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August 2nd - August 15th

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the autist formerly known as flinch

So the films i see as worth wathing in the next couple of weeks are:

Sunday 3rd
White Heat 1.00 TCM
Little Voice 10,00 Film Four
The Birds 10.00 Sci-Fi
Felicia’s Journey 11.15 BBC2

Monday 4th
Intimacy 0.05 Sky Premier 2
Abhijaan 1.15 Channel 4
The Gay Divorcee 9.45 Sky Cinema 2
Busy Bodies 12.30 BBC2
The Gay Divorcee 5.00 Sky Cinema 2
A Matter of Life and Death 6.00 Film Four
Jennifer 8 8.00 Sky Cinema
Some Like It Hot 10.00 Film Four
Harold and Maude 0.00 Film Four

A great weekend of moives: Some of the Best films ever made are in that list, and all of those listed are well worth watching. The argument – well over the week about a quarter of the best movies are on terrestrial tv, over half are on Film Four and TCM, and about a quarter are on the Murdoch channels, of whose output about 1% is worth watching. My argument that sky is the ememy of cinema is not exactly proven by this, but it’s a pretty damning set of statistics.

Anyone who wants to post a review of any of these films and discuss it here, feel free.


Tuesday
Harry, He’s Here to Help 0.20 Channel 4
The Birds 0.25 Sci-Fi
Wonder Boys 1.05 Sky Premier 2
Jennifer 8 2.00 Sky Cinema
Come Clean 12.30 BBC2
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 6.00 Film Four
Arsenic and Old Lace 7.00 TCM
Lolita 9.00 TCM
Being John Malkovitch 10.00 Film Four
Gosford Park 10.00 Sky Premier
Raising Arizona 11.15 BBC1

Wednesday
The Courage of Lassie 7.50 TCM
Them Thar Hills 12.30 BBC2
High Sierra 1.00 TCM
Stage Door 1.30 BBC2
Le Gout Des Autres 3.40 Sky Premier 2
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg 3.50 Sky Cinema
Rebel Without a Cause 9.00 TCM
Die Hard 9.00 YTV
Late Night Shopping 10.00 Film Four
Ossessione 10.00 BBC4
Heavenly Creatures 10.00 Sky Cinema
School Daze 10.35 Sky Cinema 2

Thursday
Kikujiro No Natsu 2.00 Film Four
Magnificent Obsession 12.15 Sky Cinema
Tit for Tat 12.30 BBC2
Sense and Sensibility 6.00 Film Four
Magnificent Obsession 6.30 Sky Cinema
The Snapper 8.00 Film Four
Mighty Aphroditie 10.00 Film Four
Pulp Fiction 10.00 Sky Cinema
After Hours 10.45

Friday
The Blob 2.30 Sky Cinema
Von Ryan’s Express 11.30 Sky Cinema 2
The Outsiders 12.45 Sky Cinema
Village of the Dammned 5.35 TCM
Love and Death 6.00 Film Four
The Outsiders 6.15 Sky Cinema
Von Ryan’s Express 7.00 Sky Cinema 2
Being There 8.00 Film Four
M*A*S*H 9.00 Sky Cinema 2
Jacob’s Ladder 11.50 BBC1

Saturady 9th
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean 0.10 Five
Taxi Driver 1.45 Film Four
The Mouse That Roared 7.45 Sky Cinema
Bringing Up Baby 9.15 Sky Cinema
Beau Champs 12.10 BBC2
The Mouse That Roared 1.00 Sky Cinema
Bringing Up Baby 2.00 Sky Cinema
The Magnificent Seven 2.35 ITV1
Land Girls 8.00 Film Four

Sunday 10th
Hard Boiled 0.00 Sci-Fi
La Veuve De Saint-Pierre 0.55 Channel 4
Our Man in Havana 9.20 Sky Cinema 2
The Philadelphia Story 1.00 TCM
The Longest Day 3.20 Channel 4
Our Man in Havana 5.00 Sky Cinema 2
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 6.00 Film Four


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