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

Top 10:
10. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Dir. Isao Takahata – Japan
9. Greed (1924) Dir. Erich von Stroheim – US
8. Fire (1996) Dir. Deepa Mehta – India
7. In the Company of Men (1997) Dir. Neil Labute – US
6. Mademoiselle (1966) Dir. Tony Richardson – France
5. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) Dir. Werner Herzog – West Germany
4. Hustle & Flow (2005) Dir. Craig Brewer – US
3. The Ballad of Narayama (1983) Dir. Shohei Imamura – Japan
2. My Dinner With Andre (1981) Dir. Louis Malle – US
1. L’avventura (1960) Dir. Michaelangelo Antonioni – Italy

Recommended:
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) Dir. James Foley – US
Wreck-It Ralph (2012) Dir. Rich Moore – US
Hemel (2012) Dir. Sacha Polak – Netherlands
Beauty (2011) Dir. Oliver Hermanus – South Africa
L’age D’or (1930) Dir. Luis Bunuel – France
Hangmen Also Die (1943) Dir. Fritz Lang – US



Of Interest:
A Late Quartet (2012) Dir. Yaron Zilberman – US
Young Man with a Horn (1950) Dir. Michael Curtiz – US
Bestiaire (2012) Dir. Denis Cote – Canada
The Savage Is Loose (1974) Dir. George C. Scott – US
North Sea Texas (2011) Dir. Bavan Defurne – Belgium
The Hand (1981) Dir. Oliver Stone – US

Banal:
Born Innocent (1974) Dir. Donald Wrye – US
The Theater Bizarre (2011) Dir. Various – US/Canada
Ali G Indahouse (2002) Dir. Mark Mylod – UK

Cess Pool:
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 (2012) Dir. Bill Condon – US
Border Run (2013) Dir. Gabriela Tagliavini – US
Ooga Booga (2013) Dir. Charles Band – US

Rewatched:
Tremors (1990) Dir. Ron Underwood – US
The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) Dir. Derek Cianfrance – US
Ministry of Fear (1944) Dir. Fritz Lang – US

Theatrical Screenings:
The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) Dir. Derek Cianfrance – US 10/10
Love Is All You Need (2012) Dir. Susanne Bier – Denmark 10/10
The Lords of Salem (2012) Dir. Rob Zombie – US 9/10
Lotus Eaters (2012) Dir. Alexandra McGuiness – UK 9/10
You Will Be My Son (2012) Dir. Gilles Legrand – France 9/10
Paradise: Hope (2013) Dir. Ulrich Seidl – Austria 9/10
The We and the I (2012) Dir. Michel Gondry – US 9/10
Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) Dir. Anurag Kashyap – India 9/10
No Place On Earth (2012) Dir. Janet Tobias – US 8/10
Leviathan (2012) Dir. Lucien Castaing Tayler & Valerie Paravel – US 8/10
Towheads (2012) Dir. Shannon Plumb – US 8/10
My Brother the Devil (2012) Dir. Sally El Hosiani – UK 8/10
The Call (2013) Dir. Brad Anderson – US 8/10
Eden (2012) Dir. Megan Griffiths – US 9/10
Hunky Dory (2011) Dir. Marc Evans – UK 8/10
Mental (2012) Dir. P.J. Hogan – Australia 8/10
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) Dir. Antoine Fuqua – US 7/10
Before and After Dinner (2013) Dir. Cindy Kleine – US 7/10
Trance (2013) Dir. Danny Boyle – UK 7/10
The Silence (2010) Dir. Baran Bo Odar – Germany 7/10
Snitch (2013) Dir. Ric Roman Waugh – US 7/10
The Company You Keep (2012) Dir. Robert Redford – US 6/10
K-11 (2012) Dir. Jules Stewart – US 6/10
New World (2013) Dir. Park Hoon-jung – South Korea 6/10
Not Waving But Drowning (2012) Dir. Devynn Waitt – US 5/10
Erased (2012) Dir. Philip Stotzl – UK/Belgium 5/10
Admission (2013) Dir. Paul Weitz – US 5/10
If I Were You (2012) Dir. Joan Carr-Wiggin – Canada/UK 4/10
Loft (2008) Dir. Erik Von Looy – Belgium 4/10
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) Dir. Don Scardino – US 3/10
The Last Exorcism: Part Two (2013) Dir. Ed Gass-Donelly – US 3/10
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) Dir. Brian Singer – US 1/10
The Host (2013) Dir. Andrew Niccol – US 1/10