Filmcap: The week of Oct 2-9

Bunuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, von Trier's Europa, and the final season of Deadwood all feature in this post. Yes it's been a long while since my last one, and I am good awfully behind, but I am determined to keep it going. Quite a large variety of stuff in this one. It includes a couple of television documentaries about history and also the culmination of a series that almost serves as the history of society. The Deadwood post is possibly the longest in this blogs history, maybe being second only to The Tree of Life post. 

Filmcap: The week of Sept 25-Oct 2

Repulsion, Viridiana, and My Night at Maud's are some of the highlights from this quality-filled week. You've got classics from Luis Bunuel, Eric Rohmer, and Roman Polanski. If you're a fan of Catholic guilt and religious confusions then you'll love the first two movies in this post. You'll also find a review on my one and only 2011 documentary I've seen so far and also a review on one of the few British TV shows I've seen. 

Filmcap: The week of Sept 18-25

Blue Valentine, Last Year at Marienbad, and A Streetcar Named Desire are highlights from this week. Yes I finally saw Blue Valentine and yes it's very good. In this post you'll find discussions on what is subversive in old Hollywood movies, conflicting emotions when a well-intentioned movie doesn't succeed, and how an artsy pretentious movie can still be a masterpiece.

Filmcap: The week of Sept 11-18

The Conversation, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, and Drive are some of the highlights of this week. Not quite as packed with great stuff as last week, but the great movies definitely continue. Included in this post are some discussions on the American perspective of Mexico, comedies of failures, and turning the political into the personal.

Filmcap: The week of Sept 4-11

Fish Tank, Grand Illusion, Funny Games, and recently completed season of Louie are highlights from this abnormally great and lengthy week. Minimal amount of schoolwork, a realization that this is my last year of school and thus last chance to really go all out with my movie watching, and also the ending of two television show seasons all culminated in a lot of entries for this week. In this post you'll find discussions on how the differences between a great miserabilist film and a bad one, the benefits of personal filmmaking, and the lack of intellectual provocation in the movies. 

Filmcap: The week of Aug 28-Sept 4

Beginners, The Limey, and the second season of Deadwood are in store for this post. A television show that shows us the beginnings of our society, a movie that shows how the beginnings are always the best, and then a movie in which you can't always tell what is the beginning and what is the ending.

Filmcap: The week of Aug 21-28

Highlights from this week are "The Wackness" and the surprise of 2011, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes." This week's post marks the start of the school year and with that, more movies every week. I usually have one new movie a week that I review for The Daily Evergreen, but this week I saw a film on a Sunday opposed to a Friday or Saturday and so "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is in this weeks post as opposed to last week. Included in the reviews are discussions on the paradox of a movie about how important books are, and the importance of authenticity in the effectiveness of a familiar story. 

Filmcap: The week of Aug 14-21

"The Debt" and "Barcelona" this week. The first is so straightforward I had a hard time finding anything substantial to say about it, and the other I found a lot to say about it quite easily. This is a post about grown up thrillers and cross-cultural love. Enjoy. Next post is the start of the school year, so I hope you're excited for double the amount of movies every week. I certainly am. 

Filmcap: The week of Aug 7-14

You may have noticed I've skipped a few weeks, that is because I was out of the country and did not view any films during that time. This week, my first week back, I only watched one film, but it's a brilliant one. In this review of a prophetic 1979 film, the in's and out's of reality programming is discussed.

Most anticipated films of fall/winter 2011

I did a similar list for the first four months of the year and the second four months (the summer), but really it's all about these last four months. That's when it all comes out. The first eight months were pretty bland, and I had a hard time picking 10 worthwhile movies for those lists, but for this one I had a very hard time keeping it to 25. A lot of very promising movies coming out, and even more movies that are not on this list that could very well breakout and become hits. I know for a fact that I would not have been anticipating "A Prophet" or "The King's Speech" all that much last year, and they both made my top 10 of 2010.

Most of these movies chosen were chosen based on some combination of director (like Martin Scorsese being the sole reason I am anticipating "Hugo"), trailer ("The Lady" and "Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy" both have brilliant trailers), early buzz ("Martha Marcy May Marlene" and "Take Shelter" got some great buzz from Sundance), and other miscellaneous tidbits (like Jonsi is doing the music for "We Bought a Zoo" and "50/50" is based on the life of the screenwriter).