Now is probably the time to admit that I’m not very good at following lists or planning when it comes to film. In fact? I’m terrible at it. I rarely buy all my tickets ahead of time at TIFF because I never know what whim I’m going to have on a specific day and with cinema it really comes down to what mood you’re in. That being said, this month has been tough. My grandfather who has been hospitalized since just after Christmas passed away and I was really in no mood to ironically enjoy Eyes Wide Shut. I needed something uplifting, something emotionally loaded but something heartwarming at the same time. I trusted that Netflix would help me find the right film and it totally did, another film that should absolutely be on my Blindspot list, Fried Green Tomatoes.
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The Blindspot Series: Fried Green Tomatoes
This Week(s) I Watched: Grease Singalong, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Kid Stays in the Picture, Some Like it Hot, Oh, Brother Where art Thou?, The Woman in Black, Easy Virtue, Art & Copy
The films I watched from January 23rd to February 11th.
With my recent invite to Letterboxd, I’m a bit afraid this column will go the way of the dodo. It’s clean, smooth, collaborative and a great way to keep a film diary. You guys who don’t have access however? I’ll keep this up, JUST FOR YOU. This post has turned into a biweekly bit so I want to change the name but have no idea. Any suggestions? This Fortnight and a Week I Watched? Films in a Fortnight or So? Fortuitious Fortnight? Hrm, I need to work on this…
This week had a lot of revisiting, some new documentaries and my review of The Woman in Black, the biggest yawn of 2012.
This Week(s) I Watched: Every Little Step, Shorts That Are Not Pants, Die Hard, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel, The Secret of the Kells, Test Pilot Pirxa
This week, an amalgamation! Turns out I only watched 3 movies (in full) the week of January 9th-15th, probably due to Skyrim and starting my semester at school. Luckily I made up for that from the 16th-22nd. I still feel like I’m missing a few…