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Ahh, again, Long Time No Post. What have I been doing? Let's see, this month, movies. Movies out at actual movie theaters.

More specifically,in order of viewing, these: (US, 2010 unless otherwise noted)

Harold and Maude (1971)
Date Night
The Iron Horse (1924)
A Spray of Plum Blossoms (Shanghai, 1931)
Rotaie (Italy, 1929)
Metropolis (Germany, 1927)
The Flying Ace (1926)
The Strong Man (Capra, 1926)
Diary of a Lost Girl (Germany, 1929)
Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (Denmark, 1922)
Man with a Movie Camera (Russia, 1929)
The Woman Disuputed (1928) (see icon)
L'heureuse mort (France, 1924)
The A-Team
Rear Window (1954)
Dinner for Schmucks
Inception

It must be noted that the middle set -- from "The Iron Horse" to "L'heureuse mort" -- were, unsurprisingly, sort of a package deal, as I attended the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. So those eleven features (plus three 2-reelers, a number of shorts, two presentations by archivists, and a panel with the musicians playing for the festival [one Maestro of the Mightly Wurlizer, two pianists, three ensembles]) in a 4-day period. Or really, in 3 days plus following one opening night feature. So that was intense, and fabulous, and not actually Silent at all (see musician list). (for the interested, brief program notes here: SFSFF filmguide)

The last four were all in the last week, and kind of couldn't be more different.

Whew. In closing,

Self Portrait with Theater