Television
Pandemic Cinema, Year 4
A chronological list of non-current or non-theatrical movies (feature length and short films) that I watched at home during the continuing COVID-19 crisis in 2023. The great majority of them were new to me. Cleaning House (1938)House of Dark Shadows (1970)Night of Dark Shadows (1971)Ventriloquist Cat (1950)The Green Ray (1986)The Freshman (1925)Drag-a-Long Droopy (1954)Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)Thunder Road […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XXV
This edition is a little skimpy (slower time of year? fewer new shows due to writers/actors strikes?). I’d like to say I filled my time enjoying the splendor of nature but I think I was just watching more old movies on TCM. Anyway, here’s my TV wrap-up from the past six months. LIKED A LOT […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XXIV
As the writers’ strike necessarily drags on — and now the actors are joining them on the picket line — we may run out of new scripted shows. Fear not, I will once again be your guide to series you might’ve missed. Here are the programs I’ve checked out in the past half year-plus. LOVED […]
Pandemic Cinema, year 3
A chronological list of non-current movies (feature length and short films) that I watched at home during the continuing COVID-19 crisis in 2022. The great majority of them were new to me. Foxes (1980)Poultry Pirates (1938)The Circus (1928)Metropolitan (1990)Saboteur (1942)The Velvet Underground (2021)The Screwy Truant (1945)The Swarm (1978)Wild at Heart (1990)Vertigo (1958)The Stork’s Holiday (1943)The […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XXIII
Not nearly as many new shows on the list this edition. Is it possible that I watched less TV?!? Perish the thought! Still, I’m not quite sure of the reason. Was I busier watching additional seasons of previous favorites? Or tuning in to more movies, specials, and one-off documentaries? Or just fewer compelling new series? […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XXII
I know, you’ve been on pins and needles, waiting a month for my biannual recap of what I’ve been watching. Flipping from streamer to streamer to network to network with no guidance whatsoever. You can now relax, I’m here with the latest installment. LOVED Kids in the Hall (Amazon) I was in college and then […]
Pandemic Cinema, Year 2
A chronological list of movies (feature length and short films) that I watched at home during the continuing COVID-19 crisis in 2021. The great majority of them were new to me. The Chimp (1932)A Night at the Opera (1935)Doubt (2008)The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)Block-Heads (1938)A King in New York (1957)Smithereens (1982)Adventures in Babysitting (1987)Dogfight […]
Pandemic Cinema, Year 1
A chronlogical list of movies (feature length and short films) that I watched at home during the COVID-19 crisis in 2020. The great majority of them were new to me. Paris, Texas (1984)American Graffiti (1973)More American Graffiti (1979)Boxcar Bertha (1972)The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974)The Lady From Shanghai (1947)Surf Nazis Must Die (1987)Blackboard Jungle […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XIX
So, I normally do two of these stuff-I’ve-recently-watched-on-TV recaps each year. But you know how 2020 was all higgledy-piggledy in terms of the passage of time and… anyway, here’s 366 days’ worth of shows I checked out. LOVED Country Music (PBS) I’m no expert about country music, but I do know a fair amount about […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XVIII
I began this draft five weeks ago, which was already three weeks later than I normally post it. But at long last, here is my recap of the new stuff I was checking out in the summer and fall. It was a span of time where I attempted to take back the night, watching only […]
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