Monthly Archives: June 2011
May: 101 New-To-Me Films and One Big Move
So for me the month of May started at the last day of the TCM Classic Film Festival (you can see my coverage of that festival here at YAM Magazine). On that last day I saw one new-to-me film (Night Flight) and one of my all time favorites (West Side Story). What a great way to start the month! I saw less films this month than the other months in 2011 (you can see all those posts here), but I did manage to finally see all 123 film in the combined AFI 100 Years. . .100 Movies lists (the last two I needed to see were The Grapes of Wrath and Intolerance). I did A LOT of subbing towards the end of the month and I also MOVED TO SAN FRANCISCO. Yes, my friends, I am back in the big city. I love it here. My grad school starts up on the 20th, so my film watching will probably decline a little. But I do have big plans to see classic films on the big screen often at the Castro Theatre and I’ll actually be able to see all kinds of new releases. So this is great. The one downside: no. more. TCM. or DVR. This is going to be tough. I love TCM so much. I will miss that channel. I’ll probably go through withdrawal. But enough sadness, on to the 101 new-to-me films I did manage to watch in May.
Trailer and Poster for Fincher’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
This looks…interesting. I love Fincher so I’ll put aside my dislike of Daniel Craig and see this in theaters for sure.
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Movie Quote of the Day – Detective Story, 1951 (dir. William Wyler)
Shoplifter: You married?
Susan Carmichael: *shakes head no*
Shoplifter: Me neither. Everybody tells ya, “Why don’t you get married? You should be married.” My mother, my father, my sister, my aunt. “Get married.” As if I didn’t want to get married! Where do you find a man? Get me a man and I’ll get married. Anything. As long as it’s got pants. [beat] Married. It’s easy to talk.
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