Top 10:
10. Gate of Hell (1953) Dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa – Japan
9. Bungalow (2002) Dir. Ulrich Kohler – Germany
8. Fireworks Wednesday (2006) Dir. Asghar Farhadi – Iran
7. Just Before Nightfall (1971) Dir. Claude Chabrol – France
6. What Time Is It There? (2001) Dir. Tsia Ming-Liang – China
5. Los Bastardos (2008) Dir. Amat Escalante – US/Mexico
4. Stranger Within a Woman (1966) Dir. Mikio Naruse - Japan
3. Games of Love and Chance (2003) Dir. Abdellatif Kechiche – France
2. Cure (1997) Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Japan
1. Khrustalyov, My Car! (1998) Dir. Aleksey German – Russia
Recommended:
Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1971) Dir. Jerry Schtazberg – US
Left Bank (2008) Dir. Pieter Van Hees – Belgium
Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) Dir. Terence Davies – UK
Charisma (1999) Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Japan
Kenneth Anger Volume 2 (1964-1972) Dir. Kenneth Anger – US
Grimm (2003) Dir. Alex van Warmderdan – Netherlands
My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1986) Dir. Aleksey German – Russia
Stranger than Paradise (1984) Dir. Jim Jarmusch – US
No Rest for the Brave (2003) Dir. Alain Guiraudie – France
Kenneth Anger Volume 1 (1947-1954) Dir. Kenneth Anger – US
Bright Future (2003) Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Japan
La Luna (1979) Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci – Italy/US
Of Interest:
Platform (2000) Dir. Jia Zhang-ke – China
My Sex Life (1996) Dir. Arnaud Desplechin – France
Barren Illusion (1999) Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Japan
A Forest With No Name (2002) Dir. Shinji Aoyama – Japan
The Guilt Trip (2012) Dir. Anne Fletcher – US
Theatrical Screenings:
Frances Ha (2012) Dir. Noah Baumbach – US 10/10
The Searchers (1956) Dir. John Ford – US 10/10
Kuma (2012) Dir. Umat Dag – Austria 10/10
Twenty Feet From Stardom (2013) Dir. Morgan Neville – US 10/10
Kiss of the Damned (2012) Dir. Xan Cassavetes – US 9/10
Miss Lovely (2012) Dir. Ashim Ahluwalia – India 9/10
The Almost Man (2012) Dir. Martin Lund – Norway 9/10
Disconnect (2013) Dir. Henry-Alex Rubin – US 8/10
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012) Dir. Mira Nair – US/UK 8/10
Free Fall (2013) Dir. Stephen Lacant – Germany 8/10
A Single Shot (2013) Dir. David Rosenthal – US 8/10
Lily (2013) Dir. Matt Creed – US 8/10
The Kings of Summer (2013) Dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts – US 7/10
Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal (2012) Dir. Boris Rodriguez – Canada/Denmark 7/10
Flower Buds (2011) Dir. Zdenek Jirasky – Czech Republic 7/10
The Brass Teapot (2012) Dir. Ramaa Mosley – US 7/10
Welcome to the Jungles (2013) Dir. Rob Metzler – US 7/10
Aftershock (2012) Dir. Nicolas Lopez – Chile/US 6/10
Feed Me With Your Words (2012) Dir. Martin Turk – Slovenia 6/10
Jellyfish Eyes (2013) Dir. Takashi Murakami – Japan 6/10
Fat Shaker (2013) Dir. Mohammad Shirvani – Iran 6/10
The Revenants (2013) Dir. Andreas Bolm – Germany 6/10
Errors of the Human Body (2012) Dir. Eron Sheean – Germany/US 6/10
Kalifornia (2012 short) Dir. Laura Mahlberg – Germany 6/10
Summer Games (2011) Dir. Rolando Colla – Switzerland 6/10
Evil Dead (2013) Dir. Fede Alvarez – US 6/10
Oblivion (2013) Dir. Joseph Kosinski – US 5/10
Mushrooming (2012) Dir. Toomas Hussar – Estonia 5/10
Midnight’s Children (2012) Dir. Deepa Mehta – India 5/10
Arthur Newman (2012) Dir. Dante Ariola – US 3/10
Love Sick Love (2012) Dir. Christian Charles – US 3/10
No One Lives (2012) Dir. Ryuhei Kitamura – US 2/10
And Now a Word From Our Sponsor (2013) Dir. Zack Bernbaum – US 1/10
Banal:
Shanks (1974) Dir. William Castle – US
Cess Pool Cinema:
Red Dawn (2012) Dir. Dan Bradley – US
Out of the Dark (1988) Dir. Michael Schroeder – US
Rewatched:
Pulse (2001) Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Japan
Gayby (2012) Dir. Jonathan Lisecki – US
In Another Country (2012) Dir. Hong Sang-soo – South Korea
The Letter (1940) Dir. William Wyler – US
Moonstruck (1987) Dir. Norman Jewison – US
2013 COLCOA Film Festival Rundown:
Top 10:
1. Le Grand Soir (2012) Dir. Gustave de Kerven & Benoit Delepine 10/10
2. The Attack (2012) Dir. Ziad Doueiri 10/10
3. The Bronte Sisters (1979) Dir. Andre Techine 10/10
4. Haute Cuisine (2012) Dir. Christian Vincent 9/10
5. Populaire (2012) Dir. Regis Roinard 9/10
6. Therese Desqueyroux (2012) Dir. Claude Miller 9/10
7. You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet (2012) Dir. Alain Resnais 8/10
8. Augustine (2012) Dir. Alice Winocour 8/10
9. Aliyah (2012) Dir. Elie Wajeman 8/10
10. Stavisky (1974) Dir. Alain Resnais 8/10
The Man Who Laughs (2012) Dir. Jean-Pierre Ameris 6/10
11.6 (2013) Dir. Philippe Godeau 6/10
Jappeloup (2013) Dir. Christian Duguay 6/10
Hidden Beauties (2013) Dir. Nouri Bouzid 6/10
Cycling With Moliere (2013) Dir. Philippe Le Guay 5/10
Mobius (2013) Dir. Eric Rochant 4/10
It Happened in Saint Tropez (2013) Dir. Daniele Thompson 4/10
Shorts:
Clean (2013 short) Dir. Benjamin Bouhana – France 10/10
Bet She’an (2012 short) Dir. Julien Soler, et al – France 10/10
The Inn (2012 short) Dir. Izu Troin – France 6/10
A la Francaise (2012 short) Dir. Morrigane Boyer, Julien Hazebrouq, Ren-Hsien Hsu, Emmannuelle Leleu, William Lorton 6/10
Bad Toys II (2012 short) Dir. Daniel Brunet, Nicolas Douste 5/10
F*ck UL (2012 short) Dir. Benoit Forgeard – France 4/10
