Moviegoing (Pandemic) - February

I posted a bit on my Blogaversary (Blogiversary?), not too long ago, so I will keep this entry brief. Every day of almost every week day this month was packed with one thing or another, I have been Zooming nonstop yet sitting still (go figure), chairing, conducting remote readings, and so forth. I also have a new book (poetry!) in the works for later this year (wish me luck!).

Here's February's list:

Lupin* (series - I could watch Omar Sy in anything but this was an immense treat)

Plutão (short)

Urano* (Brazilian short by Daniel Nolasco)

The Breeding* (Extremely disturbing, on many levels)

The One You Never Forget* (tender queer short)

Gay Agenda films on HereTV: Bill & Robert, Diary Room, Floss

My Culture (Mario Bobino film, not super memorable)

Pretend It's a City (Scorsese & Leibowitz - it got a bit tiresome after a while, though I'm a fan of his and hers)

The Tall Target* (a historical thriller, starring Dick Powell & Adolphe Menjou & directed by Anthony Mann about a thwarted attempt to assassinate Abe Lincoln)

Ghost Dog, The Way of the Samurai* (an old favorite)

Thomasine & Bushrod* (Gordon Parks' take on the western, starring Vonetta McGee and Max Julien, star of The Mack)

A Season in France* (my introduction to Mahamet- Saleh Haroun & one I highly recommend)

Abouma* (another Mahamet-Saleh Haroun success)

Cotton Comes to Harlem* (Chester Himes' detective novel vividly realized, starring Godfrey Cambridge & yummy Calvin Lockhart & Raymond St. Jacques, directed by Ossie Davis)

Take a Giant Step* (Philip Leacock's 1959 film about a Black teen coming of age in a racist environment, the film stars Ruby Dee, Beah Richards, Estelle Helmsley and budding singing star Johnny Nash ("I Can See Clearly Now"))

Daratt* (translating to Dry Season, this is one of this Mahamet-Saleh Haroun's masterpieces)

A Screaming Man* (another haunting & remarkable film from Mahamet-Saleh Haroun, Chad's gift to the world of filmmaking)

Pressure* (Horace Ové's powerful portrait of 1970s Black London/Britain)

Celebration* (YSL documentary - very good)

The Brother from Another Planet* (an old fave)

Black Lightning* (series, new season - love love love)