[This is just a placeholder for the post that is to come.]

Beginning with last Thursday (January 12) I managed to watch 4 movies and parts of 1 other this last weekend -- I don't count that monstrous piece of shite from Disney called, Hercules... and no, I don't care that the critics all liked it.

Here they are:

• Rashômon, 1950, Akira Kurosawa
• The Lower Depths (Donzoko), 1957, A.K.
• Red Beard (Akahige), 1965, A.K.
• Ugetsu monogatari, 1953, Kenji Mizoguchi
• Ikiru, 1952, A.K.

Having watched these five incredible films, you'd think -- at least I do -- that I should have something to say about them. When I figure out what that is, I'll finish this post. So, yeah, this is a teaser, and a carrot for me to actually post something.