{"id":151137,"date":"2019-11-01T12:26:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T16:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=151137"},"modified":"2021-03-20T20:42:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T00:42:03","slug":"october-2019-viewing-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=151137","title":{"rendered":"October 2019 Viewing Diary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Semper Fi<\/strong><\/em> (2019; d. Henry-Alex Rubin)
\nReviewed for Ebert<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Metropolitan<\/strong><\/em> (1990; d. Whit Stillman)
\nGod, I love this movie. It’s so so strange. It weaves a spell. I love Whit Stillman. He’s a modern-day drawing-room-comedy guy, and it’s the 21st century, nobody has drawing rooms anymore. But it doesn’t matter. And his WRITING. <\/p>\n

Mary<\/em><\/strong> (2019; d. Michael Goi)
\nReviewed for Ebert.<\/a><\/p>\n

You Only Live Once<\/strong><\/em> (1937; d. Fritz Lang)
\nThis is some bleak hard-hitting shit. A man (Henry Fonda) gets out of prison and finds it impossible to escape his past. His wife – the phenomenal Sylvia Sidney – stands by him, and “standing by him” is increasingly difficult and challenging. <\/p>\n

Supernatural<\/em><\/strong>, Season 15, episode 1 “Back and to the Future” (2019; d. John F. Showalter)
\nDaytime ghosts. Too many people onscreen. Sam’s shoulder hurts. <\/p>\n

Greener Grass<\/strong><\/em> (2019; d. Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe)
\nReviewed for Ebert.<\/a><\/p>\n

I Am the Night<\/em><\/strong> (2019; d. Carl Franklin, Patty Jenkins, Victoria Mahoney)
\nI got sucked into the podcast, which led me to the series, which is EXCELLENT. Chris Pine, man. I need to write something on him and what he is doing and how good he is. He’s old-school, and you know how I feel about old-school. <\/p>\n

Black Dahlia<\/strong><\/em> (2006; d. Brian de Palma)
\nI was so into the Black Dahlia once upon a time that I had to take a step back. It was overrunning my life. But then I listened to the podcast (see above entry), watched the series, and then thought, Oh fuck it, let’s watch the movie. It’s not a particularly good movie – Aaron Eckhart’s growing obsession just doesn’t really play – and it feels like THAT’S the real story. But it is gorgeously filmed (of course).<\/p>\n

Parasite<\/em><\/strong> (2019; d. Bong Joon-ho)
\nIn my Top 10 of the year. WOW. <\/p>\n

Supernatural<\/em><\/strong>, Season 15, episode 2 “Raising Hell” (2019; d. Robert Singer)
\nStill with the daytime ghosts in the ghost neighborhood? <\/p>\n

Roll Red Roll<\/strong><\/em> (2019; d. Nancy Schwartzman)
\nVery disturbing documentary about the Steubenville rape case. <\/p>\n

The Edge of Democracy<\/strong><\/em> (2019; d. Petra Costa)
\nSo far, this is one of the best documentaries of the year for me. <\/p>\n

Marriage Story<\/strong><\/em> (2019; d. Noah Baumbach)
\nIt’s not out yet. I reviewed for Film Comment<\/i>. It’s fantastic. Very upsetting in a quiet way. Devastating, but real. <\/p>\n

The Irishman<\/strong><\/em> (2019; d. Martin Scorsese)
\nSo good. Joe Pesci. Al Pacino as Hoffa. Robert De Niro and Al Pacino finally REALLY working together (Heat<\/i> doesn’t exactly count). Harvey Keitel. It’s masterful, and beautiful, and mournful. <\/p>\n

Angel Baby<\/strong><\/em> (1995; d. Michael Rymer)
\nA favorite which I saw on its initial release. An Australian film about two mentally ill people who fall in love. It has since become damn near impossible to find. But I found it (heh heh). <\/p>\n

The Load<\/strong><\/em> (2019; d. Ognjen Glavoni\u0107)
\nThis is also now in my Top 10. I still have a month of watching to go, but it doesn’t matter, not really. This is a brilliant (and gorgeously shot) film from Serbia, haunted, haunting, powerful. <\/p>\n

Honey Boy<\/strong><\/em> (2019; d. Alma Har’el)
\nWith screenplay by Shia LaBeouf, about his childhood. I had no idea. I will be reviewing for Ebert. It’s very good. <\/p>\n

Supernatural<\/em><\/strong>, Season 15, episode 3 “The Rupture” (2019; d. Charles Beeson)
\nBye, Ketch. Bye, Rowena. Bye, Belphebel or whatever your name is. Sam’s shoulder still hurts, breaking news.<\/p>\n

Adopt a Highway<\/strong><\/em> (2019; d. Logan Marshall-Green)
\nI reviewed for Ebert.<\/p>\n

Black Mother<\/strong><\/em> (2019; d. Khalik Allah)
\nWhat an extraordinary film. A documentary … sort of … about Jamaica, and the people therein. But it’s not really like anything else. I see a lot of movies and I haven’t seen anything like this. My favorite documentary this year.<\/p>\n

Borderline<\/em><\/strong> (1930; d. Kenneth Macpherson)
\nA wild silent film starring Paul Robeson, and a host of other fascinating people – like H.D., the Modernist poet. It’s about racism in a small town in France. Macpherson used experimental styles, very ahead of his time in regards to montage and editing – lots of quick cuts – and it’s fantastic. It’s on Youtube.<\/p>\n

Wolf of Wall Street<\/strong><\/em> (2013; d. Martin Scorsese)
\nI think it’s been long enough that I can safely say: This is a masterpiece. <\/p>\n

Defending Your Life<\/strong><\/em> (1991; d. Albert Brooks)
\nI haven’t seen this in so long. It’s adorable. Rip Torn! Lee Grant! <\/p>\n

Rumble Fish<\/strong><\/em> (1993; d. Francis Ford Coppola)
\nI say this with no irony, and no sense of exaggeration: this is a masterpiece. An art film for kids. With Mickey Rourke at his whispery scene-stealing best. A haunted Dennis Hopper. Matt Dillon scowling and skulking and gorgeous. Weaves a spell. <\/p>\n

Dolemite Is My Name<\/strong><\/em> (2019; d. Craig Brewer)
\nIt’s SO GOOD. I saw it last night and it filled me with joy. SEE IT. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Semper Fi (2019; d. Henry-Alex Rubin) Reviewed for Ebert. Metropolitan (1990; d. Whit Stillman) God, I love this movie. It’s so so strange. It weaves a spell. I love Whit Stillman. He’s a modern-day drawing-room-comedy guy, and it’s the 21st … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2627,4,31],"tags":[1446,1113,1681,2493,1307,1124,695,1508,291,333,1308,2263,2637],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151137"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152378,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151137\/revisions\/152378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}