2006 Screening Log
Submitted by SteveR on Fri, 01/06/2006 - 08:28
Tags:
- 051. (11 Mar) Missile (1987, Frederick Wiseman; USA) B-
- 050. (11 Mar) /Bad Lieutenant/ (1992, Abel Ferrara; USA) A-
- 049. (10 Mar) Mary (2005, Abel Ferrara; France) C+
- 048. (08 Mar) /Junebug/ (2005, Phil Morrison; USA) B
- 047. (08 Mar) Curse of the Cat People (1944, Robert Wise and Gunther von Fritsch; USA) C
- 046. (07 Mar) The Great Yokai War (2005, Takashi Miike; Japan) B
- 045. (05 Mar) /Cat People/ (1942, Jacques Tournuer; USA) A
- 044. (04 Mar) /Munich/ (2005, Steven Spielberg; USA) B-
- 043. (04 Mar) /Good Night, and Good Luck./ (2005, George Clooney; USA) B
- 042. (03 Mar) The Tuner (2004, Kira Muratova; Russia) B
- 041. (03 Mar) Final Destination 3 (2006, James Wong; USA) C+
- 040. (01 Mar) Forty Shades of Blue (2005, Ira Sachs; USA) B
- 039. (28 Feb) Street Angel (1937, Yuan Mu-jih; China) B-
- 038. (28 Feb) Seventh Heaven (1927, Frank Borzage; USA) B-
- 037. (28 Feb) The Proposition (2005, John Hillcoat; Australia) B-
- 036. (28 Feb) /The South/ (1983, Víctor Erice; Spain) B+
- 035. (26 Feb) The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968, Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub; Italy) C+
- 034. (25 Feb) Metropolitan (1990, Whit Stillman; USA) B+
- 033. (21 Feb) The Black Dahlia (2006, Brian De Palma; USA) C+
- 032. (20 Feb) Kameradschaft (1931, G.W. Pabst; Germany) B-
- s02. (20 Feb) Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980, Les Blank; USA)
- 031. (19 Feb) Vidas Secas (1963, Nelson Pereira dos Santos; Brazil) B
- 030. (18 Feb) /Aguirre, The Wrath of God/ (1972, Werner Herzog; Germany) A-
- 029. (17 Feb) /Nosferatu the Vampyre/ (1979, Werner Herzog; Germany) B+
- 028. (15 Feb) The Ice Harvest (2005, Harold Ramis; USA) B-
- 027. (14 Feb) /Final Destination/ (2000, James Wong; USA) D+
- 026. (13 Feb) /Code Unknown/ (2000, Michael Haneke; Austria) A-
- 025. (12 Feb) Funny Ha Ha (2003, Andrew Bujalski; USA) B
- 024. (11 Feb) Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (2005, Lu Chuan; China) B-
- 023. (11 Feb) Crash (1996, David Cronenberg; Canada) B-
- 022. (09 Feb) Domino (2005, Tony Scott; USA) D
- 021. (09 Feb) /Jurassic Park/ (1993, Steven Spielberg; USA) C+
- 020. (07 Feb) Match Point (2005, Woody Allen; USA) B
- 019. (05 Feb) /Last Chants for a Slow Dance/ (1977, Jon Jost; USA) A
- 018. (04 Feb) Wind Across the Everglades (1958, Nicholas Ray; USA) B+
- 017. (02 Feb) 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994, Michael Haneke; Austria) B-
- 016. (02 Feb) The Seventh Continent (1989, Michael Haneke; Austria) B
- 015. (31 Jan) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005, Shane Black; USA) C+
- 014. (31 Jan) /The New World/ (2005, Terrence Malick; USA) A-
- 013. (30 Jan) /The Bourne Supremacy/ (2004, Paul Greengrass; USA) B
- s01. (29 Jan) Perfect Film (1986, Ken Jacobs; USA)
- 012. (28 Jan) Good Morning, Night (2003, Marco Bellocchio; Italy) C+
- 011. (26 Jan) Stranger than Fiction (2006, Marc Forster; USA) C-
- 010. (20 Jan) Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005, Park Chan-wook; South Korea) B-
- 009. (16 Jan) "Masters of Horror: Sick Girl" (2005, Lucky McGee; USA) B
- 008. (16 Jan) "Masters of Horror: Fair-Haired Child" (2005, William Malone; USA) D+
- 007. (14 Jan) The Power of Nightmares (2005, Adam Curtis; UK) B
- 006. (12 Jan) Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005, George Clooney; USA) B
- 005. (11 Jan) Pride & Prejudice (2005, Joe Wright; USA) B-
- 004. (07 Jan) The Constant Gardener (2005, Fernando Meirelles; USA) C
- 003. (05 Jan) Kingdom of Heaven: Director's Cut (2005, Ridley Scott, USA) C+
- 002. (02 Jan) /The New World/ (2005, Terrence Malick, USA) A-
- 001. (01 Jan) Nine Lives (2005, Rodrigo García, USA) C
Author Comments:
Going with the grading scale this year. I've never used it before, so we'll see how it works out.
And hopefully I can keep this thing updated throughout the entire year this time. :(
BTW, why is no one seeing "The New World"? I can't imagine it's going to stick around in theaters for much longer. Along with "King Kong" (and probably even moreso), it's the other movie of 2005 that absolutely demands to be seen on a huge screen.
Hey, you're back! Sweet.
I'd like to see New World, but as always I'll have to wait for the DVD or travel an hour away to see it. My area basically only plays blockbusters and Uwe Boll movies.
Hey, an hour ain't that far! Heh. Seriously though, if you're at all a Malick fan I'd suggest taking the drive. If you're not a Malick fan, I suppose it'd be alright to wait because it's probably not going to convert you.
Where do you live that is so uncivilized?
The whole area isn't uncivilized, just of strangely poor taste.
"The Black Dahlia (2006, Brian De Palma; USA) C+ [As a die-hard De Palma fan, I've gotta admit that this is pretty so-so, especially when judged next to his excellent last film, Femme Fatale. Surely still some tweaking to be done before Cannes, but I can't imagine it getting any better than a B- tops.] "
Oh, shrew! and damnit!. Has it at least distinctive cinematic-bliss moments?
It does have a couple, thankfully, though only one that really managed to get my blood pumping like the best De Palma set-pieces. But the film as a whole seems less mobile, less kinetic, more perfunctory than what he's capable of. Picks up a little steam in its last act, but too much tepid ground has already been tread. It's not bad, but I'd warn fans to lower expectations a bit. This ain't top-drawer De Palma.
And Josh Hartnett is just horrible. De Palma, against all odds, managed to wrangle in a decent performance from Rebecca Romain-Stamos, but Hartnett seems to be beyond the touch of a good director.
Thanks for this early insight. Now I must find another movie for this-year's-most-eager-expected-movie part. :|
Where did you see The Black Dahlia ?
At a free early screening here in Los Angeles.
Geez, everybody on Listology loves Cat People. I didn't like I Walked With A Zombie; is there any chance I'll like Cat People?
You can give it a shot, but I doubt it. I love I Walked with a Zombie. I initially disliked The Leopard Man, but I've significantly warmed to that one as well. I'm not the biggest Tourneur fanboy, but these three films really do it for me.