SCREENING LOG - 2002

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New releases in red; strong recommendations in bold. Click on dates for reviews.

December

12/23-12/29

ORIGINS OF THE GANGSTER FILM, ORIGINS OF THE FANTASY FEATURE, AMERICA'S FIRST WOMEN FILMMAKERS, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CINEMA, AS GOOD AS IT GETS, SUNSHINE STATE and others...

12/16-12/22

No films.

12/09-12/15

BILLY LIAR, HAROLD AND MAUDE, ADAPTATION, THE LEGEND OF SURAM FORTRESS, BLACK NARCISSUS, A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN and SANSHO THE BAILIFF

12/02-12/08

FEMME FATALE, GHOST ACTRESS, WEND KUUNI, THE NIBELUNGEN, ARARAT, TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER, MUGHAL-E-AZAM and LANCELOT DU LAC

November

11/25-12/01

8 WOMEN (well, half of it), CONTEMPT, EVE'S BAYOU, SHAME, SOLARIS (2002) , THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY, MA VIE EN ROSE, TALK TO HER, ANDREI RUBLEV, I AM CUBA, THE NAVIGATOR and LAST YEAR IN MARIENBAD

11/18-11/24

AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON, OUTRAGE, THE BIGAMIST, 8 MILE, AWAARA, HIGH AND LOW, A MAN ESCAPED, BOOT POLISH, DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST and GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES

11/11-11/17

FAR FROM HEAVEN, THE LITTLE FOXES, LE PETIT SOLDAT, A TIME TO LIVE AND A TIME TO DIE, RED LION, PONETTE, LĠARGENT, TRIBULATION 99: ALIEN ANOMALIES UNDER AMERICA and SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY

11/04-11/10

XIAO SHAN GOES HOME, LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN, YOL, STORM OVER ASIA and GIRL SHY

 

October

10/28-11/03

INDIA SONG, THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK, SPIRITED AWAY, Z, LA PROMESSE, MASCULIN/FEMININ, SAMURAI ASSASSIN, SAFETY LAST, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE, and PLAYTIME

10/21-10/27

ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU CHOU, 9, IN PRAISE OF LOVE, REPULSION, THE KID, SOLARIS (1972), LĠECLISSE, PERSONA, JEANNE DIELMAN 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE 1080 BRUXELLES, KAMERADSCHAFT and SAMURAI BANNERS

10/14-10/20

THIS LIFE OF MINE, WOMAN IN THE DUNES, FRENCH CANCAN, THE PASSENGER, BLOODY SUNDAY, THE LAST COMMAND, PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE, THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS, and SLEEPY EYES OF DEATH 4: SWORD OF SEDUCTION

10/7/10/13

No movies. On honeymoon.

9/30-10/6

No movies. Got married.

Well,I lie. I did see Abbas Kiarostami's TEN at the New York Film Festival.

 

September

9/23-9/29

AMERICAN RHAPSODY, THE CAMERAMAN, MONSIEUR VERDOUX, MY BEST GAL, THE GOLDEN COACH, and THE BROOD.

From the New York Film Festival: ABOUT SCHMIDT, RUSSIAN ARK, and UNKNOWN PLEASURES.

9/16-9/22

FAUST, BATTLE OF ALGIERS, MIRROR, GABBEH, THE WEDDING MARCH, CAT PEOPLE, AUDITION and STREET ANGEL

9/9-9/15

IVAN THE TERRIBLE PART II, THE FIREMANĠS BALL, NANOOK OF THE NORTH, THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL and THE THIEF OF BAGDAD

9/2-9/8

ACCATONE, SEVEN CHANCES, TEOREMA, PUTNEY SWOPE, TOLĠABLE DAVID, CIRCLING ZERO: WE SEE ABSENCE, films by the Lumiere Brothers, THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY and BARRY LYNDON

 

August

8/26-9/1

BEN HUR: A TALE OF CHRIST (1927), LANDSCAPE IN THE MIST, TASTE OF CHERRY, ZVENIGORA, RED RIVER, THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, GEORGE WASHINGTON, HAPPY TOGETHER and DEAD RINGERS

8/19-8/25

THE FALL OF OTRAR, TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, LATCHO DROM, WINGS, SIGNS and MOTHER INDIA

8/12-8/18

STORY OF THE LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS, THE BIG PARADE, MAMMA ROMA, DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST, OUR HOSPITALITY, shorts by Godard and Truffaut, LA NOTTE, SHERLOCK JR., IĠM GOING HOME, FLESH AND THE DEVIL, EXISTENZ, , TRISTANA, STRIKE and TIME OF THE GYPSIES

8/5-8/11

WHEN FATHER WAS AWAY ON BUSINESS, RIO BRAVO, HAWKS AND SPARROWS, UNDERGROUND, PICKPOCKET, THE WIND, THE GLEANERS AND I, and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

7/29- 8/4

ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS, CHILDREN OF HEAVEN, CRASH, BEIJING BICYCLE, WINCHESTER Ġ73, YEELEN (BRIGHTNESS), and THE SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA

 

July

7/22-7/28

THE NAKED SPUR, THE CRIMSON KIMONO, FANNY AND ALEXANDER, FOOLISH WIVES, HAPPY TIMES, LAN YU, GREED and ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS

7/15-7/21

LIFE OF OHARU, GERMANY YEAR ZERO, IVAN THE TERRIBLE PART I, METROPOLIS (1927), THE TRAVELLING PLAYERS, ARSENAL,THE CHEAT, THE FIVE DEADLY VENOMS, and NAKED

7/8-7/14

STROMBOLI, ARABIAN NIGHTS and UMBERTO D.

7/1-7/7

THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, BEFORE SUNRISE, MINORITY REPORT, DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID and DIARY OF A LOST GIRL

 

June

6/24-6/30

THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID, MILLENNIUM MAMBO and SONG OF THE EXILE

6/17-6/23

THE BLUE ANGEL, PERCEVAL, VANYA ON 42ND ST, WINTER LIGHT, FROZEN, SILENCE... WE'RE ROLLING, and ATANARJUAT (THE FAST RUNNER).

6/10-6/16

AMERICAN GIGOLO, THE FIFTH ELEMENT, CRAZY/BEAUTIFUL and THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC

6/3-6/9

YELEEN (BRIGHTNESS), THE MAD SONGS OF FERNANDA HUSSEIN, THE FAMILY MAN and PLAYTIME

 

May

5/27-6/2

TOUCH OF EVIL, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS and ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS

5/20-5/26

CHILDREN OF PARADISE, STAR WARS EPISODE 2: ATTACK OF THE CLONES, BRANDED TO KILL, THE RISE TO POWER OF LOUIS XIV and DESTINY

5/13-5/19

ROBOT STORIES and Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN

5/6-5/12

TIME OUT, VENGEANCE IS MINE, TAMPOPO and EARTH

4/29-5/5

ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA, TO BE OR NOT TO BE, CHANGING LANES, Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN, OPEN CITY, RED SORGHUM, SPIDER-MAN and LEOLO

 

April

4/22-4/28

MYRIAD OF LIGHTS, STREET ANGEL, STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE, DONNIE DARKO and THIRD SISTER LIU.

4/15-4/21

SMALL SOLDIERS, THIS LIFE OF MINE, MONSOON WEDDING and COMMISSIONER LIN.

4/8-4/14

CITY ON FIRE, I WAS BORN, BUT..., STRANGER THAN PARADISE, THE LAST WALTZ, BLACK RAIN, THE LAST OF ENGLAND and NEW YEAR'S SACRIFICE.

4/1-4-7

THE GOD OF COOKERY, OSSESSIONE, THE EMPRESS YANG KWEI FEI, SWORDSMAN IN DOUBLE FLAG TOWN, THE OLD WELL, ULEE'S GOLD, BROKEN BLOSSOMS and THE ORPHAN OF ANYANG.

 

March

3/24-3/31

SENSO, HALLELUJAH, I'M A BUM!, GOSFORD PARK, A CONVERSATION WITH GOD and IN PUBLIC.

3/18-3/24

BOTTLE ROCKET, ROUGE, THE DECALOUGE PT. 4, AN ACTOR'S REVENGE, YAABA, A TALE OF THE WIND, THIS SPANISH EARTH, THE 400 MILLION, THE MYSTERY OF KASPAR HAUSER, THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA, TRAINING DAY and PIERROT LE FOU.

3/11-3/17

NAPOLEON, SIMON OF THE DESERT, SHAOLIN SOCCER, OHAYO (GOOD MORNING), THE DECALOGUE PT. 3, short films by Maya Deren and AU HASARD BALTHAZAR.

3/04-3/10

PARADE, LAGAAN: ONCE UPON A TIME IN INDIA, MYSTERY TRAIN, ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL, and AWAARA.

 

February

2/25-3/03

SOUNDER, CHARULATA, PICKPOCKET and HALLELUJAH!

2/18-2/24

MONSTER'S BALL, THE MAP OF SEX AND LOVE, HOMECOMING, LES VAMPIRES 5-6, WHAT TIME IS IT THERE?, MADE IN HONG KONG, RAINING IN THE MOUNTAIN and THE ARCH.

2/11-2/17

THE GOLEM, A TOUCH OF ZEN, SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS, and SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE.

2/04-2/10

ORDET, BODY AND SOUL, LES VAMPIRES 1-4, THE BANDWAGON and CHINATOWN.

 

January

1/28-2/03

NOSTALGHIA and THE DEVIL, PROBABLY

1/21-1/27

Reviews lost.

1/14-1/20

THE DECALOGUE Parts V, VI, VII, and VIII, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE AWFUL TRUTH, A BEAUTIFUL MIND, PERSONA and WHEN WE WERE KINGS

1/07-1/13

THE CIRCLE, WRITTEN ON THE WIND, IMITATION OF LIFE, BLACK HAWK DOWN, AMORES PERROS, IN THE BEDROOM, AMELIE, CHUNHYANG, GOSFORD PARK and MCCABE & MRS. MILLER

12/31-1/06

ALI, COLD WATER, films by Georges Melies, UNDER THE SAND, LES VAMPIRES, WHY HAS BODHI-DHARMA LEFT FOR THE EAST, THE GLEANERS AND I, and HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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