Much like out "Best of 2006, etc) threads, members who will be viewing movies can keep running tabs, grades, and breif anticipation comments here. This thread is not per country, it is a total list, so that other members can see what is being viewed, responses to the films, etc.

Hosts and host threads:

Deathawk and Kypade: Japanese Film Festival
Getluv: Down Under Film Festival Australia/New Zealand Film Festival
Dr. Lecter: Scandanavian Film Festival
Rogue and Zennier: Spanish Language Film Festival
Dolcevita and Mr Price: Italian Language Film Festival
Yoshue: French Film Festival
Gullimont-Kyro: Irish Film Festival

FILM NIGHTS!

This year for something special, each host has his/her own "film night."

I will keep a schedule here, and anyone interested in a respective thread can try to have film nights together. This in no way changes the fact that everyone can watch any movie from a country they are interested at any time, but it is more an event in which everyone can watch a film together and multiple people can discuss the movie together. We have done several of these in the past, and they can be pretty interesting.

What we have so far:

FRIDAY OCT. 20th: Nine Queens
SUNDAY OCT. 22nd: Seven Beauties
TUESDAY OCT. 24th: Ikiru
THURSDAY OCT. 26th: Breaking the Waves
FRIDAY OCT. 27th: A Little Princess
SUNDAY OCT. 29th: Day for Night
TUESDAY OCT. 31st: Profondo Rosso
THURSDAY NOV. 2nd: Deathawk's Selection
SATURDAY NOV. 4th: Somersault
SUNDAY NOV. 5th: Gullimont-Kyro's Selection

Ok everyone, we have one week!

Hosts, I need your selections for the movie night films so that everyone has enough time to get them. Please let me know asap.

Thanks again everyone of you hosts. I'm going to make a lfyer today and see if I can send it to people's pm boxes. Any volunteers to do about 20-30 pms?

BTW, I've worked out some svelt DVD giveaways. Further updates to come!

1. Nine Queens: B
2.My Voyage in Italy: B+

1. Nine Queens - B

Yep, the minute I saw Queens I said to myself "Its alright, but not really anything to go crazy over."


Update:
1. Nine Queens: B
2. My Voyage in Italy: B+
3. Seven Beauties: A

Update:
1. Nine Queens: B
2. My Voyage in Italy: B+
3. Seven Beauties: A
A Little Princess: B-

Up next, Playtime!

1. Nine Queens - B
2. The Flower of My Secret - B+ (Review to be posted)

You didn't like A Little Princess...

I wouldn't say that.... dolce is very selective with her grading and a B- suggests that the film was "good", but not "great".

I should be giving you flack for giving the same grade to Bad Education.

Yeah, Rogue, what Zennier said. B- is still "fresh" but only so north of that. I didn't mind it, but I'm not watching it again. I'd like to hear more of what you thought. Why'd you love it so much, in SLF Thread.

Anyways, its not getting the roughest grade of a movie I've seen during this festival :

1. Nine Queens: B
2. My Voyage in Italy: B+
3. Seven Beauties: A
4. A Little Princess: B-
5. Playtime: C+

1. The Bicycle Thief- A
2. Nine Queens- B
3. Seven Beauties- B+
4. Ikiru- B+
5. 8 1/2- A
6. Belle du Jour- A-

So, although I have tried in the past couple of years to pay attention to the festival, I have never really been able to pay attention to it in the end. How's this year going in comparison to the past two years?

Much busier and more participants and activity than last year. I think last year we didn't get a single thread past 40 posts, and this year we have two that might reach 100, and another 2 or 3 that might reach 40. Lots of viewings, and participants have really made an effort to go out and get their hands on some new movies they haven't seen. Also the hosts get better and better each year. I used to have to nag people like crazy behind the scenes the past two years, just to feed their threads, and this year everyone is excitedly doing it on their own. Great year, lots of interesting viewings. Good year to check this out. Next year, we'll try to make even more special events/viewings/activities, etc.

1. Nine Queens: B
2. My Voyage in Italy: B+
3. Seven Beauties: A
4. A Little Princess: B-
5. Playtime: C+
6. Profondo Rosso: B+

The movies I've seen for the first time (specifically for the Festival):
1. Seven Beauties - A-
2. Nine Queens - B/B+

Movies rewatched
1. A Little Princess - B+
2. 8 1/2 - A+++++++++++++
3. Ran - A
4. La Dolce Vita - A-

Still need to finish:
1. Jules et Jim (YOSHUE!!!!! I WILL GET THIS DONE)

A+++++++++++?

It can't be that amazing.



Can it?

I thought it was

Then again, I'm biased towards Mastroianni.

1. Nine Queens: B
2. My Voyage in Italy: B+
3. Seven Beauties: A
4. A Little Princess: B-
5. Playtime: C+
6. Profondo Rosso: B+
7. Somersault: C+/B-

Hosts: If you can keep your eye out this last weekend, Getluv and I need recs by Monday morning for your three most active/interesting members for the festival DVD giveaways. Feel free to send me pm with any questions. Getluv, check your pm box cause we need to decide how to pick a host for a DVD too.

So, what is everyone going to watch for the last weekend?

For the weekend, I've watched What Have I Done to Deserve This? and hope to see a few other comments - though my short review probably won't warrant much. I'm planning on writing up a commentary on Spanish directors and their success in 2006 - this is a huge year for Spanish language cinema and Spanish directors in general, and I think that makes for a nice bookend for the festival. I posted a short recap of The Flower of My Secret last weekend, and will also be putting up a better review to attract the likes of dar and rod, who *should* have seen it. They are the experts, after all.

Update:

New Viewings
1. Nine Queens - B
2. The Flower of My Secret - A- (upgraded)
3. What Have I Done to Deserve This? - B+

Revisits
4. All About My Mother - A-
5. Bad Education - A
6. Y Tu Mama Tambien - A-

Oh, and since I didn't get Seven Beauties in time, I'm going to watch the dubbed copy I *do* have. Not ideal, but I would like to watch at least one film - especially one with such high marks from everyone.

1. Nine Queens: B
2. My Voyage in Italy: B+
3. Seven Beauties: A
4. A Little Princess: B-
5. Playtime: C+
6. Profondo Rosso: B+
7. Somersault: C+/B-
8. Wild Child: B+

What I've watched for the Thread thus far.

Profondo Rosso B+
Volver B
Grave of the Fireflies B
Seven Samuari B
Battle Royale A
Somersault (rewatch) B+
Wolf Creek B