Spirals

Notes from a Film

Mood pieces about the movies.

LEGEND:

  • Recommended films in CAPITALS. Newer films have letter-grades attached.
  • Titles in ITALICS are less than 60 minutes in length.
  • + Previously viewed.
  • ^ Seen on video or DVD.
  • DNF Did not finish.

115. Dec 23: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King (Peter Jackson, 2003) C

114. Dec 20: Pinocchio (Roberto Benigni, 2002)^ DNF

113. Dec 15: Chi-Hwa-Seon: Painted Fire (Im Kwon-taek, 2002)^ C-

112. Dec 13: Distance (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2001)^ C

111. Dec 02: Daredevil (Mark Steven Johnson, 2003)^ C


110. Dec 01: APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)^

109. Nov 20: Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988)^

108. Nov --: Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, 1994)^

107. Nov --: THE FRENCH CONNECTION (William Friedkin, 1971)^

106. Nov 05: The Matrix Revolutions (Wachowski Brothers, 2003) C-


105. Oct 27: Kill Bill Vol.1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003) B-

104. Oct 19: Lara Croft: The Cradle of Life (Jan de Bont, 2003) C

103. Oct --: Wishmaster (Robert Kurtzmann, 1997)^

102. Aug 03: X2 (Bryan Singer, 2003)^ B

101. Aug 03: Die Another Day (Lee Tamahori, 2002)^ C


100. Jul 28: WUTHERING HEIGHTS (Luis Bunuel, 1954)^

099. Jul 27: Invincible (Werner Herzog, 2002)^ C-

098. Jul 25: CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS (Andrew Jarecki, 2003) B+

097. Jul 25: Swimming Pool (Francois Ozon, 2003) C

096. Jul 24: DOWN WITH LOVE (Peyton Reed, 2003) B


095. Jul 23: The Master of the House (Carl-Theodor Dreyer, 1925)

094. Jul 22: QUAI DES ORFEVRES (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1947)

093. Jul 22: THE MURDERER LIVES AT 21 (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1942)

092. Jul 21: BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (Blake Edwards, 1961)

091. Jul 21: REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (Barbet Schroeder, 1990)^


090. Jul 19: THE LAST OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1939)^

089. Jul 18: ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974)^

088. Jul 17: Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973)^

087. Jul 15: xx/xy (Austin Chick, 2002) C+

086. Jul 13: DO THE RIGHT THING (Spike Lee, 1994)^


085. Jul 10: And God Created Woman (Roger Vadim, 1956)

084. Jul 09: Charlie's Angels Full Throttle (McG, 2003) C-

083. Jul 09: Hulk (Ang Lee, 2003) C-

082. Jul 09: The Italian Job (F. Gary Gray, 2003) B-

081. Jul 04: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (Sergio Leone, 1967)


080. Jul 04: Intimacy (Patrice Chereau, 2002)^ C

079. Jul 03: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Jonathan Mostow, 2003) C-

078. Jul 02: Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (Guy Maddin, 2003) C

077. Jul 02: +Russian Ark (Alexander Sokurov, 2002) B-

076. Jun 25: UNFORGIVEN (Clint Eastwood, 1992)^


075. Jun 24: Identity (James Mangold, 2003) C-

074. Jun 18: Spellbound (Jeffrey Blitz, 2002) B-

073. Jun 18: WINGED MIGRATION (Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud and Michel Debats, 2002) B

072. Jun 13: Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (Chu Yuan, 1972)

071. Jun 09: +The Abyss (James Cameron, 1989)^

s08. Jun 07: The Guest Room (Skander Halim, 2003) B-


070. Jun 06: Veronika Voss (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982)^

069. Jun 06: Come Drink With Me (King Hu, 1966)

068. Jun 04: FINDING NEMO (Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich, 2003) B

067. May 30: +GOODFELLAS (Martin Scorsese, 1990)^

066. May 29: Devi (Satyajit Ray, 1960)^


065. May 28: The Decline of the American Empire (Denys Arcand, 1986)^

064. May 22: Spun (Jonas Akerlund, 2002) C-

063. May 14: The Matrix: Reloaded (The Wachowski Brothers, 2003) C+

062. May 14: The Man on the Train (Patrice Leconte, 2002) C

061. May 13: A Mighty Wind (Christopher Guest, 2003) C+


060. May 13: X2 (Bryan Singer, 2003) B

059. May 09: +THE MATRIX (The Wachowski Brothers, 1999)^

058. May 08: The War in Paris (Yolande Zauberman, 2002) C-

s08: May 08: Skimming Stones (Micha Ward, 2002) C-

057. May 08: MONSIEUR BATIGNOLE (Gerard Jugnot, 2002) B

056. Apr 03: GANGSTERS (Olivier Marchal, 2002) B


055. Apr 03: According to Matthieu (Xavier Beauvois, 2001) C

054. Apr 02: THE DEVIL'S CLEAVAGE (George Kuchar, 1973)

053. Mar 30: Carnage (Delphine Gleize, 2002) C

052. Mar 29: A Private Affair (Guillaume Nicloux, 2002) C+

051. Mar 29: ALL THE REAL GIRLS (David Gordon Green, 2003) B+


050. Mar 29: 17 Times Cecile Cassard (Christophe Honore, 2002) C

049: Mar 28: Chaos (Hideo Nakata, 2002)^ C

048. Mar 28: +THE PIANO TEACHER (Michael Haneke, 2002)^

047. Mar 22: +ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOU (Shunji Iwai, 2001)

046. Mar 22: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Chris Columbus, 2002) C


045. Mar 21: LIFE OF A NINJA (Lee Tso-nan, 1983)

044. Mar 20: +IRREVERSIBLE (Gaspar Noe, 2002) upgraded to B+ from B

043. Mar 20: +CITY OF GOD (Fernando Meirelles, 2002)

042. Mar 20: Spider (David Cronenberg, 2002) C

041. Mar 19: Divine Intervention (Elia Suleiman, 2001) C-


040. Mar 15: Catch Me If You Can (Steven Spielberg, 2002) C+

039. Mar 12: 9/11 (Jules Naudet, Gedeon Naudet and James Hanlon, 2002)^

s07. Mar 09: FAMILY DINNER (Skander Halim, 2002) B

s06. Mar 09: Bowlin' (James Villeneuve, 2002) C-

s05. Mar 09: Gordon McCue's Great Canadian Wildlife Show (Brock Hodgkinson, 2002) C

s04. Mar 09: The Final Candidates (Jason Benvenuti, 2002) C

s03. Mar 09: Will O' The Wisp (Jason Azzopardi, 2002) C-

s02. Mar 09: Secrets That You Keep (Michael Longfield, 2001) D+

038. Mar 05: Bloody Sunday (Paul Greengrass, 2002)^ B-

s01. Feb 28: The Skypass is Gone (Tsai Ming-liang, 2002, 25 mins) C

037. Feb 28: +WHAT TIME IS IT THERE? (Tsai Ming-liang, 2002)

036. Feb 28: +Millennium Mambo (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2001)


035. Feb 27: SAFE CONDUCT (Bertrand Tavernier, 2002)^ B

034. Feb 24: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Chris Columbus, 1999)^ C

033. Feb 09: OUR HITLER (Hans-Jurgen Syberberg, 1977)

032. Feb 07: The Sleepy Time Gal (Christopher Munch, 2002)^ C

031. Feb 03: Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2001)^ C


030. Feb 02: The Four Feathers (Shekhar Kapur, 2002)^ C

029. Feb 02: Last Orders (Fred Schepisi, 2002)^ C

028. Feb 01: GANGS OF NEW YORK (Martin Scorsese, 2002) B+

027. Feb 01: Uzumaki (Higuchinsky, 2002)^ D+

026. Jan 31: Beijing Bicycle (Wang Xiaosheui, 2002)^ B-


025. Jan 30: Secret Ballot (Babak Payami, 2002)^ D

024. Jan 30: Hell House (George Ratliff, 2002)^ C

023. Jan 29: +ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOU (Shunji Iwai, 2001)^

022. Jan 28: The Hours (Stephen Daldry, 2002) C-

021. Jan 28: 25TH HOUR (Spike Lee, 2002) B


020. Jan 23: Storytelling (Todd Solondz, 2002)^ C

019. Jan 23: Betty Fisher and Other Stories (Claude Miller, 2002)^ C+

018. Jan 22: 24-Hour Party People (Michael Winterbottom, 2002) C

017. Jan 22: The Powerpuff Girls (Craig McCracken, 2002)^ C

016. Jan 21: Personal Velocity (Rebecca Miller, 2002) C


015. Jan 21: Comedian (Christian Charles II, 2002) C+

014. Jan 20: Ararat (Atom Egoyan, 2002) C-

013. Jan 12: Daughter from Danang (Gail Dolgin and Vicente Franco, 2002)^ C+

012. Jan 10: About Schmidt (Alexander Payne, 2002) C

011. Jan 10: Talk To Her (Pedro Almodovar, 2002) C+


010. Jan 09: MORVERN CALLAR (Lynne Ramsay, 2002)^ B

009. Jan 08: +DEVILS ON THE DOORSTEP (Jiang Wen, 2002)^

008. Jan 07: Derrida (Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering Kofman, 2001)^ C

007. Jan 06: DEVILS ON THE DOORSTEP (Jiang Wen, 2002)^ A-

006. Jan 05: The Pianist (Roman Polanski, 2002) C


005. Jan 05: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002) C

004. Jan 05: Chicago (Rob Marshall, 2002) C

003. Jan 02: Igby Goes Down (Burr Steers, 2002) C-

002. Jan 01: +OUT OF AFRICA (Sydney Pollack, 1983)^

001. Jan 01: ROGER DODGER (Dylan Kidd, 2002) B


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