FILMS SEEN, 2007
Out of 10 / *denotes theater viewing / repeat viewings / short films (under 40 mins)
Note: Ratings for shorts are often extremely arbitrary
DECEMBER
30) *I'm Not There (Todd Haynes, 2007) - 8
29) Design For Living (Ernst Lubitsch, 1933) - 8
27) The Killing of a Chinese Bookie [135 min. cut] (Cassavetes, 1976) - 10
26) *Atonement (Wright, 2007) - 7
25) Outer Space (Peter Tscherkassky, 1999) - 9
Ursula (Llyod M. Williams, 1961) - 7
Journey Into the Unknown (Kerry Laitala, 2002) - 7
Dawn of an Evil Millennium (Damon Packard, 1988) - 9
The Long Kiss Goodnight (Harlin, 1996) - 5
23) Raising Arizona (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1987) - 8
22) *No Country For Old Men (Joen & Ethan Coen, 2007) - 9
20) Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997) - 8
17) Danger: Diabolik (Mario Bava, 1968) - 7
16) Alpha Dog (Nick Cassavetes, 2006) - 3
15) Chopper (Andrew Dominik, 2000) - 8
Inside Paris (Christophe Honore, 2006) - 6
13) Duck, You Sucker (Sergio Leone, 1971) - 7
12) Air Guitar Nation (Alexandra Lipsitz, 2007) - 7
11) Office Space (Mike Judge, 1999) - 8
9) Still Life (Jia Zhang-ke, 2006) - 7
8) Quiz Show (Robert Redford, 1994) - 7
6) *1408 (Mikael Håfström, 2007) - 5
The Power of Kangwon Province (Hong Sang-Soo, 1998) - 7
5) A Constant Forge (Charles Kiselyak, 2000) - 7
4) Shaolin Soccer (Stephen Chow, 2002) - 6
2) *The Tracey Fragments (Bruce McDonald, 2007) - 8
*Martha (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974) - 8
Kings of the Road (Wim Wenders, 1974) - 8
NOVEMBER
26) Fando and Lis (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1968) - 4
25) Bed and Board (Francois Truffaut, 1970) - 6
24) Rabbit's Moon (Kenneth Anger, 1950) - 6
Kustom Kar Kommandos (Kenneth Anger, 1965) - 7
23) *Into the Wild (Sean Penn, 2007) - 8
22) Bigger Than Life (Nicholas Ray, 1956) - 10
21) Surviving Desire (Hal Hartley, 1991) - 8
*Drama/Mex (Gerardo Naranjo, 2006) - 7
20) *The Last Mistress (Catherine Breillat, 2007) - 6
19) Time Out (Laurent Cantet, 2001) - 8
18) Scorpio Rising (Kenneth Anger, 1964) - 8
Ken Park (Larry Clark, 2002) - 7
17) Calendar (Atom Egoyan, 1993) - 7
11) Dead of Night (Various, 1945) - 8
5) Decalogue Six (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) - 9
Decalogue Five (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) - 8
Alice in the Cities (Wim Wenders, 1974) - 8
3 Man With a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929) - 9
2) *Death Proof (Quentin Tarantino, 2007) - 5
1) *The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007) - 8
OCTOBER
30) The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (Sophie Fiennes, 2006) - 7
28) Flowers of Shanghai (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1998) - 7
26) Splendor in the Grass (Elia Kazan, 1961) - 6
25) *Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg, 2007) - 8
23) *Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy, 2007) - 7
22) Backroads (Phillip Noyce, 1977) - 6
21) The Knack ...and How to Get It (Richard Lester, 1965) - 4
Career Girls (Mike Leigh, 1997) - 8
Breathless (Jim McBride, 1983) - 7
20) *4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007) - 7
19) The Hunted (William Friedkin, 2003) - 4
17) Down in the Valley (David Jacobson, 2005) - 6
15) *Late August at the Hotel Ozone (Jan Schmidt, 1967) - 9
The Confirmist (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970) - 9
Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman, 1978) - 8
14) *2001: Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) - 10
13) Goodbye South, Goodbye (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1996) - 6
12) My Kid Could Paint That (Amir Bar-Lev, 2007) - 8
11) Deliver Us From Evil (Amy Berg, 2006) - 7
My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, 1979) - 7
8) *Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Jaromil Jires, 1970) - 5
6) *Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966) - 8
4) *The Ear (Karel Kachyna, 1970) - 8
3) Witness For the Prosecution (Billy Wilder, 1957) - 7
SEPTEMBER
29) Salesman (Albert & David Maysles, 1967) - 6
27) *Superbad (Greg Motolla, 2007) - 7
25) A Tattoed Life (Seijun Suzuki, 1965) - 7
24) *Night and Fog (Alain Resnais, 1955) - 9
*L'Opera Mouffe (Agnes Varda, 1958) - 8
*La Belle Cérébrale (Peter Foldes, 1967) - 8
*Le Maitre Fous (Jean Rouch, 1955) - 6
23) Passion (Jean-Luc Godard, 1982) - 7
For Your Consideration (Christopher Guest, 2006) - 6
22) Sherrybaby (Laurie Collyer, 2006) - 7
Gertrud (Carl Dreyer, 1964) - 9
21) All My Life (Bruce Baillie, 1966) - 5
20) *Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (Julien Temple, 2007) - 8
18) Pusher II: With Blood On My Hands (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2004) - 7
17) I, An Actress (George Kuchar, 1977) - 6
Hold Me While I'm Naked (George Kuchar, 1966) - 8
Black Cat White Cat (Emir Kusturica, 1998) - 8
15) Blood Simple (Joel Coen, 1984) - 9
*Charlie is My Darling (Peter Whitehead, 1966) - 6
13) *Ratatouille (Brad Bird, 2007) - 7
8) Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg, 1991) - 5
6) *Lady Chatterley (Pascale Ferran, 2006) - 8
4) *After the Wedding (Susanne Bier, 2006) - 4
The Village (M. Night Shyamalan, 2004) - 7
3) The Gleaners and I (Agnes Varda, 2000) - 8
Cyclo (Tran Ahn Hung, 1995) - 8
1) *The Holy Mountain (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973) - 9
Empire of the Sun (Steven Spielberg, 1987) - 7
AUGUST
31) *The Bourne Ultimatum (Paul Greengrass, 2007) - 7
28) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Don Siegel, 1956) - 9
26) Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999) - 8
Jour De Fête (Jacques Tati, 1949) - 7
25) Metropolitan (Whit Stillman, 1990) - 8
24) *Black Book (Paul Verhoeven, 2006) - 6
El Dorado (Howard Hawks, 1966) - 7
19) *Sicko (Michael Moore, 2007) - 7
One False Move (Carl Franklin, 1992) - 7
14) The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi, 1978) - 8
12) Across 110th Street (Barry Shear, 1972) - 7
11) *Vinyl (Andy Warhol, 1965) - 6
*Wavelength (Michael Snow, 1967) - 10
10) *This is England (Shane Meadows, 2006) - 8
8) The Silence (Ingmar Bergman, 1963) - 5
4) *The Cool World (Shirley Clarke, 1964) - 7
*Bridges-Go-Round (Shirley Clarke, 1958) - 7
2) demonlover (Olivier Assayas, 2002) - 7
JULY
31) Being There (Hal Ashby, 1979) - 9
30) loudQUIETloud: A Film About The Pixies (Steven Cantor & Matthew Galkin, 2006) - 7
Serene Velocity (Ernie Gehr, 1970) - 8
Shift (Ernie Gehr, 1974) - 7
28) Diner (Barry Levinson, 1982) - 7
26) *The Simpsons Movie (David Silverman, 2007) - 7
25) After Hours (Martin Scorsese, 1985) - 9
The Virgin Spring (Ingmar Bergman, 1960) - 8
24) Accident (Joseph Losey, 1967) - 6
23) *Pretty Poison (Noel Black, 1968) - 7
*Skaterdater (Noel Black, 1965) - 7
Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992) - 8
22) Theory of Achievement (Hal Hartley, 1991) - 3
Trust (Hal Hartley, 1990) - 8
21) The Big Red One (Samuel Fuller, 1980) - 9
Mon Oncle (Jacques Tati, 1958) - 8
18) The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997) - 8
My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava, 1936) - 7
16) Alice, Sweet Alice (Alfred Sole, 1976) - 8
15) La Promesse (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 1996) - 9
14) *La Ceremonie (Claude Chabrol, 1995) - 9
*Coup de torchon (Bertrand Tavernier, 1981) - 6
13) *Loulou (Maurice Pialat, 1980) - 9
12) *The Lacemaker (Claude Goretta, 1977) - 7
11) Blue Collar (Paul Schrader, 1978) - 8
The Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass, 2004) - 7
10) Simple Men (Hal Hartley, 1992) - 8
Ambition (Hal Hartley, 1991) - 7
9) Vampire's Kiss (Robert Bierman, 1989) - 6
7) *Knocked Up (Judd Apatow, 2007) - 5
*The Angry Breed (David Commons, 1968) - 1
*Film (Alan Schneider, 1965) - 8
6) Force of Evil (Abraham Polonsky, 1948) - 8
Choose Me (Alan Rudolph, 1984) - 7
5) Modern Romance (Albert Brooks, 1981) - 7
4) Winter Light (Ingmar Bergman, 1962) - 9
3) Undertow (David Gordon Green, 2004) - 6
2) *Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (Karel Reisz, 1966) - 5
Christine (John Carpenter, 1983) - 8
1) Limelight (Charles Chaplin, 1952) - 8
JUNE
30) Sex and Fury (Norifumi Suzuki, 1973) - 4
29) Laws of Gravity (Nick Gomez, 1993) - 7
28) Red Dust (Victor Fleming, 1932) - 6
*Transformers (Michael Bay, 2007) - 3
25) *High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music (Rachel Liebling, 1994) - 6
History is Made at Night (Frank Borzage, 1937) - 8
24) *Paprika (Satoshi Kon, 2006) - 8
*The Adventures of Andre and Wally B. (John Lasseter, 1984) - 4
*Luxo Jr. (John Lasseter, 1986) - 7
*Red's Dream (John Lasseter, 1987) - 7
*Tin Toy (John Lasseter, 1988) - 8
*Knick Knack (John Lasseter, 1989) - 7
*Geri's Game (Jan Pinkava, 1997) - 8
*For the Birds (Ralph Eggleston, 2000) - 8
*Boundin' (Bud Luckey, 2003) - 4
*One Man Band (Mark Andrews & Andrew Jimenez, 2005) - 8
*Lifted (Gary Rydstrom, 2006) - 8
23) *Teeth (Mitchell Lichtenstein, 2007) - 7
*Spider (Nash Edgerton, 2007) - 8
*Black Sheep (Jonathan King, 2006) - 5
*Mala Noche (Gus Van Sant, 1985) - 6
22) *Black Snake Moan (Craig Brewer, 2007) - 7
*Don't Touch the Axe (Jacques Rivette, 2007) - 4
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (Stuart Samuels, 2005) - 7
21) *Taxidermia (Gyorgy Palfi, 2006) - 6
*Red Road (Andrea Arnold, 2006) - 7
*Case of the Grinning Cat (Chris Marker, 2004) - 7
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (Michael Haneke, 1994) - 6
20) A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater, 2006) - 7
A Zed & Two Noughts (Peter Greenaway, 1985) - 8
19) *Flanders (Bruno Dumont, 2006) - 5
18) The Secret Lives of Dentists (Alan Rudolph, 2002) - 7
*The Little Match Girl (Jean Renoir, 1928) - 8
*Oh Dem Watermelons (Robert Nelson, 1965) - 9
*Poison Friends (Emmanuel Bourdieu, 2006) - 7
*Scott Walker: 30th Century Man (Stephen Kijak, 2006) - 7
17) *Control (Anton Corbijn, 2007) - 5
*Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006) - 9
16) *Rescue Dawn (Werner Herzog, 2006) - 7
*Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, 1977) - 8
15) *Out of the Blue (Robert Sarkies, 2006) - 7
*Woman on the Beach (Hong Sang-Soo, 2006) - 8
*Away From Her (Sarah Polley, 2006) - 7
14) Body Heat (Lawrence Kasdan, 1981) - 6
12) *Ad Lib Night (Yoon-ki Lee, 2006) - 7
*I Don't Want To Sleep Alone (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2006) - 9
11) *High School (Frederick Wiseman, 1968) - 8
*Once (John Carney, 2006) - 8
10) Little Otik (Jan Svankmajer, 2000) - 8
9) Deja Vu (Tony Scott, 2006) - 6
*Brand Upon the Brain! (Guy Maddin, 2006) - 7
*12:08 East of Bucharest (Corneliu Porumboiu, 2006) - 8
8) Invisible Waves (Pen-ek Ratanaruang, 2006) - 6
7) No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (Martin Scorsese, 2005) - 8
4) *The Scarecrow (Sam Pillsbury, 1982) - 4
3) Flowergirl (Cate Shortland, 1999) - 7
1) Drugstore Cowboy (Gus Van Sant, 1989) - 7
MAY
28) Takeshis' (Takeshi Kitano, 2005) - 8
26) Attack (Robert Aldrich, 1956) - 7
25) *Noise (Matthew Saville, 2007) - 5
24) 8 Women (Francois Ozon, 2002) - 7
22) A Day With the Boys (Clu Gallagher, 1969) - 8
21) *Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007) - 9
Gates of Heaven (Errol Morris, 1980) - 7
19) Demons (Lamberto Bava, 1985) - 7
*Deep End (Jerzy Skolimowski, 1971) - 8
The Story of Marie and Julien (Jacques Rivette, 2003) - 6
18) Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952) - 9
14) The Savage Innocents (Nicholas Ray, 1960) - 7
12) Jail Bait (Buster Keaton, 1937) - 4
The High Sign (Buster Keaton, 1921) - 8
The Balloonatic (Buster Keaton, 1920) - 7
Neighbors (Buster Keaton, 1920) - 9
11) The Grifters (Stephen Frears, 1990) - 8
10) *28 Weeks Later... (Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, 2007) - 6
7) Slow Motion (Jean-Luc Godard, 1980) - 8
5) *The Steel Helmet (Samuel Fuller, 1951) - 6
4) The Black Dahlia (Brian De Palma, 2006) - 6
3) Trash (Paul Morrissey, 1970) - 8
2) Scarecrow (Jerry Schatzberg, 1973) - 7
1) One Week (Buster Keaton, 1921) - 8
Se7en (David Fincher, 1995) - 9
APRIL
30) The Eel (Shohei Imamura, 1997) - 7
29) Moonrise (Frank Borzage, 1948) - 9
28) Phenomena (Dario Argento, 1985) - 8
25) Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947) - 9
24) *Rock the Bells (Casey Suchan & Dennis Hennelly, 2006) - 7
*Disturbia (DJ Caruso, 2007) - 5
23) Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966) - 9
21) Fast Food Nation (Richard Linklater, 2006) - 6
*Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck, 2006) - 8
20) A Wedding (Robert Altman, 1978) - 7
19) Tony Takitani (Jun Ichikawa, 2004) - 7
The Green Ray (Eric Rohmer, 1986) - 9
18) Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter, 1987) - 7
17) *Burke & Wills (Oliver Torr & Matthew Zeremis, 2006) - 7
Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, 1945) - 9
15) *Paris, je T'aime (various, 2006) - 5
14) The Servant (Joseph Losey, 1963) - 9
*Sunshine (Danny Boyle, 2007) - 6
12) The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972) - 8
11) Maléna (Guiseppe Tornatore, 2000) - 5
10) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman, 1978) - 8
Light is Calling (Bill Morrison, 2004) - 9
Sunset Blvd. (Billy Wilder, 1950) - 9
9) *Stellar (Stan Brakhage, 1994) - 7
*Black Ice (Stan Brakhage, 1993) - 8
*Rage Net (Stan Brakhage, 1988) - 7
*The Dante Quartet (Stan Brakhage, 1987) - 9
*Eye Myth (Stan Brakhage, 1967) - 8
*The Stars Are Beautiful (Stan Brakhage, 1974) - 4
*The Wold Shadow (Stan Brakhage, 1972) - 7
*The Garden of Earthly Delights (Stan Brakhage, 1981) - 8
*Mothlight (Stan Brakhage, 1963) - 9
*Door (Stan Brakhage, 1971) - 3
8) Rock Hudson's Home Movies (Mark Rappaport, 1992) - 7
Blue Streak (Mark Rappaport, 1971) - 3
7) Suzhou River (Lou Ye, 2000) - 5
6) Running Scared (Wayne Kramer, 2006) - 7
Puce Moment (Kenneth Anger, 1949) - 8
Art School Confidential (Terry Zwigoff, 2006) - 5
5) The Devil, Probably (Robert Bresson, 1977) - 8
4) Sans Soleil (Chris Marker, 1983) - 10
Mamma Roma (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1962) - 8
3) *The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006) - 8
1) *Le Samouraï (Jean Pierre Melville, 1967) - 9
*À bout de souffle (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960) - 7
MARCH
31) A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (Dito Montiel, 2006) - 8
27) The Long Day Closes (Terence Davies, 1992) - 10
23) *Short Cuts (Robert Altman, 1993) - 9
21) Mikey & Nicky (Elaine May, 1976) - 9
20) *Letters From Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood, 2006) - 7
17) Whisky (Juan Pablo Rebella & Pablo Stoll, 2004) - 7
16) L'Argent (Robert Bresson, 1983) - 8
13) Happy Together (Wong Kar-Wai, 1997) - 9
12) Boiling Point (Takeshi Kitano, 1990) - 7
The Last of the Mohicans (Michael Mann, 1992) - 7
11) We Don't Live Here Anymore (John Curran, 2004) - 6
9) Miami Blues (George Armitage, 1990) - 8
*Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007) - 8
8) Kwaidan (Masaki Kobayashi, 1964) - 6
5) Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984) - 9
4) I Confess (Alfred Hitchcock, 1953) - 6
3) Sonatine (Takeshi Kitano, 1993) - 8
2) Seven Chances (Buster Keaton, 1925) - 10
FEBRUARY
27) Made in Britain (Alan Clarke, 1982) - 8
26) Vernon, Florida (Errol Morris, 1981) - 8
25) Hail Mary (Jean-Luc Godard, 1985) - 6
24) The Palm Beach Story (Preston Sturges, 1942) - 7
23) The Dying Gaul (Craig Lucas, 2005) - 5
22) The Big Bird Cage (Jack Hill, 1972) - 7
What Time is it There? (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2001) - 9
21) White of the Eye (Donald Cammell, 1987) - 7
20) What Happened Was... (Tom Noonan, 1994) - 9
19) *Ganja & Hess (Bill Gunn, 1973) - 6 (NOTE: rating is for 80 min, butchered cut)
18) To Have and to Hold (John Hillcoat, 1996) - 5
17) Day of Wrath (Carl Dreyer, 1943) - 8
16) The Son (Jean Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 2002) - 10
Shivers (David Cronenberg, 1975) - 7
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964) - 8
15) *Notes on a Scandal (Richard Eyre, 2006) - 5
14) Il Posto (Ermanno Olmi, 1961) - 10
13) La Cotta (Ermanno Olmi, 1967) - 7
Fresh (Boaz Yakin, 1994) - 5
11) White Dog (Samuel Fuller, 1981) - 8
10) The Awful Truth (Leo McCarey, 1937) - 9
9) *Smokin' Aces (Joe Carnahan, 2007) - 2
8) *Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Tom Tykwer, 2006) - 7
7) Trees Lounge (Steve Buscemi, 1996) - 7
6) Flesh (Paul Morrissey, 1968) - 8
The Color of Pomegranates (Sergo Paradjanov, 1968) - 4
5) *The Last King of Scotland (Kevin McDonald, 2006) - 4
4) Time (Kim Ki-Duk, 2006) - 7
*Happy Feet (George Miller, 2006) - 6
3) The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973) - 8
2) The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu, 2005) - 9
JANUARY
31) Rocco and his Brothers (Luschino Visconti, 1960) - 6
30) The Lickerish Quartet (Radley Metzger, 1970) - 6
29) *They Live By Night (Nicholas Ray, 1948) - 9
*Gun Crazy (Joseph H. Lewis, 1950) - 9
28) Scum (Alan Clarke, 1979) - 8
27) Touchez pas au Grisbi (Jacques Becker, 1953) - 7
*Two-Lane Blacktop (Monte Hellman, 1971) - 9
26) Late Marriage (Dover Koshashvili, 2001) - 8
25) Waiting for Guffman (Christopher Guest, 1996) - 9
23) Unfaithfully Yours (Preston Sturges, 1948) - 9
22) Written on the Wind (Douglas Sirk, 1956) - 6
21) The Trial of Joan of Arc (Robert Bresson, 1962) - 6
19) Clean (Olivier Assayas, 2004) - 7
18) The Wayward Cloud (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2005) - 9
Mona Lisa (Neil Jordan, 1986) - 8
16) *Apocalypto (Mel Gibson, 2006) - 7
15) Time of the Wolf (Michael Haneke, 2003) - 6
Cannibal Holocaust (Ruggero Deodato, 1980) - 1
14) *Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro, 2006) - 6
13) Thieves' Highway (Jules Dassin, 1949) - 8
12) Blissfully Yours (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2002) - 10
Late August, Early September (Olivier Assayas, 1997) - 7
11) Fox and his Friends (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975) - 8
Matinee (Joe Dante, 1993) - 8
10) Kicking & Screaming (Noah Baumbach, 1995) - 5
The Trial (Orson Welles, 1962) - 8
9) Tokyo Godfathers (Satoshi Kon, 2003) - 6
8) *Pie Fight '69 (Sam Green, 2000) - 7
*Rainbow Man/John 3:16 (Sam Green, 1997) - 7
7) Lovers on the Bridge (Leos Carax, 1991) - 8
The Funeral (Abel Ferrara, 1996) - 7
6) A Room For Romeo Brass (Shane Meadows, 1999) - 6
Another Woman (Woody Allen, 1988) - 7
4) Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Joe Dante, 1990) - 9
3) The World (Jia Zhang-Ke, 2004) - 6
1) All or Nothing (Mike Leigh, 2002) - 10
The Proposition (John Hillcoat, 2005) - 8
The Woods (Lucky McKee, 2006) - 5
Note: Ratings for shorts are often extremely arbitrary
DECEMBER
30) *I'm Not There (Todd Haynes, 2007) - 8
29) Design For Living (Ernst Lubitsch, 1933) - 8
27) The Killing of a Chinese Bookie [135 min. cut] (Cassavetes, 1976) - 10
26) *Atonement (Wright, 2007) - 7
25) Outer Space (Peter Tscherkassky, 1999) - 9
Ursula (Llyod M. Williams, 1961) - 7
Journey Into the Unknown (Kerry Laitala, 2002) - 7
Dawn of an Evil Millennium (Damon Packard, 1988) - 9
The Long Kiss Goodnight (Harlin, 1996) - 5
23) Raising Arizona (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1987) - 8
22) *No Country For Old Men (Joen & Ethan Coen, 2007) - 9
20) Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997) - 8
17) Danger: Diabolik (Mario Bava, 1968) - 7
16) Alpha Dog (Nick Cassavetes, 2006) - 3
15) Chopper (Andrew Dominik, 2000) - 8
Inside Paris (Christophe Honore, 2006) - 6
13) Duck, You Sucker (Sergio Leone, 1971) - 7
12) Air Guitar Nation (Alexandra Lipsitz, 2007) - 7
11) Office Space (Mike Judge, 1999) - 8
9) Still Life (Jia Zhang-ke, 2006) - 7
8) Quiz Show (Robert Redford, 1994) - 7
6) *1408 (Mikael Håfström, 2007) - 5
The Power of Kangwon Province (Hong Sang-Soo, 1998) - 7
5) A Constant Forge (Charles Kiselyak, 2000) - 7
4) Shaolin Soccer (Stephen Chow, 2002) - 6
2) *The Tracey Fragments (Bruce McDonald, 2007) - 8
*Martha (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974) - 8
Kings of the Road (Wim Wenders, 1974) - 8
NOVEMBER
26) Fando and Lis (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1968) - 4
25) Bed and Board (Francois Truffaut, 1970) - 6
24) Rabbit's Moon (Kenneth Anger, 1950) - 6
Kustom Kar Kommandos (Kenneth Anger, 1965) - 7
23) *Into the Wild (Sean Penn, 2007) - 8
22) Bigger Than Life (Nicholas Ray, 1956) - 10
21) Surviving Desire (Hal Hartley, 1991) - 8
*Drama/Mex (Gerardo Naranjo, 2006) - 7
20) *The Last Mistress (Catherine Breillat, 2007) - 6
19) Time Out (Laurent Cantet, 2001) - 8
18) Scorpio Rising (Kenneth Anger, 1964) - 8
Ken Park (Larry Clark, 2002) - 7
17) Calendar (Atom Egoyan, 1993) - 7
11) Dead of Night (Various, 1945) - 8
5) Decalogue Six (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) - 9
Decalogue Five (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) - 8
Alice in the Cities (Wim Wenders, 1974) - 8
3 Man With a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929) - 9
2) *Death Proof (Quentin Tarantino, 2007) - 5
1) *The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007) - 8
OCTOBER
30) The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (Sophie Fiennes, 2006) - 7
28) Flowers of Shanghai (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1998) - 7
26) Splendor in the Grass (Elia Kazan, 1961) - 6
25) *Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg, 2007) - 8
23) *Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy, 2007) - 7
22) Backroads (Phillip Noyce, 1977) - 6
21) The Knack ...and How to Get It (Richard Lester, 1965) - 4
Career Girls (Mike Leigh, 1997) - 8
Breathless (Jim McBride, 1983) - 7
20) *4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007) - 7
19) The Hunted (William Friedkin, 2003) - 4
17) Down in the Valley (David Jacobson, 2005) - 6
15) *Late August at the Hotel Ozone (Jan Schmidt, 1967) - 9
The Confirmist (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970) - 9
Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman, 1978) - 8
14) *2001: Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) - 10
13) Goodbye South, Goodbye (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1996) - 6
12) My Kid Could Paint That (Amir Bar-Lev, 2007) - 8
11) Deliver Us From Evil (Amy Berg, 2006) - 7
My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, 1979) - 7
8) *Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Jaromil Jires, 1970) - 5
6) *Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966) - 8
4) *The Ear (Karel Kachyna, 1970) - 8
3) Witness For the Prosecution (Billy Wilder, 1957) - 7
SEPTEMBER
29) Salesman (Albert & David Maysles, 1967) - 6
27) *Superbad (Greg Motolla, 2007) - 7
25) A Tattoed Life (Seijun Suzuki, 1965) - 7
24) *Night and Fog (Alain Resnais, 1955) - 9
*L'Opera Mouffe (Agnes Varda, 1958) - 8
*La Belle Cérébrale (Peter Foldes, 1967) - 8
*Le Maitre Fous (Jean Rouch, 1955) - 6
23) Passion (Jean-Luc Godard, 1982) - 7
For Your Consideration (Christopher Guest, 2006) - 6
22) Sherrybaby (Laurie Collyer, 2006) - 7
Gertrud (Carl Dreyer, 1964) - 9
21) All My Life (Bruce Baillie, 1966) - 5
20) *Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (Julien Temple, 2007) - 8
18) Pusher II: With Blood On My Hands (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2004) - 7
17) I, An Actress (George Kuchar, 1977) - 6
Hold Me While I'm Naked (George Kuchar, 1966) - 8
Black Cat White Cat (Emir Kusturica, 1998) - 8
15) Blood Simple (Joel Coen, 1984) - 9
*Charlie is My Darling (Peter Whitehead, 1966) - 6
13) *Ratatouille (Brad Bird, 2007) - 7
8) Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg, 1991) - 5
6) *Lady Chatterley (Pascale Ferran, 2006) - 8
4) *After the Wedding (Susanne Bier, 2006) - 4
The Village (M. Night Shyamalan, 2004) - 7
3) The Gleaners and I (Agnes Varda, 2000) - 8
Cyclo (Tran Ahn Hung, 1995) - 8
1) *The Holy Mountain (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973) - 9
Empire of the Sun (Steven Spielberg, 1987) - 7
AUGUST
31) *The Bourne Ultimatum (Paul Greengrass, 2007) - 7
28) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Don Siegel, 1956) - 9
26) Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999) - 8
Jour De Fête (Jacques Tati, 1949) - 7
25) Metropolitan (Whit Stillman, 1990) - 8
24) *Black Book (Paul Verhoeven, 2006) - 6
El Dorado (Howard Hawks, 1966) - 7
19) *Sicko (Michael Moore, 2007) - 7
One False Move (Carl Franklin, 1992) - 7
14) The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi, 1978) - 8
12) Across 110th Street (Barry Shear, 1972) - 7
11) *Vinyl (Andy Warhol, 1965) - 6
*Wavelength (Michael Snow, 1967) - 10
10) *This is England (Shane Meadows, 2006) - 8
8) The Silence (Ingmar Bergman, 1963) - 5
4) *The Cool World (Shirley Clarke, 1964) - 7
*Bridges-Go-Round (Shirley Clarke, 1958) - 7
2) demonlover (Olivier Assayas, 2002) - 7
JULY
31) Being There (Hal Ashby, 1979) - 9
30) loudQUIETloud: A Film About The Pixies (Steven Cantor & Matthew Galkin, 2006) - 7
Serene Velocity (Ernie Gehr, 1970) - 8
Shift (Ernie Gehr, 1974) - 7
28) Diner (Barry Levinson, 1982) - 7
26) *The Simpsons Movie (David Silverman, 2007) - 7
25) After Hours (Martin Scorsese, 1985) - 9
The Virgin Spring (Ingmar Bergman, 1960) - 8
24) Accident (Joseph Losey, 1967) - 6
23) *Pretty Poison (Noel Black, 1968) - 7
*Skaterdater (Noel Black, 1965) - 7
Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992) - 8
22) Theory of Achievement (Hal Hartley, 1991) - 3
Trust (Hal Hartley, 1990) - 8
21) The Big Red One (Samuel Fuller, 1980) - 9
Mon Oncle (Jacques Tati, 1958) - 8
18) The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997) - 8
My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava, 1936) - 7
16) Alice, Sweet Alice (Alfred Sole, 1976) - 8
15) La Promesse (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 1996) - 9
14) *La Ceremonie (Claude Chabrol, 1995) - 9
*Coup de torchon (Bertrand Tavernier, 1981) - 6
13) *Loulou (Maurice Pialat, 1980) - 9
12) *The Lacemaker (Claude Goretta, 1977) - 7
11) Blue Collar (Paul Schrader, 1978) - 8
The Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass, 2004) - 7
10) Simple Men (Hal Hartley, 1992) - 8
Ambition (Hal Hartley, 1991) - 7
9) Vampire's Kiss (Robert Bierman, 1989) - 6
7) *Knocked Up (Judd Apatow, 2007) - 5
*The Angry Breed (David Commons, 1968) - 1
*Film (Alan Schneider, 1965) - 8
6) Force of Evil (Abraham Polonsky, 1948) - 8
Choose Me (Alan Rudolph, 1984) - 7
5) Modern Romance (Albert Brooks, 1981) - 7
4) Winter Light (Ingmar Bergman, 1962) - 9
3) Undertow (David Gordon Green, 2004) - 6
2) *Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (Karel Reisz, 1966) - 5
Christine (John Carpenter, 1983) - 8
1) Limelight (Charles Chaplin, 1952) - 8
JUNE
30) Sex and Fury (Norifumi Suzuki, 1973) - 4
29) Laws of Gravity (Nick Gomez, 1993) - 7
28) Red Dust (Victor Fleming, 1932) - 6
*Transformers (Michael Bay, 2007) - 3
25) *High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music (Rachel Liebling, 1994) - 6
History is Made at Night (Frank Borzage, 1937) - 8
24) *Paprika (Satoshi Kon, 2006) - 8
*The Adventures of Andre and Wally B. (John Lasseter, 1984) - 4
*Luxo Jr. (John Lasseter, 1986) - 7
*Red's Dream (John Lasseter, 1987) - 7
*Tin Toy (John Lasseter, 1988) - 8
*Knick Knack (John Lasseter, 1989) - 7
*Geri's Game (Jan Pinkava, 1997) - 8
*For the Birds (Ralph Eggleston, 2000) - 8
*Boundin' (Bud Luckey, 2003) - 4
*One Man Band (Mark Andrews & Andrew Jimenez, 2005) - 8
*Lifted (Gary Rydstrom, 2006) - 8
23) *Teeth (Mitchell Lichtenstein, 2007) - 7
*Spider (Nash Edgerton, 2007) - 8
*Black Sheep (Jonathan King, 2006) - 5
*Mala Noche (Gus Van Sant, 1985) - 6
22) *Black Snake Moan (Craig Brewer, 2007) - 7
*Don't Touch the Axe (Jacques Rivette, 2007) - 4
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (Stuart Samuels, 2005) - 7
21) *Taxidermia (Gyorgy Palfi, 2006) - 6
*Red Road (Andrea Arnold, 2006) - 7
*Case of the Grinning Cat (Chris Marker, 2004) - 7
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (Michael Haneke, 1994) - 6
20) A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater, 2006) - 7
A Zed & Two Noughts (Peter Greenaway, 1985) - 8
19) *Flanders (Bruno Dumont, 2006) - 5
18) The Secret Lives of Dentists (Alan Rudolph, 2002) - 7
*The Little Match Girl (Jean Renoir, 1928) - 8
*Oh Dem Watermelons (Robert Nelson, 1965) - 9
*Poison Friends (Emmanuel Bourdieu, 2006) - 7
*Scott Walker: 30th Century Man (Stephen Kijak, 2006) - 7
17) *Control (Anton Corbijn, 2007) - 5
*Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006) - 9
16) *Rescue Dawn (Werner Herzog, 2006) - 7
*Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, 1977) - 8
15) *Out of the Blue (Robert Sarkies, 2006) - 7
*Woman on the Beach (Hong Sang-Soo, 2006) - 8
*Away From Her (Sarah Polley, 2006) - 7
14) Body Heat (Lawrence Kasdan, 1981) - 6
12) *Ad Lib Night (Yoon-ki Lee, 2006) - 7
*I Don't Want To Sleep Alone (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2006) - 9
11) *High School (Frederick Wiseman, 1968) - 8
*Once (John Carney, 2006) - 8
10) Little Otik (Jan Svankmajer, 2000) - 8
9) Deja Vu (Tony Scott, 2006) - 6
*Brand Upon the Brain! (Guy Maddin, 2006) - 7
*12:08 East of Bucharest (Corneliu Porumboiu, 2006) - 8
8) Invisible Waves (Pen-ek Ratanaruang, 2006) - 6
7) No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (Martin Scorsese, 2005) - 8
4) *The Scarecrow (Sam Pillsbury, 1982) - 4
3) Flowergirl (Cate Shortland, 1999) - 7
1) Drugstore Cowboy (Gus Van Sant, 1989) - 7
MAY
28) Takeshis' (Takeshi Kitano, 2005) - 8
26) Attack (Robert Aldrich, 1956) - 7
25) *Noise (Matthew Saville, 2007) - 5
24) 8 Women (Francois Ozon, 2002) - 7
22) A Day With the Boys (Clu Gallagher, 1969) - 8
21) *Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007) - 9
Gates of Heaven (Errol Morris, 1980) - 7
19) Demons (Lamberto Bava, 1985) - 7
*Deep End (Jerzy Skolimowski, 1971) - 8
The Story of Marie and Julien (Jacques Rivette, 2003) - 6
18) Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952) - 9
14) The Savage Innocents (Nicholas Ray, 1960) - 7
12) Jail Bait (Buster Keaton, 1937) - 4
The High Sign (Buster Keaton, 1921) - 8
The Balloonatic (Buster Keaton, 1920) - 7
Neighbors (Buster Keaton, 1920) - 9
11) The Grifters (Stephen Frears, 1990) - 8
10) *28 Weeks Later... (Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, 2007) - 6
7) Slow Motion (Jean-Luc Godard, 1980) - 8
5) *The Steel Helmet (Samuel Fuller, 1951) - 6
4) The Black Dahlia (Brian De Palma, 2006) - 6
3) Trash (Paul Morrissey, 1970) - 8
2) Scarecrow (Jerry Schatzberg, 1973) - 7
1) One Week (Buster Keaton, 1921) - 8
Se7en (David Fincher, 1995) - 9
APRIL
30) The Eel (Shohei Imamura, 1997) - 7
29) Moonrise (Frank Borzage, 1948) - 9
28) Phenomena (Dario Argento, 1985) - 8
25) Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947) - 9
24) *Rock the Bells (Casey Suchan & Dennis Hennelly, 2006) - 7
*Disturbia (DJ Caruso, 2007) - 5
23) Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966) - 9
21) Fast Food Nation (Richard Linklater, 2006) - 6
*Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck, 2006) - 8
20) A Wedding (Robert Altman, 1978) - 7
19) Tony Takitani (Jun Ichikawa, 2004) - 7
The Green Ray (Eric Rohmer, 1986) - 9
18) Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter, 1987) - 7
17) *Burke & Wills (Oliver Torr & Matthew Zeremis, 2006) - 7
Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, 1945) - 9
15) *Paris, je T'aime (various, 2006) - 5
14) The Servant (Joseph Losey, 1963) - 9
*Sunshine (Danny Boyle, 2007) - 6
12) The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972) - 8
11) Maléna (Guiseppe Tornatore, 2000) - 5
10) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman, 1978) - 8
Light is Calling (Bill Morrison, 2004) - 9
Sunset Blvd. (Billy Wilder, 1950) - 9
9) *Stellar (Stan Brakhage, 1994) - 7
*Black Ice (Stan Brakhage, 1993) - 8
*Rage Net (Stan Brakhage, 1988) - 7
*The Dante Quartet (Stan Brakhage, 1987) - 9
*Eye Myth (Stan Brakhage, 1967) - 8
*The Stars Are Beautiful (Stan Brakhage, 1974) - 4
*The Wold Shadow (Stan Brakhage, 1972) - 7
*The Garden of Earthly Delights (Stan Brakhage, 1981) - 8
*Mothlight (Stan Brakhage, 1963) - 9
*Door (Stan Brakhage, 1971) - 3
8) Rock Hudson's Home Movies (Mark Rappaport, 1992) - 7
Blue Streak (Mark Rappaport, 1971) - 3
7) Suzhou River (Lou Ye, 2000) - 5
6) Running Scared (Wayne Kramer, 2006) - 7
Puce Moment (Kenneth Anger, 1949) - 8
Art School Confidential (Terry Zwigoff, 2006) - 5
5) The Devil, Probably (Robert Bresson, 1977) - 8
4) Sans Soleil (Chris Marker, 1983) - 10
Mamma Roma (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1962) - 8
3) *The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006) - 8
1) *Le Samouraï (Jean Pierre Melville, 1967) - 9
*À bout de souffle (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960) - 7
MARCH
31) A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (Dito Montiel, 2006) - 8
27) The Long Day Closes (Terence Davies, 1992) - 10
23) *Short Cuts (Robert Altman, 1993) - 9
21) Mikey & Nicky (Elaine May, 1976) - 9
20) *Letters From Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood, 2006) - 7
17) Whisky (Juan Pablo Rebella & Pablo Stoll, 2004) - 7
16) L'Argent (Robert Bresson, 1983) - 8
13) Happy Together (Wong Kar-Wai, 1997) - 9
12) Boiling Point (Takeshi Kitano, 1990) - 7
The Last of the Mohicans (Michael Mann, 1992) - 7
11) We Don't Live Here Anymore (John Curran, 2004) - 6
9) Miami Blues (George Armitage, 1990) - 8
*Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007) - 8
8) Kwaidan (Masaki Kobayashi, 1964) - 6
5) Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984) - 9
4) I Confess (Alfred Hitchcock, 1953) - 6
3) Sonatine (Takeshi Kitano, 1993) - 8
2) Seven Chances (Buster Keaton, 1925) - 10
FEBRUARY
27) Made in Britain (Alan Clarke, 1982) - 8
26) Vernon, Florida (Errol Morris, 1981) - 8
25) Hail Mary (Jean-Luc Godard, 1985) - 6
24) The Palm Beach Story (Preston Sturges, 1942) - 7
23) The Dying Gaul (Craig Lucas, 2005) - 5
22) The Big Bird Cage (Jack Hill, 1972) - 7
What Time is it There? (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2001) - 9
21) White of the Eye (Donald Cammell, 1987) - 7
20) What Happened Was... (Tom Noonan, 1994) - 9
19) *Ganja & Hess (Bill Gunn, 1973) - 6 (NOTE: rating is for 80 min, butchered cut)
18) To Have and to Hold (John Hillcoat, 1996) - 5
17) Day of Wrath (Carl Dreyer, 1943) - 8
16) The Son (Jean Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 2002) - 10
Shivers (David Cronenberg, 1975) - 7
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964) - 8
15) *Notes on a Scandal (Richard Eyre, 2006) - 5
14) Il Posto (Ermanno Olmi, 1961) - 10
13) La Cotta (Ermanno Olmi, 1967) - 7
Fresh (Boaz Yakin, 1994) - 5
11) White Dog (Samuel Fuller, 1981) - 8
10) The Awful Truth (Leo McCarey, 1937) - 9
9) *Smokin' Aces (Joe Carnahan, 2007) - 2
8) *Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Tom Tykwer, 2006) - 7
7) Trees Lounge (Steve Buscemi, 1996) - 7
6) Flesh (Paul Morrissey, 1968) - 8
The Color of Pomegranates (Sergo Paradjanov, 1968) - 4
5) *The Last King of Scotland (Kevin McDonald, 2006) - 4
4) Time (Kim Ki-Duk, 2006) - 7
*Happy Feet (George Miller, 2006) - 6
3) The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973) - 8
2) The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu, 2005) - 9
JANUARY
31) Rocco and his Brothers (Luschino Visconti, 1960) - 6
30) The Lickerish Quartet (Radley Metzger, 1970) - 6
29) *They Live By Night (Nicholas Ray, 1948) - 9
*Gun Crazy (Joseph H. Lewis, 1950) - 9
28) Scum (Alan Clarke, 1979) - 8
27) Touchez pas au Grisbi (Jacques Becker, 1953) - 7
*Two-Lane Blacktop (Monte Hellman, 1971) - 9
26) Late Marriage (Dover Koshashvili, 2001) - 8
25) Waiting for Guffman (Christopher Guest, 1996) - 9
23) Unfaithfully Yours (Preston Sturges, 1948) - 9
22) Written on the Wind (Douglas Sirk, 1956) - 6
21) The Trial of Joan of Arc (Robert Bresson, 1962) - 6
19) Clean (Olivier Assayas, 2004) - 7
18) The Wayward Cloud (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2005) - 9
Mona Lisa (Neil Jordan, 1986) - 8
16) *Apocalypto (Mel Gibson, 2006) - 7
15) Time of the Wolf (Michael Haneke, 2003) - 6
Cannibal Holocaust (Ruggero Deodato, 1980) - 1
14) *Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro, 2006) - 6
13) Thieves' Highway (Jules Dassin, 1949) - 8
12) Blissfully Yours (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2002) - 10
Late August, Early September (Olivier Assayas, 1997) - 7
11) Fox and his Friends (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975) - 8
Matinee (Joe Dante, 1993) - 8
10) Kicking & Screaming (Noah Baumbach, 1995) - 5
The Trial (Orson Welles, 1962) - 8
9) Tokyo Godfathers (Satoshi Kon, 2003) - 6
8) *Pie Fight '69 (Sam Green, 2000) - 7
*Rainbow Man/John 3:16 (Sam Green, 1997) - 7
7) Lovers on the Bridge (Leos Carax, 1991) - 8
The Funeral (Abel Ferrara, 1996) - 7
6) A Room For Romeo Brass (Shane Meadows, 1999) - 6
Another Woman (Woody Allen, 1988) - 7
4) Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Joe Dante, 1990) - 9
3) The World (Jia Zhang-Ke, 2004) - 6
1) All or Nothing (Mike Leigh, 2002) - 10
The Proposition (John Hillcoat, 2005) - 8
The Woods (Lucky McKee, 2006) - 5