Monday, May 23, 2016

Because life is too long

True Detective, season 2 (Vince Pizzolatto, 2015): 2/5

Son of Saul (Laszlo Nemes, 2015): 4/5

Ida, rw (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2013): 5/5

Game Change (Jay Roach, 2012): 3/5

You Can Count on Me, rw (Kenneth Lonergan, 2000): 5/5

Election, rw (Alexander Payne, 1999): 5/5

Permanent Midnight, rw (David Veloz, 1998): 2.5/5

Bound, rw (The Wachowskis, 1996): 3/5

La Piscine, rw (Jacques Deray, 1969): 3/5

It's the Old Army Game (Edward Sutherland, 1926): 3.5/5

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Because life is too short

Berberian Sound Studio (Peter Strickland, 2012) -- turned it off

The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (Helene Cattet, 2014) -- turned it off

Room 237 (Rodney Ascher, 2012) -- turned it off

Antiviral (Brandon Cronenberg, 2012)-- turned it off

The Danish Girl (Tom Hooper, 2015) -- turned it off

Amer (Helene Cattet, 2009) -- turned it off

Monday, May 9, 2016

Belle de Jour, rw (Luis Buñuel, 1967): 4.5/5

Basic Instinct, rw (Paul Verhoven, 1992): 3.5/5

Love, season one (Judd Apatow et al, 2016): 2.5/5

The Invitation (Karyn Kusama, 2016): 3.5/5

Catastrophe, season two (Ben Taylor, 2016): 4.5/5

Better Call Saul, season two (Vince Gilligan et al): 4.5/5

Friday, May 6, 2016

Janis: Little Girl Blue (Amy Berg, 2015): 4/5

Trumbo (Jay Roach, 2015): 3.5/5

Mystic River, rw (Clint Eastwood, 2003): 3.5/5

Deep Impact (Mimi Leder, 1998): 2/5

Red Rock West, rw (John Dahl, 1993): 4/5

The Right Stuff, rw (Philip Kaufman, 1983): 5/5

Starting Over, rw (Alan J. Pakula, 1979): 4.5/5

A Man for All Seasons (Fred Zinnemann, 1966): 2/5

Silicon Valley, season 2 (Mike Judge, 2015): 4/5

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

True Detective Season 2 -- 2/5

I Smile Back (Adam Salky, 2015) -- 2/5

10,000 km (Carlos Marques-Marcet, 2015) -- 3/5

Last Holiday (Wayne Wang, 2006) -- 3/5

Re-watched The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973) -- 5/5

The Host (Bong Joon-Ho, 2006) -- 2.5/5

"Lemonade" Visual Album (Beyonce, 2016) -- 4/5


Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Broad City, season 1 (2014): 2/5

*American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs (Grace Lee, 2013): 3/5

Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy, 2010): 4/5

Burn After Reading (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2008): 2/5

The Yards (James Gray, 2000): 2/5

Striptease, rw (Andrew Bergman, 1995): 2/5

Flesh and Bone (Steve Kloves, 1993): 3.5/5

Homicide (David Mamet, 1991): 2/5

All the President's Men, rw (Alan J. Pakula, 1976): 3.5/5

Harlow (Gordon Douglas, 1965): 1/5

Baby Doll (Elia Kazan, 1956): 2/5

Todd Haynes, rw: Carol 5/5; I'm Not There 4/5; Far From Heaven 3.5/5; Safe 4.5/5

Monday, April 18, 2016

Eden (Mia Hansen-love, 2015) -- turned it off

99 Homes (Ramin Bahrani, 2015) -- 2.5/5

The Lady in the Car With Glasses and a Gun (Joann Sfar, 2015) -- turned it off

Burn After Reading (Joel Cohen, 2008) -- 5/5

In the Cut (Jane Campion, 2003) -- 1/5

Dirty Dancing (Emile Ardolino, 1987) -- 2/5

Re-Watched: 

Sex and Lucia (Julio Medem, 2001) -- 2/5 (original rating: 4/5)

There Will Be Blood (PTA, 2007) -- 5/5

 Titanic (James Cameron, 1997) -- 4/5

The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) -- 5/5

The Godfather Part II (Coppola, 1974) -- 5/5

Revolutionary Road (Sam Mendes, 2008) - 3/5