It's a Sin
Part 1 (of 5)
[Watch the whole series (again) on All 4.]
It's a Sin: After Hours
Episode 1 (of 5)
Channel 4's quarter-hour "after show" thingy.
[Watch it (again) on All 4 or YouTube.]
WandaVision
Part 6 All-New Halloween Spooktacular!
Friday, 12 February 2021
Thursday, 11 February 2021
Films
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
[#35 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Also...
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #4. This isn't just because I enjoyed it so much I watched it twice (although it is very good), but because the BFI Blu-ray has a choice of soundtracks: the first is the original 1926 musical score; the second is an English voiceover narration recorded in 2013 but based on the director's original text. Really, the latter wasn't worth bothering with (I wrote a little more about that on Letterboxd).
[#35 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Also...
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #4. This isn't just because I enjoyed it so much I watched it twice (although it is very good), but because the BFI Blu-ray has a choice of soundtracks: the first is the original 1926 musical score; the second is an English voiceover narration recorded in 2013 but based on the director's original text. Really, the latter wasn't worth bothering with (I wrote a little more about that on Letterboxd).
Tuesday, 9 February 2021
Monday, 8 February 2021
Sunday, 7 February 2021
Films
The Dig (2021)
[#33 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
[#32 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
[#33 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
[#32 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
this week on 100 Films
We're a whole week into February now, but that week began with February beginning, and so over at 100 Films in a Year it was time to look back at the first month of 2021...
And I published 3 new film reviews, too...
The 100-Week Roundup XXIV
More next Sunday.
And I published 3 new film reviews, too...
The 100-Week Roundup XXIV
Featuring... - Bruce Almighty - Isle of Dogs - Life is BeautifulRead more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 6 February 2021
Films
When the Wind Blows (1986)
[#31 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
+ the commentary by first assistant editor John Fordham and film historian Nick Redman ("first assistant editor" sounds like a bit of a lowly position to be doing the commentary, but Fordham was there for most of production and seems to know a fair bit — it's not a bad track), and the interview with Raymond Briggs (insightful into the original conception of the characters, including how he had to make them "fairly dim" in order to slavishly follow the "lunatic" official advice!)
[#31 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
+ the commentary by first assistant editor John Fordham and film historian Nick Redman ("first assistant editor" sounds like a bit of a lowly position to be doing the commentary, but Fordham was there for most of production and seems to know a fair bit — it's not a bad track), and the interview with Raymond Briggs (insightful into the original conception of the characters, including how he had to make them "fairly dim" in order to slavishly follow the "lunatic" official advice!)
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Last week I said this week might challenge some of the record-breakers from last year. In the end, due to stuff getting lost in the post or not arriving as quickly as expected, it's not quite at that level — but it's still a relatively big'un, with 11 all-new titles, containing 15 films (no multi-film sets, just a bunch of extra films as special features!) and 38 episodes of TV, plus a pile of short films too. Sadly, nothing on Ultra HD or DVD, and no additional cuts, otherwise every single stat would've gone up. Hey-ho, you can't have it all!
Number of titles in collection: 2,537 [up 11]
Of which DVDs: 1,080 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,457 [up 11]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 96 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 6,507 [up 28]
Number of films: 2,935 [up 15]
Number of additional cuts: 206 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,048 [up 38]
Number of short films: 821 [up 9]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Last week I said this week might challenge some of the record-breakers from last year. In the end, due to stuff getting lost in the post or not arriving as quickly as expected, it's not quite at that level — but it's still a relatively big'un, with 11 all-new titles, containing 15 films (no multi-film sets, just a bunch of extra films as special features!) and 38 episodes of TV, plus a pile of short films too. Sadly, nothing on Ultra HD or DVD, and no additional cuts, otherwise every single stat would've gone up. Hey-ho, you can't have it all!
Number of titles in collection: 2,537 [up 11]
Of which DVDs: 1,080 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,457 [up 11]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 96 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 6,507 [up 28]
Number of films: 2,935 [up 15]
Number of additional cuts: 206 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,048 [up 38]
Number of short films: 821 [up 9]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 5 February 2021
Thursday, 4 February 2021
Wednesday, 3 February 2021
Films
The Burning Buddha Man (2013)
[#29 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Coming to America (1988)
[#28 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
[#29 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Coming to America (1988)
[#28 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Tuesday, 2 February 2021
Films
Weird Woman (1944)
[#27 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
The second Inner Sanctum Mystery.
+ commentary by film historian Justin Humphreys & author Del Howison
[#27 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
The second Inner Sanctum Mystery.
+ commentary by film historian Justin Humphreys & author Del Howison
Monday, 1 February 2021
Sunday, 31 January 2021
this week on 100 Films
It was time for another TV column on 100 Films in a Year this week...
But film was not left out, with 3 new movie reviews too...
Rope (1948)
The 100-Week Roundup XXIII
More next Sunday.
But film was not left out, with 3 new movie reviews too...
Rope (1948)
Nowadays fake single takes are all over the place — some of them even last whole movies. But, as with so much cinematic trickery, it’s not actually a new idea. I don’t know if Alfred Hitchcock was the first director to attempt to trick the viewer into thinking they were watching one long take, when in fact it’s several shots stitched together via hidden cuts, but his effort is certainly one of the most famous. As an exercise in style, it’s a mixed success. Hitch is presumably inventing techniques that other filmmakers would polish and perfect in later attempts at the same stunt, but these first attempts don’t always come off perfectlyRead more here.
The 100-Week Roundup XXIII
Featuring...Read more here.
- Sherlock Gnomes
- Swimming with Men
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 30 January 2021
TV
The Twilight Zone
5x04 A Kind of a Stopwatch
5x07 The Old Man in the Cave
+ the commentary on A Kind of a Stopwatch by TZ expert Martin Grams, Jr.
WandaVision
Part 4 We Interrupt This Program
5x04 A Kind of a Stopwatch
5x07 The Old Man in the Cave
+ the commentary on A Kind of a Stopwatch by TZ expert Martin Grams, Jr.
WandaVision
Part 4 We Interrupt This Program
Films
Sansho Dayu (1954)
[#25 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Blindspot 2021 #1
+ the introduction by Tony Rayns on the Masters of Cinema Blu-ray
[#25 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Blindspot 2021 #1
+ the introduction by Tony Rayns on the Masters of Cinema Blu-ray
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