Tuesday, December 31, 2013

*Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2013): 3.5/5

*The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013): 1/5

Kwaidan (Masaki Kobayashi, 1964; 161 min.): 4/5

The Quiet American (Phillip Noyce, 2002): 2/5

The Last Wave, rw (Peter Weir, 1977): 3.5/5

Going Places, rw (Bertrand Blier, 1974): 4/5

The Hit, rw (Stephen Frears, 1984): 5/5

Georgy Girl, rw (Silvio Narizzano, 1966): 3.5/5

It's a Wonderful Life, rw (Frank Capra, 1947): 5/5

Monday, December 30, 2013

Sullivan's Travels, rw (Preston Sturges, 1941): 4/5

M*A*S*H, rw (Robert Altman, 1970): 4/5

Cloverfield, rw (Matt Reeves, 2008): 4/5

Star Trek Into Darkness (J.J. Abrams, 2013): 1.5/5

Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, 2013): 4/5

Don Jon (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 2013): 3/5

The Warriors, rw (Walter Hill, 1979): 2/5

The Canyons (Paul Schrader, 2013): 2/5

American Hustle (David O. Russell, 2013): 5/5

Prince Avalanche (David Gordon Greene, 2013): 2/5

Only God Forgives (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2013): 2/5

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Onibaba (Kaneto Shindo, 1964): 5/5

Ugetsu Monogatari (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953): 3/5

Charulata, rw (Satyajit Ray, 1964): 3.5/5

Where is the Friend's Home?, rw (Abbas Kiarostami, 1987): 3.5/5

Beau Travail, rw (Claire Denis, 1999): 5/5

In Bruges, rw (Martin McDonagh, 2008): 5/5

Only God Forgives (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2013): 2/5

My Week with Marilyn (Simon Curtis, 2011): 1.5/5

About a Boy, rw (Chris & Paul Weitz, 1999): 4/5

Etienne!, rw (Jeff Mizushima, 2009): 3.5/5

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (Drew DeNicola & Olivia Mori, 2012): 3.5/5

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

The Awful Truth, rw (Leo McCarey, 1937): 5/5

Where is The Friend's Home, rw (Abbas Kiarostami, 1987): 4.5/5

Inside Llewelyn Davis (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, 2013): 3.5/5

Crystal Fairy and the Magical Cactus (Sebastian Silva, 2013): 3.5/5

Raw Deal (Anthony Mann, 1948): 3/5

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Blue is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2013, France) -- 5/5

The Kid with a Bike (Dardenne brothers, 2011, France) -- 4/5

Jezebel (William Wyler, 1938, US) -- 3/5

The September Issue (R.J. Cutler, 2009, US) -- 3/5

A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011, Iran) -- 4/5

The Bling Ring (Sofia Coppola, 2013, US) -- 1/5


Monday, December 2, 2013

To the Wonder (Terrence Malick, 2012): 4/5

Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnes Varda, 1962): 4/5

Alice in the Cities (Wim Wenders, 1974): 3.5/5

Side Effects (Steven Soderbergh, 2013): 2/5

Margin Call (J.C. Chandor, 2011): 3.5/5