I'm currently
#1824 in the charts (improved 12) with
1735 official checks (up 10)
2294 checks overall (Up 10)
Lists100/250 Brief Encounters checks. (N/C)
224/250 IMDB Top 250 (N/C)
430/500 Empire 500 (Up 5)
90/100 100 Must-See Films Of The 20th Century (N/C)
523/1001 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (Up 1)
Awards66 Awards (Up 1)
3 Platinum (N/C)
9 Gold (N/C)
24 Silver (N/C)
30 Bronze (Up 1)
My Top Shames:Ashes and Diamonds (16)
Meet Me in St. Louis (15)
Mon oncle (15)
Pierrot le fou (15)
The Quiet Man (15)
Red River (15)
A Taste of Cherry (15)
Zemlya (15)
Farewell my Concubine (14)
The Big Parade (14)
Top Shames by Prestige Score: (
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The Producers - 48.5
The Day the Earth Stood Still - 45.5
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid - 45
The Outlaw Josey Wales - 44.5
Red River - 44.5
Five Easy Pieces - 44
Happiness - 44
The Cameraman - 43.5Point Blank - 42.5
Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution - 42.5
Popiól i diament - 40
Biggest De-shames this Month:The Cameraman (14) - 8/10
The Tree of Wooden Clogs (11) - 4/10
A Canterbury Tale (
- 6.5/10
Il Posto (6) - 7.5/10
Flash Gordon (5) - 3/10
Month Notes: Chipping away at the Empire list and deep diving on some of the directors. Since I saw 'Get Carter' last month, I caught up with Mike Hodges' other notable work 'Flash Gordon'. Interesting career path Mike had...
I enjoy branching a bit from what is just on the Empire list. I'm glad I do, since I really didn't enjoy 'Tree of Wooden Clogs', but really enjoyed Ermanno Olmi's 'Il Posto'. I try to watch them in chronological order, so I saw how Olmi progressed in his style and I could appreciate the type of film he was making in 'Clogs'.. I still didn't really like the movie though.
The end of this month I caught up with 'A Cantebury Tale', which has given me an excuse to watch what I'd consider Second-Tier Powell and Pressburger. They have made some of my favorite films of all time, so I've enjoyed digging a bit deeper with this one, '49th Paralell' and 'I Know Where I'm Going!'. I'm going to end my mini-marathon with 'The Thief of Bagdad'-- which I know isn't an Archers production... but it does have Sabu..
This coming month I am traveling for work which sets me up with a week in a hotel right next to a movie theater. I have only seen a handful of movies in the theater the last few years and none since the baby has come. I've already bought Moviepass and hope to get a few nights to actually watch some new releases!