My first review of the year will be Haywire. I will get it submitted to Criterion Cast by Friday. Hopefully it will be up here early next week at the latest. As far as current interests go, I have just begun “Deadwood” (finally). I am two episodes in and I am already completely hooked. The writing is superb; it just has its own rhythm to it and it becomes very easy to be hypnotized by its brand of speaking. Otherwise, I am just having fun catching up on older films that were gaping holes in my viewing. Catching films in the theater is not a priority right now, mainly because it just was for the past several months.
14. A Separation (2011, Farhadi): A
15. Freddy Got Fingered (2011, Green): D+
16. Mademoiselle (1966, Richardson): B+
17. Sabrina (1954, Wilder): A-
18. The Circus (1928, Chaplin): B+
19. The Leopard (1963, Visconti): A-/B+
20. Atlantic City (1980, Malle): B+
21. Pepe le Moko (1937, Duvivier): A-
22. The Big Knife (1955, Aldrich): C+ (I really enjoyed this overall, but there was one major weakness that makes the entire over-the-top grandiose film difficult to become invested in)
23. 12 Monkeys (1995, Gilliam): B+ (The giant red herring that is this film is not something I can ultimately get past.)
24. The Reckless Moment (1949, Ophuls): B+/B
25. Haywire (2012, Soderbergh): B-/C+
26. Kiss of Death (1947, Hathaway): B-
27. Panic in the Streets (1950, Kazan): A-
Feb 02, 2012 @ 15:23:31
Wow that’s a lot of films to see in half a month. I seen 27 films in the whole month. Good post, glad you liked The Circus.
Feb 02, 2012 @ 20:20:09
Thanks! Wow, we have the same number of films seen in January! Did you have a favorite from what you watched?