Not having advanced technologically to the point of being able to suck movies from the Web, Mrs. T and I usually bring a varied assortment of DVDs with us whenever we’re going anywhere for a long stay. We’re going to be in Florida for two months, so we decided that it might be wise to pack a larger-than-usual selection this year. Here’s what I stowed in the suitcase. As was the case with the books I brought on our trip, some of these films are new to me and some not:
Baby, the Rain Must Fall (since Horton Foote has been on my mind of late)
Children of Paradise
Frances Ha
Ghost World
The Grand Budapest Hotel and Letter from an Unknown Woman (to suit my Stefan Zweig mood)
Honeymoon in Vegas (for homework—I’ve never seen the film and I’m prepping to review the Broadway stage version)
Junebug
Noah Baumbach’s Kicking and Screaming
The Last Picture Show
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (David Mamet’s favorite movie, which we watched with undiminished pleasure on New Year’s Eve)
Local Hero
Margaret (in honor of the Broadway run of Kenneth Lonergan’s This Is Our Youth)
Me and Orson Welles (a continuation of our Zoe Kazan film festival)
Moonrise Kingdom
Henry Bromell’s Panic (one of the most underrated films of the past quarter-century)
Passion Fish
Silver Linings Playbook
Sunshine State (we’re in Florida, right?)
There Will Be Blood
Between that stash (which I’ll replenish as needed when I fly up to New York later this month) and TCM, I’d say we’re good for at least a month.