September Recap

 I'm changing my rating system from five stars to four.  It's just easier that way.

September was a solid film watching month.  I didn't watch as many as I have in previous months, which I found to be good thing.  Didn't feel too overloaded.  I enjoyed all the films I watched (V/H/S aside) and tried to see more from eras outside of the 30s-50s.  Also, tried to re-watch some more old favorites.  I'll try to do a round-up post soon going into more detail about some of the better films I've seen recently.

Europa ’51 (1951) ***
Love Affair (1939) ***
Murder, My Sweet (1944) ***
3 Godfathers (1948) *** 1/2
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) ****
The Devil, Probably (1977) ****
The Hurricane (1937) *** 1/2
La Collectionneuse (1967) *** 1/2
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) ****
Pauline at the Beach (1983) ****
House by the River (1950) *** 1/2
Le Bonheur (1965) ****
It’s a Wonderful World (1939) ***
The Sea Wolf (1941) *** 1/2
The Big Combo (1955) ****
The Black Swan (1942) ***
Queen Christina (1933) ***
Close-up (1990) ****
Playtime (1967) ****
Nightfall (1957) *** 1/2
Story of Women (1988) ****
Les Bonnes Femmes (1960) *** 1/2
Naked (1993) ***
V/H/S (2012) * 1/2
The Master (2012) ****

Re-watched:

Barry Lyndon (1975) ****
It Happened One Night (1934) ****
Ninotchka (1939) ****
Ugetsu (1953) ****
Stage Door (1937) ****
The Curse of the Cat People (1944) ****

Apart from the first episode of BOARDWALK EMPIRE Season 3, I haven't watched any new TV this month.  DEXTER premiers tonight, and I'm looking forward to it, even if the show has long lost its spark.  BOARDWALK is good, but not great so far.  I'm afraid the best years of that show are already behind it, but I'll still keep watching.

Still looking forward to LOOPER.  Hoping to see it soon.  Also, excited for FRANKENWEENIE.  Can I convince anyone to go see that with me?