Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Sound City (Dave Grohl, 2013): 2/5

The One I Love (Charlie McDowell, 2014): 3/5

Listen Up Phillip (Alex Ross Perry, 2014): 3.5/5

Manakamana (Stephanie Spay and Pacho Velez, 2013): 3.5/5

Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy, 2014): 3/5

Rob the Mob (Raymond De Felitta, 2014): 1.5/5

The Guest (Adam Wingard, 2014): 2/5

Boogie Nights, rw (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997): 5/5

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

The Congress (Ari Folman, 2014): 1.5/5

The One I Love (Charlie McDowell, 2014): 3/5

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

The Housemaid (Im Sang-soo, 2010): 2/5

Secret Sunshine, rw (Lee Chang-dong, 2007): 4/5

Woman on the Beach, rw (Hong Sang-soo, 2006): 4/5

Alien, rw (Ridley Scott, 1979): 5/5

Bay of Angels, rw (Jacques Demy, 1964): 4.5/5

Monday, December 1, 2014

Two Lovers, rw (James Gray, 2008): 4.5/5

Chronicle of a Summer (Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin, 1961): 4/5

Au Hasard Balthazar, rw (Robert Bresson, 1966): 5/5

*Whiplash (Damian Chazelle, 2014): 5/5

Guardians of the Galaxy (James Gunn, 2014): 2.5/5

Broadcast News (James L. Brooks, 1987): 3.5/5

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

*Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy, 2014): 3.5/5

*Birdman (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2014): 3/5

The Runaways (Floria Sigismondi, 2010): 4/5

A Better Life (Chris Weitz, 2011): 2/5

Begin Again (John Carney, 2013): 1.5/5

Fading Gigolo (John Turturro, 2013): 1.5/5

Joy House, rw (Rene Clement, 1964): 3/5

Friday, November 14, 2014

*Fury (David Ayer, 2014): 3.5/5

End of Watch (David Ayer, 2012): 2.5/5

Enemy (Denis Villenueve, 2013): 3/5

A Coffee in Berlin (Jan Ole Gerster, 2012): 1/5

The Color Wheel (Alex Ross Perry, 2011): 3.5/5

The Power of Kangwon Province (Hong Sang-soo, 1998): 1/5

Phase IV (Saul Bass, 1974): 3.5/5

*Divided Heaven (Konrad Wolf, 1963): 2/5

Friday, November 7, 2014

Venus (Roger Michell, 2006): 1/5

Fur, rw (Steven Shainberg, 2006): 4/5

Venus in Fur (Roman Polanski, 2013): 3/5

1492: Conquest of Paradise (Ridley Scott, 1992): 3/5

In a World... (Lake Bell, 2013): 2/5

We Are the Best! (Lukas Moodysson, 2013): 2/5

rw:  Patton (5/5), Birth (5/5)

Thursday, November 6, 2014

The Graduate, rw (Mike Nichols, 1967): 5/5

The Conjuring, rw (James Wan, 2013): 4.5/5

August: Osage County (John Wells, 2013): 2.5/5

*Birdman (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2014): 4/5

The Sopranos, Season One (David Chase, 1999): 5/5

Women in Love (Ken Russell, 1969): 4/5

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Breaking Bad, season 5 (Vince Gilligan, 2012): 4.5/5

Breaking Bad, season 6 (Vince Gilligan, 2013): 5/5

You're Next (Adam Wingard, 2011): 3/5

Enemy (Denis Villeneuve, 2013): 3.5/5

Dune (137 min. version), rw (David Lynch, 1984): 2/5

Eraserhead, rw (David Lynch, 1977): 3/5

Letter Never Sent (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1959): 3.5/5

L'Argent, rw (Robert Bresson, 1983): 4/5

Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, 2013): 4/5

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Ida (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2013): 4/5

Night and Day (Hong Sang-soo, 2008): 4/5  (L'Origine du monde: 5/5)

The Contender (Rod Lurie, 2000): 2/5

*Planet of the Apes (Franklin Schaffner, 1968): 2/5

This Property is Condemned (Sydney Pollack, 1966): 2/5

Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick, 1960): 2.5/5

rw: The English Patient 5/5; The Talented Mr. Ripley 5/5; Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 4.5/5; Young Frankenstein 5/5

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Palo Alto (Gia Coppola, 2013): 2.5/5

All About Eve, rw (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950): 3/5

Ida (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2013): 3.5/5

The Machine (Caradog W. James): 2/5

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Macbeth (Roman Polanski, 1971) -- 3/5

George Washington (David Gordon Green, 2000) -- 3/5

Star Wars Episodes IV, V, VI  (George Lucas, 1977) -- 3/5

Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986) -- 1/5

The Innocents (Jay Clayton, 1961) -- 3/5

Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch, 2013) -- 2/5

Like Father, Like Son (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2013) -- 3/5

The Band Wagon (Vincente Minnelli, 1953) -- 2/5

Thursday, September 25, 2014

The Aviator (Martin Scorsese, 2004): 2.5/5

*Love is Strange (Ira Sachs, 2014): 2/5

Wolf Creek (Greg Mclean, 2005): 2.5/5

Thanks For Sharing (Stuart Blumberg, 2012): 1.5/5

The Sacrament (Ti West, 2013): 2/5

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Women in Love, rw (Ken Russell, 1969): 4.5/5

The Age of Innocence, rw (Martin Scorsese, 1993): 2/5

Gladiator (Ridley Scott, 2000): 2/5

Ask the Dust, rw (Robert Towne, 2006): 1.5/5

Silver Linings Playbook, rw (David O. Russell, 2012): 3/5

Monday, September 8, 2014

*Boyhood, rw (Richard Linklater, 2014): 5/5

Jodorowsky's Dune (Frank Pavich, 2013): 2/5

Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch, 2013): 2/5

About Time (Richard Curtis, 2013): 3.5/5

Locke (Steven Knight, 2013): 1.5/5

Saturday, September 6, 2014

Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch, 2013): 4/5

River's Edge, rw (Tim Hunter, 1986): 3/5

An Unmarried Woman, rw (Paul Mazursky, 1978): 3.5/5

A New Leaf, rw (Elaine May, 1971): 3/5

Take the Money and Run, rw (Woody Allen, 1969): 5/5

*Paths of Glory, rw (Stanley Kubrick, 1957): 5/5

Boardwalk Empire, season 3 (Terence Winter, 2012): 3.5/5

Boardwalk Empire, season 4 (Terence Winter, 2013): 2/5

Sunday, August 17, 2014

The Damned Don't Cry (Vincent Sherman, 1950) -- 3/5

Killing Me Softly (Kaige Chen, 2000) -- 0/5

Re-watched Ken Park (Larry Clark, 2002) -- 0/5 (Original rating: 1/5)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014) -- 3/5

Frontline: College, Inc. (2010) -- 4/5

Like Someone In Love (Abbas Kiarostami, 2012) -- 2/5 (But the cab ride scene, listening to her grandmother's voicemails and seeing her wait underneath that statue, oh dear god, so devastating. I wanna die -- 5/5)

True Detective (Cary Fukunaga, 2014) -- 4/5 (Ep. 4 "Who Goes There" -- 5/5)

Monday, August 11, 2014

The Avengers (Joss Whedon, 2012): 3/5

*Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014): 5/5

Night and Fog, rw (Alain Resnais, 1955): 4/5

Louie, season 4 (Louis C.K., 2014): 4/5

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

The Darjeeling Limited, rw (Wes Anderson, 2007): 4/5

The Lunchbox (Ritesh Batra, 2013): 2/5

Headhunters (Morten Tyldum, 2011): 2/5

Saturday, August 9, 2014

Boardwalk Empire, seasons 1-2 (Terence Winter, 2010-2011): 3/5

Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013): 3/5

Not Fade Away (David Chase, 2012): 2.5/5

The Cable Guy, rw (Ben Stiller, 1996): 3/5

The Big Chill, rw (Lawrence Kasdan, 1983): 1.5/5

The Road Warrior, rw (George Miller, 1981): 3.5/5

The Getaway, rw (Sam Peckinpah, 1972): 3/5

Carnival of Souls, rw (Herk Harvey, 1962): 2.5/5

Earth, rw (Aleksandr Dovzhenko, 1930): 5/5

Friday, July 25, 2014

Nymphomaniac, Vol. 1 (Lars von Trier, 2014): 2/5

Nymphomaniac, Vol. 2 (Lars von Trier, 2014): 3.5/5

Harold and Maude, rw (Hal Ashby, 1971): 4/5

The Immigrant (James Grey, 2014): 1.5/5

Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2014): 4.5/5

Snowpiercer (Joon-ho Bong, 2014): 4/5

Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2014): 4/5

Thursday, July 24, 2014

*Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014): 5/5

Bonnie and Clyde (TV) (Bruce Beresford, 2013): 2/5

Storm (Hans-Christian Schmid, 2009): 2/5

The End of the Affair (Neil Jordan, 1999): 3/5

GoodFellas, rw (Martin Scorsese, 1990): 4.5/5

Apocalypse Now, rw (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979): 5/5

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, rw (Eleanor Coppola, 1991): 4/5

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Seven Chances, rw (Buster Keaton, 1925): 4/5

The Lusty Men, rw (Nicolas Ray, 1952): 3.5/5

Tricheurs, rw (Barbet Schroeder, 1984): 3.5/5

Bound by Flesh (Leslie Zemeckis, 2012): 2/5

***

The Godfather, rw (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972): 5/5

The Godfather Part II, rw (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974): 5/5

The Godfather Part III, rw (Francis Ford Coppola, 1990): 2/5

The Sopranos, seasons 1-6, rw (David Chase, 1999-2007): 5/5

Thursday, July 10, 2014

My Dinner with Andre, rw (Louis Malle, 1981): 3/5

A Field in England (Ben Wheatley, 2013): 2/5

Clash by Night (Fritz Lang, 1952): 2/5

Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, 2013): 2/5

Edge of Tomorrow (Doug Limon, 2014): 3/5

The Blair Witch Project, rw (Daniel Myrick, 1999): 3.5/5

Like Someone in Love (Abbas Kiarostami, 2013): 3/5

Mauvais Sang (Leos Carax, 1986): 4/5

Joe (David Gordon Green, 2014): 2/5

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Tim's Vermeer (Teller, 2013): 3/5

Killing Me Softly (Chen Kaige, 2002): 1/5

Auto Focus, rw (Paul Schrader, 2002): 4/5

*Dante's Inferno (Harry Lachman, 1935): 2/5

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

The Canyons (Paul Schrader, 2013) -- 0/5

The Double (Richard Ayoade, 2013) -- 1/5

Kurosawa: A Documentary (Adam Low, 2002) -- 3.5/5

Maleficient (Robert Stromberg, 2014)-- 2/5

Rewatched Oasis (Lee Chang Dong, 2002) -- 5/5

Rewatched House of Pleasures (Bertrand Bonello, 2011) -- 5/5

Sexy Beast (Jonathan Glazer, 2001) -- 1/5

A New Leaf (Elaine May, 1971) -- 3/5

Monday, June 23, 2014

Queen Kelly (Erich von Stroheim, 1929): 3/5

Born Yesterday (George Cukor, 1950): 2/5

The Counselor (Ridley Scott, 2013): 1/5

Saving Mr. Banks (John Lee Hancock, 2013): 2/5

Warm Bodies (Jonathan Levine, 2013): 2/5

The Shop on Main Street (Jan Kadar, 1965): 3/5

The Yards (James Gray, 2000): 1.5/5

Girls, Season Three (Lena Dunham, et al, 2013): 3.5/5

Friday, June 13, 2014

Tess, rw (Roman Polanski, 1979): 5/5

The Elephant Man, rw (David Lynch, 1980): 4.5/5

My Own Private Idaho, rw (Gus Van Sant, 1991): 4.5/5

Dogfight (Nancy Savoca, 1991): 1.5/5

Once (John Carney, 2006): 3.5/5

Terms and Conditions May Apply (Cullen Hoback, 2013): 2.5/5

My Perestroika (Robin Hessman, 2010): 3/5

Thursday, June 12, 2014

The Elephant Man, rw (David Lynch, 1980): 4/5

Kill Bill, Vol. 1, rw (Quentin Tarantino, 2003): 1.5/5

A Cold Night's Death (Jerrold Freedman, 1973): 2/5

Salesman (Albert Maysles, David Maysles, 1968): 3.5/5

Housu (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977): 3.5/5

Alien, rw (Ridley Scott, 1979): 4/5

Milius (Joey Figueroa, 2013): 2/5

Short Term 12 (Destin Cretton, 2013): 2/5

Best Years of Our Lives, rw (William Wyler, 1946): 5/5

Bill Cunningham New York, rw (Richard Press, 2010): 2.5/5

Friendly Persuasion (William Wyler, 1956): 2/5

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Shane, rw (George Stevens, 1953): 5/5

Dodsworth (William Wyler, 1936): 3/5

The Westerner (William Wyler, 1940): 4/5

The Memphis Belle, 45 min. (William Wyler, 1944): 3.5/5

Sergeant York (Howard Hawks, 1941): 2.5/5

Rio Bravo, rw (Howard Hawks, 1959): 5/5

The Long Weekend (Colin Eggelston, 1978): 2/5

Insidious (James Wan, 2010): 2/5

Marty (Delbert Mann, 1955): 5/5

Los Muertos (Lisandro Alonso, 2004): 3/5

Stranger By the Lake (Alain Guiraudie, 2013): 2/5

Story of GI Joe (William A. Wellman, 1945): 2/5

Red Badge of Courage (John Huston, 1951): 4.5/5

Monday, May 26, 2014

*The Immigrant (James Gray, 2014): 2/5

Mozart's Sister (Rene Feret, 2010): 4/5

Cousin, Cousine (Jean-Charles Tacchella, 1975): 3/5

Peppermint Frappe (Carlos Saura, 1967): 4.5/5

Monday, May 12, 2014

Dead Ringers, rw (David Cronenberg, 1988): 4/5

The Letter (William Wyler, 1940): 4/5

Cheyenne Autumn (John Ford, 1964): 1.5/5

Talk of the Town (George Stevens, 1942): 3.5/5

The More the Merrier (George Stevens, 1943): 3.5/5

George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (George Stevens Jr., 1994): 3.5/5

The Devil at Your Heels (Robert Fortier, 1981): 3/5

Jeremiah Johnson (Sydney Pollack, 1972): 3/5

Intimate Lighting (Ivan Passer, 1965) : 3.5/5

Sunday, May 4, 2014

The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorcese, 2013) -- 2/5 

American Hustle (David O. Russell, 2013) -- 2/5 

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (Lorene Scarfaria, 2012) -- 1.5/5 

The Hunger Games (Gary Ross, 2012) -- 2.5/5 

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Francis Lawrence, 2013) -- 2.5/5 

Under The Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2014) -- 3.5/5

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Baby Face (Alfred E. Green, 1933): 3.5/5

Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939): 5/5

Lola (Jacques Demy, 1961): 3.5/5

Gunga Din (George Stevens, 1939): 2/5

Jezebel (William Wyler, 1938): 5/5

Thunderbolt, 44 mins (William Wyler 1947): 2.5/5

The Battle of Midway, 18 mins (John Ford, 1942): 2/5

Let There Be Light (John Huston, 1946): 3.5/5

99 River Street (Phil Karlson, 1953): 4/5

Friday, April 25, 2014

*Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013): 3.5/5

Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008): 4/5

Jerichow, rw (Christian Petzold, 2008): 4/5

Ali (Michael Mann, 2001): 2/5

Ju Dou, rw (Zhang Yimou, 1990): 5/5

Big Wednesday, rw (John Milius, 1978): 2.5/5

The Wind and the Lion (John Milius, 1975): 2/5

The Magnificent Ambersons, rw (Orson Welles, 1942): 3.5/5

Thursday, April 24, 2014

The Misfits (John Huston, 1961): 5/5

The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961): 2/5

Pacific Rim (Guillermo del Toro, 2013): 2/5

I Know Where I'm Going (Powell & Pressburger, 1945): 3.5/5

White Zombie (Victor Halperin, 1932): 2/5

Blue is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2013): 4.5/5

Ben Hur (William Wyler, 1951): 3/5

Lola Montes (Max Ophuls, 1955): 2.5/5

The Dead Zone, rw (David Cronenberg, 1983): 4/5

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

*Hearsay of the Soul (Werner Herzog, 2013; 18 min.): 2/5

Milius (Joey Figueroa, 2013): 3.5/5

Blackfish (Gabriela Cowperthwaite, 2013): 3/5

Good Hair (Jeff Stilson, 2009): 3/5

Black Swan, rw (Darren Aronofsky, 2010): 3.5/5

Frida (Julie Taymor, 2002): 2/5

A Woman Under the Influence, rw (John Cassavetes, 1974): 3.5/5

Waterloo Bridge (Mervyn LeRoy, 1940): 2/5

Fantasia (Disney, 1940): 3/5

The Beatles Anthology (TV, 1995): 3.5/5

Monday, April 14, 2014

Breaking Bad, season 2 (Vince Gilligan, 2009): 4.5/5

Oh Lucky Man! (Lindsay Anderson, 1973): 3/5

The Story of Late Chrysanthemum (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1939): 4.5/5

Capote (Bennett Miller, 2005): 2.5/5

A Touch of Sin (Zhangke Jia, 2013): 3/5

Dallas Buyers Club (Jean-Marc Vallee, 2013): 3/5

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer, 1949): 1.5/5

Dr. Strangelove, rw (Stanley Kubrick, 1964): 5/5

The Day the Earth Stood Still, rw (Robert Wise, 1951): 3/5

This Sporting Life (Lindsay Anderson, 1963): 5/5

A Taste of Honey (Tony Richardson, 1961): 4/5

Look Back in Anger (Tony Richardson, 1959): 3/5

Rabid (David Cronenberg, 1977): 3.5/5

Samsara (Ron Fricke, 2011): 3/5

Monday, April 7, 2014

Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen, 2013) -- 3/5

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (Jeff Tremaine, 2013) -- 3/5

The Counselor (Ridley Scott, 2013) -- 1/5

Coup de Grace (Volker Schlondorff, 1976) -- 2/5

Nymphomaniac: Volume I (Lars Von Trier, 2014) -- 4/5

Nymphomaniac: Volume II-- 2/5

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Fists in the Pocket (Marco Bellocchio, 1965): 2/5

Guys and Dolls (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1955): 2/5

Death in Venice (Luchino Visconti, 1971): 1/5

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (Jeff Garlin, 2006): 3/5

The Reckless Moment, rw (Max Ophuls (as Max Opuls), 1949): 5/5

A Day with the Boys, 18 min (Clu Gulager, 1969): 3/5

Fantastic Mr. Fox, rw (Wes Anderson, 2009): 5/5

Bus Stop (Joshua Logan, 1956): 3.5/5

From the Drain, 14 min (David Cronenberg, 1967): 2/5

Secret Weapons, 30 min (David Cronenberg, 1972): 2.5/5

Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg, 1970): 3/5

The Brood (David Cronenberg, 1979): 3/5

Scanners, rw (David Cronenberg, 1981): 4/5

Sunday, March 30, 2014

World War Z (Marc Forster, 2013): 2/5

Dragonslayer (Tristan Patterson, 2011): 1/5

Julie & Julia (Nora Ephron, 2009): 2/5

Junebug (Phil Morrison, 2005): 2/5

The Edukators (Hans Weingartner, 2004): 2/5

The Girl with the Pearl Earring (Peter Webber, 2003): 3.5/5

Donnie Brasco, rw (Mike Newell, 1997): 2.5/5

*Ran, rw (Akira Kurosawa, 1985): 5/5

Three Days of the Condor (Sydney Pollack, 1975): 2/5

The American Soldier (R.W. Fassbinder, 1970): 1.5/5

Brief Encounter, rw (David Lean, 1945): 5/5

You Only Live Once, rw (Fritz Lang, 1937): 3/5

Thursday, March 27, 2014

The World's End (Edgar Wright, 2013): 1.5/5

Goodfellas, rw (Martin Scorsese, 1990): 5/5

Taxi Driver, rw (Martin Scorsese, 1976): 5/5

The Lodger (Alfred Hitchcock, 1927): 3/5

The Sugarland Express (Steven Spielberg, 1974): 2/5

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Richard Brooks, 1958): 4.5/5

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Jack Hofsiss, 1984): 3/5

The Lone Ranger (Gore Verbinski, 2013): 2/5

Me, Myself and Irene, rw (Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, 2000): 2/5

Thursday, March 20, 2014

*The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014): 3.5/5

The Hunt (Thomas Vinterberg, 2012): 1.5/5

Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen, 2013): 3/5

True Detective, Season One (Cary Fukunaga, 2014): 4/5
                             - Episode 4, "Who Goes There": 5/5

Nebraska (Alexander Payne, 2013): 4/5

Enough Said (Nicole Holofcener, 2013): 3/5

The Innkeepers (Ti West, 2011): 2/5

Computer Chess (Andrew Bujalski, 2013): 1.5/5

The Talented Mr. Ripley, rw (Anthony Minghella, 1999): 4.5/5 

Way Down East (D.W. Griffith, 1920): 4/5
                                     - close-ups: 5/5

Unfaithfully Yours (Preston Sturges, 1948): 3.5/5

The Soft Skin (Francois Truffaut, 1964): 4/5

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin (Elem Klimov, 1982, USSR)-- 2/5

Clean, Shaven (Lodge Kerrigan, 1993, US) -- 2/5

Dancing Dreams (Anne Linsel, 2009, Germany) -- 4/5

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (Robert Aldrich, 1964, US) -- 2/5

Mother & Son (Alexander Sokurov, 2000, Russia) -- 2/5

Bluebeard (Catherine Breillat, 2009, France) -- 2/5

To Die Like A Man (Joao Pedro Rodrigues, 2009, Portugal) -- 2/5

Red Rock West (John Dahl, 1993, US) -- 2/5

Summer With Monika (Ingmar Bergman, 1953, Sweden) -- 3.5/5

Closely Watched Trains (Jiri Menzel, 1966, Czechoslovakia) -- 2/5

The Magician (Ingmar Bergman, 1958, Sweden) -- 1/5

Narco Cultura (Shaul Schwarz, 2013): 4/5

20 Feet From Stardom (Morgan Neville, 2013): 3/5

Nebraska (Alexander Payne, 2013): 2/5

Let's Get Lost (Bruce Weber, 1988): 4/5

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, rw (Michel Gondry, 2004): 2.5/5

The Ice Storm, rw (Ang Lee, 1997): 3/5

Contact, rw (Robert Zemeckis, 1997): 3.5/5

Walking and Talking, rw (Nicole Holofcener, 1996): 3.5/5

*Onibaba, rw (Kaneto Shindo, 1964): 5/5

*Ugetsu monogatari, rw (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953): 3.5/5

Thursday, March 6, 2014

It's Always Fair Weather (Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, 1955): 3.5/5

The Conjuring (James Wan, 2013): 4/5

The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke, 1934): 3/5

In a World... (Lake Bell, 2013): 3/5

Accattone (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1961): 3.5/5

Deliverance, rw (John Boorman, 1972): 5/5

Affliction (Paul Schrader, 1997): 2/5

Sunday, February 23, 2014

House of Cards, seasons 1-2 (2013-2014): 3/5

Enough Said (Nicole Holofcener, 2013): 3/5

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

Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass, 2013): 3/5

All is Lost (J.C. Chandor, 2013): 1.5/5

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

Factory Girl (George Hickenlooper, 2006): 3/5

The Bow (Kim Ki-duk, 2006): 2/5

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

*Throne of Blood, rw (Akira Kurosawa, 1957): 5/5

[* denotes viewing in a theater]

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, 2013): 4.5/5

The Lego Movie (Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, 2014): 4/5

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, rw (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974): 5/5

The Spectacular Now (James Ponsoldt, 2013): 3/5

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Mad Men Season 6 -- 5/5

Breaking Bad Season 5 Part 2 -- 5/5

Her (Spike Jonze, 2013, US)-- 3.5/5

Blackfish (Gabriela Cowperthwaite, 2013, US) -- 3/5




Wednesday, January 29, 2014

*Her (Spike Jonze, 2013): 5/5

Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen, 2013): 3/5

Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler, 2013): 2/5

Secrets and Lies, rw (Mike Leigh, 1996): 4/5

Get Carter, rw (Mike Hodges, 1971): 3/5

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013): 4/5

Wagon Trail (John Ford, 1950): 3/5

Her (Spike Jonze, 2013): 3.5/5

Pickpocket, rw (Robert Bresson, 1959): 4/5

Onibaba (Kaneto Shindo, 1964): 5/5

Thursday, January 16, 2014

The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, 2013): 5/5

Wonderland (Michael Winterbottom, 1999): 2/5

Prisoner of the Mountains (Sergei Bodrov, 1996): 2/5

Don't Look Now, rw (Nicolas Roeg, 1973): 4.5/5

This Sporting Life, rw (Lindsay Anderson, 1963): 4/5

Friday, January 10, 2014

Lilo & Stitch, rw (Dean DeBlois, 2002): 4/5

Reservoir Dogs, rw (Quentin Tarantino, 1992): 5/5

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (Adam McKay, 2013): 4/5

Mulan, rw (Tony Bancroft, 1998): 4/5

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (Drew DeNicola & Olivia Mori, 2012): 3/5

Drinking Buddies (Joe Swanberg, 2013): 3/5

A Royal Affair (Nikolaj Arcel, 2013): 3/5

Leviathan (Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Verena Paravel, 2012): 3/5

Saturday, January 4, 2014

*American Hustle (David O. Russell, 2013): 4/5

Museum Hours (Jem Cohen, 2013): 2.5/5

Morphia, rw (Alexsey Balabanov, 2008): 4/5

La Ceremonie, rw (Claude Chabrol, 1995): 3/5

L'Argent, rw (Robert Bresson, 1983): 3/5

A Nos Amours, rw (Maurice Pialat, 1983): 4/5

Coup de Torchon, rw (Bertrand Tavernier, 1981): 3/5