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On DVD at home with Lucía, John, and Elizabeth on 3 July 2009 at around 22:00.
Not a very good movie. Ralph Fiennes plays three generations of a family and performs them in almost the same way. None of the characters are very appealing, and the dialogue is a bit tough to sit through. [...]

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On DVD with Lucía at home on Monday, 22 June 2009 at around 22:00.
I’m not as much a fan of Hitchcock as I used to be. I still like his films, and The Man Who Knew Too Much is no exception. There is one scene when Doris Day finds out her son has [...]

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On DVD at home with Lucía on 11 June 2009 at around 23:00.
A very bizarre film. I’m not quite sure what to make of it. A fair bit of moralizing. Not my favorite Claudette Colbert character. But the pure comedy and surreal behavior was enough to sustain my interest in the [...]

24 City (Jia Zhangke, 2008)
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On 35mm at the IFC Center with Lucía and John on 10 June 2009 at 21:50.
I think I have to see this film over again, although it’s pretty painfully slow and not very visually appealing. I spent the first half struggling to stay awake, and by the time I figured [...]

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On DVD at home with Jun-Dai and John on 05 June 2009 after dinner.
I was impressed with the skill and economy of storytelling and characterisation in this film.

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On DVD at home on 05 June 2009, while somebody worked until 3:30 a.m.
I liked The 39 Steps quite a bit more.

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On DVD at home with Lucía on 2 June 2009.
I should really be more disciplined and jot down my thoughts soon after watching the film. Ratcatcher is one of the best films I’ve seen in a while, but my thoughts on the film have become a little fragmented in the 10 days since I [...]

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On DVD at home with Lucía on 1 June 2009 at around 22:00.
Criterion’s DVD of Le Corbeau was of pretty poor quality, but it didn’t stop me from enjoying this fine film.

Twenty-Four Eyes (Keisuke Kinoshita, 1954)
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On DVD at home with Lucía on 31 May 2009 pretty late at night.
Twenty-Four Eyes was a very interesting film. It really drags on at times, and I got pretty tired of the gossip => cry => sing routine that the film employs throughout. On the other hand, it’s [...]

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On Blu-ray at home with Lucía on 30 May late at night.
I don’t think Baraka is quite the profound film it wants to be. It is a remarkable collage of footage from around the world, showing the very developed side of some developed countries (e.g., Park Ave. and Grand Central Station in New York, [...]