Category Archives: 2013 in Films
Pre-Codes, the 80s and Biblical Epics: March 2013 in Films
March started out pretty good as far as films in theatres go with the Roxie’s annual Pre-Code festival. I saw a few new-to-me films (see below) and I also got to see longtime favorites Shanghai Express, Waterloo Bridge (the original) and Safe In Hell. I only managed to see two films at the Castro this month, though; one of my favorites from last year: Cloud Atlas, and one I’ve been wanted to see on the big screen foreverrrr: The Ten Commandments. Yesterday I rewatched Ben-Hur for the millionth time (I saw it on the big screen a few years back). As you will see when you get to my list for the month, I watched A LOT of films from the 1980s this month. This is because Netflix has an amazing selection of films owned by MGM streaming right now and I just cannot get enough. I saw a handful of 2013 releases (finally), but nothing that I think will last til the end of the year. Anyways, you can see this list below, as well as a look at my favorites for the month.
February 2013 in Films: Altman, Shorts, Silents and Documentaries, Oh My!
So February started out on a sour note, with my hard drive on my computer dying on me. Lucky for me, I had just backed everything up on my external for my trip to NYC, so I only lost a few things. The month got better though. I’ve got two months left in this semester and then a summer and then one more semester this fall and I will have an M.F.A. in Screenwriting, so that is boss. I’ve got a couple of feature scripts I am working on that I am really happy with and a few more ideas I hope to tackle soon. Finger crossed guys! As for film watching, I don’t think I saw any “new releases” in theatres, but I did see a few things at the Castro Theatre. I saw several films I’d seen before, but never on the big screen: Nashville, Random Harvest, 8½ and several that I had never seen before: Ikiru (more on that later), Modern Romance and attended the S.F. Silent Film Festival’s Winter Event: Snow White (1924), Buster Keaton shorts (always a treat!), The Thief of Bagdad (I first saw this at TCMFF last spring), My Best Girl (more on this after the cut) and F. W. Murnau’s Faust. As the title of this month’s post suggests, I saw several Robert Altman films again this month (I keep trying to watch all of his films, but he made too many!), I will be writing about one of them after the cut. I also saw several great documentaries this month and will be cheating a little bit because of how great they were. I also watched most of the Oscar nominated shorts, and must say they definitely choose the right films for animated and live-action shorts. Anyways, as always, a full list of what I watched is after the cut.
Social Cinema, New York City and the 80s: January 2013 in Film
January was a pretty great month for me in terms of film watching. I started the year out with a great choice (more on that below), went to New York City for the first time (and visited several movie theatres; I promise I’ll make a post on that soon), I guested on the Matineecast podcast for the third year in a row to discuss the Oscar nominations and started hosted films for Milyoni’s Social Cinema. Please do give that service a look; it was a lot of fun to do and I guarantee you’ll have fun watching the films! Anyways, as always you will find the complete list of what I watched after the cut, as well as a few featured favorites.
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