This week was a lot more Zatoichi for me as I watched Adventures of Zatoichi (1964), Zatoichi’s Revenge (1965), Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965) and Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965). Last night I started Zatoichi’s Vengeance, but it was already late and it had been a long day of fun during and after watching the Seahawks beat the Saints so I’ll have to finish that one later tonight. At this point, though, I think it’s pretty safe to saw I’m loving all the Zatoichi movies, as if my post this past week wasn’t proof enough.
Additionally, I watched Inside Llewyn Davis and Her, both for a third time and it really is a toss-up as to which one of those I like the most from 2013 and even though it was only a couple weeks ago that I posted my top ten from 2013, I’m already beginning to regret not including The Wolf of Wall Street. Just the continuing conversation surrounding the film makes me love it more and more, along with the joy I found merely in revisiting the clip I posted on Friday. At this point it’s a film I feel I’ll continue to return to again and again once it arrives on Blu-ray.
Other than that, the rest of this weekend is likely to be filled with football and I’m about halfway through Mark Harris’ “Pictures at a Revolution“, but if you’re looking for something to read, stay tuned for next week as I have a 2014 book preview you may be interested in coming up.
