Saturday, December 29, 2012


Ruby Sparks (Jonathan Dayton): 3/5

Miller's Crossing (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1990): 4/5

The Deep Blue Sea (Terence Davies, 2012): 3.5/5

The Loneliest Planet (Julia Loktev, 2011): 2/5

The Crowd, rw (King Vidor 1928): 4/5

Diary of a Country Priest (Robert Bresson, 1951): 4/5

Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russel): 4/5 (and dropping)
Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino, 2012, US)-- 4/5

Friday, December 28, 2012

Lonesome (Paul Fejos, 1928): 3/5

The English Patient, rw (Anthony Minghella, 1996): 4/5

Clean, rw (Olivier Assayas, 2004): 4/5

Kings and Queen, rw (Arnaud Desplechin, 2004): 5/5

Margot at the Wedding, rw (Noah Baumbach, 2007): 1/5

Take This Waltz (Sarah Polley, 2011): 2/5

The Queen of Versailles (Lauren Greenfield, 2012): 4/5

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Cosmopolis (David Cronenberg, 2012, US) -- 1/5

Killer Joe (William Friedkin, 2011, US)-- 2/5

Ted (Seth McFarlane, 2012, US)-- 2/5

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012, US)-- 3/5

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Amour (Michael Haneke, 2012, France)-- 5/5

Killing Them Softly (Andrew Dominik, 2012, US) -- 2/5

The Loneliest Planet (Julia Loktev, 2011)-- 2/5

Sidewalls (Gustavo Taretto, 2011, Argentina)-- 4/5

30 Rock: Season 6 -- 4/5

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Busting (Peter Hyams, 1974): 4/5

Quadrophenia, rw (Franc Roddam, 1979): 3.5/5

The House of Yes, rw (Mark Waters, 1997): 3/5

Late August, Early September, rw (Olivier Assayas, 1998): 4/5

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

Monday, December 17, 2012

The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, 2011): 4/5

Brave (Mark Andrews, 2012): 2/5

Casablanca, rw (Michael Curtiz, 1941): 3/5

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Magic Mike (Steven Soderbergh, 2012): 2/5

Down Terrace (Ben Wheatley, 2009): 3/5

The Lookout (Scott Frank, 2007): 2/5

Scoop (Woody Allen, 2006): 1/5

Half Nelson, rw (Ryan Fleck, 2006): 4/5

The Paper Chase, rw (James Bridges, 1972): 4/5
The Great McGinty (Preston Sturges, 1940): 3/5

The Bitter Tea of General Yen (Frank Capra, 1933): 3.5/5

Cool Hand Luke, rw (Stuart Rosenberg, 1967): 4/5

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Happy Accidents, rw (Brad Anderson, 2000): 5/5

Near Dark, rw (Kathyrn Bigelow, 1987): 2/5

Storm Over Asia (Vsevolod Pudovkin, 1928): 4/5

Simon of the Desert, rw (Luis Bunuel,1965): 4/5

Friday, December 7, 2012

Holy Motors (Leos Carax, 2012): 3/5

Ruby Sparks (Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, 2012): 2/5

The Prestige (Christopher Nolan, 2006): 4/5

Swimming Pool (Francois Ozon, 2003): 2/5

Grosse Pointe Blank, rw (George Armitage, 1997): 2/5

Joe (John G. Avildsen, 1970): 1/5

Sudden Fear, rw (David Miller, 1952): 2/5

30 for 30: Catching Hell (Alex Gibney, 2011): 3/5

Monday, December 3, 2012

The Girl Can't Help It (Frank Tashlin, 1956, US)-- 3/5

Solitary Man (Brian Koppelman, 2009, US)-- 3/5

All the Real Girls (David Green Gordon, 2003, US)-- 2/5

Eastern Promises (Cronenberg, 2007, US)-- 2/5

Monterey Pop (D.A. Pennebaker, 1967, US)-- 5/5

re-watched Swimming Pool (Francois Ozon, 2003, France)-- 3/5

My Bodyguard (Tony Bill, 1980, US)-- 4/5

Bubble (Steven Soderbergh, 2006, US) -- 4/5

Happily Ever After (Yvan Attal, 2005, France)-- 3/5

The Reader (Stephen Daldry, 2008, US)-- 4/5


M, rw (Fritz Lang, 1931): 4.5/5

Magic Mike (Steven Soderbergh, 2012): 3/5

Holy Motors (Leos Carax, 2012): 4/5

The Phantom of the Opera (Rupert Julian, 1925): 3/5

An American Werewolf in London, rw (John Landis, 1981): 4/5

The Ox-Bow Incident, rw (William A. Wellman, 1943): 4/5

Life of Pi (Ang Lee, 2012): 2/5