LA RÉGION CENTRALE
(1971 dir. Michael Snow) Date Seen: April 26 2026
TOBY'S PRIVATE WATCHLIST & THOUGHTS ON FILM.. PLEASE DON'T READ THESE
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Saturday, April 25, 2026
Viewing Journal: 4/25/2026
(2026 dir. Chad Faust) Date Seen: April 25 2026
166) DAMNATION ALLEY
(1977 dir. Jack Smight) Date Seen: April 25 2026
strikes a very similar dopey but loveable chord to THE AFTERMATH (1982), as far as goofy post-apocalyptic adventures go. & this one is even more pollyannish in its worldview. Who has time for existential dread when you can be a groovy new-age pioneer. [my brain couldn't stop science nitpicking this scenario. Even disregarding the nonsense polar axis stuff; How would the heroes be waltzing around w/o rad suits or respirators? 😂]
Friday, April 24, 2026
Viewing Journal: 4/24/2026
(2026 dir. Genki Kawamura) Date Seen: April 24 2026
"Waiting, waiting drives you crazy
Waiting drives you crazy
Endless repetition
Endless coming & leaving
Do not, do not come to heaven
Do not bother coming
Endlessly to heaven
Why not stay down?"
- Radiohead "Let Down"Thom's initial verse 3 lyrics
Too many thoughts on this movie right now,
Some visual notes to jog my memory later:
THE SHINING (1980 dir. Kubrick)
THE OUTWATERS (2023 dir. Banfitch)
Silent Hill P.T. (2014 Team Silent)
2011 Tōhoku Earthquake & Tsunami (source NHK)
IT ENDS (2025 dir. Ullom)
BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999 dir. Myrick/Sánchez)
GERRY (2002 dir. Gus Vant Sant)
ELEPHANT (2003 dir. Gus Van Sant)
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW (2014 dir. Dowdle)
"The Way Out" SOUTHBOUND (2015 dir. Radio Silence)
SUICIDE CLUB (2001 dir. Sion Sono)
CUBE (1997 dir. Natali)
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Viewing Journal: 4/23/2026
(2026 dir. Antoine Fuqua) Date Seen: April 23 2026
Jaafar Jackson is "the Jack-O"
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Viewing Journal: 4/22/2026
(2026 dir. Justin Chadwick) Date Seen: April 22 2026
162) BLAZING FISTS
(2026 dir. Takashi Miike) Date Seen: April 22 2026
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Viewing Journal: 4/21/2026
MARIO GALAXY MOVIE
(2026 dir. Horvath/Jelenic) Date Seen: April 21 2026
I felt 90% the same about this one as I did the first. Just copy & paste my thoughts from 2023 here & they'll still ring almost identical
That other 10% is reserved entirely for precious Yoshi. He's the only element that gives this film a slight leg up over the first.
160) HELL'S ANGELS
(1930 dir. Howard Hughes) 2nd Viewing: April 21 2026
4K Restoration @ Texas Theatre
Monday, April 20, 2026
Viewing Journal: 4/20/2026
(2008 dir. the Wachowskis) 4th Viewing: April 20 2026
18th Anniversary 4K @ IMAX
158) YOUNGBLOOD
(1986 dir. Peter Markle) Date Seen: April 20 2026
Sunday, April 19, 2026
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Viewing Journal: 4/18/2026
(2026 dir. Oscar Boyson) Date Seen: April 18 2026
Friday, April 17, 2026
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Viewing Journal: 4/16/2026
(2026 dir. Annemarie Jacir) Date Seen: April 16 2026
153) AMERICA 3000
(1986 dir. David Engelbach) Date Seen: April 16 2026
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Viewing Journal: 4/14/2026
MATTHEW NICHOLS
(2026 dir. Markian Tarasiuk) Date Seen: April 14 2026
only jotted down 2 positive notes during screening:
- Filmmakers did a decent job synthesizing the look & sound of modern true-crime slop
- movie's nicely edited. (during the climax there's neat use of cross-cutting to match location footage from the modern era & the 2001 Hi8 DV)
Too much of a slow trudge through the same old found footage tropes. & Vancouver Island is full of Sasquatch. My man couldn't get a cameo?
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