Top 10 Films First Seen During 2012

[Yxklyx]

1. An Angel at My Table (1990, Jane Campion)

P.S. Could this thread be stickied?

[Chac Mool]

1. /Pulp Fiction/ (Tarantino, 1994) [****]
2. /The Bridge on the River Kwai/ (Lean, 1957) [****]
3. /Robocop/ (Verhoeven, 1987) [***½]
4. Drive (Winding Refn, 2011) [***]
5. Goon (Dowse, 2012) [***]
6. /The Terminator/ (Cameron, 1984) [***]
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II (Yates, 2011) [***]
8. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Bird, 2011) [***]
9. The Adventures of Tintin (Spielberg, 2011) [**½]
10. The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011) [**]
11. Green Lantern (Campbell, 2011) [**]

Repeats in /.../

[MadMan]

1. My Favorite Year (1982)-94
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011)-93
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (2010)-92
4. The Guard (2011)-90
5. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)-53

[Thirdmango]

1. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen 08)
2. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen 89)
3. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Guy Ritchie 11)
4. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick 11)

[elixir]

1. Love Streams (John Cassavetes, 1984)
2. La Vie Nouvelle (Philippe Grandrieux, 2002)
3. L'Enfant Secret (Philippe Garrel, 1979)
4. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes, 1976)
5. Regular Lovers (Philippe Garrel, 2005)
6. Sombre (Philippe Grandrieux, 1998)
7. Through the Olive Trees (Abbas Kiarostami, 1994)
8. Un Lac (Philippe Grandrieux, 2008)
9. Opening Night (John Cassavetes, 1977)
10. Nenette et Boni (Claire Denis, 1996)

[Dukefrukem]

1 Drive Refn, Nicolas Winding 2011
2 Them! Douglasm Gordon 1954
3 Contagion Soderbergh, Steven 2011
4 We Need to Talk About Kevin Ramsay, Lynne 2011
5 The Adventures of Tintin Spielberg, Steven 2011
6 The Help Taylor, Tate 2011
7 13 Assassins Takashi, Mike 2011
8 The Ides of March Clooney, George 2011
9 Delhi Belly Deo, Abhinay 2011
10 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Alfredson, Tomas 2011


Everything Else



11 Midnight in Paris Allen, Woody 2011
12 Inside Job Ferguson, Charles 2010
13 Scream 4 Craven, Wes 2011
14 Moneyball Miller, Bennett 2011
15 Apocalypto Gibson, Mel 2006
16 Meek's Cutoff Reichardt, Kelly 2011
17 Hugo Scorsese, Martin 2011
18 Bad Teacher Kasdan, Jake 2011

[Rowland]

1. A Separation (Farhadi, 2011)
2. Poetry (Lee, 2011)
3. The Innkeepers (West, 2012)
4. Kill List (Wheatley, 2012)
5. The Mill and the Cross (Majewski, 2011)
6. Senna (Kapadia, 2011)
7. Unknown (Collet-Serra, 2011)
8. Le Havre (Kaurismäki, 2011)
9. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Ramsay, 2011)
10. Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (Craig, 2011)

[B-side]

1. The Joke (Jires, 1969)

[Dukefrukem]

Starting off the year strong. Day 3 and already have seen 7 movies.


1. Drive Refn, Nicolas
2. Contagion Soderbergh,
3. Midnight in Paris Allen,
4. Scream 4 Craven,
5. Moneyball Miller,
6. Apocalypto Gibson,
7. Bad Teacher Kasdan,

[elixir]

Melancholia(Von Trier, Lars, 2011) 90s**Best Movie Watched in 2012**

Why isn't this on your list?

[TripZone]

1. Intruder in the Dust
2. The Three-Sided Mirror
3. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

[Yxklyx]

3. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

One of the few of his I haven't seen. How does it compare?

[TripZone]

One of the few of his I haven't seen. How does it compare?

It's really cute, thoroughly enjoyable, even pleasant. Echoes of The Skin I Live In, but significantly lighter. Of course it came much earlier.

[Dukefrukem]

Why isn't this on your list?

Because of a technicality. I technically watched it in 2011 but it's my highest ranked movie lately so it's basically a placeholder.

[Russ]

1. Coeur Fidèle (Jean Epstein, 1923)
2. The Taste of Tea (Katsuhito Ishii, 2004)
3. Eldorado (Marcel L'Herbier, 1921)
4. Dangerous Blondes (Leigh Jason, 1943)

[elixir]

1. La Vie Nouvelle (Philippe Grandrieux, 2002)
2. Sombre (Philippe Grandrieux, 1998)
3. Un Lac (Philippe Grandrieux, 2008)
4. Through the Olive Trees (Abbas Kiarostami, 1994)
5. Nenette et Boni (Claire Denis, 1996)
6. Paris Belongs to Us (Jacques Rivette, 1961)
7. White Dog (Samuel Fuller, 1982)
8. Le Révélateur (Philippe Garrel, 1968)
9. The Limits of Control (Jim Jarmusch, 2009)
10. US Go Home (Claire Denis, 1994)
Already pretty good!

[TripZone]

"pretty good" he says

[Boner M]

1. Secret Window

On a hotel TV. Also saw the first 30 mins of Big Fish
before deciding that was enough.

[B-side]

Boner returns. How was PNG?

[Boner M]

Pretty amazeballs. Coral-spangled shipwrecks, visiting defunct Australian detention centres, the most melancholic abandoned druve-in theater i've ever seen, teaching frisbee to 30 scarily excited kids, watching a knife fight break out at the airport, finally sitting down to read a buncha books, etc.

Will post pics on FB soon.

[Stay Puft]

1. Night Moves (Arthur Penn, 1975)
2. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (David Lynch, 1992)
3. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
4. A Simple Life (Ann Hui, 2011)
5. All Is Forgiven (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2007)
6. Dial M for Murder (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
7. Baraka (Ron Fricke, 1992)
8. Ashes (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2012)
9. Looper (Rian Johnson, 2012)
10. The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock, 1938)

[Dead & Messed Up]

1. Stormy Weather (1943)
2. Black Death (2011)
3. Pontypool (2009)
4. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2011)
5. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011)
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

[B-side]

1. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)
2. The Joke (Jires, 1969)

[transmogrifier]

1. Three Monkeys (2008) - 73
2. Last Year at Marienbad (1961) - 69
3. Ballad of a Soldier (1959) - 67
4. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - 67
5. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) - 65
6. Thor (2011) - 51
7. Morning Glory (2010) - 49
8. Drive Angry (2011) - 47
9. The Thief of Bagdad (1940) - 46
10. JCVD (2008) - 37

[Russ]

1. A Royal Scandal (Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger, 1945)
2. Coeur Fidèle (Jean Epstein, 1923)
3. Who Killed Santa Claus? (Roger Chapatte, Christian-Jaque, 1941)
4. The Taste of Tea (Katsuhito Ishii, 2004)
5. Eldorado (Marcel L'Herbier, 1921)
6. Anna-Liisa (Teuvo Puro, Jussi Snellman, 1922)
7. The Great Gabbo (James Cruze, Erich von Stroheim,1929)
8. Dangerous Blondes (Leigh Jason, 1943)
9. When Strangers Marry / Betrayed (William Castle, 1944)
10. Cameo Kirby (John Ford, 1923)

[B-side]

1. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)
2. The Joke (Jires, 1969)
3. The Plough and the Stars (Ford, 1936)

[Boner M]

1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Fincher)
2. Secret Window (Koepp)

This needs to be rectified.

[transmogrifier]

1. Three Monkeys (2008) - 73
2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) - 70
3. Last Year at Marienbad (1961) - 69
4. Ballad of a Soldier (1959) - 67
5. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - 67
6. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) - 65
7. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) - 64
8. Thor (2011) - 51
9. Morning Glory (2010) - 49
10. Drive Angry (2011) - 47
The Thief of Bagdad (1940) - 46
JCVD (2008) - 37

[TripZone]

1. Intruder in the Dust
2. The Three-Sided Mirror
3. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

1. Correspondencia Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin
2. Intruder in the Dust
3. The Well
4. Adam's Rib
5. Young Mr. Lincoln
6. The Three-Sided Mirror
7. The Flower of My Secret
8. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
9. The Black Cat
10. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

[B-side]

3. The Well

Lang?

[TripZone]

Popkin/Rouse

[Rowland]

2. Secret Window (Koepp)Sooo lame, this movie.

[Boner M]

It's at least watchable in a 'spot the signposts' kinda way, but yeah, gigalame.

[Boner M]

1. Milestones (Kramer, 1975)
2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Fincher, 2011)
3. Secret Window (Koepp, 2004)

Don't expect #1 to be leaving the top ten any time soon.

[B-side]

1. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)
2. The Joke (Jires, 1969)
3. A Farewell to Arms (Borzage, 1932)
4. The Plough and the Stars (Ford, 1936)

[Yxklyx]

Popkin/Rouse

Cool! Great raw "B" movie. Everyone here should see this one. Makes a good double feature with Corman's The Intruder.

[Boner M]

1. Milestones (Kramer, 1975)
2. The Leopard Man (Tourneur, 1943)
3. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Fincher, 2011)
4. Secret Window (Koepp, 2004)

[elixir]

1. L'Enfant Secret (Philippe Garrel, 1979)
2. La Vie Nouvelle (Philippe Grandrieux, 2002)
3. Regular Lovers (Philippe Garrel, 2005)
4. Sombre (Philippe Grandrieux, 1998)
5. Through the Olive Trees (Abbas Kiarostami, 1994)
6. Un Lac (Philippe Grandrieux, 2008)
7. Nenette et Boni (Claire Denis, 1996)
8. A Time to Live and a Time to Die (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1986).
9. Paris Belongs to Us (Jacques Rivette, 1961)
10. Frontier of the Dawn (Philippe Garrel, 2008)
.

[Boner M]

Man I gotta watch some more Grandrieux. Only seen his Masao Adachi portrait; a minor but lovely avant-doco.

And L'Enfant Secret has been on my all-time must-see list for a while.

[Ivan Drago]

1. Midnight In Paris (Woody Allen, 2011)
2. The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, 2011)
3. Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011)
4. Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008)
5. The Descendants (Alexander Payne, 2011)
6. The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011)
7. Into The Abyss (Werner Herzog, 2011)
8. Life In A Day (Kevin MacDonald, 2011)
9. Red State (Kevin Smith, 2011)
10. The Help (Tate Taylor, 2011)


11. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
12. War Horse (Steven Spielberg, 2011)

[TripZone]

Elixir's winning.

[dreamdead]

1. Certified Copy - 8
2. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - 7.5
3. Gabbeh - 7
4. The Innkeepers - 6.5
5. Midnight in Paris - 6
6. A Dangerous Method - 5.5
7. Hugo - 5.5
8. Attack the Block - 5
9. Green Fish - 5
10. Rango - 4.5

[Yum-Yum]

1. Psychos in Love (Gorman Bechard, 1987)
2. Porno Holocaust (Joe D'Amato, 1981)
3. Body Love (Lasse Braun, 1978)
4. Mondo Trasho (John Waters, 1969)
5. Joysticks (Greydon Clark, 1983)
6. Zombie Holocaust (Marino Girolami, 1980)
7. It Came from Kuchar (Jennifer Kroot, 2009)
8. Deep Throat (Gerard Damiano, 1972)
9. Deported Women of the SS Special Section (Rino Di Silvestro, 1976)
10. Satan Was a Lady (Doris Wishman, 1975)

[B-side]

1. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
2. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)
3. The Joke (Jires, 1969)
4. A Farewell to Arms (Borzage, 1932)
5. The Plough and the Stars (Ford, 1936)

[transmogrifier]

1. Three Monkeys (2008) - 73
2. Bridesmaids (2011) - 71
3. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) - 70
4. Last Year at Marienbad (1961) - 69
5. Ballad of a Soldier (1959) - 67
6. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - 67
7. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) - 65
8. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) - 64
9. Thor (2011) - 51
10. Morning Glory (2010) - 49

Drive Angry (2011) - 47
The Thief of Bagdad (1940) - 46
Your Highness (2011) - 39
JCVD (2008) - 37

[Russ]

1. A Royal Scandal (Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger, 1945)
2. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (Kurt Kuenne, 2008)
3. Coeur Fidèle (Jean Epstein, 1923)
4. Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky, 2011)
5. Who Killed Santa Claus? (Roger Chapatte, Christian-Jaque, 1941)
6. The Taste of Tea (Katsuhito Ishii, 2004)
7. Eldorado (Marcel L'Herbier, 1921)
8. Anna-Liisa (Teuvo Puro, Jussi Snellman, 1922)
9. The Great Gabbo (James Cruze, Erich von Stroheim,1929)
10. Dangerous Blondes (Leigh Jason, 1943)

[Weeping_Guitar]

01. The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011)
02. Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy (Alfredson, 2011)
03. Gone to Earth (Powell/Pressburger, 1950)
04. Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (Bromberg/Medrea, 2009)
05. Mysteries of Lisbon (Ruiz, 2010)

[ContinentalOp]

1. The African Queen- *** 1/2
2. Point Blank (2010)- ***
3. The Good, the Bad, the Weird- ** 1/2
4. Oleanna- **

[Boner M]

1. Milestones (Kramer, 1975)
2. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
3. The Leopard Man (Tourneur, 1943)
4. Val Lewton: A Man in the Shadows (Jones, 2007)
5. Teorama (Pasolini, 1968)
6. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Fincher, 2011)
7. Young Adult (Reitman, 2011)
8. Secret Window (Koepp, 2004)

Gettin' there.

[B-side]

1. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
2. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)
3. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
4. The Joke (Jires, 1969)
5. A Farewell to Arms (Borzage, 1932)
6. The Plough and the Stars (Ford, 1936)
7. Here I Am (Baillie, 1962)

[soitgoes...]

Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (Allen 72)

[Boner M]

[LIST=1]
Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
:pritch:

[soitgoes...]

:pritch:
It's a film that I put off because I was sure I wasn't going to like it, but man, did it level me. Such a fun film. The David Bowie scene is one of the all time greats.

[B-side]

Yeah, Mauvais sang is great stuff.

[Dukefrukem]

1 Drive Refn, Nicolas Winding 2011
2 Them! Douglasm Gordon 1954
3 Contagion Soderbergh, Steven 2011
4 We Need to Talk About Kevin Ramsay, Lynne 2011
5 The Adventures of Tintin Spielberg, Steven 2011
6 The Help Taylor, Tate 2011
7 13 Assassins Takashi, Mike 2011
8 The Ides of March Clooney, George 2011
9 Delhi Belly Deo, Abhinay 2011
10 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Alfredson, Tomas 2011


Everything Else



11 Midnight in Paris Allen, Woody 2011
12 Inside Job Ferguson, Charles 2010
13 Scream 4 Craven, Wes 2011
14 Moneyball Miller, Bennett 2011
15 Apocalypto Gibson, Mel 2006
16 Meek's Cutoff Reichardt, Kelly 2011
17 Hugo Scorsese, Martin 2011
18 Bad Teacher Kasdan, Jake 2011

[soitgoes...]

Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (Allen 72)



Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Hell's Angels (Hughes 30)
Il bidone (Fellini 55)
Animal Crackers (Heerman 30)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (Allen 72)

[MadMan]

I hit 10, finally.

1. The Descendants (2011)-95, Theater
2. My Favorite Year (1982)-94, TCM
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011)-93, DVD
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (2010)-92, DVD
5. The Guard (2011)-90, RedBox
6. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)-83, Blu Ray/Criterion
7. Hotel Chevalier (2007)-80, Blu Ray/Criterion
8. The Ides of March (2011)-75, Blu Ray
9. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)-70, TCM
10. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)-53, IFC

[B-side]

Hell's Angles (Hughes 30)

http://www.mathsisfun.com/images/acuteangles.gif

[soitgoes...]

http://www.mathsisfun.com/images/acuteangles.gif
Haha. It actually took me a second to figure out what you were trying to say.

[transmogrifier]

1. Three Monkeys (2008) - 73
2. Bridesmaids (2011) - 71
3. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) - 70
4. Last Year at Marienbad (1961) - 69
5. Ballad of a Soldier (1959) - 67
6. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - 67
7. Never Let Me Go (2010) - 66
8. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) - 65
9. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) - 64
10. X-Men: First Class (2011) - 62 Contagion (2011) - 58
Thor (2011) - 51
Morning Glory (2010) - 49
Drive Angry (2011) - 47
The Thief of Bagdad (1940) - 46
Your Highness (2011) - 39
JCVD (2008) - 37

[TripZone]

Haha. It actually took me a second to figure out what you were trying to say.
Haha, that's acute.

[Boner M]

1. Milestones (Kramer, 1975)
2. The Phantom Carriage (Sjöström, 1921)
3. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
4. The Leopard Man (Tourneur, 1943)
5. The Descendants (Payne, 2011)
6. Val Lewton: A Man in the Shadows (Jones, 2007)
7. Teorama (Pasolini, 1968)
8. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Fincher, 2011)
9. Young Adult (Reitman, 2011)
10. The Myth of the American Sleepover (Mitchell, 2010)

The Sjöström ranking is tentative; I watched the Criterion disc w/ the awesome KTL score and let it wash over as a purely audiovisual/non-narrative piece, to the extent that I tuned out of the story for a large chunk and thus the emotional impact of the final scenes didn't hit as hard as they should've. Still - holy whoa.

[B-side]

Haha. It actually took me a second to figure out what you were trying to say.

How obtuse of you.

[Dead & Messed Up]

The Gold Rush (1925)
Stormy Weather (1943)
Black Death (2011)
Fright Night (2011)
Burke & Hare (2011)
Pontypool (2009)
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2011)
Troll Hunter (2011)
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011)

[Weeping_Guitar]

01. The Best Man (Shaffner, 1964)
02. The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011)
03. Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy (Alfredson, 2011)
04. Gone to Earth (Powell/Pressburger, 1950)
05. Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (Bromberg/Medrea, 2009)
06. Gambit (Neame, 1966)
07. Mysteries of Lisbon (Ruiz, 2010)

[elixir]

1. Love Streams (John Cassavetes, 1984)
2. La Vie Nouvelle (Philippe Grandrieux, 2002)
3. L'Enfant Secret (Philippe Garrel, 1979)
4. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes, 1976)
5. Regular Lovers (Philippe Garrel, 2005)
6. Sombre (Philippe Grandrieux, 1998)
7. Through the Olive Trees (Abbas Kiarostami, 1994)
8. Un Lac (Philippe Grandrieux, 2008)
9. Opening Night (John Cassavetes, 1977)
10. Nenette et Boni (Claire Denis, 1996)

This is probably the best movie watching stretch I've ever had. Cassavetes <3

[Boner M]

Yeah, Love Streams is my GOAT in certain moods.

[Thirdmango]

1. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen 08)
2. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen 89)
3. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Guy Ritchie 11)
4. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick 11)


1. The Law In These Parts (Ra'anan Alexandrowicz 11)
2. The Secret World Of Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi 12)
3. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen 08)
4. Street Angel (Muzhi Yuan 37)
5. Exit Through The Gift Shop (Banksy 10)
6. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen 89)
7. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Guy Ritchie 11)
8. Limitless (Neil Burger 11)
9. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Jon Turteltaub 10)
10. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick 11)

11. Lethal Weapon 2 (Richard Donner 89)

[Yxklyx]

Hey, I've seen ten films now:

1. An Angel at My Table (1990, Jane Campion)
2. The Taste of Tea (2004, Katsuhito Ishii)
3. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004, Danny Leiner)
4. The Candidate (1972, Michael Ritchie)
5. The Wild Child (1970, François Truffaut)
6. Anaconda (1997, Luis Llosa)
7. What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993, Lasse Hallström)
8. Forbidden Lie$ (2007, Anna Broinowski)
9. Once Were Warriors (1994, Lee Tamahori)
10. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011, Rupert Wyatt)

[soitgoes...]

Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Hell's Angels (Hughes 30)
Il bidone (Fellini 55)
Animal Crackers (Heerman 30)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (Allen 72)



Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Hell in the City (Castellani 59)
Hell's Angels (Hughes 30)
The Divorcee (Leonard 30)
Il bidone (Fellini 55)
Animal Crackers (Heerman 30)
Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo (Lattuada 47)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (Allen 72)
Rain or Shine (Capra 30)

[MadMan]

My first 100. Huzzah.

Top Ten:

1. Brazil (1985)-100, Criterion
2. The Descendants (2011)-95, Theater
3. My Favorite Year (1982)-94, TCM
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011)-93, DVD
5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (2010)-92, DVD
6. The Guard (2011)-90, RedBox
7. Vincent (1982)-90, YouTube
8. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)-83, Blu Ray/Criterion
9. Hotel Chevalier (2007)-80, Blu Ray/Criterion
10. The Ides of March (2011)-75, Blu Ray

The Muddled Middle:

11. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)-70, TCM
12. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)-53, IFC

[soitgoes...]

Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Hell in the City (Castellani 59)
Hell's Angels (Hughes 30)
The Divorcee (Leonard 30)
Il bidone (Fellini 55)
Animal Crackers (Heerman 30)
Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo (Lattuada 47)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (Allen 72)
Rain or Shine (Capra 30)

Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Donkey Skin (Demy 70)
Hell in the City (Castellani 59)
Hell's Angels (Hughes 30)
The Divorcee (Leonard 30)
Il bidone (Fellini 55)
Animal Crackers (Heerman 30)
Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo (Lattuada 47)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (Allen 72)

[B-side]

1. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
2. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
3. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)
4. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
5. The Joke (Jires, 1969)
6. Devi (Ray, 1960)
7. A Farewell to Arms (Borzage, 1932)
8. The Plough and the Stars (Ford, 1936)
9. Here I Am (Baillie, 1962)

[B-side]

Donkey Skin (Demy 70)


Love it.

[soitgoes...]

Love it.I'm not sure what I love more, Demy's telling of the fairy tale or the actual fairy tale itself. What a fucked up story! Cinderella crossed with a little Jack and the Beanstalk mixed in; add in a touch of incestuous behavior just to make the fairy tale French enough, and voilÃ*!

[B-side]

I'm not sure what I love more, Demy's telling of the fairy tale or the actual fairy tale itself. What a fucked up story! Cinderella crossed with a little Jack and the Beanstalk mixed in; add in a touch of incestuous behavior just to make the fairy tale French enough, and voilÃ*!

fucking helicopter out of nowhere

[soitgoes...]

fucking helicopter out of nowhere

Helicopter, midget blue people, red horses, lady who spits out frogs.

[B-side]

Helicopter, midget blue people, red horses, lady who spits out frogs.

:P

[Rowland]

1. Take Shelter (Nichols, 2011)
2. Moonrise Kingdom (Anderson, 2012)
3. Oslo, August 31st (Trier, 2012)
4. A Short Film About Love (Kieslowski, 1988)
5. The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012)
6. A Separation (Farhadi, 2011)
7. The Raid (Evans, 2012)
8. Poetry (Lee, 2011)
9. The Grey (Carnahan, 2012)
10. Weekend (Haigh, 2011)

Perfect Sense (Mackenzie, 2012)
The Innkeepers (West, 2012)
Beyond the Black Rainbow (Cosmatos, 2012)
Cabin in the Woods (Goddard, 2012)
The Avengers (Whedon, 2012)
The Interrupters (James, 2011)
Chronicle (Trank, 2012)
Kill List (Wheatley, 2012)
Life Without Principle (To, 2012)
The Mill and the Cross (Majewski, 2011)
The Kid With a Bike (Dardennes, 2012)
Goon (Dowse, 2012)
Brave (Andrews/Chapman, 2012)
Bernie (Linklater, 2012)
Entrance (Hallam/Horvath, 2012)
Manufactured Landscapes (Baichwal, 2006)
The Day He Arrives (Hong, 2012)
Carnage (Polanski, 2011)
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (Olsson, 2011)
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (Neveldine/Taylor, 2012)
The Pact (McCarthy, 2012)
To Rome with Love (Allen, 2012)
Martha Marcy May Marlene (Durkin, 2011)
The Slumber Party Massacre (Jones, 1982)
21 Jump Street (Lord/Miller, 2012)
The Secret World of Arrietty (Yonebayashi, 2012)
Safe (Yakin, 2012)
The Dictator (Charles, 2012)
Let the Bullets Fly (Wen, 2012)
Shame (McQueen, 2011)
Senna (Kapadia, 2011)
Pina (Wenders, 2011)
Dragon Eyes (Hyams, 2012)
Unknown (Collet-Serra, 2011)
Eaten Alive (Hooper, 1977)
Haywire (Soderbergh, 2012)
A Dangerous Method (Cronenberg, 2011)
A Cat in Paris (Felicioli & Gagnol, 2012)
The Wicker Tree (Hardy, 2012)
Body Bags (Carpenter & Hooper, 1993)
Fast Five (Lin, 2011)
Get the Gringo (Grunberg, 2012)
Jess + Moss (Jeter, 2012)
The Fairy (Abel/Gordon/Romy, 2012)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (Darnell/McGrath/Vernon, 2012)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Alfredson, 2011)
Our Idiot Brother (Peretz, 2011)
The Glass House (Sackheim, 2001)
The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Lord/Newitt, 2012)
We the Party (Van Peebles, 2012)
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (Curry, 2011)
Project Nim (Marsh, 2011)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Ramsay, 2011)
Lawless (Hillcoat, 2012)
Intruders (Fresnadillo, 2012)
Lockout (Mather & St. Leger, 2012)
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (Sai, 2012)
Prometheus (Scott, 2012)
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (Craig, 2011)
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (Heidecker/Wareheim, 2012)
The Oregonian (Reeder, 2012)
Underworld: Awakening (MÃ¥rlind & Stein, 2012)
La Luna (Casarosa, 2012)
Le Havre (Kaurismäki, 2011)
Viva Riva! (Munga, 2011)
Casa de mi Padre (Piedmont, 2012)
ATM (Brooks, 2012)
The Moth Diaries (Harron, 2012)
L'amour Fou (Thoretton, 2011)
The Woman in Black (Watkins, 2012)
The Help (Taylor, 2011)
Keyhole (Maddin, 2012)
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (Six, 2011)
Asylum Blackout (Courtès, 2012)
Wrath of the Titans (Liebesman, 2012)
The Shock Labyrinth (Shimizu, 2009)
God Bless America (Goldthwait, 2012)
Limitless (Burger, 2011)
Sucker Punch (Snyder, 2011)
Howl (Epstein/Friedman, 2010)
Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (Schenkman, 2012)
Out for a Kill (Oblowitz, 2003)
13 (Babluani, 2011)
Beat (Walkow, 2000)
Detention (Kahn, 2012)
The Divide (Gens, 2012)
Piranha 3DD (Gulager, 2012)

[Russ]

1. A Royal Scandal (Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger, 1945)
2. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (Kurt Kuenne, 2008)
3. Poil de carotte (Julien Duvivier, 1932)
4. Coeur Fidèle (Jean Epstein, 1923)
5. Poil de carotte (Julien Duvivier, 1925)
6. Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky, 2011)
7. Who Killed Santa Claus? (Roger Chapatte, Christian-Jaque, 1941)
8. The Taste of Tea (Katsuhito Ishii, 2004)
9. Homework (Abbas Kiarostami, 1989)
10. Eldorado (Marcel L'Herbier, 1921)

[soitgoes...]

Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Donkey Skin (Demy 70)
Hell in the City (Castellani 59)
Hell's Angels (Hughes 30)
The Divorcee (Leonard 30)
Il bidone (Fellini 55)
Animal Crackers (Heerman 30)
Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo (Lattuada 47)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (Allen 72)


Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Time to Die (Kedzierzawska 07)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Donkey Skin (Demy 70)
Illumination (Zanussi 73)
Hell in the City (Castellani 59)
Hell's Angels (Hughes 30)
The Divorcee (Leonard 30)
Kaïrat (Omirbayev 92)
Il bidone (Fellini 55)

[B-side]

Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Donkey Skin (Demy 70)
Illumination (Zanussi 73)
Kaïrat (Omirbayev 92)


:pritch:

[B-side]

1. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
2. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
3. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)
4. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
5. The Joke (Jires, 1969)
6. Devi (Ray, 1960)
7. Love One Another (Dreyer, 1922)
8. A Farewell to Arms (Borzage, 1932)
9. The Plough and the Stars (Ford, 1936)
10. Here I Am (Baillie, 1962)

[soitgoes...]

:pritch:
Hey, you reordered my films!

[B-side]

Hey, you reordered my films!

Kairat should be #1, but I'll settle for #4.:lol:

[soitgoes...]

Kairat should be #1, but I'll settle for #4.:lol:
I wish I could say I loved any of your films on your list. I've only seen three, and the best I can muster up is two of them are good enough, thought they pale in comparison with some of the other filmmakers' works (Hou and Ray).

[ContinentalOp]

1. The African Queen- *** 1/2
2. Point Blank (2010)- ***
3. Le Havre- ***
4. Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice- ** 1/2
5. The Good, the Bad, the Weird- ** 1/2
6. Oleanna- **
7. Contraband- *

[B-side]

1. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
2. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
3. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)
4. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
5. The Joke (Jires, 1969)
6. Devi (Ray, 1960)
7. Love One Another (Dreyer, 1922)
8. A Farewell to Arms (Borzage, 1932)
9. The Plough and the Stars (Ford, 1936)
10. Here I Am (Baillie, 1962)

1. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
2. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
3. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)
4. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
5. The Joke (Jires, 1969)
6. Devi (Ray, 1960)
7. Love One Another (Dreyer, 1922)
8. A Farewell to Arms (Borzage, 1932)
9. An Autumn Afternoon (Ozu, 1962)
10. The Plough and the Stars (Ford, 1936)

[soitgoes...]

1. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
2. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
3. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)
4. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
5. The Joke (Jires, 1969)
6. Devi (Ray, 1960)
7. Love One Another (Dreyer, 1922)
8. A Farewell to Arms (Borzage, 1932)
9. An Autumn Afternoon (Ozu, 1962)
10. The Plough and the Stars (Ford, 1936)I wish you liked it more, but I think I should come to expect that from you at this point. Maybe try Record of a Tenement Gentleman or An Inn in Tokyo if you're still looking to dig deeper into Ozu's films.

[Derek]

Maybe try Record of a Tenement Gentleman

Yes! My favorite Ozu so far...very nearly perfect aside from the somewhat disappointing ending.

[B-side]

I wish you liked it more, but I think I should come to expect that from you at this point. Maybe try Record of a Tenement Gentleman or An Inn in Tokyo if you're still looking to dig deeper into Ozu's films.

I've seen An Inn in Tokyo. I liked it a lot.

[Derek]

I've seen An Inn in Tokyo. I liked it a lot.

Record... also isn't one of his most well-known, so I suspect you'll like it a lot too. ;)

[B-side]

Record... also isn't one of his most well-known, so I suspect you'll like it a lot too. ;)

I've liked all the Ozu I've seen recently, so I imagine I will.

[soitgoes...]

Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Time to Die (Kedzierzawska 07)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Donkey Skin (Demy 70)
Illumination (Zanussi 73)
Hell in the City (Castellani 59)
Hell's Angels (Hughes 30)
The Divorcee (Leonard 30)
Kaïrat (Omirbayev 92)
Il bidone (Fellini 55)


Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Time to Die (Kedzierzawska 07)
Spiral (Zanussi 78)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Donkey Skin (Demy 70)
Illumination (Zanussi 73)
Hell in the City (Castellani 59)
Hell's Angels (Hughes 30)
Long Weekend (Eggleston 78)
The Divorcee (Leonard 30)

[B-side]

Spiral (Zanussi 78)

Yes.

[MadMan]

Top Ten:

1. Brazil (1985)-100, Criterion
2. Possession (1981)-95, TCM
3. The Descendants (2011)-95, Theater
4. My Favorite Year (1982)-94, TCM
5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011)-93, DVD
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (2010)-92, DVD
7. The Guard (2011)-90, RedBox
8. Vincent (1982)-90, YouTube
9. Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo (2008)-85, Blu Ray
10. Killer's Kiss (1955)-83, Criterion

The Muddled Middle:

11. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)-83, Blu Ray/Criterion
12. Hotel Chevalier (2007)-80, Blu Ray/Criterion
13. The Ides of March (2011)-75, Blu Ray
14. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)-70, TCM
15. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)-53, IFC
16. Drew Petterson: Untouchable (2012)-45, Lifetime

[Yum-Yum]

1. Thief (Michael Mann, 1981)
2. Psychos in Love (Gorman Bechard, 1987)
3. Macumba Sexual (Jess Franco, 1981)
4. 10 to Midnight (J. Lee Thompson, 1983)
5. Jail House Eros (Sai Hung Fung, 1990)
6. Body Love (Lasse Braun, 1978)
7. Wild Style (Charlie Ahearn, 1983)
8. Mondo Trasho (John Waters, 1969)
9. Joysticks (Greydon Clark, 1983)
10. Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (Kurt Voss, 1997)

Antropophagus (Joe D'Amato, 1980)
Bad Teacher (Jake Kasdan, 2010)
Come With Me My Love (Doris Wishman, 1976)
Deep Throat (Gerard Damiano, 1972)
Deported Women of the SS Special Section (Rino Di Silvestro, 1976)
Escape from Women’s Prison (Giovanni Brusadori, 1978)
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
It Came from Kuchar (2009)
Porno Holocaust (Joe D'Amato, 1981)
Satan Was A Lady (Doris Wishman, 1975)
This Filthy World (Jeff Garlin, 2006)
Zombie Holocaust (Marino Girolami, 1980)

[StanleyK]

1. Cabiria (Giovanni Pastrone, 1914)
2. Cold Water (Olivier Assayas, 1994)
3. Late August, Early September (Olivier Assayas, 1998)
4. The Adventure of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, 2011)
5. The Cheat (Cecil B. DeMille, 1915)
6. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
7. Senna (Asif Kapadia, 2010)
8. Cinderella (James Kirkwood, 1914)
9. The Avenging Conscience (D.W. Griffith, 1914)
10. Tillie's Punctured Romance (Mack Sennett, 1914)

11. Carmen (Cecil B. DeMille, 1915)
12. War Horse (Steven Spielberg, 2011)
13. Easy A (Will Gluck, 2010)
14. Immortals (Tarsem Singh, 2011)

[Russ]

2. Psychos in Love (Gorman Bechard, 1987)

http://209.85.48.10/2898/7/emo/speechless.gif

Oh my dear lord. I need to see this.

Leave it to Yums.

[soitgoes...]

What's your avatar from Russ? :)

[soitgoes...]

Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Time to Die (Kedzierzawska 07)
Spiral (Zanussi 78)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Donkey Skin (Demy 70)
Illumination (Zanussi 73)
Hell in the City (Castellani 59)
Hell's Angels (Hughes 30)
Long Weekend (Eggleston 78)
The Divorcee (Leonard 30)


Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Time to Die (Kedzierzawska 07)
Spiral (Zanussi 78)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Donkey Skin (Demy 70)
Je t'aime, je t'aime (Resnais 68)
Illumination (Zanussi 73)
Hell in the City (Castellani 59)
Hell's Angels (Hughes 30)
Long Weekend (Eggleston 78)


Somewhat disappointing coming off of Last Year in Marienbad and Providence viewings. I was a lot higher on it while watching it last night, but my opinion has slipped some. Still an intriguing film. Two narratives, one linear and one fragmented, all jumbled and mixed together, ask the viewer to be a part of Resnais' memory experiment. I do love how he always seems to be messing with the linear nature of film narrative.

[Weeping_Guitar]

01. Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (Lewin, 1951)
02. The Best Man (Shaffner, 1964)
03. The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011)
04. Drive (Refn, 2011)
05. Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy (Alfredson, 2011)
06. Gone to Earth (Powell/Pressburger, 1950)
07. Gambit (Neame, 1966)
08. High Plains Drifter (Eastwood, 1973)
09. Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (Bromberg/Medrea, 2009)
10. Mysteries of Lisbon (Ruiz, 2010)

[Russ]

2. Psychos in Love (Gorman Bechard, 1987)


http://209.85.48.10/2898/7/emo/speechless.gif

Oh my dear lord. I need to see this.

Leave it to Yums.
This kinda reminded me of Eating Raoul, at least in tone and spirit, with the two serial killers meeting and, well...falling in love. It's all played for laughs, and the humor is very self aware and tongue-in-cheek -- a little too much so at times, as the film employs a good bit of fourth wall-breaking and wink-wink in-jokes. It works best when if focuses on the oddball sweetness and chemistry shared by the leads, Carmine Capobianco and Debi Thibeault.

[Yum-Yum]

This kinda reminded me of Eating Raoul, at least in tone and spirit, with the two serial killers meeting and, well...falling in love. It's all played for laughs, and the humor is very self aware and tongue-in-cheek -- a little too much so at times, as the film employs a good bit of fourth wall-breaking and wink-wink in-jokes. It works best when if focuses on the oddball sweetness and chemistry shared by the leads, Carmine Capobianco and Debi Thibeault.

How long did it take you to shake the ear virus known as the Psychos in Love theme song? Personally, it took me about three to four weeks.

The tone and spirit were so aligned with that of Eating Raoul that they actually kill Nikki the stripper with a frying pan. Well, at least they try to kill her with one (as you know, it took multiple attempts to put Nikki down for good).

I fucking hate grapes!

[Boner M]

1. Milestones (Kramer, 1975)
2. The Phantom Carriage (Sjöström, 1921)
3. Two Years at Sea (Rivers, 2011)
4. The Return (Dorsky, 2011)
5. Eight Deadly Shots (Niskanen, 1972)
6. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
7. small roads (Benning, 2012)
8. The Loneliest Planet (Loktev, 2011)
9. Ballet aquatique (Ruiz, 2012)
10. Le tempestaire (Epstein, 1947)

[Russ]

How long did it take you to shake the ear virus known as the Psychos in Love theme song? Personally, it took me about three to four weeks.

The tone and spirit were so aligned with that of Eating Raoul that they actually kill Nikki the stripper with a frying pan. Well, at least they try to kill her with one (as you know, it took multiple attempts to put Nikki down for good).
Gasping for breath, I was, during that theme song. [/Yoda] The rest of the Casio soundtrack was equally memorable/forgettable (depending on one's point-of-view, of course).

I made the Raoul connection long before the death-by-frying pan, but that just cemented it: the filmmakers were obviously big fans.

Say, when is your review for this going up on your blog? Inquiring fans (and Karim) want to know.


I fucking hate grapes too!

[B-side]

1. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
2. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
3. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)
4. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
5. The Joke (Jires, 1969)
6. Devi (Ray, 1960)
7. Love One Another (Dreyer, 1922)
8. A Farewell to Arms (Borzage, 1932)
9. An Autumn Afternoon (Ozu, 1962)
10. The Plough and the Stars (Ford, 1936)

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
3. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
4. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)
5. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
6. The Joke (Jires, 1969)
7. Devi (Ray, 1960)
8. Two Weeks in Another Town (Minnelli, 1962)
9. Love One Another (Dreyer, 1922)
10. A Farewell to Arms (Borzage, 1932)

[Dead & Messed Up]

The Gold Rush (1925)
Stormy Weather (1943)
Black Death (2011)
The Woman (2011)
Best Worst Movie (2011)
Fright Night (2011)
Contagion (2011)
Burke & Hare (2011)
Pontypool (2009)
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2011)

Troll 2 (1987)
Troll Hunter (2011)
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011)

[Weeping_Guitar]

01. Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (Lewin, 1951)
02. The Artist (Hazanavicius, 2011)
03. The Best Man (Shaffner, 1964)
04. The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011)
05. Drive (Refn, 2011)
06. Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy (Alfredson, 2011)
07. Serenity (Whedon, 2005)
08. Gone to Earth (Powell/Pressburger, 1950)
09. Gambit (Neame, 1966)
10. High Plains Drifter (Eastwood, 1973)

Out:
Mysteries of Lisbon (Ruiz, 2010)
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (Bromberg/Medrea, 2009)

[MadMan]

Top Ten:

1. Brazil (1985)-100, Criterion
2. Possession (1981)-95, TCM
3. The Descendants (2011)-95, Theater
4. My Favorite Year (1982)-94, TCM
5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011)-93, DVD
6. The Kennedy's (2011)-93, Blu Ray
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (2010)-92, DVD
8. The Guard (2011)-90, RedBox
9. Vincent (1982)-90, YouTube
10. Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo (2008)-85, Blu Ray

The Muddled Middle:

11. Killer's Kiss (1955)-83, Criterion
12. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)-83, Blu Ray/Criterion
13. Hotel Chevalier (2007)-80, Blu Ray/Criterion
14. 30 Minutes or Less (2011)-80, RedBox
15. The Ides of March (2011)-75, Blu Ray
16. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)-70, TCM
17. The Help (2011)-57, Family Video
18. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)-53, IFC
19. Drew Petterson: Untouchable (2012)-45, Lifetime

[Sycophant]

1. The Hidden Fortress
2. Japanese Girls at the Harbor
3. Red Cliff
4. Shane
5. The Artist
6. The Emperor and the Assassin
7. Three Outlaw Samurai
8. Silence
9. Enter the Dragon
10. The Ides of March

[B-side]

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
3. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
4. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)
5. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
6. The Joke (Jires, 1969)
7. Devi (Ray, 1960)
8. Two Weeks in Another Town (Minnelli, 1962)
9. Love One Another (Dreyer, 1922)
10. A Farewell to Arms (Borzage, 1932)

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
3. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
4. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
5. Three Days (Bartas, 1992)
6. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)
7. The Joke (Jires, 1969)
8. Devi (Ray, 1960)
9. Two Weeks in Another Town (Minnelli, 1962)
10. Love One Another (Dreyer, 1922)

[Fezzik]

Compared to last year, I am off to a good start.


The Artist (2011)
Drive (2011)
The Grey (2012)
Moneyball (2011)
The Descendants (2011)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
The Woman in Black (2012)

[TGM]

1. The Artist (2011)
2. Moulin Rouge (2001)
3. The Descendants (2011)
4. The Grey (2012)
5. Chronicle (2012)
6. Contraband (2012)
7. The Losers (2010)
8. Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008)
9. A Dangerous Method (2011)
10. The Emperor's New Groove (2000)

[soitgoes...]

Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Time to Die (Kedzierzawska 07)
Spiral (Zanussi 78)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Donkey Skin (Demy 70)
Je t'aime, je t'aime (Resnais 68)
Illumination (Zanussi 73)
Hell in the City (Castellani 59)
Hell's Angels (Hughes 30)
Long Weekend (Eggleston 78)

Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Time to Die (Kedzierzawska 07)
Spiral (Zanussi 78)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Donkey Skin (Demy 70)
Je t'aime, je t'aime (Resnais 68)
Illumination (Zanussi 73)
Hell in the City (Castellani 59)
Kohlhiesel's Daughters (Lubitsch 20)
Hell's Angels (Hughes 30)

[Stay Puft]

1. A Separation (Farhadi '11)
2. Super Mario 64 120 star Speedrun 1:47:10 (Siglemic '11)
3. The Godfather (Coppola '72)
4. RoboCop (Verhoeven '87)
5. Senna (Kapadia '10)
6. The Arbor (Barnard '10)
7. WTC Haikus (Mekas '10)
8. Outrage (Kitano '10)
9. Till Death Do We Scare (Liu '86)
10. Run Tiger Run (Woo '85)

Took about a month but there's ten films I enjoyed.

[B-side]

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
3. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
4. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
5. Three Days (Bartas, 1992)
6. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)
7. The Joke (Jires, 1969)
8. Devi (Ray, 1960)
9. Two Weeks in Another Town (Minnelli, 1962)
10. Love One Another (Dreyer, 1922)

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
3. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
4. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
5. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
6. And Give My Love to the Swallows (Jires, 1972)
7. Three Days (Bartas, 1992)
8. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)
9. The Joke (Jires, 1969)
10. Devi (Ray, 1960)

[Chac Mool]

1. /Pulp Fiction/ (Tarantino, 1994) [****]
2. /The Bridge on the River Kwai/ (Lean, 1957) [****]
3. /Robocop/ (Verhoeven, 1987) [***½]
4. Drive (Winding Refn, 2011) [***]
5. /The Terminator/ (Cameron, 1984) [***]
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II (Yates, 2011) [***]
7. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Bird, 2011) [***]
8. The Adventures of Tintin (Spielberg, 2011) [**½]
9. The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011) [**]
7. Green Lantern (Campbell, 2011) [**]

Repeats in /.../

Update.

[Chac Mool]

4. RoboCop (Verhoeven '87)


I just saw this recently as well and god-damn, was that a good movie or what?

[soitgoes...]

Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Time to Die (Kedzierzawska 07)
Spiral (Zanussi 78)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Donkey Skin (Demy 70)
Je t'aime, je t'aime (Resnais 68)
Illumination (Zanussi 73)
Hell in the City (Castellani 59)
Kohlhiesel's Daughters (Lubitsch 20)
Hell's Angels (Hughes 30)



Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Time to Die (Kedzierzawska 07)
Spiral (Zanussi 78)
From Morn to Midnight (Martin 22)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Donkey Skin (Demy 70)
Je t'aime, je t'aime (Resnais 68)
Illumination (Zanussi 73)
Hell in the City (Castellani 59)
Kohlhiesel's Daughters (Lubitsch 20)

[MadMan]

Top Ten:

1. Brazil (1985)-100, Criterion
2. The Artist (2011)-96, Theater
3. Possession (1981)-95, TCM
4. The Descendants (2011)-95, Theater
5. My Favorite Year (1982)-94, TCM
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011)-93, DVD
7. The Kennedy's (2011)-93, Blu Ray
8. Let's Scare Jessica To Death (1971)-92, DVD rental
9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (2010)-92, DVD
10. The Guard (2011)-90, RedBox

The Muddled Middle:

11. Vincent (1982)-90, YouTube
12. Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo (2008)-85, Blu Ray
13. Killer's Kiss (1955)-83, Criterion
14. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)-83, Blu Ray/Criterion
15. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)-83, Blu Ray
16. Hotel Chevalier (2007)-80, Blu Ray/Criterion
17. 30 Minutes or Less (2011)-80, RedBox
18. The Ides of March (2011)-75, Blu Ray
19. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)-70, TCM

The Bottom of the Pile:

20. The Help (2011)-57, Family Video
21. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)-53, IFC
22. Drew Petterson: Untouchable (2012)-45, Lifetime

[Stay Puft]

I just saw this recently as well and god-damn, was that a good movie or what?

Ha, did you see it in theatres at that digital film festival thing (might have been a Canada thing, not sure where you live)? A friend of mine in Edmonton texted me to brag about watching that and The Terminator back to back on the big screen, but of course I was already there for RoboCop.

The film is a riot. I loved all the news segments and commercials. I want NUKEM to be a real board game.

[Russ]

1. A Royal Scandal (Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger, 1945)
2. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (Kurt Kuenne, 2008)
3. Poil de carotte (Julien Duvivier, 1932)
4. Coeur Fidèle (Jean Epstein, 1923)
5. Poil de carotte (Julien Duvivier, 1925)
6. Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky, 2011)
7. Who Killed Santa Claus? (Roger Chapatte, Christian-Jaque, 1941)
8. New York Confidential (Russell Rouse, 1955)
9. The Taste of Tea (Katsuhito Ishii, 2004)
10. Cry Danger (Robert Parrish, 1951)

[Yxklyx]

1. An Angel at My Table (1990, Jane Campion)
2. Wings (1927, William A. Wellman & Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast)
3. The Taste of Tea (2004, Katsuhito Ishii)
4. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004, Danny Leiner)
5. The Candidate (1972, Michael Ritchie)
6. The Wild Child (1970, François Truffaut)
7. Anaconda (1997, Luis Llosa)
8. What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993, Lasse Hallström)
9. Forbidden Lie$ (2007, Anna Broinowski)
10. Once Were Warriors (1994, Lee Tamahori)

[Sycophant]

1. The Hidden Fortress (Kurosawa)
2. Japanese Girls at the Harbor (Shimizu)
3. Red Cliff (Woo)
4. Shane (Stevens)
5. The Artist (Hazanavicius)
6. Uncle Boonmee (Weerasethakul)
7. The Emperor and the Assassin (Kaige)
8. Three Outlaw Samurai (Gosha)
9. AMV Hell 4 (various)
10. Silence (Shinoda)

Uncle Boonmee may move up if I watch it when fully awake.

11. Enter the Dragon
12. AMV Hell 5
13. The Ides of March
14. Super

[Dukefrukem]

I've seen 28 movies in 2012.

1 A Separation (Farhadi)
2 Drive Refn, (Nicolas)
3 Them! (Douglasm)
4 Contagion (Soderbergh)
5 I Saw the Devil (Kim)
6 We Need to Talk About Kevin (Ramsay)
7 The Adventures of Tintin (Spielberg)
8 The Help (Taylor)
9 13 Assassins (Takashi)
10 The Skin I Live In (Almodóvar)


11 The Ides of March
12 Delhi Belly
13 The Descendants
14 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
15 War Horse
16 Midnight in Paris
17 Albert Nobbs
18 Final Destination 5
19 Inside Job
20 Scream 4
21 Moneyball
22 Apocalypto
23 Meek's Cutoff
24 Hugo
25 Conan the Barbarian
26 Conan the Barbarian (2011)
27 Bad Teacher
28 Apollo 18

[dreamdead]

1. Metropolitan - 9
2. Certified Copy - 9
3. What Happened Was... - 9
4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - 7.5
5. Weekend (2011) - 7.5
6. The Kid with a Bike - 7.5
7. Wuthering Heights (Arnold) - 7
8. The Day He Arrives - 7
9. Gabbeh - 7
10. The Innkeepers - 6.5


OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies - 6.5
The Town - 6
Midnight in Paris - 6
Chak De! India - 6
A Single Man - 6
Martha Marcy May Marlene - 6
A Dangerous Method - 5.5
John Carter - 5.5
Hugo - 5.5
Sleeping Beauty (Leigh) - 5.5
The Sleeping Beauty (Breillat) - 5.5
The Five-Year Engagement - 5
21 Jump Street - 5
The Tempest (Taymor) - 5
Attack the Block - 5
Coco Before Chanel - 5
Green Fish - 5
Rango - 4.5
Shame - 4.5
The Room - 1

[Stay Puft]

1. A Separation (Farhadi '11)
2. Super Mario 64 120 star Speedrun 1:47:10 (Siglemic '11)
3. Eolomea (Zschoche '72)
4. The Godfather (Coppola '72)
5. RoboCop (Verhoeven '87)
6. Senna (Kapadia '10)
7. The Arbor (Barnard '10)
8. WTC Haikus (Mekas '10)
9. Outrage (Kitano '10)
10. Till Death Do We Scare (Liu '86)

[Dukefrukem]

A month in and we're up to ten. :|


Still on pace for 120 movies in 2012. :)

[MadMan]

Three new additions, one of them being added to the Top 10.

Top Ten:

1. Brazil (1985)-100, Criterion
2. Midnight In Paris (2011)-100, Blu Ray
3. The Artist (2011)-96, Theater
4. Possession (1981)-95, TCM
5. The Descendants (2011)-95, Theater
6. My Favorite Year (1982)-94, TCM
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011)-93, DVD
8. The Kennedy's (2011)-93, Blu Ray
9. Let's Scare Jessica To Death (1971)-92, DVD rental
10. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (2010)-92, DVD

The Muddled Middle:

11. The Train (1964)-91, TCM
12. The Guard (2011)-90, RedBox
13. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)-90, DVD rental
14. Vincent (1982)-90, YouTube
15. Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo (2008)-85, Blu Ray
16. Killer's Kiss (1955)-83, Criterion
17. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)-83, Blu Ray/Criterion
18. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)-83, Blu Ray
19. Hotel Chevalier (2007)-80, Blu Ray/Criterion
20. 30 Minutes or Less (2011)-80, RedBox
21. The Ides of March (2011)-75, Blu Ray
22. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)-70, TCM

The Bottom of the Pile:

23. The Help (2011)-57, Family Video
24. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)-53, IFC
25. Drew Petterson: Untouchable (2012)-45, Lifetime

[B-side]

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
3. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
4. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
5. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
6. And Give My Love to the Swallows (Jires, 1972)
7. Three Days (Bartas, 1992)
8. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)
9. The Joke (Jires, 1969)
10. Devi (Ray, 1960)

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
3. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
4. The Telephone Book (Lyon, 1971)
5. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
6. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
7. And Give My Love to the Swallows (Jires, 1972)
8. Three Days (Bartas, 1992)
9. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)
10. The Joke (Jires, 1969)

[Killed_by_Smalls]

1. City of God
2. Certified Copy
3. Marwencol
4. Hugo
5. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
6. Tree of Life
7. Manchurian Candidate (1962)
8. The Ballad of Cable Hogue
9. Red Cliff
10. Down by Law

[ContinentalOp]

1. The African Queen- *** 1/2
2. Dracula (1931)- *** 1/2
3. Midnight in Paris- ***
4. Point Blank (2010)- ***
5. Senna- ***
6. Le Havre- ***
7. Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice- ** 1/2
8. The Good, the Bad, the Weird- ** 1/2
9. Oleanna- **
10. Contraband- *

[Yum-Yum]

1. White of the Eye (Donald Cammell, 1987)
2. Thief (Michael Mann, 1981)
3. Psychos in Love (Gorman Bechard, 1987)
4. Macumba Sexual (Jess Franco, 1981)
5. 10 to Midnight (J. Lee Thompson, 1983)
6. Cecilia (Jess Franco, 1982)
7. Black Lizard (Kinji Fukasaku, 1969)
8. Jail House Eros (Sai Hung Fung, 1990)
9. Body Love (Lasse Braun, 1978)
10. Vortex (Scott B and Beth B, 1982)

Antropophagus (Joe D'Amato, 1980)
Bad Teacher (Jake Kasdan, 2010)
Blank Generation (Ulli Lommel, 1980)
Come With Me My Love (Doris Wishman, 1976)
Deep Throat (Gerard Damiano, 1972)
Deported Women of the SS Special Section (Rino Di Silvestro, 1976)
Devil Came from Akasava, The (Jess Franco, 1971)
Devil Hunter (Jess Franco, 1980)
Escape from Women’s Prison (Giovanni Brusadori, 1978)
Golden Temple Amazons (Jess Franco, 1986)
Inside Deep Throat (Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, 2005)
It Came from Kuchar (Jennifer M. Kroot, 2009)
Joysticks (Greydon Clark, 1983)
Love Story (Chris Hall, 2006)
Mondo Trasho (John Waters, 1969)
Moog (Hans Fjellestad, 2004)
Naked Weapon (Siu-Tung Ching, 2002)
Oasis of the Zombies (Jess Franco, 1981)
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (Kurt Voss, 1997)
Porno Holocaust (Joe D'Amato, 1981)
Satan Was A Lady (Doris Wishman, 1975)
School Teacher, The (Nando Cicero, 1975)
Second Coming of Eva, The (Mac Ahlberg, 1974)
Secrets of Sweet Sixteen (Ernst Hofbauer, 1973)
This Filthy World (Jeff Garlin, 2006)
Wild Style (Charlie Ahearn, 1983)
Zombie Holocaust (Marino Girolami, 1980)

[B-side]

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
3. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
4. The Telephone Book (Lyon, 1971)
5. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
6. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
7. And Give My Love to the Swallows (Jires, 1972)
8. Three Days (Bartas, 1992)
9. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)
10. The Joke (Jires, 1969)

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
3. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
4. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
5. Battle in Heaven (Reygadas, 2005)
6. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
7. The Telephone Book (Lyon, 1971)
8. And Give My Love to the Swallows (Jires, 1972)
9. Three Days (Bartas, 1992)
10. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)

[Derek]

5. Battle in Heaven (Reygadas, 2005)

Ew, fucking awful movie.

[B-side]

Ew, fucking awful movie.

Your mom's an awful movie.

[Spinal]

Ew, fucking awful movie.

So so awful.

[Gizmo]

I've reached the end of my February viewing (32 total):

1. In the Mood for Love 2000
2. Sherlock Jr. 1924
3. The Artist 2011
4. Certified Copy 2011
5. The Last Emperor 1987
6. Another Earth 2011
7. Blue Valentine 2010
8. Moneyball 2011
9. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father 2008
10. Melancholia 2011

Bottom 5:
28. Beer Wars 2009
29. Carnage 2011
30. The Slammin' Salmon 2009
31. Puss in Boots 2011
32. Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel 2009

[B-side]

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
3. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
4. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
5. Battle in Heaven (Reygadas, 2005)
6. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
7. The Telephone Book (Lyon, 1971)
8. And Give My Love to the Swallows (Jires, 1972)
9. Three Days (Bartas, 1992)
10. Arabesque (Donen, 1966)

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
3. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
4. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
5. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
6. Battle in Heaven (Reygadas, 2005)
7. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
8. The Telephone Book (Lyon, 1971)
9. And Give My Love to the Swallows (Jires, 1972)
10. Three Days (Bartas, 1992)

[Boner M]

2. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
Yup, Ceylan's finest hour. Though I still haven't seen Clouds of May.

[B-side]

Yup, Ceylan's finest hour. Though I still haven't seen Clouds of May.

It's certainly my favorite of the three I've seen so far. Climates is up next.

[transmogrifier]

1. Three Monkeys (2008) - 73
2. Bridesmaids (2011) - 71
3. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) - 70
4. Last Year at Marienbad (1961) - 69
5. Ballad of a Soldier (1959) - 67
6. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - 67
7. Never Let Me Go (2010)- 66
8. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) - 65
9. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) - 65
10. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) - 64 The Adventures of Tintin (2011) - 63
X-Men: First Class (2011)- 62
The Grey (2012) - 59
Contagion (2011) - 58
Thor (2011) - 51
Morning Glory (2010) - 49
Drive Angry (2011) - 47
The Thief of Bagdad (1940) - 46
Your Highness (2011) - 39
JCVD (2008) - 37

[Thirdmango]

1. The Law In These Parts (Ra'anan Alexandrowicz 11)
2. The Secret World Of Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi 12)
3. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen 08)
4. Street Angel (Muzhi Yuan 37)
5. Exit Through The Gift Shop (Banksy 10)
6. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen 89)
7. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Guy Ritchie 11)
8. Limitless (Neil Burger 11)
9. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Jon Turteltaub 10)
10. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick 11)

11. Lethal Weapon 2 (Richard Donner 89)

1. The Law In These Parts (Ra'anan Alexandrowicz 11)
2. The Secret World Of Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi 12)
3. Springtime in a Small Town (Tian Zhuangzhuang 02)
4. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen 08)
5. Street Angel (Muzhi Yuan 37)
6. Exit Through The Gift Shop (Banksy 10)
7. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen 89)
8. California Solo (Marshall Lewy 12)
9. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Guy Ritchie 11)
10. Moneyball (Bennett Miller 11)

11. Yellow Earth (Kaige Chen 85)
12. Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn 11)
13. What's Your Number (Mark Mylod 11)
14. Limitless (Neil Burger 11)
15. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Jon Turteltaub 10)
16. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick 11)
17. Life in a Day (Kevin Macdonald 11)
18. Lethal Weapon 2 (Richard Donner 89)
19. Fast Five (Justin Lin 11)
20. Killer Elite (Gary McKendry 11)
21. Lay The Favorite (Stephen Frears 12)

[soitgoes...]

Yup, Ceylan's finest hour. Though I still haven't seen Clouds of May.


It's certainly my favorite of the three I've seen so far. Climates is up next.
Distant is the only one I like, and I like it quite a bit. The rest you can keep.

[B-side]

Distant is the only one I like, and I like it quite a bit. The rest you can keep.

Pfft.


The Plea (Abuladze 67) ***

Glad you liked this one, btw. Not as much as you should have, but I'll take what I can get.:P

[Stay Puft]

1. A Separation (Farhadi '11)
2. Super Mario 64 120 star Speedrun 1:47:10 (Siglemic '11)
3. Eolomea (Zschoche '72)
4. Pina (Wenders '11)
5. The Godfather (Coppola '72)
6. RoboCop (Verhoeven '87)
7. Senna (Kapadia '10)
8. The Arbor (Barnard '10)
9. WTC Haikus (Mekas '10)
10. Outrage (Kitano '10)

[soitgoes...]

Glad you liked this one, btw. Not as much as you should have, but I'll take what I can get.:PYou should just be happy someone else around here watched it. It's one of those films where I know if I was of its nationality I'd probably enjoy it more. Beautiful imagery though. I wish the print was better.

[B-side]

You should just be happy someone else around here watched it. It's one of those films where I know if I was of its nationality I'd probably enjoy it more. Beautiful imagery though. I wish the print was better.

Nobody watches obscure Georgian cinema! It's really one of the main contributing factors to the recession.

[Derek]

Nobody watches obscure Georgian cinema!

Is there any Georgian cinema that's not obscure? ;)

[soitgoes...]

Is there any Georgian cinema that's not obscure? ;)

Gone with the Wind?

[B-side]

Is there any Georgian cinema that's not obscure? ;)

There is one (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169828/) that's somewhat widely regarded. I assume the lack of international recognition of Georgian cinema is less a matter of the films themselves than availability. They're not far removed from Soviet productions, though they do have a bit of their own distinct flavor.

[Derek]

There is one (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169828/) that's somewhat widely regarded. I assume the lack of international recognition of Georgian cinema is less a matter of the films themselves than availability. They're not far removed from Soviet productions, though they do have a bit of their own distinct flavor.

Oh, I'm sure that's the case. I didn't mean it a slight to their national cinema, which I'm sure has plenty of gems. Just that your use of "obscure" was somewhat redundant.

[Derek]

Gone with the Wind?

Never seen it. Off to watch Misery Party.

[B-side]

Oh, I'm sure that's the case. I didn't mean it a slight to their national cinema, which I'm sure has plenty of gems. Just that your use of "obscure" was somewhat redundant.

That was intentional, btw.:P

[B-side]

Never seen it. Off to watch Misery Party.

I IMDb'd it. I'm such a failure.

[Derek]

I IMDb'd it. I'm such a failure.

:lol:

Winston* wins again. To be fair, I would be all over a movie called Misery Party too.

[B-side]

:lol:

Winston* wins again. To be fair, I would be all over a movie called Misery Party too.

I IMDb'd all of those titles he mentioned, too. So gullible. Or is that what you're referring to? I'm slow tonight.

More like every night!

[Derek]

Or is that what you're referring to?

It is. Misery Party was one of the titles he mentioned. I still remember that and Borscht. :)

[B-side]

It is. Misery Party was one of the titles he mentioned. I still remember that and Borscht. :)

Heh. That sneaky bastard.

[StanleyK]

1. Cabiria (Giovanni Pastrone, 1914)
2. Cold Water (Olivier Assayas, 1994)
3. Late August, Early September (Olivier Assayas, 1998)
4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
5. Les Vampires (Louis Feuillade, 1915)
6. The Adventure of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, 2011)
7. Regeneration (Raoul Walsh, 1915)
8. The Cheat (Cecil B. DeMille, 1915)
9. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
10. Man on Wire (James Marsh, 2008)


11. Senna (Asif Kapadia, 2010)
12. Cinderella (James Kirkwood, 1914)
13. The King's Speech (Tom Hooper, 2010)
14. The Avenging Conscience (D.W. Griffith, 1914)
15. A Fool There Was (Frank Powell, 1915)
16. Tillie's Punctured Romance (Mack Sennett, 1914)
17. Carmen (Cecil B. DeMille, 1915)
18. War Horse (Steven Spielberg, 2011)
19. Easy A (Will Gluck, 2010)
20. Immortals (Tarsem Singh, 2011)

[MadMan]

I'm going in threes apparently, but hey it is the third month after all. All new entries cracking the Top 10, too.

Top Ten:

1. Brazil (1985)-100, Criterion
2. Midnight In Paris (2011)-100, Blu Ray
3. Dead Man's Shoes (2004)-100, Netflix Instant Viewing
4. Hugo (2011)-98, Blu Ray
5. The Artist (2011)-96, Theater
6. Possession (1981)-95, TCM
7. The Descendants (2011)-95, Theater
8. My Favorite Year (1982)-94, TCM
9. The Lady Vanishes (1938)-93, Criterion
10. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011)-93, DVD

The Muddled Middle:

11. The Kennedy's (2011)-93, Blu Ray
12. Let's Scare Jessica To Death (1971)-92, DVD rental
13. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (2010)-92, DVD
14. The Train (1964)-91, TCM
15. The Guard (2011)-90, RedBox
16. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)-90, DVD rental
17. Vincent (1982)-90, YouTube
18. Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo (2008)-85, Blu Ray
19. Killer's Kiss (1955)-83, Criterion
20. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)-83, Blu Ray/Criterion
21. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)-83, Blu Ray
22. Hotel Chevalier (2007)-80, Blu Ray/Criterion
23. 30 Minutes or Less (2011)-80, RedBox
24. The Ides of March (2011)-75, Blu Ray
25. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)-70, TCM

The Bottom of the Pile:

26. The Help (2011)-57, Family Video
27. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)-53, IFC
28. Drew Petterson: Untouchable (2012)-45, Lifetime

[B-side]

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
3. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
4. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
5. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
6. Battle in Heaven (Reygadas, 2005)
7. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
8. The Telephone Book (Lyon, 1971)
9. And Give My Love to the Swallows (Jires, 1972)
10. Three Days (Bartas, 1992)

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
3. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
4. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
5. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
6. Battle in Heaven (Reygadas, 2005)
7. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
8. Three Days (Bartas, 1992)
9. Time to Love (Erksan, 1965)
10. The Telephone Book (Lyon, 1971)

[MadMan]

Four new additions:

Top Ten:

1. Brazil (1985)-100, Criterion
2. Midnight In Paris (2011)-100, Blu Ray
3. Dead Man's Shoes (2004)-100, Netflix Instant Viewing
4. Hugo (2011)-98, Blu Ray
5. The Artist (2011)-96, Theater
6. Possession (1981)-95, TCM
7. The Descendants (2011)-95, Theater
8. My Favorite Year (1982)-94, TCM
9. The Lady Vanishes (1938)-93, Criterion
10. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011)-93, DVD

The Muddled Middle:

11. The Kennedy's (2011)-93, Blu Ray
12. THX 1138 (1971)-93, DVD rental
13. Let's Scare Jessica To Death (1971)-92, DVD rental
14. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (2010)-92, DVD
15. The Train (1964)-91, TCM
16. The Guard (2011)-90, RedBox
17. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)-90, DVD rental
18. Vincent (1982)-90, YouTube
19. Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007)-87, Netflix Instant Viewing
20. Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo (2008)-85, Blu Ray
21. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)-85, DVD
22. Killer's Kiss (1955)-83, Criterion
23. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)-83, Blu Ray/Criterion
24. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)-83, Blu Ray
25. Hotel Chevalier (2007)-80, Blu Ray/Criterion
26. 30 Minutes or Less (2011)-80, RedBox
27. The Ides of March (2011)-75, Blu Ray
28. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)-70, TCM

The Bottom of the Pile:

29. The Help (2011)-57, Family Video
30. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)-53, IFC
31. Drew Petterson: Untouchable (2012)-45, Lifetime
32. Bride of the Monster (1955)-24, DVD

[transmogrifier]

1. Three Monkeys (2008) - 73
2. Bridesmaids (2011) - 71
3. Fright Night (2011) - 71
4. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) - 70
5. Horrible Bosses (2011) - 69
6. Last Year at Marienbad (1961) - 69
7. Ballad of a Soldier (1959) - 67
8. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - 67
9. Never Let Me Go (2010)- 66
10. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) - 65


Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) - 65
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) - 64
The Adventures of Tintin (2011) - 63
X-Men: First Class (2011)- 62
The Grey (2012) - 59
Contagion (2011) - 58
Miss Bala (2011) - 51
Thor (2011) - 51
Morning Glory (2010) - 49
Drive Angry (2011) - 47
The Thief of Bagdad (1940) - 46
Your Highness (2011) - 39
JCVD (2008) - 37

[Fezzik]

Updated:


The Artist (2011)
Drive (2011)
The Grey (2012)
Hugo (2011)
Moneyball (2011)
The Descendants (2011)
John Carter (2012)
50/50 (2011)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
Be Cool (2005)



11. The Woman in Black (2012)

[ContinentalOp]

1. Dracula (1931, Phillip Glass score)- ****
2. The African Queen- *** 1/2
3. The Artist- *** /12
4. Girl on the Bridge- *** 1/2
5. Midnight in Paris- ***
6. Point Blank (2010)- ***
7. Senna- ***
8. Rampart- ***
9. Le Havre- ***
10. Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice- ** 1/2


11. The Good, the Bad, the Weird- ** 1/2
12. Oleanna- **
13. Contraband- *

[Mysterious Dude]

1. Orochi (1925)
2. The Joke (1969)
3. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
4. Medea (1969)
5. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
6. Chico & Rita (2010)
7. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead (1990)
8. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
9. Lifeboat (1944)
10. My Way Home (1978)

I've also decided that 2012 will be the year of the re-watch.

1. Metropolis (1927)
2. The Man in the White Suit (1951)
3. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
4. Alien (1979)
5. The Piano (1993)
6. City Lights (1931)
7. Airplane! (1980)
8. Bound (1996)
9. MirrorMask (2005)
10. Alphaville (1965)

MirrorMask fell the furthest in my estimation. The first time I saw it, I was in love with the art direction, but this last time, the cinematography was so dark that I could hardly appreciate it. Maybe my TV got smaller.

Bound didn't do so well, either. Another one where I love the style, but this time I couldn't help noticing the screenplay, how terrible it was, and how the actors deliver their lines with no conviction whatsoever.

[Yxklyx]

1. Orochi (1925)
2. The Joke (1969)
3. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
4. Medea (1969)
5. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
6. Chico & Rita (2010)
7. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead (1990)
8. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
9. Lifeboat (1944)
10. My Way Home (1978)

I've also decided that 2012 will be the year of the re-watch.

...

Start a thread? Still haven't seen the "new" Metropolis.

[Stay Puft]

1. A Separation (Farhadi '11)
2. Super Mario 64 120 star Speedrun 1:47:10 (Siglemic '11)
3. Eolomea (Zschoche '72)
4. The Lady Vanishes (Hitchcock '38)
5. Pina (Wenders '11)
6. The Godfather (Coppola '72)
7. RoboCop (Verhoeven '87)
8. Senna (Kapadia '10)
9. Rapt (Belvaux '09)
10. The Arbor (Barnard '10)

[MadMan]

A couple more new additions, with one of them cracking the Top 10.

Top Ten:

1. Brazil (1985)-100, Criterion
2. Midnight In Paris (2011)-100, Blu Ray
3. Dead Man's Shoes (2004)-100, Netflix Instant Viewing
4. Hugo (2011)-98, Blu Ray
5. Wall-E (2008)-97, Blu Ray
6. The Artist (2011)-96, Theater
7. Possession (1981)-95, TCM
8. The Descendants (2011)-95, Theater
9. My Favorite Year (1982)-94, TCM
10. The Lady Vanishes (1938)-93, Criterion

The Muddled Middle:

11. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011)-93, DVD
12. The Kennedy's (2011)-93, Blu Ray
13. THX 1138 (1971)-93, DVD rental
14. Let's Scare Jessica To Death (1971)-92, DVD rental
15. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (2010)-92, DVD
16. The Train (1964)-91, TCM
17. My Week With Marilyn (2011)-91, Blu Ray
18. The Guard (2011)-90, RedBox
19. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)-90, DVD rental
20. Vincent (1982)-90, YouTube
21. Game Change (2012)-90, HBO Films
22. Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007)-87, Netflix Instant Viewing
23. American Pie (1999)-85, Blu Ray
24. Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo (2008)-85, Blu Ray
25. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)-85, DVD
26. Killer's Kiss (1955)-83, Criterion
27. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)-83, Blu Ray/Criterion
28. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)-83, Blu Ray
29. Presto (2008)-83, Blu Ray
30. Hotel Chevalier (2007)-80, Blu Ray/Criterion
31. 30 Minutes or Less (2011)-80, RedBox
32. The Ides of March (2011)-75, Blu Ray
33. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)-70, TCM

The Bottom of the Pile:

34. The Help (2011)-57, Family Video
35. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)-53, IFC
36. Drew Petterson: Untouchable (2012)-45, Lifetime
37. Bride of the Monster (1955)-24, DVD

[soitgoes...]

Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Time to Die (Kedzierzawska 07)
Spiral (Zanussi 78)
From Morn to Midnight (Martin 22)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Donkey Skin (Demy 70)
Je t'aime, je t'aime (Resnais 68)
Illumination (Zanussi 73)
Hell in the City (Castellani 59)
Kohlhiesel's Daughters (Lubitsch 20)



Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Tears of the Black Tiger (Sasanatieng 00)
Time to Die (Kedzierzawska 07)
Spiral (Zanussi 78)
From Morn to Midnight (Martin 22)
Citizen Dog (Sasanatieng 04)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Donkey Skin (Demy 70)
Je t'aime, je t'aime (Resnais 68)
Illumination (Zanussi 73)

[Izzy Black]

1. The Turin Horse (Tarr, 2011)
2. Suzhou River (Lou, 2000)
3. Beijing Bicycle (Wang, 2001)
4. Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis (Ruttman, 1927)
5. Haywire (Soderbergh, 2012)
6. Tekkonkinkreet (Arias, 2006)
7. Rita & Chico (Errando, 2010)
8. Hunger Games (Ross, 2012)
9. The Descendants (Payne, 2011)
10. Contagion (Soderbergh, 2011)

[Dukefrukem]

I've seen 28 movies in 2012.

1 A Separation (Farhadi)
2 Drive Refn, (Nicolas)
3 Them! (Douglasm)
4 Contagion (Soderbergh)
5 I Saw the Devil (Kim)
6 We Need to Talk About Kevin (Ramsay)
7 The Adventures of Tintin (Spielberg)
8 The Help (Taylor)
9 13 Assassins (Takashi)
10 The Skin I Live In (Almodóvar)


11 The Ides of March
12 Delhi Belly
13 The Descendants
14 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
15 War Horse
16 Midnight in Paris
17 Albert Nobbs
18 Final Destination 5
19 Inside Job
20 Scream 4
21 Moneyball
22 Apocalypto
23 Meek's Cutoff
24 Hugo
25 Conan the Barbarian
26 Conan the Barbarian (2011)
27 Bad Teacher
28 Apollo 18


I have seen 49 movies in 2012. Bolded the most recent.


1 Burn After Reading
2 A Separation
3 Drive
4 21 Jump Street
5 Contagion
6 I Saw the Devil
7 We Need to Talk About Kevin
8 The Grey
9 John Carter
10 The Man Who Wasn't There


11 The Adventures of Tintin
12 The Help
13 13 Assassins
14 The Skin I Live In
15 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
16 Them!
17 The Ides of March
18 Hard Candy
19 Delhi Belly
20 The Descendants
21 Chronicle
22 Midnight in Paris
23 Another Earth
24 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
25 War Horse
26 The Woman in Black
27 Albert Nobbs
28 Final Destination 5
29 Inside Job
30 Game Change
31 [Rec] ²
32 Scream 4
33 Moneyball
34 A Serious Man
35 Apocalypto
36 The Hunger Games
37 Meek's Cutoff
38 Shrooms
39 Outlander
40 Hugo
41 Conan the Barbarian
42 Conan the Barbarian
43 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
44 Bad Teacher
45 Whiteout
46 Quarantine 2: Terminal
47 Apollo 18
48 Machete
49 Humanoids from the Deep

[B-side]

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
3. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
4. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
5. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
6. Battle in Heaven (Reygadas, 2005)
7. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
8. Three Days (Bartas, 1992)
9. Time to Love (Erksan, 1965)
10. The Telephone Book (Lyon, 1971)

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)
3. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
4. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
5. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
6. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
7. Battle in Heaven (Reygadas, 2005)
8. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
9. Three Days (Bartas, 1992)
10. Time to Love (Erksan, 1965)

[B-side]

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)
3. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
4. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
5. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
6. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
7. Battle in Heaven (Reygadas, 2005)
8. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
9. Three Days (Bartas, 1992)
10. Time to Love (Erksan, 1965)

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)
3. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
4. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
5. Magdalena Viraga (Menkes, 1987)
6. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
7. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
8. Battle in Heaven (Reygadas, 2005)
9. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
10. Time to Love (Erksan, 1965)

[Yum-Yum]

1. Stripped to Kill II: Live Girls (Katt Shea, 1989)
2. Necropolis (Bruce Hickey, 1987)
3. Psychos in Love (Gorman Bechard, 1987)
4. White of the Eye (Donald Cammell, 1987)
5. Necromantik 2 (Jörg Buttgereit, 1991)
6. Thief (Michael Mann, 1981)
7. Black Lizard (Kinji Fukasaku, 1969)
8. 10 to Midnight (J. Lee Thompson, 1983)
9. Macumba Sexual (Jess Franco, 1983)
10. Vortex (Scott B and Beth B, 1982)

Antropophagus (Joe D’Amato, 1980)
Bad Teacher (Jake Kasdan, 2011)
Blank Generation (Ulli Lommel, 1980)
Body Love (Lasse Braun, 1978)
Bridesmaids (Paul Feig, 2011)
Cecilia (Jess Franco, 1982)
Come With Me My Love (Doris Wishman, 1976)
Deep Throat (Gerard Damiano, 1972)
Deported Women of the SS Special Section (Rino Di Silvestro, 1976)
Devil Came from Akasava, The (Jess Franco, 1971)
Devil Hunter (Jess Franco, 1980)
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro (Jess Franco, 1983)
Eliminators (Peter Manoogian, 1985)
Escape from Women’s Prison (Giovanni Brusadori, 1978)
Golden Temple Amazons (Jess Franco, 1986)
Good Hair (Jeff Stilson, 2009)
Inside Deep Throat (Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, 2005)
It Came from Kuchar (Jennifer M. Kroot, 2009)
Jail House Eros (Sai Hung Fung, 1990)
Joysticks (Greydon Clark, 1983)
Justine and Juliette (Mac Ahlberg, 1975)
Love Story (Chris Hall, 2006)
Mondo Trasho (John Waters, 1969)
Moog (Hans Fjellestad, 2004)
Naked Weapon (Siu-Tung Ching, 2002)
Necromantik (Jörg Buttgereit, 1987)
Oasis of the Zombies (Jess Franco, 1981)
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (Kurt Voss, 1997)
Porno Holocaust (Joe D'Amato, 1981)
Rats: Night of Terror (Bruno Mattei, 1984)
Satan Was A Lady (Doris Wishman, 1975)
School Teacher, The (Nando Cicero, 1975)
Second Coming of Eva, The (Mac Ahlberg, 1974)
Secrets of Sweet Sixteen (Ernst Hofbauer, 1973)
Sex Is Crazy, The (Jess Franco, 1981)
She Wolves of the Wasteland (Robert Hayes, 1988)
Stripped to Kill (Katt Shea, 1987)
Sucker Punch (Zack Snyder, 2011)
This Filthy World (Jeff Garlin, 2006)
Voyeur, The (Tinto Brass, 1994)
Wild Style (Charlie Ahearn, 1983)
Zombie Holocaust (Marino Girolami, 1980)

[B-side]

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)
3. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
4. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
5. Magdalena Viraga (Menkes, 1987)
6. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
7. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
8. Battle in Heaven (Reygadas, 2005)
9. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
10. Time to Love (Erksan, 1965)

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
3. The House Is Black (Farrokhzad, 1963)
4. Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)
5. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
6. Magdalena Viraga (Menkes, 1987)
7. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
8. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
9. Battle in Heaven (Reygadas, 2005)
10. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)

[Gizmo]

End of March, up to 45 seen:

1. In the Mood for Love 2000
2. Sherlock Jr. 1924
3. The Artist 2011
4. The Last Emperor 1987
5. A Separation 2011
6. Blue Valentine 2010
7. Another Earth 2011
8. Certified Copy 2011
9. XXY 2008
10. Moneyball 2011

Bottom 5:
41. Carnage 2011
42. Slammin' Salmon 2009
43. Cowboys and Aliens 2011
44. Puss in Boots 2011
45. Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel 2009

[Yxklyx]

1. An Angel at My Table (1990, Jane Campion)
2. Wings (1927, William A. Wellman & Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast)
3. The Taste of Tea (2004, Katsuhito Ishii)
4. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004, Danny Leiner)
5. The Shooting (1966, Monte Hellman)
6. The Candidate (1972, Michael Ritchie)
7. The Wild Child (1970, François Truffaut)
8. Brain Damage (1988, Frank Henenlotter)
9. Take Shelter (2011, Jeff Nichols)
10. Miss Bala (2011, Gerardo Naranjo)

[B-side]

5. The Shooting (1966, Monte Hellman)

:)

[StanleyK]

1. Cabiria (Giovanni Pastrone, 1914)
2. Cold Water (Olivier Assayas, 1994)
3. Late August, Early September (Olivier Assayas, 1998)
4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
5. The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011)
6. Les Vampires (Louis Feuillade, 1915)
7. Going Straight (Chester M. Franklin & Sidney Franklin, 1916)
8. The Adventure of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, 2011)
9. Regeneration (Raoul Walsh, 1915)
10. The Cheat (Cecil B. DeMille, 1915)



11. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
12. Man on Wire (James Marsh, 2008)
13. Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011)
14. Senna (Asif Kapadia, 2010)
15. Cinderella (James Kirkwood, 1914)
16. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Stuart Paton, 1916)
17. The King's Speech (Tom Hooper, 2010)
18. The Avenging Conscience (D.W. Griffith, 1914)
19. A Fool There Was (Frank Powell, 1915)
20. Tillie's Punctured Romance (Mack Sennett, 1914)
21. Joan the Woman (Cecil B. DeMille, 1916)
22. Carmen (Cecil B. DeMille, 1915)
23. War Horse (Steven Spielberg, 2011)
24. Easy A (Will Gluck, 2010)
25. Immortals (Tarsem Singh, 2011)
26. Where Are My Children? (Phillips Smalley & Lois Weber, 1916)

[Stay Puft]

1. A Separation (Farhadi '11)
2. Super Mario 64 120 star Speedrun 1:47:10 (Siglemic '11)
3. Eolomea (Zschoche '72)
4. The Lady Vanishes (Hitchcock '38)
5. The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (Losier '11)
6. Pina (Wenders '11)
7. The Godfather (Coppola '72)
8. RoboCop (Verhoeven '87)
9. Senna (Kapadia '10)
10. Rapt (Belvaux '09)

[soitgoes...]

Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Tears of the Black Tiger (Sasanatieng 00)
Time to Die (Kedzierzawska 07)
Spiral (Zanussi 78)
From Morn to Midnight (Martin 22)
Citizen Dog (Sasanatieng 04)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Donkey Skin (Demy 70)
Je t'aime, je t'aime (Resnais 68)
Illumination (Zanussi 73)


In the Heat of the Sun (Jiang 94)
Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Tears of the Black Tiger (Sasanatieng 00)
Time to Die (Kedzierzawska 07)
Spiral (Zanussi 78)
From Morn to Midnight (Martin 22)
Citizen Dog (Sasanatieng 04)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Donkey Skin (Demy 70)
Je t'aime, je t'aime (Resnais 68)
Illumination (Zanussi 73)

[Stay Puft]

1. Night Moves (Penn '75)
2. A Separation (Farhadi '11)
3. Super Mario 64 120 star Speedrun 1:47:10 (Siglemic '11)
4. Eolomea (Zschoche '72)
5. The Lady Vanishes (Hitchcock '38)
6. The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (Losier '11)
7. Pina (Wenders '11)
8. The Godfather (Coppola '72)
9. RoboCop (Verhoeven '87)
10. Senna (Kapadia '10)

Arthur Penn has been dominating my lists the last couple years. Goddamn.

[Russ]

1. Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)
2. A Royal Scandal (Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger, 1945)
3. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (Kurt Kuenne, 2008)
4. Poil de carotte (Julien Duvivier, 1932)
5. Coeur Fidèle (Jean Epstein, 1923)
6. Poil de carotte (Julien Duvivier, 1925)
7. Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) (Jan Svankmajer, 2010)
8. Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky, 2011)
9. Who Killed Santa Claus? (Roger Chapatte, Christian-Jaque, 1941)
10. The Taste of Tea (Katsuhito Ishii, 2004)

[B-side]

In the Heat of the Sun (Jiang 94)

I thought that looked interesting.

[soitgoes...]

I thought that looked interesting.

See the FDT.

[B-side]

See the FDT.

I don't know what this means.

[soitgoes...]

I don't know what this means.

Film Discussion Thread

[Fezzik]

Updated:


The Artist (2011)
Drive (2011)
21 Jump Street (2012)
The Grey (2012)
Hugo (2011)
Moneyball (2011)
The Descendants (2011)
The Hunger Games (2012)
John Carter (2012)
50/50 (2011)


11. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
12. Goon (2012)
13. Be Cool (2005)
14. The Woman in Black (2012)
15. Meeting Evil (2012)

[Thirdmango]

1. The Law In These Parts (Ra'anan Alexandrowicz 11)
2. The Secret World Of Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi 12)
3. Springtime in a Small Town (Tian Zhuangzhuang 02)
4. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen 08)
5. Street Angel (Muzhi Yuan 37)
6. Exit Through The Gift Shop (Banksy 10)
7. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen 89)
8. California Solo (Marshall Lewy 12)
9. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Guy Ritchie 11)
10. Moneyball (Bennett Miller 11)

11. Yellow Earth (Kaige Chen 85)
12. Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn 11)
13. What's Your Number (Mark Mylod 11)
14. Limitless (Neil Burger 11)
15. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Jon Turteltaub 10)
16. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick 11)
17. Life in a Day (Kevin Macdonald 11)
18. Lethal Weapon 2 (Richard Donner 89)
19. Fast Five (Justin Lin 11)
20. Killer Elite (Gary McKendry 11)
21. Lay The Favorite (Stephen Frears 12)

A little bit of reordering and a bunch of new films to the top ten.

1. The Law In These Parts (Ra'anan Alexandrowicz 11)
2. Revolver (Guy Ritchie 05)
3. Election (Johnnie To 05)
4. The Secret World Of Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi 12)
5. Young Adult (Jason Reitman 11)
6. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch 01)
7. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen 08)
8. Springtime in a Small Town (Tian Zhuangzhuang 02)
9. Street Angel (Muzhi Yuan 37)
10. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen 89)

11. A Beautiful Life (Andrew Lau 11)
12. Exit Through The Gift Shop (Banksy 10)
13. California Solo (Marshall Lewy 12)
14. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Guy Ritchie 11)
15. Moneyball (Bennett Miller 11)
16. Yellow Earth (Kaige Chen 85)
17. Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn 11)
18. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor 12)
19. John Carter (Andrew Stanton 12)
20. What's Your Number (Mark Mylod 11)
21. Limitless (Neil Burger 11)
22. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Jon Turteltaub 10)
23. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick 11)
24. Life in a Day (Kevin Macdonald 11)
25. Lethal Weapon 2 (Richard Donner 89)
26. Fast Five (Justin Lin 11)
27. Killer Elite (Gary McKendry 11)
28. Lay The Favorite (Stephen Frears 12)

[Dead & Messed Up]

The Gold Rush (1925)
Mother (2009)
Stormy Weather (1943)
Apocalypto (2006)
Black Death (2011)
The Woman (2011)
Best Worst Movie (2011)
Fright Night (2011)
The Woman in Black (2012)
Contagion (2011)

Burke & Hare (2011)
Pontypool (2009)
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2011)
Religulous (2011)
Troll 2 (1987)
Troll Hunter (2011)
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011)
The Video Dead (1987)

[Boner M]

1. Milestones (Kramer, 1975)
2. The Phantom Carriage (Sjöström, 1921)
3. Two Years at Sea (Rivers, 2011)
4. The Return (Dorsky, 2011)
5. Eight Deadly Shots (Niskanen, 1972)
6. Routine Pleasures (Gorin, 1986)
7. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
8. small roads (Benning, 2012)
9. The Loneliest Planet (Loktev, 2011)
10. Liverpool (Alonso, 2008)

[MadMan]

I'm having a fairly solid viewing year, as I'm now at 42 movies.

Oh and a couple recent additions to the Top 10, too.

Top Ten:

1. Brazil (1985)-100, Criterion
2. Midnight In Paris (2011)-100, Blu Ray
3. Natural Born Killers (1994)-100, Blu Ray
4. Dead Man's Shoes (2004)-100, Netflix Instant Viewing
5. Mystery Train (1989)-98, Criterion
6. Hugo (2011)-98, Blu Ray
7. Wall-E (2008)-97, Blu Ray
8. The Artist (2011)-96, Theater
9. Possession (1981)-95, TCM
10. The Descendants (2011)-95, Theater

The Muddled Middle:

11. My Favorite Year (1982)-94, TCM
12. The Lady Vanishes (1938)-93, Criterion
13. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011)-93, DVD
14. The Kennedy's (2011)-93, Blu Ray
15. THX 1138 (1971)-93, DVD rental
16. This Gun For Hire (1942)-92, TCM
17. Let's Scare Jessica To Death (1971)-92, DVD rental
18. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (2010)-92, DVD
19. The Train (1964)-91, TCM
20. My Week With Marilyn (2011)-91, Blu Ray
21. The Guard (2011)-90, RedBox
22. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)-90, DVD rental
23. Vincent (1982)-90, YouTube
24. Game Change (2012)-90, HBO Films
25. Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007)-87, Netflix Instant Viewing
26. American Pie (1999)-85, Blu Ray
27. Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo (2008)-85, Blu Ray
28. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)-85, DVD
29. Killer's Kiss (1955)-83, Criterion
30. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)-83, Blu Ray/Criterion
31. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)-83, Blu Ray
32. Presto (2008)-83, Blu Ray
33. Hotel Chevalier (2007)-80, Blu Ray/Criterion
34. They Drive By Night (1940)-80, TCM
35. 30 Minutes or Less (2011)-80, RedBox
36. The Ides of March (2011)-75, Blu Ray
37. Ghoulies (1985)-70, This! TV
38. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)-70, TCM

The Bottom of the Pile:

39. The Help (2011)-57, Family Video
40. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)-53, IFC
41. Drew Petterson: Untouchable (2012)-45, Lifetime
42. Bride of the Monster (1955)-24, DVD

[ContinentalOp]

1. The Raid- ****
2. Dracula (1931, Phillip Glass score)- ****
3. The African Queen- *** 1/2
4. The Artist- *** 1/2
5. Girl on the Bridge- *** 1/2
6. Midnight in Paris- ***
7. Alien- ***
8. Point Blank (2010)- ***
9. 21 Jump Street- ***
10. Senna- ***



11. Rampart- ***
12. Le Havre- ***
13. Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice- ** 1/2
14. Hugo- ** 1/2
15. The Good, the Bad, the Weird- ** 1/2
16. Billy Madison- ** 1/2
17. Salvador- ** 1/2
18. Oleanna- **
19. Contraband- *

[B-side]

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
3. The House Is Black (Farrokhzad, 1963)
4. Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)
5. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
6. Magdalena Viraga (Menkes, 1987)
7. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
8. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
9. Battle in Heaven (Reygadas, 2005)
10. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
3. All That Jazz (Fosse, 1979)
4. The House Is Black (Farrokhzad, 1963)
5. Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)
6. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
7. Magdalena Viraga (Menkes, 1987)
8. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
9. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
10. Battle in Heaven (Reygadas, 2005)

[Fezzik]

Updated with Lockout and The Cabin in the Woods


The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
The Artist (2011)
Drive (2011)
21 Jump Street (2012)
The Grey (2012)
Hugo (2011)
Moneyball (2011)
The Descendants (2011)
The Hunger Games (2012)
John Carter (2012)



11. 50/50 (2011)
12. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
13. Goon (2012)
14. Be Cool (2005)
15. The Woman in Black (2012)
16. Lockout (2012)
17. Meeting Evil (2012)

[B-side]

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
3. All That Jazz (Fosse, 1979)
4. The House Is Black (Farrokhzad, 1963)
5. Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)
6. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
7. Magdalena Viraga (Menkes, 1987)
8. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
9. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)
10. Battle in Heaven (Reygadas, 2005)

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Utamaro and His Five Women (Mizoguchi, 1946)
3. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
4. All That Jazz (Fosse, 1979)
5. The House Is Black (Farrokhzad, 1963)
6. Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)
7. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
8. Magdalena Viraga (Menkes, 1987)
9. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
10. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)

[Fezzik]

Updated with The Raid: Redemption


The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
The Raid: Redemption (2012)
The Artist (2011)
Drive (2011)
21 Jump Street (2012)
The Grey (2012)
Hugo (2011)
Moneyball (2011)
The Descendants (2011)
The Hunger Games (2012)



11. John Carter (2012)
12. 50/50 (2011)
13. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
14. Goon (2012)
15. Be Cool (2005)
16. The Woman in Black (2012)
17. Lockout (2012)
18. Meeting Evil (2012)

[Ivan Drago]

1. Midnight In Paris (Woody Allen, 2011)
2. The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, 2011)
3. Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011)
4. Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008)
5. The Descendants (Alexander Payne, 2011)
6. The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011)
7. Into The Abyss (Werner Herzog, 2011)
8. Life In A Day (Kevin MacDonald, 2011)
9. Red State (Kevin Smith, 2011)
10. The Help (Tate Taylor, 2011)


11. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
12. War Horse (Steven Spielberg, 2011)

1. Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011)
2. Midnight In Paris (Woody Allen, 2011)
3. The Cabin in the Woods (Drew Goddard, 2012)
4. The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, 2011)
5. Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008)
6. It's Such A Beautiful Day (Don Hertzfeldt, 2011)
7. The Descendants (Alexander Payne, 2011)
8. The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011)
9. Into The Abyss (Werner Herzog, 2011)
10. I Am So Proud of You (Don Hertzfeldt, 2008)


11. Life In A Day (Kevin MacDonald, 2011)
12. Red State (Kevin Smith, 2011)
13. The Help (Tate Taylor, 2011)
14. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
15. War Horse (Steven Spielberg, 2011)

[Russ]

1. Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)
2. Nuit Noire (Olivier Smolders, 2005)
3. A Royal Scandal (Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger, 1945)
4. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (Kurt Kuenne, 2008)
5. Poil de carotte (Julien Duvivier, 1932)
6. The Cabin in the Woods (Drew Goddard, 2011)
7. Coeur Fidèle (Jean Epstein, 1923)
8. Poil de carotte (Julien Duvivier, 1925)
9. Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) (Jan Svankmajer, 2010)
10. Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky, 2011)

[B-side]

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Utamaro and His Five Women (Mizoguchi, 1946)
3. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
4. All That Jazz (Fosse, 1979)
5. The House Is Black (Farrokhzad, 1963)
6. Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)
7. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
8. Magdalena Viraga (Menkes, 1987)
9. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007)
10. The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Utamaro and His Five Women (Mizoguchi, 1946)
3. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
4. All That Jazz (Fosse, 1979)
5. Queen of Diamonds (Menkes, 1991)
6. The House Is Black (Farrokhzad, 1963)
7. Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)
8. The Masseurs and a Woman (Shimizu, 1938)
9. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
10. Magdalena Viraga (Menkes, 1987)

[Izzy Black]

Girlfriend Experience is your #1? Damn. Nice to see that you're a big Soderbergh fan though.

[Izzy Black]

I'd honestly put Flight of the Red Balloon over all of those. I think it's one of Hou's very best films. Admittedly, it's his most conceptual, least emotional work.

[B-side]

Girlfriend Experience is your #1? Damn. Nice to see that you're a big Soderbergh fan though.

And getting to be a bigger one. Looking forward to digging into his backlog of work.


I'd honestly put Flight of the Red Balloon over all of those. I think it's one of Hou's very best films. Admittedly, it's his most conceptual, least emotional work.

I loved it, but this year has been pretty exceptional for me, film-wise, so far. It's getting really tough to kick films out of the top 10.

[Dead & Messed Up]

The Gold Rush (1925)
Mother (2009)
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
Stormy Weather (1943)
Apocalypto (2006)
Black Death (2011)
The Woman (2011)
The Stuff (1985)
Best Worst Movie (2011)
Thor (2011)
Fright Night (2011)
The Woman in Black (2012)
Contagion (2011)
Burke & Hare (2011)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Pontypool (2009)
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2011)
Religulous (2011)
Troll 2 (1987)
Troll Hunter (2011)
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011)
The Video Dead (1987)

[Yxklyx]

1. Margaret (2011, Kenneth Lonergan)
2. An Angel at My Table (1990, Jane Campion)
3. Wings (1927, William A. Wellman & Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast)
4. The Taste of Tea (2004, Katsuhito Ishii)
5. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004, Danny Leiner)
6. The Shooting (1966, Monte Hellman)
7. The Candidate (1972, Michael Ritchie)
8. The Wild Child (1970, François Truffaut)
9. Brain Damage (1988, Frank Henenlotter)
10. Take Shelter (2011, Jeff Nichols)

[Boner M]

1. Milestones (Kramer, 1975)
2. The Phantom Carriage (Sjöström, 1921)
3. Two Years at Sea (Rivers, 2011)
4. The Return (Dorsky, 2011)
5. Eight Deadly Shots (Niskanen, 1972)
6. Accatone (Pasolini, 1961)
7. Routine Pleasures (Gorin, 1986)
8. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
9. Central Bazaar (Dwoskin, 1975)
10. small roads (Benning, 2012)

[ContinentalOp]

1. The Raid- ****
2. Dracula (1931, Phillip Glass score)- ****
3. The African Queen- *** 1/2
4. The Artist- *** 1/2
5. Girl on the Bridge- *** 1/2
6. Ong-Bak: the Thai Warrior- *** 1/2
7. Midnight in Paris- ***
8. Alien- ***
9. Jiro Dreams of Sushi- ***
10. 21 Jump Street- ***


11. Point Blank (2010)- ***
12. Senna- ***
13. Rampart- ***
14. Le Havre- ***
15. The Cabin the Woods- ***
16. Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice- ** 1/2
17. Hugo- ** 1/2
18. The Good, the Bad, the Weird- ** 1/2
19. Billy Madison- ** 1/2
20. Salvador- ** 1/2
21. Detachment- **
22. Oleanna- **
23. Contraband- *

[B-side]

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Utamaro and His Five Women (Mizoguchi, 1946)
3. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
4. All That Jazz (Fosse, 1979)
5. Queen of Diamonds (Menkes, 1991)
6. The House Is Black (Farrokhzad, 1963)
7. Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)
8. The Masseurs and a Woman (Shimizu, 1938)
9. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)
10. Magdalena Viraga (Menkes, 1987)

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Utamaro and His Five Women (Mizoguchi, 1946)
3. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
4. A Wolf Teeth Necklace (Puipa, 1997)
5. All That Jazz (Fosse, 1979)
6. Queen of Diamonds (Menkes, 1991)
7. The House Is Black (Farrokhzad, 1963)
8. Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)
9. The Kidnapping (Kirsanoff, 1934)
10. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)

[MadMan]

About 9 or 10 new additions to the list, with two new films featured on the Top 10:

Top Ten:

1. Brazil (1985)-100, Criterion
2. The Cook, The Thief His Wife & Her Lover (1989)-100, Netflix Instant Viewing
3. Midnight In Paris (2011)-100, Blu Ray
4. Natural Born Killers (1994)-100, Blu Ray
5. Dead Man's Shoes (2004)-100, Netflix Instant Viewing
6. Mystery Train (1989)-98, Criterion
7. Hugo (2011)-98, Blu Ray
8. Wall-E (2008)-97, Blu Ray
9. The Artist (2011)-96, Theater
10. Possession (1981)-95, TCM

The Muddled Middle:

11. The Descendants (2011)-95, Theater
12. My Favorite Year (1982)-94, TCM
13. American Gangster (2007)-94, Blu Ray
14. The Lady Vanishes (1938)-93, Criterion
15. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011)-93, DVD
16. The Kennedy's (2011)-93, Blu Ray
17. THX 1138 (1971)-93, DVD rental
18. This Gun For Hire (1942)-92, TCM
19. Let's Scare Jessica To Death (1971)-92, DVD rental
20. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (2010)-92, DVD
21. The Train (1964)-91, TCM
22. My Week With Marilyn (2011)-91, Blu Ray
23. The Guard (2011)-90, RedBox
24. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)-90, DVD rental
25. Vincent (1982)-90, YouTube
26. Carnage (2011)-90, RedBox
27. Game Change (2012)-90, HBO Films
28. Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007)-87, Netflix Instant Viewing
29. Immortals (2011)-86, RedBox
30. American Pie (1999)-85, Blu Ray
31. Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo (2008)-85, Blu Ray
32. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)-85, DVD
33. Cigarette Burns (2005)-85, Netflix Instant Viewing
34. Mr. Untouchable (2007)-85, DVD
35. Dead Presidents (1995)-84, DVD
36. Killer's Kiss (1955)-83, Criterion
37. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)-83, Blu Ray/Criterion
38. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)-83, Blu Ray
39. Presto (2008)-83, Blu Ray
40. Funny Games (1997)-81, Netflix Instant Viewing
41. Hotel Chevalier (2007)-80, Blu Ray/Criterion
42. They Drive By Night (1940)-80, TCM
43. 30 Minutes or Less (2011)-80, RedBox
44. The Ides of March (2011)-75, Blu Ray
45. Ghoulies (1985)-70, This! TV
46. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)-70, TCM

The Bottom of the Pile:

47. Paid In Full (2002)-58, DVD
48. The Help (2011)-57, Family Video
49. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)-53, IFC
50. Drew Petterson: Untouchable (2012)-45, Lifetime
51. Bride of the Monster (1955)-24, DVD

[Raiders]

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Utamaro and His Five Women (Mizoguchi, 1946)
3. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
4. A Wolf Teeth Necklace (Puipa, 1997)
5. All That Jazz (Fosse, 1979)
6. Queen of Diamonds (Menkes, 1991)
7. The House Is Black (Farrokhzad, 1963)
8. Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)
9. The Kidnapping (Kirsanoff, 1934)
10. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)

I haven't seen Soderbergh's film, but the notion that it is better than many of those beneath it makes me respect your weirdness a little bit more.

[B-side]

I haven't seen Soderbergh's film, but the notion that it is better than many of those beneath it makes me respect your weirdness a little bit more.

:P

I'm nothing if not sincere in my strangeness.

[Yum-Yum]

1. Stripped to Kill II: Live Girls (Katt Shea, 1989)
2. Lorna The Exorcist (Jess Franco, 1974)
3. Maniac (William Lustig, 1980)
4. Psychos in Love (Gorman Bechard, 1987)
5. Necropolis (Bruce Hickey, 1987)
6. White of the Eye (Donald Cammell, 1987)
7. Necromantik 2 (Jörg Buttgereit, 1991)
8. Thief (Michael Mann, 1981)
9. Prelude to Happiness (Gidney Talley Jr., 1975)
10. Masters of the Universe (Gary Goddard, 1987)

10 to Midnight (J. Lee Thompson, 1983)
Antropophagus (Joe D'Amato, 1980)
Bad Teacher (Jake Kasdan, 2011)
Black Lizard (Kinji Fukasaku, 1969)
Blank Generation (Ulli Lommel, 1980)
Blood Feast (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1963)
Body Love (Lasse Braun, 1978)
Bridesmaids (Paul Feig, 2011)
Cecilia (Jess Franco, 1982)
Color Me Blood Red (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1965)
Come With Me My Love (Doris Wishman, 1976)
Critters (Stephen Herek, 1986)
Critters 2 (Mick Garris, 1988)
Deep Throat (Gerard Damiano, 1972)
Deported Women of the SS Special Section (Rino Di Silvestro, 1976)
Devil Came from Akasava, The (Jess Franco, 1971)
Devil Hunter (Jess Franco, 1980)
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro (Jess Franco, 1983)
Django (Sergio Corbucci, 1966)
Eliminators (Peter Manoogian, 1985)
Escape from Women’s Prison (Giovanni Brusadori, 1978)
Evil Toons (Fred Olen Ray, 1992)
Fireworks (Kenneth Anger, 1947)
Golden Temple Amazons (Jess Franco, 1986)
Good Hair (Jeff Stilson, 2009)
Hard Ticket to Hawaii (Andy Sidaris, 1987)
Hard to Die (Jim Wynorski, 1990)
Horrible Bosses (Seth Gordon, 2011)
Inauguration at the Pleasure Dome (Kenneth Anger, 1954)
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
It Came from Kuchar (Jennifer M. Kroot, 2009)
Jail House Eros (Sai Hung Fung, 1990)
Joysticks (Greydon Clark, 1983)
Justine and Juliette (Mac Ahlberg, 1975)
Keep, The (Michael Mann, 1983)
Kustom Kar Kommandos (Kenneth Anger, 1965)
Lost Empire, The (Jim Wynorski, 1985)
Love Story (Chris Hall, 2006)
Lucifer Rising (Kenneth Anger, 1981)
Macumba Sexual (Jess Franco, 1983)
Malibu Express (Andy Sidaris, 1985)
Mimic 3: Sentinel (J.T. Petty, 2003)
Moneyball (Bennett Miller, 2011)
Mondo Trasho (John Waters, 1969)
Monster Squad, The (Fred Dekker, 1987)
Moog (Hans Fjellestad, 2004)
Naked Weapon (Siu-Tung Ching, 2002)
Necromantik (Jörg Buttgereit, 1987)
Oasis of the Zombies (Jess Franco, 1981)
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (Kurt Voss, 1997)
Porno Holocaust (Joe D'Amato, 1981)
Puce Moment (Kenneth Anger, 1949)
Rats: Night of Terror (Bruno Mattei, 1984)
Robot Holocaust (Tim Kincaid, 1986 )
Satan Was A Lady (Doris Wishman, 1975)
School Teacher, The (Nando Cicero, 1975)
Scorpio Rising (Kenneth Anger, 1964)
Second Coming of Eva, The (Mac Ahlberg, 1974)
Secrets of Sweet Sixteen (Ernst Hofbauer, 1973)
Sex Is Crazy, The (Jess Franco, 1981)
She Wolves of the Wasteland (Robert Hayes, 1988)
Street Fighter (Steven E. de Souza, 1994)
Stripped to Kill (Katt Shea, 1987)
Sucker Punch (Zack Snyder, 2011)
This Filthy World (Jeff Garlin, 2006)
Turkey Shoot (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1982)
Two Thousand Maniacs! (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1964)
Vortex (Scott B and Beth B, 1982)
Voyeur, The (Tinto Brass, 1994)
What Have You Done to Solange? (Massimo Dallamano, 1972)
Wild Style (Charlie Ahearn, 1983)
Zombie Holocaust (Marino Girolami, 1980)

[StanleyK]

1. Cabiria (Giovanni Pastrone, 1914)
2. Cold Water (Olivier Assayas, 1994)
3. Late August, Early September (Olivier Assayas, 1998)
4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
5. The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011)
6. Judex (Louis Feuillade, 1916)
7. Les Vampires (Louis Feuillade, 1915)
8. The Poor Little Rich Girl (Maurice Tourneur, 1917)
9. Going Straight (Chester M. Franklin & Sidney Franklin, 1916)
10. The Adventure of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, 2011)


11. Regeneration (Raoul Walsh, 1915)
12. The Cheat (Cecil B. DeMille, 1915)
13. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
14. Man on Wire (James Marsh, 2008)
15. Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011)
16. L'Intrus (Claire Denis, 2004)
17. Senna (Asif Kapadia, 2010)
18. Cinderella (James Kirkwood, 1914)
19. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Stuart Paton, 1916)
20. The King's Speech (Tom Hooper, 2010)
21. The Avenging Conscience (D.W. Griffith, 1914)
22. A Fool There Was (Frank Powell, 1915)
23. Tillie's Punctured Romance (Mack Sennett, 1914)
24. Freedom Writers (Richard LaGravenese, 2007)
25. Hell's Hinges (Charles Swickard, 1916)
26. Joan the Woman (Cecil B. DeMille, 1916)
27. Carmen (Cecil B. DeMille, 1915)
28. War Horse (Steven Spielberg, 2011)
29. Easy A (Will Gluck, 2010)
30. My Week with Marilyn (Simon Curtis, 2011)
31. Immortals (Tarsem Singh, 2011)
32. Where Are My Children? (Phillips Smalley & Lois Weber, 1916)

[Russ]

10 to Midnight (J. Lee Thompson, 1983)
Antropophagus (Joe D'Amato, 1980)
Bad Teacher (Jake Kasdan, 2011)
Black Lizard (Kinji Fukasaku, 1969)
Blank Generation (Ulli Lommel, 1980)
Blood Feast (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1963)
Body Love (Lasse Braun, 1978)
Bridesmaids (Paul Feig, 2011)
Cecilia (Jess Franco, 1982)
Color Me Blood Red (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1965)
Come With Me My Love (Doris Wishman, 1976)
Critters (Stephen Herek, 1986)
Critters 2 (Mick Garris, 1988)
Deep Throat (Gerard Damiano, 1972)
Deported Women of the SS Special Section (Rino Di Silvestro, 1976)
Devil Came from Akasava, The (Jess Franco, 1971)
Devil Hunter (Jess Franco, 1980)
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro (Jess Franco, 1983)
Django (Sergio Corbucci, 1966)
Eliminators (Peter Manoogian, 1985)
Escape from Women’s Prison (Giovanni Brusadori, 1978)
Evil Toons (Fred Olen Ray, 1992)
Fireworks (Kenneth Anger, 1947)
Golden Temple Amazons (Jess Franco, 1986)
Good Hair (Jeff Stilson, 2009)
Hard Ticket to Hawaii (Andy Sidaris, 1987)
Hard to Die (Jim Wynorski, 1990)
Horrible Bosses (Seth Gordon, 2011)
Inauguration at the Pleasure Dome (Kenneth Anger, 1954)
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
It Came from Kuchar (Jennifer M. Kroot, 2009)
Jail House Eros (Sai Hung Fung, 1990)
Joysticks (Greydon Clark, 1983)
Justine and Juliette (Mac Ahlberg, 1975)
Keep, The (Michael Mann, 1983)
Kustom Kar Kommandos (Kenneth Anger, 1965)
Lost Empire, The (Jim Wynorski, 1985)
Love Story (Chris Hall, 2006)
Lucifer Rising (Kenneth Anger, 1981)
Macumba Sexual (Jess Franco, 1983)
Malibu Express (Andy Sidaris, 1985)
Mimic 3: Sentinel (J.T. Petty, 2003)
Moneyball (Bennett Miller, 2011)
Mondo Trasho (John Waters, 1969)
Monster Squad, The (Fred Dekker, 1987)
Moog (Hans Fjellestad, 2004)
Naked Weapon (Siu-Tung Ching, 2002)
Necromantik (Jörg Buttgereit, 1987)
Oasis of the Zombies (Jess Franco, 1981)
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (Kurt Voss, 1997)
Porno Holocaust (Joe D'Amato, 1981)
Puce Moment (Kenneth Anger, 1949)
Rats: Night of Terror (Bruno Mattei, 1984)
Robot Holocaust (Tim Kincaid, 1986 )
Satan Was A Lady (Doris Wishman, 1975)
School Teacher, The (Nando Cicero, 1975)
Scorpio Rising (Kenneth Anger, 1964)
Second Coming of Eva, The (Mac Ahlberg, 1974)
Secrets of Sweet Sixteen (Ernst Hofbauer, 1973)
Sex Is Crazy, The (Jess Franco, 1981)
She Wolves of the Wasteland (Robert Hayes, 1988)
Street Fighter (Steven E. de Souza, 1994)
Stripped to Kill (Katt Shea, 1987)
Sucker Punch (Zack Snyder, 2011)
This Filthy World (Jeff Garlin, 2006)
Turkey Shoot (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1982)
Two Thousand Maniacs! (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1964)
Vortex (Scott B and Beth B, 1982)
Voyeur, The (Tinto Brass, 1994)
What Have You Done to Solange? (Massimo Dallamano, 1972)
Wild Style (Charlie Ahearn, 1983)
Zombie Holocaust (Marino Girolami, 1980)

I admire your dedication, sir.

[Gizmo]

Couple days late, but through end of April, up to 57 seen:

1. Harold and Maude 1971
2. In the Mood for Love 2000
3. Sherlock Jr. 1924
4. The Artist 2011
5. The Last Emperor 1987
6. A Separation 2011
7. The Cabin in the Woods 2012
8. Blue Valentine 2010
9. Another Earth 2011
10. Certified Copy 2011


Bottom 5:
53. Slammin' Salmon 2009
54. Cowboys and Aliens 2011
55. Puss in Boots 2011
56. Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel 2009
57.The Human Centipede 2009

[Fezzik]

Updated with The Avengers and The Five Year Engagement


The Avengers (2012)
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
The Raid: Redemption (2012)
The Artist (2011)
Drive (2011)
21 Jump Street (2012)
The Grey (2012)
Hugo (2011)
Moneyball (2011)
The Descendants (2011)



11. The Hunger Games (2012)
12. The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
13. John Carter (2012)
14. 50/50 (2011)
15. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
16. Goon (2012)
17. Be Cool (2005)
18. The Woman in Black (2012)
19. Lockout (2012)
20. Meeting Evil (2012)

[Dead & Messed Up]

The Gold Rush (1925)
Mother (2009)
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
The Avengers (2012)
Stormy Weather (1943)
Apocalypto (2006)
Black Death (2011)
The Woman (2011)
The Stuff (1985)
In the Loop (2009)
The Raid: Redemption (2012)
Best Worst Movie (2011)
Witchfinder General (1972)
Thor (2011)
Fright Night (2011)
The Woman in Black (2012)
Contagion (2011)
Burke & Hare (2011)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Pontypool (2009)
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2011)
Religulous (2011)
Troll 2 (1987)
Troll Hunter (2011)
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011)
The Video Dead (1987)

[Dukefrukem]

I have seen 70 movies in 2012. Bolded the most recent.

1 The Third Man 97
2 The Avengers 96
3 Cabin in the Woods 95
4 Burn After Reading 92
5 Haywire 92
6 A Separation 91
7 Drive 91
8 21 Jump Street 91
9 Contagion 90
10 I Saw the Devil 90


11 We Need to Talk About Kevin 90
12 The Grey 89
13 John Carter 89
14 The Man Who Wasn't There 89
15 The Adventures of Tintin 88
16 The Help 88
17 13 Assassins 87
18 The Skin I Live In 86
19 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 85
20 Them! 84
21 The Ides of March 83
22 Hard Candy 82
23 Contraband 81
24 Delhi Belly 81
25 The Descendants 80
26 Chronicle 79
27 Deep Red 77
28 The Inkeepers 76
29 Midnight in Paris 75
30 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 74
31 Another Earth 74
32 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 73
33 Irma Vep 72
34 War Horse 72
35 The Woman in Black 71
36 Hour of the Wolf 71
37 Albert Nobbs 70
38 Final Destination 5 69
39 The Divide 68
40 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 67
41 Faust 62
42 Inside Job 60
43 Due Date 55
44 Wrath of the Titans 54
45 Game Change 53
46 The Change-Up 53
47 [Rec] ² 52
48 Scream 4 51
49 Moneyball 50
50 A Serious Man 49
51 Apocalypto 49
52 The Hunger Games 48
53 Meek's Cutoff 48
54 Sleeping Beauty 48
55 Shrooms 47
56 Accepted 47
57 Outlander 46
58 Hugo 45
59 Conan the Barbarian 44
60 Conan the Barbarian 43
61 Immortals 42
62 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 41
63 Underworld: Awakening 41
64 Bad Teacher 40
65 Whiteout 39
66 Quarantine 2: Terminal 38
67 Apollo 18 34
68 The Darkest Hour 33
69 Machete 31
70 Humanoids from the Deep 30

[Fezzik]

Updated with Hick


The Avengers (2012)
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
The Raid: Redemption (2012)
The Artist (2011)
Drive (2011)
21 Jump Street (2012)
The Grey (2012)
Hugo (2011)
Moneyball (2011)
The Descendants (2011)



11. The Hunger Games (2012)
12. The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
13. John Carter (2012)
14. 50/50 (2011)
15. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
16. Goon (2012)
17. Be Cool (2005)
18. The Woman in Black (2012)
19. Lockout (2012)
20. Hick (2011)
21. Meeting Evil (2012)

[ContinentalOp]

1. The Raid- ****
2. Dracula (1931, Phillip Glass score)- ****
3. The African Queen- *** 1/2
4. The Artist- *** 1/2
5. God Bless America- *** 1/2
6. Girl on the Bridge- *** 1/2
7. Ong-Bak: the Thai Warrior- *** 1/2
8. Animal Factory- *** 1/2
9. Midnight in Paris- ***
10. The Avengers- ***

[Lurch]

The Thin Red Line
Drive
The Avengers
The Weather Man
Seraphim Falls
The Reef
Killer Elite
The People Vs. George Lucas
Red State
The Passion Of The Christ

[soitgoes...]

In the Heat of the Sun (Jiang 94)
Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Tears of the Black Tiger (Sasanatieng 00)
Time to Die (Kedzierzawska 07)
Spiral (Zanussi 78)
From Morn to Midnight (Martin 22)
Citizen Dog (Sasanatieng 04)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Donkey Skin (Demy 70)
Je t'aime, je t'aime (Resnais 68)
Illumination (Zanussi 73)

In the Heat of the Sun (Jiang 94)
Mauvais sang (Carax 86)
Tears of the Black Tiger (Sasanatieng 00)
Time to Die (Kedzierzawska 07)
Devils on the Doorstep (Jiang 00)
Spiral (Zanussi 78)
From Morn to Midnight (Martin 22)
Citizen Dog (Sasanatieng 04)
Kikujiro (Kitano 99)
Limite (Peixoto 31)
Donkey Skin (Demy 70)

[Russ]

1. Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)
2. Nuit Noire (Olivier Smolders, 2005)
3. A Royal Scandal (Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger, 1945)
4. Rapt (Dimitri Kirsanoff, 1934)
5. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (Kurt Kuenne, 2008)
6. Poil de carotte (Julien Duvivier, 1932)
7. Szindbád / Sinbad (Zoltán Huszárik, 1971)
8. The Cabin in the Woods (Drew Goddard, 2011)
9, Ni Liv (Arne Skouen, 1957)
9. Coeur Fidèle (Jean Epstein, 1923)

[B-side]

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Utamaro and His Five Women (Mizoguchi, 1946)
3. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
4. A Wolf Teeth Necklace (Puipa, 1997)
5. All That Jazz (Fosse, 1979)
6. Queen of Diamonds (Menkes, 1991)
7. The House Is Black (Farrokhzad, 1963)
8. Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)
9. The Kidnapping (Kirsanoff, 1934)
10. Golem (Szulkin, 1980)

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Utamaro and His Five Women (Mizoguchi, 1946)
3. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
4. A Wolf Teeth Necklace (Puipa, 1997)
5. Hard to Handle (LeRoy, 1933)
6. All That Jazz (Fosse, 1979)
7. Queen of Diamonds (Menkes, 1991)
8. The House Is Black (Farrokhzad, 1963)
9. Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)
10. The Kidnapping (Kirsanoff, 1934)

[Boner M]

1. Milestones (Kramer, 1975)
2. The Phantom Carriage (Sjöström, 1921)
3. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (Mizoguchi, 1938)
4. Two Years at Sea (Rivers, 2011)
5. The Return (Dorsky, 2011)
6. Eight Deadly Shots (Niskanen, 1972)
7. Accatone (Pasolini, 1961)
8. Routine Pleasures (Gorin, 1986)
9. Valentin de las Sierras (Baillie, 1971)
10. U.S. Go Home (Denis, 1994)

[B-side]

Did you skip over Sisters of the Gion, Boney McBoneBone?

[Raiders]

1. RAPT / THE KIDNAPPING (Dimitri Kirsanoff, 1934)
2. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
3. ONLY YESTERDAY (Isao Takahata, 1991)
4. BLISSFULLY YOURS (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2002)
5. POSSESSION (Andrzej Zulawski, 1981)
6. THIS IS NOT A FILM (Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, 2011)
7. LA CHINOISE (Jean-Luc Godard, 1967)
8. BEGINNERS (Mike Mills, 2011)
9. BRUMES D’AUTOMNE (Dimitri Kirsanoff, 1929)
10. MAD DETECTIVE (Johnnie To, 2007)


11. 5 CENTIMETERS PER SECOND (Makoto Shinkai, 2007)
12. A SEPARATION (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
13. HAYWIRE (Steven Soderbergh, 2012)
14. THE EMERALD FOREST (John Boorman, 1985)
15. (NOSTALGIA) (Hollis Frampton, 1971)
16. CURLING (Denis Cote, 2010)
17. THE INNKEEPERS (Ti West, 2011)
18. THE AVENGERS (Joss Whedon, 2012)
19. SERIES 7: THE CONTENDERS (Daniel Minahan, 2001)
20. THE EAGLE (Kevin Macdonald, 2011)
21. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (David Fincher, 2011)
22. THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (Drew Goddard, 2012)
23. 21 JUMP STREET (Phil Lord, Chris Miller, 2012)
24. CARNAGE (Roman Polanski, 2011)
25. THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (Steven Spielberg, 2011)
26. THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS (Takeshi Miike, 2001)
27. BLIND CHANCE (Krzyzstof Kieslowski, 1981)
28. MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2000)
29. THE ARTIST (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011)
30. THE TURIN HORSE (Bela Tarr, 2011)
31. JOHN CARTER (Andrew Stanton, 2012)
32. MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE (Sean Durkin, 2011)
33. CHRONICLE (Josh Trank, 2011)
34. THE FUTURE (Miranda July, 2011)


I may be missing a couple, but that appears to be all I have seen this year. Wow. That's about half of where I normally would be by now.

[Thirdmango]

1. The Law In These Parts (Ra'anan Alexandrowicz 11)
2. Revolver (Guy Ritchie 05)
3. Election (Johnnie To 05)
4. The Secret World Of Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi 12)
5. Young Adult (Jason Reitman 11)
6. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch 01)
7. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen 08)
8. Springtime in a Small Town (Tian Zhuangzhuang 02)
9. Street Angel (Muzhi Yuan 37)
10. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen 89)

11. A Beautiful Life (Andrew Lau 11)
12. Exit Through The Gift Shop (Banksy 10)
13. California Solo (Marshall Lewy 12)
14. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Guy Ritchie 11)
15. Moneyball (Bennett Miller 11)
16. Yellow Earth (Kaige Chen 85)
17. Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn 11)
18. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor 12)
19. John Carter (Andrew Stanton 12)
20. What's Your Number (Mark Mylod 11)
21. Limitless (Neil Burger 11)
22. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Jon Turteltaub 10)
23. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick 11)
24. Life in a Day (Kevin Macdonald 11)
25. Lethal Weapon 2 (Richard Donner 89)
26. Fast Five (Justin Lin 11)
27. Killer Elite (Gary McKendry 11)
28. Lay The Favorite (Stephen Frears 12)

15 Additions

1. Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku 00)
2. The Law In These Parts (Ra'anan Alexandrowicz 11)
3. Revolver (Guy Ritchie 05)
4. The Avengers (Joss Whedon 12)
5. The Warlords (Peter Chan, Wai Man Yip 07)
6. Election (Johnnie To 05)
7. The Descendants (Alexander Payne 11)
8. The Secret World Of Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi 12)
9. Young Adult (Jason Reitman 11)
10. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch 01)


11. Enter The Dragon (Robert Clouse 73)
12. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen 08)
13. Ip Man (Wilson Yip 08)
14. Gladiator (Ridley Scott 00)
15. Springtime in a Small Town (Tian Zhuangzhuang 02)
16. Street Angel (Muzhi Yuan 37)
17. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen 89)
18. A Beautiful Life (Andrew Lau 11)
19. Exit Through The Gift Shop (Banksy 10)
20. California Solo (Marshall Lewy 12)
21. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Guy Ritchie 11)
22. Moneyball (Bennett Miller 11)
23. Yellow Earth (Kaige Chen 85)
24. Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn 11)
25. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor 12)
26. Chronicle (Josh Trank 12)
27. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg 81)
28. John Carter (Andrew Stanton 12)
29. Super 8 (J. J. Abrams 11)
30. Take Me Home Tonight (Michael Dowse 11)
31. Super Troopers (Jay Chandrasekhar 01)
32. What's Your Number (Mark Mylod 11)
33. Date Night (Shawn Levy 10)
34. Limitless (Neil Burger 11)
35. Knight and Day (James Mangold 10)
36. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Jon Turteltaub 10)
37. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick 11)
38. Your Highness (David Gordon Green 11)
39. Life in a Day (Kevin Macdonald 11)
40. Lethal Weapon 2 (Richard Donner 89)
41. Fast Five (Justin Lin 11)
42. Killer Elite (Gary McKendry 11)
43. Lay The Favorite (Stephen Frears 12)

[B-side]

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Utamaro and His Five Women (Mizoguchi, 1946)
3. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
4. A Wolf Teeth Necklace (Puipa, 1997)
5. Hard to Handle (LeRoy, 1933)
6. All That Jazz (Fosse, 1979)
7. Queen of Diamonds (Menkes, 1991)
8. The House Is Black (Farrokhzad, 1963)
9. Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)
10. The Kidnapping (Kirsanoff, 1934)

1. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009)
2. Utamaro and His Five Women (Mizoguchi, 1946)
3. The 47 Ronin (Mizoguchi, 1941)
4. Distant (Ceylan, 2002)
5. A Wolf Teeth Necklace (Puipa, 1997)
6. Hard to Handle (LeRoy, 1933)
7. Queen of Diamonds (Menkes, 1991)
8. All That Jazz (Fosse, 1979)
9. The House Is Black (Farrokhzad, 1963)
10. Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)

[transmogrifier]

Been in the mood for mainstream, mindless entertainment for most of this year. Have only seen one movie made before 2000 since the end of February.

1. Castaway on the Moon (2009) - 75
2. A Separation (2011) - 74
3. Attack the Block (2011) - 73
4. Three Monkeys (2008) - 73
5. Bridesmaids (2011) - 71
6. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) - 70
7. Last Year at Marienbad (1961) - 69
8. Horrible Bosses (2011) - 69
9. The Avengers (2012) - 69
10. A Night to Remember (1958) - 68

Ballad of a Soldier (1959) - 67
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - 67
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011) - 67
Snowtown (2011) - 66
Never Let Me Go (2010)- 66
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) - 65
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) - 65
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) - 64
Humpday (2009) - 64
Final Destination 5 (2011) - 63
The Adventures of Tintin (2011) - 63
X-Men: First Class (2011)- 62
Moneyball (2011) - 62
Chronicle (2012) - 61
Woochi (2009) - 61
The Grey (2012) - 59
A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas (2011) - 59
Contagion (2011) - 58
Scream 4 (2011) - 57
The Vow (2012) - 52
Thor (2011) - 51
Miss Bala (2011) - 51
The Client (2011) - 50
The Sitter (2011) - 49
Morning Glory (2010) - 49
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) - 48
Drive Angry (2011) - 47
The Thief of Bagdad (1940) - 46
Over My Dead Body (2012) - 46
Haywire (2011) - 44
Your Highness (2011) - 39
JCVD (2008) - 37
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) - 33

[Boner M]

Miss Bala (2011) - 51
Was really disappointed in this one too.

[transmogrifier]

Yeah, it was so choppy, it never picked up any momentum. Anyway, three additions already:

1. Suicide Club (2001) - 79
2. Castaway on the Moon (2009) - 75
3. A Separation (2011) - 74
4. Attack the Block (2011) - 73
5. Three Monkeys (2008) - 73
6. Bridesmaids (2011) - 71
7. Fright Night (2011) - 71
8. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) - 70
9. Last Year at Marienbad (1961) - 69
10. Horrible Bosses (2011) - 69

The Avengers (2012) - 69
A Night to Remember (1958) - 68
We Bought a Zoo (2011) - 68
Ballad of a Soldier (1959) - 67
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) - 67
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011) - 67
Snowtown (2011) - 66
Never Let Me Go (2010)- 66
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) - 65
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) - 65
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) - 64
Humpday (2009) - 64
Final Destination 5 (2011) - 63
The Adventures of Tintin (2011) - 63
X-Men: First Class (2011)- 62
Moneyball (2011) - 62
Chronicle (2012) - 61
Woochi (2009) - 61
The Grey (2012) - 59
A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas (2011) - 59
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)- 58
Contagion (2011) - 58
Scream 4 (2011) - 57
The Vow (2012) - 52
Thor (2011) - 51
Miss Bala (2011) - 51
The Client (2011) - 50
The Sitter (2011) - 49
Morning Glory (2010) - 49
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) - 48
Drive Angry (2011) - 47
The Thief of Bagdad (1940) - 46
Over My Dead Body (2012) - 46
Haywire (2011) - 44
Your Highness (2011) - 39
JCVD (2008) - 37
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) - 33

[Yxklyx]

1. Margaret (2011, Kenneth Lonergan)
2. An Angel at My Table (1990, Jane Campion)
3. Zabriskie Point (1970, Michelangelo Antonioni)
4. Wings (1927, William A. Wellman & Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast)
5. The Taste of Tea (2004, Katsuhito Ishii)
6. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004, Danny Leiner)
7. The Shooting (1966, Monte Hellman)
8. The Candidate (1972, Michael Ritchie)
9. The Wild Child (1970, François Truffaut)
10. Brain Damage (1988, Frank Henenlotter)

I was not disappointed in Miss Bala - one of my favorite recent viewings.

[Rowland]

1. Suicide Club (2001) - 79

Awesome. I wouldn't have taken this for your type of movie, but it is indeed pretty much a masterpiece, and yet it tends to be considered a lesser Sono, or undistinguished from the J-Horror craze of the early aughts. It has so much to say, and says it with such a demented wit and free-form vitality.


Attack the Block (2011) - 73
Fright Night (2011) - 71
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) - 70
Horrible Bosses (2011) - 69
Final Destination 5 (2011) - 63Last year's two best genre films, last summer's best blockbuster and stupid mainstream comedy, and the better-than-expected latest Final Destination, very nice.

[transmogrifier]

Last year's two best genre films, last summer's best blockbuster and stupid mainstream comedy, and the better-than-expected latest Final Destination, very nice.

As time has passed, its the genre/mainstream films that can deliver the expected highs for their category (like Horrible Bosses - it's very funny, and that's a huge advantage in an age where so many studio "comedies" ain't) while at the same time tweaking some of the stale components of the construction (What I loved about Fright Night is that it doesn't piss around with the usual "no-one believes me!" nonsense that so many other movies do. And Final Destination 5 actually tries some philosophical musings, with the two male leads approaching their predicament in two wildly different ways - there was something remarkable about the hero calmly accepting his fate and lving his life with enjoyment anyway, even if it had the possibility of lasting only one more day) that I most appreciate.

Compare with say Haywire and Hanna, both of which are kind of flat in their set pieces, but worst of all, let the standard genre tropes dictate both plot construction and characterisation, leading to two totally vapid, awesomely inconsequential bores.

[Raiders]

I realize that more and more, I just don't care as much about plot and traditional ideas of characterization. When people cite these as issues, it generally doesn't phase me.

[transmogrifier]

I realize that more and more, I just don't care as much about plot and traditional ideas of characterization. When people cite these as issues, it generally doesn't phase me.

To me, a film generates interest through a mix of four things:

- Plot: the simple pleasure in wondering what will happen next
- Characterisation: witnessing how a character responds to events or changes over time
- Atmosphere: an emotional response to the way a scene is constructed (and I include the jokes of a traditional comedy in this category)
- External Intelligence: the use of themes, allegory, symbolism in the promotion of universal ideas outside the three previous categories

Things like dialogue, blocking, editing, camera movement, acting, set dressing, sound, music etc, etc are all tools used to construct the above four cornerstones.

Each genre has a different set of expectations for each of those four categories, but the best films (I think) mix all four comfortably and nimbly.

However, I do get pissed off with films that treat the first two in a rote, unimaginative (or worse, a genre-based schematic) way more so than films who do the same with the last two. But that's where my preference lies.

[Fezzik]

Updated with Bel Ami, Men in Black III and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel


The Avengers (2012)
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
The Raid: Redemption (2012)
The Artist (2011)
Drive (2011)
21 Jump Street (2012)
The Grey (2012)
Hugo (2011)
Moneyball (2011)
The Descendants (2011)



11. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
12. The Hunger Games (2012)
13. Men in Black III (2012)
14. The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
15. John Carter (2012)
16. 50/50 (2011)
17. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
18. Bel Ami (2012)
19. Goon (2012)
20. Be Cool (2005)
21. The Woman in Black (2012)
22. Lockout (2012)
23. Hick (2011)
24. Meeting Evil (2012)

[Ivan Drago]

1. Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011)
2. Midnight In Paris (Woody Allen, 2011)
3. The Cabin in the Woods (Drew Goddard, 2012)
4. The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, 2011)
5. Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008)
6. It's Such A Beautiful Day (Don Hertzfeldt, 2011)
7. The Descendants (Alexander Payne, 2011)
8. The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011)
9. Into The Abyss (Werner Herzog, 2011)
10. I Am So Proud of You (Don Hertzfeldt, 2008)


11. Life In A Day (Kevin MacDonald, 2011)
12. Red State (Kevin Smith, 2011)
13. The Help (Tate Taylor, 2011)
14. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
15. War Horse (Steven Spielberg, 2011)

1. Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011)
2. Midnight In Paris (Woody Allen, 2011)
3. The Cabin in the Woods (Drew Goddard, 2012)
4. The Avengers (Joss Whedon, 2012)
5. The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, 2011)
6. Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000)
7. It's Such A Beautiful Day (Don Hertzfeldt, 2011)
8. The Descendants (Alexander Payne, 2011)
9. The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011)
10. Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008)



11. Into The Abyss (Werner Herzog, 2011)
12. I Am So Proud of You (Don Hertzfeldt, 2008)
13. Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (Eli Craig, 2010)
14. Rock of Ages (Adam Shankman, 2012)
15. Life In A Day (Kevin MacDonald, 2011)
16. Red State (Kevin Smith, 2011)
17. The Dictator (Larry Charles, 2012)
18. The Help (Tate Taylor, 2011)
19. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
20. War Horse (Steven Spielberg, 2011)

[MadMan]

Okay so this is a 12 film update in time for June (total movies seen is at 63 right now, which is a decent pace considering I spend my days working more than I used to). None of them qualified for the Top 10, although some came close.

Top Ten:

1. Brazil (1985)-100, Criterion
2. The Cook, The Thief His Wife & Her Lover (1989)-100, Netflix Instant Viewing
3. Midnight In Paris (2011)-100, Blu Ray
4. Natural Born Killers (1994)-100, Blu Ray
5. Dead Man's Shoes (2004)-100, Netflix Instant Viewing
6. Mystery Train (1989)-98, Criterion
7. Hugo (2011)-98, Blu Ray
8. Wall-E (2008)-97, Blu Ray
9. The Artist (2011)-96, Theater
10. Possession (1981)-95, TCM

Rest of the Top 20:

11. Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy (2011)-95, RedBox
12. Time After Time (1979)-95, DVD Rental
13. The Descendants (2011)-95, Theater
14. My Favorite Year (1982)-94, TCM
15. American Gangster (2007)-94, Blu Ray
16. The Lady Vanishes (1938)-93, Criterion
17. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011)-93, DVD
18. The Kennedy's (2011)-93, Blu Ray
19. THX 1138 (1971)-93, DVD rental
20. This Gun For Hire (1942)-92, TCM

The Muddled Middle:

21. Let's Scare Jessica To Death (1971)-92, DVD rental
22. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (2010)-92, DVD
23. The Train (1964)-91, TCM
24. The Skin I Live In (2011)-91, RedBox
25. My Week With Marilyn (2011)-91, Blu Ray
26. The Guard (2011)-90, RedBox
27. Haywire (2012)-90, RedBox
28. The Avengers (2012)-90, Theater
29. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)-90, DVD rental
30. Vincent (1982)-90, YouTube
31. Carnage (2011)-90, RedBox
32. Game Change (2012)-90, HBO Films
33. Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007)-87, Netflix Instant Viewing
34. Immortals (2011)-86, RedBox
35. American Pie (1999)-85, Blu Ray
36. Body Double (1984)-85, Encore Suspense
37. Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo (2008)-85, Blu Ray
38. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)-85, DVD
39. Cigarette Burns (2005)-85, Netflix Instant Viewing
40. Mr. Untouchable (2007)-85, DVD
41. Going To Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)-85, Encore Suspense
42. Dead Presidents (1995)-84, DVD
43. Killer's Kiss (1955)-83, Criterion
44. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)-83, Blu Ray/Criterion
45. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)-83, Blu Ray
46. Presto (2008)-83, Blu Ray
47. Semi-Pro (2008)-82, Blu Ray
48. Funny Games (1997)-81, Netflix Instant Viewing
49. Hotel Chevalier (2007)-80, Blu Ray/Criterion
50. They Drive By Night (1940)-80, TCM
51. 30 Minutes or Less (2011)-80, RedBox
52. Slumber Party Massacre (1982)-77, Netflix Instant Viewing
53. The Ides of March (2011)-75, Blu Ray
54. Ghoulies (1985)-70, This! TV
55. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)-70, TCM

The Bottom of the Pile:

56. Paid In Full (2002)-58, DVD
57. The Help (2011)-57, Family Video
58. Escape From L.A. (1996)-54, IFC
59. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)-53, IFC
60. Drew Petterson: Untouchable (2012)-45, Lifetime
61. Queen of the Damned (2002)-43, SyFy
62. Bride of the Monster (1955)-24, DVD
63. Space Mutiny (1988)-7, MSTK Rating-100, YouTube

[Gizmo]

May was a really slow month on the movie watching front though I did catch up on Community and How I Met Your Mother seasons. Only 4 new films seen, none cracked the top 10 or bottom 5. Up to 61 total for the year:

1. Harold and Maude 1971
2. In the Mood for Love 2000
3. Sherlock Jr. 1924
4. The Artist 2011
5. The Last Emperor 1987
6. A Separation 2011
7. The Cabin in the Woods 2012
8. Blue Valentine 2010
9. Another Earth 2011
10. Certified Copy 2011


Bottom 5:
57. Slammin' Salmon 2009
58. Cowboys and Aliens 2011
59. Puss in Boots 2011
60. Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel 2009
61.The Human Centipede 2009

[Yum-Yum]

1. Stripped to Kill II: Live Girls (Katt Shea, 1989)
2. Lorna the Exorcist (Jess Franco, 1974)
3. Stage Fright (Michele Soavi, 1987)
4. Maniac (William Lustig, 1980)
5. Psychos in Love (Gorman Bechard, 1987)
6. Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac (Jess Franco, 1973)
7. Necropolis (Bruce Hickey, 1987)
8. White of the Eye (Donald Cammell, 1987)
9. Thundercrack! (Curt McDowell, 1975)
10. Morgiana (Juraj Herz, 1972)

10 to Midnight (J. Lee Thompson, 1983)
Alphabet City (Amos Poe, 1984)
Amazonia: The Catherine Miles Story (Mario Gariazzo, 1985)
Antropophagus (Joe D'Amato, 1980)
Bad Teacher (Jake Kasdan, 2011)
Barbed Wire Dolls (Jess Franco, 1976)
Black Lizard (Kinji Fukasaku, 1969)
Blank Generation (Ulli Lommel, 1980)
Blood Feast (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1963)
Body Love (Lasse Braun, 1978)
Bridesmaids (Paul Feig, 2011)
Cannibal Terror (Alain Deruelle, 1981)
Cecilia (Jess Franco, 1982)
Color Me Blood Red (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1965)
Come With Me My Love (Doris Wishman, 1976)
Critters (Stephen Herek, 1986)
Critters 2 (Mick Garris, 1988)
Deep Throat (Gerard Damiano, 1972)
Deported Women of the SS Special Section (Rino Di Silvestro, 1976)
Devil Came from Akasava, The (Jess Franco, 1971)
Devil Hunter (Jess Franco, 1980)
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro (Jess Franco, 1983)
Django (Sergio Corbucci, 1966)
Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011)
Eliminators (Peter Manoogian, 1985)
Escape from Women’s Prison (Giovanni Brusadori, 1978)
Evil Toons (Fred Olen Ray, 1992)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (Shunya Ito, 1972)
Fireworks (Kenneth Anger, 1947)
Fright Night (Craig Gillespie, 2011)
Golden Temple Amazons (Jess Franco, 1986)
Good Hair (Jeff Stilson, 2009)
Hard Ticket to Hawaii (Andy Sidaris, 1987)
Hard to Die (Jim Wynorski, 1990)
Highway to Hell (Ate de Jong, 1991)
Horrible Bosses (Seth Gordon, 2011)
Inauguration at the Pleasure Dome (Kenneth Anger, 1954)
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
It Came from Kuchar (Jennifer M. Kroot, 2009)
Jail House Eros (Sai Hung Fung, 1990)
Joysticks (Greydon Clark, 1983)
Justine and Juliette (Mac Ahlberg, 1975)
Keep, The (Michael Mann, 1983)
Kustom Kar Kommandos (Kenneth Anger, 1965)
Lost Empire, The (Jim Wynorski, 1985)
Love Story (Chris Hall, 2006)
Lucifer Rising (Kenneth Anger, 1981)
Macumba Sexual (Jess Franco, 1983)
Masters of the Universe (Gary Goddard, 1987)
Malibu Express (Andy Sidaris, 1985)
Mimic 3: Sentinel (J.T. Petty, 2003)
Moneyball (Bennett Miller, 2011)
Mondo Trasho (John Waters, 1969)
Monster Squad, The (Fred Dekker, 1987)
Moog (Hans Fjellestad, 2004)
Naked Weapon (Siu-Tung Ching, 2002)
Nekromantik (Jörg Buttgereit, 1987)
Nekromantik 2 (Jörg Buttgereit, 1991)
Neighbors (John G. Avildsen, 1981)
Oasis of the Zombies (Jess Franco, 1981)
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (Kurt Voss, 1997)
Porno Holocaust (Joe D'Amato, 1981)
Puce Moment (Kenneth Anger, 1949)
Prelude to Happiness (Gidney Talley Jr., 1975)
Rats: Night of Terror (Bruno Mattei, 1984)
Robot Holocaust (Tim Kincaid, 1986 )
Satan Was A Lady (Doris Wishman, 1975)
Schoolgirls in Chains (Donald M. Jones, 1973)
School Teacher, The (Nando Cicero, 1975)
Scorpio Rising (Kenneth Anger, 1964)
Second Coming of Eva, The (Mac Ahlberg, 1974)
Secrets of Sweet Sixteen (Ernst Hofbauer, 1973)
Seduction of Inga, The (Joseph W. Sarno, 1971)
Sex Is Crazy, The (Jess Franco, 1981)
She Wolves of the Wasteland (Robert Hayes, 1988)
Slumber Party Massacre III (Sally Mattison, 1990)
SS Experiment Love Camp (Sergio Garrone, 1976)
Street Fighter (Steven E. de Souza, 1994)
Stripped to Kill (Katt Shea, 1987)
Sucker Punch (Zack Snyder, 2011)
Thief (Michael Mann, 1981)
This Filthy World (Jeff Garlin, 2006)
Turkey Shoot (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1982)
Two Thousand Maniacs! (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1964)
Vortex (Scott B and Beth B, 1982)
Voyeur, The (Tinto Brass, 1994)
What Have You Done to Solange? (Massimo Dallamano, 1972)
Wild Style (Charlie Ahearn, 1983)
Women Behind Bars (Jess Franco, 1975)
X-Men: First Class (Matthew Vaughn, 2011)
X-Men: The Last Stand (Brett Ratner, 2006)
Zombie Holocaust (Marino Girolami, 1980)

[Spinal]

Thundercrack! is something else. Can't say I really enjoyed it, but it's got spirit, that's for sure.

[Yum-Yum]

Thundercrack! is something else. Can't say I really enjoyed it, but it's got spirit, that's for sure.

I liked Marion Eaton's eyebrows; hence, its top ten placing.

Oh, and the version I watched had nearly three hours worth of spirit. In other words, I am not well.

"People come and go, but the cucumber must stay." ~ Mrs. Gert Hammond

[Ivan Drago]

1. Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011)
2. Midnight In Paris (Woody Allen, 2011)
3. The Cabin in the Woods (Drew Goddard, 2012)
4. The Avengers (Joss Whedon, 2012)
5. The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, 2011)
6. Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000)
7. It's Such A Beautiful Day (Don Hertzfeldt, 2011)
8. The Descendants (Alexander Payne, 2011)
9. The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011)
10. Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008)



11. Into The Abyss (Werner Herzog, 2011)
12. I Am So Proud of You (Don Hertzfeldt, 2008)
13. Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (Eli Craig, 2010)
14. Rock of Ages (Adam Shankman, 2012)
15. Life In A Day (Kevin MacDonald, 2011)
16. Red State (Kevin Smith, 2011)
17. The Dictator (Larry Charles, 2012)
18. The Help (Tate Taylor, 2011)
19. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
20. War Horse (Steven Spielberg, 2011)

1. Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011)
2. Midnight In Paris (Woody Allen, 2011)
3. The Cabin in the Woods (Drew Goddard, 2012)
4. The Avengers (Joss Whedon, 2012)
5. Whisper of the Heart (Yoshifumi Kondo, 1995)
6. The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, 2011)
7. My Neighbor Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)
8. Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000)
9. It's Such A Beautiful Day (Don Hertzfeldt, 2011)
10. The Descendants (Alexander Payne, 2011)



11. The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011)
12. Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008)
13. Into The Abyss (Werner Herzog, 2011)
14. I Am So Proud of You (Don Hertzfeldt, 2008)
15. Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (Eli Craig, 2010)
16. Rock of Ages (Adam Shankman, 2012)
17. Life In A Day (Kevin MacDonald, 2011)
18. Red State (Kevin Smith, 2011)
19. The Dictator (Larry Charles, 2012)
20. Only Yesterday (Isao Takahata, 1991)
21. The Help (Tate Taylor, 2011)
22. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
23. War Horse (Steven Spielberg, 2011)
24. Prometheus (Ridley Scott, 2012)
25. Men In Black 3 (Barry Sonnenfeld, 2012)

[dreamdead]

1. The Mortal Storm - 9
2. Metropolitan - 9
3. Certified Copy - 9
4. The Last Days of Disco - 9
5. What Happened Was... - 9
6. Blow-Up - 9
7. My Dinner with Andre - 8.5
8. The Sweet Smell of Success - 8.5
9. Baraka - 8
10. The Thin Blue Line - 8


Forbidden Games - 8
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - 7.5
Weekend (2011) - 7.5
No Man's Land - 7.5
The Deep Blue Sea - 7.5
Bad Lieutenant - 7.5
Damsels in Distress - 7.5
The Kid with a Bike - 7.5
The Lovers on the Bridge - 7.5
Killing Them Softly - 7
Eyes Without a Face - 7
Wuthering Heights (Arnold) - 7
The Day He Arrives - 7
Rosetta - 7
Cosmopolis - 7
The Asphalt Jungle - 7
Gabbeh - 7
The Cabin in the Woods - 7
Moonrise Kingdom - 6.5
The Innkeepers - 6.5
Looper - 6.5
Hamlet (2000) - 6.5
Kiss of the Spider-Woman - 6.5
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies - 6.5
The Artist - 6.5
The Future - 6
The Town - 6
Midnight in Paris - 6
Taken - 6
Chak De! India - 6
A Single Man - 6
The Grey - 6
From Dusk Till Dawn - 6
Martha Marcy May Marlene - 6
A Man and a Woman - 6
Skyfall - 6
A Dangerous Method - 5.5
John Carter - 5.5
Bottle Rocket - 5.5
Hugo - 5.5
Gaslight - 5.5
Diner - 5.5
Elles - 5.5
Sleeping Beauty (Leigh) - 5.5
The Woman in the Window - 5.5
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil - 5.5
Hot Rod - 5
From Here to Eternity - 5
Prometheus - 5
The Sleeping Beauty (Breillat) - 5
Brave - 5
Haywire - 5
The Hunger Games - 5
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog - 5
The Five-Year Engagement - 5
21 Jump Street - 5
The Tempest (Taymor) - 5
Attack the Block - 5
Coco Before Chanel - 5
Green Fish - 5
Rango - 4.5
Shame - 4.5
Riki-Oh - 4
Barbarella - 2
The Room - 1

[Boner M]

1. Milestones (Kramer, 1975)
2. Holy Motors (Carax, 2012)
3. The Phantom Carriage (Sjöström, 1921)
4. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (Mizoguchi, 1938)
5. Tabu (Gomes, 2012)
6. The Spider's Stratagem (Bertolucci, 1970)
7. Two Years at Sea (Rivers, 2011)
8. Amour (Haneke, 2012)
9. The Return (Dorsky, 2011)
10. Accatone (Pasolini, 1961)