1 Jan 2007
Not sure why I'm doing this, but here's my Rental History summarized for the year. It might be worthwhile to note the memorable films, or to add more substantive comments. There was a reason at the time for each of them, though in retrospect I can't always remember just what it was... and some didn't get watched all the way through. Not included are a number of films that Kate got and I watched too, and a few that I bought as DVDs. I saw only a few in theaters this year.
The asterisk decorates those I especially liked, for all sorts of reasons. I note that more than a quarter were Series of one sort or another, all of which might be asterisk'd. Again, no apologies, no pack drill. This is the stuff I like[d].
Rebus: Disc 1 (3-Disc Series) | 12/27/06 | |
Takacs Quartet: Bartok: String Quartets 2, 3 & 6 | 12/19/06 | |
* | Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul | 12/19/06 |
The Bellydancers of Cairo | 12/07/06 | |
Fire | 12/04/06 | |
Water | 11/29/06 | |
Earth | 11/28/06 | |
The Great New Wonderful | 11/24/06 | |
Road House | 11/22/06 | |
* | Gloomy Sunday | 11/22/06 |
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | 11/20/06 | |
* | Mr. Toad's Wild Ride | 11/15/06 |
Alice in Wonderland | 11/10/06 | |
The Charles Bukowski Tapes: Disc 2 (2-Disc Series) | 11/10/06 | |
24 Hour Party People | 11/07/06 | |
* | Shockheaded Peter and Other Songs from the Tiger Lillies | 11/06 /06 |
A Bit of Fry and Laurie: Season 2 | 11/03/06 | |
The Charles Bukowski Tapes: Disc 1 (2-Disc Series) | 10/31/06 | |
Bob Dylan: 1966-1978: After the Crash | 10/30/06 | |
* | Genghis Blues | 10/27/06 |
* | Shane McGowan: If I Should Fall From Grace | 10/23/06 |
Bukowski: Born into This | 10/23/06 | |
Control Room | 10/23/06 | |
Brick | 10/19/06 | |
Nanny McPhee | 10/18/06 | |
* | 84 Charing Cross Road | 10/18/06 |
Hukkle | 10/12/06 | |
Big Night | 10/11/06 | |
* | Intimate Stories | 10/11/06 |
Labyrinth | 10/09/06 | |
Real Genius | 10/04/06 | |
Jane Eyre: Disc 2 (2-Disc Series) | 10/02/06 | |
Jane Eyre: Disc 1 (2-Disc Series) | 10/02/06 | |
Say Anything | 09/29/06 | |
* | To Have and Have Not | 09/26/06 |
Rebus: Set 1: Disc 2 (2-Disc Series) | 09/26/06 | |
Rebus: Set 1: Disc 1 (2-Disc Series) | 09/26/06 | |
The House of Eliott: Series 3: Disc 4 (4-Disc Series) | 09/21/06 | |
A Canterbury Tale | 09/21/06 | |
The House of Eliott: Series 3: Disc 3 (4-Disc Series) | 09/19/06 | |
Bilanggong Birhen | 09/18/06 | |
Exiles | 09/18/06 | |
The House of Eliott: Series 3: Disc 2 (4-Disc Series) | 09/15/06 | |
* | Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story | 09/11/06 |
The House of Eliott: Series 3: Disc 1 (4-Disc Series) | 09/07/06 | |
Horatio Hornblower: The New Adventures: Disc 2 (2-Disc Series) | 09/07/06 | |
The Duchess of Duke Street: Series 1: Disc 5 (5-Disc Series) | 09/01/06 | |
The Duchess of Duke Street: Series 1: Disc 4 (5-Disc Series) | 08/31/06 | |
Horatio Hornblower: The New Adventures: Disc 1 (2-Disc Series) | 08/31/06 | |
The Duchess of Duke Street: Series 1: Disc 3 (5-Disc Series) | 08/24/06 | |
The Duchess of Duke Street: Series 1: Disc 2 (5-Disc Series) | 08/22/06 | |
The Duchess of Duke Street: Series 1: Disc 1 (5-Disc Series) | 08/22/06 | |
Breakfast on Pluto | 08/15/06 | |
Doctor Zhivago: Part 2 (2-Disc Series) | 08/14/06 | |
Doctor Zhivago: Part 1 (2-Disc Series) | 08/14/06 | |
Memento | 08/08/06 | |
The Best of Youth: Disc 2 (2-Disc Series) | 08/07/06 | |
The Best of Youth: Disc 1 (2-Disc Series) | 08/07/06 | |
Cisco Pike | 07/31/06 | |
Friends and Crocodiles | 07/31/06 | |
* | Bob Le Flambeur | 07/31/06 |
Lowriding in Aztlan | 07/25/06 | |
Nicholas Nickleby: Disc 2 (2-Disc Series) | 07/24/06 | |
Nicholas Nickleby: Disc 1 (2-Disc Series) | 07/21/06 | |
Le Cercle Rouge | 07/18/06 | |
Deadwood: Season 2: Disc 6 (6-Disc Series) | 07/13/06 | |
Deadwood: Season 2: Disc 5 (6-Disc Series) | 07/13/06 | |
Deadwood: Season 2: Disc 4 (6-Disc Series) | 07/13/06 | |
Deadwood: Season 2: Disc 3 (6-Disc Series) | 07/07/06 | |
Deadwood: Season 2: Disc 2 (6-Disc Series) | 07/07/06 | |
Heimat II: Chronicle of a Generation: Disc 7 (7-Disc Series) | 07/06 /06 | |
Heimat II: Chronicle of a Generation: Disc 6 (7-Disc Series) | 07/03/06 | |
Deadwood: Season 2: Disc 1 (6-Disc Series) | 07/03/06 | |
Heimat II: Chronicle of a Generation: Disc 5 (7-Disc Series) | 06/28/06 | |
Heimat II: Chronicle of a Generation: Disc 4 (7-Disc Series) | 06/27/06 | |
Heimat II: Chronicle of a Generation: Disc 3 (7-Disc Series) | 06/26/06 | |
The Chess Players | 06/22/06 | |
Memoirs of a Geisha | 06/21/06 | |
Heimat II: Chronicle of a Generation: Disc 2 (7-Disc Series) | 06/19/06 | |
Murder, She Said | 06/19/06 | |
Heimat II: Chronicle of a Generation: Disc 1 (7-Disc Series) | 06/16/06 | |
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the USA | 06/08/06 | |
John Le Carre's A Perfect Spy: Disc 3 (3-Disc Series) | 06/07/06 | |
Murder at the Gallop | 06/06 /06 | |
John Le Carre's A Perfect Spy: Disc 2 (3-Disc Series) | 06/05/06 | |
John Le Carre's A Perfect Spy: Disc 1 (3-Disc Series) | 06/02/06 | |
* | Undertaking Betty | 05/31/06 |
* | Good Night, and Good Luck | 05/31/06 |
Cold Comfort Farm | 05/30/06 | |
* | Everything Is Illuminated | 05/24/06 |
* | Bride and Prejudice | 05/24/06 |
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid: Special Edition | 05/22/06 | |
* | Pride and Prejudice | 05/19/06 |
* | All the President's Men | 05/16/06 |
Howl's Moving Castle | 05/16/06 | |
Mansfield Park: Disc 2 (2-Disc Series) | 04/26/06 | |
The World | 04/25/06 | |
Mansfield Park: Disc 1 (2-Disc Series) | 04/25/06 | |
Edwin | 04/20/06 | |
Love in a Cold Climate | 04/19/06 | |
Heimat: Disc 6 (6-Disc Series) | 04/13/06 | |
Heimat: Disc 5 (6-Disc Series) | 04/13/06 | |
Heimat: Disc 4 (6-Disc Series) | 04/05/06 | |
Heimat: Disc 3 (6-Disc Series) | 04/05/06 | |
Heimat: Disc 2 (6-Disc Series) | 04/03/06 | |
Heimat: Disc 1 (6-Disc Series) | 03/29/06 | |
* | Metropolitan | 03/27/06 |
Broken Flowers | 03/27/06 | |
Phil the Alien | 03/22/06 | |
The House of Eliott: Series 2: Disc 4 (4-Disc Series) | 03/22/06 | |
The House of Eliott: Series 2: Disc 3 (4-Disc Series) | 03/21/06 | |
The House of Eliott: Series 2: Disc 2 (4-Disc Series) | 03/14/06 | |
The House of Eliott: Series 2: Disc 1 (4-Disc Series) | 03/14/06 | |
Saving Face | 03/13/06 | |
The House of Eliott: Series 1: Vol. 4 (4-Disc Series) | 03/10/06 | |
In Her Shoes | 03/09/06 | |
The House of Eliott: Series 1: Vol. 3 (4-Disc Series) | 03/06 /06 | |
The House of Eliott: Series 1: Vol. 2 (4-Disc Series) | 03/06 /06 | |
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress | 03/06 /06 | |
* | Saraband | 03/01/06 |
The House of Eliott: Series 1: Vol. 1 (4-Disc Series) | 03/01/06 | |
* | The Pentagon Papers | 02/22/06 |
Grand Illusion | 02/21/06 | |
The Brothers Grimm | 02/21/06 | |
The Shield: Season 4: Disc 4 (4-Disc Series) | 02/14/06 | |
The Shield: Season 4: Disc 3 (4-Disc Series) | 02/14/06 | |
The Shield: Season 4: Disc 2 (4-Disc Series) | 02/13/06 | |
The French Chef 2 with Julia Child: Disc 3 (3-Disc Series) | 02/10/06 | |
The Shield: Season 4: Disc 1 (4-Disc Series) | 02/10/06 | |
The Last of England | 02/09/06 | |
* | Ugetsu | 02/07/06 |
The French Chef 2 with Julia Child: Disc 2 (3-Disc Series) | 02/06 /06 | |
The French Chef 2 with Julia Child: Disc 1 (3-Disc Series) | 02/06 /06 | |
* | Dead Man | 01/18/06 |
Trees Lounge | 01/11/06 | |
* | Coffee and Cigarettes | 01/09/06 |
Margaret Cho: Assassin | 01/05/06 | |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 01/05/06 | |
Jay and Silent Bob Do Degrassi | 01/04/06 | |
* | 21 Up | 12/28/05 |