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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
One of my goals for 2022 is to cover more franchises on the blog. Outside of events, most of what I do are stand-alone movies and that has not been conducive to clearing out my list of “movies I’ve mentioned on the blog but haven’t covered yet.” But it’s never too early to start a project, so let’s have a mini event this week, starting with the horror classic, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari! What’s the theme? All in good time…
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Hawkeye – Season 1, Episodes 1-2
We’re back, baby! Did you miss me? Don’t answer that. After taking a week off, Chwineka Watches is back to cover not one, but two episodes of Hawkeye, the newest Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe show! Set after Avengers: Endgame, the series sees the titular Hawkeye, Clint Barton (Mr. Jeremy Renner), seemingly having put his superhero life behind him, only to get wrapped up in a murder mystery thanks to the titular Hawkeye, Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld), his biggest fan. Yes, even Hawkeye has fans. I really like Green Arrow–the DC Comics archer superhero–so it can happen.
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A Short Break
So you may have noticed that for the first time in almost two years, I didn’t have a post on Monday. I am deeply sorry about that, but a combination of a new job and getting pretty sick had me missing my regular posting schedule. On one hand the obvious solution is to just have something up tomorrow, but my dudes, I’m tired. I’ve been running this blog since January 2020 and after 410 reviews, I need a break. So I’m taking this Thanksgiving week off to refresh myself and get everything sorted out between my work and blog schedules.…
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House (1977)
As I said in the Eraserhead post, I watched a double feature of films made in 1977 by first-time directors that were surreal as all hell and part of the Criterion Collection. How very specific, but that applies to Eraserhead just as much as Hausu, AKA House. Director Mr. Nobuhiko Obayashi had previously worked on commercials, and that comes across in how bizarre and at times episodic the film feels.
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Eraserhead (1977)
A while back, the Criterion Collection had a sale and I bought a couple DVDs that I’d had my eye on. I’ve already reviewed a few of the movies I picked up, namely The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and Beau Travail. But I’d been sitting on the rest for a while now, and it’s been a growing annoyance in the back of my skull. So I’m finishing up this week with a light theme! I’m going to be talking about 2 movies I picked up from the Criterion Collection that are surreal experiences from first-time directors released in…
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