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Tuesday
Apr302013

2013 Films, Alphabetically (With Grades)

Titles are listed alphabetically

44 films thus far
Title (Director) Grade #of times seen if more than 1 
or by grade if you'd prefer 

Ellen Page & Alexander Skarsgard could sell us on any cult

Alpha Order

Before Midnight (Richard Linklater) A- offtopic immediately after 
Behind the Candelabra (Steven Soderbergh) B+ Review
Blancanieves (Pablo Berger) B+ capsule 
Caesar Must Die (Vitorrio & Paolo Taviani) B Capsule 

The East (Zal Batmamglij) B
Frances Ha
(Noah Baumbach) A-
Gangster Squad
(Ruben Fleischer) D
Good Day To Die Hard, A (John Moore) D- Posterized 
Great Gatsby, The (Baz Luhrmann) C+ ReviewDream I Had

The History of Future Folk (John Mitchell & Jeremy Kipp Walker) C- 
I Give It A Year (Dan Mazer) C
Identitly Thief (Seth Gordon) D-/F
I'm So Excited
(Pedro Almodóvar) B+/B
Iron Man Three
(Shane Black) B+/B Review Podcast

Jack the Giant Slayer (Bryan Singer) C- Review 
Kiss of the Damned (Xan Cassavettes) C
Kon-Tiki (Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg) C+ capsule  
Mud (Jeff Nichols) B+

No (Pablo Larrain) A- Review, best foreign film, Nathaniel on CNNi 
Oz: The Great and Powerful (Sam Raimi) C Review
Place Beyond the Pines, The (Derek Cianfrance) B- Review  
Side Effects (Steven Soderbergh) Interview, Podcast, Posterized 

Simon Killer (Antonio Campos) C-
Spring Breakers
(Harmony Korine) B
Stoker (Park Chan Wook) C+ Review
What Maisie Knew (Scott McGehee & David Siegel) B-
Yossi
 (Eytan Fox) C+ Capsule

 

all the light in the skyNot Yet Released
3 (Pablo Stoll) TBA
All The Light in the Sky (Joe Swanberg) notes
Breakfast with Curtis (Laura Colella) notes
Cold Lands (Tom Gilroy) TBA
Deep, The
(Baltasar Kormakuv) B  capsule
I Am Divine
 (Jeffrey Schwartz) B
Il Futuro (Alicia Scherson) B

I Used to Be Darker (Matthew Porterfield) TBA
The Land of Eb (Andrew Williamson) TBA
The Most Fun I've Ever Had With My Pants On (Drew Denny) TBA
Pit Stop (Yen Tan) TBA
Prince Avalanche
 (David Gordon Green) TBA
Sma Citroner Gula
(Teresa Fabik) B
Some Girl(s) (Daisy von Scherler Mayer) notes
The Spectacular Now (James Ponsoldt) TBA

The Sunshine Boys (Kim Tae-gon) TBA
A Teacher (Hannah Fidell) TBA
This is Martin Bonner (Chad Hartigan) notes

Wednesday
Jan022013

2012 Films, Alphabetically (With Grades)

Titles are listed alphabetically 
(Or: listed in groups by grade

110 Films
Last Update 2/11/13
Title (Director) Grade #of times seen if more than 1 Reviews if applicable 

Rachel Weisz lusts uncontrollably for Tom Hiddleston. No one blames her.

Alpha Order 2012

21 Jump Street (Phil Lord & Chris Miller) B+ Review 
28 Hotel Rooms (Matt Ross) B- Capsule

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
(Timur Bekmambetov) D+ 
Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marc Webb) C- Review 
Amour (Michael Haneke) A- Review 
Anna Karenina (Joe Wright) B+ Capsule
Any Day Now (Travis Fine) C Interview 
Arbitrage (Nicholas Jarecki) C
Argo (Ben Affleck) B
Avengers, The (Joss Whedon) B+²  Review | Sequel Wishlist | In-Flight ReScreen

Bachelorette (Lesley Headland)Beau's Take | Leslye Headland Guest Blog
Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (Marie Losier) D+ 
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Behn Zeitlin) A- Capsule  
Beloved (Christophe Honore) C+
Bernie (Richard Linklater) C
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The (John Madden) B- Review 
Brave (Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman and Steve Purcell) B² Capsule 
Bullhead (Michael R Roskam) B+ 

Cabin in the Woods (Drew Goddard) C+ 
Chronicle (Josh Trank) B- Overrated List
Cloud Atlas
(Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski, Tom Tykwer) F Capsule
Compliance (Craig Zobel) C- Review & Interview
Cosmopolis 
(David Cronenberg) B+ Beau's Take 

Damsels in Distress (Whit Stillman) B-
Dark Knight Rises, The (Chris Nolan) B- Review
Dark Shadows (Tim Burton) Review 
Declaration of War (Valérie Donzelli) B+ 
Deep Blue Sea
(Terence Davies) B/B+
Django Unchained
(Quentin Tarantino) B Various Posts

End of Watch (David Ayer) B+

Farewell My Queen (Benoît Jacquot) B+ Review
Flight (Robert Zemeckis) B- Review
For a Good Time, Call... (Jamie Travis) C+ Capsule 
Frankenweenie (Tim Burton) B+ original short | Capsule

Gayby (Jonathan Lipsicki) B+ Capsule | Interview 
Ginger and Rosa (Sally Potter) B²

Haywire (Steven Soderbergh) C Review 
Hello I Must Be Going (Todd Louiso) B Melanie Lynskey Guest Blog
Hit So Hard (P David Ebersole) 
Hitchcock (Sacha Gervasi) C+ Review
Holy Motors (Leos Carax) B+ Capsule
Hope Springs (David Frankel) Capsule 
How to Survive a Plague (David France) B+ 
The House I Live In (Eugene Jarecki) B+
Hunger Games (Gary Ross) B- Review 

I Want Your Love (Travis Mathews) Interview
The Impossible (Juan Antonio Bayona) C+ 
The Invisible War (Kirby Dick) B- 

Jeff, Who Lives At Home (Mark and Jay Duplass) D+
John Carter (Andrew Stanton) C+ Review 
Joyful Noise (Todd Graf) C-

Keep the Lights On (Ira Sachs) C+ Capsule & Overrated List
Killer Joe (William Friedkin) B- Capsule

Lawless (John Hillcoat) B- Review 
Lincoln (Steven Spielberg) B+/A- Podcast
Life of Pi (Ang Lee) C Overrated List
Lola Versus (Daryl Wein) C
Looper (Rian Johnson)B+ Review
The Loneliest Planet (Julia Loktev) B+ Review

Magic Mike (Steven Soderbergh) A-³ Review 
The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson) C+ Review & Overrated List
Middle of Nowhere (Ava DuVernay) B+
Les Misérables (Tom Hooper) A-³ Screening & Interview & Various Posts
Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson) B+ Capsule 
Mirror Mirror (Tarsem) Review 
Miss Bala (Gerardo Naranjo) B Capsule 

The Odd Life of Timothy Green (Peter Hedges) D- Capsule 
On the Road (Walter Salles) B- Brief Thoughts 
Our Children (Joachim LaFosse) C+ Capsule 
Oslo, August 31st (Joachim Trier) B+ 

The Paperboy (Lee Daniels) B-  Review & Interview
ParaNorman (Chris Butler & Sam Fell) 
Paul Williams Still Alive (Stephen Kessler) C+
Peace, Love and Misunderstanding (Bruce Beresford) Capsule
People Like Us (Alex Kurtzman) C- Capsule 
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky) B Capsule & Interview
The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Peter Lord & Jeff Hewitt) C
Pitch Perfect (Jason Moore) B² Capsule
Premium Rush (David Koepp) D Capsule
Prometheus (Ridley Scott) B Capsule 

Quartet (Dustin Hoffman) D Capsule

Rise of the Guardians (Peter Ramsey) C- Capsule
Rock of Ages (Adam Shankman) C Review 
A Royal Affair (Nikolaj Arcel) B Brief Thought
Rust & Bone (Jacques Audiard) B-  

Searching For Sugar Man (Malik Bendjelloul)
The Secret Life of Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi) B- Capsule
The Sessions (Ben Lewin) B- Review 
Seven Psycopaths (Martin McDonagh) tba
Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell) C+ Brief Thought
Skyfall (Sam Mendes) B+ Review 
Smashed (James Ponsoldt) B/B-
Snow White and the Huntsman (Rupert Sanders) C+² Review
Sparkle (Salim Akil) Review 
Starlet
(Sean Baker) B+  

Le Tableau/The Painting (Jean Francois) B/B- 
Take This Waltz (Sarah Polley) B-
Ted
(Seth MacFarlane) B+ 
This is 40 
(Judd Apatow) C-
To Rome With Love (Woody Allen) D+ Review
Total Recall (Len Wiseman) C- Review

Vito (Jeffrey Schwarz) B- Interview

Wanderlust (David Wain) C+ 
What a Man 
(Matthias Schweighöfer) C 
Wreck-It Ralph
(Rich Moore) C+ 

Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow) B+³ 

No Distribution in the States
Bwakaw (Jun Lana) A-  Review

Older Movies (Finally Released in the States OR Special Re-Releases) but too old to be eligible for my annual awards or for me to think of them as 2012 releases.
Hipsters (Valeriy Todorovskiy.... Russia from 2008)
Boy (Taika Waititi... New Zealand from 2010)
Singin' in the Rain (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly... from 1952) A+⁷ Best Shot
Titanic 3D (James Cameron... from 1997) A⁴ in its original form... B with new 3D 
Oki's Movie (Hong Sang Soo... Korea from 2010) C- 

REVIEWS 2011 | REVIEWS 2010