Saturday, September 29, 2012

The Wire Seasons 4 & 5 (David Simon, 2007, US)-- 5/5

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Peter Weir, 2003, US) -- 5/5

Wall Street (Oliver Stone, 1987, US) -- 2/5

Ratcatcher (Lynn Ramsay, 1999, Scotland)-- 3/5

Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan, 2011, US)-- 3/5

A Real Young Girl (Catherine Breillat, 1976, France) -- 1/5

Van Gogh (Maurice Pialat, 1992, France)-- 2/5

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Heavy Metal Parking Lot, 17 min (John Heyn, Jeff Krulik): 4/5

How Green Was My Valley (John Ford, 1941): 4/5

Punch-Drunk Love, rw (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002): 5/5

Lifeforce (Tobe Hooper, 1985): 4/5

Saturday, September 22, 2012

The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012): 5/5

3 Bad Men (John Ford, 1926): 4/5

Team America: World Police (Trey Parker, 2004): 2/5

The Lincoln Lawyer (Brad Furman, 2011): 2/5

Hot Rod, rw (Akiva Schaffer, 2007): 4.5/5

Days of Heaven, rw (Terrance Malick, 1978): 5/5

The House is Black (Forugh Farrokhzad, 1963): 3/5

Kid Auto Races at Venice, 6 min (Henry Lehrman, 1914): 3/5

Snowtown (Justin Kurzel, 2011): 1/5

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

The Dictator (Larry Charles, 2012): 3.5/5

Elephant (Alan Clarke, 1989): 4.5/5

Touki Bouki (Djibril Diop Mambety, 1973): 4.5/5

City of Contrasts, 20 min (Djibril Diop Mambety, 1969): 3/5

Saturday, September 8, 2012

The Wire Season 3 (David Simon, 2004, US)-- 4.5/5

Chimpanzee (Alastiar Fothergill, 2012, US)-- 5/5

Read My Lips (Jacques Audiard, 2001, France) -- 3/5

Double Happiness (Mina Shum, 1995, US) -- 1/5

Friday, September 7, 2012

Carole Lombard festival:

No Man of Her Own (Wesley Ruggles, 1932): 4/5

Twentieth Century, rw (Howard Hawks, 1934): 2/5

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Alfred Hitchcock, 1941): 3/5

*****

Rosetta, rw (Dardenne Bros, 1999): 4/5

Bernie (Richard Linklater, 2011): 3/5

Breaking Bad: Season 4 (Vince Gilligan, 2011): 5/5

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Titicut Follies (Frederick Wiseman, 1967): 5/5

Space is the Place (John Coney, 1974): 1/5

7th Heaven (Frank Borzage, 1927): 3/5

Monday, September 3, 2012

Kes (Ken Loach, 1969): 5/5

Smile (Michael Richie, 1975): 3/5

The Big Trail (Raoul Walsh, 1930): 4/5

The Haunted House, 6 min (Segundo de Chomón, 1906): 3/5

D.W. Griffith Biograph Shorts
A Corner in Wheat, 14 min, 1909: 3/5
The Country Doctor, 14 min, 1909: 5/5
An Arcadian Maid, 14 min, 1910: 3/5
The Battle, 19 min, 1911: 3/5
The Painted Lady, 12 min, 1912: 5/5
For His Son, 15 min,1912 : 4/5
Female of the Species, 14 min, 1912: 3/5
The Burglar's Dilemna, 15 min, 1912: 3/5
House of Darkness, 14 min, 1912: 4/5
Death's Marathon, 14 min, 1913: 4/5
The Mothering Heart, 29 min, 1913: 5/5

George Kuchar
Hold Me While I'm Naked, 17 min, 1966: 4/5
The Mongreloid, 10 min, 1978: 5/5
I, an Actress, 10 min: 4/5
Wild Night in El Reno, 6 min: 4/5

Hollis Frampton
Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia, 38 min: 5/5
Lemon, 5 min, 1969: 3/5
Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass, 26 min: 4/5