2013 Films, Alphabetically (With Grades)

103 films screened (which received theatrical release)
Title (Director) Grade #of times seen if more than 1 
or by grade if you'd prefer 

did not end up seeing: (sad face) Lawrence Anyways, Museum Hours, Fill the Void, Black Nativity, Much Ado About Nothing, Out of the Furnace, Aint Them Bodies Saints, Pacific Rim,

AMERICAN HUSTLE

Alpha Order

12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen) A² brief note, Podcast, top ten list
20 Feet From Stardom (Morgan Neville) B  

All Is Lost (JC Chandor) B- Podcast, David's Review
All The Light in the Sky (Joe Swanberg) B+ notes 
American Hustle (David O. Russell) B+ Podcast,  top ten list
August: Osage County (John Wells) B-² Toronto Reactions, AFI Capsule ²

Bastards (Claire Denis) D+ Brief Note
Beautiful Creatures (Richard LaGravenese) F Worst of...
Before Midnight (Richard Linklater) A- podcast Julie Delpy interview, top ten list
Behind the Candelabra (Steven Soderbergh) B+ Review
Best Man Holiday, The (Malcolm D Lee) C not so surprise hit 
Blancanieves (Pablo Berger) B+ capsule 
Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen) B+ review podcast,top ten list
Blue is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche) B review podcast, dream i had
Bling Ring, The (Sofia Coppola) B notes 
Breakfast with Curtis (Laura Colella) B notes 
Broken Circle Breakdown (Felix Van Groeningen) B- ²

Caesar Must Die (Vitorrio & Paolo Taviani) B Capsule 
Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass) B+ Podcast, honorable mentions
Charlie Victor Romeo (Berger, Daniels, Michelson) D
Conjuring, The (James Wan) C+ Sound, Art Direction
Counselor, The (Ridley Scott) F Podcast, Worst of...
Croods, The (Chris Sanders & Kirk DeMicco) B-  

Dallas Buyer's Club (Jean Marc Valle) B Review, Podcast
Diana (Oliver Hirschbeigel) D- Glenn's Take
Don Jon (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) B- Podcast

East, The (Zal Batmamglij) B Review 
Elysium (Neill Blomkamp) C+ Review Podcast 
Enough Said (Nicole Holofcener) B+² Brief Note, top ten list, Podcast, Interview ²
Ernest & Celestine (Aubier, Patar & Renner) B+ Tim's Review

Family, The (Luc Besson) D+ Capsule
Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach) A Capsule, Michael's Review, on Greta Gerwig, Interview, top ten list
Frozen (Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee) B+ Previous Snow Queens,  Oscar Chances?, Interview
Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) B- Review Podcast
Futuro, Il (Alicia Scherson) B

Gangster Squad (Ruben Fleischer) D Michael's Review
Gloria (Sebastián Lelio) B+ honorable mentions
Good Day To Die Hard, A (John Moore) F Posterized, Worst of...
Grand Master, The (Wong Kar Wai) B- Daniel's Review
Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron) B-² Review, first impression
Great Beauty, The (Paolo Sorrentino) B- 
Great Gatsby, The (Baz Luhrmann) C+ Review, Dream I Had, Song

Heat, The (Paul Feig) B Review 
Her (Spike Jonze) B+ Podcast, Cinematography
History of Future Folk, The (John Mitchell & Jeremy Kipp Walker) C-  
Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Frances Lawrence) B Podcast
Hunt, The (Thomas Vinterberg) B Brief Note

I Am Divine (Jeffrey Schwartz) B
I Give It A Year (Dan Mazer) D+
I Used to Be Darker (Matthew Porterfield) D+
Identity Thief (Seth Gordon) D- Capsule, Worst of...
I'm So Excited (Pedro Almodóvar) B Review
In a World... (Lake Bell) B- Screenplay
Inside Llewyn Davis (The Coen Bros) B- Podcast, Ulysses the Cat
The Invisible Woman (Ralph Fiennes) C
Iron Man Three (Shane Black) B+ Review Panel Culture

Jack the Giant Slayer (Bryan Singer) C- Review 

Kill Your Darlings (John Krokidas) B-
Kiss of the Damned (Xan Cassavettes) C
Kon-Tiki (Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg) C+ capsule  
 

Labor Day (Jason Reitman) C Review 
Lee Daniels' The Butler (Lee Daniels) B- Review Podcast
Lone Ranger, The (Gore Verbinski) C- Review Blockbuster Broken 
Lone Survivor (Peter Berg) C-
Lovelace (Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman) C+ Podcast

Man of Steel (Zach Snyder) C Panel Culture 
Missing Picture, The (Rithy Panh) B+
Monsters University (Dan Scanlon) C- Review ²
Mud (Jeff Nichols) B Capsule 

Nebraska (Alexander Payne) A-² Podcast, Classic Comparison, top ten list
No (Pablo Larrain) A Review, best foreign film, Nathaniel on CNNi , top ten list

Oblivion (Joseph Kozinski) D Worst of..., David's Review
Only God Forgives (Nicholas Winding Refn) D Michael's Review
Oz: The Great and Powerful (Sam Raimi) C Review 

Past, The (Asghar Farhadi) C Review, Interview
Philomena (Stephen Frears) B- Podcast
Place Beyond the Pines, The (Derek Cianfrance) B- Review, Podcast
Prince Avalanche (David Gordon Green) C 
Prisoners (Dennis Villeneuve) B Review, Podcast 

Rush (Ron Howard) C David's Review

Saving Mr Banks (John Lee Hancock) B Cocktails with Colin, Emma & Her Shoes
Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The (Ben Stiller) C+ Review
Side Effects (Steven Soderbergh) C Interview, Podcast, Posterized 
Short Term 12 (Destin Cretton) A Review, Interview, top ten list
Simon Killer (Antonio Campos) C- 
Some Girl(s) (Daisy von Scherler Mayer) C- notes 
Spectacular Now, The (James Ponsoldt) B Podcast, Michael's Review
Spring Breakers (Harmony Korine) B+ top ten list
Stoker (Park Chan Wook) C+ Review 
Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley) B+ Editing

Teacher, A (Hannah Fidell) D-
This is Martin Bonner (Chad Hartigan) B notes 
Thor: The Dark World (Alan Taylor) D+

Upstream Color (Shane Carruth) C

Valentine Road () B- Amir's Review

Warm Bodies (Jonathan Levine) B- on the makeup
What Maisie Knew (Scott McGehee & David Siegel) B- Review 
Wind Rises, The (Hayao Miyazaki) B- 
Wolf of Wall Street, The (Martin Scorsese) B- Review
The Wolverine (James Mangold) D+ Review
World War Z (Marc Forster) B Review, Sound
The World's End (Edgar Wright) C+ Michael's Take

Yossi (Eytan Fox) C Capsule 

 12 screened (without distribution or did not arrive as scheduled)

3 (Pablo Stoll) B- 
Deep, The (Baltasar Kormakuv) B  capsule 
Honeymoon (Jan Hrebejk) B capsule
The Land of Eb (Andrew Williamson) B
The Most Fun I've Ever Had With My Pants On (Drew Denny) C 
Pit Stop (Yen Tan) B interview, notes, Glenn's Review
Sma Citroner Gula (Teresa Fabik) B 
The Sunshine Boys (Kim Tae-gon) C- 
Unbeatable (Dante Lam) B Review

2013 Films, By Grade Only

A perfection

12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen) brief note
Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach) Capsule, Michael's Review, on Greta Gerwig 
NO (Pablo Larrain) Review, best foreign film, Nathaniel on CNNi 
Short Term 12 (Destin Cretton) Review, Interview

A- amazingness

Before Midnight (Richard Linklater)
Nebraska (Alexander Payne)
American Hustle (David O. Russell)

B+ really very good at what they do... not to be missed

All The Light in the Sky (Joe Swanberg) notes 
Behind the Candelabra (Steven Soderbergh) review
Blancanieves (Pablo Berger) capsule 
Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen) review, podcast
Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass) 
Enough Said (Nicole Holofcener) 
Gloria (Sebastián Lelio)
Her (Spike Jonze)
Iron Man Three (Shane Black) Review, Panel Culture 
Pioneer (Erik Skjoldbaerg)  capsule 
Prisoners (Dennis Villeneuve) 
Spring Breakers (Harmony Korine) 
Tom at the Farm (Xavier Dolan)  review  

B recommended 

All is Lost (JC Chandor)
The Bling Ring (Sofia Coppola)
Great Beauty, The (Paolo Sorrentino)
I Am Divine (Jeffrey Schwartz)
I'm So Excited (Pedro Almodóvar) review
The Heat (Paul Feig) review 
Honeymoon (Jan Hrebejk) capsule
Mud (Jeff Nichols) capsule 
Pit Stop (Yen Tan) 
The Spectacular Now (James Ponsoldt)  Podcast, Michael's Review
Sma Citroner Gula (Teresa Fabik)
This is Martin Bonner (Chad Hartigan) notes  
Young and Beautiful (François Ozon) capsule
World War Z (Marc Forster) review 

B- Recommended with Reservations / Toss Up 

3 (Pablo Stoll)
Breakfast with Curtis (Laura Colella) notes
Caesar Must Die (Vitorrio & Paolo Taviani) capsule  
Deep, The (Baltasar Kormakuv) capsule 
The East (Zal Batmanglij) review
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón) Review

The Land of Eb (Andrew Williamson) 
Lee Daniels' The Butler (Lee Daniels)
Place Beyond the Pines, The (Derek Cianfrance) Review  
What Maisie Knew (Scott McGehee & David Segal) review 
Warm Bodies (Jonathan Levine) makeup 

C+/C strong elements, weak whole OR exceedingly proficient but unexciting

Abuse of Weakness (Catherine Breillat) capsule 
The Conjuring (James Wan)
Elysium (Neill Blomkamp) Review, Podcast
Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) Review
Il Futuro (Alicia Scherson) 
The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann)  Review, Dream I Had 
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón) Capsule
Kiss of the Damned (Xan Cassavettes)
Labor Day (Jason Reitman) Review
Lovelace (Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman) Podcast
Man of Steel (Zach Snyder)  Panel Culture
The Most Fun I've Ever Had With My Pants On (Drew Denny) 
Oz: The Great and Powerful (Sam Raimi) Review 
The Past (Asghar Farhadi)  review 

Side Effects (Steven Soderbergh) Interview, Podcast, Posterized  
Stoker (Park Chan Wook) Review 
Kon-Tiki (Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg) capsule   
Upstream Color (Shane Carruth) 
The Worlds End (Edgar Wright)
Yossi (Eytan Fox) Capsule 

C- Didn't work or offputting in some substantial way

Cold Lands (Tom Gilroy) 
The History of Future Folk (John Mitchell & Jeremy Kipp Walker) 
I Give It A Year (Dan Mazer)
I Used to Be Darker (Matthew Porterfield) 
Jack the Giant Slayer (Bryan Singer) Review 
The Lone Ranger (Gore Verbinski) Review
Man of Steel (Zach Snyder) Podcast
Monsters University (Dan Scanlon) Review
Prince Avalanche (David Gordon Green) 
Simon Killer (Antonio Campos) 
Some Girl(s) (Daisy von Scherler Mayer) notes 
The Sunshine Boys (Kim Tae-gon)  

D+/D Ugh

Bastards (Claire Denis)
Gangster Squad (Ruben Fleischer)  Michael's Review
Only God Forgives (Nicholas Winding Refn) Michael's Review
A Teacher (Hannah Fidell) 
The Wolverine (James Mangold)  Review

D-/F Run away! Run away!

Beautiful Creatures (Richard LaGravanese)
Good Day To Die Hard, A (John Moore)  Posterized 
Identity Thief (Seth Gordon) capsule