Movies Reviewed

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2023

December      American Symphony

November

            The Holdovers

October

NYAD

Anatomy of a Fall

July

Past Lives

April

Living

March

The Quiet Girl

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Banshees of Inisherin

February

Tár: To Catch a Falling Star

Janusary

Book to Screen Adaptations 2023 and Beyond

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery with a Magic Fugue

2022

July

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

June

Downton Abbey: A New Era

May

The Lincoln Lawyer (TV Series)

Anatomy of a Scandal (TV miniseries)

February

Drive My Car

The Power of the Dog

January

The Lost Daughter

2021

November

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Passing

The Bookshop

August

The Chair

June

Nomadland

May

The Father

March

Minari

January

The Dig

Pieces of a Woman

2020

December

First Cow
Nomadland
Driveway
House of Hummingbird

November

Defending Jacob

October

Rebecca

September

8               My Grandparents’ War

August

16              The Booksellers

July

1               A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

April

24               The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

February

22              Downhill

 

2019

December

28              Little Women

16              A Hidden Life

04              Marriage Story

November

21              The Farewell

16              The Good Liar

October

26              Parasite

17              The Personal History of David Copperfield

September

28             Downton Abbey

25             The Goldfinch

14             Military Wives

August

17             Where’d You Go, Bernadette

July

31              Faces Places

22             Coco Before Chanel

17             Gemma Bovery

9                A Sunday in the Country

2                Yesterday

June

20                An Elephant Sitting Still

15                Late Night

May

1                 The Aftermath

10                Working Woman

April

26                Ramen Shop

March

23                Ash is Purest White

9                  Greta

January

12               The Favourite

2018

December

17               Roma

November

18               Free Solo

9                 Shirkers

1                 Claire’s Camera 

October

27                Burning

19                The Apology

13                A Star is Born

September

22               Hotel Mumbai

15               Wildlife

August

20               The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

5                 Things to Come

July

25               Cleo from 5 to 7

April

13               The Rider

January

17              Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 

11              The Shape of Water

2017

November

18           Mudbound

August

24          Certain Women

12          The Glass Castle

July

21           Metropolitan 

1             Maudie

April

12           Calvary

Diary of a Country Priest

March

27         The Sense of an Ending

February

4            The Salesman (2016)

January

24          Silence (2016)

11            Lion (2016)

2016

November

19            Arrival (2016)

October

10           Paterson: Of Pug and Poetry

September

22            A Quiet Passion (2016)

August

12           Our Little Sister (2015)

June

23          Love & Friendship (2016)

April

16         Knight of Cups (2015)

 

2015

December

14        Brooklyn (2015)

1          The Assassin (2015)

 Suffragette (2015)

Spotlight (2015)

Fireflies in the Garden (2008)

November

23        Secret in their Eyes (2015)

7          Room (2015)

2          The Intern (2015)

 National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2015)

The Martian (2015)

Bridge of Spies (2015)

Jafar Panahi’s TAXI (2015)

This is Not A Film (2011)

Remember (2015)

Meet the Patels (2014)

The Past (2013)

September

26         Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

A Walk In The Woods (2015)

Learning to Drive (2015)

The End of the Tour (2015)

Pawn Sacrifice (2015)

This is Where I Leave You (2014)

Greenberg (2010)

Panic Room (2002)

Olive Kitterage (2014)

A Touch of Sin (2013)

3           Testament of Youth (2014)

August

19         Irrational Man: A Teaser for Sartre (2015)

July

28         Clouds of Sils Maria

22         Suite Française (2014)

3           My Old Lady (2014)

June

20         Like Father, Like Son (2013, repost for Father’s Day)

9           Ex Machina (2015)

3           National Theatre Live – The Hard Problem, A View from the Bridge, Man and
Superman

May

20          Far From the Madding Crowd (2015)

5            While We’re Young (2014)

April

25           McFarland, USA (2015)

14           Woman in Gold (2015)

8            From Z to A: How Zweig Inspired Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel

March

28            The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2            Downton Abbey Season 5 Finale  

February

20            Leviathan (2014)

14            Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

Jaunuary

31            Paddington (2014)

 

2014

December

20             Force Majeure (2014)

1               Whiplash (2014)

November

15            Interstellar (2014) & Ida (2014)

4              Before I Go To Sleep (2014)

October

28            Three Hitchcock Movies

23            Like Father, Like Son (2013)

6             Gone Girl (2014)

September

30          Conversation with Juliette Binoche (TIFF14)

15          Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF14)

August

29          Boyhood (2014)

20          Magic In The Moonlight (2014)

13          The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)

2            Books Into Movies At Upcoming Film Festivals

July

21          Queen to Play (2009)

21          My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010)

9            Haute Cuisine (2012)

June

22           Ida (2013)

May

21           The Lunchbox (2013)

14           The Railway Man (2013)

7             Old Tales, New Takes: From literature to film

1             What Maisie Knew (2012)

April

18           Au Hazard Balthazar (1966)

3             The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

January

29            The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

22            August: Osage County (2013)

9              Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

 

2013

December

18             Nebraska (2013)

4              The Book Thief (2013)

November

24            12 Years A Slave (2013)

22            Lee Daniel’s The Butler (2013)

8              About Time (2013)

5              All Is Lost (2013)

October

21          The Fifth Estate (2013)

September

18         The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her (TIFF13)

August

29          Blue Jasmine (2013)

10          Before Midnight (2013)

July

25           Munch 150 (2013)

June

12           Kon-Tiki (2012)

May

9             The Great Gatsby (2013)

February

2             The Girl In the Cafe (2005, DVD)

January

12             Zero Dark Thirty and Argo

2012

December

28             Les Misérables (2012)

4               Life of Pi (2012)

November

30              Anna Karenina (2012)

24              Lincoln (2012)

18              Skyfall (2012)

October

20              English Vinglish (2012)

10              Birders: The Central Park Effect (2012)

September

22              Midnight’s Children (2012)

August

14             To Rome With Love (2012)

July

11             Séraphine (2008)

June

18             Prometheus: Still Searching

May

23             The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

3               A Summer in Genoa (2008, DVD)

April

8                Diary of a Country Priest (1951, DVD)

March

26              Great Film Expectations

21               Quotable Quotes from Downton Abbey

17                The Importance of Being Earnest (2002 DVD)

12                The Grey (2012)

8                 We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

February

25               Oscar Nominations 2012

14               The End of the Affair (1999, DVD)

8                 My Architect: A Son’s Journey (2003, DVD)

January

27              The Quiet American (2002, DVD)

24             2012 Oscar Best Picture Nominees: A Guide

4                The Artist (2011)

 

2011

November

1              Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)

October

23            Sarah’s Key (2010)

9              Drive (2011)

9              Pickpocket (1959)

August

3             The Tree of Life (2011)

July

16            True Grit (2010)

June

11            Midnight In Paris (2011)

May

29           Days of Heaven (1978)

April

3              Jane Eyre (2011)

February

16            The King’s Speech: Fact and Fiction

2              Somewhere (2010)

January

6              The King’s Speech (2010)

 

2010

November

11           Nowhere Boy (2009)

1             The Hedgehog (Le Hérisson, 2009 DVD)

October

26          Revolutionary Road (2008, DVD)

17           The Namesake (2006, DVD)

9             Never Let Me Go (2010)

5             Another Year (2010)

September

29          Every Day (2010)

July

8            The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Sweden, 2009)

May

16           Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)

April

17           Floating Weeds (1959)

March

26           Tokyo Story (1953)

February

22           Being Julia (2004)

17           The Hurt Locker (2008, DVD)

8             Emma (2009, TV) Episode 3

1             Emma (2009, TV) Episode 2

January

29          Emma (2009, TV) Episode 1

8            A Serious Man (2009)

2            Up In The Air (2009)

 

2009

November 09

9            An Education (2009)

October 09

26          Bright Star (2009)

11           Whip It (2009)

August 09

19          Julie and Julia (2009)

June 09

28          Easy Virtue (2008 )

May 09

29         Girl With  A Pearl Earring (2003, DVD)

3           The Soloist (2009)

March 09

28        The Savages (2007, DVD)

18         Nell (1994),  The White Countess (2005)

16         The Reader (2008 )

4           Man On Wire (2008, DVD)

February 09

27        Confessions of a Shopaholic (2008 )

11         Gran Torino (2008 )

January 09

19        Last Chance Harvey (2008 )

13        Tess of the D’Urbervilles:  Part 2 (2008, TV)

8           WALL -E (2008, DVD)

5           Tess of the D’Urbervilles:  Part 1  (2008, TV)

3           Slumdog Millionaire (2008 )

 

2008

December 08

6           I’ve Loved You So Long (2008, France) Il y a longtemps que je t’aime (2008 )

1            Lost in Austen (2008, TV) Episode 4

November 08

26          Lost in Austen (2008, TV) Episode 3

20          Flight of the Red Balloon (2007, France, DVD)

17          Lost in Austen (2008, TV)  Episode 2

10          Lost in Austen (2008, TV): Episode 1

September 08

30          Rachel Getting Married (2008 )

27          Appaloosa (2008 )

23          Summer Hours (l’Heure Dété, France 2008 )

August 08

26          Glenn Gould:  The Russian Journey (2002, TV)

20           Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, DVD)

July 08

28           Mama Mia! (2008 )

18           Sketches of Frank Gehry (2005, DVD)

June, 08

9             My Blueberry Nights (2007)

5             The Stone Angel (2007)

May, 08

13           Then She Found Me (2007)

April, 08

21           Smart People (2008 )

15           A Room With A View (2007 TV)

11           Nim’s Island (2008 )

7             Sense and Sensibility Part 2 (2008 TV)

March, 08

31           Sense and Sensibility Part 1 (2008, TV)

24           Emma (1996, TV)

19           Enchanted (2007, DVD)

7             August Rush (2007)

February, 08

28           3:10 to Yuma (2007)

12, 19, 26 Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV)

4             Miss Austen Regrets (2008 TV)

January, 08

28           Away From Her (2006)

24           The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

11           The Kite Runner (2007)

6             Atonement (2007)

3             Juno (2007)

 

2007

December, 07

24           A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

17           Amazing Grace (2006)

November, 07

14           Miss Potter (2006)

1             My Kid Could Paint That (2007)

October, 07

28           Lust, Caution (2007)

22           Snow Cake (2006)

15           Field of Dreams (1989)

10           Becoming Jane (2007)

September, 07

24          The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)

14           When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)

August, 07

23            Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

13           Pretty In Pink (1986)

Less Than Zero (1987)

2Days In The Valley (1996)

The Ice Storm (1997)

June, 2007

28           Curse Of The Golden Flower (2006)

13           The Painted Veil (2006)

7             Mr. Brooks (2007)

May, 2007

22           Away From Her (2006)

3             Notes On A Scandal (2006)

1             Clean (2004)

April, 2007

30           A Perfect World (1993)