SCREENING LOG - 2006

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New releases in red; strong recommendations in bold.

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DECEMBER

12/11-12/17

OBJECTIVE, BURMA!, THE BURNT THEATRE, MY DAD IS 100 YEARS OLD, BERGMAN ISLAND, THANK YOU FOR SMOKING and DISTRICT B13

12/04-12/10

YouTube movies circa 1899, MERRILY WE GO TO HELL, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM, BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT, ANTONIO DAS MORTES and NOUVELLE VAGUE

11/27-12/03

LA CAPTIVE, TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE, DOWNFALL, SIN CITY, SYRIANA, and BIG FISH

NOVEMBER

11/20-11/26

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST, CRAZY STONE, FOR EVER MOZART, L'ECLISSE, DRIFTERS, and LIFE SHOW

11/13-11/19

THE JADE TIGER, ROME OPEN CITY, STROMBOLI, VOYAGE TO ITALY, and IF I WERE KING

11/06-11/12

THE MAGIC BLADE, VIVA LAS VEGAS, BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN, THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT and THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES

10/30-11/05

RIVERS AND TIDES, LUNACY, EDVARD MUNCH and RED PSALM

OCTOBER

10/23-10/29

THE 49TH PARALLEL, THE QUEEN, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, ADVISE AND CONSENT, THE DEPARTED, THE MORE THE MERRIER, HUD and THE BIG TRAIL

10/16-10/22

From the Pusan International Film Festival:

SUMMER PALACE, POISON FRIENDS, LUXURY CAR, OPERA JAWA, 4:30, BEFORE WE FALL IN LOVE AGAIN, PAPRIKA, STAR APPEAL, TO GET TO HEAVEN FIRST YOU HAVE TO DIE, BAMAKO, TEN CANOES, FLANDERS, and FAST FOOD NATION

CLICK, AKEELAH AND THE BEE, and A SCANNER DARKLY

10/9-10/15

From the New York Film Festival:

INSIANG and THESE GIRLS

en route to Korea:

INSIDE MAN and THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

From the Pusan International Film Festival:

12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST, BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN, IN BETWEEN DAYS, HALF MOON, FANTASMA and WITHERING IN THE BLOSSOMING SEASON

10/2-10/8

NEAR DARK, LACOMBE, LUCIEN, I REMEMBER MAMA and JACKASS NUMBER TWO

From the New York Film Festival:

GARDENS OF AUTUMN, PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES, FALLEN, TRIAD ELECTION, and INLAND EMPIRE

SEPTEMBER

9/25-10/1

THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP

From the New York Film Festival:

AUGUST DAYS, BELLE TOUJOURS, and OFFSIDE

9/18-9/24

BLOCK PARTY, ANCHORMAN, THE KILLERS and DONKEY SKIN

from the New York Film Festival:

SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY and LITTLE CHILDREN

9/11-9/17

from the Toronto International Film Festival:

I DON'T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE

back home: FAT CITY, THE CHILDHOOD OF MAXIM GORKY, FUNNY FACE, NAKED CHILDHOOD and WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A TRAGEDY IN FOUR ACTS (pts 3 and 4)

9/4-9/10

from the Toronto International Film Festival:

FROM THE JOURNALS OF KNUD RASMUSSEN, BAMAKO, THE HOST, THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO CINEMA, WOMAN ON THE BEACH, ROADS OF KIAROSTAMI and LET'S GET LOST

8/28-9/3

TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY, CUTE GIRL aka LOVEABLE YOU, THE WATER MILL, 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, HALF NELSON, TONI and THE CHESS PLAYERS

AUGUST

8/21-8/27

THE ILLUSIONIST, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE and THE WONDERFUL HORRIBLE LIFE OF LENI RIEFENSTAHL

8/14-8/20

CHARADE, THE BIG CITY / MAHANAGAR, and SIGNS OF LIFE

8/7-8/13

SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS, BEFORE STONEWALL, and Travis Miles' personal archive

7/31-8/6

MIAMI VICE, NUMERO DEUX, THE BEST MAN, THE WINGS OF EAGLES, HOTEL DU NORD, JULIET OF THE SPIRITS, THUNDERBALL and A SCANNER DARKLY

JULY

7/24-7/30

THEM!, SLAVE OF LOVE, THE 40 YEAR-OLD VIRGIN, EGYPTIAN STORY, and JACKASS: THE MOVIE

7/17-7/23

THIS GUN FOR HIRE, BLOW OUT, THE SWIMMER, ACCIDENT, FLAMINGO ROAD and films by Christopher Maclaine

7/10-7/16

TERRA EM TRANSE / LAND IN ANGUISH and HARAKIRI

7/03-7/09

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, THE FORTUNE, MEANTIME, MODERN TIMES, and LES ANGES DU PECHE

JUNE

6/26-7/02

EXPERIMENT IN TERROR, VERA CRUZ, WITHNAIL AND I, THE MAN WHO ENVIED WOMEN, MACARIO, THE COOK THE THIEF HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER, and THE ROUND-UP

6/19-6/25

ARMY OF SHADOWS, POUR LA SUITE DU MONDE, THE TENANT, QUE VIVA MEXICO!, A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, TENSION, NOTHING SACRED, THE BIRDS and FEAR AND DESIRE

6/12-6/18

CAMERA BUFF, CHARLIE: THE LIFE AND ART OF CHARLES CHAPLIN, BITTER RICE and ETERNITY AND A DAY

6/05-6/11

REPO MAN and HEAVEN AND EARTH MAGIC

5/29-6/04

ASCENT, HOUR OF THE FURNACES PART III: VIOLENCE AND LIBERATION, DODES-KA'DEN, THREE TIMES, BLACK GOD WHITE DEVIL and NATIONAL VELVET

MAY

5/22-5/28

4, LUMUMBA, THE HOUR OF THE FURNACES PART II: AN ACT IN FAVOR OF LIBERATION, THE TIGER OF ESCHNAPUR, THE SKYWALK IS GONE, LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES, THE WAYWARD CLOUD, THE INDIAN TOMB, SUPER SIZE ME, and FESTIVAL

5/15-5/21

HOUR OF THE FURNACES PART I: NEOCOLONIALISM AND VIOLENCE, SPRING BEARS LOVE, PLUM BLOSSOM, A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING, ORLANDO, A SHORT FILM ABOUT LOVE, THE ORGANIZER and ALL THE SHIPS AT SEA

5/8-5/14

WHITE NIGHTS, NO END, NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS, CARMEN aka GYPSY BLOOD, KAIDAN aka KWAIDAN, DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE, BESIEGED, THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM, SAVING MY HUBBY, and FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER

5/1-5/7

HOME SWEET HOME, THE SON OF THE SHEIK, ANZUKKO, DIARY FOR TIMOTHY, FIRES WERE STARTED, TWILIGHT OF A WOMAN'S SOUL, AFTER DEATH, THE DYING SWAN, CHRONICLE OF A DISAPPEARANCE, HAPAX LEGOMENA I: NOSTALGIA, and ZORN'S LEMMA

APRIL

4/24-4/30

THE SIGN OF THE CROSS, THE MASSACRE, THE GOLDEN CHANCE, WAR AND PEACE, THE TINGLER, SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE, THE INNOCENTS, TAKE CARE OF MY CAT, ISHTAR, BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE, LINDA LINDA LINDA, JUDITH OF BETHULIA, and MOTHER

4/17-4/23

BLIND CHANCE, BOLIVIA, THE MISFITS, BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA, OUT I: SPECTRE, THE DREAMERS and LA CHIENNE

4/10-4/16

FATHER OF THE BRIDE, I AM A SEX ADDICT, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, DINER, A NEW LEAF, and THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO

4/3-4/9

THE GREAT ESCAPE, MELVIN AND HOWARD, ANGEL, EN RACHACHANT, THE BRIDEGROOM THE COMEDIENNE AND THE PIMP, UN CHANT D'AMOUR, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, THE MAN FROM LARAMIE, GET CARTER, FITZCARRALDO, MY MOTHER'S SMILE, and A MOMENT OF INNOCENCE

MARCH

3/27-4/2

REIN QUE LES HEURS, SO THIS IS PARIS, REMINISCENSES OF A JOURNEY TO LITHUANIA, THE HOUSE IS BLACK and THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

From the New Directors/New Films Festival:
FIRST ON THE MOON and IRON ISLAND

From the Philadelphia International Film Festival: L'ENFER

3/20-3/26

From the 2006 San Francisco Asian American International Film Festival:
THE BURNT THEATRE, LINDA LINDA LINDA and JOURNEY FROM THE FALL

3/13-3/19

BATTLING BUTLER, MEGHE DHAKA TARA aka THE CLOUD CAPPED STAR, THE HAUNTED HOUSE, THE FROZEN NORTH, WHITE HUNTER BLACK HEART and THE CRIMSON KIMONO

3/6-3/12

HOW MUCH WOOD WOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK, LE SOUFRIERE, THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER, CHRONICLE OF ANNA MAGDALENA BACH, MILLION DOLLAR LEGS, CAVITE, MAN PUSH CART, OLD JOY, SALESMAN, MADAME SATA, KIDS RETURN

2/27-3/5

THE OLD DARK HOUSE, LE CAMION/THE TRUCK, ONE HOUR WITH YOU, CRASH, LES STATUES MEURENT AUSSI / STATUES ALSO DIE, TOUTE LA MEMORIE DU MONDE / ALL THE MEMORIES OF THE WORLD, AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE, THE HUSTLER, LE FILMEUR and THE GREAT ECSTASY OF WOODCARVER STEINER

FEBRUARY

2/20-2/26

SPRING SUBWAY, Animations by William Kentridge, DEPRISA DEPRISA, BOB LE FLAMBEUR, THE FALLEN IDOL, THE INHERITORS, FLAMING CREATURES, SON'S BIG DOLL / THE SANDWICH MAN, QUAI DES BRUMES/ PORT OF SHADOWS, and THE LONG VOYAGE HOME

2/13-2/19

A SINGLE SPARK, L'ENFANT SECRET/THE SECRET CHILD, STRANDED IN CANTON, BATTLE IN HEAVEN, THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC, 1900, SHANGHAI DREAMS, ABC AFRICA, DAY OF WRATH and GERTRUD

2/6-2/12

THE PARALLAX VIEW, TARGETS, HOW YUKONG MOVED THE MOUNTAINS (A WOMAN, A FAMILY), CULLODEN, BOMBSHELL, TOPAZE, PRINCESS RACCOON, THE MASK OF FU MANCHU and IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT

1/30-2/5

HORSE FEATHERS, THE VIRGIN SPRING, HE WHO GETS SLAPPED, BRIGITTE AND BRIGITTE, TIE XI QU: WEST OF THE TRACKS PART I: RUST, SAWDUST AND TINSEL, ANATOMY OF A RELATIONSHIP, KINGS AND QUEEN, THE DAY A PIG FELL INTO THE WELL, EPIDEMIC, MEDEA and BREAKING THE WAVES

JANUARY

1/23-1/29

THE YEAR OF LIVING VICARIOUSLY, LE PONT DES ARTS, CACHE/ HIDDEN, MANDERLAY, THE SERVANT, CRIES AND WHISPERS, LE MONDE VIVANT / THE LIVING WORLD, TOUTES LES NUITS / NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, EUREKA and I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG

1/16-1/22

A BITTERSWEET LIFE, ALL OR NOTHING, POSSESSED, HAIBANE RENMEI EPISODES 5-13, THE CONVERSATION, THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY, THE NIGHT PORTER, PANIC IN THE STREETS, SUMMER / LE RAYON VERT, ZANJEER and SECRET HONOR

1/09-1/15

LES DESTINEES SENTIMENTALES, THE PHENIX CITY STORY, SATANTANGO and HAIBANE RENMEI EPISODES 1-4

1/02-1/08

THE HOUSE OF THE 72 TENANTS, JEALOUSY IS MY MIDDLE NAME, 3:10 TO YUMA, BOMBAY, and THE 1,000 EYES OF DR. MABUSE