IN THEATERSUpA movie like Up makes deeply felt, richly imagined, and downright populist storytelling look like the natural order of narrative film.
IN THEATERSFantastic Mr. FoxWes Anderson's films have always featured a kind of play-acting, from the cops-and-robbers shenanigans of Bottle Rocket to the spiritual tourism of The Darjeeling Limited, with his characters trying on different personas for size. Maybe that's why Fantastic Mr. Fox, itself a new kind of persona, fits so clearly and cleverly into Anderson's body of work.
IN THEATERSInglourious BasterdsAmong the most satisfying of exploitation subgenres, for those who swing that way, is the rape-revenge picture.
IN THEATERSPublic EnemiesSimultaneously a tough guy and a sap, a realist and a romantic, director Michael Mann has for decades now been making movies about what it means to be a man.
Screening Log
- Computer Chess (Andrew Bujalski, 2013) 73/100
- Mud (Jeff Nichols, 2012) 56/100
- her (Spike Jonze, 2013) 46/100
- Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach, 2013) 85/100
- The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013) 92/100
- American Hustle (David O. Russell, 2013) 44/100
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Francis Lawrence, 2013) 19/100
- Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (Stephen Chow, 2013) 71/100
- Why Don't You Play in Hell? (Sion Sono, 2013) 62/100
- Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, 2013) 88/100
- Blue is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2013) 70/100
- The Counselor (Ridley Scott, 2013) 77/100
- Bad Grandpa (Jeff Tremaine, 2013) 48/100
- All Is Lost (J.C. Chandor, 2013) 71/100
- Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass, 2013) 57/100
- John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness * (John Carpenter, 1987) 85/100
- Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman, 2009) 91/100
- Riddick (David Twohy, 2013) 53/100
- After Tiller (Martha Shane and Lana Wilson, 2013) 54/100
- Short Term 12 (Destin Cretton, 2013) 61/100
- Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen, 2013) 63/100
- You're Next (Adam Wingard, 2011) 64/100
- Q * (Larry Cohen, 1982) 65/100
- The World's End (Edgar Wright, 2013) 68/100
- The Grandmaster (Wong Kar-Wai, 2013) 67/100
- The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012) 66/100
- Passion (Brian De Palma, 2012) 53/100
- Swamp Thing (Wes Craven, 2009) 60/100
- Sound City (Dave Grohl, 2013) 55/100
- Exotica * (Atom Egoyan, 1994) 98/100
Top Ten List (by IMDB date: first public screening)
- A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2009)
- Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)
- Splice (Vincenzo Natali, 2009)
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
- Dogtooth (Giorgos Lanthimos, 2009)
- Up (Pete Docter, 2009)
- Public Enemies (Michael Mann, 2009)
- Vincere (Marco Bellocchio, 2009)
- Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)
- Drag Me to Hell (Sam Raimi, 2009)
2009 U.S. Releases by Grade
- Julia (Erick Zonca, 2008) B+
- The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009) B
- Shutter Island (Martin Scorsese, 2009) B+
- Broken Embraces (Pedro Almodòvar, 2009) C
- A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2009) A
- Black Dynamite (Scott Sanders, 2009) C+
- It Might Get Loud (Davis Guggenheim, 2008) B-
- Big Fan (Robert Siegel, 2009) B
- Humpday (Lynn Shelton, 2009) B+
- The Headless Woman (Lucretia Martel, 2008) B
- Avatar (James Cameron, 2009) B-
- The Lovely Bones (Peter Jackson, 2009) C
- House of the Devil (Ti West, 2009) B-
- Moon (Duncan Jones, 2009) B+
- Jennifer's Body (Karyn Kusama, 2009) C+
- Crazy Heart (Scott Cooper, 2009) B-
- Paranormal Activity (Oren Peli, 2007) B-
- A Perfect Getaway (David Twohy, 2009) B
- Julia (Erick Zonca, 2008) B+
- Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, 2009) C+
- Sherlock Holmes (Guy Ritchie, 2009) B-
- The Road (John Hillcoat, 2009) B
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Terry Gilliam, 2009) B
- Home (Ursula Meier, 2008) A-
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009) A-
- The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call: New Orleans (Werner Herzog, 2009) B+
- 2012 (Roland Emmerich, 2009) C
- The Box (Richard Kelly, 2009) C-
- Antichrist (Lars Von Trier, 2009) B-
- The Proposal (Anne Fletcher, 2009) C
- Lorna's Silence (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 2008) B+
- Crank: High Voltage (Neveldine/Taylor, 2009) B
- Obsessed (Steve Shill, 2009) D
- Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009) A-
- District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, 2009) B+
- Grace (Paul Solet, 2009) C+
- Flame & Citron (Ole Christian Madsen, 2008) B-
- Ghosted (Monika Treut, 2009) C
- Orphan (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2009) B+
- In the Loop (Armando Iannucci, 2009) B+
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (David Yates, 2009) B
- Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (James Hendricks, 2009) C
- Brüno (Larry Charles, 2009) B
- Public Enemies (Michael Mann, 2009) A-
- Tony Manero (Pablo Larrain, 2008) B-
- The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008) B+
- Surveillance (Jennifer Lynch, 2007) C+
- The Hangover (Todd Phillips, 2009) B
- Drag Me to Hell (Sam Raimi, 2009) B+
- Up (Pete Docter, 2009) A-
- Martyrs (Pascal Laugier, 2008) B-
- The Girlfriend Experience (Steven Soderbergh, 2009) B+
- Taken (Pierre Morel, 2008) B-
- Summer Hours (Olivier Assayas, 2008) B+
- Star Trek (J.J. Abrams, 2009) B
- Revanche (Götz Spielmann, 2008) A-
- Observe and Report (Jody Hill, 2009) C+
- Duplicity (Tony Gilroy, 2009) B+
- Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008) B+
- The Edge of Love (John Maybury, 2008) C
- The Last House on the Left (Dennis Iliadis, 2009) C+
- Gigantic (Matt Aselton, 2008) C
- Watchmen (Zach Snyder, 2009) C+
- Sunshine Cleaning (Christine Jeffs, 2008) B
- Friday the 13th (Marcus Nispel, 2009) C-
- Coraline (Henry Selick, 2009) B-
- My Bloody Valentine (Patrick Lussier, 2009) C-
2009 U.S. Releases by Title
- 2012 (Roland Emmerich, 2009) C
- Antichrist (Lars Von Trier, 2009) B-
- Avatar (James Cameron, 2009) B-
- The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call: New Orleans (Werner Herzog, 2009) B+
- Big Fan (Robert Siegel, 2009) B
- Black Dynamite (Scott Sanders, 2009) C+
- The Box (Richard Kelly, 2009) C-
- Broken Embraces (Pedro Almodòvar, 2009) C
- Brüno (Larry Charles, 2009) B
- Coraline (Henry Selick, 2009) B-
- Crank: High Voltage (Neveldine/Taylor, 2009) B
- Crazy Heart (Scott Cooper, 2009) B-
- District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, 2009) B+
- Drag Me to Hell (Sam Raimi, 2009) B+
- Duplicity (Tony Gilroy, 2009) B+
- The Edge of Love (John Maybury, 2008) C
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009) A-
- Flame & Citron (Ole Christian Madsen, 2008) B-
- Friday the 13th (Marcus Nispel, 2009) C-
- Ghosted (Monika Treut, 2009) C
- Gigantic (Matt Aselton, 2008) C
- The Girlfriend Experience (Steven Soderbergh, 2009) B+
- Grace (Paul Solet, 2009) C+
- The Hangover (Todd Phillips, 2009) B
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (David Yates, 2009) B
- The Headless Woman (Lucretia Martel, 2008) B
- Home (Ursula Meier, 2008) A-
- House of the Devil (Ti West, 2009) B-
- Humpday (Lynn Shelton, 2009) B+
- Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008) B+
- The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008) B+
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Terry Gilliam, 2009) B
- In the Loop (Armando Iannucci, 2009) B+
- Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009) A-
- It Might Get Loud (Davis Guggenheim, 2008) B-
- Jennifer's Body (Karyn Kusama, 2009) C+
- Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (James Hendricks, 2009) C
- Julia (Erick Zonca, 2008) B+
- Julia (Erick Zonca, 2008) B+
- The Last House on the Left (Dennis Iliadis, 2009) C+
- Lorna's Silence (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 2008) B+
- The Lovely Bones (Peter Jackson, 2009) C
- Martyrs (Pascal Laugier, 2008) B-
- Moon (Duncan Jones, 2009) B+
- My Bloody Valentine (Patrick Lussier, 2009) C-
- Observe and Report (Jody Hill, 2009) C+
- Obsessed (Steve Shill, 2009) D
- Orphan (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2009) B+
- Paranormal Activity (Oren Peli, 2007) B-
- A Perfect Getaway (David Twohy, 2009) B
- The Proposal (Anne Fletcher, 2009) C
- Public Enemies (Michael Mann, 2009) A-
- Revanche (Götz Spielmann, 2008) A-
- The Road (John Hillcoat, 2009) B
- A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2009) A
- Sherlock Holmes (Guy Ritchie, 2009) B-
- Shutter Island (Martin Scorsese, 2009) B+
- Star Trek (J.J. Abrams, 2009) B
- Summer Hours (Olivier Assayas, 2008) B+
- Sunshine Cleaning (Christine Jeffs, 2008) B
- Surveillance (Jennifer Lynch, 2007) C+
- Taken (Pierre Morel, 2008) B-
- Tony Manero (Pablo Larrain, 2008) B-
- Up (Pete Docter, 2009) A-
- Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, 2009) C+
- Watchmen (Zach Snyder, 2009) C+
- The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009) B
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