In the mood for more In the Mood For Love.
Did I just see this in 35mm at the Siskel Center in late July? Yes.
Did I already have evening plans in Chicago today, centered around the capstone event of the Tseptember of Tsai, and just figured I may as well go see it in 35mm again for a full-day celebration of Chinese-language cinema? Also yes.
So, when I joined this site in January '21, I'm pretty sure I'd never…
Saw this in 35mm at the Gene Siskel Film Center for Chicago.
Since I started "operation: watch more movies" in early '21, the biggest transformation in my tastes has come from my dabbling in Asian cinema which has turned into a deep affection for Hong Kong films, thanks to Wong Kar-wai.
Action cinema in general is a bit of a blind spot for me, but I decided earlier this year to expand my horizons while staying in my HK milieu…
As expected, beautiful work by Ford. Also as expected, a very neutered rendering of Greene’s story and characters.
Me, 10 or 11, first learning about the phenomenon of kids switched at birth: who cares about blood relation when you’ve raised a kid for years?
Me, now a father, watching this film on my first Father’s Day: who cares about blood relation when you’ve raised a kid for years?
Tseptember of Tsai: watching a Tsai Ming-liang film once per week, leading up to October 1st when I'll be attending a double screening of two of his non-feature films followed by a discussion with Tsai himself (on his first US visit since '08!) AND eternal leading man/muse Lee Kang-sheng.
I'd already watched GOODBYE, DRAGON INN earlier this summer, right after watching DRAGON INN, and also watched REBELS OF THE NEON GOD in July. While I prefer to parcel out a…
I'm now 7 films into "Project Westerns, '23," my mostly chronological 18-20 movie introduction to a genre I was shamefully unschooled in, from "Stagecoach" to "Unforgiven."
As a Stewart fan, checking out some of his Westerns was obviously on my list. I really enjoyed "Winchester '73" (and really look forward to revisiting after I discovered that the "interview with James Stewart" on my DVD is actually an audio commentary[!!!]), but I loved this one. My favorite Western so far along…
