I’ve been trying to keep track of upcoming screenings by juggling various e-mails, website listings, and flyers, but finally gave up and spent half an hour putting together an excel spreadsheet to track the damn things.
What I REALLY want is a computer program that would let me select the movies I want to see and the dates I’ll be in town, and then provide me with an optimized screening schedule. In the meantime, I’ll have to select from my staggering range of free screenings by hand. Poor me.
To give you a sense of what’s available, here’s a snapshot of my spreadsheet for the first week in November. Movies highlighted in yellow are ones that I want to see at some point (although not necessarily on these particular dates):
That’s nearly 25 screenings in 7 days, and there will almost certainly be a few added to that over the next week.
I hope Batman Begins isn’t highlighted because you’ve already seen it. It is very well done. I would say that it is the best of the Batman films except that a) that isn’t saying much, and b) comparing this and the Tim Burton Batman (which I liked) is an apples and oranges comparison. So I won’t.
The reason I haven’t highlighted Batman Begins is indeed that I’ve already seen it. And I agree that it’s the best of the Batman films (and possibly the best superhero film ever made), although, as you say, it’s nearly impossible to compare it to the also-excellent Tim Burton version.
So, basically, you’re right on all counts.
(I’ve also seen Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Brokeback Mountain, by the way, and would recommend them both.)
I’ve noticed that you didn’t highlight “Where the Truth Lies”. If you didn’t catch it at the BAFTA screening the other night then I would definitely say its worth watching.
Oh and the “adult” scenes are nowhere near as strong as the US censors might lead you to believe!
Thanks for the tip–I’ll check it out. I didn’t highlight it mainly because I knew almost nothing about it.