Out of the Past: The Month in Film, February 2013:

Top 10:
10. Trading Places (1983) Dir. John Landis – US
9. Head-On (2004) Dir. Fatih Akin – Germany
8. Game Change (2012) Dir. Jay Roach – US
7. Lovers on the Bridge (1991) Dir. Leos Carax – France
6. La Promesse (1996) Dir. Dardenne Bros. – Belgium
5. Close-Up (1990) Dir. Abbas Kiarostami – Iran
4. Clone (2010) Dir. Benedek Fliegauf – Germany/Hungary
3. The Mafu Cage (1978) Dir. Karen Arthur – US
2. A Quiet Place in the Country (1968) Dir. Elio Petri – Italy/France
1. The Ballad of Narayama (1958) Dir. Keisuke Kinoshita – Japan


Recommended:
A Real Young Girl (1976) Dir. Catherine Breillat – France
Hit & Run (2012) Dir. Dax Shepard & David Palmer – US
The Wide Blue Road (1957) Dir. Gille Pontecorvo & Maleno Malenotti – Italy
Sansho the Bailiff (1954) Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi – Japan


Of Interest:
The Inheritance (2003) Dir. Per Fly – Sweden/Denmark
Liverpool (2008) Dir. Lisandro Alonso – Argentina
The Off Hours (2011) Dir. Megan Griffiths – US
The Unjust (2010) Dir. Ryoo Seung-wan – South Korea
A Safe Place (1971) Dir. Henry Jaglom – US


Banal:
Paranormal Acitvity 4 – Dir. Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman – US
Where Are We? (1991) Dir. Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman – US
The Pack (2010) Dir. Franck Richard – France
Melissa P. (2005) Dir. Luca Guadagnino – Italy
Wrecked (2012) Dir. Michael Greenspan – US
Success Is the Best Revenge (1984) Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski – UK
Monsignor (1982) Dir. Frank Perry – US


Theatrical Screenings:
Gimme the Loot (2012) Dir. Adam Leon – US 10/10
My Dog Killer (2013) Dir. Mira Fornayova – Czech Republic 9/10
Girls Against Boys (2012) Dir. Austin Chick – US 9/10
Side Effects (2013) Dir. Steven Soderbergh – US 9/10
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) Dir. Hiyao Miyazaki – Japan 9/10
Shopping (2013) Dir. Mark Albiston & Louis Sutherland – Australia 9/10
Castle In the Sky (1986) Dir. Hiyao Miyazaki – Japan 8/10
Welcome to Pine Hill (2012) Dir. Keith Miller – US 8/10
Out of the Blue (1980) Dir. Dennis Hopper – US 7/10
Dead Man Down (2013) Dir. Niels Arden Oplev – US 7/10
Future Weather (2012) Dir. Jenny Deller – US 7/10
Starbuck (2011) Dir. Ken Scott – Canada 6/10
Dark Skies (2013) Dir. Scott Stewart – US 6/10
Der Fan (1982) Dir. Eckhardt Schmidt – West Germany 6/10
Broken City (2013) Dir. Allen Hughes – US 6/10
The Berlin File (2013) Dir. Ryoo Seung-wan – South Korea 6/10
Almost In Love (2011) Dir. Sam Neave – US 6/10
Better Mus’ Come (2010) Dir. Storm – Jamiaca 6/10
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) Dir. Sam Raimi – US 5/10
The Taste of Money (2012) Dir. Im Sang-so – South Korea 5/10
Identity Thief (2013) Dir. Seth Gordon – US 5/10
Welcome to the Punch (2013) Dir. Eran Creevy – UK 5/10
My Amityville Horror (2012) Dir. Eric Walker – US 5/10
As Luck Would Have It (2011) Dir. Alex de la Iglesia – Spain 4/10
Warm Bodies (2013) Dir. Jonathan Levine – US 4/10
Small Apartments (2012) Dir. Jonas Akerlund – US 4/10
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) Dir. John Moore – US 4/10
The Condemned (2012) Dir. Robert Buso Garcia – Puerto Rico 3/10
Inescapabale – Dir. Ruba Nadda – Canada/South Africa 3/10
Bullet to the Head (2013) Dir. Walter Hill – US 3/10
The Playroom (2012) Dir. Julia Dyer – US 3/10
Upside Down (2012) Dir. Juan Solanas – Canada/France 3/10
Bless Me, Ultima (2013) Dir. Carl Franklin – US 3/10
Phantom (2013) Dir. Todd Robinson – US 1/10
The Power of Few (2013) Dir. Leone Marucci – US 0/10


Cess Pool:
Alex Cross (2012) Dir. Rob Cohen – US
Pitch Perfect (2012) Dir. Jason Moore – US

Rewatched:
Beetlejuice (1988) Dir. Tim Burton – US
Like Someone In Love (2012) Dir. Abbas Kiarostami – Japan
Girls Will Be Girls (2003) Dir. Richard Day – US