WEEK 28

28. THE LAST METRO, dir. FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT, 1980

i saw only 4 movies while i was away.
when i got home, we excitedly resumed & finished the 4th season of the wire.
last night we scurried around town, going to multiple video stores to find the disks containing the 5th season.
while looking at new releases, the box for the last metro caught my eye.
today i baked recipe-less cookies on a whim. they turned out pretty well, at least edible.
i'm posting the last metro on a whim, as well; i don't know much about it.
despite the whimsy contained in this first-post-back, i don't think the movie itself will be whimsical. it will likely far beat this post in quality to the degree that the post might beat it at whimsy. i must still be a bit jet-lagged, despite no time zone change. brooklyn - lagged. anyway, glad to be back to film-trading w. juliet!

WEEKS 25 - 27

MON. MAY 18
THE LIMITS OF CONTROL, dir. JIM JARMUSCH, 2009
another film in which the museum site is nearly a lead character as much as the lead character; preferred summer hours. --SASHA


SUN. MAY 17
SUMMER HOURS, dir. OLIVIER ASSAYAS, 2008
loved it loved it, and so perfect to have seen directly after an afternoon spent overwhelmed at the met. --SASHA

TUES. MAY 11
THE ORDER OF MYTHS, dir. MARGARET BROWN, 2007
an excellent documentary about mardi gras in mobile, alabama, which to this day remains segregated. remarkably even-handed and surprising. i'm still thinking about it. --JULIET


WED. MAY 5
ANOTHER WOMAN, dir. WOODY ALLEN, 1988
a low-quality image from a pretty high-quality woody allen film. just saw this one tonight.
--JULIET