Drink, Drink, Drag Me Down!

RV!: Factotum (2005) Dir: Bent Hamer Date Released: August 18, 2006 Date Seen: October 28, 2012 Rating: 4.25/5

334) The Lost Weekend (1945) Dir: Billy Wilder Date Released: November 16, 1945 Date Seen: October 28, 2012 Rating: 4.25/5

RV!: Leaving Las Vegas (1995) Dir: Mike Figgis Date Released: October 27, 1995 Date Seen: October 29, 2012 Rating: 4/5

337) Days of Wine and Roses (1962) Dir: Blake Edwards Date Released: December 26, 1962 Date Seen: October 29, 2012 Rating: 4/5

339) Barfly (1987) Dir: Barbet Schroeder Date Released: October 16, 1987 Date Seen: October 16, 1987 Date Seen: October 30, 2012 Rating: 3.7/5

What a depressing bunch of movies to watch all at once. But they're so good, so I don't mind. Check out my list for The Playlist on Best Alky Dramas.

Case in (Counter-)Point: More Blake Edwards Love

RV!: The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) Dir: Blake Edwards Date Released: December 17, 1976 Date Seen: September 29, 2012 Rating: 3.75/5

I had Blake Edwards on the mind that week, as you can see. Here's a piece I wrote on Blake Edwards, director, for Capital New York.

Yeah, We're Back.

RV!: The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) Dir: Blake Edwards Date Released: May 21, 1975 Date Seen: August 29, 2012 Rating: 3.75/5

I still laugh like a maniac. See my pro-Edwards piece for Capital New York.

228) 10 (1979)

228) 10 (1979) Dir: Blake Edwards Date Released: October 5, 1979 Date Seen: June 1, 2011 Rating: 3.75/5

Not as good as I was led to believe but hey, pretty darn good. See my piece on 10 and La Dolce Vita for Capital New York.

RV!: Victor/Victoria (1982)

RV!: Victor/Victoria (1982) Dir: Blake Edwards Date Released: March 1982 Date Seen: July 31st, 2009 Rating: 4/5

I have a soft spot for this film but by no means a totally uncritical one. Edwards is essentially a comic traditionalist but a bored one at that. See my aborted stab at live-tweeting by going to Twitter and looking for "#V/V" in the search function. Fun times were had.