noita palaa elämään (hällström 1952) ♥
the shakedown (wyler 1929)
anhonee (ahmad abbas 1952)
aan (khan 1952)
asteroid city (anderson 2023)
they don't wear black tie (hirszman 1981)
jaal (dutt 1952)
la sombra del caudillo (bracho 1960) ♥♥
high, wide and handsome (mamoulian 1937)
memoirs of a survivor (gladwell 1981)
lachende erben (ophüls 1933)
stranger on the prowl (losey 1952)
merrill's marauders (fuller 1962) ♥
o canto do mar (cavalcanti 1952)
affair in trinidad (sherman 1952)
rosen blühen auf dem heidegrab (könig 1952)
assa (solovyov 1987) ♥
manon des sources (pagnol 1952) ♥
la guerra gaucha (demare 1942)
the ring (neumann 1952) ♥
the outlaws (koundouros 1958)
false faces (sherman 1932)
by candlelight (whale 1933)
sous les yeux d'occident (allégret 1936)
the clairvoyant (elvey 1935)
spider-man: across the spider-verse (dos santos, thompson, powers 2023)
cheyenne autumn (ford 1964)
javor a juliana (uher 1973)
four sisters (obayashi 1985) ♥
nem tudo é verdade (sganzerla 1986)
el guardián de la memoria (arteaga 2019)
the unstable object (eisenberg 2011)
comizi d'amore (pasolini 1964)
delphine et carole, insoumuses (mcnulty 2019) ♥
rewatches!
bend of the river ♥
os verdes anos
morocco ♥♥
dishonored ♥♥
shanghai express ♥♥
blonde venus ♥
the scarlet empress ♥♥
the devil is a woman ♥
way of a gaucho ♥
le carrosse d'or ♥
le plaisir
the quiet man ♥
love me tonight ♥
What I Watched This Month......
watched a few films for the 1952 poll, and several double bills of mostly lesser-known films by john ford, george stevens, raoul walsh, robert wise, michael curtiz, henry hathaway, henry koster, samuel fuller, fred zinnemann, and charles marquis warren
Day for Night (Francois Truffaut, 1973) - 9/10
Souls at Sea (Henry Hathaway, 1937) - 9/10
Gideon's Day (John Ford, 1958) - 8/10
The Alphabet Murders (Frank Tashlin, 1965) - 8/10
Dark Star (John Carpenter, 1974) - 8/10
Annie Oakley (George Stevens, 1935) - 8/10
The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961) - 8/10
Little Big Horn (Charles Marquis Warren, 1951) - 8/10
8 Million Ways to Die (Hal Ashby, 1986) - 7/10
Passenger (Andrzej Munk, 1963) - 7/10
Mister 880 (Edmund Goulding, 1950) - 7/10
Park Row (Samuel Fuller, 1952) - 7/10
Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme (Sergei Parajanov, 1985) - 7/10
Diplomatic Courier (Henry Hathaway, 1952) - 7/10
My Cousin Rachel (Henry Koster, 1952) - 7/10
Two Flags West (Robert Wise, 1950) - 7/10
Hellgate (Charles Marquis Warren, 1952) - 7/10
The Proud Rebel (Michael Curtiz, 1958) - 7/10
Daydreams (Yevgeni Bauer, 1915) - 6/10
Dead Reckoning (John Cromwell, 1947) - 6/10
A Storm in Summer (Robert Wise, 2000) - 6/10
In an Old Neighborhood (Nicolas Guillen Landrian, 1963) - 6/10
North Sea Hijack (Andrew McLaglen, 1980) - 6/10
Take Her, She's Mine (Henry Koster, 1963) - 6/10
Spider's Web (Basil Coleman, 1982) - 6/10
The Fugitive (John Ford, 1947) - 6/10
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (Raoul Walsh, 1958) - 6/10
The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper (Lewis Fitzhamon, 1908) - 6/10
You Remember Ellen (Sidney Olcott, 1912) - 6/10
The Member of the Wedding (Fred Zinnemann, 1952) - 5/10
Your Witness (Robert Montgomery, 1950) - 5/10
Markheim (Fred Zinnemann, 1956) - 5/10
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (Sidney Franklin, 1934) - 5/10
The Only Game in Town (George Stevens, 1970) - 5/10
Night Passage (James Neilson, 1957) - 4/10
Hitler's Madman (Douglas Sirk, 1943) - 4/10
The Man in the Net (Michael Curtiz, 1959) - 4/10
November 22, 1963 (Errol Morris, 2013) - 4/10
The Tall Men (Raoul Walsh, 1955) - 3/10
Lydia Bailey (Jean Negulesco, 1952) - 3/10
Fear and Desire (Stanley Kubrick, 1952) - 2/10
A Flower (Lars von Trier, 1971) - 2/10
Murder Is Easy (Claude Whatham, 1982) - 1/10
Chillers: The Day of Reckoning (Samuel Fuller, 1990) - 1/10
Jack (Francis Ford Coppola, 1986) - 1/10
Day for Night (Francois Truffaut, 1973) - 9/10
Souls at Sea (Henry Hathaway, 1937) - 9/10
Gideon's Day (John Ford, 1958) - 8/10
The Alphabet Murders (Frank Tashlin, 1965) - 8/10
Dark Star (John Carpenter, 1974) - 8/10
Annie Oakley (George Stevens, 1935) - 8/10
The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961) - 8/10
Little Big Horn (Charles Marquis Warren, 1951) - 8/10
8 Million Ways to Die (Hal Ashby, 1986) - 7/10
Passenger (Andrzej Munk, 1963) - 7/10
Mister 880 (Edmund Goulding, 1950) - 7/10
Park Row (Samuel Fuller, 1952) - 7/10
Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme (Sergei Parajanov, 1985) - 7/10
Diplomatic Courier (Henry Hathaway, 1952) - 7/10
My Cousin Rachel (Henry Koster, 1952) - 7/10
Two Flags West (Robert Wise, 1950) - 7/10
Hellgate (Charles Marquis Warren, 1952) - 7/10
The Proud Rebel (Michael Curtiz, 1958) - 7/10
Daydreams (Yevgeni Bauer, 1915) - 6/10
Dead Reckoning (John Cromwell, 1947) - 6/10
A Storm in Summer (Robert Wise, 2000) - 6/10
In an Old Neighborhood (Nicolas Guillen Landrian, 1963) - 6/10
North Sea Hijack (Andrew McLaglen, 1980) - 6/10
Take Her, She's Mine (Henry Koster, 1963) - 6/10
Spider's Web (Basil Coleman, 1982) - 6/10
The Fugitive (John Ford, 1947) - 6/10
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (Raoul Walsh, 1958) - 6/10
The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper (Lewis Fitzhamon, 1908) - 6/10
You Remember Ellen (Sidney Olcott, 1912) - 6/10
The Member of the Wedding (Fred Zinnemann, 1952) - 5/10
Your Witness (Robert Montgomery, 1950) - 5/10
Markheim (Fred Zinnemann, 1956) - 5/10
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (Sidney Franklin, 1934) - 5/10
The Only Game in Town (George Stevens, 1970) - 5/10
Night Passage (James Neilson, 1957) - 4/10
Hitler's Madman (Douglas Sirk, 1943) - 4/10
The Man in the Net (Michael Curtiz, 1959) - 4/10
November 22, 1963 (Errol Morris, 2013) - 4/10
The Tall Men (Raoul Walsh, 1955) - 3/10
Lydia Bailey (Jean Negulesco, 1952) - 3/10
Fear and Desire (Stanley Kubrick, 1952) - 2/10
A Flower (Lars von Trier, 1971) - 2/10
Murder Is Easy (Claude Whatham, 1982) - 1/10
Chillers: The Day of Reckoning (Samuel Fuller, 1990) - 1/10
Jack (Francis Ford Coppola, 1986) - 1/10
i was just gonna dip my toe in a few horror films but that ended up being most of my month, oops.
pink = rewatch
explorers (1985) 6/10
the staircase (2004) 7/10
“the ravishing of frank n. stein” (1982) 7/10
whirlpool (1950) 5/10
boogie nights (1997) 70mm 8/10 ♥
the pod generation (2023) 4/10
the master (2012) 70mm 9/10 ♥
mother krause’s journey to happiness (1929) 6/10
maciste in hell (1925) 7/10 ♥
the wayward cloud (2005) 8/10 ♥
grand illusion (1937) 9/10 ♥
medicine for melancholy (2008) 5/10
silent voyeur (2004) 5/10
the heiress (1949) 7/10
the nun (1966) 8/10 ♥
dragonwyck (1946) 6/10
the queen of spades (1949) 5/10
shadow play (1986) 6/10
dawn breaks behind the eyes (2021) 4/10
the scary of sixty-first (2021) 7/10 ♥
the stepfather (1987) 6/10
the house that cried murder aka the bride (1973) 6/10
time walker (1982) 4/10
pyewocket (2017) 6/10
it comes at night (2017) 6/10
ring of darkness (1979) 5/10
virgin witch (1972) 5/10
sissy (2022) 4/10
speak no evil (2022) 6/10
pearl (2022) 7/10
kolobos (1999) 5/10
calvaire (2004) 7/10 ♥
carrion (2022) 5/10
consecration (2023) 4/10
the exorcist ii: the heretic (1977) 7/10 ♥
the exorcist iii (1990) 8/10 ♥
the attic (1980) 7/10
horror in the high desert ii: minerva (2023) 7/10
the resurrected (1991) 4/10
svengali (1931) 6/10
city of the dream demons (2014) 3/10
audrey rose (1977) 6/10
99.9: the frequency of terror (1997) 5/10
the forbidden door (2009) 6/10
come true (2021) 6/10
paranormal activity (2007) 6/10
morris county (2009) 5/10
heursera: the bone woman (2022) 5/10
the tomb of ligeia (1964) 5/10
body puzzle (1992) 4/10
watcher (2022) 6/10
no one will save you (2023) 6/10
peeping tom (1960) 8/10
pink = rewatch
explorers (1985) 6/10
the staircase (2004) 7/10
“the ravishing of frank n. stein” (1982) 7/10
whirlpool (1950) 5/10
boogie nights (1997) 70mm 8/10 ♥
the pod generation (2023) 4/10
the master (2012) 70mm 9/10 ♥
mother krause’s journey to happiness (1929) 6/10
maciste in hell (1925) 7/10 ♥
the wayward cloud (2005) 8/10 ♥
grand illusion (1937) 9/10 ♥
medicine for melancholy (2008) 5/10
silent voyeur (2004) 5/10
the heiress (1949) 7/10
the nun (1966) 8/10 ♥
dragonwyck (1946) 6/10
the queen of spades (1949) 5/10
shadow play (1986) 6/10
dawn breaks behind the eyes (2021) 4/10
the scary of sixty-first (2021) 7/10 ♥
the stepfather (1987) 6/10
the house that cried murder aka the bride (1973) 6/10
time walker (1982) 4/10
pyewocket (2017) 6/10
it comes at night (2017) 6/10
ring of darkness (1979) 5/10
virgin witch (1972) 5/10
sissy (2022) 4/10
speak no evil (2022) 6/10
pearl (2022) 7/10
kolobos (1999) 5/10
calvaire (2004) 7/10 ♥
carrion (2022) 5/10
consecration (2023) 4/10
the exorcist ii: the heretic (1977) 7/10 ♥
the exorcist iii (1990) 8/10 ♥
the attic (1980) 7/10
horror in the high desert ii: minerva (2023) 7/10
the resurrected (1991) 4/10
svengali (1931) 6/10
city of the dream demons (2014) 3/10
audrey rose (1977) 6/10
99.9: the frequency of terror (1997) 5/10
the forbidden door (2009) 6/10
come true (2021) 6/10
paranormal activity (2007) 6/10
morris county (2009) 5/10
heursera: the bone woman (2022) 5/10
the tomb of ligeia (1964) 5/10
body puzzle (1992) 4/10
watcher (2022) 6/10
no one will save you (2023) 6/10
peeping tom (1960) 8/10
/ stills1st 3rd of Fall
(3.30) j. mekas // dir. robertas verba, 1980 // 9m, .mkv
(3.30) sensitivity as bread // dir. edmundas zubavičius, 1979 // 10m, .mkv
(3.30) a trip across misty meadows // dir. henrikas šablevičius, 1973 // 11m, .mkv
(3.30) reflections // dir. henrikas šablevičius, 1968 // 16m, .mkv
(3.29) the animal movie // dir. grant munro, ron tunis, 1966 // 10m [NFB]
(3.29) how dinosaurs learned to fly // dir. munro ferguson, 1995 // 6m [NFB]
(3.29) invasion of the space lobsters // dir. janet perlman, 2005 // 7m [NFB]
(3.29) monsieur pug // dir. janet perlman, 2014 // 10m [NFB]
(3.29) lady fishbourne's complete guide to better table manners // dir. janet perlman, 1976 // 6m [NFB]
(3.29) dinner for two // dir. janet perlman, 1996 // 8m [NFB]
(3.29) the tender tale of cinderella penguin // dir. janet perlman, 1981 // 10m [NFB]
(3.28) adventures // dir. michael rubbo, 1968 // 11m [NFB]
(3.28) that mouse // dir. michael rubbo, 1967 // 14m [NFB]
(3.28) the bear and the mouse // dir. f.w. remmler, ingmar remmler, 1966 // 8m [NFB]
(3.27) asthma tech // dir. jonathan ng, 2006 // 8m [NFB]
(3.27) the dingles // dir. les drew, 1988 // 8m [NFB]
(3.27) the juggler // dir. thomas vámos, 1980 // 13m [NFB]
(3.26) in adam's costume and a bit of eve too // dir. jaakko korhonen, 1931 // 104m [Elonet]
(3.26) the skeleton dance // dir. walt disney, 1929 // 6m [YouTube]
(3.25) bubble boy // dir. blair hayes, 2001 // 84m, .mp4
*(3.24) onibaba // dir. kaneto shindô, 1964 // 103m, .mkv
(3.23) halloweentown ii: kalabar's revenge // dir. mary lambert, 2001 // 81m [Disney]
(3.21) kímmapiiyipitssini: the meaning of empathy // dir. elle-máijá tailfeathers, 2021 // 124, DCP (PCP)
(3.20) the goddess // dir. wu yonggang, 1934 // 79m, .mkv
(3.19) the callbird // dir. roland af hällström, 1946 // 80m, .mkv
(3.18) the swan // dir. wes anderson, 2023 // 17m [Netflix]
(3.18) poison // dir. wes anderson, 2023 // 17m [Netflix]
(3.18) the rat catcher // dir. wes anderson, 2023 // 17m [Netflix]
(3.18) the wonderful story of henry sugar // dir. wes anderson, 2023 // 40m [Netflix]
(3.18) killing time // dir. fronza woods, 1979 // 9m [Criterion]
(3.18) norman norman // dir. sophy romvari, 2018 // 8m [Criterion]
(3.18) i'm just here for the riot // dir. kathleen s. jayme, asia youngman, 2023 // 78m, DCP (Playhouse)
(3.17) smoke sauna sisterhood // dir. anna hints, 2023 // 89m, DCP (PCP)
(3.15) oceans are the real continents // dir. tommaso santambrogio, 2019 // 119m, DCP (IV/TT)
(3.12) mareya shot, keetah goal: make the shot // dir. baljit sangra, nilesh patel, 2023 // 72m, DCP (Woodwards)
(3.11) creep // dir. patrick brice, 2014 // 82m [Netflix]
(3.10) is as is // dir. saul levine, 1991 // 4m [Vimeo]
*(3.10) dream story // dir. saul levine, 2001 // 5m [Vimeo]
(3.9) let the river flow // dir. ole giæver, 2023 // 118m, DCP (IV/TT)
(3.8) last summer // dir. catherine breillat, 2023 // 104m, DCP (Playhouse)
(3.8) lynx man // dir. juha suonpää, 2023 // 82m, DCP (IV/TT)
*(3.7) song of tomorrow // dir. jonas holmström, jonas bergergård, 2010 // 84m [Vimeo]
(3.6) charlie and the chocolate factory // dir. tim burton, 2005 // 115m, .mp4
(3.3) placido // dir. luis garcía berlanga, 1961 // 88m [Criterion]
(3.1) my grandmother // dir. kote mikaberidze, 1929 // 67m, DCP + synth by chris gestrin (PCP)
(3.30) j. mekas // dir. robertas verba, 1980 // 9m, .mkv
(3.30) sensitivity as bread // dir. edmundas zubavičius, 1979 // 10m, .mkv
(3.30) a trip across misty meadows // dir. henrikas šablevičius, 1973 // 11m, .mkv
(3.30) reflections // dir. henrikas šablevičius, 1968 // 16m, .mkv
(3.29) the animal movie // dir. grant munro, ron tunis, 1966 // 10m [NFB]
(3.29) how dinosaurs learned to fly // dir. munro ferguson, 1995 // 6m [NFB]
(3.29) invasion of the space lobsters // dir. janet perlman, 2005 // 7m [NFB]
(3.29) monsieur pug // dir. janet perlman, 2014 // 10m [NFB]
(3.29) lady fishbourne's complete guide to better table manners // dir. janet perlman, 1976 // 6m [NFB]
(3.29) dinner for two // dir. janet perlman, 1996 // 8m [NFB]
(3.29) the tender tale of cinderella penguin // dir. janet perlman, 1981 // 10m [NFB]
(3.28) adventures // dir. michael rubbo, 1968 // 11m [NFB]
(3.28) that mouse // dir. michael rubbo, 1967 // 14m [NFB]
(3.28) the bear and the mouse // dir. f.w. remmler, ingmar remmler, 1966 // 8m [NFB]
(3.27) asthma tech // dir. jonathan ng, 2006 // 8m [NFB]
(3.27) the dingles // dir. les drew, 1988 // 8m [NFB]
(3.27) the juggler // dir. thomas vámos, 1980 // 13m [NFB]
(3.26) in adam's costume and a bit of eve too // dir. jaakko korhonen, 1931 // 104m [Elonet]
(3.26) the skeleton dance // dir. walt disney, 1929 // 6m [YouTube]
(3.25) bubble boy // dir. blair hayes, 2001 // 84m, .mp4
*(3.24) onibaba // dir. kaneto shindô, 1964 // 103m, .mkv
(3.23) halloweentown ii: kalabar's revenge // dir. mary lambert, 2001 // 81m [Disney]
(3.21) kímmapiiyipitssini: the meaning of empathy // dir. elle-máijá tailfeathers, 2021 // 124, DCP (PCP)
(3.20) the goddess // dir. wu yonggang, 1934 // 79m, .mkv
(3.19) the callbird // dir. roland af hällström, 1946 // 80m, .mkv
(3.18) the swan // dir. wes anderson, 2023 // 17m [Netflix]
(3.18) poison // dir. wes anderson, 2023 // 17m [Netflix]
(3.18) the rat catcher // dir. wes anderson, 2023 // 17m [Netflix]
(3.18) the wonderful story of henry sugar // dir. wes anderson, 2023 // 40m [Netflix]
(3.18) killing time // dir. fronza woods, 1979 // 9m [Criterion]
(3.18) norman norman // dir. sophy romvari, 2018 // 8m [Criterion]
(3.18) i'm just here for the riot // dir. kathleen s. jayme, asia youngman, 2023 // 78m, DCP (Playhouse)
(3.17) smoke sauna sisterhood // dir. anna hints, 2023 // 89m, DCP (PCP)
(3.15) oceans are the real continents // dir. tommaso santambrogio, 2019 // 119m, DCP (IV/TT)
(3.12) mareya shot, keetah goal: make the shot // dir. baljit sangra, nilesh patel, 2023 // 72m, DCP (Woodwards)
(3.11) creep // dir. patrick brice, 2014 // 82m [Netflix]
(3.10) is as is // dir. saul levine, 1991 // 4m [Vimeo]
*(3.10) dream story // dir. saul levine, 2001 // 5m [Vimeo]
(3.9) let the river flow // dir. ole giæver, 2023 // 118m, DCP (IV/TT)
(3.8) last summer // dir. catherine breillat, 2023 // 104m, DCP (Playhouse)
(3.8) lynx man // dir. juha suonpää, 2023 // 82m, DCP (IV/TT)
*(3.7) song of tomorrow // dir. jonas holmström, jonas bergergård, 2010 // 84m [Vimeo]
(3.6) charlie and the chocolate factory // dir. tim burton, 2005 // 115m, .mp4
(3.3) placido // dir. luis garcía berlanga, 1961 // 88m [Criterion]
(3.1) my grandmother // dir. kote mikaberidze, 1929 // 67m, DCP + synth by chris gestrin (PCP)
- September / October -
Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Afire (Christian Petzold, 2023) ♥
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Sam Peckinpah, 1974)
Angels in America (Mike Nichols, 2003)
The Seventh Continent (Michael Haneke, 1989)
Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet, 2023)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese, 2023)
The End of Summer (Yasujiro Ozu, 1961)
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (Edward F. Cline, 1941)
Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Afire (Christian Petzold, 2023) ♥
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Sam Peckinpah, 1974)
Angels in America (Mike Nichols, 2003)
The Seventh Continent (Michael Haneke, 1989)
Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet, 2023)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese, 2023)
The End of Summer (Yasujiro Ozu, 1961)
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (Edward F. Cline, 1941)
2023. 10
Emperor of the North (Robert Aldrich, 1973)
The Day of the Jackal (Fred Zinnemann, 1973) ♥
White Dog (Samuel Fuller, 1982)
Ganja & Hess (Bill Gunn, 1973)
El Conde (Pablo Larraín, 2023)
The Creator (Gareth Edwards, 2023)
Kisapmata (Mike de Leon, 1981) ♥
Itim (Mike de Leon, 1976)
Taste of Fear (Seth Holt, 1961)
The Vanishing (George Sluizer, 1988)
The Discarnates (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1988)
I Vitelloni (Federico Fellini, 1953)
Mother Joan of the Angels (Jerzy Kawalerowicz, 1961) ♥
The Experience (Abbas Kiarostami, 1973)
A Simple Event (Sohrab Shahid Saless, 1973) ♥
Close Your Eyes (Víctor Erice, 2023) ♥
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (Radu Jude, 2023)
Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros (Frederick Wiseman, 2023)
Youth (Spring) (Wang Bing, 2023)
Inshallah a Boy (Amjad Al-Rasheed, 2023)
About Dry Grasses (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2023)
The Shadowless Tower (Zhang Lu, 2023)
Juliet of the Spirits (Federico Fellini, 1965)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese, 2023) ♥
Torso (Sergio Martino, 1973)
Black Sabbath (Mario Bava, 1963)
Lisa and the Devil (Mario Bava, 1973)
The Iron Rose (Jean Rollin, 1973)
Fair Play (Chloe Domont, 2023)
In Our Day (Hong Sang Soo, 2023)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1993)
Free Chol Soo Lee (Eugene Yi, Julie Ha, 2022)
Pearl (Ti West, 2022)
Images (Robert Altman, 1972)
The Stone Wedding (Mircea Veroiu, Dan Pița, 1973) ♥
The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki, 2023)
A Table for Two (Kim Bo-ram, 2022)
Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club (Lee Hyuk-rae, 2023)
The Dream Songs (Cho Hyun-chul, 2022)
The Killer (David Fincher, 2023)
Infinity Pool (Brandon Cronenberg, 2023)
Frankenstein (James Whale, 1931)
Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave (Alexander Kluge, 1973)
Willow Springs (Werner Schroeter, 1973)
Emperor of the North (Robert Aldrich, 1973)
The Day of the Jackal (Fred Zinnemann, 1973) ♥
White Dog (Samuel Fuller, 1982)
Ganja & Hess (Bill Gunn, 1973)
El Conde (Pablo Larraín, 2023)
The Creator (Gareth Edwards, 2023)
Kisapmata (Mike de Leon, 1981) ♥
Itim (Mike de Leon, 1976)
Taste of Fear (Seth Holt, 1961)
The Vanishing (George Sluizer, 1988)
The Discarnates (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1988)
I Vitelloni (Federico Fellini, 1953)
Mother Joan of the Angels (Jerzy Kawalerowicz, 1961) ♥
The Experience (Abbas Kiarostami, 1973)
A Simple Event (Sohrab Shahid Saless, 1973) ♥
Close Your Eyes (Víctor Erice, 2023) ♥
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (Radu Jude, 2023)
Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros (Frederick Wiseman, 2023)
Youth (Spring) (Wang Bing, 2023)
Inshallah a Boy (Amjad Al-Rasheed, 2023)
About Dry Grasses (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2023)
The Shadowless Tower (Zhang Lu, 2023)
Juliet of the Spirits (Federico Fellini, 1965)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese, 2023) ♥
Torso (Sergio Martino, 1973)
Black Sabbath (Mario Bava, 1963)
Lisa and the Devil (Mario Bava, 1973)
The Iron Rose (Jean Rollin, 1973)
Fair Play (Chloe Domont, 2023)
In Our Day (Hong Sang Soo, 2023)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1993)
Free Chol Soo Lee (Eugene Yi, Julie Ha, 2022)
Pearl (Ti West, 2022)
Images (Robert Altman, 1972)
The Stone Wedding (Mircea Veroiu, Dan Pița, 1973) ♥
The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki, 2023)
A Table for Two (Kim Bo-ram, 2022)
Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club (Lee Hyuk-rae, 2023)
The Dream Songs (Cho Hyun-chul, 2022)
The Killer (David Fincher, 2023)
Infinity Pool (Brandon Cronenberg, 2023)
Frankenstein (James Whale, 1931)
Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave (Alexander Kluge, 1973)
Willow Springs (Werner Schroeter, 1973)
10/23
part-time work of a domestic slave (kluge 1973)
fast five (lin 2011)
the president's plane is missing (duke 1973)
black caesar (cohen 1973) ♥
coffy (hill 1973)
hell up in harlem (cohen 1973)
cleopatra jones (starrett 1973)
the mack (campus 1973)
a promessa (macedo 1973)
bio-zombie (yip 1998)
the mystic (browning 1925)
savageland (yadda yadda 2015)
school in the crosshairs (obayashi 1981)
interstellar (nolan 2014)
rocky aur rani kii prem kahaani (johar 2023) ♥
the deep blue sea (davies 2011) ♥
happy people: a year in the taiga (herzog, vasyukov 2010)
sensuela (tulio 1973)
the cassandra cat (jasny 1963)
melodies of the vera quarter (shengalaia 1973)
venom (haggard 1981)
black holiday (leto 1973)
the assassination of matteotti (vancini 1973)
the premature burial (corman 1962) ♥
maniac (lustig 1980)
maniac cop (lustig 1988) ♥
mission impossible: dead reckoning pt 1 (mcquarrie 2023)
killers of the flower moon (scorsese 2023)
beast from haunted cave (hellman 1959)
it! the terror from beyond space (cahn 1958)
the rider of the skulls (salazar 1965)
the grim reaper (ormond 1976)
tombs of the blind dead (ossorio 1972)
the head (trivas 1959)
rewatches: the fate of lee kahn (1973) ♥ the unknown (1927) ♥ the tomb of ligeia (1964) ♥ cat people (1942) ♥♥ the seventh victim (1943) ♥♥ messiah of evil (1973) ♥♥
part-time work of a domestic slave (kluge 1973)
fast five (lin 2011)
the president's plane is missing (duke 1973)
black caesar (cohen 1973) ♥
coffy (hill 1973)
hell up in harlem (cohen 1973)
cleopatra jones (starrett 1973)
the mack (campus 1973)
a promessa (macedo 1973)
bio-zombie (yip 1998)
the mystic (browning 1925)
savageland (yadda yadda 2015)
school in the crosshairs (obayashi 1981)
interstellar (nolan 2014)
rocky aur rani kii prem kahaani (johar 2023) ♥
the deep blue sea (davies 2011) ♥
happy people: a year in the taiga (herzog, vasyukov 2010)
sensuela (tulio 1973)
the cassandra cat (jasny 1963)
melodies of the vera quarter (shengalaia 1973)
venom (haggard 1981)
black holiday (leto 1973)
the assassination of matteotti (vancini 1973)
the premature burial (corman 1962) ♥
maniac (lustig 1980)
maniac cop (lustig 1988) ♥
mission impossible: dead reckoning pt 1 (mcquarrie 2023)
killers of the flower moon (scorsese 2023)
beast from haunted cave (hellman 1959)
it! the terror from beyond space (cahn 1958)
the rider of the skulls (salazar 1965)
the grim reaper (ormond 1976)
tombs of the blind dead (ossorio 1972)
the head (trivas 1959)
rewatches: the fate of lee kahn (1973) ♥ the unknown (1927) ♥ the tomb of ligeia (1964) ♥ cat people (1942) ♥♥ the seventh victim (1943) ♥♥ messiah of evil (1973) ♥♥
only triple-bills this month, randomly selected directors and i needed ready access to three films so not many adventurous choices:
John Ford
The Hurricane (1937) - 9/10
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) - 7/10
Rookie of the Year (1955) - 4/10
Samuel Fuller
I Shot Jesse James (1949) - 8/10
Shark (1969) - 3/10 (disowned by Fuller)
Street of No Return (1989) - 5/10 (though maybe 1/10 or 10/10)
Terry Gilliam
Storytime (1979) - 5/10
The Legend of Hallowdega (2010) - 2/10
The Wholly Family (2011) - 3/10
Jean-Luc Godard (accidentally watched four, two shorts)
Le Petit Soldat (1963) - 7/10
Closed (1988) - 3/10
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1991) - 8/10
Une Catastrophe (2008) - 6/10
DW Griffith
The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) - 9/10
The Birth of a Nation (1915) - 3/10 (astonishing and astonishingly vile, hard to rate)
Abraham Lincoln (1930) - 5/10
Sturla Gunnarsson
After the Axe (1982) - 8/10
Final Offer (1985) - 9/10
We The Jury (1996) - 2/10
After the Axe - documentary/fiction hybrid with hilarious focus on the effects of downsizing on fired corporate executives, kind of fascinating
Final Offer - first-rate documentary about union negotiations, highly recommended to anyone interested in documentaries and the subject matter
We The Jury - ludicrous jury deliberation fiction film
Tobe Hooper
Eggshells (1969) - 9/10
Spontaneous Combustion (1989) - 2/10
Djinn (2013) - 7/10
Louis Lumiere
The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon (1895) - 7/10
The Merry Skeleton (1898) - 8/10
Chamonix: Le Mauvais Pas (1901) - 6/10
Tony Richardson
A Subject of Scandal and Concern (1960) - 7/10
The Entertainer (1960) - 5/10
The Penalty Phase (1986) - 3/10
Denis Villeneuve
REW-FFWD (1994) - 5/10
Cosmos (1996) - 6/10 (his segment only)
Empirical Study on the Influence of Sound on the Persistence of Vision (2011) - 5/10
John Ford
The Hurricane (1937) - 9/10
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) - 7/10
Rookie of the Year (1955) - 4/10
Samuel Fuller
I Shot Jesse James (1949) - 8/10
Shark (1969) - 3/10 (disowned by Fuller)
Street of No Return (1989) - 5/10 (though maybe 1/10 or 10/10)
Terry Gilliam
Storytime (1979) - 5/10
The Legend of Hallowdega (2010) - 2/10
The Wholly Family (2011) - 3/10
Jean-Luc Godard (accidentally watched four, two shorts)
Le Petit Soldat (1963) - 7/10
Closed (1988) - 3/10
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1991) - 8/10
Une Catastrophe (2008) - 6/10
DW Griffith
The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) - 9/10
The Birth of a Nation (1915) - 3/10 (astonishing and astonishingly vile, hard to rate)
Abraham Lincoln (1930) - 5/10
Sturla Gunnarsson
After the Axe (1982) - 8/10
Final Offer (1985) - 9/10
We The Jury (1996) - 2/10
After the Axe - documentary/fiction hybrid with hilarious focus on the effects of downsizing on fired corporate executives, kind of fascinating
Final Offer - first-rate documentary about union negotiations, highly recommended to anyone interested in documentaries and the subject matter
We The Jury - ludicrous jury deliberation fiction film
Tobe Hooper
Eggshells (1969) - 9/10
Spontaneous Combustion (1989) - 2/10
Djinn (2013) - 7/10
Louis Lumiere
The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon (1895) - 7/10
The Merry Skeleton (1898) - 8/10
Chamonix: Le Mauvais Pas (1901) - 6/10
Tony Richardson
A Subject of Scandal and Concern (1960) - 7/10
The Entertainer (1960) - 5/10
The Penalty Phase (1986) - 3/10
Denis Villeneuve
REW-FFWD (1994) - 5/10
Cosmos (1996) - 6/10 (his segment only)
Empirical Study on the Influence of Sound on the Persistence of Vision (2011) - 5/10
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Director triple bills are an interesting idea — nice mini thematic detours
Were the triple bills all in one day? I could see myself doing these more, but with 1 movie a night probably...
Were the triple bills all in one day? I could see myself doing these more, but with 1 movie a night probably...
some of them, when i had time! the gilliam, lumiere and villeneueve ones were easy to do in a day, because the films were all shorts. i ended up watching quite a few outliers in director filmographies, and in a few cases watched very early and very late films by the same director; sometimes it was interesting to see commonalities in those films, but sometimes they were so tenuously related that they might as well have been made by different people. if i do this all again, i might try to watch three nearly consecutive films from a director's filmography.Evelyn Library P.I. wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 5:23 pm Were the triple bills all in one day? I could see myself doing these more, but with 1 movie a night probably...
October 2023
rewatch
All ratings out of 10
Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976) 8
Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979) 9
Le Guignolo (Georges Lautner, 1980) 6
Critters (Stephen Herek, 1986) 5
Return of the Living Dead II (Ken Wiederhorn, 1988) 2
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (Anthony Hickox, 1992) 3
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (William Lustig, 1992) 5
Serial Mom (Jown Waters, 1994) 8
Interview with the Vampire (Neil Jordan, 1994) 6
Urban Legend (Jamie Blanks, 1998) 5
The Out-of-Towners (Sam Weisman, 1999) 5
Jason X (James Isaac, 2001) 4
28 Days Later (Danny Boyle, 2002) 7
Halloween: Resurrection (Rick Rosenthal, 2002) 2
The Mothman Prophecies (Mark Pellington, 2002) 4
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (Olivier Dahan, 2004) 4
White Noise (Geoffrey Sax, 2005) 2
The Omen (John Moore, 2006) 4
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (Joe Lynch, 2007) 4
Case 39 (Christian Alvart, 2009) 5
Triangle (Christopher Smith, 2009) 6
Orphan (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2009) 7
The Wolfman (Joe Johnston, 2010) 6
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (Eli Craig, 2010) 7
Stonehearst Asylum (Brad Anderson, 2014) 6
Flatliners (Niels Arden Oplev, 2017) 3
Brahms: The Boy II (William Brent Bell, 2020) 3
Old (M. Night Shyamalan, 2021) 2
Werewolves Within (Josh Ruben, 2021) 3
Last Night in Soho (Edgar Wright, 2021) 8
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (Michael Chaves, 2021) 4
The Menu (Mark Mylod, 2022) 7
The Pope’s Exorcist (Julius Avery, 2023) 4
Best: Alien, Carrie, Last Night in Soho
Worst: Old, Halloween: Resurrection, Return of the Living Dead II
rewatch
All ratings out of 10
Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976) 8
Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979) 9
Le Guignolo (Georges Lautner, 1980) 6
Critters (Stephen Herek, 1986) 5
Return of the Living Dead II (Ken Wiederhorn, 1988) 2
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (Anthony Hickox, 1992) 3
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (William Lustig, 1992) 5
Serial Mom (Jown Waters, 1994) 8
Interview with the Vampire (Neil Jordan, 1994) 6
Urban Legend (Jamie Blanks, 1998) 5
The Out-of-Towners (Sam Weisman, 1999) 5
Jason X (James Isaac, 2001) 4
28 Days Later (Danny Boyle, 2002) 7
Halloween: Resurrection (Rick Rosenthal, 2002) 2
The Mothman Prophecies (Mark Pellington, 2002) 4
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (Olivier Dahan, 2004) 4
White Noise (Geoffrey Sax, 2005) 2
The Omen (John Moore, 2006) 4
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (Joe Lynch, 2007) 4
Case 39 (Christian Alvart, 2009) 5
Triangle (Christopher Smith, 2009) 6
Orphan (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2009) 7
The Wolfman (Joe Johnston, 2010) 6
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (Eli Craig, 2010) 7
Stonehearst Asylum (Brad Anderson, 2014) 6
Flatliners (Niels Arden Oplev, 2017) 3
Brahms: The Boy II (William Brent Bell, 2020) 3
Old (M. Night Shyamalan, 2021) 2
Werewolves Within (Josh Ruben, 2021) 3
Last Night in Soho (Edgar Wright, 2021) 8
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (Michael Chaves, 2021) 4
The Menu (Mark Mylod, 2022) 7
The Pope’s Exorcist (Julius Avery, 2023) 4
Best: Alien, Carrie, Last Night in Soho
Worst: Old, Halloween: Resurrection, Return of the Living Dead II
2023. 11
In the Bedroom (Todd Field, 2001)
Talk to Me (Michael Philippou, Danny Philippou, 2022)
Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001)
Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001)
Harmful Insect (Akihiko Shiota, 2001
Blue Spring (Toshiaki Toyoda, 2001)
All About Lily Chou-Chou (Shunji Iwai, 2001)
The Marvels (Nia DaCosta, 2023)
Waking Life (Richard Linklater, 2001)
Millennium Actress (Satoshi Kon, 2001)
Red Persimmons (Shinsuke Ogawa, Peng Xiaolian, 2001)
Self and Others (Makoto Sato, 2001) ♥
Domestic Violence (Frederick Wiseman, 2001) ♥
Time Out (Laurent Cantet, 2001) ♥
In Praise of Love (Jean-Luc Godard, 2001)
Sunshine for the Poor (Alain Guiraudie, 2001) ♥
That Old Dream That Moves (Alain Guiraudie, 2001)
The Naked City (Jules Dassin. 1948)
Serpico (Sidney Lumet, 1973)
The Offence (Sidney Lumet, 1973) ♥
12.12: The Day (Kim Sung-soo, 2023)
Blood on the Moon (Robert Wise, 1948)
The Naked Spur (Anthony Mann, 1953) ♥
3:10 to Yuma (Delmer Daves, 1957)
Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang, 1945) ♥
Angel Face (Otto Preminger, 1952)
Charley Varrick (Don Siegel, 1973)
Angels With Dirty Faces (Michael Curtiz, 1938)
In the Bedroom (Todd Field, 2001)
Talk to Me (Michael Philippou, Danny Philippou, 2022)
Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001)
Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001)
Harmful Insect (Akihiko Shiota, 2001
Blue Spring (Toshiaki Toyoda, 2001)
All About Lily Chou-Chou (Shunji Iwai, 2001)
The Marvels (Nia DaCosta, 2023)
Waking Life (Richard Linklater, 2001)
Millennium Actress (Satoshi Kon, 2001)
Red Persimmons (Shinsuke Ogawa, Peng Xiaolian, 2001)
Self and Others (Makoto Sato, 2001) ♥
Domestic Violence (Frederick Wiseman, 2001) ♥
Time Out (Laurent Cantet, 2001) ♥
In Praise of Love (Jean-Luc Godard, 2001)
Sunshine for the Poor (Alain Guiraudie, 2001) ♥
That Old Dream That Moves (Alain Guiraudie, 2001)
The Naked City (Jules Dassin. 1948)
Serpico (Sidney Lumet, 1973)
The Offence (Sidney Lumet, 1973) ♥
12.12: The Day (Kim Sung-soo, 2023)
Blood on the Moon (Robert Wise, 1948)
The Naked Spur (Anthony Mann, 1953) ♥
3:10 to Yuma (Delmer Daves, 1957)
Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang, 1945) ♥
Angel Face (Otto Preminger, 1952)
Charley Varrick (Don Siegel, 1973)
Angels With Dirty Faces (Michael Curtiz, 1938)
whole lotta noir this month
the pigeon tunnel (morris 2023)
passing summer (schanelec 2001)
sunshine for the poor (guraudie 2001) ♥
lucky jordan (tuttle 1942)
más allá del olvido (del carril 1956)
pistol opera (suzuki 2001) ♥
sing as we go (dean 1934)
the cat's meow (bogdanovich 2001) ♥
appointment with danger (allen 1950)
deadline at dawn (clurman 1946)
la noche avanza (gavaldón 1952)
oppenheimer (nolan 2023)
workers, peasants (straub/huillet 2001)
wild palms (various 1993)
the house on 92nd street (hathaway 1945)
sia, the myth of the python (kouyaté 2001) ♥
the deserted valley (pham 2001)
josie and the pussycats (kaplan 2001)
the man who cheated himself (feist 1950)
the killer (fincher 2023)
the enforcer (walsh 1951)
the dark past (maté 1948)
house of strangers (mankiewicz 1949)
last supper at the arabian gray horse (jancsó 2001) ♥
wicked city (villiers 1949) ♥
il mestiere delle armi (olmi 2001)
lady paname (jeanson 1950)
i walk alone (haskin 1947)
pushover (quine 1954)
impact (lubin 1949)
sexton blake and the hooded terror (king 1938)
spice world (spiers 1997)
roadblock (daniels 1951)
extreme predjudice (hill 1987)
silmät hämärässä (itkonen 1952)
cause for alarm! (garnett 1951)
city that never sleeps (auer 1953)
the second woman (kern 1950)
plunder road (cornfield 1957)
johnny o'clock (rossen 1947) ♥
high wall (bernhardt 1947)
the strange affair of uncle harry (siodmak 1945)
danger signal (florey 1945)
destination murder (cahn 1950)
rewatch: A.I. artificial intelligence (spielberg 2001), out of the past (tourneur 1947) ♥, murder my sweet (dmytryk 1944) ♥, circle of danger (tourneur 1951)
48 features!! and i still have rogue cop and i was a communist for the FBI
maybe tonight
the pigeon tunnel (morris 2023)
passing summer (schanelec 2001)
sunshine for the poor (guraudie 2001) ♥
lucky jordan (tuttle 1942)
más allá del olvido (del carril 1956)
pistol opera (suzuki 2001) ♥
sing as we go (dean 1934)
the cat's meow (bogdanovich 2001) ♥
appointment with danger (allen 1950)
deadline at dawn (clurman 1946)
la noche avanza (gavaldón 1952)
oppenheimer (nolan 2023)
workers, peasants (straub/huillet 2001)
wild palms (various 1993)
the house on 92nd street (hathaway 1945)
sia, the myth of the python (kouyaté 2001) ♥
the deserted valley (pham 2001)
josie and the pussycats (kaplan 2001)
the man who cheated himself (feist 1950)
the killer (fincher 2023)
the enforcer (walsh 1951)
the dark past (maté 1948)
house of strangers (mankiewicz 1949)
last supper at the arabian gray horse (jancsó 2001) ♥
wicked city (villiers 1949) ♥
il mestiere delle armi (olmi 2001)
lady paname (jeanson 1950)
i walk alone (haskin 1947)
pushover (quine 1954)
impact (lubin 1949)
sexton blake and the hooded terror (king 1938)
spice world (spiers 1997)
roadblock (daniels 1951)
extreme predjudice (hill 1987)
silmät hämärässä (itkonen 1952)
cause for alarm! (garnett 1951)
city that never sleeps (auer 1953)
the second woman (kern 1950)
plunder road (cornfield 1957)
johnny o'clock (rossen 1947) ♥
high wall (bernhardt 1947)
the strange affair of uncle harry (siodmak 1945)
danger signal (florey 1945)
destination murder (cahn 1950)
rewatch: A.I. artificial intelligence (spielberg 2001), out of the past (tourneur 1947) ♥, murder my sweet (dmytryk 1944) ♥, circle of danger (tourneur 1951)
48 features!! and i still have rogue cop and i was a communist for the FBI
maybe tonighti did nouveau-ember or nova-ember or newvember or something like that -- only watched films by directors i'd never seen before
Transit (Christian Petzold, 2018) - 9/10
Stronger Than Sherlock Holmes (Giovanni Pastrone, 1913) - 9/10
Hotel (Jessica Hausner, 2004) - 8/10
A Dog's Day (Murali Nair, 2001) - 8/10
Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet, 2023) - 8/10
The Daughter-In-Law (Khodzha Kuli Narliyev, 1972) - 7/10
The River That Never Dies (Fatmir Koci, 1989) - 7/10
Passing Summer (Angela Schanelec, 2001) - 7/10
Malcolm (Nadia Tass, 1986) - 7/10
A Friend of the Deceased (Viacheslav Kryshtofovych, 1997) - 7/10
The First Man (Gianni Amelio, 2011) - 7/10
Earn $20k a Month By Being Your Own Boss (Brian David Gilbert, 2020) - 7/10
Harmful Insect (Akihiko Shiota, 2001) - 6/10
The Overcoat (Alberto Lattuada, 1952) - 6/10
Moon Child (Takahisa Zeze, 2003) - 3/10
Empties (Jan Sverak, 2007) - 3/10
Rhinoceros (Tom O'Horgan, 1974) - 3/10
Transit (Christian Petzold, 2018) - 9/10
Stronger Than Sherlock Holmes (Giovanni Pastrone, 1913) - 9/10
Hotel (Jessica Hausner, 2004) - 8/10
A Dog's Day (Murali Nair, 2001) - 8/10
Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet, 2023) - 8/10
The Daughter-In-Law (Khodzha Kuli Narliyev, 1972) - 7/10
The River That Never Dies (Fatmir Koci, 1989) - 7/10
Passing Summer (Angela Schanelec, 2001) - 7/10
Malcolm (Nadia Tass, 1986) - 7/10
A Friend of the Deceased (Viacheslav Kryshtofovych, 1997) - 7/10
The First Man (Gianni Amelio, 2011) - 7/10
Earn $20k a Month By Being Your Own Boss (Brian David Gilbert, 2020) - 7/10
Harmful Insect (Akihiko Shiota, 2001) - 6/10
The Overcoat (Alberto Lattuada, 1952) - 6/10
Moon Child (Takahisa Zeze, 2003) - 3/10
Empties (Jan Sverak, 2007) - 3/10
Rhinoceros (Tom O'Horgan, 1974) - 3/10
November 2023
rewatch
All ratings out of 10
I participated in ICM's Low IMDb Rating Challenge (IMDb ratings of 5.4 or lower) and only watched two TV documentaries outside of this challenge. That explains my own ratings and film selection.
Stroker Ace (Hal Needham, 1983) 5
Pick Up Your Belongings (Bernard Guillou, 1983) 5
Invasion U.S.A. (Joseph Zito, 1985) 2
Police Academy 3: Back in Training (Jerry Paris, 1986) 4
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (Jim Drake, 1987) 4
Red Scorpion (Joseph Zito, 1988) 5
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (Alan Myerson, 1988) 4
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (Peter Bonerz, 1989) 3
Suburban Commando (Burt Kennedy, 1991) 3
Cop and ½ (Henry Winkler, 1993) 5
Richie Rich (Donald Petrie, 1994) 4
Top Dog (Aaron Norris, 1995) 4
Fall Time (Paul Warner, 1995) 3
Two Much (Fernando Trueba, 1995) 7
Miami Rhapsody (David Frankel, 1995) 7
Feeling Minnesota (Steven Baigelman, 1996) 3
The Watcher (Joe Charbanic, 2000) 5
The Body (Jonas McCord, 2001) 3
Killing Me Softly (Chen Kaige, 2002) 4
Cold Creek Manor (Mike Figgis, 2003) 4
Edison (David J. Burke, 2005) 3
Man of the House (Stephen Herek, 2005) 4
The Contractor (Josef Rusnak, 2007) 2
My Mom’s New Boyfriend (George Gallo, 2008) 3
Ultimate Heist (Laurent Tuel, 2009) 4
The New Daughter (Luiso Berdejo, 2009) 3
The Big Bang (Tony Krantz, 2010) 6
The River Murders (Rich Cowan, 2011) 2
The Prince (Brian A. Miller, 2014) 2
Drive Hard (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 2014) 2
All I See Is You (Marc Forster, 2016) 6
Edge of Winter (Rob Connolly, 2016) 4
Sniper: Ghost Shooter (Don Michael Paul, 2016) 4
Bullet Head (Paul Solet, 2017) 4
First Kill (Steven C. Miller, 2017) 4
Unforgettable (Denise Di Novi, 2017) 4
Bent (Bobby Moresco, 2018) 2
Terminal (Vaughn Stein, 2018) 3
Reprisal (Brian A. Miller, 2018) 2
Winchester (Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig, 2018) 2
Bugatti: A Thirst for Speed (André Schäfer, Oliver Bätz, 2018) 7
Line of Duty (Steven C. Miller, 2019) 5
Lying and Stealing (Matt Aselton, 2019) 5
Paradise Hills (Alice Waddington, 2019) 6
In Search of the Last Action Heroes (Oliver Harper, 2019) 6
Blood and Money (John Barr, 2020) 6
The Witches (Robert Zemeckis, 2020) 4
Voyagers (Neil Burger, 2021) 3
Dangerous (David Hackl, 2021) 5
Castle Falls (Dolph Lundgren, 2021) 4
Zeros and Ones (Abel Ferrara, 2021) 1
Dead for a Dollar (Walter Hill, 2022) 5
Gasoline Alley (Edward Drake, 2022) 2
The Enforcer (Richard Hughes, 2022) 4
Mafia Mamma (Catherine Hardwicke, 2023) 1
Meg 2: The Trench (Ben Wheatley, 2023) 5
Best: Miami Rhapsody, Two Much
Worst: Mafia Mamma, Zeros and Ones, Invasion U.S.A.
rewatch
All ratings out of 10
I participated in ICM's Low IMDb Rating Challenge (IMDb ratings of 5.4 or lower) and only watched two TV documentaries outside of this challenge. That explains my own ratings and film selection.
Stroker Ace (Hal Needham, 1983) 5
Pick Up Your Belongings (Bernard Guillou, 1983) 5
Invasion U.S.A. (Joseph Zito, 1985) 2
Police Academy 3: Back in Training (Jerry Paris, 1986) 4
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (Jim Drake, 1987) 4
Red Scorpion (Joseph Zito, 1988) 5
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (Alan Myerson, 1988) 4
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (Peter Bonerz, 1989) 3
Suburban Commando (Burt Kennedy, 1991) 3
Cop and ½ (Henry Winkler, 1993) 5
Richie Rich (Donald Petrie, 1994) 4
Top Dog (Aaron Norris, 1995) 4
Fall Time (Paul Warner, 1995) 3
Two Much (Fernando Trueba, 1995) 7
Miami Rhapsody (David Frankel, 1995) 7
Feeling Minnesota (Steven Baigelman, 1996) 3
The Watcher (Joe Charbanic, 2000) 5
The Body (Jonas McCord, 2001) 3
Killing Me Softly (Chen Kaige, 2002) 4
Cold Creek Manor (Mike Figgis, 2003) 4
Edison (David J. Burke, 2005) 3
Man of the House (Stephen Herek, 2005) 4
The Contractor (Josef Rusnak, 2007) 2
My Mom’s New Boyfriend (George Gallo, 2008) 3
Ultimate Heist (Laurent Tuel, 2009) 4
The New Daughter (Luiso Berdejo, 2009) 3
The Big Bang (Tony Krantz, 2010) 6
The River Murders (Rich Cowan, 2011) 2
The Prince (Brian A. Miller, 2014) 2
Drive Hard (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 2014) 2
All I See Is You (Marc Forster, 2016) 6
Edge of Winter (Rob Connolly, 2016) 4
Sniper: Ghost Shooter (Don Michael Paul, 2016) 4
Bullet Head (Paul Solet, 2017) 4
First Kill (Steven C. Miller, 2017) 4
Unforgettable (Denise Di Novi, 2017) 4
Bent (Bobby Moresco, 2018) 2
Terminal (Vaughn Stein, 2018) 3
Reprisal (Brian A. Miller, 2018) 2
Winchester (Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig, 2018) 2
Bugatti: A Thirst for Speed (André Schäfer, Oliver Bätz, 2018) 7
Line of Duty (Steven C. Miller, 2019) 5
Lying and Stealing (Matt Aselton, 2019) 5
Paradise Hills (Alice Waddington, 2019) 6
In Search of the Last Action Heroes (Oliver Harper, 2019) 6
Blood and Money (John Barr, 2020) 6
The Witches (Robert Zemeckis, 2020) 4
Voyagers (Neil Burger, 2021) 3
Dangerous (David Hackl, 2021) 5
Castle Falls (Dolph Lundgren, 2021) 4
Zeros and Ones (Abel Ferrara, 2021) 1
Dead for a Dollar (Walter Hill, 2022) 5
Gasoline Alley (Edward Drake, 2022) 2
The Enforcer (Richard Hughes, 2022) 4
Mafia Mamma (Catherine Hardwicke, 2023) 1
Meg 2: The Trench (Ben Wheatley, 2023) 5
Best: Miami Rhapsody, Two Much
Worst: Mafia Mamma, Zeros and Ones, Invasion U.S.A.
2023. 12
Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (Ernst Lubitsch, 1938)
La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher, 2023)
Evil Does Not Exist (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2023)
Eureka (Lisandro Alonso, 2023)
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (Amanda Kim, 2023)
Monster (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2023)
La Marseillaise (Jean Renoir, 1938)
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (James Wan, 2023)
Fallen Leaves (Aki Kaurismäki, 2023)
Hotel du Nord (Marcel Carne, 1938)
Living (Oliver Hermanus, 2022)
Joyland (Saim Sadiq, 2022)
The More the Merrier (George Stevens, 1943)
Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982) ♥
The Store (Frederick Wiseman, 1983)
The Teachers’ Lounge (İlker Catak, 2023)
20,000 Species of Bees (Estíbaliz Urresola, 2023)
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus (Neo Sora, 2023)
Matinee (Joe Dante, 1993)
24 Frames (Abbas Kiarostami, 2017) ♥
Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (Ernst Lubitsch, 1938)
La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher, 2023)
Evil Does Not Exist (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2023)
Eureka (Lisandro Alonso, 2023)
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (Amanda Kim, 2023)
Monster (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2023)
La Marseillaise (Jean Renoir, 1938)
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (James Wan, 2023)
Fallen Leaves (Aki Kaurismäki, 2023)
Hotel du Nord (Marcel Carne, 1938)
Living (Oliver Hermanus, 2022)
Joyland (Saim Sadiq, 2022)
The More the Merrier (George Stevens, 1943)
Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982) ♥
The Store (Frederick Wiseman, 1983)
The Teachers’ Lounge (İlker Catak, 2023)
20,000 Species of Bees (Estíbaliz Urresola, 2023)
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus (Neo Sora, 2023)
Matinee (Joe Dante, 1993)
24 Frames (Abbas Kiarostami, 2017) ♥
- November / December -
Satan's Brew (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1976)
Happy Here and Now (Michael Almereyda, 2002)
The Killer (David Fincher, 2023)
Le Plaisir (Max Ophüls, 1952)
Woman They Almost Lynched (Allan Dwan, 1953) ♥
May December (Todd Haynes, 2023)
Lovers Rock (Steve McQueen, 2020)
The Sorrow and the Pity (Marcel Ophüls, 1969)
Do Not Expect Too Much of the End of the World (Radu Jude, 2023)
The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki, 2023)
Sleuth (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1972)
Husbands (John Cassavetes, 1970)
Mélo (Alain Resnais, 1986)
Vortex (Gaspar Noé, 2021)
Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2023) ♥
TV:
Loki (season 2)
Satan's Brew (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1976)
Happy Here and Now (Michael Almereyda, 2002)
The Killer (David Fincher, 2023)
Le Plaisir (Max Ophüls, 1952)
Woman They Almost Lynched (Allan Dwan, 1953) ♥
May December (Todd Haynes, 2023)
Lovers Rock (Steve McQueen, 2020)
The Sorrow and the Pity (Marcel Ophüls, 1969)
Do Not Expect Too Much of the End of the World (Radu Jude, 2023)
The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki, 2023)
Sleuth (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1972)
Husbands (John Cassavetes, 1970)
Mélo (Alain Resnais, 1986)
Vortex (Gaspar Noé, 2021)
Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2023) ♥
TV:
Loki (season 2)
almost entirely 2023 stuff, most of it not great:
The Marsh King's Daughter (Neil Burger, 2023) - 7/10
Kidnapped (Marco Bellocchio, 2023) - 7/10
May December (Todd Haynes, 2023) - 7/10
The Holdovers (Alexander Payne, 2023) - 7/10
Dream Scenario (Kristoffer Borgli, 2023) - 6/10
Bottoms (Emma Seligman, 2023) - 6/10
A Haunting in Venice (Kenneth Branagh, 2023) - 6/10
An Optical Poem (Oskar Fischinger, 1938) - 5/10
Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan, 2023) - 5/10
Barbie (Greta Gerwig, 2023) - 5/10
Fast Charlie (Phillip Noyce, 2023) - 5/10
The Killer (David Fincher, 2023) - 5/10
The Creator (Gareth Edwards, 2023) - 5/10
N or NW (Len Lye, 1938) - 4/10
Good Burger 2 (Phil Traill, 2023) - 4/10
Family Switch (McG, 2023) - 4/10
The Burial (Maggie Betts, 2023) - 3/10
Old Dads (Bill Burr, 2023) - 3/10
The Super Mario Bros Movie (Michael Jelenic/Aaron Horvath, 2023) - 3/10
The Old Oak (Ken Loach, 2023) - 2/10
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (James Mangold, 2023) - 2/10
The Marsh King's Daughter (Neil Burger, 2023) - 7/10
Kidnapped (Marco Bellocchio, 2023) - 7/10
May December (Todd Haynes, 2023) - 7/10
The Holdovers (Alexander Payne, 2023) - 7/10
Dream Scenario (Kristoffer Borgli, 2023) - 6/10
Bottoms (Emma Seligman, 2023) - 6/10
A Haunting in Venice (Kenneth Branagh, 2023) - 6/10
An Optical Poem (Oskar Fischinger, 1938) - 5/10
Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan, 2023) - 5/10
Barbie (Greta Gerwig, 2023) - 5/10
Fast Charlie (Phillip Noyce, 2023) - 5/10
The Killer (David Fincher, 2023) - 5/10
The Creator (Gareth Edwards, 2023) - 5/10
N or NW (Len Lye, 1938) - 4/10
Good Burger 2 (Phil Traill, 2023) - 4/10
Family Switch (McG, 2023) - 4/10
The Burial (Maggie Betts, 2023) - 3/10
Old Dads (Bill Burr, 2023) - 3/10
The Super Mario Bros Movie (Michael Jelenic/Aaron Horvath, 2023) - 3/10
The Old Oak (Ken Loach, 2023) - 2/10
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (James Mangold, 2023) - 2/10
December 2023
rewatch
All ratings out of 10
Rocky (John G. Avildsen, 1976) 9
Rocky II (Sylvester Stallone, 1979) 8
Rocky III (Sylvester Stallone, 1982) 7
The Beast of War (Kevin Reynolds, 1988) 8
Home Alone (Chris Columbus, 1990) 9
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Chris Columbus, 1992) 8
Christmas in Connecticut (Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1992) 5
The Neighbor (Rodney Gibbons, 1993) 4
Kazaam (Paul Michael Glaser, 1996) 2
Dangerous Beauty (Marshall Herskovitz, 1998) 6
American Pie (Paul Weitz, 1999) 7
American Pie 2 (J.B. Rogers, 2001) 7
Bad Santa (Terry Zwigoff, 2003) 8
American Wedding (Jesse Dylan, 2003) 6
Surviving Christmas (Mike Mitchell, 2004) 2
Christmas with the Kranks (Joe Roth, 2004) 3
The Last Town Musicians of Bremen (Vaidas Lekavičius, 2005) 7
Klimt (Raúl Ruiz, 2006) 7
Goya’s Ghosts (Miloš Forman, 2006) 7
6 Bullets (Ernie Barbarash, 2012) 3
American Reunion (Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, 2012) 6
Born to Be Blue (Robert Budreau, 2015) 7
The 12th Man (Harald Zwart, 2017) 7
Nomadland (Chloé Zhao, 2020) 10
Kubrick by Kubrick (Gregory Monro, 2020) 8
The Misfits (Renny Harlin, 2021) 3
The Night of the 12th (Dominik Moll, 2022) 8
rewatch
All ratings out of 10
Rocky (John G. Avildsen, 1976) 9
Rocky II (Sylvester Stallone, 1979) 8
Rocky III (Sylvester Stallone, 1982) 7
The Beast of War (Kevin Reynolds, 1988) 8
Home Alone (Chris Columbus, 1990) 9
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Chris Columbus, 1992) 8
Christmas in Connecticut (Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1992) 5
The Neighbor (Rodney Gibbons, 1993) 4
Kazaam (Paul Michael Glaser, 1996) 2
Dangerous Beauty (Marshall Herskovitz, 1998) 6
American Pie (Paul Weitz, 1999) 7
American Pie 2 (J.B. Rogers, 2001) 7
Bad Santa (Terry Zwigoff, 2003) 8
American Wedding (Jesse Dylan, 2003) 6
Surviving Christmas (Mike Mitchell, 2004) 2
Christmas with the Kranks (Joe Roth, 2004) 3
The Last Town Musicians of Bremen (Vaidas Lekavičius, 2005) 7
Klimt (Raúl Ruiz, 2006) 7
Goya’s Ghosts (Miloš Forman, 2006) 7
6 Bullets (Ernie Barbarash, 2012) 3
American Reunion (Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, 2012) 6
Born to Be Blue (Robert Budreau, 2015) 7
The 12th Man (Harald Zwart, 2017) 7
Nomadland (Chloé Zhao, 2020) 10
Kubrick by Kubrick (Gregory Monro, 2020) 8
The Misfits (Renny Harlin, 2021) 3
The Night of the 12th (Dominik Moll, 2022) 8
new year! i'm pretty locked into reservation dogs so i'll do this now since i'm stuck home waiting for my phone
the florida project (baker 2017) ♥
the mad magician (brahm 1954)
beyond the time barrier (ulmer 1960)
hollywood on trial (helpern 1976)
kaatru veliyidai (ratnam 2017)
princess raccoon (suzuki 2005) ♥
caged heat (demme 1974)
twin peaks: the return (lynch 2017)
the bells of death (feng 1968)
thondimuthalum driksakshiyum (pothan 2017)
tiger cage (yuen 1988)
jawan (atlee 2023)
fallen leaves (kaurismaki 2023) ♥
a taxi driver (hun 2017)
western (grisebach 2017)
the bottomless bag (khamdamov 2017)
junk head (hori 2017) ♥
on the beach at night alone (hong 2017)
electric dreams (barron 1984)
nayakan (ratnam 1987)
anatomy of a fall (triet 2023)
la red (fernandez 1953)
inn of the floating weeds (suzuki 1957)
peter pan (brenon 1924)
rewatches oklahoma (1955) one way passage (1932) ♥♥♥ shall we dance (1937) ♥♥ lol forgot to post last month
the florida project (baker 2017) ♥
the mad magician (brahm 1954)
beyond the time barrier (ulmer 1960)
hollywood on trial (helpern 1976)
kaatru veliyidai (ratnam 2017)
princess raccoon (suzuki 2005) ♥
caged heat (demme 1974)
twin peaks: the return (lynch 2017)
the bells of death (feng 1968)
thondimuthalum driksakshiyum (pothan 2017)
tiger cage (yuen 1988)
jawan (atlee 2023)
fallen leaves (kaurismaki 2023) ♥
a taxi driver (hun 2017)
western (grisebach 2017)
the bottomless bag (khamdamov 2017)
junk head (hori 2017) ♥
on the beach at night alone (hong 2017)
electric dreams (barron 1984)
nayakan (ratnam 1987)
anatomy of a fall (triet 2023)
la red (fernandez 1953)
inn of the floating weeds (suzuki 1957)
peter pan (brenon 1924)
rewatches oklahoma (1955) one way passage (1932) ♥♥♥ shall we dance (1937) ♥♥ lol forgot to post last month
2024. 1
Still Life (Sohrab Shahid Saless, 1974) ♥
The Brick and the Mirror (Ebrahim Golestan, 1965) ♥
Leila (Dariush Mehrjui, 1997)
Snow Country (Shiro Toyoda, 1957)
Ama Gloria (Marie Amachoukeli, 2023)
The Circle (Jafar Panahi, 2000) ♥
Offside (Jafar Panahi, 2006) ♥
Alienoid: Return to the Future (Choi Dong-hoon, 2024)
Kidnapped (Marco Bellocchio, 2023)
No Bears (Jafar Panahi, 2022) ♥
Blackboards (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2000)
A Time for Drunken Horses (Bahman Ghobadi, 2000)
Turtles Can Fly (Bahman Ghobadi, 2004)
Beautiful City (Asghar Farhadi, 2004)
Fireworks Wednesday (Asghar Farhadi, 2006)
Hanagatami (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 2017)
Wild Tour (Sho Miyake, 2019)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Ken Loach, 2006)
The Old Oak (Ken Loach, 2023)
Sleep Has Her House (Scott Barley, 2017)
Something Useful (Pelin Esmer, 2017)
November (Rainer Sarnet, 2017)
The Other Side of Hope (Aki Kaurismaki, 2017)
Beauty and the Dogs (Kaouther Ben Hania, 2017)
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (Mouly Surya, 2017)
First They Killed My Father (Angelina Jolie, 2017)
Wormwood (Errol Morris, 2017)
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (Noah Baumbach, 2017)
Club Zero (Jessica Hausner, 2023)
Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet, 2023)
and watched The Bear S1. liked the vibe but didn't like sort of deux-ex-machina ending
Still Life (Sohrab Shahid Saless, 1974) ♥
The Brick and the Mirror (Ebrahim Golestan, 1965) ♥
Leila (Dariush Mehrjui, 1997)
Snow Country (Shiro Toyoda, 1957)
Ama Gloria (Marie Amachoukeli, 2023)
The Circle (Jafar Panahi, 2000) ♥
Offside (Jafar Panahi, 2006) ♥
Alienoid: Return to the Future (Choi Dong-hoon, 2024)
Kidnapped (Marco Bellocchio, 2023)
No Bears (Jafar Panahi, 2022) ♥
Blackboards (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2000)
A Time for Drunken Horses (Bahman Ghobadi, 2000)
Turtles Can Fly (Bahman Ghobadi, 2004)
Beautiful City (Asghar Farhadi, 2004)
Fireworks Wednesday (Asghar Farhadi, 2006)
Hanagatami (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 2017)
Wild Tour (Sho Miyake, 2019)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Ken Loach, 2006)
The Old Oak (Ken Loach, 2023)
Sleep Has Her House (Scott Barley, 2017)
Something Useful (Pelin Esmer, 2017)
November (Rainer Sarnet, 2017)
The Other Side of Hope (Aki Kaurismaki, 2017)
Beauty and the Dogs (Kaouther Ben Hania, 2017)
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (Mouly Surya, 2017)
First They Killed My Father (Angelina Jolie, 2017)
Wormwood (Errol Morris, 2017)
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (Noah Baumbach, 2017)
Club Zero (Jessica Hausner, 2023)
Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet, 2023)
and watched The Bear S1. liked the vibe but didn't like sort of deux-ex-machina ending
January 2024
rewatch
All ratings out of 10
Hibernatus (Édouard Molinaro, 1969) 6
The Final Countdown (Don Taylor, 1980) 6
Cat People (Paul Schrader, 1982) 7
Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985) 8
Back to the Future Part II (Robert Zemeckis, 1989) 7
Darkman (Sam Raimi, 1990) 8
The Visitors (Jean-Marie Poiré, 1993) 6
What Dreams May Come (Vincent Ward, 1998) 4
Woman on Top (Fina Torres, 2000) 4
Black Knight (Gil Junger, 2001) 5
Solaris (Steven Soderbergh, 2002) 8
King Solomon’s Mines (Steve Boyum, 2004) 5
Stealth (Rob Cohen, 2005) 5
Bewitched (Nora Ephron, 2005) 5
Zathura: A Space Adventure (Jon Favreau, 2005) 2
Kill Me Three Times (Kriv Stenders, 2014) 4
Let’s Stay Friends (Antonello Grimaldi, 2018) 5
7500 (Patrick Vollrath, 2019) 4
Amundsen (Espen Sandberg, 2019) 6
Fantasy Island (Jeff Wadlow, 2020) 5
The War with Grandpa (Tim Hill, 2020) 2
Monster Hunter (Paul W. S. Anderson, 2020) 4
The Vault (Jaume Balagueró, 2021) 6
The Protégé (Martin Campbell, 2021) 5
Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre (Régis Brochier, 2022) 7
Jules (Marc Turtletaub, 2023) 8
57 Seconds (Rusty Cundieff, 2023) 4
Hypnotic (Robert Rodriguez, 2023) 6
Asteroid City (Wes Anderson, 2023) 9
The Creator (Gareth Edwards, 2023) 5
Maggie Moore(s) (John Slattery, 2023) 7
The Little Mermaid (Rob Marshall, 2023) 4
Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan, 2023) 10
A Haunting in Venice (Kenneth Branagh, 2023) 3
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open (Patrick Boudet, 2023) 7
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (André Øvredal, 2023) 6
Helen Mirren - Queen of Actresses (Nicolas Maupied, 2023) 7
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (James Mangold, 2023) 7
The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan (Martin Bourboulon, 2023) 6
The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty (Charles-Antoine de Rouvre, 2023) 6
Best: Oppenheimer, Asteroid City, Solaris
Worst: The War with Grandpa, Zathura, A Haunting in Venice
rewatch
All ratings out of 10
Hibernatus (Édouard Molinaro, 1969) 6
The Final Countdown (Don Taylor, 1980) 6
Cat People (Paul Schrader, 1982) 7
Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985) 8
Back to the Future Part II (Robert Zemeckis, 1989) 7
Darkman (Sam Raimi, 1990) 8
The Visitors (Jean-Marie Poiré, 1993) 6
What Dreams May Come (Vincent Ward, 1998) 4
Woman on Top (Fina Torres, 2000) 4
Black Knight (Gil Junger, 2001) 5
Solaris (Steven Soderbergh, 2002) 8
King Solomon’s Mines (Steve Boyum, 2004) 5
Stealth (Rob Cohen, 2005) 5
Bewitched (Nora Ephron, 2005) 5
Zathura: A Space Adventure (Jon Favreau, 2005) 2
Kill Me Three Times (Kriv Stenders, 2014) 4
Let’s Stay Friends (Antonello Grimaldi, 2018) 5
7500 (Patrick Vollrath, 2019) 4
Amundsen (Espen Sandberg, 2019) 6
Fantasy Island (Jeff Wadlow, 2020) 5
The War with Grandpa (Tim Hill, 2020) 2
Monster Hunter (Paul W. S. Anderson, 2020) 4
The Vault (Jaume Balagueró, 2021) 6
The Protégé (Martin Campbell, 2021) 5
Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre (Régis Brochier, 2022) 7
Jules (Marc Turtletaub, 2023) 8
57 Seconds (Rusty Cundieff, 2023) 4
Hypnotic (Robert Rodriguez, 2023) 6
Asteroid City (Wes Anderson, 2023) 9
The Creator (Gareth Edwards, 2023) 5
Maggie Moore(s) (John Slattery, 2023) 7
The Little Mermaid (Rob Marshall, 2023) 4
Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan, 2023) 10
A Haunting in Venice (Kenneth Branagh, 2023) 3
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open (Patrick Boudet, 2023) 7
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (André Øvredal, 2023) 6
Helen Mirren - Queen of Actresses (Nicolas Maupied, 2023) 7
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (James Mangold, 2023) 7
The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan (Martin Bourboulon, 2023) 6
The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty (Charles-Antoine de Rouvre, 2023) 6
Best: Oppenheimer, Asteroid City, Solaris
Worst: The War with Grandpa, Zathura, A Haunting in Venice
Thought you'd escaped me, my pretties?!! aaaaaah haaaa haaa haaa!! 
Updates since my last post in this thread...
"To Be Hamlet" I watched on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF3JnbRZd28
Updates since my last post in this thread...
"To Be Hamlet" I watched on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF3JnbRZd28
Last edited by pabs on Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.
watched some really good films to start the month, then switched to catching up on 2023 and that was a very mixed bag
Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006) - 9/10
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (Raul Ruiz, 1978) - 9/10
Four Nights of a Dreamer (Robert Bresson, 1971) - 8/10
Fremont (Babak Jalali, 2023) - 8/10
Lancement du ‘Varèse’ à Livourne (Francesco Felicetti, 1899) - 8/10
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Sam Peckinpah, 1973) - 7/10
Seduced and Abandoned (Pietro Germi, 1964) - 7/10
How To Have Sex (Molly Manning Walker, 2023) - 7/10
Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese, 2023) - 7/10
Polite Society (Nida Manzoor, 2023) - 7/10
Radio Dreams (Babak Jalali, 2016) - 7/10
Une Excursion Incoherente (Segundo de Chomon, 1909) - 7/10
The Murderer (Wisit Sasanatieng, 2023) - 7/10
Opium Den (Gabriel Veyre, 1901) - 7/10
Silent Night (John Woo, 2023) - 6/10
Dream Scenario (Kristoffer Borgli, 2023) - 6/10
Past Lives (Celine Song, 2023) - 6/10
Silence in the Courts (Prasanna Vithanage, 2015) - 6/10
Fast and Loose (Fred Newmeyer, 1930) - 6/10
Ladies Cycling Display in London (Cecil Hepworth, 1899) - 6/10
Chrysis Waking (unknown, 1897) - 6/10
A Stranger Among Us (Sidney Lumet, 1992) - 6/10
The Stranger Wore a Gun (Andre de Toth, 1953) - 5/10
The Crime is Mine (Francois Ozon, 2023) - 5/10
The Bells of St Mary's (Leo McCarey, 1945) - 5/10
The Human Comedy (Clarence Brown, 1943) - 5/10
Dumb Money (Craig Gillespie, 2023) - 5/10
King John (William Dickson, Walter Pfeffer Dando, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, 1899) - 5/10
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Christopher McQuarrie, 2023) - 4/10
Retribution (Nimrod Antal, 2023) - 3/10
Les Carnets du Major Thompson (Preston Sturges, 1955) - 3/10
DogMan (Luc Besson, 2023) - 3/10
El Conde (Pablo Larrain, 2023) - 2/10
Maestro (Bradley Cooper, 2023) - 2/10
57 Seconds (Rusty Cundieff, 2023) - 1/10
Freelance (Pierre Morel, 2023) - 1/10
NYAD (Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi/Jimmy Chin, 2023) - 1/10
Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006) - 9/10
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (Raul Ruiz, 1978) - 9/10
Four Nights of a Dreamer (Robert Bresson, 1971) - 8/10
Fremont (Babak Jalali, 2023) - 8/10
Lancement du ‘Varèse’ à Livourne (Francesco Felicetti, 1899) - 8/10
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Sam Peckinpah, 1973) - 7/10
Seduced and Abandoned (Pietro Germi, 1964) - 7/10
How To Have Sex (Molly Manning Walker, 2023) - 7/10
Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese, 2023) - 7/10
Polite Society (Nida Manzoor, 2023) - 7/10
Radio Dreams (Babak Jalali, 2016) - 7/10
Une Excursion Incoherente (Segundo de Chomon, 1909) - 7/10
The Murderer (Wisit Sasanatieng, 2023) - 7/10
Opium Den (Gabriel Veyre, 1901) - 7/10
Silent Night (John Woo, 2023) - 6/10
Dream Scenario (Kristoffer Borgli, 2023) - 6/10
Past Lives (Celine Song, 2023) - 6/10
Silence in the Courts (Prasanna Vithanage, 2015) - 6/10
Fast and Loose (Fred Newmeyer, 1930) - 6/10
Ladies Cycling Display in London (Cecil Hepworth, 1899) - 6/10
Chrysis Waking (unknown, 1897) - 6/10
A Stranger Among Us (Sidney Lumet, 1992) - 6/10
The Stranger Wore a Gun (Andre de Toth, 1953) - 5/10
The Crime is Mine (Francois Ozon, 2023) - 5/10
The Bells of St Mary's (Leo McCarey, 1945) - 5/10
The Human Comedy (Clarence Brown, 1943) - 5/10
Dumb Money (Craig Gillespie, 2023) - 5/10
King John (William Dickson, Walter Pfeffer Dando, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, 1899) - 5/10
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Christopher McQuarrie, 2023) - 4/10
Retribution (Nimrod Antal, 2023) - 3/10
Les Carnets du Major Thompson (Preston Sturges, 1955) - 3/10
DogMan (Luc Besson, 2023) - 3/10
El Conde (Pablo Larrain, 2023) - 2/10
Maestro (Bradley Cooper, 2023) - 2/10
57 Seconds (Rusty Cundieff, 2023) - 1/10
Freelance (Pierre Morel, 2023) - 1/10
NYAD (Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi/Jimmy Chin, 2023) - 1/10
afire, christian petzold 2023
full river red, zhang yimou 2023
kaathal: the core, jeo baby 2023
toby, basil alchalakkal 2023
eXistenZ, david cronenberg 1999
the delinquents, rodrigo moreno 2023
mein falke, dominik graf 2023
nanpakal nerathu mayakkam, lijo jose pelissery
challenge of the masters, lau kar leung 1976
merry christmas, sriram raghavan 2024
thuramukham, rajeev ravi 2023
kannur squad, roby varghese raj 2023
neelavelicham, aashiq abu 2023
iratta, rohit m.g. krishnan 2023
salaar part 1: ceasefire, parashanth neel 2023
purusha pretham, krishand 2023
thankam, shaheed arafath 2023
had a mostly good time catching up with newer movies but will happy to move on a bit (buñuel in mexico series starting now, etc...)
full river red, zhang yimou 2023
kaathal: the core, jeo baby 2023
toby, basil alchalakkal 2023
eXistenZ, david cronenberg 1999
the delinquents, rodrigo moreno 2023
mein falke, dominik graf 2023
nanpakal nerathu mayakkam, lijo jose pelissery
challenge of the masters, lau kar leung 1976
merry christmas, sriram raghavan 2024
thuramukham, rajeev ravi 2023
kannur squad, roby varghese raj 2023
neelavelicham, aashiq abu 2023
iratta, rohit m.g. krishnan 2023
salaar part 1: ceasefire, parashanth neel 2023
purusha pretham, krishand 2023
thankam, shaheed arafath 2023
had a mostly good time catching up with newer movies but will happy to move on a bit (buñuel in mexico series starting now, etc...)
february 2024 -- entirely 2023 movies for the poll:
The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer, 2023) - 8/10
Sun and Concrete (David Wnendt, 2023) - 8/10
How to Have Sex (Molly Manning Walker, 2023) - 7/10
You Hurt My Feelings (Nicole Holofcener, 2023) - 7/10
Blue Jean (Georgia Oakley, 2023) - 7/10
Air (Ben Affleck, 2023) - 7/10
Poison (Wes Anderson, 2023) - 7/10
The End We Start From (Mahalia Belo, 2023) - 6/10
Dumb Money (Craig Gillespie, 2023) - 5/10
12th Fail (Vidhu Vinod Chopra, 2023) - 5/10
Aporia (Jared Moshe, 2023) - 4/10
Ferrari (Michael Mann, 2023) - 4/10
Flora and Son (John Carney, 2023) - 4/10
Mr Monk's Last Case (Randy Zisk, 2023) - 3/10
Rustin (George Wolfe, 2023) - 3/10
The Exorcist: Believer (David Gordon Green, 2023) - 2/10
Sound of Freedom (Alejandro Monteverde, 2023) - 1/10
Rebel Moon: Part One (Zack Snyder, 2023) - 0/10
The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer, 2023) - 8/10
Sun and Concrete (David Wnendt, 2023) - 8/10
How to Have Sex (Molly Manning Walker, 2023) - 7/10
You Hurt My Feelings (Nicole Holofcener, 2023) - 7/10
Blue Jean (Georgia Oakley, 2023) - 7/10
Air (Ben Affleck, 2023) - 7/10
Poison (Wes Anderson, 2023) - 7/10
The End We Start From (Mahalia Belo, 2023) - 6/10
Dumb Money (Craig Gillespie, 2023) - 5/10
12th Fail (Vidhu Vinod Chopra, 2023) - 5/10
Aporia (Jared Moshe, 2023) - 4/10
Ferrari (Michael Mann, 2023) - 4/10
Flora and Son (John Carney, 2023) - 4/10
Mr Monk's Last Case (Randy Zisk, 2023) - 3/10
Rustin (George Wolfe, 2023) - 3/10
The Exorcist: Believer (David Gordon Green, 2023) - 2/10
Sound of Freedom (Alejandro Monteverde, 2023) - 1/10
Rebel Moon: Part One (Zack Snyder, 2023) - 0/10
march 2024:
Stranger on Horseback (Jacques Tourneur, 1955) - 9/10
Flesh and Blood (Paul Verhoeven, 1985) - 8/10
Ned Rifle (Hal Hartley, 2014) - 7/10
Reality (Tina Satter, 2023) - 7/10
Intolerance (DW Griffith, 1916) - 7/10
Buddy Buddy (Billy Wilder, 2023) - 7/10
Loophole (John Quested, 1981) - 6/10
Ambrose's First Falsehood (F Richard Jones, 1914) - 6/10
Ghosts of Mars (John Carpenter, 2001) - 5/10
Snipers (Zhang Yimou/Mo Zhang, 2022) - 5/10
Carbon Copy (Michael Schultz, 1981) - 5/10
American Fiction (Cord Jefferson, 2023) - 5/10
How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Daniel Goldhaber, 2023) - 4/10
Four Friends (Arthur Penn, 1981) - 3/10
Airforce 2 Down (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 2006) - 3/10
Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2023) - 3/10
Terror by Night (Roy William Neill, 1946) - 3/10
Evil Town (Curtis Hanson/Larry Spiegel/Peter Traynor, 1985) - 2/10
Stranger on Horseback (Jacques Tourneur, 1955) - 9/10
Flesh and Blood (Paul Verhoeven, 1985) - 8/10
Ned Rifle (Hal Hartley, 2014) - 7/10
Reality (Tina Satter, 2023) - 7/10
Intolerance (DW Griffith, 1916) - 7/10
Buddy Buddy (Billy Wilder, 2023) - 7/10
Loophole (John Quested, 1981) - 6/10
Ambrose's First Falsehood (F Richard Jones, 1914) - 6/10
Ghosts of Mars (John Carpenter, 2001) - 5/10
Snipers (Zhang Yimou/Mo Zhang, 2022) - 5/10
Carbon Copy (Michael Schultz, 1981) - 5/10
American Fiction (Cord Jefferson, 2023) - 5/10
How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Daniel Goldhaber, 2023) - 4/10
Four Friends (Arthur Penn, 1981) - 3/10
Airforce 2 Down (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 2006) - 3/10
Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2023) - 3/10
Terror by Night (Roy William Neill, 1946) - 3/10
Evil Town (Curtis Hanson/Larry Spiegel/Peter Traynor, 1985) - 2/10
- January / February -
Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay, 1999)
Ferrari (Michael Mann, 2023)
The Graceful Brute (Yuzo Kawashima, 1962)
Showing Up (Kelly Reichardt, 2022)
Priscilla (Sofia Coppola, 2023)
Hardcore (Paul Schrader, 1979)
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)*
Fallen Leaves (Aki Kaurismäki, 2023)
Monster (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2023)
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Phạm Thiên Ân, 2023)
Four Daughters (Kaouther Ben Hania, 2023)
The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer, 2023)
TV:
The Crown (season 6)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 3)
Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay, 1999)
Ferrari (Michael Mann, 2023)
The Graceful Brute (Yuzo Kawashima, 1962)
Showing Up (Kelly Reichardt, 2022)
Priscilla (Sofia Coppola, 2023)
Hardcore (Paul Schrader, 1979)
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)*
Fallen Leaves (Aki Kaurismäki, 2023)
Monster (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2023)
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Phạm Thiên Ân, 2023)
Four Daughters (Kaouther Ben Hania, 2023)
The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer, 2023)
TV:
The Crown (season 6)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 3)