2008 Screening Log
Films rated on a five star scale. Shorts included because they are movies too. That's about it.
1. (Jan 3) Dirty (Chris Fisher, 2006, USA) 1/2
2. (Jan 3) Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, 2006, Mexico) **1/2
3. (Jan 4) The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941, USA) *1/2
4. (Jan 5) Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, 1977, USA) **1/2
5. (Jan 5) Paris, je t�aime (Various directors, 2006, France) **1/2
6. (Jan 6) There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007, USA) ****
7. (Jan 6) Regular Lovers (Philippe Garrel, 2007, France) ***
8. (Jan 11) Friday Night (Claire Denis, 2002, France) [Last seen: late 2007] *1/2
9. (Jan 11) Black Book (Paul Verhoeven, 2007, Netherlands) ****
10. (Jan 12) La Belle noiseuse (Jacques Rivette, 1991, France) **1/2
11. (Jan 14) Living [short] (Frans Zwartjes, 1971, Netherlands) ***
12. (Jan 17) Breaking Point (Bo Arne Vibenius, 1975, Sweden) *1/2
13. (Jan 18) A Hole in My Heart (Lukas Moodysson, 2002, Sweden) 1/2
14. (Jan 19) No Country for Old Men (Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, 2007, USA) ****
15. (Jan 19) Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (Matt Maiellaro, Dave Willis, 2007, USA) *
16. (Jan 26) Reflections of Evil (Damon Packard, 2002, USA) ****
17. (Jan 27) Prosperity for 2008 [short] (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2008, Thailand) **1/2
18. (Jan 27) Prosperity for 2008 [short] (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2008, Thailand) **1/2
19. (Jan 27) Prosperity for 2008 [short] (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2008, Thailand) **1/2
20. (Feb 2) Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2007, Thailand) ****
21. (Feb 2) The Seventh Continent (Michael Haneke, 1989, Austria) **1/2
22. (Feb 3) Emanuelle in America (Joe D'Amato, Italy, 1977) **1/2
23. (Feb 9) Shoot 'Em Up (Michael Davis, USA, 2007) *
24. (Feb 10) Quiet City (Aaron Katz, USA, 2007) 1/2
25. (Feb 15) The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer [short] (Keith Griffiths, The Brothers Quay, UK, 1984) **1/2
26. (Feb 15) This Unnameable Little Broom [short] (Keith Griffiths, The Brothers Quay, UK, 1985) 1/2
27. (Feb 15) Street of Crocodiles [short] (The Brothers Quay, UK, 1986) ***
28. (Feb 16) Gone Baby Gone (Ben Affleck, USA, 2007) **
29. (Feb 16) Les Habitants [short] (Artavazad Peleshyan, Russia, 1970) **1/2
30. (Feb 17) Last Life in the Universe (Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Thailand, 2003) ***1/2
31. (Feb 17) Zodiac (David Fincher, USA, 2007) [Last seen: early 2007] ****
32. (Feb 18) Inside (Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, France, 2007) ***1/2
33. (Feb 22) 2 Days in Paris (Julie Delpy, France, 2007) 1/2
34. (Feb 23) Glimpse of the Garden [short] (Marie Menken, USA, 1957) ***
35. (Feb 23) Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy, USA, 2007) ***
36. (Feb 25) Margot at the Wedding (Noah Baumbach, USA, 2007) *
37. (Mar 1) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, USA, 2007) *
38. (Mar 15) No Country for Old Men (Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, USA, 2007) [Last seen Jan 28, 2008] ****
39. (Mar 16) The Place Promised in Our Early Days (Makoto Shinkai, Japan, 2004) ***1/2
40. (Mar 19) Punishment Park (Peter Watkins, USA, 1971) 1/2
41. (Mar 21) Be Kind Rewind (Michel Gondry, USA, 2008) *1/2
42. (Mar 22) Southland Tales (Richard Kelly, USA, 2007) ***
43. (Mar 29) Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, USA, 2003) **1/2
44. (Mar 30) Funny Games U.S. (Michael Haneke, USA, 2008) ***1/2
45. (Apr 5) Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, USA, 1950) ****1/2
46. (Apr 9) The Wayward Cloud (Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan, 2005) 1/2
47. (Apr 10) Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1991) ****
48. (Apr 10) Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1991) ****
49. (Apr 10) Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1991) ****
50. (Apr 11) Mothlight [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1963) **1/2
51. (Apr 11) Mothlight [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1963) **1/2
52. (Apr 11) Mothlight [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1963) **1/2
53. (Apr 11) The Garden of Earthly Delights [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1981) ***
54. (Apr 11) The Garden of Earthly Delights [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1981) ***
55. (Apr 11) The Garden of Earthly Delights [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1981) ***
56. (Apr 11) Eyes Without a Face (Georges Franju, France, 1960) ***
57. (Apr 12) Nightmusic [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1986) ***
58. (Apr 12) Nightmusic [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1986) ***
59. (Apr 12) Nightmusic [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1986) ***
60. (Apr 12) Nightmusic [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1986) ***
61. (Apr 12) Nightmusic [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1986) ***
62. (Apr 12) Rage Net [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1989) ****
63. (Apr 12) Rage Net [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1989) ****
64. (Apr 12) Rage Net [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1989) ****
65. (Apr 12) Glaze of Cathexis [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1990) ****1/2
66. (Apr 12) Glaze of Cathexis [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1990) ****1/2
67. (Apr 12) Glaze of Cathexis [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1990) ****1/2
68. (Apr 12) Nightmusic [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1986) ***
69. (Apr 12) Black Ice [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1994) ****1/2
70. (Apr 12) Black Ice [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1994) ****1/2
71. (Apr 12) Black Ice [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1994) ****1/2
72. (Apr 12) Stellar [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1993) ****
73. (Apr 16) Profit motive and the whispering wind (John Gianvito, USA, 2007) ***
74. (Apr 19) Mister Lonely (Harmony Korine, USA, 2008) ****
75. (Apr 26) 5 Centimeters Per Second (Makoto Shinkai, Japan, 2007) *1/2
76. (Apr 27) In the City of Sylvia (Jos� Luis Guer�n, Spain, 2008) ***1/2
77. (May 3) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Sidney Lumet, USA, 2007) *1/2
78. (May 4) Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy, 1975) 1/2
79. (May 10) Smiley Face (Gregg Araki, USA, 2007) 1/2
80. (May 16) [Rec] (Jaume Balaguerό and Paco Plaza, Spain, 2008) ****
81. (May 17) [Rec] (Jaume Balaguerό and Paco Plaza, Spain, 2008) ****
82. (May 17) Them (David Moreau and Xavier Palud, France, 2007) ***
83. (May 18) Inside (Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, France, 2007) [Last seen: Feb 18] ***1/2
84. (May 18) Frontier(s) (Xavier Gens, France, 2007) *
85. (May 24) I'm Not There (Todd Haynes, USA, 2007) [Last seen: 2007] *****
86. (May 24) In My Skin (Marina de Van, France, 2002) [Last seen: May 2007] 1/2
87. (May 25) M (Fritz Lang, Germany, 1931) ****
88. (May 25) The Phantom Carriage (Victor Sj�str�m, Sweden, 1921) ****1/2
89. (May 26) David Blaine: Above the Below (Harmony Korine and Steve Smith, UK, 2003) ***
90. (May 30) The Strangers (Bryan Bertino, USA, 2008) ***
91. (Jun 7) Boarding Gate (Olivier Assayas, France, 2008) ***1/2
92. (Jun 8) The Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich (Oliver Hirschbiegel, Germany, 2004) ***
93. (Jun 9) Late Spring (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan, 1949) ****
94. (Jun 10) Late Spring [with commentary] (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan, 1949) ****
95. (Jun 10) Election (Johnnie To, Hong Kong, 2005) *
96. (Jun 12) Le million (Ren� Clair, France, 1931) **1/2
97. (Jun 13) The Brave One (Neil Jordan, USA, 2007) ***
98. (Jun 14) Spellbound (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1945) ***
99. (Jun 15) Commingled Containers [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1997) ****1/2
100. (Jun 15) Commingled Containers [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1997) ****1/2
101. (Jun 15) Youth of the Beast (Seijun Suzuki, Japan, 1963) ***1/2
102. (Jun 16) 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, Romania, 2008) *1/2
103. (Jun 16) Cat's Cradle [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1959) ***1/2
104. (Jun 16) Cat's Cradle [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1959) ***1/2
105. (Jun 16) The Wold Shadow [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1972) ***1/2
106. (Jun 16) The Wold Shadow [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1972) ***1/2
107. (Jun 18) Light Is Waiting [short] (Michael Robinson, USA, 2007) ****
108. (Jun 18) Victory Over the Sun [short] (Michael Robinson, USA, 2007) ***1/2
109. (Jun 19) Window Water Baby Moving [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1962) **1/2
110. (Jun 19) The Stars Are Beautiful [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1974) *1/2
111. (Jun 19) Eye Myth [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1967) ***1/2
112. (Jun 19) Kindering [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1987) **1/2
113. (Jun 19) I...Dreaming [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1988) **1/2
114. (Jun 19) The Dante Quartet [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1987) ****1/2
115. (Jun 19) Untitled (For Marilyn) [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1992) **1/2
116. (Jun 19) Study in Black and White and Color [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1993) ***
117. (Jun 19) Crack Glass Eulogy [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1992) **1/2
118. (Jun 19) The Dark Tower [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 1999) ***1/2
119. (Jun 19) Love Song [short] (Stan Brakhage, USA, 2001) ***
120. (Jun 20) A Zed & Two Noughts (Peter Greenaway, UK, 1985) ***1/2
121. (Jun 21) Report [short] (Bruce Conner, USA, 1967) ****1/2
122. (Jun 21) La France (Serge Bozon, France, 2008) ****1/2
123. (Jun 24) Crazy Mixed Up Pup [short] (Tex Avery, USA, 1954) 1/2
124. (Jul 6) Play Time (Jacques Tati, France 1967) [Last seen: 2007] ****1/2
125. (Jul 8) Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1946) ****1/2
126. (Jul 9) On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, USA, 1954) ***1/2
127. (Jul 9) The Gold Rush [1942 reissue] (Charles Chaplin, USA, 1925) *1/2
128. (Jul 10) In Praise of Love (Jean-Luc Godard, France, 2001) ***
129. (Jul 10) La Jet�e [short] (Chris Marker, France, 1962) ***1/2
130. (Jul 11) The Dreamers (Bernardo Bertolucci, France, 2003) [Last seen edited version: 2006 or 2007] *1/2
131. (Jul 12) La Jet�e [short] (Chris Marker, France, 1962) [2nd viewing] ***1/2
132. (Jul 12) In Bruges (Martin McDonagh, UK, 2008) ***1/2
133. (Jul 14) Sans soleil (Chris Marker, France, 1983) **1/2
134. (Jul 15) Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, Belgium, 1975) ****
135. (Jul 16) Crazeologie [short] (Louis Malle, France, 1953) **1/2
136. (Jul 16) Elevator to the Gallows (Louis Malle, France, 1958) ***
137. (Jul 17) The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, France, 1964) ***1/2
138. (Jul 17) Ugetsu (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan, 1953) ****1/2
139. (Jul 18) Le Petit soldat (Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1963) ***
140. (Jul 18) Charade (Stanley Donen, USA, 1963) ***1/2
141. (Jul 19) Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, USA, 1951) ****
142. (Jul 20) Body Double (Brian De Palma, USA, 1984) [repeat, 35mm] ****
143. (Jul 20) The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, France, 1939) ****1/2
144. (Jul 21) My Night at Maud's (Eric Rohmer, France, 1969) ****
145. (Jul 21) Amarcord (Federico Fellini, Italy, 1973) 1/2
146. (Jul 22) Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror (F. W. Murnau, Germany, 1922) ***1/2
147. (Jul 22) Pitfall (Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japan, 1962) ***1/2
148. (Jul 23) Love Songs (Christophe Honor�, France, 2008) **1/2
149. (Jul 24) The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, USA, 2008) *1/2
150. (Jul 25) Les Carabiniers (Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1963) **1/2
151. (Jul 26) Our Hospitality (John G. Blystone and Buster Keaton, USA, 1923) ****
152. (Jul 26) Stage Fright (Alfred Hitchcock, UK, 1950) **1/2
153. (Jul 27) Sherlock Jr. [short] (Buster Keaton, USA, 1924) ****
154. (Jul 27) Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, USA, 1958) [repeat] ****1/2
155. (Jul 28) They Live by Night (Nicholas Ray, USA, 1948) ***1/2
156. (Jul 28) High Sierra (Raoul Walsh, USA, 1941) ****1/2
157. (Jul 30) Side Street (Anthony Mann, USA, 1950) ***
158. (Jul 31) The Most Dangerous Game (Irving Pichel and Ernest B. Schoedsack, USA, 1932) 1/2
159. (Jul 31) Metropolis [restored, 2002] (Fritz Lang, Germany, 1927) ****
160. (Aug 1) North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1959) [repeat] ***1/2
161. (Aug 2) Marnie (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1964) ****1/2
162. (Aug 3) S�t�ntang� (B�la Tarr, Hungary, 1994) *****
163. (Aug 4) Modern Times (Charles Chaplin, USA, 1936) *1/2
164. (Aug 4) Les Diaboliques (Henri-Georges Clouzot, France, 1955) ***1/2
165. (Aug 5) Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, USA, 1968) ***1/2
167. (Aug 6) Incident at Loch Ness (Zak Penn, UK, 2004) **1/2
168. (Aug 7) Tenebrae (Dario Argento, Italy, 1982) ****1/2
169. (Aug 8) Zombi 2 (Lucio Fulci, Italy, 1979) ****
170. (Aug 8) 28 Days Later... (Danny Boyle, UK, 2002) ***
171. (Aug 10) Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski, USA, 1968) ****
172. (Aug 11) Deep Red (Dario Argento, Italy, 1975) *****
173. (Aug 12) Sisters (Brian De Palma, USA, 1973) **1/2
174. (Aug 12) Sombre (Philippe Grandrieux, France, 1998) ***
175. (Aug 12) Blood and Black Lace (Mario Bava, Italy, 1964) ***1/2
176. (Aug 13) The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (Sergio Martino, Italy, 1971) ***1/2
177. (Aug 14) She Killed in Ecstasy (Jesus Franco, West Germany, 1971) *
178. (Aug 16) House on Haunted Hill (William Castle, USA, 1959) ***
179. (Aug 16) Delirium (Renato Polselli, Italy, 1972) ****
180. (Aug 17) Beyond the Darkness (Joe D'Amato, Italy, 1979) **1/2
181. (Aug 17) Eugenie De Sade (Jesus Franco, Leichenstein, 1975) *1/2
182. (Aug 21) Millennium Mambo (Hsiao-hsien Hou, France, 2001) [second viewing] ****
183. (Aug 22) High Tension (Alexandre Aja, France, 2003) [rewatch] ****1/2
184. (Aug 23) The Reincarnation of Isabel (Renato Polselli, Italy, 1973) ***
185. (Aug 24) Black Sabbath (Mario Bava and Salvatore Billitteri, USA, 1963) ***
186. (Aug 25) Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, USA, 1942) [second viewing] ****
187. (Aug 27) Sabotage (Alfred Hitchcock, UK, 1936) ***1/2
188. (Aug 30) The Woman in Black (Herbert Wise, UK, 1989) [TV] ***1/2
189. (Sep 3) The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock, UK, 1935) ****
190. (Sep 4) Shoulder Arms [short] (Charles Chaplin, USA, 1918) ****1/2
191. (Sep 6) The Others (Alejandro Amen�bar, USA, 2001) ***
192. (Sep 8) Love Actually (Richard Curtis, UK, 2003) *1/2
193. (Sep 10) Suspicion (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1941) ***
194. (Sep 11) Broken Blossoms or the Yellow Man and the Girl (D.W. Griffith, USA, 1919) ****
195. (Sep 12) Burn After Reading (Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, USA, 2008) ****
196. (Sep 13) Opera (Dario Argento, Italy, 1987) **1/2
197. (Sep 14) What Have They Done to Solange? (Massimo Dallamano, Italy, 1972) ****
198. (Sep 15) Stagecoach (John Ford, USA, 1939) **1/2
199. (Sep 16) Don�t Torture a Duckling (Lucio Fulci, Italy, 1972) **1/2
200. (Sep 19) Barton Fink (Joel Coen, USA, 1991) ***
201. (Sep 20) Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (Sergio Martino, Italy, 1972) ****
202. (Sep 20) The Exorcist (William Friedkin, USA, 1973) **
203. (Sep 21) Strip Nude for Your Killer (Andrea Bianchi, Italy, 1975) ***
204. (Sep 21) Top Sensation (Ottavio Alessi, Italy, 1969) 1/2
205. (Sep 22) Life is Beautiful (Roberto Benigni, Italy, 1997) [rewatch] **1/2
206. (Sep 24) Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1940) ***
207. (Sep 25) A Man With a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, Soviet Union, 1929) **1/2
208. (Sep 28) The Whip and the Body (Mario Bava, Italy, 1963) *1/2
209. (Sep 29) American Beauty (Sam Mendes, USA, 1999) [rewatch] No stars
210. (Oct 1) Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1946) [rewatch] ****1/2
211. (Oct 3) Danger: Diabolik! (Mario Bava, Italy, 1968) ****
212. (Oct 4) Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1951) ****1/2
213. (Oct 5) Castle of Blood (Antonio Margheriti, Italy, 1963) ***
214. (Oct 6) Chinatown (Roman Polanski, USA, 1974) [rewatch] ****
215. (Oct 7) Whisper of the Heart (Yoshifumi Kondo, Japan, 1995) **1/2
216. (Oct 9) On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, USA, 1954) [rewatch] ***
217. (Oct 10) Dark Water (Hideo Nakata, Japan, 2002) **1/2
218. (Oct 11) Dracula (Tod Browning, USA, 1931) ****
219. (Oct 11) The Pit and the Pendulum (Roger Corman, USA, 1961) ****1/2
220. (Oct 11) The Mummy (Karl Freund, USA, 1932) ***
221. (Oct 12) Frankenstein (James Whale, USA, 1931) ***
221. (Oct 12) The Innocents (Jack Clayton, UK, 1961) ****
222. (Oct 13) Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, France, 2001) [rewatch] *****
223. (Oct 15) Shadow of a Doubt (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1943) ***
224. (Oct 16) The Bicycle Thief (Vittorio De Sica, Italy, 1948) ***1/2
225. (Oct 17) The Haunting (Robert Wise, USA, 1963) *1/2
226. (Oct 18) The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1956) ***
227. (Oct 19) Black Christmas (Bob Clark, Canada, 1974) ***1/2
228. (Oct 19) Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan, 2001) **1/2
229. (Oct 20) The Graduate (Mike Nichols, USA, 1967) [rewatch] *1/2
230. (Oct 22) Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1951) [rewatch] ****1/2
231. (Oct 23) Rash�mon (Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 1950) ***
232. (Oct 24) The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1956) ****
233. (Oct 25) Halloween (John Carpenter, USA, 1978) ***1/2
234. (Oct 25) Phenomena (Dario Argento, Italy, 1985) ***1/2
235. (Oct 27) On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, USA, 1954) [rewatch] ****1/2
236. (Oct 29) Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1954) [rewatch] ****1/2
237. (Oct 30) 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, Italy, 1963) [rewatch] ***1/2
238. (Oct 31) Demons (Lamberto Bava, Italy, 1985) ****
239. (Nov 1) Hunger (Steve McQueen, UK, 2008) ****
240. (Nov 6) The 400 Blows (Fran�ois Truffaut, France, 1959) [rewatch] ***1/2
241. (Nov 7) Gomorrah (Matteo Garrone, Italy, 2008) **1/2
242. (Nov 8) The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, Argentina, 2008) ****
243. (Nov 9) Possession (Andrzej Zulawski, France, 1981) ***
244. (Nov 10) Anthropophagus: The Grim Reaper (Joe D'Amato, Italy, 1980) ****
245. (Nov 11) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Tobe Hooper, USA, 1986) 1/2
246. (Nov 12) North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1959) [rewatch] ***1/2
247. (Nov 13) Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, USA, 1969) *****