Whirlpool (Roy William Neill, 1934): 2/5

The Whole Town's Talking (John Ford, 1935): 5/5

Woman of the Year (George Stevens, 1942): 3/5

Adam's Rib, rw (George Cukor, 1949): 3/5

Melvin and Howard, rw (Jonathan Demme, 1980): 4/5

Jiro Dreams of Sushi (David Gelb, 2011): 3/5

The Iron Horse (John Ford, 1924): 4/5

Teorama (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968): 4.5/5

Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan, 2011; 150 min.):  4.5/5

The Exorcist, rw (William Friedkin, 1973; 132 minutes): 4/5

The Phantom Carriage (Victor Sjostrom, 1921): 3/5

The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940): 5/5

That Hamilton Woman (Alexander Korda, 1941): 2/5

Lonely Are The Brave (David Miller, 1962): 2.5/5

Hammett, rw (Wim Wenders, 1982): 2/5

Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984): 1/5

Alice, rw (Woody Allen, 1990): 2/5

Cold Weather (Aaron Katz, 2010): 2.5/5

Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan, 2011; 150 min.):  4/5

Notes:

* The 180-minute "director's cut" of Margaret is available only on the standard definition DVD.  I guess that's why the Blu-ray was available from Netflix so quickly. Sheesh.

* Andrew Sarris claimed he paid to see That Hamilton Woman 83 times.

* Alex Cox on Lonely Are The Brave:  "There is no greater western, and certainly no more tragic one."

Samsara (Ron Fricke, 2011)-- 5/5

The Wire Season 2 (David Simon, 2003, US)-- 4/5

Mother (Joon-ho Bong, 2009, S. Korea) -- 3/5

Moolade (Ousmane Sembene, 2004, Senegal)-- 2/5

Gomorrah (Matteo Garrone, 2008, Italy)-- 3/5

re-watched 21 Grams (Innaritu, 2003, US)-- 4/5

Adventureland (Greg Mottola, 2008, US)-- 4/5

Cinemania (Angela Christlieb, 2002, US)-- 3/5

Betty Blue (Beineix, 1986, France)-- 2/5

re-watched Punch-Drunk Love (PT Anderson, 2002, US)-- 5/5

The Auteur Theory (Evan Oppenheimer, 1999, US)-- 2/5

Hanna (Joe Wright, 2011, US)-- 2/5

re-watched Heat (Michael Mann, 1995, US)-- 4/5

Dark Horse (Todd Solondz, 2012, US)-- 1/5

I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK (Chan Wook Park, 2006, S. Korea)-- 2/5

The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan, 2012, US)-- 3/5

Chimes at Midnight (Orson Welles, 1965): 2/5

I Vinti (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1953): 3/5

Back to School, rw (Alan Metter, 1986): 2/5

Dawn of the Dead, rw (George Romero, 1978): 5/5

The Browning Version (Anthony Asquith, 1951): 4/5

Sleep, My Love (Douglas Sirk, 1948): 2/5

To Live and Die in L.A. (William Friedkin, 1985): 1/5

Angel Heart, rw (Alan Parker, 1987): 2/5

Scream (Wes Craven, 1996): 3/5

The Constant Gardener (Fernando Meirelles, 2005): 2/5

Cirkus Columbia (Danis Tanovic, 2010): 2/5