I am watching a different movie for each letter of the alphabet, a movie that I was not planning on watching for a long while. I thought this would be a good exercise and see a wide variety of movies I would otherwise not think of seeing
The movies with links are (ratings are out of 10):
13 Assassins (Takashi Miike, 2010) – 9
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (Raven Jackson, 2023) – 7.5
Blow Out (Brian De Palma, 1981) – 8.5
Cold War (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2018) – 6.5
Darby O’Gill and the Little People (Robert Stevenson, 1959) – 9
EO (Jerzy Skolinowski, 2022) – 5
Fat City (John Huston, 1972) – 9
Gomorrah (Matteo Garrone, 2008) – 8.5
Happy as Lazzaro (Alice Rohrwatcher, 2018) – 7
In the Loop (Armando Iannucci, 2009) – 8
Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray, 1954) – 8
The Joy Luck Club (Wayne Wang, 1993) – 8.5
Kubo and the Two Strings (Travis Knight, 2016) – 6.5
Living in Oblivion (Tom DiCillo, 1995) – 8
Make Way for Tomorrow (Leo McCarey, 1937) – 9.5
No Way Out (Roger Donaldson, 1987) – 7
Onibaba (Kaneto Shinô, 1964) – 8
Paprika (Satoshi Kon, 2006) – 9
Quest for Fire (Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1981) – 7
Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959) – 8
Serpico (Sydney Lumet, 1973) – 7.5
Treasure Island (Byron Haskin, 1950) – 7
Umberto D. (Vittorio De Sica, 1952) – 9
The Vast of Night (Andrew Patterson, 2019) – 7
Wait Until Dark (Terence Young, 1967) 8.5
X (Ti West, 2022) – 7
Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford, 1939) – 8
Zulu (Cy Endfield, 1964) – 6
That’s it. All 28 movies of my 27 mini-movie marathon. I am not sure how quick I will do another big project such as this, but this was very rewarding and was a great way to see a bunch of movies I would have never gotten to otherwise.
I need a breather and actually see what is new to watch that is streaming now. I see the Black Bag, Hard Truths, and Novacaine have started streaming since I started this project, so I have something to be excited about.
Look for my follow up Film-a-thon: “27 Movies I Might Actually Like.” All movies that only got mixed or worse reviews that I think I might like more than everyone else. Snow White, The Lone Ranger, Showgirls, etc.
Til next time.
Ciao.
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