The last full month of summer saw a lot of enjoyable viewings, both in theaters and at home. I kicked off August with the new horror movie Together, which featured a Q&A with director/writer Michael Shanks and stars Dave Franco and Alison Brie (and I got to meet the couple at a pop-up event for the movie a week later!). Other notable screenings with special guests that I attended included Highest 2 Lowest with Spike Lee, Norma Rae with Sally Field, and Drop Dead Gorgeous with Denise Richards. I also must make special mention of a rare screening of the 1972 film Dealing, which featured a wonderful Q&A with filmmaker Paul Williams and stars Barbara Hershey and John Lithgow. Outside of seeing some filmmakers and stars, I also went to a triple feature of some of Elizabeth Taylor’s campiest movies at the Academy Museum, plus I enjoyed a couple of outdoor screenings: Jurassic Park at the Hollywood Bowl, and Psycho at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. And at home, there was TCM’s annual Summer Under the Stars programming, so I caught up with several movies that played on the channel, including the TCM premiere of The Sound of Music. There are still a few movies I wanna catch on demand before summer officially ends… and then fall movie season is in full swing! There’s a lot I’m looking forward to seeing, but until then, here’s everything I watched over the past month…
New-to-Me Films by Decade:
- 1910s – 0
- 1920s – 0
- 1930s – 0
- 1940s – 0
- 1950s – 8
- 1960s – 2
- 1970s – 5
- 1980s – 0
- 1990s – 2
- 2000s – 2
- 2010s – 1
- 2020s – 5
List of New-to-Me Films:
- Together (2025)
- Independence Day (1996)
- Ripley’s Game (2002)
- Mr. Imperium (1951)
- Fast Company (1953)
- Freakier Friday (2025)
- Weapons (2025)
- Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
- Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972)
- Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)
- Splitsville (2025)
- Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
- Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
- Betrayed (1954)
- Diane (1956)
- Carrie (1952)
- Hard Times (1975)
- Death Wish (1974)
- Boom! (1968)
- X, Y & Zee (1972)
- The Sheepman (1958)
- Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
- The Female Animal (1958)
- Oslo, August 31st (2011)
- Solaris (2002)
List of Re-Watched Films:
- The Sound of Music (1965)
- Marnie (1964)
- Body Double (1984)
- The Birds (1963)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Lovely to Look At (1952)
- Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
- The Graduate (1967)
- Harold and Maude (1971)
- The Birdcage (1996)
- Norma Rae (1979)
- The V.I.P.s (1963)
- The Sandpiper (1965)
- The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
- Kiss Me Kate (1953)
- Throne of Blood (1957)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- The Americanization of Emily (1964)
- Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
- The Naked Spur (1953)
- Psycho (1960)
- Secret Ceremony (1968)
- Michael Clayton (2007)
- Yojimbo (1961)
- Sanjuro (1962)
- High and Low (1963)
- Beat the Devil (1953)
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
- Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
List of Films I Saw in Theaters (re-watches marked in italics):
- Together (2025)
- Independence Day (1996)
- Marnie (1964)
- Body Double (1984)
- The Birds (1963)
- Freakier Friday (2025)
- The Graduate (1967)
- Harold and Maude (1971)
- The Birdcage (1996)
- Weapons (2025)
- Norma Rae (1979)
- Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
- Throne of Blood (1957)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972)
- Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)
- Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
- Splitsville (2025)
- Secret Ceremony (1968)
- Boom! (1968)
- X, Y & Zee (1972)
- Michael Clayton (2007)
- Yojimbo (1961)
- Sanjuro (1962)
- High and Low (1963)
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
- Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
- Solaris (2002)