Films I Viewed in 2024

(SB)=seen before

All films not made in English were viewed in the original language with English subtitles unless otherwise specified.

I am not subscribed to any streaming service, and the majority of my viewing has been on DVD. I generally do not specify unless the presentation is somehow compromised.

1/1 – Voices from the Black (Federico Caddeo, 2007) 6
“….. – 青蛇/Ching Se/Green Snake (Hark Tsui, 1993) 10 (SB)
1/4 – Renfield (Chris McKay, 2023) 9
1/5 – Deleted & Extended Scenes
“….. – Alternate Takes
“….. – Dracula Uncaged (Universal Studios, 2023) 8
“….. – Monsters & Men: Behind the Scenes of Renfield (Paul Angelikas, 2023) 8
“….. – Stages of Rejuvenation (Universal Studios, 2023) 8
“….. – Flesh & Blood (Universal Studios, 2023) 8
“….. – Fighting Dirty (Universal Studios, 2023) 8
“….. – The Making of a Deleted Scene: Renfield’s Dance (Universal Studios, 2023) 8
1/6 – No profanar el sueño de los muertos/Do Not Desecrate the Dreams of the Dead/The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue/Don’t Open the Window/Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (Jorge Grau, 1974) 10 [English]
“….. Westworld: Journey Into Night (Richard J. Lewis, 2018) 9
1/8 – Invisible Sue – Plötzlich unsichtbar/Suddenly Invisible/Die Unsichtbaren/The Invisibles/Invisible Sue (Markus Dietrich, 2018) 7 [English dubbed]
“….. – Westworld: Reunion (Vincenzo Natali, 2018) 10
1/11 – Westworld: Virtù e Fortuna (Richard J. Lewis, 2018) 10
1/12 – Westworld: The Riddle of the Sphinx (Lisa Joy, 2018) 10
1/19 – Menschen am Sonntag ein Film ohne Schauspieler/People on Sunday: A Film Without Actors (Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, 1930) 9 (Elena Kats-Chernin score) [after 1:12:15, I had to watch a degraded copy on archive.org because the disc froze]
1/21 – 魔女の宅急便/Majo no takkyūbin/Witch’s Express Home Delivery/Kiki’s Delivery Service (Hayao Miyazaki, 1989) 9
1/22 – Weekend am Wannsee/Weekend au Wannsee/Weekend on the Wannsee (Gerald Koll, 2000) 8
1/23 – Ins Blaue hinein…/Into the Blue (Eugen Schüfftan, 1931) [disc shut off at 35:18 due to damage–couldn’t find online except by paying The Criterion Channel]
“….. Exclusive Interview with Director Jorge Grau (Robert A. Ferretti, 2000) 7
“….. – Don’t Open the Window Radio Spot Montage (Hedio Lobo, Perry Martin, 2000)
“….. – Let Sleeping Corpses Lie Poster & Still Gallery (Hedio Lobo, Perry Martin, 2000)
“….. – Westworld: Akane no Mai (Craig Zobel, 2018) 10
1/25 – Westworld: Phase Space (Tarik Saleh, 2018) 10
“….. – Westworld: Les Écorchés (Nicole Kassell, 2018) 10
1/28 – Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet Episode 1 (Derek Martinus, 1966) 9
“….. – Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet Episode 2 (Derek Martinus, 1966) 9
1/30 – Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet Episode 3 (Derek Martinus, 1966) 10
“….. – Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet Episode 4 (Derek Martinus, 1966, animated reconstruction directed by Austen Atkinson, 2013) 9
“….. – Life With Father (Michael Curtiz, 1947) 9
“….. – กระสือกัดปอบ/Kras̄ụ̄x kạd pxb/Greasy Bite/Krasue Kud Pob/Krasue Bites Ghoul/Filth Eating Spirit Bites Ogre (Phlaawut, 1990) [no subtitles] [hit a scratch and shut off 47 minutes in]

2/2 – กระสือกัดปอบ/Kras̄ụ̄x kạd pxb/Greasy Bite/Krasue Kud Pob/Krasue Bites Ghoul/Filth Eating Spirit Bites Ogre (Phlaawut, 1990) [no subtitles] 6 [conclusion–was able to watch on regular DVD player, but still quite damaged]
2/4 – Westworld: Kiksuya (Uta Briesewitz, 2018) 10
“….. – Tre nøtter til Askepott/Three Wishes for Cinderella (Cecile Musli, 2021) 10
2/7 – Westworld: Vanishing Point (Stephen Williams, 2018) 10
“….. – Westworld: The Passenger (Frederick A. O. Toye, 2018) 10
2/11 – Compagna di viaggio/Traveling Companion (Peter Del Monte, 1996) 9
2/13 – Westworld: The Big Moment: The Truth About Bernard (Warner Bros. Entertainment, 2016) 6
“….. – Westworld: The Big Moment: Dr. Ford’s New Narrative (Warner Bros. Entertainment, 2016) 7
“….. – Westworld: The Key to the Chords (Warner Bros. Entertainment, 2016) 7
“….. – Westworld: Crafting the Narrative (Warner Bros. Entertainment, 2016) 8
“….. – Creating Westworld‘s Reality: Shogun World (HBO, 2018) 8
“….. – Westworld: The Truth Behind Delos (Warner Bros. Entertainment, 2018) 8
“….. – Westworld: These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends (Warner Bros. Entertainment, 2018) 8
“….. – Bring Yourself Back Online Hosted by Leonardo Nam and Ptolemy Slocum: Reflections on Season 2 (Warner Bros. Entertainment, 2018) 8
“….. – Bring Yourself Back Online Hosted by Leonardo Nam and Ptolemy Slocum: Of Love and Shogun (Warner Bros. Entertainment, 2018) 8
“….. – Bring Yourself Back Online Hosted by Leonardo Nam and Ptolemy Slocum: Journeys and Technology (Warner Bros. Entertainment, 2018) 8
“….. – Creating Westworld‘s Reality: The Drone Hosts (HBO, 2018) 8
“….. – Creating Westworld‘s Reality: An Evocative Location (HBO, 2018) 8
“….. – Creating Westworld‘s Reality: Fort Forlorn Hope (HBO, 2018) 8
“….. – Creating Westworld‘s Reality: The Delos Experiment (HBO, 2018) 8
“….. – Creating Westworld‘s Reality: Inside the Cradle (HBO, 2018) 8
“….. – Creating Westworld‘s Reality: Chaos in the Mesa (HBO, 2018) 8
2/14 – Creating Westworld‘s Reality: Ghost Nation (HBO, 2018) 8
“….. – Creating Westworld‘s Reality: Deconstructing Maeve (HBO, 2018) 8
“….. – Creating Westworld‘s Reality: The Valley Beyond (HBO, 2018) 8
“….. – Points West William Hartnell Interview (1966) 8
“….. – Doctor Who Stories: Anneke Wills (Claire Finnett, 2003/James Goss, 2012) 8
2/15 – Doctor Who: The Golden Age (Thomas Guerrier, 2012) 7
“….. – Boys! Boys! Boys! (Steve Broster, 2011) 7
2/16 – Companion Piece (James Goss, 2012) 8
“….. – Blue Peter: Ten Years of Doctor Who (1973) 8
“….. – Frozen Out: The Making of TheTenth Planet (Chris Chapman, 2013) 8
“….. – The Tenth Planet Photo Gallery (Paul Shields, 2012)
“….. – Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet Episode 1 [ audio commentary by Toby Hadoke, actor Chris Matthews (Radar Technician), actor Anneke Wills (Polly), actor Gregg Palmer (Cyberman), actor Earl Cameron (Williams), actor Alan White (Schultz), designer Peter Kindred, and production text commentary by Stephen James Walker ]
2/17 – Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet Episode 4 Ralph Montagu reconstruction 9
“….. – Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet Episode 2 [ audio commentary by Toby Hadoke, actor Chris Matthews (Radar Technician), actor Anneke Wills (Polly), actor Gregg Palmer (Cyberman), actor Earl Cameron (Williams), actor Alan White (Schultz), designer Peter Kindred, and production text commentary by Stephen James Walker ]
“….. – Night of the Eagle/Burn, Witch, Burn (Sidney Hayers, 1962) 10
2/18 – Monster High (Todd Holland, 2022) 7
2/19 – Cast Recording Songs (2022) 7
“….. True Monster Heart Official Music Video
“….. – Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet Episode 3 [ audio commentary by Toby Hadoke, actor Chris Matthews (Radar Technician), actor Anneke Wills (Polly), actor Gregg Palmer (Cyberman), actor Earl Cameron (Williams), actor Alan White (Schultz), actor Chris Dunham (Radio Technician), designer Peter Kindred, and production text commentary by Stephen James Walker ]
“….. – The Hot Heiress (Clarence Badger [Clarence G. Badger], 1931) 9
2/20 – May (Lucky McKee, 2002) 8
2/23 – You Only Live Once (Fritz Lang, 1937) 10
2/25 – Monster High Music Break: Trust (Acoustic Version) (2022)
“….. – Monster High Music Break: Three of Us (Acoustic Version) (2022)
“….. – Monster High Lip Sync and Dance Tutorial (2022)
“….. – Monster High Hair and Make Up Transformation (2022)
“….. – Monster High Set Tour (2022)
“….. – Monster High Star Journey (2022)
“….. – Monster High Diversity and Inclusion (2022)
“….. – Monster High Ghoul Slang (2022)
“….. – Three of Us – Sing-Along Version (2022)
“….. – Coming Out of the Dark – Sing-Along Version (2022)
“….. – Unheimlich perfekte Freunde/Incredibly Perfect Friends/Double Trouble and the Magic Mirror/The Perfect Trap (Marcus H. Rosenmüller, 2019) 9 [English dubbed]
2/26 – Johnny Come Lately (William K. Howard, 1943) 8
2/29 – The Corpse Vanishes (Wallace Fox, 1942) 7

3/1 – You Only Live Once [ audio commentary by author and film historian by Jeremy Arnold (2017) (to 28:16) ]
3/3 – WALL•E [ audio commentary by director Andrew Stanton ]
“….. – Burn-E (Angus MacLane, 2009) 7
3/4 – Presto (Doug Sweetland, 2008) 8
“….. – Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up (Erica Milsom, 2008) 8
“….. – WALL•E Deleted scenes wth introductions by director Andrew Stanton
“….. – The Cobweb Hotel (Dave Fleischer, 1936) 7
3/6 – May [ audio commentary by Lucky McKee Director, Angela Bettis “May,” Steve Yedlin D.P., Chris Sivertson Editor, Bret Roberts “Distraught Man in Vet,” Nichole Hiltz “Amnbrosia” ]
3/9 – Ben Mankiewicz Introduction: Harriet Craig (2012)
“….. – Harriet Craig (Vincent Sherman, 1950) 9
“….. – Иди и смотри/Idi i Smotri/Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985) 9
3/10 – The 96th Academy Awards (Hamish Hamilton, 2024) 7 [missed first 20 minutes]
3/11 – You Only Live Once [ audio commentary by author and film historian by Jeremy Arnold (2017) (conclusion) ]
3/12 – You Only Live Once (1937) Restoration Comparison (Classic Flix, 2017)
3/13 – May [ audio commentary by Lucky McKee Director, Jaye Barnee-Luckett Composer, Leslie Keel Production Design, Rian Johnson Editor, Benji the Craft Services Guy ]
3/17 – Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks Episode One (Christopher Barry, 1966) animated reconstruction (Martin Geraghty, Daryl Joyce, 2016) 9
3/18 – Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks Episode Two (Christopher Barry, 1966) animated reconstruction (Martin Geraghty, Daryl Joyce, 2016) 8
“….. – Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks Episode Three (Christopher Barry, 1966) animated reconstruction (Martin Geraghty, Daryl Joyce, 2016) 8
“….. – Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks Episode Four (Christopher Barry, 1966) animated reconstruction (Martin Geraghty, Daryl Joyce, 2016) 9
“….. – Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks Episode Five (Christopher Barry, 1966) animated reconstruction (Martin Geraghty, Daryl Joyce, 2016) 9
“….. – Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks Episode Six (Christopher Barry, 1966) animated reconstruction (Martin Geraghty, Daryl Joyce, 2016) 9 [producer/director Charles Gordon’s name was removed from the color version]
3/19 – Roger Deakins [on Come and See] (Jason Altman, 2020) 8
“….. – Рассказ О Фильме “Иди и Смотри”/Rasskaz O Fil’me “Idi i Smotri”/The Story of the Film “Come and See” (A Efremov, A. Betev, A. Kudryavtsev, S. Bartosh, B. Shangin, E. Svatko, S. Gorchakov, 1985) 8
3/21 – Half the Picture (Amy Adrion, 2018) 8
3/22 – The Death Kiss (Edwin L. Marin, 1933) 8
3/23 – Режиссёр Элем Климов/Ryezhissyor Elyem Klimov/Director Elem Klimov (2001) 7
“….. – Рассказывает Исполнитель Главной Роли Алексей Кравченко/Rasskazyvayet Ispolnitel’ Gravnoy Roli Alyeksyey Kravchenko/Interview with Lead Actor Alexei Kravchenko (Ruscico, 2001) 8
3/24 – Рассказывает Художник Виктор Петров/Rasskazyvayet Khudozhnik Viktor Petrov/Interview with Production Designer Viktor Petrov (Ruscico, 2001) 7
3/28 – The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (George Seaton, 1947) 8
3/30 – Temptress/Sorceress (Jim Wynorski, 1995) 5
“….. – German Klimov (Jason Altman, Ivan Gramtovsky, 2020) 7
3/31 – Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew (David Greene, 1973) 9 (SB)

4/1 – Горсть песка/Gorst’ Pyeska/Flaming Memory: Handful of Sand (Viktor Dashuk, 1975) 7
“….. – Немой крик/Nyemoy Krik/Flaming Memory: Mute Scream (Viktor Dashuk, 1975) 7
“….. – Женщина из убитой деревни/Zhyenshchina iz ubitoy dyeryevni/Flaming Memory: Woman from the Killed Village (Viktor Dashuk, 1975) 9
4/2 – Servants and Masters: The Making of The Power of the Daleks (John Kelly, 2016) 7
“….. – The Power of the Daleks Surviving Footage and Original Trailer (Christopher Barry, 1966/John Kelly, 2016) 9
“….. – Animation Tests (Martin Geraghty, 2016) 9
“….. – Phantom of the Opera (Arthur Lubin, 1943) 8
“….. – The Climax (George Waggner, 1944) 8
4/3 – Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks Episode One [ audio commentary by Toby Hadoke, Anneke Wills (Polly), designer Derek Dodd, and floor manager Michael Briant ]
“….. – The Scarlet Blade/The Crimson Blade (John Gilling, 1963) 6
4/5 – The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked (David J. Skal, 2000) 7
“….. – Temptress/Sorceress [ audio commentary with Director Jim Wynorski (2015) ]
4/6 – The Death Kiss [ audio commentary by Richard Harland Smith (2014) ]
4/8 – Temptress/Sorceress [ audio commentary with Director Jim Wynorski Joined by Actor/Director/SPFX Make-Up Artist Tom Savini (April 10, 2015) ]
4/9 – Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks Episode Two [ audio commentary by Toby Hadoke, Anneke Wills (Polly), designer Derek Dodd, floor manager Michael Briant, and actor Edward Kelsey (Resno) ]
“….. – Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks Episode Three [ audio commentary by Toby Hadoke, Nicholas Hawtry (Quinn), costume designer Alexandra Timon [Sandra Reid] ]
:….. – Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks Episode Four [ audio commentary by Toby Hadoke, David Hankinson (Dalek operator for new series), Nick Briggs (voice of the Daleks for new series), Bob Shearman (writer, episode, “Dalek”) ]
“….. – 富貴開心鬼/Fu gwai hoi sam gwai/Rich and Happy Ghost/Lost Souls (David Lai Dai-Wai, 1989) 9
4/11 – Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (H.C. Potter, 1948) 7
4/12 – Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks Episode Five [ audio commentatry by Toby Hadoke, Adrian Salmon (animaton cel shader), Martin Geraghty (animation character designer), Charles Gordon (animation producer/director) ]
“….. – Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks Episode Six [ audio commentary by Toby Hadoke, Anneke Wills (Polly), designer Derek Dodd, and floor manager Michael Briant ]
4/13 – La La Land [ audio commentary with Writer/Director Damien Chazelle and Composer Justin Hurwitz (to 1:08:43) ]
4/14 – Lux Radio Theatre: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 10/10/1949 [ audio only ]
4/15 – La La Land [ audio commentary with Writer/Director Damien Chazelle and Composer Justin Hurwitz (conclusion) ]
“….. The House of Tomorrow (Tex Avery, 1949) 6
4/16 – The Power of the Daleks Animation & Photo Gallery
“….. – Dalek Recording Session, BBC Maida Vale Studios, 12th September, 1966
“….. – Phantom of the Opera [feature commentary with film historian Scott MacQueen (2000) ]
4/17 – Screen Directors Playhouse: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (H.C. Potter, 6/9/1950) [ audio only ]
4/18 – The Phantom President (Norman Taurog, 1932) 8
4/22 – Cinderella (Ralph Nelson, 1957), with introduction by Julie Andrews (2004) 8
“….. – Dracula (Tod Browning, 1931) (SB) with music by Philip Glass performed by Kronos Quartet 9
4/23 – แม่นาค: อเมริกา/Mae Nak: America/The Pot (Lek Kitaparaporn, 1975) 7 [no subtitles]
4/25 – It Started with Eve (Henry Koster, 1941) 9
4/29 – Dracula [feature commentary with Steve Haberman, Screenwriter of Dracula: Dead and Loving It (and author of Chronicles of Terror: A History of Horror Films in the 20th Century)]
“….. – All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950) 8
4/30 – Love Me Tonight (Rouben Mamoulian, 1932) 10 (SB)

5/1 – The Thanhouser Studio and the Birth of American Cinema (Ned Thanhouser, 2015) 7
5/3 – A Lovely Night: The Making of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Television Classic (Image Entertainment, 2004) 7
“….. – The Ed Sullivan Show: Rodgers and Hammerstein (March 24, 1957) 8
5/6 – Star Trek 3012.1 The Menagerie Part I (Marc Daniels, 1966) 9
“….. – Star Trek 3013.1 The Menagerie Part II (Robert Butler, 1966) 9
“….. – Universal Horror (Kevin Brownlow, 1998) 8
5/9 – Scream and Scream Again (Gordon Hessler, 1970) 8
5/10 – Dracula [feature commentary with film historian David J. Skal]
5/11 – Lugosi: The Dark Prince (Constantine Nasr, 2006) 7
“….. – The Road to Dracula (David J. Skal, 1999) 7
5/12 – Little Women (Gillian Armstrong, 1994) 9 (SB)
5/13 – X (Roger Corman, 1962) 8
5/14 – Dracula (George Melford, 1931) 9 (SB)
5/15 – Emerald City: The Beast Forever (Tarsem Singh, 2017) 9
5/16 – Emerald City: Prison of the Abject (Tarsem Singh, 2017) 9
“….. – Emerald City: Mistress-New-Mistress (Tarsem Singh, 2017) 9

Currently have from library:

[NYPL policy: Ten items, seven days each, up to ten renewals (if no holds)
Bkyln PL policy: Ten (twelve?) items, three weeks each, up to 15 (formerly 99) renewals (if no holds)
Queens Library policy: Seven (formerly three) days, three renewals for feature DVDs, one week for TV seasons; hence third choice]

NYPL:

陸軍/Rikugun/Army (Keisuke Kinoshita, 1944)
The Forgotten/Don’t Look in the Basement (S.F. Brownrigg, 1973)
I pugni in tasca/Fists in the Pocket (Marco Bellocchio, 1965)
Higher and Higher (Tim Whelan, 1943)
King Knight (Richard Bates, Jr; 2022)
The Thanhouser Studio and the Birth of American Cinema (Ned Thanhouser, 2015)
The Unknown/The Mystic (Tod Browning, 1927/1925)
Within Our Gates (Oscar Micheaux, 1920)
You and Me (Fritz Lang, 1938)

Bklyn:

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (Cathy Yan, 2020)
Eerie Fairy Tales (Mart Sander, 2020)
High Sierra (Raoul Walsh, 1941)
How I Won the War (Richard Lester, 1967)
魔女の宅急便/Majo no takkyūbin/Witch’s Express Home Delivery/Kiki’s Delivery Service (Hayao Miyazaki, 1989)
The Pajama Game (George Abbott, Stanley Donen, 1957)
Pal Joey (George Sidney, 1957)
The Pale Door (Aaron B. Koontz, 2020)
Renfield (Chris McKay, 2023)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (George Seaton, 1947)
Uncertain Glory (Raoul Walsh, 1944)
The Wind and the Lion (John Milius, 1975)

Queens:

Dracula (Tod Browning/George Melford, 1931)
Dracula: Complete Legacy Collection Disc 2: Dracula’s Daughter (Lambert Hillyer, 1936), Son of Dracula (Robert Siodmak, 1943), House of Frankenstein (Erle C. Kenton, 1944)

Hold requests:

Current:
(Sometimes these have a long wait.)

The Andromeda Strain (Robert Wise, 1970) [on order; back to the end of the line after a year]
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (Mitchell Leisen, 1938)
Craig’s Wife (Dorothy Arzner, 1936) (SB) [VHS]
Dark Shadows: The Beginning Collection II (Lela Swift, John Sedwick, 1966) [on order]
The Enchanted Cottage (John Cromwell, 1945)
His Kind of Woman (John Farrow, 1951)
El Hombre Que Logro Ser Invisible/El Hombre Invisible/The Invisible Man/The New Invisible Man (Alfredo B. Crevenna, 1958) [on order]
Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist: 8 Films (1925-1979) including The Emperor Jones (Dudley Murphy, 1933) [on order]
Super Mario Bros. (Rocky Morton, Annabel Jankel, 1993)
Witchfinder General: Matthew Hopkins/The Conqueror Worm (Michael Reeves, 1968)

Had out but was either a problem or on hold for someone else and plan to try again:

Blade (Stephen Norrington, 1998)
Caballeros Collection: Saludos Amigos (Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, 1942)/The Three Caballeros (Norman Ferguson, 1943) [broken]
Coco (Lee Unkrich, 2017) [scratched–kept freezing and skipping]
太子妃升职记/Tai zi fei sheng zhi ji/The Crown Princess Promotion/Go Princess Go (Haozhe Lü, 2015) [Chinese subtitles only]
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Nicholas Stoller, 2008) [was on hold for over a year; had to put in another request; now fourth in line; status is now “Missing.”]
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1947) [contains two commentaries and a documentary about Rex Harrison]
極道恐怖大劇場　牛頭　ＧＯＺＵ/Gokudō kyōfu dai-gekijō: Gozu/Yakuza Horror Theatre: Cow’s Head/Gozu (Takashi Miike, 2003)
Hansel and Gretel (Michael Meyerberg, 1954)
Henry V (Laurence Olivier, 1944) [got when I asked for Branagh; hit max renewals before I fixed cracked screen]
The Third Part of Henry the Sixt/Henry VI, Part III (Jane Howell, 1983) [shut itself off at 3:21:17 due to disc damage]
Inside Out (Pete Docter, 2015) [had many copies out of the library, but all damaged so far]
It’s Always Fair Weather (Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen, 1955) [It will be a miracle if a disc this scratched plays.]
The Jerk (Carl Gottlieb, 1979)
The Paleface (Norman Z. McCloud, 1948)
The Prisoner discs 1-5 (Patrick McGoohan, Pat Jackson, Don Chaffey, David Tomblin, 1967) [NYPL seems to have lost this]
財叔之橫掃千軍/Coi Suk Zi Waang Sou Cin Gwan/Uncle’s Sweeping Thousands/The Raid (Hark Tsui, Siu-Tung Ching, 1991)
Repeat Performance (Alfred L. Werker, 1947) [asked NYPL to order Film Collector’s Society of America edition]
[damaged disc shut itself off at 37:06]
Samsara (Ron Fricke, 2011)
千と千尋の神隠し/Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi/Thousand and Great Depth’s Mysterious Disappearance/Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)

Next plans for holds (in library catalog at time placed on list):

The Captive City (Robert Wise, 1952)
Cauldron of Blood (Santos Alcocer, 1970)
The Forbin Project/Colossus — The Forbin Project (Joseph Sargent, 1969)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (Val Guest, 1961)
Emma (Douglas McGrath, 1996)
Konec Sprna v Hotelu Ozon/The End of August at the Hotel Ozone (Jan Schmidt, 1966) [on order; cannot place on hold[
The Great Ziegfeld (Robert Z. Leonard, 1938)
In the Year 2889 (Larry Buchanan, 1967)
Island of Terror (Terence Fisher, 1966)
Jubal (Delmer Daves, 1956)
Konga (John Lemont, 1960)
The Magic Sword (Bert I. Gordon, 1962)
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (Peter Landesman, 2017)
The Martian (Ridley Scott, 2015)
Much Ado About Nothing (Kenneth Branagh, 1993)
Project X (William Castle, 1967)
Rancho Notorious (Fritz Lang, 1952)
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (Byron Haskin, 1964)
The Satan Bug (John Sturges, 1964)
Die Spinnen/The Spiders (Fritz Lang, 1920)
Frau im Mond/Woman in the Moon (Fritz Lang, 1929)

Next plans for interlibrary loan requests:

7 Faces of Dr. Lao (George Pal, 1964) [Bklyn] [Had out several copies, but none would play through]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Complete First Season (2013-2014) [NYPL has two copies–disc 1 of the copy I got was unreadable. Kept giving me the same copy–others taped the same complaint to the cover. Status is now “Missing.”]
Babes in Arms (Busby Berkeley, 1939)
Das blau Licht/The Blue Light (Leni Riefenstahl, Béla Balázs, 1932) [asked NYPL to buy]
Broadminded (Mervyn LeRoy, 1931)
Danse macabre/Castle of Blood (Anthony Dawson [Antonio Margheriti], 1964) [froze during opening credits]
非典型男女/Fei din ying naam neui/Atypical Men and Women/City of SARS (Wai-Man Cheng, 2003) [asked NYPL to buy]
夜叉ヶ池/Yasha-ga-ike/Demon Pond (Masahiro Shinoda, 1979) [asked NYPL to buy]
夜叉ヶ池/Yasha-ga-ike/Demon Pond (Takashi Miike, 2005) [asked NYPL to buy]
Der müde Tod/The Tired Death/Destiny (Fritz Lang, 1921)
The Devil’s Carnival (Darren Lynn Bousman, 2012)
Diary of the Dead (George A. Romero, 2007) [last NYPL copy became unavailable while on hold for me]
Se sei vivo spara/If You Live, Shoot!/Django Kill (Giulio Questi, 1967 [asked NYPL to buy]
Figures in a Landscape (Joseph Losey, 1970)
Flesh and Fantasy (Julien Duvivier, 1943)
Get Crazy (Allan Arkush, 1983)
Ghost Patrol (Sam Newfield, 1936)
Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein/Hard to Be a God (Peter Fleischmann, 1989) [asked NYPL to buy]
He Who Gets Slapped (Victor Sjöström, 1924) [asked NYPL to buy]
The High Crusade (Klaus Knoesel, Holger Neuhäuser, 1994) [asked NYPL to buy]
Kidnap (Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, 2012) [NYPL seems to have lost this, and no other library in WorldCat has it]
La lengua asesina/Killer Tongue (Alberto Sciamma, 1996)
King of Kings (Nicholas Ray, 1961)
The Last Frontier (Anthony Mann, 1955)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King extended version (Peter Jackson, 2003)
Mädchen in Uniform (Leontine Sagan, 1931) [asked NYPL to buy]
The Magdalene Sisters (Peter Mullan, 2002)
La mansión de la locura/The Mansion of Madness (Juan López Moctezuma, 1973)
Keep the Aspidistra Flying/A Merry War (Robert Bierman, 1997) [asked NYPL to buy]
Akademia pana Kleksa/Mr. Blot’s Academy (Krzysztof Gradowski, 1984) [asked NYPL to buy]
Murder at Dawn (Richard Thorpe, 1932)
Navajo (Norman Foster, 1952)
No Smoking (Anurag Kashyap, 2007) [asked NYPL to buy.]
Parsifal (Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, 1982) [asked NYPL to buy]
Kökarlen/The Phantom Carriage (Victor Sjöström, 1921) [disc froze about 22 minutes in–counter kept going; only copy at NYPL Bklyn does not have]
ピストルオペラ/Pisutoru Opera/Pistol Opera (Seijun Suzuki, 2001) [asked NYPL to buy]
Quick! Before It Melts (Delbert Mann, 1964) [asked NYPL to buy]
Revenge of the Creature (Jack Arnold, 1955)
Séance on a Wet Afternoon (Bryan Forbes, 1964)
The Shadow of Chikara (Earl E. Smith, 1977)
Shield for Murder (Howard W. Koch, Edmond O’Brien, 1954)
Stingaree (William A. Wellman, 1934)
The Swarm (Irwin Allen. 1978) [asked NYPL to buy]
The Swimmer (Frank Perry, 1968) [NYPL’s only copy now has status “MISSING” and was removed from my hold queue.]
Symphony of Six Million (Gregory La Cava, 1932)
Tammy and the Bachelor (Joseph Pevney, 1957) [asked NYPL to buy]
Test Pilot (Victor Fleming, 1938) [asked NYPL to buy]
Los cronocrimenes/Timecrimes (Nacho Vigalondo, 2009) [all three library systems had copies, but all went missing–was fourth in line for a year]
The Two Popes (Fernando Meirelles, 2019)
En las Estrellas/Up Among the Stars (Zoe Berriatúa, 2018)
When Willie Comes Marching Home (John Ford, 1950)