2008: My Year in Movies, From Death to Birth

Submitted by opalfilms on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 12:08
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  1. 3/17- /La Cérémonie (1995, Claude Chabrol)/ [****]
  2. 3/16- Les Anges du Péché (1943, Robert Bresson) [****]
  3. 3/15- Doomsday (2008, Neil Marshall) [4]
  4. 3/14- Funny Games U.S. (2007, Michael Haneke) [7]
  5. 3/13- Red Beard (1965, Akira Kurosawa) [***1/2]
  6. 3/12- /Taxi Driver (1976, Martin Scorsese)/ [****]
  7. 3/10- /The Hunting Party (2007, Richard Shepard)/ [8]
  8. 3/9- /Rushmore (1998, Wes Anderson)/ [****]
  9. 3/8- /Smokey and the Bandit (1977, Hal Needham)/ [***1/2] {Yes, I'm serious.}
  10. 3/8- The Bank Job (2008, Roger Donaldson) [6]
  11. 3/7- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007, Cristian Mungiu) [7]
  12. 3/7- Water Lilies (2007, Claudine Sciamma) [7]
  13. 3/7- No Bikini (2007, Claudia Morgado Escanilla)
  14. 3/6- Savage Grace (2007, Tom Kalin) [6]
  15. 3/5- /Texasville (1990, Peter Bogdanovich)/ [*]
  16. 3/2- Les Revenants/They Came Back (2004, Robin Campillo) [7]

  18. 2/29- /Crooklyn (1994, Spike Lee)/ [**1/2] {If you're wondering what's up with all the Spike Lee movies, there's a retrospective going on in Columbus. So now you know.}
  19. 2/28- Great World of Sound (2007, Craig Zobel) [6]
  20. 2/27- Make Way for Tomorrow (1937, Leo McCarey) [****]
  21. 2/26- 52 Pick Up (1986, John Frankenheimer) [**1/2]
  22. 2/23- /Chariots of Fire (1981, Hugh Hudson) [**1/2]
  23. 2/23- /He Got Game (1998, Spike Lee)/ [***]
  24. 2/23- In Bruges (2008, Martin McDonagh) [8]
  25. 2/23- Be Kind Rewind (2008, Michel Gondry) [6]
  26. 2/22- /She's Gotta Have It (1986, Spike Lee)/ [**1/2]
  27. 2/21- Walker (1987, Alex Cox) [**]
  28. 2/21- Rocco and His Brothers (1960, Luchino Visconti) [***]
  29. 2/20- /She Hate Me (2004, Spike Lee)/ [*1/2]
  30. 2/17- /Malcolm X (1992, Spike Lee)/ [****]
  31. 2/16- /25th Hour (2002, Spike Lee)/ [****]
  32. 2/16- Youth Without Youth (2007, Francis Coppola) [6]
  33. 2/15- Le Mozart des Pickpockets (2006, Philippe Pollet-Villard)
  34. 2/15- The Tonto Woman (2006, Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown)
  35. 2/15- Il Supplente (2006, Andrea Jublin)
  36. 2/15- At Night (2006, Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth)
  37. 2/15- Tanghi Argentini (2006, Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans)
  38. 2/15- Peter and the Wolf (2006, Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman)
  39. 2/15- I Met the Walrus (2007, Josh Raskin)
  40. 2/15- Madame Tutli-Putli (2007, Chris Lavis and Maciez Szczerbowski)
  41. 2/15- My Love (2006, Alexander Petrov)
  42. 2/15- Même les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (2006, Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse)
  43. 2/14- /Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock)/ [****]
  44. 2/13- /The Limey (1999, Steven Soderbergh)/ [***1/2]
  45. 2/11- /Jaws (1975, Steven Spielberg)/ [****]
  46. 2/9- Cassandra's Dream (2007, Woody Allen) [5]
  47. 2/9- /Do the Right Thing (1989, Spike Lee)/ [****]
  48. 2/8- Colossal Youth (2006, Pedro Costa) [4]
  49. 2/7- Ossos (1989, Pedro Costa) [**]
  50. 2/7- O Sangue (1997, Pedro Costa) [**]
  51. 2/6- /Waking Life (2001, Richard Linkater)/ [****]
  52. 2/5- /A Hard Day's Night! (1964, Richard Lester)/ [****]
  53. 2/4- /The Brothers Grimm (2005, Terry Gilliam)/ [*1/2]
  54. 2/3- /Bastard From a Basket/ [10]

  56. 1/29- Music and Lyrics (2007, Marc Lawrence) [5]
  57. 1/28- Seraphim Falls (2006, David Von Ancken) [7]
  58. 1/27- Year of the Dog (2007, Mike White) [3]
  59. 1/27- /The Blair Witch Project (1999, Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick/ [***1/2]
  60. 1/26- Jindabyne (2006, Ray Lawrence) [6]
  61. 1/26- The Rape of Europa (2007, Richard Berge/Nicole Newnham/Bonni Cohem) [6]
  62. 1/26- Rambo (2008, Sylvester Stallone) [5]
  63. 1/25- Stephanie Daley (2006, Hilary Brougher) [6]
  64. 1/25- Starting Out in the Evening (2007, Andrew Wagner) [5]
  65. 1/24- /Rio Bravo (1959, Howard Hawks)/ [****]
  66. 1/23- Moliere (2007, Laurent Tirard) [5]
  67. 1/22- Lake of Fire (2006, Tony Kaye) [9]
  68. 1/21- The Holy Mountain (1973, Alejandro Jodorowsky) [***1/2]
  69. 1/21- In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007, Dr. Uwe Boll) [5] (Yes, really)
  70. 1/20- Golden Door (2006, Emanuele Crialese) [7]
  71. 1/20- /Draaaaaaaaaaaaaaainage!/ [10, was 9]
  72. 1/20- Drama/Mex (2006, Guillermo Naranjo) [5]
  73. 1/19- Broken Arrow (1950, Delmer Daves) [**1/2]
  74. 1/19- /Little Big Man (1970, Arthur Penn) [***1/2]
  75. 1/18- Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres (2007, Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis) [5]
  76. 1/18- Salvador Allende (2004, Patricio Guzman) [6]
  77. 1/18- Chronicle of an Escape (2006, Israel Adrian Caetano) [7]
  78. 1/17- Protagonist (2007, Jessica Yu) [6]
  79. 1/16- Cloverfield (2008, Matt Reeves) [5]
  80. 1/15- Election 2 (2006, Johnnie To) [6]
  81. 1/14- Smiley Face (2007, Gregg Araki) [4]
  82. 1/13- Ishtar (1987, Elaine May) [**]
  83. 1/13- If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do? (1971, Ron Ormond) [*]
  84. 1/12- Southland Tales (2006, Richard Kelly) [2]
  85. 1/12- Tusalava (1929, Len Lye)
  86. 1/12- A Colour Box (1935, Len Lye)
  87. 1/12- Kaleidoscope (1935, Len Lye)
  88. 1/12- The Birth of the Robot (1936, Len Lye)
  89. 1/12- Rainbow Dance (1936, Len Lye)
  90. 1/12- Trade Tattoo (1937, Len Lye)
  91. 1/12- N or NW (1937, Len Lye)
  92. 1/12- Colour Fight (1938, Len Lye)
  93. 1/12- Swinging the Lambeth Walk (1939, Len Lye)
  94. 1/12- Musical Poster #1 (1940, Len Lye)
  95. 1/12- Color Cry (1952-3, Len Lye)
  96. 1/12- Tal Farlow (1980, Len Lye)
  97. 1/12- Rhythm (1957, Len Lye)
  98. 1/12- Free Radicals (1958/1979, Len Lye)
  99. 1/12- Particles in Space (1979, Len Lye)
  100. 1/12- There Will Be Blood (2007, Paul Thomas Anderson) [9]
  101. 1/11- Deep Water (2006, Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell) [6]
  102. 1/11- Romance and Cigarettes (2005, John Turturro) [7]
  103. 1/10- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007, Julian Schnabel) [8]
  104. 1/9- Helvetica (2007, Gary Hustwit) [6]
  105. 1/8- L'Iceberg (2005, Abel et al) [6]
  106. 1/7- Election (2006, To) [4]
  107. 1/5- Love Story (1970, Arthur Hiller) [**]
  108. 1/5- Falling (2006, Barbara Albert) [4]
  109. 1/5- /Blade Runner (1982, Ridley Scott)/ [****] {"Final Cut" version}
  110. 1/4- High School (1968, Frederick Wiseman) [***1/2]
  111. 1/3- Ten Canoes (2006, Rolf de Heer) [6]
  112. 1/2- This Is England (2006, Shane Meadows) [7]
  113. 1/1- /Black Book (2006, Paul Verhoeven) [8]
Author Comments: 

Shorts are listed but not numbered.

Ratings on a 10-point scale for new films, and a **** scale for older films. Don't ask.

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2007: My Year in Movies, From Death to Birth
dgeiser1303/15/2008

Does from Death to Birth mean ordered from end of year to beginning of year? Also, you are in Columbus, Ohio? So am I! :-)

opalfilms03/19/2008

>Does from Death to Birth mean ordered from end of year to beginning of year?

Right. Figured people would be most curious in the movies I saw most recently, so I list those at the top.

>Also, you are in Columbus, Ohio? So am I!

Cool. It's hard to be a cinephile here sometimes, especially with what's happened with the Drexel recently. Still, we forget on.

opalfilms03/22/2008

We FORGE on, even.