The Film Journal

Movies without underline are awaiting review;
Movies in red were screened in theater;
blue on video (trust me, it makes a difference):

This rating system is somewhat inspired by Rough-Cut.com, but I've raised the maximum price I'm willing to pay for a film to $10 instead of $7.50 (I'm anticipating inflation).

$10-$8: A must-see
$7-$6: Worth an evening at the movies
$5-$4: Matinee/ Only if you have a special interest
$3-$2: Video only so you can search through the crap to find one interesting thing (can you find it?)
$1-$0: Buy bubblegum instead

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October

Co-Ed Call Girl 10.1.00

September

Nurse Betty 9.30.00
Almost Famous 9.24.00
Dancer in the Dark 9.23.00
Erin Brockovich 9.22.00
The Limey 9.22.00
The Cell 9.6.00
The Matrix (again) 9.5.00
The (Long) Green Mile 9.3.00

August

Seven Samurai 8.31.00
The Wind Will Carry Us (again) 8.30.00
Aparajito 8.27.00
Pather Panchali 8.27.00
Flawless 8.25.00
Snow Falling on Cedars 8.20.00
Back to School 8.19.00
Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers / A Close Shave 8.7.00
Barbarella 8.6.00
God of Gamblers 8.6.00

July

Steamboat Bill, Jr. 7.31.00
Sweet Smell of Success 7.30.00
The Story of Adele H. 7.28.00
Don't Look Now 7.21.00
 Actress/Centre Stage 7.20.00

Cremaster 2 7.20.00
Oceans 11 7.18.00
The Lady with the Dog 7.16.00
Chicken Run 7.14.00
X-Men 7.14.00
Celebration 7.9.00
Alan and Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye 7.8.00
A Face in the Crowd 7.2.00
The Eel 7.1.00

June (drought)

The Perfect Storm 6.30.00
The Bitter Tea of General Yen  6.24.00

Broken Blossoms 6.24.00
Chinese Ghost Story 6.24.00

Comrades: Almost a Love Story 6.18.00
 
Red 6.11.00 
Blue 6.10.00
White 6.9.00

Three Kings (again) 6.3.00

The Red Violin 6.2.00

May

Mission: Impossible 2 5.27.00
Videodrome 5.19.00
Buffalo 66 5.14.00
The Virgin Suicides 5.14.00
House of Games 5.13.00 (theater pick of the month)
Gladiator 5.6.00

From the 43rd San Francisco Film Festival
Darkness and Light 5.3.00 (theater pick of the month)
...And Life Goes On 5.2.00 
Seventeen Years 5.2.00

 

April

From the 43rd San Francisco Film Festival:
Suzhou River
The Wind Will Carry Us $9.00
Shower $5.50
Our Silent Traces $6.50
First Person Plural $6.00
Lessons of Darkness $6.00
Moloch $8.00

Video Interlude:  
p $5.00 

From the 43rd San Francisco Film Festival:

Lies $5.50
Film Footage Is... $5.50
Close-Up (theater screening of the month) $9.50
Tom Verlaine: Music for Film $6.50

And the rest of the month...

The Return of the Secaucus Seven $6.00
Bottle Rocket $7.50
The Apostle $7.00
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai $7.50
All About My Mother 6.00
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (video viewing of the month) $10.00

 

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