IN THEATERSThe Tree of LifeAs films go, The Tree of Life is a huge thing — a movie by a man with the audacity to take as his apparent subject all of human existence.
IN THEATERSMelancholiaLike the director's previous Antichrist, Melancholia probes the nature of depression and the ways it can inspire people to withdraw, lash out, and sabotage their own chances at happiness.
IN THEATERSThe ArtistShot mostly silent, in black and white, and at the Academy ratio, writer-director Michel Hazavanicius’s The Artist is a Frenchman’s tribute to old-school Hollywood filmmaking.
IN THEATERSThe DeadThe third feature film by the brothers Howard and Jon Ford is an unabashed throwback -- fan service for horror buffs who long for the glory days of George Romero zombies.
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)
- Mildred Pierce (Todd Haynes, 2011)
- House of Pleasures (Bertrand Bonello, 2011)
- A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
- Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan, 2011)
- Killer Joe (William Friedkin, 2011)
- This Is Not a Film (Jafar Panahi, 2011)
- The Deep Blue Sea (Terence Davies, 2011)
- The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)
- Take This Waltz (Sarah Polley, 2011)
- Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin, 2011)
2011 U.S. Releases by Grade
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (David Fincher, 2011) B+
- The Future (Miranda July, 2011) B-
- The Woman (Lucky McKee, 2011) D
- A Brighter Summer Day (Edward Yang, 1991) A-
- The Muppets (James Bobin, 2011) C+
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011) B+
- Moneyball (Bennett Miller, 2011) B
- Meek's Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt, 2010) B+
- Hugo (Martin Scorsese, 2011) B-
- Haywire (Steven Soderbergh, 2011) B-
- Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Brad Bird, 2011) B+
- Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan, 2011) A-
- House of Pleasures (Bertrand Bonello, 2011) A
- A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011) A-
- War Horse (Steven Spielberg, 2011) B-
- A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg, 2011) C+
- Pina (Wim Wenders, 2011) B
- Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin, 2011) B+
- The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011) B-
- Melancholia (Lars Von Trier, 2011) C+
- The Dead (Howard J. Ford and Jon Ford, 2010) B-
- The Skin I Live In (Pedro Almodovar, 2011) B+
- Henry's Crime (Malcolm Venville, 2011) C-
- Rango (Gore Verbinski, 2011) B
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (David Yates, 2011) B
- Tabloid (Errol Morris, 2010) B
- X: First Class (Matthew Vaughn, 2011) B
- Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen, 2011) B
- The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011) A-
- Unknown (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2011) B
- Hall Pass (Bobby and Peter Farrelly, 2011) C
- The Housemaid (Im Sang-soo, 2010) B+
- Repo Chick (Alex Cox, 2009) C
- Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami, 2010) A
- Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010) A-
2011 U.S. Releases by Title
- The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011) B-
- A Brighter Summer Day (Edward Yang, 1991) A-
- Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami, 2010) A
- A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg, 2011) C+
- The Dead (Howard J. Ford and Jon Ford, 2010) B-
- The Future (Miranda July, 2011) B-
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (David Fincher, 2011) B+
- Hall Pass (Bobby and Peter Farrelly, 2011) C
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (David Yates, 2011) B
- Haywire (Steven Soderbergh, 2011) B-
- Henry's Crime (Malcolm Venville, 2011) C-
- House of Pleasures (Bertrand Bonello, 2011) A
- The Housemaid (Im Sang-soo, 2010) B+
- Hugo (Martin Scorsese, 2011) B-
- Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan, 2011) A-
- Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin, 2011) B+
- Meek's Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt, 2010) B+
- Melancholia (Lars Von Trier, 2011) C+
- Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen, 2011) B
- Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Brad Bird, 2011) B+
- Moneyball (Bennett Miller, 2011) B
- The Muppets (James Bobin, 2011) C+
- Pina (Wim Wenders, 2011) B
- Rango (Gore Verbinski, 2011) B
- Repo Chick (Alex Cox, 2009) C
- A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011) A-
- The Skin I Live In (Pedro Almodovar, 2011) B+
- Tabloid (Errol Morris, 2010) B
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011) B+
- The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011) A-
- Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010) A-
- Unknown (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2011) B
- War Horse (Steven Spielberg, 2011) B-
- The Woman (Lucky McKee, 2011) D
- X: First Class (Matthew Vaughn, 2011) B
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