Monday, November 28, 2011

A Dangerous Method (Cronenberg, 2011)-- 5/5, except for Kiera Knightly (a fundamental case of miscasting)

L'Auberge Espagnole (Cedric Klapisch, 2002)-- 3/5 (Original rating: 2/5)

Don't Look Now (Roeg, 1973)-- 3/5

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Man of Aran (Robert J. Flaherty, 1934): 5/5

Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965): 5/5

Bill Cunningham New York (Richard Press, 2010)-- 3/5

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Bill Cunningham New York (Richard Press, 2010)-- 4/5

Taste of Cherry (Kiarostami, 1997)-- 5/5

Europa (Von Trier, 1991)-- 3/5
Melancholia (Lars von Trier, 2011): 5/5

The Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner (Tony Richardson, 1962): 5/5

50/50 (Jonathan Levine, 2011): 4/5

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, rw (Joseph Sargent, 1974): 4/5

Shoeshine (Vittorio De Sica, 1946): 4/5

Scream, rw (Wes Craven, 1996): 3/5

Submarine (Richard Ayoade, 2010): 3/5

Friday, November 25, 2011

Breaking Bad: Season 1 (Vince Gilligan, 2008): 5/5

Inside Man (Spike Lee, 2006): 3/5

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Melancholia (Lars von Trier, 2011): 5/5

Freaks (Tod Browning, 1932): 3/5

The Thief, rw (Pavel Chukhrai, 1997): 3/5

The Prince is Back, rw (Marina Goldovskya, 1999): 2/5

Moscow Freestyle (Julia Ivanova, 2006): 2/5

Monday, November 21, 2011

Of Freaks and Men (Aleksey Balabanov, 1998): 3/5

Mr. Arkadin (Orson Welles, 1955): 2/5

Horrible Bosses (Seth Gordon, 2011): 2/5

Don't Torture a Ducking (Lucio Fulci, 1972): 2/5

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Peckinpah, 1974)-- 2/5

Pirates of Silicon Valley (Martyn Burke, 1999)-- 2/5

Last Exit to Brooklyn (Uli Edel, 1989)--- 2/5

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

A Taste of Cherry, rw (Abbas Kiarostami, 1997): 5/5

Aguirre, Wrath of God, rw (Werner Herzog, 1972): 5/5

Attack the Block (Joe Cornish, 2011): 4/5

Risky Business, rw (Paul Brickman, 1983): 4/5

Detour, rw (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945): 4/5

The Curse of Frankenstein (Terence Fisher, 1957): 3/5

X-Men: First Class (Matthew Vaughn, 2011): 3/5

How to Marry a Millionaire (Jean Negulesco, 1953): 3/5

The Perfect Host (Nick Tomnay, 2010): 1/5

Sunday, November 13, 2011

The Devil and Daniel Webster ( William Dieterle, 1941)-- 3/5

Tabloid (Errol Morris, 2010)-- 4/5

Crazy, Stupid, Love ( Glenn Ficarra, 2011)-- 2/5

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Melancholia (Von Trier, 2011)-- 3.5/5

Coming Apart (Milton Moses Ginsburg, 1969)-- 2/5

Nine Lives (Rodrigo Garcia, 2005)-- 2/5

The Bed You Sleep In ( Jon Jost, 2000)-- 2/5

Mademoiselle (Tony Richardson, 1966)-- 5/5

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Montenegro (Dusan Makavejev, 1981): 3/5

Solovki Power (Marina Goldovskya, 1988): 3/5

Putty Hill (Matthew Porterfield, 2010): 2/5

Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin, 2011): 3/5

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Ace in the Hole, rw (Billy Wilder, 1951): 5/5

The Collectionneuse (Eric Rohmer, 1967): 3/5

Une étudiante d'aujourd'hui, 13 min (Eric Rohmer, 1966): 2/5

Road to Nowhere (Monte Hellman, 2011): 2/5

Sunday, November 6, 2011

End games:

Salo (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975): 2/5

Heaven's Gate (Michael Cimino, 1980): 3/5

Friday, November 4, 2011

Nothing Sacred (William Wellman, 1937): 4/5

Meek's Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt, 2011): 3/5

George Harrison: Living in the Material World (Scorsese, 2011): 2/5
Ride the High Country (Sam Peckinpah, 1962): 4/5

Tabloid (Errol Morris, 2010): 2/5

Le Havre (Aki Kaurismaki, 2011): 3/5