25th Toscanini: The Maestro 1985, documentary. IMdB rating 2.5/10.
Jan.28th La Petite Lili 2003, Modernized French version of Chekhov's Seagull. IMdB rating 6.2/10.
Jan. 21th Together 2002, Chinese: violin prodigy and his father travel to Beijing. IMdB rating 7.2/10.
Jan. 14th Heaven 2002, based on a script written by Kieslowski and Piesiewicz . IMdB rating 7.1/10.
Jan. 7th Since Otar Left 2003, . IMdB rating 7.4/10.

2005 Saturday Movies
Dec. 31st Candide Bernstein concert performance with costumes. IMDb rating 9.0/10.
Dec. 17th Dandelion Dead 1994, miniseries starring Michael Kitchen - wife-killer. IMDb rating 7.8/10.
Dec. 10th Me and You and Everyone We Know 2005, a shoe salesman, a performance artist and others. IMDb rating 7.3/10.
Nov. 26th Leolo 1992, Canadian boy struggles with largely insane family in Montreal tenement. IMDb rating 7.2/10.
Nov. 12th Wonderland 1999, gritty British drama about dysfunctional working class family. IMDb rating 6.9/10.
Nov. 5th Floating Weeds 1959, Ozu drama about traveling players in a small Japanese seaport. IMDb rating 7.9/10.
Oct. 22nd Enigma 2004, cracking the Nazi code and finding the girl. IMDb rating 6.4/10.
Oct. 15th Fever Pitch 2005, remake of British original, this time about the Red Sox. IMDb rating 6.2/10.
Oct. 8th Murder on a Sunday Morning 2001, documentary about teenager accused of murder and his court-appointed lawyer. IMDb rating 8.1/10. Riveting.
Oct. 1st The Mighty 1998, two misfit boys with imagination. IMDb rating 7.1/10.
Sept. 24th Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids 2004, documentary about trying to rescue a few of them. IMDb rating 7.7/10.
Sept. 17th The Naked Gun 1988, hilarious send-up of police action flix. IMDb rating 7.6/10.
Sept. 10th The Dish 2000, comedy. Australian radio telescope plays a role in the Apollo moon landing. IMDb rating 7.1/10.
Sept. 3rd Downfall 2004, Hitler's last days in the bunker. German. IMDb rating 8.3/10. Recommended.
Aug. 27th Casa de los babys 2003, Sayles looks at S. American adoption industry. IMDb rating 6.5/10.
Aug. 20th Lost in Translation 2003, Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson in Japanese hotel. IMDb rating 7.8/10. It lost me.
Aug. 13th Time of Favor 2000, tricky Israeli political thriller. IMDb rating 6.7/10.
Aug. 6th Million Dollar Baby 2004 Clint Eastwood trains Hilary Swank to box. IMDb rating 8.1/10.
July 30th Crimson Gold 2003 Iranian thriller - pizza delivery man turns to violence. IMDb rating 7.5/10.
July 23rd The Aviator 2004, Scorsese biopic about the young Howard Hughes, starring diCaprio. IMDb rating 7.5/10.
July 16th Out of the Past 1947. You can't escape it. Mitchum classic noir. IMDb rating 8.1/10.
July 9th I Never Sang for My Father 1970, regretful son, difficult father, based on Robert Anderson's play. IMDb rating 7.3/10.
July 2nd Bad Education 2004, Almodovar mystery about sexual abuse in Franco-era school. IMDb rating 7.4/10.
June 25th The Secret Lives of Dentists 2002, dentist suspects his wife is unfaithful. IMDb rating 6.4/10.
June 18th Spring Forward 1999, two guys work in the park around the seasons. IMDb rating 7.2/10.
June 11th The Son 2002, Dardennes brothers drama - carpenter and apprentice. IMDb rating 7.5/10.
June 4th Fever Pitch 1997, soccer vs girlfriend. Starring Colin Firth. IMDb rating 6.5/10.
May 28th Kinsey 2004, biopic starring Liam Neeson. Recommended. IMDb rating 7.1/10.
May 21st Sideways 2004, middle-aged buddies on a wine-tasting tour. IMDb rating 7.6/10.
May 7th Truman 1995, biopic his rise and 1948 election. IMDb rating 7.3/10.
Apr. 30th The Gods Must be Crazy 1980, Bushman encounters modern civilization. IMDb rating 7.1/10.
Apr. 23rd The Taste of Others 2000, Director Agnes Jaoui's ensemble romantic comedy. IMDb rating 7.1/10.
Apr. 16th Farmer's Daughter 1947, Loretta Young and Joseph Cotten comedy romance. IMDb rating 7.3/10.
Apr. 9th Death Takes a Holiday 1934 Frederick March as Death, shorter than the remake: "Meet Joe Black". IMDb rating 7.0/10.
Apr. 2nd Angels in America 2003, Tony Kushner's adaptation of his play, starring Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, etc. Fabulous, must see. IMDb rating 8.2/10.
Feb. 26th Tokyo Story 1953, DDD. IMDb rating 8.2/10.
Feb.19th Sleepless in Seattle 1993, comedy romance starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, screenplay, Nora Ephron. IMDb rating 6.7/10.
Feb.12th House of Saud 2005, excellent Frontline documentary. IMDb rating 7.3/10.
Feb. 5th The Edge 1997, billionaire Anthony Hopkins and others stranded in the wilderness, scripted by Mamet. IMDb rating 6.8/10.
Jan. 29th A Price Above Rubies 1998, Hasidic woman troubled by her restrictions,starring Renee Zellweger. IMDb rating 6.6/10.
Jan. 22nd Bell, Book, and Candle 1958, old fantasy romance starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak. IMDb rating 6.8/10.
Jan. 15th Garden State 2004, comedy romance starring Natalie Portman and Zach Braff. IMDb rating 7.6/10.
Jan. 8th Into the Woods 1991, American Playhouse production of the Sondheim musical. IMDb rating 8.0/10.

2004 Saturday Movies

Dec. 31st All That Jazz 1997, Bob Fosse's autobiographical fantasy musical about a womanizing choreographer. IMDb rating 7.6/10.
Dec. 18th The Station Agent 2003, dwarf inherits an abandoned strain station and meets a hot dog vendor and an artist. IMDb rating 7.8/10.
Dec. 11th Short Cuts 1993, Altman interweaves 9 Raymond Carver Tales. IMDb rating 7.7/10.
Dec. 4th The Terminal 2004, Spielberg comedy with eastern immigrant, Tom Hanks, stranded at JFK Airport. IMDb rating 7.2/10.
Nov. 27th Swimming Pool 2003, Ozun's thriller. Rampling, mystery novelist, in the South of France. IMDb rating 6.7/10.
Nov. 20th Control Room Al Jazeera covers US war on Iraq. IMDb rating 7.7/10.
Nov. 13th I'm Going Home 2001 old actor's routines, Portuguese director Oliviera's meditation on aging and death, but he's still making films in his 90's. IMDb rating 6.9/10.
Nov. 6th Baadasssss! 2003, son's homage to father's filming of 'Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song', influential blaxploitation flick. IMDb rating 7.4/10.
October 30th Osama 2003, Afghan girl poses as a boy in Taliban school. IMDb rating 7.3/10.
October 23rd Aberdeen 2000, daughter sent from Scotland to find drunkard father and bring him home. IMDb rating R7.1R/10.
October 16th The Dreamers 2003, Bertolucci imagines young American and Parisian brother and sister in Paris 1968. He wishes he'd been there. IMDb rating 7.1/10.
October 9th Italian Job 2003, heist thriller starring Donald Sutherland. IMDb rating RRR/10.
October 2nd, Hope Springs (2003), dir. Colin Firth.
September 25th, Under the Sand (2000), dir. Francois Ozon, starring Charlotte Rampling . Terrific, sad.
September 18th, The Letter (1940) dir. Wyler, old Bette Davis melodrama based on Maugham story, contrived, but it was fun to see her emote as the bad guy.
September 17th,  It Could Happen to You (1993),  silly and predictable.
September 11th, Classical High School Reunion, Bob's 50th.
September 4th, Me Myself I (2000). Very amusing Australian fantasy-romance.
August 28th, Carrington (2002), very good, about Bloomsbury.
August 21st, Needful Things (1993), silly Stephen King thriller **.
August 17th, Object of My Affection (1998). Holly only. ***1/2.
August 5th, Liam (2001). **** Gritty 1930's Liverpool family struggle. 
August 1st, L'Auberge Espagnole (2002), OK, not great, and  
                  Triplets of Bellville (2003). We fast-forwarded through most of it.
July 21st, A Month by the Lake (1995). ***1/2 Holly only.
July 14th, Mystic Pizza (1988). Holly only. Chick flick.
July 10th, 28 Days Later (2002). *, Forget it.
July 4th, Legalese (1998). *** Tricky lawyers involve the media in murder case.
June 25th, Mystic River (2003), ****.
June 22nd, In America (2002), ****.
June 12th, Gangs of New York (2002). We couldn't finish watching it.
June 10th, Voice of the Turtle (1947). Silly romance in wartime NYC, starring Ronald Reagan.
May 29th, Fog of War (2003), **** Documentary: interviews with McNamara. A must-see.
May 22nd, Ghost World (2001). ***1/2 Romance about strange characters. Interesting.
May 15th, Beggar's Opera (1983).
May 8th, House of Sand and Fog (2003), ***1/2. Tragic battle about a house. Both side sympathetically presented.
April 30th, Heavenly Creatures (1994).
April 30th, World of Henry Orient (1964).
March 27th, Intolerable Cruelty (2003), *** Coen Brothers twisty satire on divorce lawyers.
March 25th, Green for Danger (1946), Not that great; I didn't finish it.
March 7th, Bend it Like Beckham (2002). Very enjoyable sports chick film.
March 6th, Men with Guns (1997), dir. Sayles.
February 28th, Seabiscuit (2003). About a racehorse in the 1930's.
February 6th, Quiet American (2002). ***1/2 Effective.
January 31st, Spellbound (2002), documentary: spelling bee contestants, and their families. ****
January 30th, I Capture the Castle (2003). Class-ridden English chick flick.
January 24th, 13 Conversations about One Thing (2001), ****.
January 17th, Marvin's Room (1996), ***1/2.

2003 Saturday Movies
Dec. 27th Defending Your Life 1991, comedy about the afterlife, starring Albert Brooks. IMDb rating 7.1/10.
Dec. 20th Winged Migration 2001, documentary. Amazing footage of birds in flight. IMDb rating 7.9/10.
Dec. 13th Alias Betty 2001, grieving mother becomes surrogate mother for small boy. Based on Ruth Rendell's novel, 'Tree of Hands'. IMDb rating 6.8/10.
Dec. 6th Rain 2001, New Zealand teenager realizing her parents are breaking up. IMDb rating 6.8/10.
Nov.29th Mystic Masseur 2001, schoolteacher and masseur in Trinidad becomes author of mystic content. IMDb rating 5.4/10.
Nov. 15th Red Cherry 1995, Chinese students caught in the German invasion of Russia in WW II. IMDb rating 7.1/10.
Nov. 8th Mostly Martha 2001, from Germany. Super chef and her headstrong niece and the sous-chef. IMDb rating 7.2/10.
Nov. 1st Rare Birds 2001, comedy. Restauranteur in Newfoundland lures patrons. IMDb rating 6.4/10.
Oct. 25th Possession 2002, two literary investigators' relationship echoes that of the poets they are researching. IMDb rating 6.3/10.
Oct. 4th Walking and Talking 1996, Two young women friends and their men in NYC. IMDb rating 6.5/10.
Sept. 27th Rabbit-Proof Fence 2002, Australian history tale about three aboriginals who escape from a white school. IMDb rating 7.5/10.
Sept. 20th Y Tu Mamá También 2001. Two Mexican teenagers and an older woman take to the road. IMDb rating 7.6/10.
Sept. 13th Barbershop 2002, one day in a Chicago barbershop. IMDb rating 6.1/10.
Sept. 6th, NONE,.
Aug. 30th, NONE.
Aug. 23rd, NONE.
Aug. 16th, NONE.
Aug. 9th, NONE, trip to Gardiner, Connie's place.
Aug. 2nd, NONE, Tom Foley's party.
July 26th, Red Rock West .
July 25th, Fri., She Done Him Wrong .
July 24th Thurs., Paradise, & Diabolique (1955), French classic. 
July 23rd, Wed., Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001).
July 20th, Sun, Blood Work (2002) dir. and star: Clint Eastwood, ***.
July 12th, Wendy's party: Talk to Her (2002) Another Almodovar winner ***1/2.
July 5th, The Hours , Virginia Woolf & modern counterparts ***1/2.
June 29th, Sun. watched 1/2 of The Human Condition. (1959), First of a trilogy.
June 28th, Signs (2002) dir. Shyamalon (couldn't watch) *, then About Schmidt(2002), starring Nicholson, but a bit boring **.
June 21st, Frida , fabulous and gorgeous *****.
June 14th, Miller's Crossing (1990), dir. Coen brothers, 1930's Prohibition mob drama.
June 13th, Fri., Adaptation (2002), Meryl Streep. Holly didn't like it **.
June 7th, none.
May 31st, Touch of Evil (1958), dir. Orson Wells.
May 24th, Sat., Igby Goes Down (2002) dir. Steers, starring Kieran Culkan. Charming ***1/2. 
May 22, Thurs, San Francisco (1936) Barbary Coast, Clark Gable as Blackie, crooked but good-hearted.
May 21, Wed, Duellists (1977), based on a Conrad short story about the Napoleonic War.
May 17th, None. Birthday party, Kathy & Richard.
Thursday May 15th, Chocolat (1997) Starring Juliette Binoche as pagan sorceress(?) vs the prudish Catholic establishment.
May 10th, The Game (1997) Starring Michael Douglas as an unlikeable protagonist again. Too implausible, and who cares.
Thursday May 8th, Boomerang! (1947) Courtroom drama about a murdered priest. Dir. Elia Kazan, with Dana Andrews.
May 3rd, The Fast Runner (2002) Inuit film.
Friday May 2nd, Becket (1964) Henry II has his dearest friend murdered. Starring Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole. Based on Anouilh's play.
April 26th, The Fast Runner (2002) Inuit film.
April 24th, Thursday, Three on a Match (1932) w. Anne Dvorak, Joan Blondell, and Bette Davis.
April 19th, The Pledge (2001) dir. Sean Penn; with Jack Nicholson,
April 18th, Friday, The Golden Bowl (2000) Henry James via Merchant Ivory,
April 12th, The Circle, (2000) Iranian dir. Panahi.
April 11th, Friday, White Palace, (1990) With Susan Sarandon, James Spader (Holly)
April 11th, Friday, The Haunting, (1945?) British (Holly)
April 10th, Thursday, Heaven Can Wait (1943) dir. Lubitsch, (Holly)
April 9th, Wednesday, Hanging Garden (1997) Canadian, Nova Scotia (Holly),
April 5th, None, Emmy's Birthday.
Mar. 20th, Italian for Beginners, (2000) Danish.
Mar. 22nd,  My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002).
Mar. 21st, Sunday, Va Savoir, (2001).
Mar. 16th, Closely Watched Trains ,(1966) Czech film, too slow, not funny, didn't finish.
Mar. 15th, Lovely and Amazing, (2001) pretty good chick flic.
Mar. 13th, Thursday Lantana, Aussie film, good.(2001) Aussie. "Paradoxes of modern marriage… dependence on secrecy and deceit' [NYT Review] IMDb rating 7.3/10
Mar. 8th, None,
Mar. 1st,  None, Daniel's wedding.
Feb. 22nd Angels and Insects , (1996) from Byatt's book.
Feb. 21st, Friday, Apocalypse Now Redux , (1979) new long version dir. Coppola.
Feb. 19th, Wednesday, Flirting (1991) dir. John Duigan, Australian.
Feb. 8th, Seconds ( 1966) dir. Frankenheimer with Rock Hudson, very good; sleeper.
Feb. 7th, Friday, Insomnia ( 2002), with Al Pacino in Alaska. See also, the original Norwegian film.
Feb. 1st, Last Orders, (2001) dir. Schepisi, British.
Jan. 25th, None,
Jan. 18th,Minority Report (2002) Tom Cruise, Sci Fi.
Jan. 11th, Beijing Bicycle (2001) Chinese.
Jan. 4th, Such a Long Journey (1998) dir. Gunnarsson, Indian.

2002 Saturday Movies

Dec. 28th, Monster's Ball (2001) with Billy Bob Thornton and Halle Berry.
Dec. 21st, None.
Dec. 14th, Man Who Wasn't There (2001) Coen Brothers.
Dec. 7th, No Man's Land  (2001) Bosnia.
Nov. 30th, Un Air de Famille.  (1996) French dysfunctional family.
Nov. 23rd, Strictly Ballroom (1980), Dir. Baz Luhrmann.
Nov. 16th, Royal Tannenbaums, (2001) got bored, didn't finish.
Nov. 15th, Friday, Panic (2000),
Nov. 9th, Monsoon Wedding (2001),
Nov. 2nd, None, Owen's 1st birthday party.
Oct. 26th, None,
Oct. 19th, The Lathe of Heaven (1980),
Oct. 17th, a Thurs., Novocaine (2001),
Oct. 6th, American Beauty (1999),
Oct. 5th, Copenhagen (2002), the play on Ch 2,
Sept. 28th, In the Bedroom (2001),
September 21st, Pixote: A Lei do Mais (1981), Brazilian,
September 18th, a Wednesday, Matewan (1987), dir. John Sayles,
September 14th, The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999), Helen Mirren very convincing as Ayn,
September 7th Gosford Park (2001),
August 31st There's Something about Mary (1998),
August 24th Moby Dick (1956), dir. John Huston,
August 17th, None, To Lenox, Shakespeare and Co.
August 10th, None, Katrina's wedding.
August 3rd, None,
July 27th Mulholland Drive (2001),
July 20th, A Beautiful Mind (2001),
July 13th,  Waking Life (2001),
July 6th,  Best in Show (2000),
July 5th, Dr T and the Women (2000),
June 29th, Une Liaison Pornographique (An Affair of Love )(1999),
June 23rd, Mona Lisa (1986),
June 15th, Thirteen Days (2000), dir. Roger Donaldson,
June 8th, Dreamlife of Angels,
May 25th and June 1st, none,
May 18th, Mother,
May 11th, Say Anything,
May 4th, Nixon (1995), dir. Oliver Stone, with Anthony Hopkins,
April 20th and April 27th, none,
April 13th, Croupier (1998),
April 6th, Mississippi Burning (1988),
March 30th, Almost Famous  (2000),
March 24th, Into the Arms of Strangers (2000),
March 16th, none,
March 9th,   Butterfly (1999), Spanish,
March 2nd, Ma Saison Preferee (1993),
February 23rd, Quills (2000),
Febuary 16th, Flirting with Disaster,
Febuary 9th, The Graduate,
Febuary 2nd, Pollock,
January 26th, StartUp.com,
January 19th, Memento,
January 12th, Blood Simple.

2001 Saturday Movies
December 31st, My Fair Lady on New Year's Eve,
December 29th, Out of Sight,
December 22nd, Pygmalion,
December 15th, House of Mirth,
December 8th, You can Count on Me,
December 1st, State and Main,
November 24th, Night of the Hunter,
November 21st, What's Cooking? Great Thanksgiving eve film,
November 17th,  Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,
November 10th,  The Luzhin Defense (2001),
November 3rd,  Amores Perros (2000),
October 27th,  Sunshine (1999),
October 13th,  Cast Away (2000),
October 6th,  Down in the Delta (1998),
September 22th,  Girlfight (2000),
September 15th,  Alice (1988),
September 8th,  A Walk in the Clouds (1995),
September 1st,  32 Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993),
August 25th,  Rosemary's Baby (1968),
August 18th,  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000),
August 11th,  Only Angels Have Wings (1939),
August 4th,  My Night at Maud's (1969),
July 28th,  Cinema Paradiso (1988),
July 21st,  O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000),
July 14th,  none,
July 7th,  none,
June 30th,  Traffic (2000),
June 23rd,  none,
June 16th,  Mighty Quinn (1989),
June 9th, Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964),
June 2nd,  Yi Yi (2000),
May 26th, A Zed & Two Noughts (1985),
May 19th, Deliverance (1972), 4 men take a canoe trip down a river, and things go very wrong.. IMdB rating 7.8/10. Violent.
May 12th, Sacrifice (2000) 145 minutes, Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky in Sweden. A man plants a tree on the verge of WW III. Slow. IMdB rating RRR/10.
May 5th, Aviator's Wife (1981) Eric Rohmer film about a boy convinced his girl-friend is cheating on him, so - he starts to follow her... IMdB rating 7.4/10.
May 5th, 2001 was the first of our Saturday Movies.

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