-Bird Box (Susanne Bier, 2018): C- -- HD stream
-Escape Room (Adam Robitel, 2019): C-
-Glass (M. Night Shyamalan, 2019): B-
-If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins, 2018): B -- 1st and 2nd viewings
-Infinite Football (Fotbal Infinit) (Corneliu Porumboiu, 2018): B -- HD stream
-Juggernaut (Richard Lester, 1974): B -- Blu-ray
-The Kid Who Would Be King (Joe Cornish, 2019): B-
-Kill Mobile (Shoujikuang xiang) (Miao Yu, 2018): C-
-Lost in America (Albert Brooks, 1985): B+ -- Blu-ray
-Replicas (Jeffrey Nachmanoff, 2018): D+
-Serenity (Steven Knight, 2019): D
-Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Bob Perischetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman, 2018): B+ -- 2nd viewing
-Stan & Ollie (Jon S. Baird, 2018): B-
-The Upside (Neil Burger, 2017): C-
-Zvizdal: [Chernobyl - SO FAR SO CLOSE] (BERLIN, 2016): B -- with live performance
Viewing Locations and Formats
-Theatrical viewings: 12 (DCP: 12) (includes one live performance)
-Home viewings: 4 (HD streams: 2, Blu-ray: 2)
-Live performances: 1
January Totals
-# of screenings: 16
-Unique # of films seen: 15
-Unique # of feature films new to me: 14
Friday, February 01, 2019
Tuesday, January 01, 2019
2018 Film Log
2018 U.S. Releases
-2.0 (S. Shankar, 2018): B -- 3D
-7 Days in Entebbe (José Padilha, 2018): C+
-12 Strong (Nicolai Fuglsig, 2018): C-
-2.0 (S. Shankar, 2018): B -- 3D
-7 Days in Entebbe (José Padilha, 2018): C+
-12 Strong (Nicolai Fuglsig, 2018): C-
-The 15:17 to Paris (Clint Eastwood, 2018): C
-24 Frames (Abbas Kiarostami, 2017): B -- HD stream
-2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation: (Various artists, 2018): B-
Includes:
-Dear Basketball (Glen Keane, 2017)
-Negative Space (Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter, 2017)
-LOU (Dave Mullins, 2017)
-Revolting Rhymes Part One (Jan Lachauer, Jakob Schuh, and Bin-Han To,
2016)
-Garden Party (Florian Babikian, Vincent Bayoux, Victor Caire, Théophile
Dufresne, Gabriel Grapperon, and Lucas Navarro, 2017)
-Lost Property Office (Daniel Agdag, 2017)
-Weeds (Kevin Hudson, 2017)
-Achoo (Lucas Boutrot, Élise Carret, Maoris Creantor, Pierre Hubert, Camille
Lacroix, and Charlotte Perroux, 2018)
-Adrift (Baltasar Kormákur, 2018): B
-American Animals (Bart Layton, 2018): B
-Annihilation (Alex Garland, 2018): A -- first and second viewings
-Ant-Man and the Wasp (Peyton Reed, 2018): B
-Aquaman (James Wan, 2018): B
-Assassination Nation (Sam Levinson, 2018): D
-At Eternity's Gate (Julian Schnabel, 2018): B
-Avengers: Infinity War (Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, 2018): C -- Cinemark XD
-Bad Times at the El Royale (Drew Goddard, 2018): B-
-The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, 2018): B -- HD stream
-Beast (Michael Pearce, 2017): B
-Beautiful Boy (Felix van Groeningen, 2018): B
-Beirut (Brad Anderson, 2018): B
-Beirut (Brad Anderson, 2018): B
-Bel Canto (Paul Weitz, 2018): C-
-Ben is Back (Peter Hedges, 2018): B+
-Bisbee '17 (Robert Greene, 2018): A
-Black Panther (Ryan Coogler, 2018): B -- first and second viewings
-BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee, 2018): A- -- Dolby Cinema
-Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada, 2018): B
-Blockers (Kay Cannon, 2018): B-
-Bohemian Rhapsody (Bryan Singer, 2018): B- -- IMAX
-Book Club (Bill Holderman, 2018): C+
-The Bookshop (Isabel Coixet, 2017): C-
-Border (Gräns) (Ali Abbasi, 2018): B-
-Boy Erased (Joel Edgerton, 2018): B
-Breaking In (James McTeigue, 2018): D+
-Bumblebee (Travis Knight, 2018): B
-Burning (Beoning) (Lee Chang-dong, 2018): B+
-Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller, 2018): B
-The China Hustle (Jed Rothstein, 2017): B-
-The China Hustle (Jed Rothstein, 2017): B-
-Christopher Robin (Marc Forster, 2018): C-
-The Cloverfield Paradox (Julius Onah, 2018): C- -- HD stream
-The Cloverfield Paradox (Julius Onah, 2018): C- -- HD stream
-Cold War (Zimna wojna) (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2018): A-
-Colette (Wash Westmoreland, 2018): C+
-The Commuter (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2018): B
-A Cool Fish (Wu ming zhi bei) (Rao Xiaozhi, 2018): C-
-Crazy Rich Asians (Jon M. Chu, 2018): B
-Creed II (Steven Caple Jr., 2018): C
-Crime + Punishment (Stephen Maing, 2018): B
-Damsel (David Zellner and Nathan Zellner, 2018): B-
-Deadpool 2 (David Leitch, 2018): C
-Destroyer (Karyn Kusama, 2018): C-
-Disobedience (Sebastián Lelio, 2017): C-
-Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot (Gus Van Sant, 2018): B+
-Double Lover (L'amant double) (François Ozon, 2017): B-
-Early Man (Nick Park, 2018): B-
-Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham, 2018): B+
-Fahrenheit 11/9 (Michael Moore, 2018): C
-Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (David Yates, 2018): C-
-The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2018): A-
-Fifty Shades Freed (James Foley, 2018): D
-Filmworker (Tony Zierra, 2017): B
-First Man (Damien Chazelle, 2018): A- --IMAX
-The First Purge (Gerard McMurray, 2018): C
-First Reformed (Paul Schrader, 2017): A -- second viewing
-Free Solo (Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, 2018): B+
-The Front Runner (Jason Reitman, 2018): C
-Game Night (John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, 2018): B
-Gemini (Aaron Katz, 2017): B
-Ghost Stories (Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman, 2017): B-
-The Girl in the Spider's Web (Fede Alvarez, 2018): C-
-Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (Ari Sandel, 2018): C
-Green Book (Peter Farrelly, 2018): C+
-The Grinch (Yarrow Cheney and Scott Mosier, 2018): B-
-The Guardians (Les gardiennes) (Xavier Beauvois, 2017): B
-Hale County This Morning, This Evening (RaMell Ross, 2018): B+
-Halloween (David Gordon Green, 2018): B
-Happy as Lazzaro (Lazzaro felice) (Alice Rohrwacher, 2018): A -- HD stream
-The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr., 2018): B
-Hearts Beat Loud (Brett Haley, 2018): B-
-Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018): B
-Hold the Dark (Jeremy Saulnier, 2018): B- -- theatrical viewing at TIFF 2018 and HD stream
-Holmes & Watson (Etan Cohen, 2018): B-
-Hotel Artemis (Drew Pearce, 2018): C-
-Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (Genndy Tartakovsky, 2018): C
-The House That Jack Built: Director's Cut (Lars von Trier, 2018): D
-The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Eli Roth, 2018): C -- IMAX
-How to Talk to Girls at Parties (John Cameron Mitchell, 2017): D+
-Hunter Killer (Donovan Marsh, 2018): B-
-I Feel Pretty (Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, 2018): C
-Incredibles 2 (Brad Bird, 2018): B
-Insidious: The Last Key (Adam Robitel, 2018): C
-Instant Family (Sean Anders, 2018): A-
-The Island (Bo Huang, 2018): C
-Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson, 2018): B-
-John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection (L'empire de la perfection) (Julien Faraut, 2018): B
-Johnny English Strikes Again (David Kerr, 2018): C
-Juliet, Naked (Jesse Peretz, 2018): B
-Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (J.A. Bayona, 2018): B-
-Kin (Jonathan Baker and Josh Baker, 2018): D
-The Land of Steady Habits (Nicole Holofcener, 2018): B- -- HD stream
-Leave No Trace (Debra Granik, 2018): A
-Let the Sunshine In (Un beau soleil intérieur) (Claire Denis, 2017): B
-Life Itself (Dan Fogelman, 2018): C-
-Life of the Party (Ben Falcone, 2018): C-
-The Little Stranger (Lenny Abrahamson, 2018): B+
-Love, Simon (Greg Berlanti, 2018): B+
-Madeline's Madeline (Josephine Decker, 2018): C-
-Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Ol Parker, 2018): B-
-Mandy (Panos Cosmatos, 2018): B
-Mary Poppins Returns (Rob Marshall, 2018): C+
-Mary Queen of Scots (Josie Rourke, 2018): C
-Mary and the Witch's Flower (Meari to majo no hana) (Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2017): C+
-The Meg (Jon Turteltaub, 2018): C+
-Mid90s (Jonah Hill, 2018): C-
-Minding the Gap (Bing Liu, 2018): B -- HD stream
-Mirai (Mirai no Mirai) (Mamoru Hosoda, 2018): B
-The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Desiree Akhavan, 2018): C
-Mission: Impossible--Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie, 2018): A -- Dolby Cinema; first and second viewings
-Monrovia, Indiana (Frederick Wiseman, 2018): B+
-Monsters and Men (Reinaldo Marcus Green, 2018): B-
-Mortal Engines (Christian Rivers, 2018): C-
-The Mule (Clint Eastwood, 2018): B
-Never Goin' Back (Augustine Frizzell, 2018): D+
-Night School (Malcolm D. Lee, 2018): C
-Nobody's Fool (Tyler Perry, 2018): C+
-The Nun (Corin Hardy, 2018): C+ -- IMAX
-The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston, 2018): C+
-The Oath (Ike Barinholtz, 2018): D+
-Ocean's 8 (Gary Ross, 2018): B-
-Of Fathers and Sons (Talal Derki, 2017): B
-Oh Lucy! (Atsuko Hirayanagi, 2017): C-
-The Old Man & the Gun (David Lowery, 2018): A-
-On the Basis of Sex (Mimi Leder, 2018): B
-The Other Side of the Wind (Orson Welles, 2018): (no grade)
-Pacific Rim: Uprising (Steven S. DeKnight, 2018): C-
-Paddington 2 (Paul King, 2017): A
-Papillon (Michael Noer, 2017): B-
-The Party (Sally Potter, 2017): C-
-Peppermint (Pierre Morel, 2018): D-
-Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (Wim Wenders, 2018): C+
-The Possession of Hannah Grace (Diederik Van Rooijen, 2018): D-
-The Predator (Shane Black, 2018): C+ -- Dolby Cinema
-Private Life (Tamara Jenkins, 2018): A- -- HD stream
-A Private War (Matthew Heineman, 2018): B
-Project Gutenberg (Mo seung) (Felix Chong, 2018): B-
-Prospect (Christopher Caldwell and Zeek Earl, 2018): C
-Psychokinesis (Yeom-lyeok) (Yeon Sang-Ho, 2018): B- -- HD stream
-Puzzle (Marc Turteltaub, 2018): C
-A Quiet Place (John Krasinski, 2018): B+
-Ralph Breaks the Internet (Phil Johnston and Rich Moore, 2018): B+
-Rampage (Brad Peyton, 2018): C-
-RBG (Julie Cohen and Betsy West, 2018): B-
-Red Sparrow (Francis Lawrence, 2018): B
-The Rider (Chloé Zhao, 2017): B+
-Robin Hood (Otto Bathurst, 2018): D+
-Roma (Alfonso Cuarón, 2018): A -- one screening with Dolby Atmos; first,second, and third screenings
-Searching (Aneesh Chaganty, 2018): B+
-Second Act (Peter Segal, 2018): C
-Set It Up (Claire Scanlon, 2018): A- -- HD stream
-Shirkers (Sandi Tan, 2018): B+
-Shoplifters (Manbiki kazoku) (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2018): A -- theatrical viewing at TIFF 2018 and HD stream
-Sicario: Day of the Soldado (Stefano Sollima, 2018): C-
-A Simple Favor (Paul Feig, 2018): B
-The Sisters Brothers (Jacques Audiard, 2018): B
-Skate Kitchen (Crystal Moselle, 2018): C
-Skyscraper (Rawson Marshall Thurber, 2018): B
-Smallfoot (Karey Kirkpatrick and Jason Reisig, 2018): B-
-Sollers Point (Matthew Porterfield, 2017): B
-Solo: A Star Wars Story (Ron Howard, 2018): B-
-Sorry to Bother You (Boots Riley, 2018): B-
-Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Bob Perischetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman, 2018): B+
-A Star is Born (Bradley Cooper, 2018): B+ -- Dolby Cinema
-Support the Girls (Andrew Bujalski, 2018): B+
-Suspiria (Luca Guadagnino, 2018): C
-Tag (Jeff Tomsic, 2018): C
-Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (Aaron Horvath and Peter Rida Michail, 2018): B-
-Terminal (Vaughn Stein, 2018): D
-The Third Murder (Sandome no satsujin) (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2017): B+ -- 2nd viewing; grade revised from C
-Thoroughbreds (Cory Finley, 2017): B+
-Three Identical Strangers (Tim Wardle, 2018): B
-To All the Boys I've Loved Before (Susan Johnson, 2018): B- -- HD stream
-Tomb Raider (Roar Uthaug, 2018): C
-Truth or Dare (Jeff Wadlow, 2018): C-
-Tully (Jason Reitman, 2018): B+
-Uncle Drew (Charles Stone III, 2018): C
-Unfriended: Dark Web (Stephen Susco, 2018): B-
-Unsane (Steven Soderbergh, 2018): B
-Upgrade (Leigh Whannell, 2018): B
-Venom (Reuben Fleischer, 2018): C -- IMAX
-Vice (Adam McKay, 2018): C-
-Vox Lux (Brady Corbet, 2018): B+
-Welcome to Marwen (Robert Zemeckis, 2018): C
-Where is Kyra? (Andrew Dosunmu, 2017): C
-White Boy Rick (Yann Demange, 2018): C
-Whitney (Kevin Macdonald, 2018): B
-Widows (Steve McQueen, 2018): B-
-The Wife (Björn Runge, 2017): B-
-Wildlife (Paul Dano, 2018): A
-Won't You Be My Neighbor? (Morgan Neville, 2018): B+
-A Wrinkle in Time (Ava DuVernay, 2018): C-
-The Year of Spectacular Men (Lea Thompson, 2017): C-
Older Films
-The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Nathan Juran, 1958): B-
-13th (Ava DuVernay, 2016): B
-2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968): A+ -- 70mm "unrestored" print; 3rd viewing
-The Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese, 1993): A -- Blu-ray
-American Splendor (Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, 2003): B+ -- 35mm; 2nd viewing
-Belle (Amma Asante, 2013): B -- 2nd viewing
-La belle noiseuse (Jacques Rivette, 1991): A- -- Blu-ray
-The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, 1998): A -- 35mm; repeat viewing
-The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963): A -- 35mm; repeat viewing
-The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo) (Dario Argento, 1970): B- -- 4K restoration
-Caddyshack (Harold Ramis, 1980): B -- HD stream
-Call Me by Your Name (Luca Guadagnino, 2017): A- -- DVD
-Les carabiniers (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963): B+ -- 35mm print
-Choose Me (Alan Rudolph, 1984): B -- projected DVD
-Christmas in Connecticut (Peter Godfrey, 1945): B
-Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach) (Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, 1968): B
-Cold Water (L'eau froide) (Olivier Assayas, 1994): B -- Blu-ray
-The Color of Pomegranates (Sayat Nova) (Sergei Parajanov, 1969): B -- Blu-ray
-Columbus (Kogonada, 2017): A -- 2nd viewing
-Le corbeau (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1943): A-
-Coeur fidèle (Jean Epstein, 1923): B -- w/ Alloy Orchestra accompaniment
-The Crime of Monsieur Lange (Le crime de Monsieur Lange) (Jean Renoir, 1936): B-
-Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991): B -- 2nd viewing
-Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995): A -- repeat viewing (first theatrical viewing)
-Deep Red (Profondo rosso) (Dario Argento, 1975): B- -- 4K restoration
-Dementia 13 (Director's Cut) (Francis Ford Coppola, 1963): B-
-Dial M for Murder (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954): B+ -- 3D; 3rd viewing
-Elf (Jon Favreau, 2003): B+ -- 2nd viewing
-A Fantastic Woman (Una Mujer Fantástica) (Sebastián Lelio, 2017): B
-A Fistful of Dollars (Per un pugno di dollari) (Sergio Leone, 1964): B+ -- 2nd viewing; 4K restoration
-The Fog (John Carpenter, 1980): B -- 4K; 2nd viewing
-For a Few Dollars More (Per qualche dollaro in più) (Sergio Leone, 1965): B -- 2nd viewing
-The Fugitive (Andrew Davis, 1993): B -- repeat viewing
-The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo) (Sergio Leone, 1966): A -- 2nd viewing; 4K restoration
-Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978): B+ -- repeat viewing
-Handsworth Songs (John Akomfrah, 1987): (no grade)
-The Hidden (Jack Sholder, 1987): C+ -- HD recording
-Hostiles (Scott Cooper, 2017): C-
-The Hudsucker Proxy (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, 1994): A -- Blu-ray; 2nd viewing
-Interstellar (Christopher Nolan, 2014): A -- 70mm; 3rd viewing (2nd in 70mm)
-The Insult (L'insulte) (Ziad Doueiri, 2017): B+
-King of Hearts (Le roi de coeur) (Philippe de Broca, 1966): B-
-Lady on a Train (Charles David, 1945): B+ -- HD recording
-The Last Days of Disco (Whit Stillman, 1998): A -- Blu-ray; repeat viewing
-The Last Movie (Dennis Hopper, 1971): C
-Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock, 1944): B -- Blu-ray
-Loveless (Nelyubov) (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2017): B
-Married to the Mob (Jonathan Demme, 1988): C- -- Blu-ray
-Memories of Murder (Salinui chueok) (Bong Joon-ho, 2003): B+ -- HD stream
-Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, 2002): A -- Blu-ray; repeat viewing
-Monkey Business (Howard Hawks, 1952): A-
-Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, 1968): B+
-North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959): A -- 4K restoration; repeat viewing
-One Sings, the Other Doesn't (L'une chante l'autre pas) (Agnès Varda, 1977): C+
-A Page of Madness (Kurutta ippêji) (Teinosuke Kinugasa, 1926): (no grade) -- with Alloy Orchestra accompaniment
-Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966): A-
-Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017): A -- first and second viewings
-Porco Rosso (Kurenai no buta) (Hayao Miyazaki, 1992): B-
-Rambling Rose (Martha Coolidge, 1991): B+ -- 35mm
-Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954): A -- 35mm; repeat viewing
-Remember My Name (Alan Rudolph, 1978): B+ -- 35mm
-Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (Catherine Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana, 2017): B-
-Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg, 1993): A -- 2nd viewing
-Selena (Gregory Nava, 1997): C -- 35mm
-The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet) (Ingmar Bergman, 1957): B+ -- 35mm
-Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924): A -- with live musical accompaniment by Sue Harshe
-The Shop Around the Corner (Ernst Lubitsch, 1940): A-
-Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (Rian Johnson, 2017): A -- third viewing
-Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock, 1951): A -- 35mm; repeat viewing
-Summer with Monika (Sommaren med Monika) (Ingmar Bergman, 1953): B+ -- 35mm
-Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977): A -- Blu-ray
-They Live (John Carpenter, 1988): B+ -- 35mm; 2nd viewing
-Through a Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel) (Ingmar Bergman, 1961): B -- 35mm
-To Catch a Thief (Alfred Hitchcock, 1955): A -- 35mm; repeat viewing
-Tom Jones (Tony Richardson, 1963): B+
-Trouble Every Day (Claire Denis, 2001): B- -- 35mm
-Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958): A+ -- 70mm; repeat viewing
-Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970): B
-Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) (Wim Wenders, 1987): B
-Winter Light (Nattvardsgästerna) (Ingmar Bergman, 1963): A
-Wormwood (Errol Morris, 2017): B+ -- HD stream
-Yellow Submarine (George Dunning, 1968): B+ -- 2nd viewing
-Zombie (Zombi 2) (Lucio Fulci, 1979): B
Shorts
-#TheLateBatsby (Lauren Faust and Jennifer Kluska, 2018): B-
-Aspirational (Matthew Frost, 2014): B
-Baby Brother (Kamau Bilal, 2018): B-
-Balloonfest (Nathan Truesdell, 2017): B+
-Bao (Domee Shi, 2018): B-
-Graven Image (Sierra Pettengill, 2017): B+
-Lick the Star (Sofia Coppola, 1998): B
-Take What You Can Carry (Matthew Porterfield, 2015): B -- projected HD video
Shorts Compilation Programs
-Saving Orphan Films: The Amateurs and Others
-Home movie of French Quarter, New Orleans, before Katrina (Helen
Hill, ca. 2002)
-Venus and Adonis (J. V. D. Bucher and Harry Dunham, 1935)
-The Inner World of Aphasia (Edward R. Feil and Naomi Feil, 1968)
-Përjetësi (Eternity) (Dhimitër Anagnosti, 1973)
-Long Binh Post Exchange [South Vietnam] (Marcellus Hartman, ca. 1971)
-EPH 4/27/16 (Ephraim Horowitz, 1979)
Not Yet Released in the U.S.
-3 Faces (Se rokh) (Jafar Panahi, 2018): A
-Adriana's Pact (El Pacto de Adriana) (Lissette Orozco, 2017): C
-América (Erick Stoll and Chase Whiteside, 2018): A
-American Dharma (Errol Morris, 2018): B-
-Ash is Purest White (Jiang hu er nv) (Jia Zhangke, 2018): B+
-The Biggest Little Farm (John Chester, 2018): B-
-Blind Spot (Blindsone) (Tuva Novotny, 2018): A
-Everybody Knows (Todos lo saben) (Asghar Farhadi, 2018): B
-Flight of a Bullet (Polet Puli) (Beata Bubenec, 2017): (no grade)
-High Life (Claire Denis, 2018): B+
-Hotel by the River (Hong Sang-soo, 2018): B-
-"I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians" ("Îmi este indiferent daca în istorie vom intra ca barbari") (Radu Jude, 2018): A-
-In Fabric (Peter Strickland, 2018): B-
-The Innocent (Der Unschuldige) (Simon Jaquemet, 2018): C
-Killing (Zan) (Shin'ya Tsukamoto, 2018): D+
-Long Day's Journey Into Night (Di qiu zui hou de ye wan) (Bi Gan, 2018): C -- portions in 3D
-Lovers of the Night (Anna Frances Ewert, 2017): B-
-Maya (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2018): B-
-Meeting Gorbachev (Werner Herzog and André Singer, 2018): C
-Non-Fiction (Doubles vies) (Olivier Assayas, 2018): B+
-Our New President (Maxim Pozdorovkin, 2018): C+
-Secret Screening Gale: B+
-Secret Screening Mistral: B+
-Secret Screening Zephyr: B-
-Taming the Horse (Tao Gu, 2017): C
-Vita & Virginia (Chanya Button, 2018): C-
-The Wild Pear Tree (Ahlat Agaci) (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2018): B+
2018 Totals:
-Theatrical viewings: 303 (DCP: 283, 35mm: 15, 70mm: 4, projected DVD: 1) (includes three live accompaniments and one live performance)
-Home viewings: 28 (HD streams: 15, Blu-ray: 10, HD recordings: 2, DVD: 1)
-Live accompaniments: 3
-Live performances: 1
-# of screenings: 331
-Unique # of films seen: 322 features, 2 shorts compilation programs, and 8 shorts
-Unique # of feature films new to me: 290
2018 Format Breakdown
35mm
-American Splendor (Shari Springer Berman and Robert
Pulcini, 2003)
-The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen,
1998)
-The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963)
-Les carabiniers (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963)
-Rambling Rose (Martha Coolidge, 1991)
-Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
-Remember My Name (Alan Rudolph, 1978)
-Selena (Gregory Nava, 1997)
-The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet) (Ingmar
Bergman, 1957)
-Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock, 1951)
-Summer with Monika
(Sommaren med Monika) (Ingmar Bergman, 1953)
-They Live (John Carpenter, 1988)
-Through a Glass
Darkly (Såsom i en spegel) (Ingmar Bergman, 1961)
-To Catch a Thief (Alfred
Hitchcock, 1955)
-Trouble Every Day (Claire Denis, 2001)
70mm
-2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) --
70mm "unrestored" print
-Interstellar (Christopher Nolan, 2014)
-Ready Player One (Steven Spielberg, 2018)
-Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
Projected DVD
-Choose Me (Alan Rudolph, 1984)
HD Stream
-24 Frames (Abbas Kiarostami, 2017)
-The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, 2018)
-Caddyshack (Harold Ramis, 1980)
-The Cloverfield Paradox (Julius Onah, 2018)
-Happy as Lazzaro (Lazzaro felice) (Alice Rohrwacher, 2018)
-Hold the Dark (Jeremy Saulnier, 2018)
-The Land of Steady Habits (Nicole Holofcener, 2018)
-Memories of Murder (Salinui chueok) (Bong Joon-ho, 2003)
-Minding the Gap (Bing Liu, 2018)
-Private Life (Tamara Jenkins, 2018)
-Psychokinesis (Yeom-lyeok) (Yeon Sang-Ho, 2018)
-Set It Up (Claire Scanlon, 2018)
-Shoplifters (Manbiki kazoku) (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2018)
-To All the Boys I've Loved Before (Susan Johnson, 2018)
-Wormwood (Errol Morris, 2017)
HD Recording
-The Hidden (Jack Sholder, 1987)
-Lady on a Train (Charles David, 1945)
Blu-ray
-The Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese, 1993)
-La belle noiseuse (Jacques Rivette, 1991)
-Cold Water (L'eau froide) (Olivier Assayas, 1994)
-The Color of Pomegranates (Sayat Nova) (Sergei
Parajanov, 1969)
-The Hudsucker Proxy (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, 1994)
-The Last Days of Disco (Whit Stillman, 1998)
-Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock, 1944)
-Married to the Mob (Jonathan Demme, 1988)
-Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, 2002)
-Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)
DVD
-Call Me by Your Name (Luca Guadagnino, 2017)