(M) Caché (Haneke, 2005) A-

A loose, absorbing thriller that mixes old tricks with a half-baked social conscience.

(M) In Good Company (Weitz, 2004) B

(M) Brokeback Mountain (Lee, 2005) A-

(M) The Producers (Stroman, 2005) B-

(M) School of Rock (Linklater, 2003) B+

(M) Munich (Spielberg, 2005) A-

(M) Syriana (Gaghan, 2005) B

(M) King Kong (Jackson, 2005) A

hahahaha, i am retarded cuz i was looking at anthology's schedule for january of 2005 . . . no wonder it didn't make sense . . . their 2006 thing is not up yet, meaning there is still hope for some brakhage . . .

Here is a tentative plan of things I want to do when I am home in New York. My plane arrives early afternoon on Dec 28, and I go back to Vegas the morning of January 9th. Unfortunately, I can't see as much Hitchcock as I initially wanted, since, well, I guess I have to figure out a way to spend time with family and stuff. This is all very sketchy right now and will take better shape shortly . . . or maybe at the last minute, whatever.

Thu Dec 29 - Notorious @ Film Forum
Thu Dec 29 - L'Intrus @ Cinema Village
Sat Dec 31 - Dial M For Murder @ Film Forum
Sat Dec 31 - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah & The National @ Irving Plaza
Mon Jan 02 - Oskar Fischinger: Optical Etudes @ Walter Reader, 5 pm
Mon Jan 02 - The Birds @ Film Forum
Thu Jan 05 - Marnie @ Film Forum
Sat Jan 07 - Vertigo @ Film Forum

Theater Unknown, but will be playing at that time - Cache

Match Point - will probably be playing @ many theaters

Brokeback Mountain - will see only if it is playing at Upstate Films

Also, Anthology posted three really exciting things, but the days of the week do not match the number, what the fuck, but hopefully they mean the days of the week, since Sunday the 8th is the last day I can do any movie-watching:

Fri Jan 7 (?) - Kenneth Anger Program 1 @ Anthology, 8:30 pm
Sat Jan 8 (?) - Kenneth Anger Program 2 @ Anthology, 8 pm
Sun Jan 9 (?) - Belson/Baillie/Crockwell Program @ Anthology, 8 pm

NOTE: I'm adding books. I've begun an attempt to read the Modern Library's list of the 100 great novels of the 20th century, so the marking (ML) instead of (B) indicates it's one of those, and the number next to it indicates how many books on the list I've finished, including that book.

(ML-6) 1984 (by George Orwell)

(Th) The Dwarfs (at the Studio Theater, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts; Written by Harold Pinter, Directed by Jesse Sideman)

(Th) Flowers (at the Studio Theater, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts; Written by Jose Rivera, Directed by Victoria Flores)

(Th) "An Evening of Performances" (at the Black Box at 440 Studios; presented by Playwrights Horizons Theater School)--

The Circus Project (Written and Directed by Ashley Russell)

It's Called Thirst (Created and Performed by Alicia Harding)