Wednesday, June 26, 2013

This is the End (Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg, 2013): 3.5/5

A Late Quartet (Yaron Zilberman, 2012): 3/5

This is Not a Film (Jafar Panahi, 2011): 2/5

Greenberg, rw (Noah Baumbach, 2009): 3.5/5

Being There, rw (Hal Ashby, 1979): 4/5

The Story of Adele H. (Francois Truffaut, 1975): 2/5

The Wild Child (Francois Truffaut, 1970): 2.5/5

The Comedians (Peter Glenville, 1967): 1.5/5

Mad Men, season 6 (Matthew Weiner, 2013): 4/5

Curb Your Enthusiasm, season 8 (Larry David, 2011): 3/5

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The Imposter (Bart Layton, 2012): 2.5/5

Dumbo, rw (Ben Sharpsteen, 1941): 5/5

Behind the Candelabra (Steven Soderbergh, 2013): 4/5

This is the End (Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, 2013): 4/5

The Glass Key (Stuart Heisler, 1942): 3/5

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Post Tenebras Lux (Carlos Reygadas, 2012, Mexico) -- 4/5 (opening scene -- 5/5)

30 Rock Season 7 (2013, US) -- 5/5

Arrested Development Season 1  (2003, US) -- 4/5

Crips and Bloods: Made in America (Stacy Peralta, 2008, US) -- 2/5

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach, 2012): 5/5

High Noon, rw (Fred Zinnemann, 1952): 2.5/5

Our Hospitality, rw (Buster Keaton, 1923): 2.5/5

Docs:

Last Days Here (Don Argott & Demian Fenton, 2011: 3/5

An Unreasonable Man (Henriette Mantel & Steve Skrovan, 2006): 4/5

The Trials of Henry Kissinger (Eugene Jarecki, 2002): 4/5

Monday, June 10, 2013

Rushmore, rw (Wes Anderson, 1998): 5/5

The Battle of Algiers, rw (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966): 4/5

Witness, rw (Peter Weir, 1985): 4/5

Rosemary's Baby, rw (Roman Polanski, 1968): 5/5

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Reprise (Joachim Trier, 2006): 3.5/5

Hyde Park on Hudson (Roger Michell, 2012): 1.5/5

The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999): 2.5/5

Unbreakable (M. Night Shyamalan, 2000): 2/5

Masquerade (Bob Swaim, 1988): 1.5/5

Persona, rw (Ingmar Bergman, 1967): 3.5/5

Docs:

Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters (Ben Shapiro, 2012): 3/5

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (Alison Klayman, 2012): 3/5

Trumbo (Peter Askin, 2007): 2/5

The Fall of Fujimori (Ellen Perry, 2005): 3/5

Sunday, June 2, 2013

House of Cards, season 1 (David Fincher, et al, 2012): 3/5

A New Leaf (Elaine May, 1971): 4.5/5

The Public Enemy (William Wellman, 1931): 4/5
Tess (Roman Polanski, 1979, France/UK) -- 5/5

re-watched The Squid and the Whale (Noah Baumbach, 2005, US) -- 3.5/5  (original rating-- 2/5)

Spanking the Monkey (David O. Russell, 1994, US) -- 2.5/5

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (Roman Coppola, 2013, US) -- 1/5

re-watched Birth (Jonathan Glazer, 2004, US) -- 5/5