Or rather, a lot of things seem to make me cry lately. Like Downton Abbey. I was sobbing after I watched that last Downton Abbey.

But hey, no spoilers.

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I’ve been trying to catch up on the docs I missed last year, which was most of them, and those have also been making me cry. The Invisible War and How to Survive a Plague are both great though and I highly recommend them. I still need to watch Searching for Sugar Man but hopefully that won’t make me cry too? It sounds like a happier story.

Also good is Jiro Dreams of Sushi. That one did not make me cry. But it did make me want to eat sushi. Which is awkward because I don’t eat sushi anymore. I did sort of satisfy my craving with a veggie roll the other night but I will admit that as delicious as veggies and rice and seaweed can be, it’s not really the same. Sigh. Things.

Some others I still want to see: This is Not A Film, Five Broken Cameras, and Pina.

What else have I watched lately?

Oh yeah, Shirin! What a cool movie! Abbas Kiarostami made this one a few years ago. It’s the story of Shirin and Khosrow, a Persian poem I believe but I’m not super familiar, but the story is not what we see. What see are the faces of the women in the audience watching the performance. It’s fascinating and way more engrossing than the idea of only watching people’s reactions for an hour and a half may sound. But the play of emotions, the tears, the little smiles, it’s hard not to get sucked in. I think it’s a wonderful example of how powerful the medium of film can be in subtle ways that we sometimes don’t even notice. It’s hard not to smile along when the person in front of you smiles or feel sad when you watch someone cry.

I also finally watched Beasts of the Southern Wild which I liked quite a bit. That also made me cry a little although less than Downton Abbey. I don’t think anything has made me cry quite as much as Downton Abbey did.

I really don’t know why I’m so teary lately. I think it’s partly lack of sleep. The stupid flu really threw me off there and I’m still not back to sleeping normal hours. Getting there though. Sort of.

Maybe this weekend I’ll finally get to see Zero Dark Thirty and Mama. Maybe.