Out of the Past: The Month in Film, April 2012 (Plus COLCOA 2013 Rundown)

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

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

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

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

Top 10:
10. Mo’ Better Blues (1990) Dir. Spike Lee – US
9. Inside Deep Throat (2005) Dir. Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato – US
8. Primer (2004) Dir. Shane Carruth – US
7. Formentera (2012) Dir. Ann-Kristin Reyels – Germany
6. Paragraph 175 (2000) Dir. Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman – US
5. Bright Star (2009) Dir. Jane Campion – UK
4. Easier With Practice (2009) Dir. Kyle Patrick Alvarez – US
3. Common Threads (1989) Dir. Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman – US
2. Serpico (1973) Dir. Sidney Lumet – US
1. Una Noche (2012) Dir. Lucy Mulloy – Cuba


Of Interest:
Frankenweenie (2012) Dir. Tim Burton – US
Superman (1978) Dir. Richard Donner – US
Superman II: The Donner Cut (1980) Dir. Richard Donner – US
Ted (2012) Dir. Seth MacFarlane – US


The Banal:
The Legend of Hell House (1973) Dir. John Hough – UK
Meeting Evil (2012) Dir. Chris Fisher – US
Hard Romanticker (2011) Dir. Gu Su-yeon – Japan
Superman Returns (2006) Dir. Bryan Singer – US
Ciao (2008) Dir. Yen Tran – US
Mulberry Street (2006) Dir. Jim Mickle – US
Four Brothers (2005) Dir. John Singleton – US


Theatrical Screenings:
No (2012) Dir. Pablo Larrain – Chile 10/10
Lore (2012) Dir. Cate Shortland – Germany/Australia 8/10
Yossi (2012) Dir. Eytan Fox – Israel 8/10
The Last Sentence (2012) Dir. Jan Troell – Sweden 8/10
The Last Stand (2013) Dir. Kim Ji-woon – US 7/10
The Sweeney (2012) Dir. Nick Love – UK 7/10
Gangster Squad (2013) Dir. Ruben Fleischer – US 5/10
The Gatekeepers (2012) Dir. Dror Moreh – Israel 5/10
Emperor (2012) Dir. Peter Webber – UK 4/10


Rewatched:
The Queen of Versailles (2012) Dir. Lauren Greenfield – US


Cess Pool:
The Lorax (2012) Dir. Chris Renaud & Kyle Balda – US
Supergirl (1984) Dir. Jeannot Szwarc – US

Sundance 2013: The Rundown

I caught a whopping 46 new titles at Sundance 2013, and yet I still wasn't able to catch everything I wanted! But here's my rundown as far as titles go.


1. Fruitvale – Dir. Ryan Coogler (US)
2. The East – Dir. Zal Batmanglij (US)

3. Mother of George – Dir. Andrew Dosunmu (US)

4. Magic Magic – Dir. Sebastian Silva (US/Chile)

5. Stoker – Dir. Park Chan-wook (US)

6. Prince Avalanche – Dir. David Gordon Green (US)

7. Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes – Dir. Francesca Gregorini (US)

8. Crystal Fairy – Dir. Sebastian Silva (Chile)

9. Don John’s Addiction – Dir. Joseph Gordon Levitt (US)

10. Mud – Dir. Jeff Nichols (US)

Best of the Rest:
11. Wrong Cops
12. Blue Caprice
13. Before Midnight
14. Halley
15. Upstream Color
16. Metro Manila
17. Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
18. Concussion
19. Kill Your Darlings
20. The Spectacular Now
21. Escape From Tomorrow
22. It Felt Like Love
23. C.O.G.
24. Newlyweeds
25. S-VHS
26. Two Mothers
27. Breathe In
28. The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete
29. The Meteor

Of Interest:
30. The Way, Way Back
31. The Look of Love
32. Lovelace
33. Afternoon Delight
34. Interior. Leather Bar

Of Minor Interest:
35. ACOD
36. Circles
37. We Are What We Are
38. The Future
39. May In the Summer
40. This Is Martin Bonner
41. Soldate Jeannette

Waste of Time:
42. In Fear
43. The Rambler
44. Austenland
45. Sweetwater
46. Ass Backwards

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

Top 10:

10. Toys In the Attic (1963) Dir. George Roy Hill – US
9. Before Sunset (2004) Dir. Richard Linklater – US
8. Before Sunrise (1995) Dir. Richard Linklater – US
7. Boy Meets Girl (1984) Dir. Leos Carax – France
6. Man on a Swing (1974) Dir. Frank Perry – US
5. Profound Desire of the Gods (1968) Dir. Shohei Imamura – Japan
4. Remember My Name (1978) Dir. Alan Rudolph – US
3. Oasis (2002) Dir. Lee Changdong – South Korea
2. The Shout (1978) Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski – UK
1. Mauvais Sang (1986) Dir. Leos Carax – France

Recommended:
Undertow (2004) Dir. David Gordon Green – US
Endangered Species (1982) Dir. Alan Rudolph – US
Patty Hearst (1988) Dir. Paul Schrader – US
Slacker (1991) Dir. Richard Linklater – US
Mickey One (1965) Dir. Arthur Penn – US
Guilty of Romance (2011) Dir. Sion Sono – Japan
I Want You (1998) Dir. Michael Winterbottom – UK
An Angel At My Table (1990) Dir. Jane Campion – Australia
The Maid (2009) Dir. Sebastian Silva – Chile
Go Go Tales (2007) Dir. Abel Ferrara – US
Play It As It Lays (1972) Dir. Frank Perry – US
Summer of ’04 (2006) Dir. Stefan Krohmer – Germany
Mama Turns 100 (1979) Dir. Carlos Saura – Spain
Dr. Jekyll and His Women (1981) Dir. Walerian Borowczyk – France/West Germany
Four Shades of Brown (2004) Dir. Tomas Alfredson – Sweden
Exotica (1994) Dir. Atom Egoyan – Canada
Bachelorette (2012) Dir. Leslye Headland – US

Of Interest:
The Good Doctor (2011) Dir. Lance Daly – US
Ladybug Ladybug (1963) Dir. Frank Perry – US
Immoral Women (1979) Dir. Walerian Borowczyk – France
Blood Feud (1978) Dir. Lina Wertmuller – Italy
Sparkle (1976) Dir. Sam O’Steen – US
The Room (1987) Dir. Robert Altman – US
Men in Black 3 (2012) Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld – US
Two Friends (1987) Dir. Jane Campion – Australia
Chained (2012) Dir. Jennifer Chambers Lynch – US
Coco Before Chanel (2009) Dir. Anne Fontaine – France
White Christmas (1954) Dir. Michael Curtiz – US
The Trap (2007) Dir. Srdan Golubovic – Serbia
Flirting With Disaster (1996) Dir. David O. Russell – US

Banal:
The Awakening (1980) Dir. Mike Newell – UK
Tanner Hall (2009) Dir. Francesca Gregorini & Tatiana von Furstenberg
Bad Boys II (2003) Dir. Michael Bay – US
Premonition (1972) Dir. Alan Rudolph – US
Chernobyl Diaries (2012) Dir. Bradley Parker – US
Total Recall (2012) Dir. Len Wiseman – US
That’s My Boy (2012) Dir. Sean Anders – US
Burning Man (2011) Dir. Jonathan Teplitzky – Australia
Premium Rush (2012) Dir. David Koepp – US
Starship Troopers (1997) Dir. Paul Verhoeven – US
Why Stop Now (2012) Dir. Phil Dorling & Ryan Nyswaner – US

Theatrical Screenings:
Django Unchained (2012) Dir. Quentin Tarantino – US 10/10
Mauvais Sang (1986) Dir. Leos Carax – France 10/10
Blancanieves (2012) Dir. Pablo Berger – Spain 10/10
Zero Dark Thirty (2012) Dir. Kathryn Bigelow – US 10/10
Purge (2012) Dir. Antti Jokinen – Finland 10/10
I, Anna (2012) Dir. Barnaby Southcombe – UK 9/10
Promised Land (2012) Dir. Gus Van Sant – US 8/10
How to Survive a Plague (2012) Dir. David France – US 8/10
Sahkanaga (2011) Dir. John Henry Summerour – US 7/10
Kauwboy (2012) Dir. Boudewijn Koole – Netherlands 7/10
Best Intentions (2011) Dir. Adrian Sitaru – Romania 7/10
This Is Forty (2012) Dir. Judd Apatow – US 7/10
Les Miserables (2012) Dir. Tom Hooper – UK 7/10
The Girl (2012) Dir. David Riker – US 7/10
Already Famous (2011) Dir. Michelle Chong – Singapore 7/10
Not Fade Away (2012) Dir. David Chase – US 7/10
Jack Reacher (2012) Dir. Christopher McQuarrie – US 6/10
A Werewolf Boy (2012) Dir. Jo Sung-hee – South Korea 6/10
The Deep (2012) Dir. Baltasar Kormakur – Iceland 6/10
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) Dir. Peter Jackson – US 6/10
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012) Dir. Edward Burns – US 6/10
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) Dir. Roger Michell – UK 6/10
Yelling To the Sky (2011) Dir. Victoria Mahoney – US 6/10
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012) Dir. Roman Coppola – US 5/10 Theodora the Sinner (2011) Dir. Anca Hirte – Romania 5/10
The Third Half (2012) Dir. Darko Mitrevski – Macedonia 5/10
Stand Up Guys (2012) Dir. Fisher Stevens – US 4/10
Struck By Lightning (2012) Dir. Brian Dannelly – US 4/10

Cess Pool:
Stolen (2012) Dir. Simon West – US
Man on a Ledge (2012) Dir. Asger Leth – US
Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996) Dir. S.S. Wilson – US

Rewatched:
Prometheus (2012) Dir. Ridley Scott – US
Following (1999) Dir. Christopher Nolan – UK

Bell's 156 Most Anticipated Films, 2013

Well, here it is---another year, another hotly anticipated list. Granted, a few of these titles are wishful thinking (the Zulawski title may be a pipedream) and a few may end up being 2014 titles, but I've tried to weed out most of those (so no Grace of Monaco or The Grand Budapest Hotel). Also, the first seven titles are Sigourney Weaver and Isabelle Huppert projects, so the unbiased list starts at #7, with Ulrich Seidl's Paradise: Love gets that slot (see photo). Of these 156 titles (the Ned Benson project, The Disappearance of His/Hers, which stands as two separate films, I have counted as one at #4), 27 of these are female directors (and of these, 13 are from US, 7 from France).

1. It Is What It Is - Dir. Susanna Fogel (US)
2. Happy Holidays, Katherine Sloane - Dir. Daniel Petrie (US)
3. Abuse of Weakness - Dir. Catherine Breillat (France)
4. Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Hers, The - Dir. Ned Benson (US)
4. Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: His, The - Dir. Ned Benson (US)
5. Tip Top - Dir. Serge Bozon (France)
6. Dead Man Down - Dir. Niels Arden Oplev (US)
7. Paradise: Hope - Dir. Ulrich Seidl (Austria)
8. Girls Will Be Girls Sequel - Dir. Richard Day (US)
9. Dark Matter - Dir. Andrzej Zulawski (Poland)
10. Venus In Fur - Dir. Roman Polanski (France)
11. Only God Forgives - Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn (US)
12. Only Lovers Left Alive - Dir. Jim Jarmusch (US)
13. Tom a la Ferme - Dir. Xavier Dolan (France)
14. To The Eyes - Dir. Michel Franco (Mexico)
15. Last Voyage of the Demeter - Dir. Neil Marshall (UK)
16. Colt 45 - Dir. Fabrice Du Welz (France)
17. Among the Living - Dir. Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo (France)
18. All Cheerleaders Die - Dir. Lucky McKee (US)
19. Beauty and the Beast - Dir. Christophe Gans (France)
20. Dances of Reality, The - Dir. Alejando Jodorowsky (Mexico)
21. Horns - Dir. Alexandre Aja (US)
22. Memories of Blue Hill Club - Dir. Lee Chang Dong (South Korea)
23. Maps To the Stars - Dir. David Cronenberg (Canada)
24. Nymphomaniac - Dir. Lars Von Trier (Denmark)
25. Panda Eyes - Dir. Isabel Coixet (UK)
26. Snow Piercer - Dir. Bong Joon-ho (South Korea)
27. Space Station 76 - Dir. Jack Plotnick (US)
28. Stoker - Dir. Park Chan Wook (US)
29. Lobster, The - Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos (UK)
30. Spiritismes - Dir. Guy Madden (Canada)
31. Under the Skin - Dir. Jonathan Glazer (US)
32. Two Mothers - Dir. Anne Fontaine (France/Australia)
33. Untitled Nicole Holofcener Project - Dir. Nicole Holofcener (US)
34. Vernon God Little - Dir. Werner Herzog (US)
35. Zero Theorem, The - Dir. Terry Gilliam (US)
36. East, The - Dir. Zal Batmanglij (US)
37. Blue Is a Hot Color - Dir. Abdel Kechiche (France)
38. Cut, The - Dir. Fatih Akin (France/Turkey)
39. Duke of Burgundy, The - Dir. Peter Strickland (UK)
40. Bastards, The - Dir. Claire Denis (France)
41. Happy Sad, The - Dir. Rodney Evans (US)
42. Rest Home - Dir. Michael Rowe (Mexico)
43. Queer - Dir. Steve Buscemi (US)
44. Rover, The - Dir. David Michod (Australia)
45. Mood Indigo - Michel Gondry (France)
46. Jane Got a Gun - Lynne Ramsay (US)
47. Innocence - Dir. Hilary Brougher (US)
48. I'm So Excited - Dir. Pedro Almodovar (Spain)
49. Untitled Asghar Farhadi Project - Dir. Asghar Farhadi (France)
50. Why Don't You Play In Hell? - Dir. Shion Sono (Japan)
51. Woman In the Cage, The - Dir. Mikkel Norgaard (Denmark)
52. Zama - Dir. Lucretia Martel (Argentina)
53. 12 Years a Slave - Dir. Steve McQueen (UK)
54. Butler, The - Dir. Lee Daniels (US)
55. Chinese Puzzle - Dir. Cedric Klapisch (France)
56. Field in England, A - Dir. Ben Wheatley (UK)
57. Mobius - Dir. Eric Rochant (France)
58. Layla Fourie - Dir. Pia Marais (Germany)
59. Never Goodnight, We are the Best! - Dir. Lukas Moodysson (Sweden)
60. Night Train to Lisbon - Dir. Bille August (Germany)
61. Perfect Sisters - Dir. Stanley M. Brooks (US)
62. Side Effect, The - Dir. Ti West (US)
63. White Bird in a Blizzard  - Dir. Gregg Araki (US)
64. Gravity Alfonso Cuaron - Dir. (US)
65. Bolo - Dir. Dee Rees (US)
66. 3096 - Dir. Sherry Horman (Germany)
67. Carrie - Dir. Kimberly Pierce (US)
68. Dallas Buyers Club, The - Dir. Jean-Marc Vallee (US)
69. Dark Touch - Dir. Marina de Van (France)
70. Death's Cold Hand - Dir. Agnieszka Holland (Poland)
71. Enemy, An - Dir. Denis Villeneuve (Canada)
72. Hive, The - Dir. Brad Anderson (US)
73. It Goes (Elle s'en va) - Dir. Emmanuelle Bercot (France)
74. Kiss of the Damned - Dir. Xan Cassavetes (US)
75. Last Days on Mars - Dir. Ruairi Robinson (UK)
76. Mother of George - Dir. Andrew Dosunmu (US)
77. Making Love - Dir. Djinn Carrenard (France)
78. Nightingale - Dir. James Gray (US)
79. Scorpion In Love - Dir. Santiago Zannou (Spain)
80. Skytten - Dir. Annette K. Olesen (Denmark)
81. Untitled Robert Cantarella Project - Dir. Robert Cantarella (US/France
82. Blood Ties - Dir. Guillaume Canet (US)
83. Camille Claudel, 1915 - Dir. Bruno Dumont (France)
84. Carol - Dir. John Crowley (UK)
85. Dau - Dir. Ilya Khrzhanovskiy (Russia)
86. Devil's Knot - Dir. Atom Egoyan (US)
87. Attachment - Dir. Tony Kaye (US)
88. Grand Piano - Dir. Eugenio Mira (Spain)
89. Her - Dir. Spike Jonze (US)
90. Louder Than Bombs - Dir. Joachim Trier (US)
91. Queen of the Desert - Dir. Werner Herzog (Germany)
92. Spies & Gilstrup - Dir. Cristoffer Boe (Denmark)
93. Sunlight Jr. - Dir. Laurie Collyer (US)
94. Untitled Terrence Malick Project - Dir. Terrence Malick (US)
95. Railway Man, The - Dir. Jonathan Teplitzky (Australia/UK)
96. Pacific Rim - Dir. Guillermo Del Toro (US)
97. Back Roads - Dir. Adrian Lyne (US)
98. Bling Ring, The - Dir. Sofia Coppola (US)
99. Canyons, The - Dir. Paul Schrader (US)
100. Corpus Christi - Dir. Richard Kelly (US)
101. Night Moves - Dir. Kelly Reichardt (US)
102. Keep, The - Dir. Peter Weir (UK)
103. Birdman - Dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Spain)
104. Insidious Chapter 2 - Dir. James Wan (US)
105. Gerontophilia - Dir. Bruce la Bruce (Canada/France)
106. Counselor, The - Dir. Ridley Scott (US)
107. Jealousy - Dir. Philippe Garrel (France)
108. Knight of Cups - Dir. Terrence Malick (US)
109. Lumpy - Dir. Ted Koland (US)
110. Magic Magic - Dir. Sebastian Silva (US)
111. Wrong Cops - Dir. Quentin Dupieux (US/France)
112. Double, The - Dir. Richard Ayode (US)
113. Seventh Son, The - Dir. Sergey Bodrov (UK)
114. Nebraska - Dir. Alexander Payne (US)
115. Side Effects - Dir. Steven Soderbergh (US)
116. Untitled Abbas Kiarstami Project - Dir. Abbas Kiarastami (Italy)
117. Wolf of Wall Street, The - Dir. Martin Scorsese (US)
118. Most Wanted Man, A - Dir. Anton Corbijn (US)
119. Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, The - Dir. Fredrik Bond (US)
120. Mojave - Dir. William Monahan (US)
121. Our Kind of Traitor - Dir. Justin Kurzel (UK)
122. Oldboy - Dir. Spike Lee (US)
123. Conjuring, The - Dir. James Wan (US)
124. Calvary - Dir. John Michael McDonaugh (UK)
125. Breaking the Girl - Dir. Jamie Babbit (US)
126. Untitled Woody Allen Project - Woody Allen (US)
127. Diana - Dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel (US)
128. Oz the Great and Powerful - Dir. Sam Raimi (US)
129. Hand In Hand - Dir. Valerie Donzelli (France)
130. Elysium - Dir. Neill Blomkamp (US)
131. Sacrament, The - Dir. Ti West (US)
132. Behind the Candelabra - Dir. Steven Soderbergh (US)
133. Barefoot - Dir. Andrew Fleming (US)
134. Therese - Dir. Charlie Stratton (US)
135. Big Valley, The - Dir. Daniel Adams (US)
136. Wait, The - Dir. M. Blash (US)
137. Nurse 3D - Dir. Doug Aaroniokoski (US)
138. Religious, The  - Dir. Guillaume Nicloux (France)
139. Two Faces of January, The - Dir.  Hossein Amini (UK)
140. All Are Dead - Dir. Beatriz Sanchis (Spain)
141. Some Velvet Morning - Dir. Neil Labute (US)
142. Skinny Dip - Dir. Frankie Latina (US)
143. Very Good Girls - Dir. Naomi Foner (US)
144. Highland Park - Dir. Andrew Meieran (US)
145. Great Gatsby, The - Dir. Baz Luhrman (US)
146. Inside Llewyn Davis - Dir. Coen Bros. (US)
147. While We're Young - Dir. Noah Baumbach (US)
148. Beauty of Sharks, The - Dir. Karim Ainouz (Brazil)
149. May In the Summer - Dir. Cherien Dabis (US)
150. Young and Prodigious Spivet, The - Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet (France/Canada)
151. Gold - Dir. Thomas Arslan (Germany)
152. Before Midnight - Dir. Richard Linklater (US)
153. Aferim! - Dir. Radu Jude (Romania)
154. My Sisters - Dir. Lars Kraume (Germany)
155. Star of the Day, The - Dir. Sophie Blondy (France)
156. 13 Days - Dir. Carlos Saura (Spain)