Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Films I Saw in April

Chungking Express

The Best:

1. Chungking Express - ****
2. Mona Lisa - ****
3. Kes - ****
4. One, Two, Three - ****
5. Stray Dog - ****
6. Ballad of a Soldier - ****
7. Army of Shadows - ****
8. My Night at Maud's - ****
9. To the Wonder (x2) - ****
10. Stardust Memories - ****

The Rest:

Affliction - ***
Anne of the Thousand Days - ***
Battleground - ***1/2
Being There - ****
The Black Stallion - ***
Cactus Flower - ****
Champion - ***1/2
The China Syndrome - ***1/2
The Conformist - ****
Days of Being Wild - ****
The Diary of Anne Frank - ***
The Fountainhead - ****
Hello, Dolly! - **1/2
Hiroshima, Mon Amour - ****
Imitation of Life (1959) - ***
In the Mood for Love - ****
The Italian Job (1969) - ***1/2
Killer's Kiss - ***
Kind Hearts and Coronets - ****
The Longest Day - ***
The Man Who Would Be King - ***1/2
The Marriage of Maria Braun - ****
Medium Cool - ****
Norma Rae - ***1/2
Nosferatu the Vampyre - ***1/2
Oblivion - **1/2
On the Road - ***1/2
Pickpocket - ****
The Place Beyond the Pines - ***1/2
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - ***
Pulp - ***1/2
The Rose - ***
Sands of Iwo Jima - ***
Shadows - ****
Stalker - ****
Starting Over - ***1/2
Stranger on the Third Floor - ***1/2
Suddenly, Last Summer - ***1/2
The Sum of Us - **1/2
Sweet Bird of Youth - ***
Thieves' Highway - ***1/2
What Doesn't Kill You - ***

Rewatched:

Before Sunrise - ****
Before Sunset - ****
I Love Sarah Jane - ***1/2
Three Colors: Blue - ****
Three Colors: Red - ****
Three Colors: White - ****
The Third Man - ****

59 Films Watched - 52 New, 7 Rewatched

12 comments:

  1. You put my movie watching to shame! lol

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    1. Haha. This is probably the most I've ever seen in a month.

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  2. That's more like you. :)

    I saw Kes and One. Two, Three too this month. While I had some reservations with the later, I still enjoyed it. Kes, on the other hand, was wonderful.

    I really need to see Chungking Express.

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    1. Ha, I tried. :)

      Kes would probably make my top 100 now, but I saw it after I updated the list. Wilder's comedies aren't always well-liked (like Irma la Douce), but I just loved One, Two, Three. Of course, it was like a screwball comedy in many ways. ;)

      Yes, see it!

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  3. Wow. Every month you see more and more movies while I'm stuck at 2 :P

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    1. Haha. Well, I haven't been writing a dissertation and studying for exams. ;)

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  4. Chungking Express is amazing, especially second half of the film I find magical.
    I was less impressed by Hiroshima Mon Amour than you-I can barely remember much about it.
    Glad you liked The Marriage of Maria Braun-it's probably my favorite Fassbinder film, so far.

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    1. I agree on the second half of Chungking Express, which was brilliant.

      Yeah, I can see that. I liked the story, and Riva's performance was excellent.

      It's my favorite too, but it's also the only Fassbinder film I've seen. ;)

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  5. Chungking was the first Kar Wai film I saw and it remains my least favorite. I just didn't care much for it. I love everything else he's done (outside of Blueberry Nights).

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    1. Interesting. It was my second (after seeing My Blueberry Nights years ago), and I loved it. In the Mood for Love and Days of Being Wild were great, but this is my favorite so far. I need to catch up on the rest of his work.

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  6. It's incredible how many movies you watch Josh! I'm so jealous. Nice to see such an eclectic list though, boy I still haven't got around to sooo many movies you listed here.

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    1. I think it's record month for me! :) Haha, I always feel that way when I visit other blogs. :)

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