Summer Viewing

Hello fellow cinemaniacs,

You may have noticed the Film Journal sidebar. I hope to be maintaining it on a biweekly basis. For those who might be curious about my summer viewings, I present the following list (from the seminal to the deplorable):

Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) * * * * *

Synecdoche, New York (2008) * * * * *

Bamako (2007) * * * *1/2

The Decline of the American Empire (1986) * * * *1/2

Up (2009) * * * *1/2

Bolt (2008) * * * *

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) * * * *

The Purple Rose of Cairo (1984) * * * *

Rachel Getting Married (2008) * * * *
Wendy and Lucy (2008) * * * *

Ashes of Time Redux (2008) * * *1/2

Blast of Silence (1961) * * *1/2

The Class (2008) * * *1/2

Frozen River (2008) * * *1/2

Lake of Fire (2007) * * *1/2

Milk (2008) * * *1/2

Pontypool (2009) * * *1/2

Revolutionary Road (2008) * * *1/2

Snow Angels (2008) * * *1/2

Son of Rambow (2008) * * *1/2

Star Trek (2009) * * *1/2

Still Life (2007) * * *1/2

The Wrestler (2008) * * *1/2

Appaloosa (2008) * * *

Changeling (2008) * * *

Diary of the Dead (2008) * * *

Encounters at the End of the World (2008) * * *

Frost/Nixon (2008) * * *

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) * * *

House of Flying Daggers (2004) * * *

Ichi the Killer (2001) * * *

I've Loved You So Long (2008) * * *

JCVD (2008) * * *

Quantum of Solace (2008) * * *

Role Models (2008) * * *

Standard Operating Procedure (2008) * * *

Valkyrie (2008) * * *

Cadillac Records * *1/2

Gran Torino (2008) * *1/2

Hamlet 2 (2008) * *1/2

Of Time and the City (2009) * */12

Step Brothers (2008) * *1/2

W. (2008) * *1/2

Yes Man (2008) * *1/2

Doubt (2008) * *

The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) * *

Mongol (2008) * *

Religulous (2008) * *

Sukiyaki Western Django (2008) * *

Sunshine Clearing (2009) * *

Watchmen (2009) *

Wolverine (2009) *

Feel free to chime in with comments, criticisms, or suggestions for my ever-expanding viewing list.

For all of you cinephiles who don't already know about this enterprise, check out the following sites: The 1,000 Greatest Films and The 21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films, both sponsored by the indispensable They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? (see my sidebar Links for their home page).