* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Wild Reeds (1994)
2. The Bronte Sisters (1979)
3. The Witnesses (2007)
4. Unforgivable (2012)
5. Thieves (1996)
6. My Favorite Season (1993)
7. I Don’t Kiss (1991)
8. Strayed (2003)
9. The Girl on the Train (2009)
10. Alice and Martin (1998)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
11. Rendez-vous (1985)
12. Barocco (1976)
13. In the Name of my Daughter (2014)
14. Hotel America (1981)
15. Changing Times (2004)
16. The Scene of the Crime (1986)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Metropolitan (1990)
2. The Last Days of Disco (1998)
3. Barcelona (1994)
4. Damsels in Distress (2012)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Wiener-Dog (2016)
2. Dark Horse (2011)
3. Life During Wartime (2009)
4. Palindromes (2004)
5. Storytelling (2001)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Sucker Punch (2011)
2. Watchmen (2009)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
2. Man of Steel (2013)
3. Justice League (2017)
4. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (2010)
(Animated Film)
5. 300 (2006)
(he did not direct the equally very good sequel)
6. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Three Kings (1999)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. American Hustle (2013)
2. Joy (2015)
3. The Fighter (2010)
4. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
5. Flirting with Disaster (1996)
6. I Heart Huckabees (2004)
7. Spanking the Monkey (1994)
(Yes that is the actual title of the film)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
2. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
3. Wild Grass (2009)
4. Private Fears in Public Places (2006)
5. Mon oncle d’Amerique (1980)
6. Muriel (1963)
7. Life of Riley (2014)
8. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet! (2012)
9. Providence (1977) (Saw it on an old VHS Tape)
10. Je t’aime, je t’aime (1968)
11. The War is Over (1966)
12. Night and Fog (1955) (Documentary Short)
13. Stavisky (1974)
14. Same Old Song (1997)
15. Not on the Lips (2003)
16. Melo (1986)
17. Love Unto Death (1984)
18. Life is a Bed of Roses (1983)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Circle (2000)
2. Crimson Gold (2003)
3. The White Balloon (1995)
4. Taxi (2015) (Part Documentary) (No relation to the TV Series)
5. This Is Not a Film (2011) (Documentary) (Co-directed with Mojtaba Mirtahmasb)
6. Offside (2006)
7. The Mirror (1997)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Spirited Away (2001) (Anime)
2. My Neighbor Totoro (1988) (Anime)
3. Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) (Anime)
4. Princess Mononoke (1997) (Anime)
5. Castle in the Sky (1986) (Anime)
6. Porco Rosso (1992) (Anime)
7. Ponyo (2008) (Anime)
8. The Wind Rises (2013) (Anime)
9. Howl’s Moving Castle (2005) (Anime)
10. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) (Anime)
11. The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) (Anime)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. My Winnipeg (2007) (Part Documentary)
2. Cowards Bend the Knee (2003)
3. Brand Upon the Brain! (2006)
4. The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
5. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary (2002)
6. Archangel (1990)
7. Careful (1992)
8. Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988)
9. Keyhole (2011)
10. Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997)
Note: I plan on seeing Maddin’s The Forbidden Room when it opens here in Illinois. I am hoping it will come before the end of 2015. 🙂
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
2. Close-Up (1990) (Part Documentary)
3. Life, and Nothing More… (1992) (Part Documentary)
4. Where is the Friend’s Home? (1987)
5. Taste of Cherry (1997)
6. Ten (2002)
7. Through the Olive Trees (1994)
8. The Traveler (1974)
9. Certified Copy (2010)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. 10 on Ten (2004) (Documentary)
2. Homework (1989) (Documentary)
3. ABC Africa (2001) (Documentary)
4. Like Someone in Love (2012)
5. Shirin (2008)
6. Five (2003) (Documentary)
cinematiccoffee 