457. (31 Dec) The Aviator (2004, Martin Scorsese) * [B]
456. (29 Dec) Monsieur Batignole (2002, G�rard Jugnot) ^ [C]
455. (28 Dec) Garden State (2004, Zach Braff) ^ [C-]
454. (28 Dec) Racing Stripes (2005, Frederik Du Chau) */^ [C-]
453. (26 Dec) /California Split/ (1974, Robert Altman) [A-] [last seen: 24 Feb 04]
452. (26 Dec) The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004, Wes Anderson) * [B -- tentative as hell]
451. (24 Dec) /Bad Santa/ (2003, Terry Zwigoff) [A- -- the year's xmas movie, as it were]
450. (22 Dec) Napoleon Dynamite (2004, Jared Hess) ^ [B]
449. (20 Dec) I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2004, Mike Hodges) [B]
448. (19 Dec) The Terminal (2004, Steven Spielberg) [C]
447. (18 Dec) /Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story/ (2004, Rawson Marshall Thurber) [bumped from C+ to B]
446. (18 Dec) Fat Albert (2004, Joel Zwick) */^ [C-] [note the "^"]
445. (17 Dec) Herod's Law (1999, Luis Estrada) ^ [C+]
444. (16 Dec) We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004, John Curran) [B-]
443. (16 Dec) Destry Rides Again (1939, George Marshall) [A-]
442. (15 Dec) The Bourne Supremacy (2004, Paul Greengrass) [B+]
441. (14 Dec) Closer (2004, Mike Nichols) * [B-]
440. (13 Dec) Secret Things (2004, Jean-Claude Brisseau) [B-]
439. (12 Dec) Ocean's Twelve (2004, Steven Soderbergh) * [B-]
438. (11 Dec) Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004, Brade Silberling) */^ [C]
437. (09 Dec) Eden and After (1970, Alain Robbe-Grillet) ^ [B -- a wussy grade, I know]
436. (08 Dec) Infernal Affairs (2004, Andrew Lau/Alan Mak) [B]
s90. (07 Dec) Film (1965, Alan Schneider) ^
s89. (07 Dec) Rite of Love and Death (1965, Yukio Mishima) ^
s88. (07 Dec) The Cut-Ups (1967, Anthony Balch) ^
s87. (07 Dec) Towers Open Fire (1963, Anthony Balch) ^
s86. (07 Dec) Un chant d'amour (1950, Jean Genet) ^
435. (07 Dec) Kuhle Wampe (1932, Slatan Dudow) ^ [B+]
434. (06 Dec) /In the Mood For Love/ (2001, Wong Kar-Wai) [last seen: 14 Aug 01] [A]
433. (05 Dec) The Far Country (1954, Anthony Mann) [B+]
432. (05 Dec) Hero (2004, Zhang Yimou) [A-]
431. (04 Dec) Maidstone (1970, Norman Mailer) ^ [C]
430. (02 Dec) Remember Me, My Love (2004, Gabriele Muccino) ^ [C+]
429. (01 Dec) The Fight (2004, Barak Goodman) ^ [B]
428. (01 Dec) Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987, Norman Mailer) ^ [B]
427. (01 Dec) House of Flying Daggers (2004, Zhang Yimou) * [B+]
426. (29 Nov) All that Jazz (1979, Bob Fosse) ^ [B]
425. (29 Nov) The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum at Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (1966, Peter Brook) ^ [B+]
424. (28 Nov) The Man From Laramie (1955, Anthony Mann) [A-]
423. (27 Nov) Winchester '73 (1950, Anthony Mann) [A-]
422. (27 Nov) /Sideways/ (2004, Alexander Payne) * [still an A-]
421. (25 Nov) Moolaad� (2004, Ousmane Sembene) ^ [B]
420. (25 Nov) The Stepford Wives (2004, Frank Oz) [C]
419. (21 Nov) Man on Fire (2004, Tony Scott) [D+]
418. (21 Nov) Spies (1928, Fritz Lang) [B+]
417. (20 Nov) Days of Being Wild (1991, Wong Kar-Wai) [B+]
416. (18 Nov) Atlantic Drift (2002, Michel Daeron) ^ [B]
415. (15 Nov) Female Convict Scorpion -- Jailhouse 41 (1972, Shunya Ito) [B+]
414. (14 Nov) Secret Honor (1984, Robert Altman) [B-]
413. (13 Nov) /I [Heart] Huckabees/ (2004, David O. Russell) * [bumped from B+ to A-]
412. (13 Nov) To the Left of the Father (2001, Luiz Fernando Carvalha) ^ [B]
411. (11 Nov) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948, Charles Barton) ^ [B]
410. (10 Nov) Sideways (2004, Alexander Payne) * [A-]
409. (09 Nov) The Incredibles (2004, Brad Bird) * [B+]
408. (06 Nov) The Donnie McClurken Story: From Darkness...Into Light (2004, Stephanie Frederic) ^ [C+]
407. (06 Nov) Singapore Sling (1990, Nikos Nikolaidis) ^ [B]
406. (06 Nov) Suspicious River (2000, Lynne Stopkewich) ^ [C-]
405. (03 Nov) Tying the Knot (2004, Jim de S�ve) ^ [B-]
404. (01 Nov) The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976, John Cassavetes) [shorter version, on accident] [A-]
403. (31 Oct) A Constant Forge (2000, Charles Kiselyak) ^ [C+]
402. (31 Oct) Love Streams (1984, John Cassavetes) ^ [A-]
401. (30 Oct) /The Fearless Vampire Killers/ (1967, Roman Polanski) [B+]
400. (30 Oct) The Polar Express (2004, Robert Zemeckis) */^ [C+]
399. (29 Oct) Mad Love (1935, Karl Freund) [B]
398. (28 Oct) Way Out West (1937, James W. Horne) ^ [A-]
397. (27 Oct) Mostly Martha (2002, Sandra Nettelbeck) ^ [C]
396. (26 Oct) Shadows (1959, John Cassavetes) ^ [B+]
395. (26 Oct) Tarnation (2004, Jonathan Caouette) * [A-]
394. (25 Oct) A Woman Under the Influence (1974, John Cassavetes) ^ [A-]
393. (25 Oct) Being Julia (2004, Istv�n Szab�) * [B-]
392. (22 Oct) /Pierrot le fou/ (1965, Jean-Luc Godard) * [A]
391. (21 Oct) Beyond Silence (1997, Caroline Link) ^ [C+]
390. (20 Oct) The Private Archives of Pablo Escobar (2002, Marc de Beaufort) ^ [C+]
389. (19 Oct) The Trial of Joan of Arc (1961, Robert Bresson) [B+]
388. (19 Oct) /Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind/ (2004, Michel Gondry) [5th viewing; still an A]
387. (18 Oct) Top Secret! (1984, Jim Abrahams/David Zucker/Jerry Zucker) [B]
386. (18 Oct) The Grudge (2004, Takashi Shimizu) */^ [B]
385. (17 Oct) Team America: World Police (2004, Trey Parker) * [B]
384. (16 Oct) Letter to the President (2004, Thomas Gibson) ^ [B]
383. (15 Oct) Scarlet Street (1945, Fritz Lang) [B+]
382. (13 Oct) Pumpkinhead (1988, Stan Winston) ^ [C]
381. (12 Oct) The Station Agent (2003, Tom McCarthy) ^ [B]
380. (12 Oct) Nightbreed (1989, Clive Barker) ^ [C-]
379. (11 Oct) /Innerspace/ (1987, Joe Dante) [B]
378. (11 Oct) /Three Kings/ (1999, David O. Russell) [A-]
377. (08 Oct) End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2004, Jim Fields/Michael Gramaglia) ^ [B]
376. (08 Oct) Hijacking Conspiracy: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire (2004, Jeremy Earp/Sut Jhally) ^ [C-]
375. (07 Oct) Primer (2004, Shane Carruth) * [A-]
374. (05 Oct) Red Desert (1964, Michelangelo Antonioni) ^ [B]
373. (05 Oct) Vera Drake (2004, Mike Leigh) */^ [B+]
372. (04 Oct) La Notte (1961, Michelangelo Antonioini) [C+]
371. (04 Oct) The Old Dark House (1932, James Whale) [B]
370. (03 Oct) Children of the Damned (1963, Anton Leader) [C+]
369. (03 Oct) Village of the Damned (1960, Wolf Rilla) [B+]
368. (02 Oct) /Demonlover/ (2003, Olivier Assayas) [still an A-]
367. (30 Sep) Raise Your Voice (2004, Sean McNamara) */^ [D]
366. (30 Sep) /Day of the Dead/ (1985, George A. Romero) ^ [B -- last seen: circa 1998; original grade: D. i'm aware.]
365. (30 Sep) Flowers in the Attic (1987, Jeffrey Bloom) [D+]
364. (29 Sep) Twentynine Palms (2004, Bruno Dumont) [B- (he guesses)]
363. (29 Sep) The Invisible Man (1933, James Whale) ^ [B+]
362. (28 Sep) The Machinist (2004, Brad Anderson) */^ [C]
361. (27 Sep) Owning Mahowny (2003, Richard Kwietniowski) [B]
360. (27 Sep) Red Lights (2004, C�dric Kahn) */^ [A-]
359. (25 Sep) Run of the Arrow (1957, Samuel Fuller) [B]
358. (25 Sep) Duck, You Sucker! (1971, Sergio Leone) * [B]
357. (25 Sep) Shaun of the Dead (2004, Edgar Wright) * [B+]
356. (24 Sep) Hated (1994, Todd Phillips) [C]
355. (22 Sep) Images (1972, Robert Altman) [B-]
354. (22 Sep) Shark Tale (2004, Vicky Jensen/Bibi Bergeron/Rob Letterman) */^ [C-]
353. (22 Sep) Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004, Michael Schultz) ^ [B-]
352. (20 Sep) The Wolf Man (1941, George Waggner) ^ [B]
351. (19 Sep) Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941, Alfred Hitchcock) [B]
350. (18 Sep) The Decline of Western Civilization (1981, Penelope Spheeris) ^ [B+]
349. (18 Sep) The Hillside Strangler (2004, Chuck Parello) ^ [C-]
348. (15 Sep) Adam�s Rib (1949, George Cukor) ^ [B+]
347. (14 Sep) Wimbledon (2004, Richard Loncraine) */^ [C+]
346. (13 Sep) Conspiracized (2003, Chad Schultz) ^ [C+]
345. (13 Sep) I [Heart] Huckabees (2004, David O. Russell) * [B+]
s85. (11 Sep) ...[Ellipses] Reel Four (1998, Stan Brakhage) *
s84. (11 Sep) Star Garden (1974, Stan Brakhage) *
s83. (11 Sep) ...[Ellipses] Reel One (1998, Stan Brakhage) *
s82. (11 Sep) Berlin Horse (1970, Malcolm Le Grice) *
s81. (11 Sep) The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda (1968, Ira Cohen) *
344. (09 Sep) Paper Clips (2004, Elliot Berlin/Joe Fab) */^ [C]
s80. (09 Sep) Bahador (2001, Abdollah Alimorad) ^
s79. (09 Sep) Returning (1987, ??) ^
s78. (09 Sep) Shangoul & Mangoul (2000, Morteza Ahadi/Farkondeh Torabi) ^
s77. (09 Sep) The Flower, the Bird, and the Sun (2001, Bahran Javaheri) ^
s76. (09 Sep) Companion (1990, Ali Asqarzadeh) ^
s75. (09 Sep) Sweet Story (1995, Mahammed Reza Abedi) ^
343. (08 Sep) The Big Doll House (1971, Jack Hill) [B-]
342. (08 Sep) Witness for the Prosecution (1957, Billy Wilder) ^ [B]
341. (07 Sep) Dog Star Man (1961-1964, Stan Brakhage) [A-]
340. (06 Sep) Stroszek (1977, Werner Herzog) [B+]
s74. (06 Sep) Love Song (2001, Stan Brakhage)
s73. (06 Sep) Commingled Containers (1997, Stan Brakhage)
s72. (06 Sep) The Dark Tower (1999, Stan Brakhage)
s71. (06 Sep) Crack Glass Eulogy (1996, Stan Brakhage)
s70. (06 Sep) Stellar (1993, Stan Brakhage)
s69. (06 Sep) Study in Color and Black and White (1993, Stan Brakhage)
s68. (06 Sep) Black Ice (1994, Stan Brakhage)
s67. (06 Sep) /Mothlight/ (1963, Stan Brakhage)
s66. (05 Sep) Untitled (For Marilyn) (1992, Stan Brakhage)
s65. (05 Sep) Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse (1991, Stan Brakhage)
s64. (05 Sep) Glaze of Cathexis (1990, Stan Brakhage)
s63. (05 Sep) Rage Net (1988, Stan Brakhage)
s62. (05 Sep) Nightmusic (1986, Stan Brakhage)
s61. (05 Sep) The Dante Quartet (1987, Stan Brakhage)
s60. (05 Sep) I...Dreaming (1988, Stan Brakhage)
s59. (05 Sep) Kindering (1987, Stan Brakhage)
s58. (05 Sep) The Stars Are Beautiful (1974, Stan Brakhage)
s57. (05 Sep) The Garden of Earthly Delights (1981, Stan Brakhage)
s56. (05 Sep) The Wold Shadow (1972, Stan Brakhage)
s55. (05 Sep) Eye Myth (1972, Stan Brakhage)
s54. (05 Sep) The Act of Seeing With One�s Own Eye (1971, Stan Brakhage)
s53. (05 Sep) Wedlock House: An Intercourse (1959, Stan Brakhage)
s52. (05 Sep) Desistfilm (1954, Stan Brakhage)
339. (04 Sep) /After Hours/ (1985, Martin Scorsese) [A]
338. (02 Sep) Macbeth (1948, Orson Welles) ^ [B]
337. (02 Sep) Inherit the Wind (1960, Stanley Kramer) ^ [C-]
336. (01 Sep) King Lear (1987, Jean-Luc Godard) ^ [B+]
335. (01 Sep) /THX 1138/ ["anachronistic CGI-littered director's cut"] (1971, George Lucas) * [B]
334. (30 Aug) /Basic Instinct/ (1992, Paul Verhoeven) [B-]
333. (30 Aug) A Dirty Shame (2004, John Waters) * [B]
332. (29 Aug) Collateral (2004, Michael Mann) * [B]
331. (27 Aug) Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004, Kerry Conran) * [B]
330. (26 Aug) Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2003, Damian Pettigrew) ^ [C]
329. (25 Aug) She Hate Me (2004, Spike Lee) * [C]
328. (25 Aug) Some Came Running (1958, Vincente Minnelli) [B+]
327. (24 Aug) The Mystery of Picasso (1956, Henri-Georges Clouzot) [A-]
326. (21 Aug) The Naked Spur (1953, Anthony Mann) [A-]
325. (19 Aug) /Showgirls/ (1995, Paul Verhoeven) [B]
324. (19 Aug) The Photographer (2002, Sebasti�n Alarc�n) ^ [B-]
323. (18 Aug) Danny Deckchair (2004, Jeff Balsmeyer) */^ [C-]
322. (18 Aug) The Boy With Green Hair (1948, Joseph Losey) [B+]
321. (17 Aug) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003, Stephen Norrington) [C-]
320. (16 Aug) Dear Frankie (2004, Shona Auerbach) */^ [C-]
319. (15 Aug) /Kill Bill, Vol. 2/ (2004, Quentin Tarantino) [A-]
318. (14 Aug) Deathdream (1972, Bob Clark) [A-]
317. (13 Aug) The Miami Model (2000, Ftaa-IMC) [B]
316. (13 Aug) The Take (2003, Avi Lewis) ^ [B]
315. (13 Aug) Wedding Train (1998, Dan Leighton) ^ [B]
314. (13 Aug) Popaganda: The Art and Crimes of Ron English (2004, Pedro Carvajal) ^ [B]
313. (13 Aug) The Fourth World War (2003, Rick Rowley/Jacqueline Soohen) ^ [B]
312. (12 Aug) We Interrupt This Empire (2002, Video Activist Network) ^ [B]
311. (12 Aug) The Wanderers (1979, Philip Kaufman) ^ [C+]
s51. (12 Aug) Whitewash (1994, Michael Sporn) ^
s50. (12 Aug) Trouble in Paradise (2003, Laurel Greenberg) ^
310. (11 Aug) Spin (1995, Brian Springer) ^ [B+]
309. (11 Aug) Millhouse: A White Comedy (1971, Emile de Antonio) ^ [B+]
308. (11 Aug) Rosenstrasse (2004, Margarethe von Trotta) */^ [C+]
307. (10 Aug) Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963, Robert Drew) ^ [B+]
306. (09 Aug) Wet Hot American Summer (2001, David Wain) ^ [B-]
305. (09 Aug) Shakes the Clown (1992, Bobcat Goldthwait) ^ [C+]
304. (09 Aug) The Color of Money (1986, Martin Scorsese) [B+]
303. (08 Aug) /Unforgiven/ (1992, Clint Eastwood) [A-]
302. (08 Aug) Where Eagles Dare (1968, Brian G. Hutton) [A-]
301. (07 Aug) /Bringing Up Baby/ (1938, Howard Hawks) [duh]
300. (06 Aug) Guns & Mothers (2003, Thom Powers) ^ [B]
299. (04 Aug) Umbrellas (1995, Albert Maysles/Henry Corra/Grahame Weinbren) ^ [B+]
298. (04 Aug) Festival Express (2004, Bob Smeaton) */^ [B]
297. (03 Aug) Christo in Paris (1990, Albert Maylses/David Maysles/Deborah Dickson/Susan Froemke) ^ [B]
296. (03 Aug) Islands (1986, Albert Maysles/David Maysles/Charlotte Zwerin) ^
295. (03 Aug) Running Fence (1978, Albert Maysles/David Maysles/Charlotte Zwerin) ^ [B+]
s49. (03 Aug) Christo�s Valley Curtain (1974, Albert Maysles/David Maysles/Ellen Hovde) ^
294. (02 Aug) /Married to the Mob/ (1988, Jonathan Demme) [B]
293. (02 Aug) Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987, Stephen Frears) [B+]
292. (01 Aug) How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989, Bruce Robinson) [B]
291. (30 Jul) Fresh (1994, Boaz Yakin) [A-]
290. (29 Jul) Daredevil (2003, Mark Steven Johnson) [D+]
289. (28 Jul) My Beautiful Laundrette (1985, Stephen Frears) [B+]
288. (28 Jul) Parsifal (1982, Hans-J�rgen Syberberg) ^ [B]
287. (27 Jul) Stander (2004, Bronwen Hughes) */^ [C]
286. (24 Jul) A Lucky Day (2002, Sandra Gugliotta) ^ [B]
285. (21 Jul) Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004, Michael Moore) * [C+ -- on par with Zombie, apparently]
284. (20 Jul) Zombie (1979, Lucio Fulci) ^ [C+]
283. (20 Jul) Riding Giants (2004, Stacy Peralta) */^ [B-]
282. (19 Jul) /Die Hard/ (1988, John McTiernan) [A-]
281. (16 Jul) The Machurian Candidate (2004, Jonathan Demme) * [B+]
280. (13 Jul) Inescapable (2004, Helen Lesnick) ^ [D+]
279. (12 Jul) The Lost Generation (2004, Jack Walsh) ^ [B-]
278. (12 Jul) Callas Forever (2004, Franco Zeffirelli) ^ [D+]
277. (10 Jul) The Leopard (1963, Luchino Visconti) [A-]
276. (08 Jul) Before Sunset (2004, Richard Linklater) * [A-]
275. (08 Jul) /The Exterminating Angel/ (1962, Luis Bu�uel) ^ [A-]
274. (08 Jul) Straight Out: Stories From Iceland (2004, Hrafnhildur Gunnarsd�ttir/Thorvaldur Kristinsson) ^ [B-]
s48. (08 Jul) Little Black Boot (2003, Colette Burson) ^
s47. (07 Jul) F*Stop (2004, Roberta Degnore) ^
273. (07 Jul) A Few Good Dykes (2004, Mocha Jean Herrup) ^ [B]
272. (07 Jul) 200 American (2004, Richard LeMay) ^ [C-]
271. (07 Jul) The Raspberry Reich (2004, Bruce LaBruce) ^ [C]
270. (07 Jul) Love in Thoughts (2004, Achim von Borries) ^ [B-]
269. (06 Jul) Maria Full of Grace (2004, Joshua Marston) */^ [B]
268. (06 Jul) In Good Conscience: Sister Jeannine Gramick�s Journey of Faith (2004, Barbara Rick) ^ [B+]
267. (06 Jul) Jailbait (2004, Brett C. Leonard) ^ [C+]
266. (05 Jul) Eurotrip (2004, Jeff Schaffer) [C]
265. (05 Jul) Brimstone and Treacle (1982, Richard Loncraine) [B-]
264. (04 Jul) Topkapi (1964, Jules Dassin) [C]
263. (03 Jul) I Have Found It (2000, Rajiv Menon) ^ [B-]
262. (02 Jul) Anchorman (2004, Adam McKay) */^ [B-]
261. (01 Jul) The Braveheart Will Take the Bride (1995, Aditya Chopra) ^ [B+]
260. (30 Jun) Spider-Man 2 (2004, Sam Raimi) * [A-]
259. (29 Jun) Rocky (1976, John G. Avildsen) [B-]
258. (29 Jun) The Clock (1945, Vincente Minnelli) [B]
257. (29 Jun) The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987, Rodney Amateau) ^ [D]
256. (29 Jun) King Arthur (2004, Antoine Fuqua) * [C]
255. (28 Jun) Anything Can Happen (2003, Shashanka Ghosh) ^ [C+]
254. (28 Jun) The Speaking Hand: Zakir Hussain and the Art of the Indian Drum (2003, Sumantra Ghosal) ^ [B]
253. (27 Jun) Control Room (2004, Jehane Noujaim) * [B+]
252. (27 Jun) Maqbool (2003, Vishal Bharadwaj) ^ [B-]
251. (23 Jun) /Bad Santa/ [actually the so-called "Badder Santa"] (2003, Terry Zwigoff) [A-]
250. (23 Jun) The Lady of the House (1999, Rituparno Ghosh) ^ [B]
249. (22 Jun) The Big Red One (1980, Samuel Fuller) [the original theatrical cut, not the new Corliss-orchestrated one] [B]
248. (22 Jun) Holes (2003, Andrew Davis) ^ [B-]
247. (21 Jun) /Before Sunrise/ (1995, Richard Linklater) [A-]
246. (19 Jun) Paycheck (2003, John Woo) [C]
245. (18 Jun) Dodgeball: A True Underdog's Story (2004, Rawson Marshall Thurber) */^ [C+]
244. (16 Jun) The Road of Women: Voices of Irish Women Political Prisoners (2004, Melissa Thompson) ^ [B]
243. (15 Jun) /School of Rock/ (2003, Richard Linklater) [still a B+]
242. (14 Jun) Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2004, Nick Broomfield/Joan Churchill) [B]
241. (14 Jun) Two Brothers (2004, Jean-Jacques Annaud) */^ [C+]
240. (14 Jun) Super Size Me (2004, Morgan Spurlock) * [C]
239. (14 Jun) Strayed (2004, Andr� T�chin�) [B-]
238. (11 Jun) Skin Deep (2003, Sacha Parisot) ^ [C+]
237. (11 Jun) Night and the City (1950, Jules Dassin) ^ [B+]
236. (09 Jun) /Trouble Every Day/ (2002, Claire Denis) [B+]
235. (09 Jun) The Clay Bird (2004, Tareque Masud) ^ [B]
234. (09 Jun) Pather Panchali (1955, Satyajit Ray) [B]
233. (09 Jun) Ghostlight (2001, Christopher Herrmann) ^ [C+]
232. (09 Jun) How to Draw a Bunny (2002, John Walter) ^ [B]
231. (08 Jun) The Legend of Leigh Bowery (2002, Charles Atlas) ^ [B]
230. (06 Jun) /Little Murders/ (1971, Alan Arkin) [A-]
229. (05 Jun) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004, Alfonso Cuaron) * [B]
228. (03 Jun) The Human Pyramid (1959-61, Jean Rouch) ^ [B+]
227. (03 Jun) Jaguar (1954-67, Jean Rouch) ^ [B+]
s46. (03 Jun) Les Maitres fous (1954, Jean Rouch) */^
s45. (03 Jun) In the Land of the Black Magi (1947, Jean Rouch) */^
226. (03 Jun) Chronicle of a Summer (1961, Jean Rouch/Edgar Morin) ^ [A-]
225. (02 Jun) Dishonored (1931, Josef von Sternberg) [A-]
224. (01 Jun) Coffee and Cigarettes (2004, Jim Jarmusch) * [B]
223. (01 Jun) Morocco (1930, Josef von Sternberg) [B]
222. (31 May) /The Ring/ (2002, Gore Verbinski) [B]
221. (30 May) Cowards Bend the Knee (2004, Guy Maddin) [A-]
220. (28 May) Since Otar Left (2004, Julie Bertuccelli) */^ [B-]
219. (27 May) Ladies and Gentlemen Over 65 (2002, Lilos Mangelsdorf) ^ [B]
s44. (27 May) Boy (1995, Rosemary Lee/Peter Anderson) ^
218. (27 May) Carmen Amaya: Queen of the Gypsies (2003, Jocelyn Ajami) ^ [B]
217. (27 May) Grand Hotel (1932, Edmund Goulding) ^ [C+]
216. (25 May) Troy (2004, Wolfgang Petersen) * [B]
215. (23 May) /Kill Bill, Vol. 2/ (2004, Quentin Tarantino) * [still an A-]
214. (23 May) Cary Grant: A Class Apart (2004, Robert Trachtenberg) ~ [C+]
213. (22 May) Possession (1981, Andrzej Zulawski) [B]
212. (22 May) Peter Ibbetson (1935, Henry Hathaway) [A-]
211. (20 May) Martin (1978, George A. Romero) [A-]
210. (19 May) The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967, Jacques Demy) ^ [A-]
209. (18 May) Cinema de Notre Temps: Robert Bresson -- Without a Trace (1965/1994, Francois Weyergans) ~/^
208. (18 May) Carousel (1956, Henry King) ^ [C-]
207. (17 May) The Court Jester (1956, Melvin Frank/Norman Panama) [A]
206. (17 May) Au hasard Balthazar (1966, Robert Bresson) ^ [A-]
205. (16 May) /Love and Death/ (1975, Woody Allen) ^ [A-]
204. (15 May) Eddie Murphy Raw (1987, Robert Townsend) [B+]
203. (14 May) Red Bear (2002, Israel Adrian Caetano) ^ [B-]
202. (14 May) The Fire Within (1963, Louis Malle) ^ [B+]
s43. (13 May) /Night and Fog/ (1955, Alain Resnais) ^ [A]
201. (13 May) Refugee (2003, Spencer Nakasako) ^ [B-]
200. (12 May) Bullet in the Head (1990, John Woo) ^ [B+]
199. (11 May) Breakin' All the Rules (2004, Daniel Taplitz) */^ [C]
198. (11 May) Mickey One (1965, Arthur Penn) ^ [B+]
197. (11 May) Godzilla (1954, Inoshira Honda) */^ [B]
196. (10 May) Attack! (1956, Robert Aldrich) [A-]
195. (09 May) /Love Actually/ (2003, Richard Curtis) [downgraded from C+ to C]
194. (06 May) Fast Company (1979, David Cronenberg) ^ [C+]
s42. (06 May) The Lovers of the Hotel Osman (2001, Idil Uner) ^
193. (06 May) Dealer (1998, Thomas Arslan) ^ [C+]
192. (06 May) German Policemen (1999, Aysun Bademsoy) ^ [B]
s41. (05 May) Sevda Means Love (2000, Sinan Akkus) ^
s40. (05 May) Weed (1996, Faith Akin) ^
191. (05 May) We Forgot to Go Back (2000, Fatih Akin) ^ [B]
190. (05 May) Bay of Angels (1963, Jacques Demy) [B]
189. (04 May) Lola (1961, Jacques Demy) [A-]
188. (03 May) Crimes of the Future (1970, David Cronenberg) [B-]
187. (03 May) Stereo (1969, David Cronenberg) [B]
186. (03 May) Industrial Symphony No. 1 (1990, David Lynch) ^ [A-]
185. (01 May) Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring (2004, Kim Ki-Duk) ^ [B+]
184. (30 Apr) Song of Freedom (1936, J. Elder Wills) ^ [B]
183. (30 Apr) The Emperor Jones (1933, Dudley Murphy) ^ [C+]
182. (28 Apr) /Life of Brian/ (1979, Terry Jones) */^ [A-]
181. (27 Apr) /24 Hour Party People/ (2002, Michael Winterbottom) [B+]
180. (27 Apr) Liberia - America's Stepchild (2003, Nance Oku Bright/Jean-Philippe Boucicat) ^ [B]
179. (26 Apr) Lost Boys of Sudan (2004, Megan Mylan/Joe Shenk) */^ [B]
178. (24 Apr) /Power Trip/ (2003, Paul Devlin) ^ [B+]
177. (23 Apr) Chelsea Girls (1966, Andy Warhol/Paul Morrissey) * [B+]
176. (23 Apr) Symphony of Six Million (1932, Gregory La Cava) ^ [B]
175. (22 Apr) /Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind/ (2004, Michel Gondry) * [still an A]
174. (20 Apr) Time of the Wolf (2004, Michael Haneke) * [B]
173. (20 Apr) A Talking Picture (2004, Manoel de Oliveira) * [B]
172. (18 Apr) Young Adam (2004, David Mackenzie) * [C-]
171. (17 Apr) A Hanging Offense (2004, Guillaume Nicloux) * [C-]
170. (16 Apr) /Kill Bill, Vol. 1/ (2003, Quentin Tarantino) [same]
169. (16 Apr) Where the Day Takes You (1992, Marc Rocco) ^ [C+]
168. (15 Apr) /Kill Bill, Vol. 1/ (2003, Quentin Tarantino) [A-]
167. (14 Apr) Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004, Joe Berlinger/Bruce Sinofsky) * [B]
166. (14 Apr) Nine Souls (2004, Tokiashi Toyoda) * [C]
165. (13 Apr) Haute Tension (2004, Alexandre Aja) * [C]
164. (13 Apr) Moon Child (2004, Takahisa Zeze) * [C+]
163. (13 Apr) No Rest for the Brave (2004, Alain Guiraudie) * [B-]
162. (12 Apr) /The Saddest Music in the World/ (2004, Guy Maddin) [B]
161. (12 Apr) James� Journey to Jerusalem (2004, Ra'anan Alexandrowicz) */^ [C+]
160. (11 Apr) Distant (2004, Nuri Bilge Ceylan) * [A-]
159. (10 Apr) Bright Leaves (2004, Ross McElwee) * [B+]
158. (10 Apr) A Good Lawyer's Wife (2004, Im Sang-soo) * [B+]
157. (09 Apr) Distant Lights (2004, Hans-Christian Schmid) ^ [C]
156. (09 Apr) Elia Kazan, Arthur Miller and the Blacklist: None Without Sin (2003, Michael Epstein) ^ [B]
155. (08 Apr) Please Teach Me English (2004, Kim Sung-su) ^ [C]
154. (08 Apr) The Legend of Suryothai (2003, Chatrichalerm Yukol) ^ [C]
153. (08 Apr) The Kite (2004, Randa Chahal Sabbag) ^ [B-]
152. (08 Apr) Piccadilly (1929, E.A. Dupont) ^ [B+]
151. (07 Apr) The Crazies (1973, George A. Romero) ^ [A-]
150. (07 Apr) Seven Days, Seven Nights (2004, Joel Cano) ^ [B-]
149. (07 Apr) The Swan (1956, Charles Vidor) ^ [B]
W/O. (06 Apr) Buddy (2004, Morten Tyldum)
148. (06 Apr) Cowboys & Angels (2004, David Gleeson) ^ [C]
147. (06 Apr) Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2004, George Hickenlooper) */^ [C]
146. (05 Apr) The Five Obstructions (J�rgen Leth/Lars von Trier) ^ [B+]
145. (05 Apr) Wheel of Time (2004, Werner Herzog) ^ [B]
144. (04 Apr) Hellboy (2004, Guillermo del Toro) * [B]
143. (04 Apr) Shade (2004, Damian Nieman) ^ [D+]
142. (03 Apr) Asshak, Tales From the Sahara (2004, Ulrike Koch) ^ [B]
141. (03 Apr) The Cordon (2004, Goran Markovic) ^ [B-]
140. (02 Apr) The Best Thief in the World (2004, Jacob Kornbluth) ^ [C-]
139. (02 Apr) Bright Young Things (2004, Stephen Fry) ^ [B]
138. (02 Apr) The Tulse Luper Suitcases: The Moab Story (2004, Peter Greenaway) ^ [C+]
137. (02 Apr) The Saddest Music in the World (2004, Guy Maddin) ^ [B]
136. (02 Apr) Kill Bill, Vol. 2 (2004, Quentin Tarantino) * [A-]
135. (01 Apr) The Trilogy: After the Life (2004, Lucas Belvaux) * [B]
134. (31 Mar) /Lost in Translation/ (2003, Sofia Coppola) ^ [B]
133. (31 Mar) The Alamo (2004, John Lee Hancock) */^ [C]
132. (31 Mar) Dogville (2004, Lars von Trier) * [A-]
131. (30 Mar) /Shock Corridor/ (1963, Samuel Fuller) [A-]
130. (30 Mar) The Ox-Bow Incident (1943, William A. Wellman) [A-]
129. (30 Mar) The Story of the Weeping Camel (2004, Byambasuren Davaa/Luigi Falorna) ^ [C]
128. (29 Mar) Proteus (2004, David Lebrun) ^ [B]
127. (29 Mar) Anatomy of Hell (2004, Catherine Breillat) ^ [B-]
126. (28 Mar) /Pickup on South Street/ (1953, Samuel Fuller) [A]
125. (28 Mar) The Ladykillers (2004, Joel Coen/Ethan Coen) * [B]
124. (27 Mar) The Ipcress File (1965, Sidney J. Furie) [B]
123. (25 Mar) The Trilogy: An Amazing Couple (2004, Lucas Belvaux) * [B+]
122. (24 Mar) Black Sunday (1977, John Frankenheimer) [B]
121. (24 Mar) Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971, Roger Vadim) [B+]
120. (24 Mar) La vie est belle (1987, Beno�t Lamy/Mweze Ngangura) ^ [B-]
119. (24 Mar) The Agronomist (2004, Jonathan Demme) */^ [B-]
118. (23 Mar) Demonlover (2003, Olivier Assayas) [A-]
117. (22 Mar) Le corbeau (1943, Henri-Georges Clouzot) [A-]
116. (22 Mar) Dawn of the Dead (2004, Zack Snyder) * [B]
115. (22 Mar) Good Bye Lenin! (2004, Wolfgang Becker) * [C+]
114. (21 Mar) Raise the Red Lantern (1992, Zhang Yimou) [A-]
113. (20 Mar) /Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind/ (2004, Michel Gondry) * [grade stands, natch]
112. (19 Mar) Purity (2002, Anat Zuria) ^ [B]
111. (18 Mar) Enter the Dragon (1973, Robert Clouse) ^ [B]
110. (17 Mar) The Trilogy: On the Run (2004, Lucas Belvaux) * [B+]
109. (17 Mar) Motel Hell (1980, Kevin Connor) ^ [B-]
108. (16 Mar) /Playtime/ (1967, Jacques Tati) [A-]
107. (15 Mar) In This World (2003, Michael Winterbottom) ^ [C-]
106. (15 Mar) Identity (2003, James Mangold) [C]
105. (15 Mar) The Damned (1969, Luchino Visconti) [C]
104. (14 Mar) First Blood (1982, Ted Kotcheff) [C+]
103. (14 Mar) Spartan (2004, David Mamet) * [A-]
s39. (14 Mar) Mountain State (2003, Bill Brown) ^
102. (11 Mar) Monsieur Ibrahim (2003, Fran�ois Dupeyron) ^ [C]
101. (10 Mar) /Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind/ (2004, Michel Gondry) * [just as I suspected, upgraded to an A]
100. (10 Mar) The Man With The Movie Camera (1929, Dziga Vertov) [A]
099. (10 Mar) Lonely Are the Brave (1962, David Miller) ^ [B]
098. (10 Mar) Boyz N the Hood (1991, John Singleton) [B]
097. (09 Mar) Myra Breckinridge (1970, Michael Sarne) [C]
096. (09 Mar) Starsky & Hutch (2004, Todd Phillips) * [B]
095. (09 Mar) The Reckoning (2004, Paul McGuigan) * [C]
094. (08 Mar) Battle Royale (2001, Kinji Fukasuku) [B]
093. (08 Mar) They Live (1988, John Carpenter) [B]
092. (06 Mar) Crimson Gold (2003, Jafar Panahi) [B+]
091. (05 Mar) Forced Entry (1975, Jim Sotos) ^ [D+]
090. (04 Mar) Power Trip (2003, Paul Devlin) ^ [B]
089. (04 Mar) War Takes (2002, Patricia Castano/Adelaida Tujillo) ^ [B]
088. (04 Mar) Hijos/Figli (2001, Marco Bechis) ^ [B]
087. (04 Mar) Gacaca, Living Together Again in Rwanda? (2002, Anne Aghion) ^ [B]
086. (04 Mar) When the War is Over (2002, Francois Verster) ^ [B]
s38. (04 Mar) Poison (2002, Giuseppe Petitto/Enrico Pizianti/Gianluca Pulcini) ^
085. (04 Mar) Life on the Tracks (2002, Ditsi Carolino) ^ [B]
084. (03 Mar) Kanto Wanderer (1963, Seijun Suzuki) [B]
083. (02 Mar) The New York Ripper (1982, Lucio Fulci) ^ [B-]
082. (02 Mar) The Prowler (1981, Joseph Zito) ^ [C+]
081. (02 Mar) Footlight Parade (1933, Lloyd Bacon) ^ [A-]
080. (02 Mar) The Return (2004, Andrei Zvyagintsev) * [B+]
079. (01 Mar) The Candidate (1972, Michael Ritchie) [B]
078. (25 Feb) The Passion of the Christ (2004, Mel Gibson) * [C-]
077. (25 Feb) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, Michel Gondry) * [A-]
076. (24 Feb) California Split (1974, Robert Altman) * [A-]
075. (24 Feb) Lumumba (2000, Raoul Peck) ^ [B-]
074. (24 Feb) The Battle of Algiers (1965, Gillo Pontecorvo) */^ [A-]
073. (24 Feb) Fury (1936, Fritz Lang) [B+]
072. (23 Feb) Wild in the Streets (1968, Barry Shear) ^ [C]
071. (23 Feb) Primary (1960, Robert Drew) ^ [B+]
070. (23 Feb) The Navigators (2001, Ken Loach) [B]
069. (22 Feb) Masked and Anonymous (2003, Larry Charles) [B+]
068. (21 Feb) Samy and I (2002, Eduardo Milewicz) ^ [C+]
067. (19 Feb) An Everlasting Piece (2000, Barry Levinson) ^ [C]
066. (18 Feb) The Fog of War (2003, Errol Morris) * [A-]
065. (18 Feb) The Dreamers (2004, Bernardo Bertolucci) * [B-]
064. (18 Feb) Panic in Year Zero! (1962, Ray Milland) [B]
063. (18 Feb) Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2003, Tom Peosay) */^ [C+]
062. (17 Feb) Beau Geste (1939, William Wellman) ^ [B]
061. (17 Feb) Old School (2003, Todd Phillips) ^ [C+]
s37. (17 Feb) Mistertao (1989, Bruno Bozzetto)
s36. (17 Feb) Baeus (1987, Bruno Bozzetto)
s35. (17 Feb) Dancing (??, Bruno Bozzetto)
s34. (17 Feb) Big Bang (1990, Bruno Bozzetto)
s33. (17 Feb) Life in a Tin (1967, Bruno Bozzetto)
s32. (17 Feb) Self Service (??, Bruno Bozzetto)
s31. (17 Feb) Striptease (1977, Bruno Bozzetto)
s30. (17 Feb) Grasshoppers (1990, Bruno Bozzetto)
s29. (17 Feb) Sigmund (1984, Bruno Bozzetto)
s28. (17 Feb) Baby Story (??, Bruno Bozzetto)
060. (15 Feb) Allegro non troppo (1977, Bruno Bozzetto) [A-]
059. (15 Feb) Let�s Do It Again (1975, Sidney Poitier) ^ [B]
058. (14 Feb) Hejar (2001, Handan Ipekci) ^ [C]
057. (14 Feb) A Time For Drunken Horses (2000, Bahman Ghobadi) ^ [B-]
056. (11 Feb) Bubba Ho-tep (2003, Don Coscarelli) * [B]
055. (11 Feb) The Trouble With Angels (1966, Ida Lupino) ^ [B]
054. (10 Feb) Marnie (1964, Alfred Hitchcock) [B+]
053. (10 Feb) Jiyan (2002, Jano Rosebiani) ^ [C]
052. (10 Feb) Good Kurds, Bad Kurds (2001, Kevin McKiernan) ^ [B-]
s27. (10 Feb) Scattered Seeds of Hanareh: A Talk With Bahman Ghobadi (2003, Jamsheed Akrami) ^
051. (10 Feb) Fotograf (2001, Kazim Oz) ^ [B]
050. (09 Feb) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939, William Dieterle) ^ [B]
s26. (09 Feb) La Folie du Docteur Tube (1915, Abel Gance)
s25. (09 Feb) Au secours! (1924, Abel Gance)
049. (09 Feb) Lucrezia Borgia (1935, Abel Gance) [B]
048. (08 Feb) Galoot (2003, Asher de Bentolila Tlalim) ^
047. (07 Feb) /Zardoz/ (1974, John Boorman) [B+]
046. (07 Feb) Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000, Rob Schmidt) ^ [C]
045. (06 Feb) /The Triplets of Belleville/ (2003, Sylvain Chomet) * [B]
044. (05 Feb) Marooned in Iraq (2003, Bahman Ghobadi) ^ [B-]
043. (04 Feb) The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003, Kim Bartley/Donnacha O�Briain) ^ [B-]
042. (04 Feb) James and the Giant Peach (1996, Henry Selick) ^ [C+]
041. (03 Feb) The Women (1939, George Cukor) ^ [B+]
040. (03 Feb) Stage Door (1937, Gregory La Cava) [B+]
s24. (01 Feb) Genre (1996, Don Hertzfeldt)
s23. (01 Feb) /Rejected/ (2000, Don Hertzfeldt)
s22. (01 Feb) /Billy�s Balloon/ (1998, Don Hertzfeldt)
039. (31 Jan) Mortal Note (2003, John Kois) ^ [B-]
038. (31 Jan) Catch That Kid (2004, Bart Freundlich) */^ [D]
037. (29 Jan) Guimba the Tyrant (1995, Cheick Oumar Sissoko) ^ [B]
036. (28 Jan) Grin Without a Cat (1977, Chris Marker) ^ [A-]
035. (27 Jan) /Femme Fatale/ (2002, Brian De Palma) [A-]
034. (27 Jan) A nous la libert� (1931, Rene Clair) [A]
033. (26 Jan) The Loved One (1965, Tony Richardson) [B]
032. (26 Jan) Confidence (2003, James Foley) [C]
031. (26 Jan) Housekeeping (1987, Bill Forsyth) [A]
s21. (25 Jan) /Eye Like a Strange Balloon/ (1995, Guy Maddin)
s20. (25 Jan) /La Jetee/ (1962, Chris Marker)
030. (25 Jan) The Dancer Upstairs (2003, John Malkovich) [B+]
029. (25 Jan) SuperTex (2003, Jan Schutte) ^ [C+]
028. (24 Jan) Shivers (1975, David Cronenberg) [A-]
027. (24 Jan) Cabin Fever (2003, Eli Roth) [B-]
026. (23 Jan) Elling (2002, Peter Naess) ^ [C+]
025. (22 Jan) /Vixen!/ (1968, Russ Meyer) [B+]
s19. (21 Jan) Das Rad (2001, Chris Stenner/Arvid Uibel/Heidi Wittlinger) */^
s18. (21 Jan) /Vincent/ (1981, Tim Burton) */^
s17. (21 Jan) /Rejected/ (2001, Don Hertzfeldt) */^
s16. (21 Jan) Office Space (1991, Mike Judge) */^
s15. (21 Jan) Huh? (1990?, Mike Judge) */^
s14. (21 Jan) 50 Percent Grey (2001, Ruairi Robinson) */^
s13. (21 Jan) Parking (2003, Bill Plympton) */^
s12. (21 Jan) La course a l�abime (1992, Georges Schwizgebel) */^
s11. (21 Jan) The Cathedral (2002, Tomek Baginski) */^
s10. (21 Jan) Billy�s Balloon (1998, Don Hertzfeldt) */^
s09. (21 Jan) Ident (1989, Richard Goleszowski) */^
s08. (21 Jan) Mt. Head (2002, Koji Yamamura) */^
s07. (21 Jan) Strange Invaders (2001, Cordell Barker) */^
s06. (21 Jan) Welcome to the Show/Intermission in the Third Dimension/The End of the Show (2003, Don Hertzfeldt) */^
024. (20 Jan) 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould (1994, Francis Girard) [A-]
023. (20 Jan) Cold Mountain (2003, Anthony Minghella) * [B-]
s05. (18 Jan) The Tramp (1915, Charles Chaplin) */^
s04. (18 Jan) Entr�acte (1924, Rene Clair) */^
s03. (18 Jan) Rain (1929, Joris Ivens) */^
s02. (18 Jan) A Corner in Wheat (1909, D.W. Griffith) */^
022. (18 Jan) Alice in Wonderland (1966, Jonathan Miller) [B]
021. (16 Jan) /Modern Times/ (1936, Charles Chaplin) ^ [A-]
020. (15 Jan) Plaster Caster (2001, Jessica Villines) ^ [B]
019. (15 Jan) /Marathon Man/ (1976, John Schlessinger) ^ [C]
018. (15 Jan) Georgy Girl (1966, Silvio Narizzano) [C+]
s01. (14 Jan) Alice in Wonderland (1903, Cecil M. Hepworth)
017. (14 Jan) For All Mankind (1989, Al Reinart) [B+]
016. (13 Jan) Dreamchild (1985, Gavin Millar) [B-]
015. (12 Jan) /Spirited Away/ (Hayao Miyazaki) [B]
014. (12 Jan) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962, John Ford) [B+]
013. (12 Jan) Home Movie (2002, Chris Smith) [B+]
012. (10 Jan) Keep on Walking: Joshua Nelson, the Gospel Singer (2000, Tana Ross/Jesper Sorenson/Freke Vuijst/Vibeke Winding) ^ [B]
011. (10 Jan) /Le Cercle Rouge/ (1970, Jean-Pierre Melville) * [B+]
010. (10 Jan) North Korea: Beyond the DMZ (2003, J.T. Takangi/Hye-Jung Park) ^ [B]
009. (08 Jan) In America (2003, Jim Sheridan) * [B]
008. (08 Jan) Any Number Can Win (1963, Henri Verneuil) */^ [B]
007. (07 Jan) That�s the Way of the World (1975, Sig Shore) ^ [B-]
006. (07 Jan) Mr. Klein (1976, Joseph Losey) ^ [B]
005. (06 Jan) Winged Migration (2003, Jacques Perrin) ^ [B-]
004. (06 Jan) Rocco and His Brothers (1960, Luchino Visconti) ^ [A-]
003. (02 Jan) Jean-Pierre Melville: A Portrait in Nine Poses (1971, Andre S. Labarthe) ^/~ [B]
002. (02 Jan) Pieces of Identity (1998, Mweze Ngangura) ^ [B]
001. (01 Jan) /Once Upon a Time in the West/ (1968, Sergio Leone) [A]
