FINALLY PUTTING A CAP ON SEPTEMBER

September was a busy month, and October hasn’t been much slower, which is the reason why we’re already roughly half-way through and I still haven’t published my September movie diary. In fact, I’m quite impressed with myself as it looks like my “unattainable goal” of averaging a film a day is potentially well on its way to possible completion. And somehow, in September I’ve managed to do it with the start of a new television season, catching-up on older shows that I hadn’t yet watched, and not losing too much on my DiVo. Seriously … it’s a bit miraculous … even if the actual writing on this blog has suffered a wee bit.

I’m well ahead of last year’s pace. In 2005, as of the end of September I had watched “only” 163 movies. This year, by the time Sept. 30 rolled around, I was up to 274. And what do you know? Sept. 30 is the 273rd day of the year. I’m even ahead of pace. Meanwhile, I also got through three seasons of Nip/Tuck — wow did that show take a tremendous leap forward after a mediocre first season to create a brilliant second season; season three was a bit more erratic — and season one of Battlestar Galactica.

The first 205 titles (January through July) are listed here. August saw 31 additions, as noted here. And after the jump — 38 titles that ruled my September.

(Titles in ALL CAPS link to Out of Focus posts.)

September

1. (237) CRANK (Broadway Screening Room)
2. (238) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (TCM)
3. (239) Winchester ’73 (TCM)
4. (240) Gunga Din (TCM)
5. (241) Ball of Fire (TCM)
6. (242) Words and Music (TCM)
7. (243) Elizabethtown (DVD)
8. (244) Infamous) (Broadway Screening Room)
9. (245) Renaissance (Broadway Screening Room)
10. (246) THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED (IFC Center)
11. (247) Lady for a Day (TCM)
12. (248) An American in Paris (TCM)
13. (249) Domino (DVD)
14. (250) In Cold Blood (DVD)
15. (251) A Scanner Darkly (Landmark Sunshine)
16. (252) Old Joy (Film Forum)
17. (253) Flyboys (Broadway Screening Room)
18. (254) The Flower of My Secret (Lincoln Plaza)
19. (255) Marie Antoinette (Walter Reade Theater)
20. (256) Tideland (Broadway Screening Room)
21. (257) Knife in the Water (Walter Reade Theater)
22. (258) Summer With Monika (Walter Reade Theater)
23. (259) Syndromes and a Century (Walter Reade Theater)
24. (260) The Black Dahlia (AMC Kips Bay)
25. (261) LITTLE CHILDREN (Walter Reade Theater)
26. (262) Half Nelson (BAM Rose Cinemas)
27. (263) Insiang (Walter Reade Theater)
28. (264) August Days (Walter Reade Theater)
29. (265) Mafioso (Walter Reade Theater)
30. (266) Belle Toujours (Walter Reade Theater)
31. (267) Woman on the Beach (Walter Reade Theater)
32. (268) Offside (Walter Reade Theater)
33. (269) Bamako (Walter Reade Theater)
34. (270) Gardens in Autumn (Walter Reade Theater)
35. (271) THE QUEEN (Walter Reade Theater)
36. (272) The Go Master (Walter Reade Theater)
37. (273) SHORTBUS (Magno Review Screening Room)
38. (274) Paprika (Walter Reade Theater)

Plenty more coming in October, and I’ll try to be more timely about posting it.