In case people are curious about my movie schedule, here's what I'm seeing, when. You'll notice a couple of tense five-minute runs between the Embassy and the Paramount (or vice-versa) and some fairly tight changeovers elsewhere; but I'm hopeful that I'll handle it okay.
20 July, Friday o Pa 11:00am - 12:55pm Red Road (p71) o Em 1:15pm - 2:50pm Venus (p51) o Em 3:30pm - 5:25pm Tales from Earthsea (p141) * FA 6:15pm - 7:25pm Belle Toujours (p27) * Pa 8:30pm - 10:10pm The Signal (p149)
21 July, Saturday * Pa 10:45am - 12:05pm Run Granny Run (p111) * Pa 12:30pm - 2:00pm+ La Verdad? (p114) FA 3:00pm - ??? "Filming the Vision" (p124) * TP 4:30pm - 6:00pm Freedom's Fury (p101) * TP 6:30pm - 8:05pm Forever (p101) * Em 8:45pm - 10:20pm Eagle Vs Shark (p13)
22 July, Sunday * TP 11:00am - 12:15pm U (p142) * Pa 1:00pm - 2:40pm+ A Civilised Society (p93) FA 3:00pm - ??? "Women in Film" (p124) * Pa 4:00pm - 5:20pm Animation Now! (p137) * FA 6:15pm - 7:40pm The Monastary (p109) * Pa 8:15pm - 10:40pm A Dirty Carnival (p146)
23 July, Monday o Em 11:00am - 12:50pm Conversations with My Gardener (p29) o Em 1:30pm - 3:00pm Manufactured Landscapes (p125) o FA 4:00pm - 5:40pm The Bothersome Man (p58) * Pa 6:15pm - 7:45pm+ Crossing the Line (p95) * Pa 9:00pm - 10:30pm Aachi & Ssipak (p144)
24 July, Tuesday o Em 11:00am - 1:30pm Black Book (p41) + FA 1:45pm - 2:55pm These Girls (p113) o FA 3:30pm - 5:25pm Half Moon (p36) * Pa 6:15pm - 7:35pm+ Antonello and the Architect (p91) * Pa 8:45pm - 10:30pm Retribution (p148)
25 July, Wednesday o Em 10:45am - 12:45pm I Served the King of England (p25) o Em 1:15pm - 3:15pm Golden Door (p39) o FA 3:30pm - 5:00pm We Are Together (p119) * Pa 6:30pm - 7:55pm Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) (p106) * Em 8:30pm - 10:25pm The Witness (p33)
26 July, Thursday o TP 11:15am - 12:25pm All in This Tea (p91) + FA 1:30pm - 2:10pm+ Michael King: A Moment in Time (p109) o FA 3:45pm - 5:10pm Con Man Confidential (p94) * TP 6:00pm - 8:05pm Gardens in Autumn (p30) * Em 8:45pm - 10:20pm Death of a President (p61)
27 July, Friday o TP 11:00am - 1:00pm I Don't Want To Sleep Alone (p47) + FA 1:30pm - 2:25pm Looking for an Icon (p124) o FA 3:15pm - 5:15pm Cocaine Cowboys (p145) * Pa 5:45pm - 7:15pm Eye in the Sky (p62) * Pa 7:45pm - 9:15pm You, the Living (p47) * Pa 9:45pm - 11:15pm Severance (p148)
28 July, Saturday * Pa 11:00am - 12:10pm Animation for Kids (p136) * Em 1:30pm - 3:05pm My Best Friend (p31) x Em 4:00pm - 5:00pm+ This Is New Zealand (p15) * Pa 7:15pm - 8:55pm SherryBaby (p83) * Pa 9:30pm - 11:00pm Paprika (p141)
29 July, Sunday * Em 10:45am - 12:40pm Vanaja (p36) * Pa 12:45am - 2:40pm Tekkonkinkreet (p142) * Em 3:00pm - 4:15pm Jesus Camp (p105) * Pa 5:30pm - 6:50pm Helvetica (p102) * Em 9:15pm - 11:05pm A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (p53)
30 July, Monday o Em 10:15am - 12:35pm La Vie En Rose (p9) o Em 1:00pm - 2:50pm Half Nelson (p63) o Pa 3:30pm - 5:20pm Exiled (p146) * Em 6:30pm - 8:00pm+ Quinceanera (p55) * Em 8:45pm - 10:40pm A Few Days in September (p30)
31 July, Tuesday o Em 11:00am - 12:45pm Priceless (p33) + FA 1:45pm - 2:50pm Cowboys & Communists (p95) o FA 4:00pm - 5:15pm The Digital Space (p138) * Em 6:15pm - 8:10pm The Secret Life of Words (p46) * Em 8:45pm - 10:35pm Noise (p69)
1 August, Wednesday o Em 10:45am - 1:15pm Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (p35) o Pa 1:45pm - 3:10pm+ My Kid Could Paint That (p126) o Em 4:00pm - 5:35pm The Unpolished (p85) * FA 6:15pm - 8:00pm Comrades in Dreams (p94) * Em 8:45pm - 10:45pm The Night of the Sunflowers (p45)
2 August, Thursday o Pa 10:30am - 1:00pm Inland Empire (p54) o Pa 2:00pm - 3:55pm No Mercy for the Rude (p69) o Em 4:00pm - 5:25pm Once (p37) * FA 6:15pm - 7:45pm The Bridge (p93) * TP 8:45pm - 10:40pm The Matsugane Potshot Affair (p40)
3 August, Friday + FA 12:15pm - 1:20pm Homegrown: Animation (p140) o TP 2:00pm - 4:00pm The Last Picture Show (p133) o TP 4:30pm - 5:50pm The Great Happiness Space (p102) * TP 6:15pm - 7:50pm King Corn (p105) * Pa 8:15pm - 1:00am Death Note/Death Note: Last Name (p145)
4 August, Saturday * Pa 11:00am - 12:30pm Stephanie Daley (p84) * Pa 1:00pm - 2:55pm The Long Goodbye (p133) * TP 3:45pm - 5:00pm Homegrown: Works on Video (p65) * FA 5:30pm - 7:20pm The Trials of Darryl Hunt (p114) * Em 9:15pm - 10:40pm Paranoid Park (p55)
5 August, Sunday * TP 11:30am - 1:15pm I Have Never Forgotten You (p103) * TP 1:45pm - 3:25pm The Violin (p85) * Em 3:45pm - 5:15pm Suely in the Sky (p21) * Pa 5:30pm - 7:35pm Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (p117) * FA 8:15pm - 9:35pm Them (p150)
In case anyone cares -- the "*" films can be pre-booked, the "o" films are on during the weekday, the "x" and "+" films are the lower-price sessions (pre-bookable and weekday, respectively), and a "+" after the movie end time means that the director is there for questions at the end. Oh, and things in quotes are talks, which I may or may not go to.
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I've finally finished moving all my (read) fiction into the library. I ended up spilling up onto to very top shelf, which means that I've needed to use the step-stool to put them away. I'm a little worried, since I know that there are a fair number of boxes of unread books that are still to be dealt with; but I still haven't purged the collection, which should free up a bit of shelf space.
I've still got to settle on a cataloguing system. I'll be using LibraryThing, and I've already got an account with them; but they're deliberately not a general cataloguing system, and it would be nice to organise my DVDs and music, as well. One of the options I've been looking at is one of the Delicious Library knockoffs for the non-Mac -- there's MediaMan production for $40US, and ReaderWare -- that's $85US if I want to get the version that has a palm browser, and cover books, video and music. At the moment, the ability to keep a list of what I've bought in a portable, searchable format is a pretty killer feature; otherwise, I'm just going to have to print out the lists, since the only other option is to resign myself to multiple copies of books, music and movies. Or not buy anything new... Pah! ;)
Um... okay, this bit was probably really boring for people who don't care about maintaining collections of books. :)
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We had two groups of people over for dinner on the weekend -- one of C's work friends (who went to Harry Potter and the Next Episode with her) gave her a ride home, and ended up staying for whatever I could rustle up, and Giffy, Erik & the Mugglester came over for something Mexican that C whipped up. Oh, and custard!
So... here's some vaguely related links! :) First off, apparently the Italian prison authorities are hard up for cash, since I can't imagine another good reason to have a restaurant in high security prison, with felons cooking and serving food.
And on a different tangent, the NZ Herald declares that Wellington bars too posh for Bacardi. Of course, on reading the article (and ignoring the editorial commentary for the benefit of Aucklanders), it turns out that they prefer to serve white rums made in Cuba rather than one that bowed to the US embargo by moving to Puerto Rico -- to me, anti-Americanism or anti-corporatism is slightly different to the elitism that the Herald wants to see. The other stuff about types of alcohol some bars are getting rid of to eliminate certain types of patrons is a kind of interesting, though.
And what would a list of links be without a YouTube video? Here's a sketch by the same people who did the Matrix Ping-Pong sketch, about why a man's girlfriend is angry at him.
Enjoy.
Posted by svend at July 16, 2007 12:01 PM