Mini-Marathons/Watching Projects 2021
After last year I'm still inclined to have more watching projects.
It's mostly chronological, but not strictly so, because I don't want it to be any more of a mess than it is.
01-5; 10-11: Winter Holidays (Christmas(es), New Year, "Old New Year" (idiosyncratic Post-Soviet oddity thanks to calendar reform), Chinese New Year and so on).
4-5: 1997 DC Adaptations.
6-9: Random DC Adaptations.
11-20: 'New British Cinema' Festival by British Council.
11-15; 19-20; 47; 51; 70; 77; 79-80; 82-84; 86-91; 95-99: Directorial Debuts
21-22; 31-39: Universal Monsters/Horror.
23-30; 40-46; 49: Random Batman Binges.
47-48: The Begotten Trilogy (Unfinished).
50; 53: Dream-Inspired Movies.
51; 53-54: Richard Stanley.
52-53: Sophomore Films.
55; 57-67: Limitless.
56; 68: Soviet Chamber Films.
75; 77: Time Travel Films.
78; 80-81; 85; 91; 97: Ukrainian Movies.
79: Guy Maddin
92-94: Eastrail 177 Trilogy.
Gas Station Autumn
It's mostly chronological, but not strictly so, because I don't want it to be any more of a mess than it is.
01-5; 10-11: Winter Holidays (Christmas(es), New Year, "Old New Year" (idiosyncratic Post-Soviet oddity thanks to calendar reform), Chinese New Year and so on).
4-5: 1997 DC Adaptations.
6-9: Random DC Adaptations.
11-20: 'New British Cinema' Festival by British Council.
11-15; 19-20; 47; 51; 70; 77; 79-80; 82-84; 86-91; 95-99: Directorial Debuts
21-22; 31-39: Universal Monsters/Horror.
23-30; 40-46; 49: Random Batman Binges.
47-48: The Begotten Trilogy (Unfinished).
50; 53: Dream-Inspired Movies.
51; 53-54: Richard Stanley.
52-53: Sophomore Films.
55; 57-67: Limitless.
56; 68: Soviet Chamber Films.
75; 77: Time Travel Films.
78; 80-81; 85; 91; 97: Ukrainian Movies.
79: Guy Maddin
92-94: Eastrail 177 Trilogy.
Gas Station Autumn
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- DirectorDavid WinningStarsJessica LowndesDaniel LissingJay HindleA holiday wedding brings no joy to the bride's cousin, who was literally left by the groom right at the altar. But she might find her true love there when she gains a fake fiancé.Winter Holidays, 1 January: New Year.
- DirectorButch LukicStarsMaria Canals-BarreraPhil LaMarrCarl LumblyMembers of the Justice League celebrate Christmas.Winter Holidays, 1 January: New Year.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsGeorge SandersWendy BarrieJonathan HaleSimon Templar, the Saint, travels to San Francisco to solve crime mysteries within the police department.Winter Holidays, 1 January. Movie begins on New Year's Eve.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerGeorge ClooneyChris O'DonnellBatman and Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City.Winter Holidays + 1997 DC Adaptations, 1-2 January. Movie has several references to Winter Holidays.
- DirectorKenneth JohnsonStarsShaquille O'NealAnnabeth GishJudd NelsonA scientist for the military turns himself into a cartoon-like superhero when a version of one of his own weapons is being used against enemies.Winter Holidays + 1997 DC Adaptations, 2 January. Christimas tie-in is very subtle, but it's there - a Grinch reference in the traffic light scene.
- DirectorJames WanStarsJason MomoaAmber HeardWillem DafoeArthur Curry, the human-born heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, goes on a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land.Random DC adaptations, 6 January.
- DirectorSam LiuStarsJames DentonChristina HendricksAnthony LaPagliaAfter being poisoned by sun radiation, a dying Superman decides to fulfill his lifelong dreams while Lex Luthor has his own agenda.Random DC adaptations, 6 January.
- DirectorBoyd KirklandStarsKevin ConroyEfrem Zimbalist Jr.Lorin DreyfussWhen men begin disappearing at a bowery, Bruce Wayne decides to go undercover as a worker.Random DC adaptations, 6 January.
- DirectorJay OlivaStarsStuart AllanTroy BakerKevin ConroyWhile Damian Wayne struggles to cope with Batman's no-killing rule, he soon starts to believe that his destiny lies within a secret society known as, The Court of Owls.Random DC adaptations, 7 January.
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsMacaulay CulkinJoe PesciDaniel SternOne year after Kevin McCallister was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself stranded in New York City - and the same criminals are not far behind.Winter Holidays, 7 January: Eastern (Orthodox) Christmas.
- DirectorWilliam OldroydStarsFlorence PughCosmo JarvisPaul HiltonIn 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.Winter Holidays (Well, Christmas is mentioned); Directorial Debuts; 'New British Cinema' Festival by British Council, 12 January.
- DirectorAsif KapadiaStarsIrrfan KhanPuru ChibberAino AnnuddinIn feudal India, a warrior (Khan) who renounces his role as the longitme enforcer to a local lord becomes the prey in a murderous hunt through the Himalayan mountains.'New British Cinema' Festival by British Council, 15-16 January.
- DirectorSaul MetzsteinStarsLuke de WoolfsonJames LanceKate AshfieldAn upbeat, oddball, after-hours comedy about the ups and downs of sex and shelf-stacking in the 21st century.Directorial Debuts; 'New British Cinema' Festival by British Council, 17 January.
- DirectorKathrin SteinbacherStarsVerena AltenbergerMarianne FreudenthalerJannik GörgerHedi is experiencing strange things. While her granddaughter is visiting, she suddenly embarks on a hiking journey, to the deepest parts of the Alps, revealing the reason for her devoted attachment to her hiking shoes.Directorial Debuts; 'New British Cinema' Festival by British Council, 17 January.
- DirectorHector DockrillStarsBrandon BantonTaychi Tye CampbellOusman ChamIn the aftermath of her older brother's death, 11-year-old Viola struggles to process her grief.Directorial Debuts; 'New British Cinema' Festival by British Council, 17 January.
- DirectorSasha RainbowStarsKamali MoorthySuganathi MoorthyA single mother fights for her daughter's empowerment in India through skateboarding.'New British Cinema' Festival by British Council, 17 January.
- DirectorMaryam MohajerStarsMaya NaraghiMy granddad was a romantic. He once saw a picture of my granny and realized that she was the love of his life, until one day he decided to go meet my granny.'New British Cinema' Festival by British Council, 17 January.
- DirectorMyriam RajaStarsNeelam BakshiAashima MehraReece RitchieA tribe of women await their men's return from war. Azaar, one of the last young girls in the village is intertwined between her mother, grandmother and the rest of the tribe, as she comes to learn the true cost of womanhood.'New British Cinema' Festival by British Council, 17 January.
- DirectorNaaman AzhariDirectorial Debuts; 'New British Cinema' Festival by British Council, 17 January.
- DirectorLena HeadeyStarsMichelle FairleyLarissa MurrayJames Nelson-JoyceIsolation and loneliness converge on an unexpected journey when intrigue comes to town.Directorial Debuts; 'New British Cinema' Festival by British Council, 17 January.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsClaire DoddAlice WhiteOsgood PerkinsInspector Marotte, attending an auction of rare collectible books previously owned by the recently murdered M. Le Duc de Poisse, hopes he can catch his old nemesis Prahec, a murderer and book thief.Universal Monsters/Horror, 13 January.
- DirectorLeigh WhannellStarsElisabeth MossOliver Jackson-CohenHarriet DyerWhen Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.Universal Monsters/Horror, 15 January.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsAdam WestBurt WardAlan NapierWhile the Riddler maneuvers Batman into being sued, the Dynamic Duo investigate the supervillain's concurrent scheme.Random Batman Binges, 13 January.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsAdam WestBurt WardAlan NapierThe Riddler schemes to have his henchwoman, disguised as Robin, to have her kill Batman in the Batcave.Random Batman Binges, 13 January.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsAdam WestBurt WardAlan NapierThe Penguin plots to manipulate Batman into inadvertently devising capers for him.Random Batman Binges, 13 January.