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

Top 10:


10. Arabian Nights (1974) Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini – Italy
9. On a Moonlit Night (1989) Dir. Lina Wertmuller – Italy/France
8. The Canterbury Tales (1972) Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini – Italy
7. Deep End (1970) Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski – UK
6. Time (2006) Dir. Kim Ki-Duk – South Korea 5. Die Niebelungen: Kreimheld’s Revenge (1924) Dir. Fritz Lang – Germany
4. Die Niebelungen: Siegfried (1924) Dir. Fritz Lang – Germany
3. The Death of Maria Malibran (1972) Dir. Werner Schroeter – West Germany
2. In the Realm of the Senses (1976) Dir. Nagisa Oshima – Japan
1. The Rose King (1986) Dir. Werner Schroeter – West Germany

Recommended:

Magic Mike (2012) Dir. Steven Soderbergh – US
The Five-Year Engagement (2012) Dir. Nicholas Stoller – US
Assassination (1964) Dir. Masahiro Shinoda – Japan
Drowning By Numbers (1988) Dir. Peter Greenaway – UK
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) Dir. Robert Wise – US
Night Full of Rain (1977) Dir. Lina Wertmuller – Italy
Spartacus (1960) Dir. Stanley Kubrick – US
The Decameron (1971) Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini – Italy
Wuthering Heights (1954) Dir. Luis Bunuel – Mexico


Of Interest:
Mame (1974) Dir. Gene Saks – US
Harakiri (1919) Dir. Fritz Lang – Germany
The Wandering Shadow (1920) Dir. Fritz Lang – Germany
Four Around a Woman (1921) Dir. Fritz Lang – Germany
Half Baked (1998) Dir. Tamra Davis – US
A Day at the Beach (1972) Dir. Simon Hesera – UK


Theatrical Screenings:
In the Family (2011) Dir. Patrick Wang – US 10/10
Lincoln (2012) Dir. Steven Spielberg – US 10/10
The Wall (2012) Dir. Julian Polsler – Austria 10/10
Killing Them Softly (2012) Dir. Andrew Dominic – US 9/10
La Rafle (2010) Dir. Rose Bosche – France 9/10
Skyfall (2012) Dir. Sam Mendes – US 9/10
The Central Park Five (2012) Dir. Ken & Sarah Burns, David McMahon – US 8/10
California Solo (2012) Dir. Marhsall Lewy – US 8/10
Flight (2012) Dir. Robert Zemeckis – US 8/10
A Man Vanishes (1967) Dir. Shohei Imamura – Japan 7/10
Life of Pi (2012) Dir. Ang Lee – US 7/10
Anna Karenina (2012) Dir. Joe Wright – UK 7/10
Hitchcock (2012) Dir. Sacha Gervasi – US 7/10
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012) Dir. Donald Rice – UK 6/10
The Details (2012) Dir. Jacob Aaron Estes – US 6/10
Jack & Diane (2012) Dir. Bradley Rust Gray – US 6/10
Dangerous Liaisons (2012) Dir. Hur Jin-Ho – China/Singapore 5/10
In Their Skin (2012) Dir. Jeremy Regimbal – US 4/10
The Man With the Iron Fists (2012) Dir. Rza – US 2/10


Banal:
Abraham Lincoln (1930) Dir. D.W. Griffith – US
The Birth of a Nation (1915) Dir. D.W. Griffith – US
A Woman At Her Window (1976) Dir. Pierre Granier-Deferre – France
The Guardian (1990) Dir. William Friedkin – US
Normal (2007) Dir. Carl Bessai – Canada
The Monster (1925) Dir. Roland West – US
Calendar (1993) Dir. Atom Egoyan – Canada


Cess Pool Cinema:
The Raven (2012) Dir. James McTiegue – US
The Burning (1981) Dir. Tony Maylam – US
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) Dir. Timur Bekmambetov – US


Rewatched:
Eating Raoul (1982) Dir. Paul Bartel – US
Heartbreakers (2001) Dir. David Mirkin – US
Copycat (1995) Dir. Jon Amiel – US
Leave It on the Floor (2011) Dir. Sheldon Larry – Canada
Mean Girls (2004) Dir. Mark Waters – US