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The challenge officially begins August 31 at dusk in whatever location you are in at the time, and ends on October 1st at dawn in whatever location you are in at that time. Also, feel free to time your final Criterion film(s) to coincide with the start of the Horror Challenge.

Checklist:

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I'm ready to watch some! My goal is to focus on some horror movies that I have already seen in anticipation of October's Horror Challenge. I also plan to watch all of the supplements.

Total Time Watched: 16:07:19.
Total Movies Watched: 4.

08/31/15 Original Movie: Watership Down (1978) 1:32:15 Netflix Blu-Ray
09/01/15 Supplement: Defining a Style (2005) 0:12:34 Netflix Blu-Ray
09/01/15 Supplement: Watership Down with Picture-in-picture Storyboards (1978) 1:32:15 Netflix Blu-Ray
09/01/15 Supplement: Watership Down Trailer (1978) 0:03:43 Netflix Blu-Ray
09/01/15 Supplement: Passion Project: Martin Rosen on Watership Down (2014) 0:16:21 Netflix Blu-Ray
09/01/15 Supplement: A Movie Miracle: Guillermo Del Toro on Watership Down (2014) 0:012:23 Netflix Blu-Ray
09/01/15 Supplement: Designing the Watership Down Prologue (2015) Criterion Website
09/01/15 Supplement: Take Me With You, Stream, on Your Dark Journey by Gerard Jones (2015) Criterion Website
09/02/15 Original Movie: The Blob (1958) 1:22:38 Library DVD
09/02/15 Supplement: The Blob Trailer (1958) 0:01:55 Library DVD
09/02/15 Supplement: Blob-abilia! (2000?) Library DVD
09/02/15 Supplement: The Blob commentary with produce Jack Harris & film historian Bruce Eder (2000) 1:22:38 Library DVD
09/03/15 Supplement: The Blob commentary with director S. Yeaworth Jr. and actor Robert Fields (2000) 1:22:38 Library DVD
09/04/15 Supplement: The Blob by Michael Dare (1989) Criterion Website
09/04/15 Supplement: How to Make a Blob (2013) Criterion Website
09/04/15 Supplement: The Blob by Bruce Kawin (2000) Criterion Website
09/04/15 Supplement: The Blob: "It Creeps and Leaps" by Kim Newman (2013) Criterion Website
09/06/15 Original Movie: Cronos (1993) 1:32:28 Netflix Blu-Ray/HuluPlus
09/06/15 Supplement: Cronos Trailer (1993) 0:01:29 Netflix Blu-Ray
09/06/15 Supplement: Welcome to Bleak House (2010) 0:10:14 Netflix Blu-Ray
09/06/15 Supplement: Making "Cronos" with Federico Luppi (2003) 0:05:25 Netflix Blu-Ray
09/08/15 Supplement: Guillermo Navarro interview (2009) 0:12:36 Netflix Blu-Ray
09/08/15 Supplement: Ron Perlman interview (2009) 0:07:25 Netflix Blu-Ray
09/08/15 Supplement: Guillermo del Toro interview (partial) (2010) 0:15:10 Netflix Blu-Ray
09/08/15 Supplement: Stills Gallery (2010?) Netflix Blu-Ray
09/08/15 Supplement: Cronos commentatry with director Guillermo del Toro (partial) (2002) 1:22:21 Netflix Blu-Ray
09/08/15 Supplement: Cronos: Beautiful Dark Things by Maitland McDonagh (2010) Criterion Website
09/09/15 Supplement: Cronos commentary with producers Arthur H. Gorson, Bertha Navarro and co-producer Alejandro Springall (partial) (2002) 1:22:21 Netflix Blu-Ray
09/10/15 Original Movie: House (Hausu) (1977) 1:27:58 Netflix Blu-Ray
09/10/15 Supplement: House Trailer (1977) 0:01:34 Netflix Blu-Ray
09/10/15 Supplement: Constructing a House (2010) 0:45:56 Netflix Blu-Ray
09/10/15 Supplement: House Appraisal (Ti West interview) (2010) 0:03:47 Netflix Blu-Ray
09/10/15 Supplement: Emotion (1966) 0:39:15 Netflix Blu-Ray

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DVD Talk's Criterion Challenge 2015

Goals


My List

08/31
01. *New Tale of Zatoichi (1963) Spine #679 - 3.5/5 (Hulu)

Spoiler:

First of the Zatoichi films to be in colour and works wonderfully. Plot wise is not much different from previous films and I get a sense that it won't change in the latter ones too. Ichi is back in his old village and meets his teacher Banno. Ichi and his teacher's sister are in love but his teacher derides him for being a gambler and a crippled and reject their proposal for marriage. Banno is also involved in a kidnapping plot and just let's say that it won't end well for all parties involved. Love Shintaro Katsu portrayal of Zatoichi and is the main reason why I will be sticking with film series.

09/01




Checklist:

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2015 Criterion Collection Challenge

* = FTV

FTV Total = 0



Sept 1

1. Armageddon (Criterion Collection Edition) - DVD


Sept 3

2. Armageddon (Audio Commentary 1) - DVD


Sept 5

3. Armageddon (Audio Commentary 2) - DVD
Armageddon Supplemental Material

Essay
Michael Bay's Gag Reel
Deleted Scenes Compilation
Special Effects
Production Design
Storyboards
Marketing
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"


4. Fishing with John: Montauk with Jim Jarmusch - Hulu
5. Fishing with John: Jamaica with Tom Waits - Hulu


Sept 6

6. Fishing with John: Costa Rica with Matt Dillon - Hulu


Sept 7

7. Fishing with John: Maine with Willem Dafoe - Hulu


Sept 8

8. Fishing with John: Thailand with Dennis Hopper Pt 1 - Hulu
9. Sid and Nancy - Epix Hits
10. Fishing with John: Thailand with Dennis Hopper Pt 2 - Hulu


Sept 9

11. Jason and the Argonauts - DVD
12. Tanner '88: The Dark Horse - Hulu


Sept 11

13. Tanner '88: For Real - Hulu


Sept 13

14. Tanner '88: Night of the Twinkies - Hulu


Sept 15

15. A Hard Day's Night (Criterion Collection Edition) - DVD


Sept 19

19. A Hard Day's Night (Audio Commentary) - DVD


A Hard Day's Night Supplemental Material

In Their Own Voices
You Can't Do That: The Making of A Hard Day's Night
Trailers


Sept 22

20. Tanner '88: Moonwalker and Bookbag - Hulu


Sept 27

21. Halloween (1978) - DVD


Sept 30

22. Godzilla, King of the Monsters - DVD

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1. The Bank Dick (1940) Spine #782. The Game (1997) Spine #6273. The Tin Drum (1979) Spine #2344. The Blob (1958) Spine #915. Kwaidan (1965) Spine #906. Jason and the Argonauts (1963) Laserdisc Spine #1607. The Red Shoes (1948) Spine #448. Godzilla (1954) Spine #594

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Red River (theatrical)
White Dog + supplements
The X From Outer Space
The Living Skeletons
12 Angry Men + supplements
Genocide
The Tale of Zatoichi
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
The New Tale of Zatoichi
Zatoichi the Fugitive
Zatoichi on the Road
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
Adventures of Zatoichi
Zatoichi's Revenge
Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Zatoichi the Outlaw
Zatoichi Challenged
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
Samaritan Zatoichi
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Zatoichi Meets the One Armed Swordsman
Zatoichi at Large
Zatoichi in Desperation
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
Kagemusha
Kuroneko

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01 Watership Down
02 Watership Down (with commentary)
03 Tootsie
04 The Last Temptation of Christ
05 The Black Stallion (1979)
06 Videodrome
07 Kwaiden
08 Fiend Without a Face (1958)
09 Fiend Without a Face (with commentary)
10 The Silence of the Lambs (with commentary)
11 Gojira (1954)
12 Gojira (1954) (with commentary)
13 Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956)
14 Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956) (with commentary)
15 Carnival of Souls (1962)
16 Carnival of Souls (1962) (extended director's cut with commentary)
17 Diabolique (1954)
18 The Equinox .... A Journey into the Supernatural (1967)
19 The Equinox .... A Journey into the Supernatural (1967) (with commentary)
20 Equinox (1970)
21 The Blob (1958) (with commentary)

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2015 Criterion Challenge

2014's List

*First time watches

Watched List:

September 5
1. The Black Stallion

September 9
2. 12 Angry Men*
3. Notorious (1946)*

September 10
1a. Pigs (short film)*
1b. Perils of Priscilla (short film)*
1c. Rodeo (short film)*
1d. Seems Like Only Yesterday (short film)*
1e. Crystallization (short film)*
1a-1e all from The Black Stallion

Sept. 11
4. Foreign Correspondent*

Sept. 14
5. Tootsie*

Sept. 19
6. My Dinner with Andre*

Sept. 21
7. Vanya on 42nd Street*

Sept. 26
8. A Canterbury Tale*

Sept. 30
9. The Princess Bride

Checklist:

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2014: 10 items
2013: 0 items
2012: 1 item
2011: 5 items

Possible wishlist:

9/11
1. Dressed to Kill (Netflix MGM DVD)

9/24
2. The Thief of Bagdad (1940)* (Netflix Criterion DVD)
3. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Criterion DVD)

9/26
4. A Hard Day's Night (Miramax DVD)
5. The Silence of the Lambs (Criterion DVD)

9/29
6. Y Tu Mama Tambien (Criterion DVD)

9/30
7. The Naked Kiss* (Criterion DVD)
8. My Life as a Dog (Criterion DVD)

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*= first time viewing
blue= personal BluRay
black= personal DVD
green= streaming
orange= borrowed BD/DVD

August 31st
1. Blow Out (Brian De Palma, 1981 / United States) --- Spine #562
--- Sound guy Jack (John Travolta) records the assassination of a popular governor and rescues the dead man's escort (Nancy Allen). Both characters get entangled in the political conspiracy surrounding the assassination. De Palma uses myriad cinematic flourishes to explore filmmaking, paranoia, and how they effect our idea of Truth. There's a lot of wonderful commentary on the seedier sides of film and politics as well as blind patriotism.

September 1st
2. The Rose (Mark Rydell, 1979 / United States)* --- Spine #757
--- Rose (Bette Midler) is a rock goddess with real talent, adoring fans, and a brutal addiction. She's both buoyed and bullied by her manager (Alan Bates) and her new man (Frederic Forrest). The film looks at the toll celebrity can take, creating a world that brings out the worst tendencies in people. Rose has constructed a world for herself that allows her to act out and feel completely justified. Considering we still have celebrities who overdose or randomly announce their future Presidential campaign at awards shows, the film's themes feel timely.
3. Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer, 1949 / United Kingdom) --- Spine #325 (watched non-Criterion DVD)
--- Driven by greed, avarice, and the desire to avenge his disinherited mother, Louis (Dennis Price) starts murdering his family members (Alec Guinness) to get the earldom. Each of the unfortunates embodies a quirk or foible of the ruling class, and the comedy keeps getting darker and darker. Much of the humor comes from the way British civility persists even in the face of absurdity and ruthlessness. Also, the incomparable Joan Greenwood plays Sibella, Louis's childhood friend and love interest, and she has the best voice.

September 2nd
4. Je tu il elle (Chantal Akerman, 1975 / France, Belgium)* --- Eclipse Series #19
--- Chantal Akerman plays a woman who lives in isolation. When she finally leaves, she has romantic trysts with a truck driver and an old girlfriend. The film is broken up into large takes that often depict mundane activities (driving, eating, sex). In the early parts of the film, the character narrates her actions in a austere room. Several times she eats spoonfuls of sugar from a bag, and I got very anxious; it made me feel like I do when friends eat sour cream or butter straight. Writing about this makes me shudder. The film focuses on themes of depression, isolation, and sex. The trucker gives a long monologue about the role of sex in his life and how the years change it, and the lesbian sex scene goes on for a rather long time.

September 3rd
5. Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959 / United States) --- Laserdisc #74 (watched non-Criterion BD)
--- After witnesses a mob hit, Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) pose as female musicians and join a women's band on their way to Florida. When I first saw this film, I wasn't really impressed, but every time I revisit it, I like it more and more. The dialogue is witty, and Marilyn Monroe is sexy. Who could ask for anything more?

September 10th
6. Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) (Akira Kurosawa, 1954 / Japan) --- Spine #2
--- When their village is threatened by bandits, a group of farmers recruit seven samurai to protect them. Lead by stoic Kambei (Takashi Shimura) and buoyed by brash Kikuchiyo (Toshiro Mifune), the group teach the villagers how to defend themselves. Kurosawa imbues his action epic with humor and pathos, and I always find myself laughing and crying. He also takes a standard good vs. evil story and complicates every part of it; most characters are morally complex and have done their share of good and bad.
7. La collectionneuse (Eric Rohmer, 1967 / France)* --- Spine #346
--- Adrien (Patrick Bauchau), a gloomy art dealer, vacations at a friend's ramshackle summer home. He hopes for seclusion and introspection, but this is hampered by Haydée (Haydée Politoff) and Daniel (Daniel Pommereulle) intruding. The three embark on a series of trysts and sexual politicking that brings out the absolute worst in the trio. This is one of those French dramas that leave me a little cold.
8. Safety Last! (Fred Newmeyer & Sam Taylor, 1923 / United States)* --- Spine #662 (watched with Carl Davis score)
--- Harold Lloyd plays an eager young man who moves to the big city to make it big. Despite only being a department store clerk, he pretends to be a huge success in his letters to his girlfriend. When she visits unexpectedly, things get complicated. I'm a fan of Lloyd's brand of slapstick which often relies on sight gags. This film's famous set piece (a daring climb up the side of a building) is both thrilling and hilarious.

September 11th
9. Spellbound (Alfred Hitchcock, 1945 / United States) --- Spine #136 (watched non-Criterion BD)
--- When Dr. Edwardes (Gregory Peck) takes over a mental institution, he immediately falls for Dr. Constance Petersen (Ingrid Bergman), but he's harboring secrets that only her psychoanalysis can uncover. The films where Hitchcock delves blatantly into psychology are never my favorites, but they often examine mental health in a revolutionary way for the time. Even now, there are many stigmas and misconceptions surrounding mental illnesses, so it's nice to see Hitchcock grappling with these issues in 1945.

September 12th
10. A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1944 / United Kingdom)* --- Spine #341
--- A trio of travelers are waylaid in a small English town by a mystery. As they attempt to unravel the mystery, we learn about their fears and disappointments as well as the quaint workings of the town. The film is a lovingly paced meditation on individuals in war and the joys of the world that we hurry by. I found myself entirely wrapped up in the stories and characters - especially Alison (Shelia Sim) who embodies gumption and practicality while hiding away a great sadness.
11. The Blood of the Poet (Le sang d’un poète) (Jean Cocteau, 1930 / France)* --- Spine #67
--- Jean Cocteau's experimental film follows a handsome poet (Enrique Rivero) who awakens a statue and falls through a mirror into a surreal world of motifs and tableaus. It plays like an extension of the dreams in Spellbound, albeit without the pat interpretations. I'm excited to delve into the bonus features to gain some perspective.

September 15th
12. Murmur of the Heart (Le souffle au coeur) (Louis Malle, 1971 / France)* --- Spine #328
--- Laurent Chevalier (Benoit Ferreux) comes of age in 1950s Paris. He loves his mother and dislikes his father. He is both loved and harassed by his two older brothers. I enjoy a good coming-of-age story, and this one is right up there with Mon Oncle Antoine. All of the characters are complex - especially Laurent who is both precocious and dumbfounded - and I found myself drawn into their world of privilege.
13. Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (Ishirô Honda & Terry O. Morse, 1956 / United States, Japan) --- supplemental film on Godzilla (Spine #594)
--- The American reworking of 1954's Gojira could be used in a course about editing. Raymond Burr plays Steve Martin, an American journalist who happens to know everyone involved in the original story, and is edited into many of the scenes and provides voiceover in others. Because of the awkwardly inserted character, he may be one of the most passive protagonists outside of classic Disney princesses.

September 17th
14. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009 / United States) --- Spine #700
--- Mr. Fox (George Clooney) is a former chicken thief who comes out of retirement to perform one last job. Unfortunately, he goes after a trio of evil farmers and endangers his family and community. Wes Anderson and stop motion animation are a brilliant match, and this may be one of the most perfect cartoons ever made. The standout character is Fox's son, Ash (Jason Schwartzman), a frustrated athlete who is *hand gesture* different.
15. Apart from You (Kimi to wakarete) (Mikio Naruse, 1933 / Japan)* --- Eclipse Series #26: Silent Naruse (watched with score)
--- Kikue (Mitsuko Yoshikawa) works as a geisha to send her son to school. Terugiku (Sumiko Mizukubo) is in love with the son but decides to earn money as a geisha to save her sister from this indignity. Naruse gets inventive with his camera and what he puts in it. There is an energy to the way he frames and shoots faces and domestic objects that is very different from Ozu's quiet, mannered compositions.

September 18th
16. Orpheus (Orphée) (Jean Cocteau, 1950 / France) --- Spine #68
--- Celebrated poet Orpheus (Jean Marais) is drawn into the shadowy world of the afterlife after falling in love with a beautiful princess (Maria Casarès) and must save his wife (Marie Déa) from the clutches of Death. Cocteau is a brilliant filmmaker who packs enough character, imagery, and style into his films to justify the many books written about them. The Princess is one of the most complex characters on film - by turns terrifying and vulnerable, sinister and tragic.
17. The Emperor Jones (Dudley Murphy, 1933 / United States)* --- Spine #370
--- Brutus Jones (Paul Robeson) gets a job as a Pullman porter and ends up the tyrannical leader of a small island nation. The film deftly jumps from genre to genre (sometimes staying for just one scene), and Brutus has a full spectrum of experiences. His hubris is his fatal flaw, and he achieves such power that it's astonishing to watch his downfall.

September 20th
18. Testament of Orpheus (Le Testament de Orphée) (Jean Cocteau, 1959 / France)* --- Spine #69
--- Jean Cocteau plays a poet unstuck in time, traveling from set piece to set piece in order to explore themes of art and humanity. We see the fates of characters from Orpheus as well as others in the same predicament. Cocteau sets up the poet and the filmmaker as magician (in much the same way Orson Welles does) and looks at the reasons we makes film and way it impacts us so much.

September 21st
19. Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973 / United States / DVRed from TCM)* --- Spine #651

September 28th
20. Kuroneko (Kaneto Shindo, 1968 / Japan) --- Spine #584

September 30th
21. Carnival of Souls (Herk Harvey, 1962 / United States) --- Spine #63

Extras


Checklist

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1. Androcles and the Lion (Chester Erskine, 1952) [Eclipse Series 20: George Bernard Shaw on Film] 98 minutes
George Bernard Shaw’s dramatization about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result.
2. La Jetée (Chris Marker, 1962) [Spine #387] 28 minutes
Constructed almost entirely from still photos, La Jetee tells the story of a post-nuclear war experiment in time travel.
3. Jason and the Argonauts (Don Chaffey, 1963) [Laserdisc #160] 104 minutes
The legendary Greek hero leads a team of intrepid adventurers on a perilous quest for the mythical Golden Fleece.
4. Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939) [Spine #516] 96 minutes
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo.
5. The Tale of Zatoichi (Kenji Misumi, 1962) [Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection, Spine #679] 95 minutes
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman.
6. The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (Kazuo Mori, 1962) [Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection, Spine #679] 72 minutes
The blind masseur and swordsman, Zatoichi, learns a powerful political figure's secret and is quickly tailed by a group of killers.
7. New Tale of Zatoichi (Tokuzô Tanaka, 1963) [Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection, Spine #679] 91 minutes
Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.
8. Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1995) [Spine #533] 119 minutes
An intimate portrait of the controversial cartoonist and his traumatized family.
9. The Palm Beach Story (Preston Sturges, 1942) [Spine #742] 88 minutes
The wife of an inventor who needs cash to develop his big idea decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire.
10.


Checklist

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1. Summer with Monika (Sommaren med Monika) (1953)
2. Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
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September 1
Wild Strawberries - Introduction by Ingmar Bergman
Wild Strawberries
High Noon
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins short
The Sun's Gonna Shine short
Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin' Mill is Burnin' Down short
Lightnin' Les short
God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance short
Spend It All short
A Well Spent Life short

September 4
Dry Wood short
The Tale of Zatoichi

September 6
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

September 7
Hot Pepper short

September 8
Always for Pleasure short

September 10
Trailer - The Killers 1946
The Killers 1946
The Killers - Interview with Stuart M. Kaminsky

September 11
The Killers 1956
The Killers - Interview with Clu Gulager

September 13
Trailer - The Killers 1964
The Killers 1964

September 14
Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers short

September 15
Sprout Wings and Fly short

September 17
Trailer - Don't Look Now
Don't Look Now, Looking Back short

September 18
Don't Look Now

September 19
Death in Venice - interview with Pino Donaggio
French Trailer - Eyes Without a Face French
Eyes Without a Face

September 20
Blood of the Beasts short
Interview with Georges Franju
Interview with Edith Scoob
US Trailer - Eyes Without a Face
Excerpts from Les grands-pères du crime
In Heaven There is No Beer? short

September 22
Gap-Toothed Women short

September 24
Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of Cajun and Creole Cooking short

September 27
This is Spinal Tap Netflix Instant

September 30
Hard Boiled


Checklist:

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9-4: The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
9-5: The Blob
9-6: My Winnipeg
9-7: The Friends of Eddie Coyle
9-14: The French Lieutenant's Woman
9-17: The Big Chill
9-24: Europa
9-25: Chungking Express
9-28: The Mikado, Kicking and Screaming (1995),

Checklist


Collection from 2015


Collection from 2014

Collection from 2013

Collection from 2012

Collection from 2011

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I'll make a run at it this year--I can't do much worse than my one title watched last year, can I?


1. Nanook of the North
2. Carnival of Souls
3. Diabolique

Checklist:

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Definitely watching; hopefully listing...


Watership Down

Ivan's Childhood
Maestro

Always for Pleasure
Taxi Driver [Amazon]
Secret Agent [Amazon]

Sabotage [Amazon]
Elena and Her Men

The Element of Crime (& Trailer)
The Spy in Black
The Woman in Question
Green Grow the Rushes
21 Days

Time Without Pity
The Baron of Arizona

I Shot Jesse James
The Plough and the Stars

The Freshman
The Proud Valley

Brute Force

The Naked Kiss

A Brief History of Time
The Importance of Being Earnest
> Trailer [Lib DVD]
The Bank Dick [TCM]

Bergman Island [TCM]
Major Barbara

Over the Moon
History is Made at Night

Pygmalion

Fantastic Mr. Fox
> "Still Life (Puppet Animation)"
> "A Beginner's Guide to Whack-Bat" [Lib non-CC DVD]
Summertime

3:10 to Yuma [TCM]
Cat People [TCM]
Hobson's Choice

The Horse's Mouth (& Trailer)
The Devil and Daniel Webster
I Married a Witch

Thu, 17th
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To Be Or Not To Be
King Kong
> (Re-release?) Trailer (Trailers for 'Son of Kong' and 'Flying Down to Rio') [WB DVD]

Knight Without Armour

Jason and the Argonauts
> "Interview with Ray Harryhausen and John Landis" [Lib non-CC DVD]
Stromboli

That Hamilton Woman
> Michael Korda on The Hamiltom Woman

Three Cases of Murder
The Immortal Story

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Lydia
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
The River [LIB CC DVD]
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>
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Wedding Rehearsal
The Red Shoes [TCM]

The Man Who Could Work Miracles
(River doc on Rumer Godden)

La Ronde

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen [NON-CC DVD]

The Palm Beach Story [CC DVD]
The Return of Bulldog Drummond

Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Bulldog Drummond's Peril

Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Arrest Bulldog Drummond (How did Phyllis get off the Island..?)
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

Bulldog Drummond's Bride
My Dinner With Andre
Carnival of Souls
/C.H.U.D.

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(*)--first time viewing

September 7
1. House (1977; Nobuhiko Obayashi; Blu #539)--4/5
September 9
2. Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013; Abdellatif Kechiche; DVD #695)(*)--4/5
September 10
3. White Dog (1982; Samuel Fuller; DVD #455)(*)--4/5
September 12
4. The Rock (1996; Michael Bay; Blu)(*)--4/5
5. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970; Jeromil Jires; Blu #761)--4/5
September 13
6. Black Moon (1975; Louis Malle; Blu #571)--4/5
September 15
7. The Naked Kiss (1964; Samuel Fuller; DVD #18)(*)--4/5
September 19
8. Alphaville (1965; Jean-Luc Godard; DVR)(*)--3/5
9. A Propos de Nice (1930; Jean Vigo; DVD #578)(*)--4/5
10. Taris (1931; Jean Vigo; DVD #578)(*)--3/5
11. The Long Day Closes (1992; Terence Davies; Blu #694)(*)--3/5
September 20
12. L'Enfance Nue (1968; Maurice Pialat; DVD #534)(*)--3/5
13. Zero de Conduite (1933; Jean Vigo; DVD #578)(*)--4/5

Checklist:

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1TV=First time viewing

1st:
(1TV)1. #120-How to Get Ahead in Advertising__Bruce Robinson__1988
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2nd:
(1TV)2. #607-Manual of Arms__Hollis Frampton__1966 (A Hollis Frampton Odyssey)
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3rd:
3. #575-Killer's Kiss__Stanley Kubrick__1955
+
Geoffrey O'Brien interview
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4th:
(1TV)4. #749-The Soft Skin__François Truffaut__1964
+
Kent Jones Video Essay
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
Scene-specific commentary/interview w/ Truffaut
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5th:
(1TV)5. #284-Kanal__Andrzej Wajda__1957
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7th:
(1TV) (Eclipse)6. The Idiot__Akira Kurosawa__1951
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8th:
(1TV) 7. #704-Riot in Cell Block 11__Don Siegel__1954
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9th:
(1TV) 8. #750-Ride the Pink Horse__Robert Montgomery__1947
+
In Lonely Places
-
9. #521-Mystery Train__Jim Jarmusch__1989
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10th:
(1TV) 10. #177-The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum__Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta__1975
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11th:
(1TV) 11. #207-The Pornographers__Shohei Imamura__1966
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12th:
12. #17-Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom__Pier Paolo Pasolini__1976
+
Trailer
“Salò”: Yesterday and Today
The End of “Salò”
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13th:
(1TV)13. (Eclipse) 13.Who Are You, Polly Magoo?__William Klein__1966
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15th:
(1TV)14. #762-A Master Builder__Jonathan Demme__2014
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16th:
(1TV)15. #778-A Special Day__Ettore Scola__1977
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18th:
(1TV)16. #668-The Big City__Satyajit Ray__1963
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20th:
(1TV)17. (Eclipse) Les rendez-vous d'Anna__Chantal Akerman__1978
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22nd::
(1TV) 18. #369-Native Land__Leo Hurwitz and Paul Strand__1942
+
"The Native Land"
-
(1TV)19. The Proud Valley__Pen Tennyson__1940
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23rd:
(1TV)20. #128-Carl Th. Dreyer—My Metier__Torben Skjødt Jensen__1995
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25th:
(1TV)21. #679-Zatoichi the Outlaw__Satsuo Yamamoto__1967
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26th:
22. #747-Fellini Satyricon__Federico Fellini__1969
+
Audio Commentary
"Ciao, Federico!"
Giuseppe Rotunno interview
Mary Ellen Mark interview
"Felliniana"
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27th:
23. #575-The Killing__Stanley Kubrick__1956
+
Booklet
Sterling Hayden
James B. Harris
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28th:



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2014: 25 + Checklist
2013: 26 + Checklist

Goal: Complete Checklist Complete
*Denotes First Time Watch
First Time Watches - 28/29 (97%)

Blue=Blu-ray - 17 films
Red=Streaming - 5 films
Black=DVD - 4 films
Orange=TV/DVR - 3 films

August 31 - After Dusk
1. Watership Down (Martin Rosen, 1978)* - Spine #748
-Watched Trailer

September 1
2. The Last Days of Disco (Whit Stillman, 1998)* - Spine #485
-Watched Trailer
3. Sullivan's Travels (Preston Sturges, 1941)* - Spine #118

September 2
4. For All Mankind (Al Reinert, 1989)* - Spine #54
5. Osaka Elegy (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1936)* - Part of Eclipse Series 13: Kenji Mizoguchi's Fallen Women

September 3
6. Jubal (Delmer Daves, 1956)* - Spine #656

September 4
7. The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946)* - Part of Spine #176

September 6
8. Léon Morin, Priest (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1961)* - Spine #572
-Watched Trailer
-Essay: "Life During Wartime" - Gary Indiana
9. Sisters of the Gion (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1936)* - Part of Eclipse Series 13: Kenji Mizoguchi's Fallen Women
10. The Bridge (Bernhard Wicki, 1959)* - Spine #763
-Interview: Volker Schlöndorff

September 7
11. Y tu mamá también (Alfonso Cuarón, 2001)* - Spine #723
-Watched short film: You Owe Me One
-Watched trailer

September 8
12. The Killers (Don Siegel, 1964)* - Part of Spine #176
-Short Film: The Killers (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1956)

September 10
13. Time Bandits (Terry Gilliam, 1981)* - Spine #37
-Watched Trailer
-Interview: Shelley Duvall

September 13
14. 3 Women (Robert Altman, 1977)* - Spine #230

September 15
15. Make Way for Tomorrow (Leo McCarey, 1937)* - Spine #505
-Interview: Peter Bogdanovich
-Interview: Garry Giddins
-Essay: "Make Way for Lucy..." - Tag Gallagher
-Essay: "We Laugh, and Our Hearts Ache" - Bertrand Tavernier

September 16
16. The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Peter Yates, 1973) - Spine #475
-Watched with Peter Yates commentary

September 17
17. Pandora's Box (Georg Wilhelm Pabst, 1929)* - Spine #358

September 18
18. The Browning Version (Anthony Asquith, 1951)* - Spine #294

September 19
19. Heaven Can Wait (Ernst Lubitsch, 1943)* - Spine #291

September 20
20. Sword of the Beast (Hideo Gosha, 1965)* - Spine #311

September 21
21. Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch, 1991)* - Spine #401
-Listened to soundtrack

September 22
22. Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)* - Laserdisc Spine #103

September 23
23. Forbidden Planet (Fred M. Wilcox, 1956)* - Laserdisc Spine #53

September 26
24. Les visiteurs du soir (Marcel Carné, 1942)* - Spine #626
-Essay: "Love in the Ruins" - Michael Atkinson

September 27
25. Women of the Night (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1948)* - Part of Eclipse Series 13: Kenji Mizoguchi's Fallen Women
26. Pierrot le fou (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965)* - Spine #421
-Essay: "Self-Portrait in a Shattered Lens" - Richard Brody
27. Street of Shame (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1956)* - Part of Eclipse Series 13: Kenji Mizoguchi's Fallen Women

September 28
28. Odd Man Out (Carol Reed, 1947)* - Spine #754
-Interview: John Hill

September 30
29. The Brood (David Cronenberg, 1979)* - Spine #777

Checklist:

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01. The Rose / BD / 9-3
-----Feature Film Viewing ☼
-----Interview with Bette Midler ☼

02. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant / BD / 9-4
-----Feature Film Viewing ☼
-----Essay: 'The Great Pretender' by Peter Matthews ☼

03. All That Jazz / BD / 9-7
-----Feature Film viewing with commentary track ☼
-----Supplement: Gene Shalit Interview with Bob Fosse ☼

04. Sisters / 9-10
-----Feature Film Viewing ☼

05. The Friends of Eddie Coyle / DVD 9-13
-----Feature Film Viewing ☼

06. A Hard Day's Night / BD / 9-16
-----Feature Film viewing with commentary track ☼
-----Supplement: You Can't Do That: The Making of A Hard Day's Night ☼

07. The Ballad of Narayama / BD / 9-26
-----Feature Film viewing ☼

08. 3 Women / 9-27
-----Feature Film viewing ☼

09. The Brood / BD / 10-1
-----Feature Film viewing

☼ = First Time Viewing

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So... I got distracted this month but at least got 1 in (so far)...

Safe was a nicely moody film that at times seemed too obvious and other times to subtle leaving me feeling like I "got" many of the general themes but maybe missed something in interpretation. It's at times slow (perhaps intentionally so) and although some of the satirical context seems obvious it doesn't got for cheap shots with pointed commentary and is surprisingly muted (which again makes be suspect more subtext).

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* = First time viewing

1. * Two Days, One Night (2014) - Spine #771
   
   September 1
2. * Modern Times (1936) - Spine #543
3. Taxi Driver (1976) - Spine #LD109 1986 Laserdisc Director and Writer Commentary
4. Raging Bull (1980) - Spine #LD120 Filmmakers' Commentary
   
   September 2
5. Silence of the Lambs (1991) - Spine #13
   
   September 3
6. * Fish Tank (2009) - Spine #553
   
   September 5
7. A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) - Spine #LD326
8. The Game (1997) - Spine #627
9. * Knife in the Water (1962) - Spine #215
10. Robocop (1987) - Spine #23
    
    September 6
11. On The Waterfront (1954) - Spine #647
12. * Dressed to Kill (1980) - Spine #770
13. * My Dinner with André (1981) - Spine #479
    
    September 7
14. * Eraserhead (1977) - Spine #725
15. * The Fallen Idol (1948) - Spine #357
16. Chasing Amy (1997) - Spine #75 Filmmakers' Commentary
    
    September 10
17. * Paths of Glory (1957) - Spine #538
    
    September 11
18. * Hopscotch (1980) - Spine #163
    
    September 12
19. * The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) - Spine #768
20. * Ace in the Hole (1951) - Spine #396
21. * Black Panthers (1968)
22. * Uncle Yanco (1967)
23. * Indiscretion of an American Wife / Terminal Station (1953) - Spine #202
24. * Short Cuts (1993) - Spine #265
    
    September 14
25. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) - Spine #55

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My List Also available on Criterion

1. 9/23 Tunes of Glory
2. 9/26 Sweet Movie
3. 9/26 Persona
4. 9/27 Liv & Ingmar
5. 9/27 Häxan
6. 9/27 Le million
7. 9/28 Sullivan's Travels
   Audio commentary with Noah Baumbach, Kenneth Bowser, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean
8. 9/29 The Blob
9. 9/29 Vivre sa vie
10. 9/29 Hopscotch
11. 9/30 Le Havre

Checklist:

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Ash Ketchum's 5th Criterion Challenge

* - first-time viewings

August 31, 2015
1.
AKIRA (1988/Japan, 124 min., color, anime sci-fi movie) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Katsuhiro Otomo. Based on Otomo’s manga of the same title.

September 1, 2015
2.
*LATE AUTUMN (1960/Japan, 128 min., color, drama/Shochiku) Criterion DVD: Eclipse Series: Late Ozu (in Japanese with English subtitles)
Dir.: Yasujiro Ozu. Cast: Setsuko Hara, Yoko Tsukasa, Mariko Okada.  

September 2, 2015
3.
IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD (1963/U.S., 197 min., color, comedy/UA) Criterion Blu-ray.
Dir.: Stanley Kramer. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Sid Caesar, Milton Berle, Mickey Rooney, Jonathan Winters, Buddy Hackett. “Restored” version with short scenes and snippets added throughout, including scenes with no audio and scenes with audio but no video.  

September 3, 2015
4.
HIGH AND LOW (1963/Japan, 143 min., b&w, crime drama/Toho) VHS (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Akira Kurosawa. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tatsuya Mihashi, Kyoko Kagawa, Kenjiro Ishiyama.  

September 4, 2015
5.
*JAPANESE GIRLS AT THE HARBOR (1933/Japan, 71 min., b&w, silent drama/Shochiku) Criterion DVD/Eclipse Series: Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu (in Japanese with English subtitles)
Dir.: Hiroshi Shimizu. Cast: Michiko Oikawa, Yukiko Inoue, Ureo Egawa, Ranko Sawa, Tatsuo Saito. Part of the Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu Eclipse set.

September 5, 2015
6.
ZATOICHI: THE ADVENTURES OF A BLIND MAN (aka THE ADVENTURES OF ZATOICHI, 1965/Japan, 86 min., color, samurai adventure/Daiei) VHS (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Kimiyoshi Yasuda. Cast: Shintaro Katsu, Miwa Takada, Eiko Taki.  

September 6, 2015
7.
THE KILLERS (1946/U.S., 103 min., b&w, crime drama/Universal) Criterion Blu-ray
Dir.: Robert Siodmak. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien, Sam Levene, Albert Dekker. Based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway.

September 7, 2015
8.
THE KILLERS (1964/U.S., 93 min., color, crime drama/Universal) Criterion Blu-ray
Dir.: Don Siegel. Cast: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, Ronald Reagan, Clu Gulager. A remake of the 1946 film.

September 8, 2015
9.
KILLER’S KISS (1955/U.S., 67 min., b&w, drama/UA) DVD
Dir.: Stanley Kubrick. Cast: Jamie Smith, Irene Kane, Frank Silvera.

September 10, 2015
10.
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1933/U.S., 70 min., b&w, horror-sci-fi/Paramount) Criterion DVD
Dir.: Erle C. Kenton. Cast: Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Kathleen Burke.

September 11, 2015
11.
THE X FROM OUTER SPACE (1967/Japan, 88 min., color, sci-fi/Shochiku) Criterion DVD (Eclipse series: When Horror Came to Shochiku) (In Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Kazui Nihonmatsu. Cast: Eiji Okada, Shunya Wazaki, Peggy Neal, Itoko Harada, Franz Gruber, Mike Daneen.

September 12, 2015
12.
*THE INHERITANCE (1962/Japan, 108 min., b&w, drama/Shochiku) Criterion DVD (Eclipse series: Masaki Kobayashi Against the System) (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Masaki Kobayashi. Cast: Keiko Kishi, Tatsuya Nakadai, So Yamamura, Misako Watanabe.  

September 13, 2015
13.
*THE LIVING SKELETON (1968/Japan, 80 min., b&w, horror/Shochiku) Criterion DVD (Eclipse series: When Horror Came to Shochiku) (In Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Hiroshi Matsuno. Cast: Kikko Matsuoka, Yasunori Irikawa, Masumi Okada, Nobuo Kaneko.

September 14, 2015
14.
IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD (1963/U.S., 197 min., color, comedy/UA) Criterion Blu-ray.
Re-watched with audio commentary by aficionados Mark Evanier, Michael Schlesinger, and Paul Scrabo.

September 15, 2015
15.
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1933/U.S., 70 min., b&w, horror-sci-fi/Paramount) Criterion DVD
Re-watched with audio commentary by Gregory Mank.

September 16, 2015
16.
*THE BAD SLEEP WELL (1960/Japan, 151 min., b&w, drama/Toho) VHS (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Akira Kurosawa. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Kyoko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura.

September 17, 2015
17.
*ZATOICHI MEETS YOJIMBO (1970/Japan, 116 min., color, samurai adventure/Toho) VHS (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Kihachi Okamoto. Cast: Shintaro Katsu, Toshiro Mifune, Ayako Wakao, Osamu Takizawa.

18.
SPEEDY (1928/U.S., 85 min., b&w, silent comedy/Paramount) VHS
Dir.: Ted Wilde. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff.

19.
*…AND GOD CREATED WOMAN (1956/France, 91 min., color, drama) VHS (in French with English subs.)
Dir.: Roger Vadim. Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Curt Jurgens, Christian Marquand.

September 18, 2015
20.
*ORNAMENTAL HAIRPIN (1941/Japan, 70 min., b&w, drama/Shochiku) Criterion DVD/Eclipse Series: Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu (in Japanese with English subtitles)
Dir.: Hiroshi Shimizu. Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Chishu Ryu, Tatsuo Saito.

September 19, 2015
21.
RED RIVER (1948/U.S., 127 min., b&w, western/UA) Criterion DVD
Dir.: Howard Hawks. Cast: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan.
Also watched/listened to some of the extras: Peter Bogdanovich interview, plus audio interviews with Hawks and screenwriter Borden Chase.

September 20, 2015
22.
RED BEARD (1965/Japan, 185 min., b&w, historical drama/Toho) VHS (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Akira Kurosawa. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Reiko Dan, Kyoko Kagawa.

23.
STAGECOACH (1939/U.S., 96 min., b&w, western/UA) Seen on Encore Western-HD
Dir.: John Ford. Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Thomas Mitchell, George Bancroft.

September 21, 2015
24.
THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI (1964/Japan, 93 min., b&w, samurai adventure/Shochiku) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Hideo Gosha. Cast: Tetsuro Tanba, Isamu Nogato, Mikijiro Hira, Miyuki Kuwano.

September 22, 2015
25.
*PLEASURES OF THE FLESH (1965/Japan, 91 min., color, drama/Shochiku) Criterion DVD/Eclipse Series: Oshima’s Outlaw Sixties (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Nagisa Oshima. Cast: Katsuo Nakamura, Mariko Kaga, Yumiko Nogawa, Masako Yagi.

September 23, 2015
26.
*TOKYO CHORUS (1931/Japan, 90 min., b&w, silent comedy-drama/Shochiku) Criterion DVD/Eclipse Series: Silent Ozu: Three Family Comedies (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Yasujiro Ozu. Cast: Tokihiko Okada, Emiko Yaguma, Hideo Sugawara, Tatsuo Saito.

September 24, 2015
27.
*CRAZED FRUIT (1956/Japan, 86 min., b&w, drama/Nikkatsu) Criterion DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Ko Nakahira. Cast: Yujiro Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Masahiko Tsugawa, Masumi Okada.

September 25, 2015
28.
*YOUTH OF THE BEAST (1963/Japan, 92 min., color, crime drama/Nikkatsu) Criterion DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Seijun Suzuki. Cast: Jo Shishido, Misako Watanabe, Tamio Kawachi, Shoji Kobayashi, Eimei Esumi.

September 26, 2015
29.
THE FURIES (1950/U.S., 109 min., b&w, western/Paramount) Criterion DVD
Dir.: Anthony Mann. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Walter Huston, Gilbert Roland, Judith Anderson.
Also watched most of the extras: interviews with Anthony Mann, Walter Huston, Nina Mann, + trailer and stills gallery.

September 27, 2015
30.
*PORT OF FLOWERS (1943/Japan, 82 min., b&w, drama, Shochiku) Criterion DVD (In Japanese with English subs.) Part of Eclipse Series 41: Kinoshita and World War II.
Dir.: Keisuke Kinoshita. Cast: Eitaro Ozawa, Ken Uehara, Mitsuko Mito, Chishu Ryu, Eijiro Tono, Chieko Higashiyama.

September 30, 2015
31.
*SCANDAL (1950/Japan, 105 min., b&w, drama/Shochiku) Criterion DVD (Eclipse Series: Postwar Kurosawa) (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Akira Kurosawa. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Takashi Shimura.