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August 2018 Viewing Diary

Posted on September 2, 2018 by sheila

Ballerina (2009; d. Bertrand Normand) I tripped over this documentary on FilmStruck (I love dance documentaries), and it’s really really good. Not only do you get to know a bunch of different dancers, but it’s a portrait of what ballet … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, ballet, Barbra Streisand, Ben Gazzara, documentary, England, Ethan Hawke, Hal Ashby, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Joe Berlinger, Josephine Decker, Lana Turner, Peter Bogdanovich, Richard Linklater, Robert Redford, Roman Polanski, Russia, Sam Rockwell, Sophia Takal, Spike Lee, Steven Spielberg, Supernatural, Sydney Pollack, Vincente Minnelli, Warren Beatty, women directors | 21 Comments

October 2017 Viewing Diary

Posted on November 2, 2017 by sheila

11:55 (2016; d. Ari Issler, Ben Snyder) A Marine returns from the war in Iraq and gets sucked back into the criminal element in his old neighborhood, even as his sister, his girlfriend, his niece, plead with him to avoid … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Barbara Bel Geddes, Ben Stiller, dance, David Fincher, David Lynch, documentary, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, France, Garrett Hedlund, Gloria Grahame, Greta Gerwig, Harry Dean Stanton, Hong Kong, Jake Gyllenhaal, Justin Timberlake, Kate Winslet, Mexico, Richard Linklater, Robert Altman, Robert Mitchum, Supernatural, women directors, Woody Allen | 36 Comments

July 2017 Viewing Diary

Posted on August 4, 2017 by sheila

Six Figures Getting Sick (1966; d. David Lynch) Natalie reminded me of this short film from David Lynch when we were discussing all of the vomit on Twin Peaks: The Return. I went back and watched it – it’s on … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Cormac McCarthy, David Lynch, documentary, France, Francis Ford Coppola, George Stevens, Germany, Margaret Atwood, Richard Linklater, Robert De Niro, S.E. Hinton, Supernatural, Twin Peaks, women directors | 25 Comments

Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2016

Posted on December 31, 2016 by sheila

I look at this and I wonder why I always feel like I haven’t done jack-squat. Or, at the very least, I could do more. Well, I always can do more. Regardless, here are links to some of the things … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors, Books, Movies, On This Day, Personal, RIP | Tagged Abbas Kiarostami, Baz Luhrmann, Buddy Holly, Camille Paglia, Carrie Fisher, Carroll Baker, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, Chantal Akerman, Compulsion, David Bowie, Dean Stockwell, Dolly Parton, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Elizabeth Bishop, Elizabeth Taylor, Elvis Presley, Eminem, friends, Gena Rowlands, George Stevens, Gilda, Isabelle Huppert, James Dean, Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford, July and Half of August, Katherine Dunn, Langston Hughes, Little Richard, Marion Cotillard, Marlon Brando, Matthias Schoenaerts, Merle Haggard, Mia Hansen-Løve, Miriam Hopkins, Patricia Highsmith, Rebecca Hall, Richard Linklater, Rocky, Sam Cooke, Shakespeare, Something Wild, Stephen King, Sudden Fear, Supernatural, Sylvester Stallone, Tennessee Williams, The Great Gatsby, Wanda Jackson, women directors, year in writing, Zac Efron | 6 Comments

I Hate Lists, But … The Best Movies of 2016

Posted on December 19, 2016 by sheila

The Roger Ebert contributors each submitted our own individual Top 10 Lists for 2016 – compiled here. As mentioned in the introduction, the NUMBER of titles – all total – that show up on this list is a testament to … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Asghar Farhadi, Chantal Akerman, Coen brothers, comedy, concert films, documentary, drama, England, Fireworks Wednesday, France, Golshifteh Farahani, Hediyeh Tehrani, horror, Iran, Isabelle Huppert, Jim Jarmusch, Jonathan Demme, Justin Timberlake, Matthias Schoenaerts, Mia Hansen-Løve, Paul Verhoeven, Richard Linklater, Sophia Takal, Taraneh Alidoosti, Tilda Swinton, William Carlos Williams, women directors | 15 Comments

2016 Movies To See

Posted on November 18, 2016 by sheila

Out Now Out Soon Out Earlier This Year

Posted in Movies | Tagged Asghar Farhadi, Channing Tatum, Coen brothers, Colin Farrell, George Clooney, Hediyeh Tehrani, Isabelle Huppert, Jim Jarmusch, Justin Timberlake, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Jackson, Richard Linklater, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Scarlett Johansson, Spike Lee, Taraneh Alidoosti, Tilda Swinton, Tom Hanks | 29 Comments

March 2016 Viewing Diary

Posted on April 2, 2016 by sheila

Supernatural, Season 2, Episode 20: “What Is and What Should Never Be” (2007; d. Eric Kripke) My 300-page re-cap here. At Any Price (2012; d. Ramin Bahrani) Inspired by the recent conversation Mitchell and I had about Zac Efron (Part … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Brad Pitt, Charles Beeson, David Lynch, England, Eric Kripke, France, Fritz Lang, Harriet Andersson, Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Thulin, Ireland, Jensen Ackles, Jeremy Carver, Kim Manners, Liv Ullmann, Martin Scorsese, New Zealand, Ramin Bahrani, Richard Linklater, Ridley Scott, Robert Singer, Supernatural, Sweden, Thomas J. Wright, X-Files, Zac Efron | 53 Comments

Review: Everybody Wants Some!! (2016); d. Richard Linklater

Posted on April 1, 2016 by sheila

Ahhh, I loved Richard Linklater’s latest, a so-called “spiritual sequel” to Dazed and Confused. Everybody Wants Some!! shows three days in the life of a group of college baseball players, in 1980. Wonderful. Here’s my review of Everybody Wants Some!! … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged comedy, Glen Powell, reviews, Richard Linklater, sports movies | 2 Comments

Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2015

Posted on December 31, 2015 by sheila

For Rogerebert.com: R.I.P. Edward Herrmann. “The moment lasts two seconds and consists of only two words: “Welcome home.” Two seconds and two words is all an actor like Edward Herrmann needs to get the job done.” On Seth Rogen’s controversial … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors, Movies | Tagged Albert Maysles, Angelina Jolie, Asghar Farhadi, Christian Petzold, Corneliu Porumboiu, Drew Barrymore, Elvis Presley, Gena Rowlands, Guillermo del Toro, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Hugh Grant, Ida Lupino, Jafar Panahi, Jennifer Aniston, John Wayne, Marion Cotillard, Mélanie Laurent, Mia Hansen-Løve, Nina Hoss, Nirvana, Richard Linklater, Seth Rogen, Tom Hardy, year in writing | 4 Comments

January 2015 Viewing Diary

Posted on February 2, 2015 by sheila

I’m going to start listing everything I saw each month. It’ll be a good way for me to keep track, and also a good record for my end-of-year lists. So here’s everything I watched in January, 2015. Inherent Vice (2014; … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Bette Davis, Carole Lombard, Claudette Colbert, Corneliu Porumboiu, Elvis Presley, England, France, Italy, Jane Russell, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Michael Mann, Michelangelo Antonioni, My Man Godfrey, Paul Thomas Anderson, Preston Sturges, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Linklater, Robert Mitchum, Romania, Sofia Coppola, Supernatural, Tom Cruise, William Powell, William Wyler, X-Files | 4 Comments

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August 2018 Viewing Diary

October 2017 Viewing Diary

July 2017 Viewing Diary

Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2016

I Hate Lists, But … The Best Movies of 2016

2016 Movies To See

March 2016 Viewing Diary

Review: Everybody Wants Some!! (2016); d. Richard Linklater

Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2015

January 2015 Viewing Diary

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