Monday, December 2, 2013

Films I Saw in November

Children of Paradise

The Best:

1. Children of Paradise - ****
2. King of Devil's Island - ****
3. Laurence Anyways - ****
4. Frances Ha - ****
5. 12 Years a Slave (x2) - ****
6. Diabolique - ****
7. I Know Where I'm Going! - ****
8. Adore - ****
9. Oldboy (2003) - ****
10. Blancanieves - ****

The Rest:

About Time - ***
All is Lost - ***1/2
Anchors Aweigh - **1/2
Anna Karenina (1935) - ***
Barbary Coast - **1/2
Becky Sharp - **1/2
Blackboard Jungle - ***
The Book Thief - ***
Borat - ***
Charlie Countryman - ***
Curse of the Golden Flower - ***
Ender's Game - ***1/2
'G' Men - ***
How I Live Now - **1/2
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - ***1/2
I'll Cry Tomorrow - **1/2
In a World… - ***1/2
INLAND EMPIRE - ***1/2
Les Misérables (1935) - ***1/2
Love Me or Leave Me - ***
Mad Love - ***
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1935) - ***
The Man with the Golden Arm - ***1/2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) - ***
The Pawnbroker - ***
Philomena - ***
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) - ***
Reprise - ***
Rome, Open City - ***
Scarlet Street - ***1/2
Sherrybaby - **1/2
Short Term 12 - ***1/2
Stories We Tell - ***1/2
They Were Expendable - ***
Thor: The Dark World - ***
A Thousand Clowns - ***
Top Hat - ***
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - ***
Unfinished Song - **1/2
Violet & Daisy - ***
The Wind That Shakes the Barley - ***

Rewatched:

Babel - ***1/2
Beautiful Girls - ***1/2
Before Midnight - ****
Before Sunrise - ****
Before Sunset - ****
The Brothers McMullen - ***1/2
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas - ***1/2
Hollywoodland - ***1/2
The Place Beyond the Pines - ****
Planes, Trains and Automobiles - ***1/2
What Richard Did - ****

62 Films Watched - 51 New, 11 Rewatched

6 comments:

  1. These always make me so jealous. So glad to see Laurence Anyways ranking so high!!!

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    1. It should hang in there for a final spot in my top 5, even if it slips a spot or two. :)

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  2. I really need to see Laurence Anyways - I heard it's very long but I saw some screenshots from it and the movie looks incredible.

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    1. I want to see it again soon. It's my #3 film of 2013 right now.

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  3. Oh I'm always SO jealous when I read your Monthly Recap as I probably see the same amount in a YEAR, ahah. Interesting mix of older and new films for your Best list, Josh.

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    1. Haha. Thanks, Ruth. Balancing the two is very challenging, as I try to see 2013 releases and several films for my weekly ballots.

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