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