Screening Log: October 1st-15th 2011
15 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in 2011, Uncategorized, Weekly Screening Log Tags: Cinema Enthusiast, Horror, Pre-Code, Screening Log, Weekly Screening Log
I’ve decided to add B+/B, etc. variations to my grades. The grades are meant to be arbitrary and serve mainly as a reminder to myself how I (very roughly and reductively) felt about a film on a letter grade scale. Since I never mean them as any kind of stamp, I feel there is no harm in slightly varying up the grade options.
283. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2011, Craig): B+/B
284. Martin (1977, Romero): B-
285. 50/50 (2011, Levine): B+/B
286. The Black Cat (1934, Ulmer): B
287. Inside (2007, Bustillo & Maury): A-
288. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932, Florey): C+
289. The Mummy (1932, Freund): B+
290. Kongo (1932, Cowen): C+
291. The Howling (1981, Dante): C
292. The Ides of March (2011, Clooney): B-/C+
293. The Innocents (1961, Clayton): A
294. Murders in the Zoo (1933, Sutherland): C+
295. The Raven (1935, Landers): B
296. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931, Mamoulian): A
297. Dead of Night (1945, various): A-/B+
298. The Tingler (1959, Castle): B+/B
299. Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2011, Tsui): B/B-
300. The Golem (1920, Wegener): C-
301. Shotgun Stories (2007, Nichols): B
302. Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933, Curtiz): B+/B
303. Pontypool (2008, McDonald): A-
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Screening Log: September 15th-September 30th
01 Oct 2011 5 Comments
in 2011, Weekly Screening Log Tags: Attack the Block, Drive, Film, Horror, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Red State, Screening Log, Weekly Screening Log
268. Talk to Her (2002, Almodovar): A
269. Drive (2011, Refn): A
270. Word Wars (2004, Chaikin & Petrillo): B-
271. 42 Up (1998, Apted): A
272. Save the Green Planet! (2003, Jang): B
273. Meek’s Cutoff (2011, Reichardt): B+
274. If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011, Curry & Cullman): C+
275. Red State (2011, Smith): D+
276. Attack the Block (2011, Cornish): B
277. Kill, Baby…Kill (1966, Bava): B+
278. White Zombie (1932, Halperin): D
279. Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011, Durkin): A-
280. Them (Ils) (2006, Moreau & Palud): B
281. Island of Lost Souls (1932, Kenton): A
282. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978, Kaufman): A
Screening Log: August-Sept. 14th
14 Sep 2011 Leave a Comment
in 2011, Weekly Screening Log Tags: 1966, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2011, 28 Up, 35 Up, Adaptation: Book, Allan Moyle, Antonio Bandaras, Based on a True Story, blog, blog review, Brad Furman, Bridesmaids, Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff, Captain EO, Catherine Stebbins, Cedar Rapids, Cinema Enthusiast, cinenthusiast, Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, Contagion, Country: France, Craig McCall, Cul-de-Sac, Documentary, Francis Ford Coppola, Gay Cinema, Genre: Comedy, Genre: Horror, Genre: Melodrama, Genre: Sci-fi, Genre: Teen, Genre: Thriller, Helena Bonham-Carter, Iain Softley, John Carpenter, Law of Desire, Live Flesh, Matador, Michael Apted, Miguel Arteta, Of Gods and Men, Paul Feig, Paul Giamatti, Pedro Almodovar, Period Film, Pump Up the Volume, Rodman Flender, Roman Polanski, Short Film, Steven Soderbergh, The Flower of my Secret, The Lincoln Laywer, The Up Series, They Live, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, Tom McCarthy, Weekly Screening Log, Win Win, Wings of the Dove, Xavier Beauvois
247. Wings of the Dove (1998, Softley): B
249. Win Win (2011, McCarthy): B+
250. Of Gods and Men (2011, Beauvois): B-
251. The Lincoln Lawyer (2011, Furman): B-
252. Cedar Rapids (2011, Arteta): D+
253. Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop (2011, Flender): B
254. Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2011, McCall): C+
255. Captain EO (1986, Coppola): What do you give something like Captain EO? I’ll go with a C. It’s awful, but its too irreverently fun to give a lower grade.
256. Pump up the Volume (1990, Moyle): B+
257. Matador (1986, Almodovar): B
258. Law of Desire (1987, Almodovar): B-
259. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990, Almodovar): A-
260. The Flower of My Secret (1994, Almodovar): B-
261. Cul-de-Sac (1966, Polanski): B+
262. Live Flesh (1997, Almodovar): A-
263. Contagion (2011, Soderbergh): B
264. 28 Up (1985, Apted): A
265. 35 Up (1991, Apted): A
266. Bridesmaids (2011, Fieg): B+
267. They Live (1988, Carpenter): C-
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Weekly Screening Log: June 24th-30th
01 Jul 2011 Leave a Comment
in 2011, Weekly Screening Log Tags: 1959, 1960, 1984, 1985, 1999, 2002, 2011, Animated Films, Another Country, blog, Boys Don't Cry, Cars 2, Cinema Enthusiast, cinenthusiast, Claude Chabrol, Craig McCracken, French New Wave, J, J Abrams, John Lasseter, Kanievska, Kimberly Peirce, Les Bonnes Femmes, My Beautiful Laundrette, Pixar, Queer Cinema, Stephen Frears, Super 8, The Powerpuff Girls Movie, Weekly Screening Log
215. Les Bonnes Femmes (1960, Chabol): B+
216. The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002, McCracken): D+
217. Cars 2 (2011, Lasseter): C
218. Super 8 (2011, Abrams): A
219. Another Country (1984, Kanievska): C
220. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985, Frears): A-
221. Boys Don’t Cry (1999, Peirce): A
Weekly Screening Log: June 17th-23rd
24 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
in 2011, Weekly Screening Log Tags: 1921, 1938, 1951, 1958, 1961, 2002, 2011, Akira Kurosawa, André Øvredal, Diary of a Country Priest, French Cinema, Gaspar Noé, Irréversible, Jacques Demy, Jean Renoir, La Bête Humaine, Lola, Midnight in Paris, Norwegian Film, Robert Bresson, Silent Film, Terrence Malick, The Hidden Fortress, The Phantom Carriage, The Tree of Life, The Troll Hunter, TrollHunter, Victor Sjöström, Weekly Screening Log, Woody Allen
206. The Hidden Fortress (1958, Kurosawa): C+
207. Lola (1961, Demy): B+
208. La Bête Humaine (1938, Renoir): A-
209. Irréversible (2002, Noé): B+
210. Midnight in Paris (2011, Allen): A-
211. The Tree of Life (2011, Malick): A
212. The Phantom Carriage (1921, Sjöström): B-
213. Diary of a Country Priest (1951, Bresson): A
214. The Troll Hunter (2011, Øvredal): C
Weekly Screening Log: June 10th-16th
16 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
in 2011, Weekly Screening Log Tags: 1952, 1955, 1963, 1979, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2011, An Actor's Revenge, Black Rain, blog, Caterpillar, Cinema Enthusiast, cinenthusiast, Floating Clouds, Fudoh: The New Generation, Hirokazu Koreeda, Japan, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Films, Kenzo Mizoguchi, Koji Wakamatsu, Kon Ichikawa, Life of Oharu, Mikio Naruse, Nobody Knows, Shion Sono, Shohei Imamura, Sion Sono, Suicide Club, Takashi Miike, Takeshi Kitano, The Eel, Vengeance is Mine, Violent Cop, Weekly Screening Log
195. Life of Oharu (1952, Mizoguchi): B-
196. Violent Cop (1989, Kitano): C+
197. Suicide Club (2001, Sono): B-
198. Caterpillar (2011, Wakamatsu): C-
199. Black Rain (1989, Imamura): B-
200. Floating Clouds (1955, Naruse): B+
201. Nobody Knows (2004, Koreeda): A
202. Vengeance is Mine (1979, Imamura): A
203. An Actor’s Revenge (1963, Ichikawa): B-
204. Fudoh: The New Generation (1996, Miike): B
205. The Eel (1997, Imamura): B-
Weekly Screening Log: June 3rd-9th
10 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized, 2011, Weekly Screening Log Tags: cinenthusiast, Cinema Enthusiast, 2010, blog, Kaneto Shindo, 1964, 1966, 2002, 2011, Weekly Screening Log, X-Men: First Class, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japanese Cinema, 2001, Matthew Vaughn, Cure, Confessions, Tetsuya Nakashima, Japanese New Wave, Sword of Doom, Kihachi Okamoto, jidaigeki, Tatsuya Nakadai, 1997, Intentions of Murder, Shohei Imamura, Kuroneko, 1968, Pale Flower, Masahiro Shinoda, Russian Ark, Russian Cinema, Alexander Sokurov, Wet Hot American Summer, David Wain, Michael Showalter
186. X-Men: First Class (2011, Vaughn): B+
187. Wet Hot American Summer (2001, Wain): A-
188. Russian Ark (2002, Sokurov): A
189. Pale Flower (1964, Shinoda): B+
190. Kuroneko (1968, Shindo): B+
191. Intentions of Murder (1964, Imamura): A
192. The Sword of Doom (1966, Okamoto): A-
193. Confessions (2010, Nakashima): A
194. Cure (1997, Kurosawa): B+
Weekly Screening Log: May 20th-26th
27 May 2011 Leave a Comment
in 2011, Weekly Screening Log Tags: 1964, Silent Film, 2000, 2011, Incendies, 1934, Weekly Screening Log, Mad Max, 1979, George Miller, Sans Soleil, 1983, Chris Marker, Seance, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Great Expectations, David Lean, 1946, The Freshman, 1925, A Hard Day's Night, The Beatles, Richard Lester, Last Tango in Paris, 1972, Bernardo Bertolucci, It's a Gift, W.C Fields, Red Riding Hood, Catherine Hardwicke, Unknown, Jaume Collet-Serra, The Roommate, Christian E. Christiansen, Denis Villeneuve, Passion Play, Mitch Glazer
169. Mad Max (1979, Miller): D+
170. Sans Soleil (1983, Marker): A+
171. Seance (2000, Kurosawa): B+
172. Great Expectations (1946, Lean): B+
173. The Freshman (1925, Taylor & Newmeyer): C+
174. A Hard Day’s Night (1964, Lester): B-
175. Last Tango in Paris (1972, Bertolucci): A-
176. It’s a Gift (1934, McLoed): B+
177. Red Riding Hood (2011, Hardwicke): D
178. Unknown (2011, Collet-Serra): B
180. The Roommate (2011, Christiansen): D-
181. Incendies (2011, Villeneuve): A
182. Passion Play (2011, Glazer): D-
Weekly Screening Log: May 13th-19th
19 May 2011 Leave a Comment
in Weekly Screening Log Tags: 1975, 1982, 1990, 1999, 2011, Andrei Tarkovsky, Barry Lyndon, blog, Cinema Enthusiast, cinenthusiast, Giuseppe Capotondi, Lynne Ramsay, Paul Verhoeven, Ratcatcher, Solaris, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Lisberger, The Double Hour, Total Recall, Tron, Weekly Screening Log
163. Tron (1982, Lisberger): C-
164. Total Recall (1990, Verhoeven): A-
165. Ratcatcher (1999, Ramsay): A-
166. The Double Hour (2011, Capotondi): C+
167. Barry Lyndon (1975, Kubrick): A
168. Solaris (Tarkovsky, 1972): B
Weekly Screening Log: May 6th-May 12th
12 May 2011 Leave a Comment
in 2011, Weekly Screening Log Tags: 1987, 1993, 1999, 2005, 2011, Beastly, blog, Broadcast News, Cinema Enthusiast, cinenthusiast, Daniel Barnz, James L. Brooks, Kim Tae-yong, Lady Vengeance, Last Night, Massy Tedjedin, Memento Mori, Mike Leigh, Min Kyu-dong, Naked, Park Chan-wook, South Korea, Weekly Screening Log
157. Lady Vengeance (2005, Park): A-
158. Memento Mori (1999, Kim & Min): B
159. Naked (1993, Leigh): A
160. Beastly (2011, Barnz): D
161. Last Night (2011, Tadjedin): C-
162. Broadcast News (1987, Brooks): A
