Screening Log

  • The Ballad of Narayama (Keisuke Kinoshita, 1958) A-
  • Spring Breakers (Harmony Korine, 2012) B
  • Upstream Color (Shane Carruth, 2013) A-
  • Reality (Matteo Garrone, 2012) C+
  • Argo (Ben Affleck, 2012) B+
  • Ivan's Childhood (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1962) A
  • The Deep Blue Sea (Terence Davies, 2011) A-
  • Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (John Hyams, 2012) B
  • The Future (Miranda July, 2011) B-
  • Naqoyqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 2002) D
  • Powaqqatsi * (Godfrey Reggio, 1988) C+
  • The Qatsi Trilogy (Godfrey Reggio, 2012) B-
  • The Turin Horse (Bela Tarr, 2011) B+
  • Compliance (Craig Zobel, 2012) C
  • Koyaanisqatsi * (Godfrey Reggio, 1982) B+
  • Lockout (James Mather and Stephen St. Leger, 2012) C+
  • Alps (Giorgos Lanthimos, 2011) B-
  • Killer Joe (William Friedkin, 2011) B+
  • Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino, 2012) B+
  • This Is Not a Film (Jafar Panahi, 2011) A-
  • Lincoln (Steven Spielberg, 2012) B+
  • The Kid with a Bike (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 2011) B+
  • Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012) B+
  • This Is 40 (Judd Apatow, 2012) D
  • Lawless (John Hillcoat, 2012) B
  • Blue Beard (Catherine Breillat, 2009) B
  • Holy Motors (Leos Carax, 2012) A
  • Rosetta (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 1999) A
  • La promesse (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 1996) A
  • The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012) A-
An asterisk (*) indicates a repeat viewing.
All movies: 2011

Top Ten List (by IMDB date: first public screening)

  1. Mildred Pierce (Todd Haynes, 2011)
  2. House of Pleasures (Bertrand Bonello, 2011)
  3. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
  4. Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan, 2011)
  5. Killer Joe (William Friedkin, 2011)
  6. This Is Not a Film (Jafar Panahi, 2011)
  7. The Deep Blue Sea (Terence Davies, 2011)
  8. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)
  9. Take This Waltz (Sarah Polley, 2011)
  10. Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin, 2011)

2011 U.S. Releases by Grade

  • House of Pleasures (Bertrand Bonello, 2011) A
  • Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami, 2010) A
  • A Brighter Summer Day (Edward Yang, 1991) A-
  • Meek's Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt, 2010) B+
  • Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan, 2011) A-
  • A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011) A-
  • The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011) A-
  • Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010) A-
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011) B+
  • Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Brad Bird, 2011) B+
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (David Fincher, 2011) B+
  • Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin, 2011) B+
  • The Skin I Live In (Pedro Almodovar, 2011) B+
  • The Housemaid (Im Sang-soo, 2010) B+
  • Pina (Wim Wenders, 2011) B
  • 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
  • Unknown (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2011) B
  • The Future (Miranda July, 2011) B-
  • Hugo (Martin Scorsese, 2011) B-
  • Haywire (Steven Soderbergh, 2011) B-
  • The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011) B-
  • The Dead (Howard J. Ford and Jon Ford, 2010) B-
  • The Muppets (James Bobin, 2011) C+
  • A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg, 2011) C+
  • Melancholia (Lars Von Trier, 2011) C+
  • Hall Pass (Bobby and Peter Farrelly, 2011) C
  • Repo Chick (Alex Cox, 2009) C
  • Henry's Crime (Malcolm Venville, 2011) C-
  • The Woman (Lucky McKee, 2011) D
  • Moneyball (Bennett Miller, 2011) B
  • War Horse (Steven Spielberg, 2011) B-

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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