Out of the Past: The Week In Film 10/21/11 – 10/27/11

Of Interest:
Elite Squad (2007) Dir. Jose Padhila – Brazil

Recommended:
The Conspirator (2010) Dir. Robert Redford – US
The Perfect Host (2010) Dir. Nick Tomnay – US
Winnebago Man (2009) Dir. Ben Steinbauer – US

Theatrical Screenings:
Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2011) Dir. Jose Padhila – Brazil 7/10
The Conquest (2011) Dir. Xavier Durringer – France 8/10
Declaration of War (2011) Dir. Valerie Donzelli – France 9/10
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) Dir. Sean Durkin – US 10/10

Out of the Past: The Week In Film 10/14/11-10/20/11

Cess Pool Cinema:
Glitch In the Grid (2011) Dir. Eric Lesier – US
Hisss (2010) Dir. Jennifer Chambers Lynch – India/US

Recommended:
L.A. Story (1991) Dir. Mick Jackson – US
Red State (2011) Dir. Kevin Smith – US
Hipsters (2008) Dir. Valeriy Todorovskiy – Russia

Theatrical Screenings:
Young Goethe In Love (2011) Dir. Phillip Stolzl – Germany 5/10
Oranges and Sunshine (2010) Dir. Jim Loach – UK/Australia 5/10
Texas Killing Fields (2011) Dir. Ami Canaan Mann – US 9/10
Pina (2011) Dir. Wim Wenders – Germany 10/10

Out of the Past: The Week In Film 10/7/11 – 10/13/11

The Banal:
The Spiral Road (1962) Dir. Robert Mulligan – US
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) Dir. Brian Gibson – US

Of Interest:
The Last Sunset (1961) Dir. Robert Aldrich – US

Recommended:
Copacabana (2010) Dir. Marc Fitoussi – France
A Taste of Honey (1961) Dir. Tony Richardson – UK

Essential Cinema:
Shivers (1975) Dir. David Cronenberg – Canada
Last Summer (1969) Dir. Frank Perry – US
Model Shop (1969) Dir. Jacques Demy – US/France

Rewatched:
Insidious (2010) Dir. James Wan - US

Theatrical Screenings:
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (2011) Dir. Tom Six – Netherlands 5/10
Margin Call (2011) Dir. J.C. Chandor – US 7/10
The Ides of March (2011) Dir. George Clooney – US 8/10
I Melt With You (2011) Dir. Mark Pellington – US 8/10
The Woman (2011) Dir. Lucky McKee – US 10/10

Out of the Past: The Week In Film 9/30/11 – 10/6/11

Cess Pool Cinema:
Thor (2011) Dir. Kenneth Branagh – US
The Rite (2011) Dir. Mikael Hafstrom – US

The Banal:
Limitless (2011) Dir. Neil Burger – US
A Very Special Favor (1965) Dir. Michael Gordon - US
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952) Dir. Douglas Sirk – US
The Golden Blade (1953) Dir. Nathan Juran – US

Of Interest:
A Woman’s Secret (1949) Dir. Nicholas Ray – US

Essential Cinema:
I Will Follow (2011) Dir. Ann Duvernay - US
The Sterile Cuckoo (1969) Dir. Alan J. Pakula – US

Theatrical Screenings:
The Man Nobody Knew (2011) Dir. Carl Colby – US 7/10
Dream House (2011) Dir. Jim Sheridan – US 7/10
Take Shelter (2011) Dir. Jeff Nichols – US 10/10
Margaret (2011) Dir. Kenneth Lonergan – US 10/10

Out of the Past: The Week in Film 9/19/11-9/29/11

Cess Pool Cinema:
Half Light (2006) Dir. Craig Rosenberg - US
Windtalkers (2002) Dir. John Woo - US
Jumping the Broom (2011) Dir. Salim Akil - US

The Banal:
Cage of Evil (1960) Dir. Edward L. Cahn - US

Of Interest:
The Beaver (2011) Dir. Jodie Foster - US
The Keep (1983) Dir. Michael Mann - UK


Recommended:
Rango (2011) Dir. Gore Verbinski - US

Essential Cinema:
Road To Nowhere (2010) Dir. Monte Hellman - US
Dream Home (2010) Dir. Ho Cheung-Pang - Hong Kong
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (1969) Dir. George Roy Hill - US

Rewatched:
The Watcher In The Woods (1980) Dir. John Hough - US/US

Theatrical Screenings:
House of Boys (2009) Dir. Jean-Claude Schlim - Luxembourg/Germany 5/10
Abduction (2011) Dir. John Singleton - US 5/10
Contagion (2011) Dir. Steven Soderbergh - US 6/10
Blackthorn (2010) Dir. Mateo Gil - Spain/US 6/10
Silent Souls (2010) Dir. Aleksei Fedorchenko - Russia 7/10
Drive (2011) Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn - US 10/10
Weekend (2011) Dir. Andrew Haugh - UK 10/10