I saw 18 movies this year. This is a major drop from last year’s 25, but I knew it would be low, and frankly I’m surprised it’s as high as it is. I kind of gave up on movies this year, and without the movie series we do at my company (Movies for the Mind) and a few scattered films at MoMA, the count would be abysmal. I was only in a movie theater other than MoMA 3 times this year. With everything I do, something had to go.
The Associate
I saw 4 NEW movies this year. Last year it was 12. Of these 4, 1 was in a regular movie theater, 2 were at MoMA, and 1 was at Barnard’s Athena Film Festival. In total, I saw 6 films (both old and new) at MoMA (6 less than last year), none at The Paley Center (1 less than last year), and 8 at my company’s Movies for the Mind series (1 more than last year). Of the 18 movies I saw this year, I saw 12 for the first time.
My rating system uses stars and equates as follows: 1=bad, 2=ok 3=really good 4=great.
My favorite new movies (4 stars) this year were:
Selma
Runners up (3.5 stars):
None
My favorite old movie I saw for the first time:
The Associate
My favorite old movies I loved seeing again:
The Trouble with Angels
Jaws
Romancing the Stone
Some Extra Fun Favorites:
Barnard’s Athena Film Festival
Worst new movie:
None
Worst old movie:
Star Wars episode IV (BORING!)
The (Not-So) Big List:
Selma****
Groundhog Day (Movies for the Mind)***1/2
The Trouble with Angels (MoMA)****
Rosie O’Donnell: A Heartfelt Standup (Athena Film Festival)***
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (MoMA)***
Pina in 3D (MoMA)***
The Tales of Hoffman (Film Forum)***
Mount St. Elias (Movies for the Mind)**1/2
Star Wars episode IV (Movies for the Mind)**1/2
Jaws (40th Anniversary Screening)****
Particle Fever (Movies for the Mind)***
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (MoMA)***1/2
Trading Places (Movies for the Mind)***
Romancing the Stone (MoMA)***1/2
Most Likely to Succeed (Movies for the Mind)**1/2
Design & Thinking (Movies for the Mind)**1/2
The Associate (Movies for the Mind)***1/2
Meadowland (MoMA)***