Top 20 first-time viewings in rep for 2016 (Only Yesterday is a stand-in for the whole John M. Stahl trilogy of adultery, including Seed and [less so] Back Street). Alphabetical order.
Most embarrassing gaps filled: An Affair to Remember, Basic Instinct,Blood Simple, Burden of Dreams, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Je tu il elle, Mishima, Mission: Impossible, The Road Warrior, Suspicion, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?, You Can Count on Me
Renewed appreciation: Dazed and Confused, Esther Kahn, Fast Cheap & Out of Control, Heat, Ilyich's Gate (seen previously in the I Am Twenty cut but I'll allow it), Modern Romance, My Darling Clementine, Punch-Drunk Love, Real Life, River of Grass, Scream 1-4, The…
Top 20 first-time viewings in rep for 2016 (Only Yesterday is a stand-in for the whole John M. Stahl trilogy of adultery, including Seed and [less so] Back Street). Alphabetical order.
Most embarrassing gaps filled: An Affair to Remember, Basic Instinct,Blood Simple, Burden of Dreams, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Je tu il elle, Mishima, Mission: Impossible, The Road Warrior, Suspicion, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?, You Can Count on Me
Renewed appreciation: Dazed and Confused, Esther Kahn, Fast Cheap & Out of Control, Heat, Ilyich's Gate (seen previously in the I Am Twenty cut but I'll allow it), Modern Romance, My Darling Clementine, Punch-Drunk Love, Real Life, River of Grass, Scream 1-4, The Thief and the Cobbler (seen as a child in the Arabian Knight cut; again, I'll allow it), Werckmeister Harmonies
HM for worst movie that I just totally get: Looking for Mr. Goodbar.
Of the top 20, four were seen at MoMA, three at Lincoln Center, five at Metrograph, six at Anthology Film Archives and two at MoMI.
