*repeat reading/viewing
May 2012
Movies
Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008)
Haywire (Steven Soderbergh, 2011)
The Cabin in the Woods (Drew Goddard, 2011)
21 Jump Street (Phil Lord, Chris Miller, 2012)
Captain America: The First Avenger (Joe Johnston, 2011)
April 2012
Movies
From the Sky Down (Davis Guggenheim, 2011)
“The Unit” , Seasons 3 & 4 (David Mamet, 2008-9)
Hopscotch (Ronald Neame, 1980)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
March 2012
Movies
50/50 (Jonathan Levine, 2011)
Thor (Kenneth Branagh, 2011)
The Unit, Season 1 & 2 (David Mamet, 2006-7)
Sherlock, Season 1 (Mark Gatiss, 2010)
I Am Bruce Lee (Pete McCormack, 2011)
Rango (Gore Verbinski, 2011)
Sherlock, season 1: Eps 1&2 (Paul McGuigan, 2010)
Sneakers (Phil Alden Robinson, 1992)*
Books
Poison & Wine (Draft -Jodi McIssac, 2011)
February 2012
Movies
True Grit (Henry Hathaway, 1969)
Morning Glory (Roger Michell, 2010)
Downton Abbey, Season 2 (Julian Fellows, 2011)
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (Martin Ritt, 1965)
Date Night (Shawn Levy, 2010)*
The Help (Tate Taylor, 2011)
Tree of Life (Terrance Malick, 2011)*
The Brother’s Bloom (Rian Johnson, 2008)
Pickpocket (Robert Bresson, 1959)
WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)*
True Grit (Coen Bros., 2010)*
Books
Tally’s Folly (Lanford Wilson, 1980)*
Thirteen Gun Salute (Patrick O’Brian, 1989)*
Theatre
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (John Patrick Shanley, 1983)*
January 2012
Movies
The King’s Speech (Tom Hooper, 2010)*
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson, 2003)*
Bridesmaids (Paul Feig, 2011)
Moneyball (Bennett Miller, 2011)
Super 8 (J.J. Abrams, 2011)*
Margin Call (J.C. Chandor, 2011)
Page One: Inside the New York Times (Andrew Rossi, 2011)
Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen, 2011)*
Books
The Far Side of the World (Patrick O’Brian, 1984)*
The Reverse of the Medal (Patrick O’Brian, 1986)*
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy (C.S. Lewis, 1954)*
Letter of Marque (Patrick O’Brian, 1988)*
Theatre
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (John Patrick Shanley)
December 2011
Movies
For a Few Dollars More (Sergio Leone, 1965)
Downton Abbey: the complete first season (Julian Fellowes, 2010)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Phil Lord, Chris Miller, 2009)*
40 Days at Base Camp (Dianne Whelan, 2011)
Hugo (Martin Scorsese, 2011)*
Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol (Brad Bird, 2011)
The Hangover (Todd Phillips, 2009)*
I Love You, Man (John Hamburg, 2009)
West Bank Story (short film, Ari Sandel, 2005)*
Tanghi argentini (short film, Guy Thys, 2006)*
God of Love (short film, Luke Matheny, 2010)*
and some great (!) short films at the Whistler Film Festival
Books
Treason’s Harbour (Patrick O’Brian, 1983)*
Eyes of the Heart:A Memoir of the Lost and Found ( Frederick Buechner, 1999)
November 2011
Movies
Hugo (Martin Scorsese, 2011)
The Ides of March (George Clooney, 2011)
Deliverance (John Boorman, 1972)*
Klute (Alan J. Pakula, 1971)
The Circus (Charles Chaplin, 1928)*
Deliverance (John Boorman, 1972)
October 2011
Movies
Parallax View (Alan J. Pakula, 1974)
Who Do You Say That I Am? (Iwan Russell-Jones)
Ever After (Andy Tennant, 1998)*
We Ate The Children Last (Andrew Cividino, 2011 – short) – VIFF
No Contract (Randall Okita, 2011 – short) – VIFF
Derailments (Chelsea McMullan, 2011 – short) – VIFF
Move Out Clean (Kelly-Ruth Mercier, 2010 – short) – VIFF
Get Low (Aaron Schneider, 2009)
To Make A Farm (Steven Suderman, 2011) - VIFF
Books
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew (C.S. Lewis, 1955)*
Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation (Frederick Buechner, 1983)
The Sacred Journey (Frederick Buechner, 1982)
September 2011
Movies
The Skin I Live In (Pedro Almodóvar, 2011) – VIFF
Take This Waltz (Sarah Polley, 2011) – VIFF
The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011)
Chicken Run (Peter Lord, Nick Park, 2000)*
A Simple Plan (Sam Raimi, 1998)
Despicable Me (Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud, 2010)
The Parent Trap (David Swift, 1961)*
Books
The Ionion Mission (Patrick O’Brian, 1981)*
August 2011
Movies
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008, Marina Zenovich)
Inglorious Basterds (2009, Quentin Tarantino)
Unstoppable (2010, Tony Scott)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II (David Yates, 2011)*
Midnight in Paris (2011, Woody Allen)
Robin Hood (Ridley Scott, 2010)
The Town (2010, Ben Affleck)
Books
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle (C.S. Lewis, 1956)
The Paleo Solution (Robb Wolf)
July 2011
Movies
The Tree of Life (Terrance Malik, 2011)
Six Shooter (short film, Martin McDonagh, 2004)*
In Bruges (Martin McDonagh, 2008)*
JCVD (Mabrouk El Mechri, 2008)*
“The Wire” (the complete fifth season, 2008)
Of Gods and Men (Xavier Beauvois, 2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II (David Yates, 2011)
Books
The Surgeon’s Mate (Patrick O’Brian, 1980)*
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair (C.S. Lewis, 1953)*
The Fortune of War (Patrick O’Brian, 1979)*
Theatre
The Disappearing (JP Allen)
June 2011
Movies
The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin, 1925)*
Super 8 (JJ Abrams, 2011)
“The Wire” (the complete fourth season)
Books
Full Metal Jacket Diaries (Matthew Modine)
Desolation Island (Patrick O’Brian, 1978)
May 2011
Movies
“The Wire” (eps from fourth season)
Books
The Mauritius Command (Patrick O’Brian, 1977)*
Theatre
The Great Divorce (Pacific Theatre)
April 2011
Movies
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I (David Yates, 2010)
Extreme Jesus (Murray Stiller, 2011)
Int. Bedroom – Day (Murray Stiller, 2004)
The Lost Thing (Andrew Ruhemann, Shaun Tan, 2010)
Books
H.M.S. Surprise (Patrick O’Brian, 1973)*
Post Captain (Patrick O’Brian, 1972)*
Master and Commander (Patrick O’Brian, 1970)*
March 2011
Movies
“The Wire” – The Complete Third Season
Inside Job (Charles Ferguson, 2010)
Monsters (Gareth Edwards, 2010)
Theatre
Jesus Hopped the “A” Train (Stephen Adly Guirgis, Pacific Theatre)
February 2011
Movies
“The Wire” Season Three: Eps 1-3
God of Love (Luke Matheny, 2010) (note: won Live Action Short Oscar)
The American (2010, Anton Corbijn)*
Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939)*
Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)
In the Mood for Love (Kar Wai Wong, 2000)
“The Wire” (The Complete Second Season, 2003)
The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malik, 1998)*
Theatre
My Name is Asher Lev (Adapted from the book by Chaim Potok, Pacific Theatre)
Books
Why Love Will Always Be a Poor Investment: Marriage and Consumer Culture (Kurt Armstrong, 2011)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis, 1952)*
January 2011
Movies
“The Wire” (The Complete First Season, 2002)
The King’s Speech (Tom Hooper, 2010)*
True Grit (Coen Brothers, 2010)
Books
The Making of Star Wars (J.W. Rinzler, 2007)
The Sweet Smell of Success (James Narmore, 2010)
December 2010
Movies
Toy Story (John Lassetter, 1995)*
The Empire Strikes Back (Irwin Kershner, 1980)*
How to Train Your Dragon (Dean Debois, Chris Sanders, 2010)
Toy Story 3 (Lee Ulrich, 2010)*
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Phil Lord, Chris Miller, 2009)
The King’s Speech (Tom Hooper, 2010)
John Adams Ep 1 (Tom Hooper, 2008)*
Books
The Making of The Empire Strikes Back (J.W. Rinzler, 2010)
Mockingjay (Suzanne Colins, 2010)
Theatre
Christmas on the Air (Lucia Frangione)
November 2010
Movies
Longford (Tom Hooper, 2006)*
Elizabeth I (Tom Hooper, 2005)*
The Damned United (Tom Hooper, 2009)*
Love in a Cold Climate (Tom Hooper, 2001)
Daniel Deronda (Tom Hooper, 2002)*
October 2010
Movies
Toy Story 3 (Lee Ulrich, 2010)
The Host (Joon-ho Bong, 2006)
Everything’s Gone Green (Paul Fox, 2006)*
The Dark Hours (Paul Fox, 2005)*
The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010)
Books
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins, 2008)
Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins, 2009)
Christianity Re-Discovered (Fr. Vincent Donovan)
Theatre
After the Quake (Frank Galati)
A Busy World is Hushed
September 2010
Movies
Oldboy (Chan-wook Park, 2003)
Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter, 1999)*
The American (Anton Corbijn)*
The American (Anton Corbijn)
Memories of Murder (Joon-ho Bong, 2003)
Books
Blink (Malcolm Gladwell)*
August 2010
Movies
Moulin Rouge (Baz Lurhman, 2001)*
Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995)*
Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, 1991)*
Whale Rider (Niki Cairo, 2002)*
Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, 2009)*
Books
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years (Donald Miller, 2009)
Writing in Restaurants (David Mamet, 1987)
Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card, 1985)*
Theatre
Glengarry Glen Ross (David Mamet, 1986; Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver)
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (John Patrick Shanley, 1983)
Robin Hood: A Promenade Play (itsazoo theatre)
July 2010
Movies
Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter, 1999)*
The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo (Niels Arden Oplev, 2009)
Gosford Park (Robert Altman, 2001)*
Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010)
The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)*
Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995)*
Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich, 2010)
Books
Patrick O’Brian: A Life (Dean King, 2000)
George Lucas’s Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success (ed. Alex Ben Block, 2010)
Theatre
Twelfth Night (What You Will Equity Co-op)*
June 2010
Movies
Knight and Day (James Mangold, 2010)
Zombieland (Ruben Fleischer, 2009)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Stanley Donen, 1954)*
The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock, 1938)
The Firm (Sydney Pollack, 1993)*
Wall Street (Oliver Stone, 1987)*
The New Tenants (short film; Joachim Back, 2010)
The Bed (short film; John Penhall, 2002)
Walk the Dog (short film; James Dunnison, 2008)
Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze, 2009)*
The A-Team (Joe Carnahan, 2010)
Annie (John Huston, 1982)*
Iron Man 2 (Jon Favreau, 2010)
Theatre
Through a Glass Darkly (Jenny Worton, 2010; Almeida Theatre, London)
All My Sons (Arthur Miller, 1948; Apollo Theatre, London)
May 2010
Movies
Key Largo (John Huston, 1948)
Surf’s Up (Ash Brannon, Chris Buck, 2007)
Anil! The Story of Anvil (Sacha Gervasi, 2008)
Cache (Michael Haneke, 2005)
Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
“Long Way Round” (TV)
Books
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (Michael Lewis, 2010)
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Stephen King, 1999)
Eyes Wide Open: A Memoir Stanley Kubrick (Frederic Raphael, 1999)
Theatre
Godspell (Pacific Theatre)
Audio
Counseling, Community, and Congregational Life (Rod Wilson)
April 2010
Films
Too much hockey playoffs…
The Runaway (Ulrike Grote, 2004)*
The Green Mile (Frank Darabont, 1999)*
The Man Who Planted Trees (Frederic Back, 1987)(short film)*
Nailin’ it to the Church (Murray Stiller, 2008)
Big Girl (short film; Renuka Jeyapalan, 2005)*
Regarding Sarah (short film; Michelle Porter, 2006)*
The Man Who Planted Trees (short film; Frederic Back)*
Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, 2009)*
The Damned United (Tom Hooper, 2009)
Books
The Green Mike (screenplay by Frank Darabont)
Theatre
Refuge of Lies (Ron Reed, 2010)
March 2010
Films
Air Bud (Charles Martin Smith, 1997)
“The Long Way Down” (2007)
The Green Zone (Paul Greengrass, 2010)
(500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb, 2009)*
To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, 1962)*
The Ghost Writer (Polanski, 2010)
Shutter Island (Scorsese, 2010)
Misery (Reiner, 1990)*
Books
Giving the Love that Heals (Harville Hendrix & Helen Hunt)
Moneyball (Michael Lewis, 2003)
Prince Caspian (C.S. Lewis, 1951)*
February 2010
Films
Revolutionary Road (Sam Mendes, 2008)
Man on Fire (Tony Scott, 2004)
Departures (Yôjirô Takita, 2008)
January 2010
Films
Romeo + Juliet (Baz Lurhman, 1996)*
(500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb, 2009)
Sugar (Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, 2008)
Winchester ’73 (John Sturges, 1950)
The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2009)
The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941)*
Avatar (James Cameron, 2009)
The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1946)*
Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, 2009)*
Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008)*
The Shop Around the Corner (Ernest Lubitsch, 1940)*
Books
Superfreakonomics (Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, 2009)
The Wisdom of the Enneagram (Don Richard Riso, Russ Hudson, 1999)
The Deniers (Lawrence Solomon, 2008)
December 2009
Films
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966)*
Facing Ali (Pete McCormack, 2009)*
In the Loop (Armando Iannucci, 2009)
It Might Get Loud (Davis Guggenheim, 2008)*
Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, 2009)
The Station Agent (Tom McCarthy, 2003)*
Holiday (George Cukor, 1938 )
Tell No One (Guillaume Canet, 2006)*
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (David Yates, 2009 )*
Star Trek (J.J. Abrams, 2009 )*
Theatre
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Pacific Theatre)
November 2009
Films
The Magnificent Seven (John Sturges, 1960)*
King Corn (Aaron Woolf, 2007)
The Taking of Pelham 123 (Tony Scott, 2009)
Breach (Billy Ray, 2007)
Up (Pete Doctor, 2009)*
Food Inc. (Robert Kenner, 2008)
Only Angels Have Wings (Howard Hawks, 1939)
Scarface (Howard Hawks, 1932)
Books
Getting the Love You Want (Harville Hendrix)
October 2009
Films
Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau, 1922 – Live VSO accompaniment)
Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)*
Ball of Fire (Howard Hawks, 1941)
Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze, 2009)
The Major and the Minor (Billy Wilder, 1942)
It Might Get Loud (Davis Guggenheim, 2008 )
Facing Ali (Pete McCormack, 2009)
Tyson (James Toback, 2008 )
Capitalism: A Love Story (Michael Moore, 2009)
Wagon Master (John Ford, 1950)
The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich, 1970)
Books
The Big Sleep (BFI Classics: David Thompson, 1997)
Making the Best of It (John Stackhouse, Jr, 2008 )
Red River (Suzanne Liandrat-Guigues, 2000)*
John Ford (Peter Bogdanovich, 1978
Theatre/Live
Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau, 1922 – Live VSO accompaniment)
U2: 360d Tour
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Stephen Adley Guirgis)
September 2009
Films
Pieces of April (Peter Hedges, 2003)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Gavin Hood, 2009)
Lorna’s Silence (The Brothers Dardenne, 2008 )
The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1946)*
American Gangster (Ridley Scott, 2007)
Books
Lead Over a Wall (Eugene Peterson, 1998 )
“Zeal for Thy House” (playwright: Dorothy Sayers, 1957)
August 2009
Films
Red River (Howard Hawks, 1948 )*Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)*
To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks, 1944)*
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel, 2007)*
Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)*
Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Crystal Skull (Steven Spielberg, 2008 )*
District 9 (Neil Blomkamp, 2009)
Charlie Wilson’s War (Mike Nichols, 2007)
Son of Rambow (Garth Jennings, 2007)
The Thaw (Mark A. Lewis, 2009)
Knowing (Alex Proyas, 2009)
Books
Rio Bravo (Robin Wood, 2008 )
Directors Close Up (ed. Jeremy Kagan, 2006)
Blink (Malcolm Gladwell, 2005)
In Bruges (Screenplay: Martin McDonough, 2008 )
Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell, 2008 )
July 2009
Films
The Watchmen (Zack Snyder, 2009)The Girl at the Cafe (David Yates, 2005)*
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (David Yates, 2009)
The Sound of Music (Robert Wise, 1965)*
About a Boy (The brothers Weitz, 2002)*
L’Enfant (The brothers Dardenne, 2005)
Moon (Duncan Jones, 2009)
I.O.U.S.A (Patrick Creadon, 2008 )
Collateral (Michael Mann, 2004)*
Theatre
All’s Well That Ends’s Well (William Shakespeare, 1604)
Books
Long Obedience in the Same Direction (Eugene Peterson,1980 )*
Walking on Water (Madeleine L’Engle, 1982)*
The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey (Patrick O’Brian, 2004)*
Blue at the Mizzen (Patrick O’Brian, 1999)*
The Hundred Days (Patrick O’Brian, 1998 )*
June 2009
Films
Mission Impossible III (J.J. Abrams, 2006)*
Mission Impossible III (J.J. Abrams, 2006)*
Hancock (Peter Berg, 2008 )
The Sound of Music (Robert Wise, 1965)*
Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood, 2008 )
U23D (Catherine Owen and Mark Pellington, 2008 )*
The International (Tom Tykwer, 2009)
The Hangover (Todd Phillips, 2009)
Up (Pete Doctor, 2009)
Books
Never Eat Alone (Keith Ferazzi, 2005)
The Yellow Admiral (Patrick O’Brian, 1996)*
The Commodore (Patrick O’Brian, 1995)*
The Wine-Dark Sea (Patrick O’Brian, 1993)*
Clarissa Oakes (Patrick O’Brian, 1992)*
The Nutmeg of Consolation (Patrick O’Brian, 1991)*
Theatre
You Still Can’t (Ron Reed)
May 2009
Films
Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks 1938 )
I Was a Male War Bride (Howard Hawks, 1949)
Valkyrie (Bryan Singer, 2008 )*
“The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” – The Crooked Man (Alan Grint, 1984)
The Incredible Hulk (Louis Leterrier, 2008 )
La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (Carl T. Dreyer, 1928)
Star Trek (J.J. Abrams, 2009 )*
Star Trek (J.J. Abrams, 2009 )
Coffee and Cigarettes (Jim Jarmusch, 2003 )
Taken (Pierre Morel, 2008 )
Vantage Point (Pete Travis, 2008)
In the Shadow of the Moon (David Sington, 2007)*
The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)*
JCVD (Mabrouk El Mechri, 2008 )
Books
Thirteen Gun Salute (Patrick O’Brian, 1989)*
The Letter of Marque (Patrick O’Brian, 1988 )*
The Reverse of the Medal (Patrick O’Brian, 1986)*
The Far Side of the World (Patrick O’Brian, 1984)*
April 2009
Films
State of Play (Kevin MacDonald, 2009)
Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997)*
Personal Effects (David Hollander, 2009)
Gerry (Gus Van Sant, 2002)
The Wings of Eagles (John Ford, 1957)
Murder on the Orient Express (Sidney Lumet, 1974)*
The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947)
Duplicity (Tony Gilroy, 2009)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Scott Derrickson, 2008 )
Books
Treason’s Harbour (Patrick O’Brian, 1984)*
The Ionian Mission (Patrick O’Brian, 1981)*
March 2009
Films
Bella (Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, 2006)
All the President’s Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)*
Body of Lies (Ridley Scott, 2008 )
Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008 )
Encounters at the End of the World (Werner Herzog, 2008 )
Man on Wire (James Marsh, 2008 )
Books
The Surgeon’s Mate (Patrick O’Brian, 1980)*
The Fortune of War (Patrick O’Brian, 1979)*
Desolation Island (Patrick O’Brian, 1978 )*
The Mauritius Command (Patrick O’Brian, 1977)*
H.M.S. Surprise (Patrick O’Brian, 1973)*
Walking on Water (Madeleine L’Engle, 2001)
February 2009
Films
The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, 2008 )
Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, 2008 )
Lars and the Real Girl (Craig Gillespie, 2007)
Christmas in July (Preston Sturges, 1940)
Books
Post Captain (Patrick O’Brian, 1972)*
January 2009
Films
Front/Nixon (Ron Howard, 2008 )
Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973)
Shotgun Stories (Jeff Nichols, 2007)
Adam’s Apples (Anders Jensen, 2005)
The Station Agent* (Thomas McCarthy, 2003 )
The Visitor (Thomas McCarthy, 2008 )
Valkyrie (Bryan Singer, 2008 )
December 2008
Films
Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1969)
Swing Time (George Stevens, 1936)
The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)*
The Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir, 1937)
Some Came Running (Vincente Minnelli, 1958 )
Mamma Mia (Phyllida Lloyd, 2008 )
It’s A Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946)*
Wall-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008 )
Unfaithfully Yours (Preston Sturges, 1948 )
Sunshine (Danny Boyle, 2007)
A Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945)
Wanted
Notting Hill*
Love Actually
Books
Pictures at a Revolution (Mark Harris)
Shooting to Kill (Christine Vachon)
November 2008
Films
Hail the Conquering Hero (Preston Sturges, 1944)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Open Range
Kung Fu Panda
The Orphanage
The Lost Patrol (John Ford, 1934)
Get Smart
Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944)
C.R.A.Z.Y.
Books
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
The Shack (William Young)
Discipleship on the Edge: An Expository Journey Through the Book of Revelation (Darrel Johnson)*
Theatre
Mourning Dove
Le Damnation do Faust (Live at The Met; HD Broadcast)
October 2008
Films:
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (Disc 1)
The Lady Eve (Preston Stuges, 1944)*
Recount
Miracle at Morgan’s Creek (Preston Sturges, 1944)
Ugetsu
12:08 East of Bucharest
Constantine
The Secret Life of Words
Theatre
Salome (Live at The Met; HD Broadcast)
September 2008
Films:
John Adams (Miniseries)
Twentieth Century (Howard Hawks, 1934)
Field of Dreams
The Great McGinty (Prestong Sturges, 1944)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Curtiz, 1938 )
Juno*
Books:
At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA (George Tenet)
August 2008
Films:
Sherlock Holmes and the Last Vampyre
Red Belt
In the Shadow of the Moon*
The Man Who Planted Trees (short)
The Right Stuff*
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Disc 1)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time*
Ryan*
Lady in the Lake
The Band’s Visit*
Double Indemnity*
Murder My Sweet
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid*
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (Disc 3)
Five Easy Pieces
The Dark Knight*
The Last Waltz
Books:
The Final Days (Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward)
On the Incarnation (St. Athanasius)
July 2008
Films:
The Dark Knight
Goldfinger*
In Bruges*
Ryan*
Lost in La Mancha*
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
East of Eden
In Bruges*
Juno*
June 2008
Films:
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Iron Man*
Such a Long Journey
His Girl Friday*
The Lives of Others
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull*
All the President’s Men*
Rio Bravo*
Brick
High and Low
Binta and the Great Idea (short)
Red River *
Theatre:
You Can’t Take it With You
Books:
Healing the Shame that Binds You (John Bradshaw)
May 2008
Films:
Eve & the Fire Horse
Into the Wild
Indiana Jones 4
Iron Man
Raiders of the Lost Ark*
The Conformist
Batman Returns*
Bad Timing
I’m Not There
Don’t Look Now
Gone Baby Gone
Last Round Up (short)
Reunion (short)
Chichester’s Choice
Directed by John Ford
Everything’s Gone Green*
The Dark Hours*
3 Godfathers
Theatre
No Exit
La Fille du Regiment (HD Broadcast)
Books
Tally’s Folly (a play by Lanford Wilson)
Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Screenplay by William Goldman)
April 2008
Films:
Door to Door
Everything’s Gone Green*
After Life
Gunga Din
Hitch
Ace in the Hole
Cat People
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
Yellow Sticky Notes (short)
The Thin Blue Line
Rushmore*
Day of Wrath
Books/Scripts:
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Who Killed Hollywood? (William Goldman)
The Celtic Way of Prayer (Esther De Waal)
Theatre
Where’s My Money? (John Patrick Shanley)
The Woodsman
March 2008
Films:
The Mist
In the Shadow of the Moon*
In the Shadow of the Moon*
Good Bye Lenin!
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Bad Day at Black Rock
The Band’s Visit
U2 3D*
In Bruges
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada*
Ratatoille
Books/Scripts:
Lady in the Lake (Raymond Chandler)
Twigs* (George Furth – which I’m also acting in)
The God Who Believes: Faith, Doubt, and the Vicarious Humanity of Christ (Christian D. Kettler)
February 2008
Films:
Ordet
A Man For All Seasons*
Shane
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Juno*
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford*
Longford
Books/Scripts
Across All Worlds (C. Baxter Kruger)
Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies (Blake Snyder)
Juno (Diablo Cody)
Winter Falls (Matt Chandler)
Refuge of Lies (Ron Reed)
Twigs (George Furth – which I’m also acting in)
Audio:
Romans 8 (N.T. Wright)
January 2008
Films:
Happy Feet
Juno
3:10 to Yuma*
There Will Be Blood
In the Shadow of the Moon*
Books/Scripts:
Prayer (Hans Urs von Balthasar)
Mysteries of Ice Fishing (Paul Fox)
Audio:
Tacit Knowing, Truthful Knowing—the Life and Thought of Michael Polanyi
“Rethinking the Categories of Theological discourse..”* (Rikk Watts)
Theological Instinct (Thomas Torrance)
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