Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Out of the Past: The Month in Film, December 2012

Top 10:

10. Toys In the Attic (1963) Dir. George Roy Hill – US
9. Before Sunset (2004) Dir. Richard Linklater – US
8. Before Sunrise (1995) Dir. Richard Linklater – US
7. Boy Meets Girl (1984) Dir. Leos Carax – France
6. Man on a Swing (1974) Dir. Frank Perry – US
5. Profound Desire of the Gods (1968) Dir. Shohei Imamura – Japan
4. Remember My Name (1978) Dir. Alan Rudolph – US
3. Oasis (2002) Dir. Lee Changdong – South Korea
2. The Shout (1978) Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski – UK
1. Mauvais Sang (1986) Dir. Leos Carax – France

Recommended:
Undertow (2004) Dir. David Gordon Green – US
Endangered Species (1982) Dir. Alan Rudolph – US
Patty Hearst (1988) Dir. Paul Schrader – US
Slacker (1991) Dir. Richard Linklater – US
Mickey One (1965) Dir. Arthur Penn – US
Guilty of Romance (2011) Dir. Sion Sono – Japan
I Want You (1998) Dir. Michael Winterbottom – UK
An Angel At My Table (1990) Dir. Jane Campion – Australia
The Maid (2009) Dir. Sebastian Silva – Chile
Go Go Tales (2007) Dir. Abel Ferrara – US
Play It As It Lays (1972) Dir. Frank Perry – US
Summer of ’04 (2006) Dir. Stefan Krohmer – Germany
Mama Turns 100 (1979) Dir. Carlos Saura – Spain
Dr. Jekyll and His Women (1981) Dir. Walerian Borowczyk – France/West Germany
Four Shades of Brown (2004) Dir. Tomas Alfredson – Sweden
Exotica (1994) Dir. Atom Egoyan – Canada
Bachelorette (2012) Dir. Leslye Headland – US

Of Interest:
The Good Doctor (2011) Dir. Lance Daly – US
Ladybug Ladybug (1963) Dir. Frank Perry – US
Immoral Women (1979) Dir. Walerian Borowczyk – France
Blood Feud (1978) Dir. Lina Wertmuller – Italy
Sparkle (1976) Dir. Sam O’Steen – US
The Room (1987) Dir. Robert Altman – US
Men in Black 3 (2012) Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld – US
Two Friends (1987) Dir. Jane Campion – Australia
Chained (2012) Dir. Jennifer Chambers Lynch – US
Coco Before Chanel (2009) Dir. Anne Fontaine – France
White Christmas (1954) Dir. Michael Curtiz – US
The Trap (2007) Dir. Srdan Golubovic – Serbia
Flirting With Disaster (1996) Dir. David O. Russell – US

Banal:
The Awakening (1980) Dir. Mike Newell – UK
Tanner Hall (2009) Dir. Francesca Gregorini & Tatiana von Furstenberg
Bad Boys II (2003) Dir. Michael Bay – US
Premonition (1972) Dir. Alan Rudolph – US
Chernobyl Diaries (2012) Dir. Bradley Parker – US
Total Recall (2012) Dir. Len Wiseman – US
That’s My Boy (2012) Dir. Sean Anders – US
Burning Man (2011) Dir. Jonathan Teplitzky – Australia
Premium Rush (2012) Dir. David Koepp – US
Starship Troopers (1997) Dir. Paul Verhoeven – US
Why Stop Now (2012) Dir. Phil Dorling & Ryan Nyswaner – US

Theatrical Screenings:
Django Unchained (2012) Dir. Quentin Tarantino – US 10/10
Mauvais Sang (1986) Dir. Leos Carax – France 10/10
Blancanieves (2012) Dir. Pablo Berger – Spain 10/10
Zero Dark Thirty (2012) Dir. Kathryn Bigelow – US 10/10
Purge (2012) Dir. Antti Jokinen – Finland 10/10
I, Anna (2012) Dir. Barnaby Southcombe – UK 9/10
Promised Land (2012) Dir. Gus Van Sant – US 8/10
How to Survive a Plague (2012) Dir. David France – US 8/10
Sahkanaga (2011) Dir. John Henry Summerour – US 7/10
Kauwboy (2012) Dir. Boudewijn Koole – Netherlands 7/10
Best Intentions (2011) Dir. Adrian Sitaru – Romania 7/10
This Is Forty (2012) Dir. Judd Apatow – US 7/10
Les Miserables (2012) Dir. Tom Hooper – UK 7/10
The Girl (2012) Dir. David Riker – US 7/10
Already Famous (2011) Dir. Michelle Chong – Singapore 7/10
Not Fade Away (2012) Dir. David Chase – US 7/10
Jack Reacher (2012) Dir. Christopher McQuarrie – US 6/10
A Werewolf Boy (2012) Dir. Jo Sung-hee – South Korea 6/10
The Deep (2012) Dir. Baltasar Kormakur – Iceland 6/10
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) Dir. Peter Jackson – US 6/10
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012) Dir. Edward Burns – US 6/10
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) Dir. Roger Michell – UK 6/10
Yelling To the Sky (2011) Dir. Victoria Mahoney – US 6/10
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012) Dir. Roman Coppola – US 5/10 Theodora the Sinner (2011) Dir. Anca Hirte – Romania 5/10
The Third Half (2012) Dir. Darko Mitrevski – Macedonia 5/10
Stand Up Guys (2012) Dir. Fisher Stevens – US 4/10
Struck By Lightning (2012) Dir. Brian Dannelly – US 4/10

Cess Pool:
Stolen (2012) Dir. Simon West – US
Man on a Ledge (2012) Dir. Asger Leth – US
Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996) Dir. S.S. Wilson – US

Rewatched:
Prometheus (2012) Dir. Ridley Scott – US
Following (1999) Dir. Christopher Nolan – UK