Greetings, dahling, and welcome back to The 300, a recurring feature on my cape-clad attempt to watch 300 movies in theaters in the year 2018. I’ll be watching new releases, classics, and hidden gems to experience the wide world of cinema in all its forms. With so much being watched, there ought to be something each week that you can enjoy.
As always, there are three rules for The 300:
- The movie must be at least 40 minutes long, meeting the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ definition of a feature film.
- I must watch the movie at a movie theater, screening room, or outdoor screening venue.
- While I can watch movies I’ve seen before 2018, I cannot count repeated viewings of the same film in 2018 multiple times.
A slightly lighter week than usual as I am closing in on 200 movies. Like I mentioned last week, I hope to catch a few movies at the 2018 New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) and the 2018 Japan Cuts Festival, which together comprise one of the country’s biggest showcases of Asian film. The sheer amount of summer film programming may get in the way, what with all the free outdoor screenings and retrospectives.
Given how grim the world has gotten in the last two weeks, movies and books have provided a much-needed escape. But even then, escape is only temporary, and it is important to do something about this hell we are living in.
And so, onward.
Source: Destructoid The 300 Week 24: THIS IS EDNA, DAHLING!