watch log
april 2026
Films I have actually sat down with this month, in reverse chronological order. Rewatches marked with an asterisk. Anything that resulted in or contributed to a post is linked.
| date |
film |
year |
director |
notes |
rating |
| 13 apr |
The Passion of Joan of Arc * |
1928 |
Dreyer |
Norwegian-print restoration. silent. |
★★★★★ |
| 11 apr |
Citizen Kane * |
1941 |
Welles |
watched for the Toland piece. |
★★★★½ |
| 09 apr |
The Long Voyage Home |
1940 |
Ford |
first viewing. Toland working through what he would do in Kane. |
★★★★ |
| 06 apr |
Wuthering Heights |
1939 |
Wyler |
first viewing. the moors are surprisingly Californian. |
★★★½ |
| 02 apr |
Stagecoach * |
1939 |
Ford |
holds up. Glennon's photography. |
★★★★½ |
| 30 mar |
M |
1931 |
Lang |
first viewing in years. Fritz Arno Wagner shot the whistling. |
★★★★★ |
| 27 mar |
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari * |
1920 |
Wiene |
silent. the painted shadows still funny and frightening. |
★★★★½ |
| 23 mar |
Pickpocket |
1959 |
Bresson |
first viewing in years. the hands. |
★★★★★ |
| 20 mar |
Sweet Smell of Success * |
1957 |
Mackendrick |
annual rewatch. |
★★★★★ |
| 17 mar |
Late Spring |
1949 |
Ozu |
first viewing. quieter than Tokyo Story, somehow more devastating. |
★★★★★ |
| 14 mar |
Diary of a Country Priest |
1951 |
Bresson |
first viewing. the voice-over. |
★★★★½ |
| 11 mar |
Touch of Evil * |
1958 |
Welles |
preservation cut. that opening shot. |
★★★★½ |
| 08 mar |
The Night of the Hunter * |
1955 |
Laughton |
second viewing. Cortez's photography. |
★★★★★ |
| 04 mar |
L'Avventura |
1960 |
Antonioni |
first viewing. Di Venanzo's compositions in Aeolian sun. |
★★★★½ |
| 01 mar |
The Third Man * |
1949 |
Reed |
perennial. Krasker's tilted Vienna. |
★★★★★ |
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