A new year has begun and we are already at the end of its first month, though not without drama. On January 6, 2021, supporters of DJT attempted to storm the Capitol and overturn a legitimate election in which Joe Biden and Kamala Harris soundly and roundly defeated DJT and Mike Pence. In addition to extensive damage, several dead cops, one dead coup participant, unfulfilled threats to kill the sitting Vice President (some of the coup participants erected a gallows outside the Capitol and others chanted "Hang Mike Pence") and extensive destruction to the buildings, as DJT watched on, failing to quell the violence, the House and Senate were able to certify Biden's victory and he is now President of the United States. Covid-19's strains are still raging, but there are vaccines, social distancing continues, we have adapted in ways large and small at home, at work and in the wider world, and while we're not out of the abyss, there seems to be path upward and forward. My January films included:
Hasaki Ya Suda*
Twaaga*
The French Lieutenant's Woman* (I read Fowles' novel before I saw the film years ago & both, I must say, are very good)
Ministry of Fear*
The Age of Swordfish
Easter in Sicily
The Pub
Snuck Off the Slave Ship*
Lo Cal Hero
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
Les Saignantes* (I want to see much more by this director)
Yeelen* (remarkable)
Phoenix
White Elephant
Zumbi Child*
Blackmail
Kill List
Sorry We Missed You
Draw Me Now
Intimate Stranger
Space Is the Place* (I love Sun Ra & this film)
Marianne & Julianne
Mon Oncle*
Date with Dizzy*
Moonbird*
Dadli*
Flores* (I watched it again, it's short & beautiful)
Money Movers
Rome, Open City* (a classic)
Persona* (I have watched this film maybe 10 times!)
Poetry In Motion*
The Grass Is Always Greener
What Women Want: Gay Romance
Living for the Weekend* (series)
The Boys of Rio
Stranger than Paradise* (an old fave)
