Viewing Journal: 6/19/2014

280) THE SIGNAL
(2014 dir. William Eubank) Date Seen: June 19 2014

279) BLENDED
(2014 dir. Frank Coraci) Date Seen: June 19 2014

Viewing Journal: 6/18/2014

278) CHEF
(2014 dir. Jon Favreau) Date Seen: June 18 2014

277) CONQUEST
(1983 dir. Lucio Fulci) Date Seen: June 18 2014

Viewing Journal: 6/17/2014

276) HOW 

TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2

(2014 dir. Dean DeBlois) Date Seen: June 17 2014

3D IMAX

Viewing Journal: 6/16/2014

275) 

STRANGER BY THE LAKE
(2014 dir. Alain Guiraudie) Date Seen: June 16 2014

Viewing Journal: 6/15/2014

274) GARGOYLES
(1972 dir. B.W.L. Norton) Date Seen: June 15 2014

273) THE YEARLING
(1946 dir. Clarence Brown) 2nd Viewing: June 15 2014

272) SOUNDER
(1972 dir. Martin Ritt) 3rd Viewing: June 15 2014

Viewing Journal: 6/14/2014

271) 

GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE
(2014 dir. Jean-Luc Godard) Date Seen: June 14 2014

3D

Viewing Journal: 6/13/2014

270) 22 JUMP STREET
(2014 dir. Lord / Miller) Date Seen: June 13 2014

269) BLANCANIEVES
(2013 dir. Pablo Berger ) Date Seen: June 13 2014

Viewing Journal: 6/12/2014

268) RIGOR MORTIS
(2014 dir. Juno Mak) Date Seen: June 12 2014

267) SUPERMENSCH: 

     THE LEGEND OF SHEP GORDON
(2014 dir. Mike Myers) Date Seen: June 12 2014

Viewing Journal: 6/11/2014

266) WILLOW CREEK
(2014 dir. Bobcat Goldthwait) Date Seen: June 11 2014

265) 

I'LL FOLLOW YOU DOWN
(2014 dir. Richie Mehta) Date Seen: June 11 2014

Viewing Journal: 6/10/2014

264) GAMBIT
(2014 dir. Michael Hoffman) Date Seen: June 10 2014

263) THE IMMIGRANT
(2014 dir. James Gray) 2nd Viewing: June 10 2014

The most poignant film I've seen on the plight of immigrants since Elia Kazan's AMERICA, AMERICA (1963). Darius Khondji's exquisite lensing of 1920s NYC call to mind the late Gordon Willis. Specifically the Ellis Island bits.. Cotillard, Phoenix, & the entire ensemble are monumental to say the least. 

Would make a great thematic triptych with THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY (2004) and Crialese's NUOVOMONDO (2006).