Monday Movie Madness
2002
Oct. 7th, Hope
and Glory, (1987) d. Boorman. A boy's view of the London blitz,
Sept. 30th, Children
of Heaven (1997), Iranian dir. Majidi,
Sept. 23rd, Dekalog
VII, d. Kieslovsky "Thou shalt not commit adultery",
Sept. 16th, Rashomon
(1950), dir. Kurosawa,
Sept. 9th,
Vertigo
(1958), dir. Hitchcock,
Sept. 3rd, a Tuesday, The
Scent of Green Papaya (Mui du du xanh) (1993), Vietnamese,
Aug. 28th,
Aug. 20th,
The
Godfather II (1974), dir. Coppola.
Aug. 12th,
Dekalog
IV, d. Kieslovsky "Honor thy father,"
Aug. 5th,
Annie
Hall (1977), dir. Woody Allen.
July 29th, Citizen
Kane (1941),
July 22th Shakespeare
in Love (1999)
July 15th, Topsy
Turvy (1999) about Gilbert and Sullivan
July 8th, Seems
Like Old Times (1980), Screenplay by Neil Simon,
July 1st Dekalog
III, d. Kieslovsky "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain,"
June 24th, The Godfather,
June 17th, Claire's
Knee, (1972) dir. Eric Rohmer
June 10th, On Approval,
June 6th, The
Heartbreak Kid (1972), dir. Elaine May (several thought it embarrassingly
dreadful, but David said,
"interesting as a parable of failed assimilation.
Lita liked it."),
May 27th, none (Connie's
wedding),
May 20th, The Wizard of Speed
and Time, dir. Mike Jittlov,
May 13th, none (We went
to an MIT panel on Copenhagen),
May 6th, Nights of Cabiria,
April 29th, Dekalog
II, d. Kieslovsky "Thou shalt not bow down to any graven image."
April 22nd, The
Man Who Would Be King (1975),
April 15th, The
Road Home, (1999) dir. Yimou Zhang,
April 8th, A Tale of Winter,
dir. Rohmer,
April 1st, The
Three Musketeers,
Mar. 25th, Dekalog I,
dir. Kieslovsky "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
Mar. 18th, An Autumn Tale,
dir. Rohmer
Mar. 11th, Tom Jones,
Mar. 4th, Dekalog VII,
dir. Kieslovsky "Thou shalt not steal."
Feb. 24th, Belle
de Jour (1996), dir. Buñuel,
Feb. 17th, Everyone Says I Love
You,
Feb. 11th, Le Million,
Feb. 4th, Groundhog Day,
Jan. 28th, His Girl Friday,
Jan. 21st, Topkapi (1965),
Jan. 14th, Rififi,
Jan. 7th, Yojimbo.
2001
On December 31st, New Year's Eve, we saw,
My
Fair Lady,
December 24th, None.
It was Christmas Eve.
December 17th, Good Morning,
Japanese,
December 10th, North by Northwest,
December 3rd, Notorious,
November 26th, Casablanca,
November 19th, The Maltese Falcon,
November 12th, The Big
Sleep,
November 5th, Love on
the Run,
October 29th, Dersu Uzala,
October 22th, Some Like
It Hot,
October 15th, The Discreet
Charm of the Bourgoisie,
October 8th, A Summer's
Tale,
October 1st, The Wild
Child,
September 24th, Autumn
Tale,
September 17th, The Lady
Vanishes,
September 10th, Grand
Illusion,
September 3rd, The Seven
Year Itch,
August 27th, Murmur of
the Heart,
August 20th, Chinatown,
August 13th, Kind Hearts
and Coronets,
August 6th, Dr. Strangelove,
July 30th, It Happened
One Night,
July 23th, The 39 Steps,
July 16th, I Know Where I'm
Going.
2002
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,
March 16th, none,
March 9th, Butterfly
(1999), Spanish,
March 2nd, Ma Saison Preferee
(1993),
February 23rd, Quills,
Febuary 16th, Flirting with
Disaster,
Febuary 9th, The Graduate,
Febuary 2nd, Pollock,
January 26th, StartUp.com,
January 19th, Memento,
January 12th, Blood Simple.
2001
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?
on
Thanksgiving eve,
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),
May 12th, Sacrifice: Directed
by Andrei Tarkovsky (2000),
May 5th, The Aviator's Wife
(1981),
April 28th, Light Sleeper (1991),
April 21st, Red Violin (1999),
April 14th, Wonder Boys (2000),
April 7th, An Ideal Husband
(1999),
March 31st, Beautiful People
(1999),
March 24th, The King of Masks
(1999),
March 17th, Grave of the Fireflies
(1988),
March 10th, Sacrifice: Directed
by Andrei Tarkovsky (2000),
March 3rd, Planes, Trains and
Automobiles (1987),
February 24th, Time Code (2000),
February 17th, Mumford (1999),
February 10th, The Emperor and
the Assassin (1999),
February 3rd, Farewell My Concubine
(1993),
January 27th, Run Lola Run (1998),
January 20th, Liberty Heights
(1999),
January 13th, Not One Less (2000),
January 6th, Last Days (1998).
2000
December 30th, Chasing Amy (1997),
December 23rd, Snow Falling
on Cedars (1999),
December 22nd, Gettysburg (1993),
December 16th, The Perfect Storm
(2000),
December 9th, A Map of the World
(1999),
December 2nd, The Straight Story
(1999),
November 25th, The Insider (1999),
November 18th, Crooklyn (1994),
November 11th, Topsy-Turvy (1999),
November 4th, The Color Of Paradise
(1999),
October 29th, All About My Mother
(1999),
October 28th, East/West (2000),
October 22nd, Before Sunrise
(1995),
October 21st, Buena Vista Social
Club (1999),
October 15th, Secret of Roan
Inish (1993),
October 14th, Angela's Ashes
(1999),
October 7th, Magnolia (1999),
September 30th, Mrs. Brown (1997),
September 23rd, Cradle Will
Rock (1999),
September 16th, The Cider House
Rules (1999),
September 9th, Braveheart (1995),
September 2nd, My Son the Fanatic
(1999),
August 27th, Bringing Out the
Dead (1999),
August 26th, Passion Fish (1992),
August 19th, Damage (1992),
August 13th, American Movie
(1999),
August 12th, Mountains of the
Moon (1990),
August 5th, Limbo (1999),
July 30th, Boys Don't Cry (1999),
July 22th, Three Kings (1999),
July 15th, Being John Malkovich
(1999),
July 8th, The Talented Mr. Ripley
(1999),
July 2nd, Shine (1996),
July 1st, Girl, Interrupted
(1999),
June 24th, A Bronx Tale (1993),
June 17th, none,
June 10th, About Last Night...
(1986),
June 3rd, Fitzcarraldo (1982),
May 27th, The Sixth Sense (1999),
May 20th, Das Boot: The Director's
Cut (1981),
May 13th, Welcome to the Dollhouse
(1996),
May 6th, Your Friends &
Neighbors (1998),
April 29th, Exotica (1994),
April 23rd, An Autumn's Tale
(1987),
April 22nd, Once Upon A Time
When We Were Colored (1995),
April 15th, Eyes Wide Shut (1999),
April 8th, Exotica (1994),
April 1st, Bound (1996),
March 26th, The Passion Of Joan
Of Arc (1928),
March 25th, Body Heat (1981),
March 18th, Cookie's Fortune:
Special Edition (1999),
March 12th, Ma Vie En Rose (1997),
March 11th, In the Company of
Men (1997),
March 4th, Slums of Beverly
Hills (1998),
February 25th, Les Miserables
(1998) with Liam Neeson,
February 19th, The Winslow Boy
(1999),
February 18th, Illuminata: Special
Edition (1998),
February 12th, The Professional
(1994),
February 11th, Woman Under The
Influence (1974),
February 10th, Persuasion (1995),
February 5th, Gods and Monsters
(1998),
February 4th, Ponette (1996),
January 29th, Dangerous Beauty
(1998),
January 28th, Lone Star (1996),
January 27th, Election (1999),
January 21st, Paulie (1997),
January 15th, The Matrix (1999),
January 14th, Insomnia (1997),
January 8th, The Long Good Friday
(1979)
January 7th, Dark City (1998).
1999
December 28th, Misery (1990),
December 27th, Walkabout (1971),
December 26th, Amistad (1997),
December 19th, Smoke Signals
(1998),
December 18th, The Pillow Book
(1997),
December 17th, Heat (1995),
December 11th, Life Is Beautiful
(1997),
December 4th, Beautiful Girls
(1996),
November 27th, Picnic At Hanging
Rock (1975),
July 31st, The Big Lebowski
(1998),
July 24th, Chinese Box (1997).
2002 (all DVDs)
Oct. 11th, last two acts of Le
Nozze di Figaro, Mozart (1786), condr. Olmi (1994),
Oct. 4th, none, Carol Kaplan's visit,
Sept. 20th, 1st two acts of Le
Nozze di Figaro, Mozart (1786), condr. Olmi (1994),
Sept. 13th, Don Giovanni (1987),
Mozart (1787), condr. von Karajan,
Sept. 6th, Cosi Fan Tutte (1989),
Mozart (1790), Condr. Riccardo Muti,
Aug. 15th, Turandot at
the Forbidden City of Beijing, Dir. Zhang, Condr. Mehta.
Aug. 9th, Parsifal (1982),
Wagner (1882), Condr. Valery Gergiev, narrated by Plácido Domingo,
excerpts from Parsifal concert at Ravello, history of the grail tradition,
and background in which Wagner wrote the opera.
Aug. 2nd, La Traviata,
Verdi (1853), Dir. Zeffirelli, Condr. Levine.