2011 Movie Year in Review - The Big List
Because better late than never, right? Except here's the thing. Tomorrow I have to get up abnormally early by my standards so I don't really have time to do a detailed breakdown. So today you get the full list of the 62 films I saw in 2011, and next weekend I'll highlight some films from this list you might have missed out on. Deal? Deal.
The list format is as follows:
Name of Film - Abbreviation for Theater - Date
Black Swan - CP, S 1/01
Tangled - WL, M 1/03
The King's Speech - CL, T 1/04
Carlos - C, F 1/14
Roman Holiday - C, Su 1/16
Mesrine: Killer Instinct - C, F 1/21
Sabrina - C, Su 1/23
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 - C, F 1/28
Funny Face - C, S 1/29
Superman - CF, S 1/29
Charade - C, Su 2/06
Battleship Potemkin - C, Su 2/13
The Illusionist - CP, M 2/14
The Tempest - C, Su 3/06
Shoah (part 1) - C, S 3/12
Shoah (part 2) - C, Su 3/13
Dead Snow - CF, F 3/25
35th Cleveland International Film Festival - Tower City Cinemas - 7 films
Rubber - S 3/26
The Man From Nowhere - F 4/01
Ugly Duckling - S 4/02
Small Town Murder Songs - S 4/02
Sound of Noise - S 4/02
Black Death - S 4/02
These Amazing Shadows - Su 4/03
The African Queen - C, Su 4/10
Idiots & Angels - C, R 4/14 - With Bill Plympton in person! Preceded by The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger
Source Code - WL, S 4/23
Thor - WL, S 5/21
Kung Fu Panda 2 - RR, Su 5/29
X-Men: First Class - SS, M 6/06
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition) - VV, T 6/14
Bullitt - CP, Su 6/19
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition) - VV, T 6/21
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Extended Edition) - VV, T 6/28
13 Assassins - C, S 7/02
Midnight in Paris - CP, M 7/04
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hollows, part 2 - National Air & Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center IMAX, S 7/16
Stake Land - CP, T 8/02
Captain America: The First Avenger - EGF, S 8/06
Cowboys & Aliens - EGF, M 8/15
Conan the Barbarian - RR, S 8/20
The Hustler - CP, Su 8/28
My Night at Maud's - C, F 9/01
The Debt - CP, M 9/05
Viva Riva! - C, R 9/08
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - CF, F 9/16
Moneyball - Santa Fe Regal, F 9/30
Drive - Albuquerque Cinemark, Su 10/1
X: The Unheard Music - Beachland Ballroom, T 10/04
Chimes at Midnight - C, S 10/15
Mysteries of Lisbon (part 1) - CMA, W 10/19
Mysteries of Lisbon (part 2) - CMA, F 10/21
The Three Musketeers (2011) - RR, T 10/22
The Muppets - RR, R 11/24
Steamboat Bill, Jr. - CP, Su 11/27
Burke and Hare - C, M 11/28
The Big Lebowski - CL, S 12/03
The Descendants - WL, T 12/06
Old Jews Telling Jokes - CMA, W 12/07
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - AMC Disney - F 12/23
The Ides of March - WP - F 12/30
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol - RR - F 12/30
By month:
January - 10
February - 3
March - 4 + 1
April - 3 + 6
May - 2
June - 5
July - 3
August - 5
September - 5
October - 6
November - 3
December - 6
Theater abbreviations: CP - Capitol, WL - Westlake Regal, C - Cinematheque, CG - CWRUFilm, RR - Rocky River AMC, EGF - theater in East Grand Forks, MN, VV - Valley View, CMA - Cleveland Museum of Art, WP - Willoughby dollar theater
If there are any particular subcategories you'd me to elucidate upon (e.g., animation, classics, foreign, whatever) please let me know in the comments and I'll see what I can do.
Tentative Sunday schedule for 2012:
11/11 - 2011 Movie Year in Review
11/18 & 11/25 - two part series focusing on a major director
12/1 & 12/9 - 2010 Movie Year in Review
12/16 and beyond - assorted 2012 Year in Review posts
The list format is as follows:
Name of Film - Abbreviation for Theater - Date
Black Swan - CP, S 1/01
Tangled - WL, M 1/03
The King's Speech - CL, T 1/04
Carlos - C, F 1/14
Roman Holiday - C, Su 1/16
Mesrine: Killer Instinct - C, F 1/21
Sabrina - C, Su 1/23
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 - C, F 1/28
Funny Face - C, S 1/29
Superman - CF, S 1/29
Charade - C, Su 2/06
Battleship Potemkin - C, Su 2/13
The Illusionist - CP, M 2/14
The Tempest - C, Su 3/06
Shoah (part 1) - C, S 3/12
Shoah (part 2) - C, Su 3/13
Dead Snow - CF, F 3/25
35th Cleveland International Film Festival - Tower City Cinemas - 7 films
Rubber - S 3/26
The Man From Nowhere - F 4/01
Ugly Duckling - S 4/02
Small Town Murder Songs - S 4/02
Sound of Noise - S 4/02
Black Death - S 4/02
These Amazing Shadows - Su 4/03
The African Queen - C, Su 4/10
Idiots & Angels - C, R 4/14 - With Bill Plympton in person! Preceded by The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger
Source Code - WL, S 4/23
Thor - WL, S 5/21
Kung Fu Panda 2 - RR, Su 5/29
X-Men: First Class - SS, M 6/06
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition) - VV, T 6/14
Bullitt - CP, Su 6/19
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition) - VV, T 6/21
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Extended Edition) - VV, T 6/28
13 Assassins - C, S 7/02
Midnight in Paris - CP, M 7/04
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hollows, part 2 - National Air & Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center IMAX, S 7/16
Stake Land - CP, T 8/02
Captain America: The First Avenger - EGF, S 8/06
Cowboys & Aliens - EGF, M 8/15
Conan the Barbarian - RR, S 8/20
The Hustler - CP, Su 8/28
My Night at Maud's - C, F 9/01
The Debt - CP, M 9/05
Viva Riva! - C, R 9/08
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - CF, F 9/16
Moneyball - Santa Fe Regal, F 9/30
Drive - Albuquerque Cinemark, Su 10/1
X: The Unheard Music - Beachland Ballroom, T 10/04
Chimes at Midnight - C, S 10/15
Mysteries of Lisbon (part 1) - CMA, W 10/19
Mysteries of Lisbon (part 2) - CMA, F 10/21
The Three Musketeers (2011) - RR, T 10/22
The Muppets - RR, R 11/24
Steamboat Bill, Jr. - CP, Su 11/27
Burke and Hare - C, M 11/28
The Big Lebowski - CL, S 12/03
The Descendants - WL, T 12/06
Old Jews Telling Jokes - CMA, W 12/07
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - AMC Disney - F 12/23
The Ides of March - WP - F 12/30
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol - RR - F 12/30
By month:
January - 10
February - 3
March - 4 + 1
April - 3 + 6
May - 2
June - 5
July - 3
August - 5
September - 5
October - 6
November - 3
December - 6
Theater abbreviations: CP - Capitol, WL - Westlake Regal, C - Cinematheque, CG - CWRUFilm, RR - Rocky River AMC, EGF - theater in East Grand Forks, MN, VV - Valley View, CMA - Cleveland Museum of Art, WP - Willoughby dollar theater
If there are any particular subcategories you'd me to elucidate upon (e.g., animation, classics, foreign, whatever) please let me know in the comments and I'll see what I can do.
Tentative Sunday schedule for 2012:
11/11 - 2011 Movie Year in Review
11/18 & 11/25 - two part series focusing on a major director
12/1 & 12/9 - 2010 Movie Year in Review
12/16 and beyond - assorted 2012 Year in Review posts