what i did in 2005

428. (30 Dec)  My Summer of Love (2005, Pawel Pawlikowski) [B-]
427. (30 Dec)  All the King's Men (1949, Robert Rossen) ^ [B-]
426. (28 Dec)  /The Tales of Hoffmann/ (1951, Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger) [2nd viewing, last seen: 14 Dec 00] [A-]
425. (26 Dec)  The March of the Penguins [need I mention that it was the American version?] (2005, Luc Jacquet) [B-]
424. (25 Dec)  /The Ref/ (1994, Ted Demme) [I dunno, like, 14th viewing; last seen: 25 Dec 03]
s60. (25 Dec)  The Hearts of Age (1934, Orson Welles/William Vance)
s59. (25 Dec)  Le Vampire (1939, Jean Painlevé)
s58. (25 Dec)  Symphonie Diagonale (1924, Viking Eggeling)
s57. (25 Dec)  /Ballet Mécanique/ (1924, Fernand Leger/Dudley Murphy) [2nd viewing, last one: ca. 1997]
s56. (25 Dec)  Anémic Cinema (1926, Marcel Duchamp)
s55. (25 Dec)  Vomittagsspuk (1928, Hans Richter)
s54. (25 Dec)  Rhythmus 21 (1921, Hans Richter)
s53. (25 Dec)  Lot in Sodom (1933, James Sibley Watson/Melville Webber)
s52. (25 Dec)  Brumes d'Automne (1928, Dimitry Kirsanoff)
s51. (25 Dec)  Ménilmontant (1926, Dimitry Kirsanoff)
s50. (25 Dec)  The Life and Death of 9413 A Hollywood Extra (1928, Robert Florey/Slavko Vorkapich)
s49. (25 Dec)  Les Mystères du Château de Dé (1929, Man Ray)
s48. (25 Dec)  L'Etoile de mer (1928, Man Ray)
s47. (25 Dec)  Emak-Bakia (1926, May Ray)
s46. (25 Dec)  Le Retour à la raison (1923, Man Ray)
423. (24 Dec)  The Family Stone (2005, Thomas Bezucha) * [C-]
422. (24 Dec)  The Wayward Cloud (2005, Tsai Ming-liang) [B+ -- but all but demands a second viewing, as you've doubtless already been informed by many]
421. (23 Dec)  Ong-bak (2005, Prachya Pinkaew) [B-]
420. (23 Dec)  /Kung Fu Hustle/ (2005, Stephen Chow) [2nd viewing, last seen: 24 Apr 05] [bumped up from B+ to A-]
419. (21 Dec)  Serenity (2005, Joss Whedon) [B+]
418. (20 Dec)  The Producers (2005, Susan Stroman) * [C-]
417. (19 Dec)  Not on the Lips (2003, Alain Resnais) [A-]
416. (19 Dec)  Rumor Has It... (2005, Rob Reiner) * [D+]
415. (18 Dec)  Funny Ha Ha (2005, Andrew Bujalski) [B+]
414. (17 Dec)  Sky High (2005, Mike Mitchell) [B+]
413. (17 Dec)  Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005, Miranda July) [B]
412. (17 Dec)  King Kong (2005, Peter Jackson) * [B-]
411. (16 Dec)  Brokeback Mountain (2005, Ang Lee) * [A-]
410. (14 Dec)  Transamerica (2005, Duncan Tucker) */^ [C]
409. (13 Dec)  Munich (2005, Steven Spielberg) * [B]
408. (12 Dec)  Sansho the Bailiff (1954, Kenji Mizoguchi) [A-]
407. (12 Dec)  Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (2005, Liam Lynch) * [B-]
406. (11 Dec)  Cruel Story of Youth (1960, Nagisa Oshima) [B+]
405. (09 Dec)  Cinderella Man (2005, Ron Howard) [B-]
404. (08 Dec)  Nobody Knows (2005, Hirokazu Kore-eda) [B+]
403. (07 Dec)  Lost Embrace (2005, David Burman) ^ [B-]
402. (05 Dec)  Kwaidan (1964, Masaki Kobayashi) [B+]
401. (04 Dec)  Late Spring (1949, Yasujiro Ozu) [A-]
400. (04 Dec)  The New World (2005, Terrence Malick) * [B] [btw, first 45 or so minutes: holy shit]
399. (03 Dec)  Pulse (2001, Kiyoshi Kurosawa) [A-]
398. (03 Dec)  Aeon Flux (2005, Karyn Kusama) * [C+]
397. (03 Dec)  Black Rain (1989, Shohei Imamura) [A-]
396. (02 Dec)  Côte d'Azur (2005, Olivier Ducastel/Jacques Martineau) ^ [B]
395. (01 Dec)  The Silence of Skylark (2004, David Ballerini) */^ [C+]
394. (01 Dec)  Saimir (2004, Francesco Munzi) */^ [B-]
393. (01 Dec)  When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960, Mikio Naurse) [A-]
392. (29 Nov)  Late Chrysanthemums (1954, Mikio Naruse) [A-]
391. (28 Nov)  /The Passenger/ (1975, Michelangeo Antonioni) * [2nd viewing, last seen 01 Jul 03] [still an A-]
390. (26 Nov)  Unleashed (2005, Louis Leterrier) [B-]
389. (26 Nov)  Bewitched (2005, Nora Ephron) [D]
388. (25 Nov)  /Batman Begins/ (2005, Christopher Nolan) [2nd viewing, last seen 07 Jun 05] [still a B]
387. (24 Nov)  The Bedford Incident (1965, James B. Harris) ^ [B]
386. (24 Nov)  /Two for the Road/ (1967, Stanley Donen) [3rd viewing, last seen 10 Sep 03] [still an A]
385. (23 Nov)  Shopgirl (2005, Anand Tucker) * [C-]
384. (22 Nov)  The White Countess (2005, James Ivory) */^ [C+]
383. (21 Nov)  The Seventh Victim (1943, Mark Robson) [A-]
382. (20 Nov)  Bedlam (1946, Mark Robson) [B-]
381. (20 Nov)  After Innocence (2005, Jessica Sanders) ^ [B-]
380. (19 Nov)  The Body Snatcher (1945, Robert Wise) [B]
379. (19 Nov)  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005, Mike Newell) * [B-]
378. (16 Nov)  Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005, Shane Black) * [B+]
377. (15 Nov)  Pride & Prejudice (2005, Joe Wright) * [B]
376. (14 Nov)  The King of Marvin Gardens (1972, Bob Rafelson) ^ [B+]
375. (14 Nov)  The Ice Harvest (2005, Harold Ramis) */^ [C]
374. (12 Nov)  Jarhead (2005, Sam Mendes) * [C+]
373. (12 Nov)  The Squid and the Whale (2005, Noah Baumbach) * [A-]
372. (11 Nov)  Watermarks (2005, Yaron Zilberman) ^ [C+]
371. (11 Nov)  Syriana (2005, Stephen Gaghan) * [C+]
370. (09 Nov)  Just Friends (2005, Roger Kumble) */^ [D+]
369. (09 Nov)  Where the Truth Lies (2005, Atom Egoyan) * [B-]
368. (08 Nov)  Isle of the Dead (1945, Mark Robson) [B+]
367. (07 Nov)  /Naked/ (1993, Mike Leigh) [4th or 5th viewing; first since: ca. 1999] [still: A]
366. (07 Nov)  The Cincinnati Kid (1965, Norman Jewison) ^ [B]
365. (06 Nov)  The Ghost Ship (1943, Mark Robson) [B+]
364. (06 Nov)  The Leopard Man (1943, Jacques Tourneur) [A-]
363. (05 Nov)  Trouble Man (1972, Ivan Dixon) ^ [B-]
362. (04 Nov)  Writer of O (2005, Pola Rapaport) ^ [B-]
361. (04 Nov)  Tender Mercies (1983, Bruce Beresford) ^ [B]
361. (03 Nov)  /Sideways/ (2004, Alexander Payne) [4th viewing; last seen: 05 Mar 05] [still: A-]
360. (03 Nov)  Osama (2003, Siddiq Barmak) ^ [B]
359. (02 Nov)  Streamers (1983, Robert Altman) ^ [C]
358. (31 Oct)  Black Caesar (1973, Larry Cohen) ^ [B]
357. (30 Oct)  /Rear Window/ (1954, Alfred Hitchcock) [umpteenth viewing; last seen: ca. 2000] [A]
356. (29 Oct)  The Man With the Golden Arm (1955, Otto Preminger) [B+]
s45. (28 Oct)  The Meaning of Life (2005, Don Hertzfeldt) ^
s44. (28 Oct)  Fireworks (2005, PES) ^
s43. (28 Oct)  When the Day Breaks (1999, Amanda Forbis/Wendy Tilby) ^
s42. (28 Oct)  Falen Art (2004, Tomek Baginski) ^
s41. (28 Oct)  The Man With No Shadow (2004, Georges Schwizgebel) ^
s40. (28 Oct)  Rock Fish (2003, Tim Miller) ^
s39. (28 Oct)  Hello (2003, Jonathan Nix) ^
s38. (28 Oct)  Ward 13 (2003, Peter Cornwell) ^
s37. (28 Oct)  Pan With Us (2003, David Russo) ^
s36. (28 Oct)  F.E.D.S. (2005, Jen Drummond) ^
s35. (28 Oct)  Guard Dog (2004, Bill Plympton) ^
s34. (28 Oct)  Bunnies (2005, Jakob Schuh/Sachka Unseld) ^
355. (28 Oct)  Off to War (2005, Brent Renaud/Craig Renaud) ^ [B-]
354. (28 Oct)  Protocols of Zion (2005, Marc Levin) ^ [B-]
353. (25 Oct)  Only Human (2004, Dominic Harari/Teresa Pelegri) ^ [B-]
352. (25 Oct)  Checking Out (2005, Jeff Hare) ^ [C]
351. (23 Oct)  /Land of the Dead/ (2005, George A. Romero) [2nd viewing, last one: 24 Jun 05] [bumped from B+ to A-]
350. (23 Oct)  /The Knack/ (1965, Richard Lester) [umpteenth vieiwng, last one: who knows?] [A]
349. (23 Oct)  /The Fly/ (1986, David Cronenberg) [umpteenth viewing, last one: 06 Oct 03] [bumped from A- to A]
348. (22 Oct)  Capote (2005, Bennett Miller) * [C]
347. (21 Oct)  Nine Lives (2005, Rodrigo Garcia) */^ [C]
346. (20 Oct)  Night of the Bloody Apes (1968, Rene Cardona) ^ [B]
345. (19 Oct)  Elizabethtown (2005, Cameron Crowe) * [C+]
344. (15 Oct)  Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005, Nick Park/Steve Box) * [B]
343. (15 Oct)  MirrorMask (2005, Dave McKean) ^ [B-]
342. (14 Oct)  Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005, George Clooney) * [B-]
341. (13 Oct)  In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid (1994, Peter Davis) ^ [B]
340. (12 Oct)  Sangoma (1997, Peter Davis) ^ [B]
339. (12 Oct)  Siliva the Zulu (1927, Attilio Gatti) ^ [B]
338. (12 Oct)  I Am Cuba, The Siberian Mammoth (2004, Vicente Ferraz) ^ [B-]
337. (11 Oct)  Bad Timing (1980, Nicolas Roeg) [B+]
336. (11 Oct)  /Ocean's 12/ (2004, Steven Soderbergh) [3rd viewing, last seen 18 Jun 05] [still a B, and still y'all are wrong]
335. (10 Oct)  The Uninvited (1944, Lewis Allen) ^ [B-]
334. (10 Oct)  The Brown Bunny (2004, Vincent Gallo) [A-]
333. (09 Oct)  Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997, Werner Herzog) [B+]
332. (08 Oct)  Pale Rider (1985, Clint Eastwood) [B+]
331. (08 Oct)  Every Man For Himself and God Against All (1974, Werner Herzog) [B]
330. (07 Oct)  Film as a Subversive Art: Amos Vogel and Cinema 16 (2003, Paul Cronin) ^ [B+]
329. (06 Oct)  Elevator to the Gallows (1958, Louis Malle) ^ [B]
s33. (06 Oct)  Weegee's New York (1952, Arthur Weegee Fellig) */^ [hi, clearly the coolest thing ever]
s32. (06 Oct)  Beauty Knows No Pain (1971, Elliot Erwitt) */^
s31. (06 Oct)  Kisra Nicholina (1969, Gunvor Nelson/Dorothy Wiley) */^
s30. (06 Oct)  Cosmic Ray (1962, Bruce Conner) */^
s29. (06 Oct)  Off/On (1967, Scott Bartlett) */^
s28. (06 Oct)  God is Dog Spelled Backwards (1963, Dan Maclaughlin) */^
s27. (06 Oct)  Orange (1970, Karen Johnson) */^
s26. (06 Oct)  Pasadena Freeway Stills (1974, Gary Beydler) */^
328. (04 Oct)  Before the Revolution (1964, Bernard Bertolucci) ^ [B+]
327. (04 Oct)  Cat o' Nine Tails (1971, Dario Argento) ^ [C]
326. (03 Oct)  Death Wish (1974, Michael Winner) ^ [D+]
325. (03 Oct)  Paradise Now (2005, Hany Abu-Assad) */^ [C+]
324. (01 Oct)  Ichi the Killer (2003, Takashi Miike) [B-]
323. (25 Sep)  Venezuela Bolivariana (2005, Marcelo Andrade/Calle Y Media Collective) ^ [B]
322. (24 Sep)  Save the Green Planet! (2005, Jeong Jun-hwan) ^ [B+]
321. (24 Sep)  The Scar of Shame (1926, Frank Peregini) ^ [B]
320. (23 Sep)  A History of Violence (2005, David Cronenberg) * [A-]
319. (23 Sep)  Horror Express (1973, Eugenio Martin) ^ [B]
318. (22 Sep)  In Her Shoes (2005, Curtis Hanson) * [B-]
317. (21 Sep)  /The Conformist/ (1971, Bernardo Bertolucci) * [3rd viewing; last seen: 01 Sep; first viewing on celluloid] [still an A-]
316. (20 Sep)  The Changeling (1979, Peter Medak) ^ [C+]
315. (19 Sep)  Spanglish (2004, James L. Brooks) [C]
314. (19 Sep)  The Beyond (1981, Lucio Fulci) ^ [C+]
313. (18 Sep)  /Tropical Malady/ (2005, Apichatpong Weerasethakul) * [2nd viewing, first projected] [still an A-]
312. (17 Sep)  Lord of War (2005, Andrew Niccol) * [C+]
s25. (17 Sep)  The Forgotten Faces (1961, Peter Watkins) ^
311. (16 Sep)  Memory of a Killer (2005, Erik Van Looy) */^ [C-]
310. (15 Sep)  Stolen (2005, Rebecca Dreyfus) ^ [B-]
309. (15 Sep)  The Gladiators (1969, Peter Watkins) ^ [B]
308. (14 Sep)  Charulata (1964, Satyajit Ray) ^ [B+]
s24. (12 Sep)  My Country - For Internal Use Only (1999, Goran Radovanovic) ^
307. (12 Sep)  Casting: A South-East Europe Transition Film (2003, Goran Radovanovic) ^ [B]
306. (12 Sep)  Chicken Elections (2005, Goran Radovanovic) ^ [B]
305. (11 Sep)  Kinsey (2004, Bill Condon) [C+]
304. (10 Sep)  The Ring Two (2005, Hideo Nakata) [C+]
303. (09 Sep)  Tropical Malady (2005, Apichatpong Weerasethakul) ^ [A-] [note: seen, perhaps unforviably, on a badly compressed DVD screener issued by Strand, who think it's cool and decent to issue screener discs in lieu of scheduling screenings; i will see it in theaters, probably many times] [also, i want to note i spelled his name from memory and without any typos]
302. (07 Sep)  The Constant Gardener (2005, Fernando Meirelles) * [B]
301. (05 Sep)  Greetings (1968, Brian De Palma) [B-]
300. (05 Sep)  Q (1982, Larry Cohen) [B-]
299. (04 Sep)  /2046/ (2005, Wong Kar-Wai) * [2nd viewing; last seen: 29 Mar 05; first projected] [bumped from B+ to A-, inevitably]
298. (02 Sep)  Pretty Persuasion (2005, Marcos Siega) * [B-]
297. (01 Sep)  /The Conformist/ (1971, Bernardo Bertolucci) ^ [2nd viewing; last: ca. 1997] [additionally, it was the horrendous '80s Paramount VHS, which is dubbed and looks shit and it was all so I could write a review of the reissue for PW as it had been awhile; get this thing out on DVD, what are you fuckers waiting for, jesus] [A-]
296. (31 Aug)  The Transporter 2 (2005, Louis Leterrier) */^ [B]
s23. (29 Aug)  My Best Friend's Birthday [partial] (1987, Quentin Tarantino) ^
295. (29 Aug)  Thumbsucker (2005, Mike Mills) */^ [C]
294. (28 Aug)  /Kings and Queen/ (2005, Arnaud Desplechin) * [4th viewing] [still an A-]
293. (26 Aug)  Apr�s Vous (2005, Pierre Salvadori) */^ [C+]
292. (23 Aug)  Dallas 362 (2005, Scott Caan) [B+]
291. (21 Aug)  /Kings and Queen/ (2005, Arnaud Desplechin) * [3rd viewing, last one 09 Aug 05] [still an A-]
290. (20 Aug)  Red Eye (2005, Wes Craven) * [C+]
289. (20 Aug)  The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005, Judd Apatow) * [B]
288. (19 Aug)  Broken Flowers (2005, Jim Jarmusch) * [C+]
287. (18 Aug)  Ali G Indahouse (2002, Mark Mylod) [B-]
286. (16 Aug)  Tony Takitani (2005, Jun Ichikawa) [B-]
285. (15 Aug)  Joyful Joyful (2005, Susan Aronovitz) [C+]
284. (14 Aug)  /Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid/ [redux version] (1973, Sam Peckinpah) [last seen: 27 Dec 02; still an A]
283. (14 Aug)  The Aristocrats (2005, Paul Provenza) * [B]
282. (13 Aug)  Grizzly Man (2005, Werner Herzog) * [A-]
281. (13 Aug)  Last Days (2005, Gus Van Sant) * [B+]
280. (13 Aug)  Major Dundee [redux version] (1965, Sam Peckinpah) * [B]
279. (13 Aug)  La R�v�lateur (1968, Philippe Garrel) ^ [A-]
278. (10 Aug)  Fantastic Planet (1973, Ren� Laloux) ^ [B]
277. (09 Aug)  /Kings and Queen/ (2005, Arnaud Desplechin) ^ [last seen: 05 Apr 05] [still an A-]
276. (09 Aug)  Asylum (2005, David Mackenzie) */^ [C]
275. (08 Aug)  Saraband (2005, Ingmar Bergman) [B]
274. (06 Aug)  The Devil's Rejects (2005, Rob Zombie) * [B+]
273. (01 Aug)  Cross of Iron (1977, Sam Peckinpah) ^ [B]
272. (31 Jul)  Scenes From a Marriage (1973, Ingmar Bergman) [B+]
271. (30 Jul)  Eros (2005, Wong Kar-Wai/Steven Soderbergh/Michelangelo Antonioni) [C+ -- breakdown: The Hand, B; Equilibrium, B-, The Dangerous Thread of Things, D-]
270. (28 Jul)  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005, Tim Burton) * [C+]
269. (28 Jul)  Story of a Prostitute (1965, Seijun Suzuki) [B+]
268. (28 Jul)  High Plains Drifter (1973, Clint Eastwood) ^ [B]
267. (26 Jul)  Demons (1985, Lamberto Bava) ^ [B-]
266. (26 Jul)  The Brothers Grimm (2005, Terry Gilliam) * [B]
265. (25 Jul)  Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things (1972, Bob Clark) ^ [B]
264. (24 Jul)  Memories of Murder (2005, Bong Joon-ho) [B+]
253. (23 Jul)  Sparkle (1976, Sam O'Sheen) ^ [C+]
252. (23 Jul)  The Island (2005, Michael Bay) * [C-]
251. (23 Jul)  Wedding Crashers (2005, David Dobkin) * [B-]
250. (20 Jul)  Every Mother's Son (2005, Tami Gold/Kelly Anderson) ^ [B]
249. (19 Jul)  The Driver (1978, Walter Hill) [B+]
248. (18 Jul)  Night Moves (1975, Arthur Penn) [A-]
247. (18 Jul)  Sons of the Desert (1933, William A. Seiter) ^ [B]
246. (18 Jul)  Born Yesterday (1950, George Cukor) ^ [C-]
245. (18 Jul)  Tabu (1931, F.W. Murnau) [A-]
244. (18 Jul)  Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003, Kinji Fukasaku/Kenta Fukasaku) [B]
243. (17 Jul)  /Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy/ (2004, Adam McKay) [last seen: 02 Jul 04; bumped from B- to B+]
242. (15 Jul)  Catarina in the Big City (2005, Paolo Virzi) ^ [C+]
241. (14 Jul)  Town Bloody Hall (1979, D.A. Pennebaker/Chris Hegedus) [B+]
240. (13 Jul)  Cuba-Si! (1961, Chris Marker) ^ [B]
239. (13 Jul)  Stealth (2005, Rob Cohen) */^ [C]
238. (11 Jul)  Close-Up (1990, Abbas Kiarostami) ^ [A-]
237. (10 Jul)  Sunrise (1927, F.W. Murnau) [A]
236. (10 Jul)  The Devil is a Woman (1935, Josef von Sternberg) ^ [B+]
235. (10 Jul)  Yes (2005, Sally Potter) [B-]
234. (09 Jul)  Visitor Q (2001, Takashi Miike) [B]
233. (06 Jul)  Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Rom�o Dallaire (2005, Peter Raymont) ^ [B]
232. (06 Jul)  Judex (1916, Louis Feiullade) ^ [A]
231. (04 Jul)  Left Lane: On the Road With Folk Poet Alix Olson (2005, Samantha Farinella) ^ [C+]
230. (03 Jul)  little man (2005, Nicole Conn) ^ [D-]
229. (03 Jul)  FAQs (2005, Everett Lewis) ^ [C]
228. (01 Jul)  War of the Worlds (2005, Steven Spielberg) * [B]
227. (30 Jun)  WTC View (2005, Brian Sloan) ^ [B]
226. (29 Jun)  Adam and Steve (2005, Craig Chester) ^ [B-]
225. (29 Jun)  thirsty (2005, Carolina Roca-Smith/Lauren Anderson) ^ [B-]
224. (29 Jun)  Women in Love (Karen Everett) ^ [B-]
223. (28 Jun)  Ice Men (2005, Thom Best) ^ [C]
222. (28 Jun)  Zona Rosa (2005, Dan Castle) ^ [B]
221. (27 Jun)  Unveiled (2005, Angelina Maccarone) ^ [B]
220. (27 Jun)  Joy of Life (2005, Jenni Olson) ^ [B-]
219. (27 Jun)  Say Uncle (2005, Peter Paige) ^ [B]
218. (26 Jun)  Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000, Takashi Miike) [B+]
217. (25 Jun)  Third Man Out: A Donald Strachey Mystery (2005, Ron Oliver) ~/^ [C-]
216. (25 Jun)  Marry Me: Stories From the San Francisco Weddings (2005, Eli Brown) ^ [C+]
215. (24 Jun)  Land of the Dead (2005, George A. Romero) * [B+]
214. (23 Jun)  House of Bamboo (1955, Samuel Fuller) [B]
213. (21 Jun)  Night Watch (2005, Edgardo Cozarinsky) ^ [B]
212. (21 Jun)  Hardcore (2005, Dennis Iliadis) ^ [B-]
211. (21 Jun)  100% Woman (2005, Karen Duthie) ^ [B-]
210. (20 Jun)  Heroes and Gay Nazis (2005, Rosa Von Praunheim) ^ [B-]
209. (20 Jun)  The D Word (2005, Noelle Brower/Cherien Naffa Daibes/Maggie Burkle) ^ [C-]
208. (19 Jun)  The Longest Yard (1974, Robert Aldrich) [B]
207. (19 Jun)  Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005, Doug Liman) * [B]
206. (18 Jun)  /Ocean's Twelve/ (2004, Steven Soderbergh) [last seen: 12 Dec 04] [bumped from B- to B]
205. (16 Jun)  Bowser Makes a Movie (2005, Toby Ross) ^ [C]
204. (16 Jun)  We Are Dad (2005, Michael Horvat) ^ [B-]
203. (14 Jun)  Dead or Alive (1999, Takashi Miike) [B]
202. (12 Jun)  Gozu (2004, Takashi Miike) [B]
201. (12 Jun)  Layer Cake (2005, Matthew Vaughn) * [B-]
200. (11 Jun)  Howl's Moving Castle (2005, Hayao Miyazaki) * [B]
199. (08 Jun)  Made in Sheffield (2001, Eve Wood) ^ [B]
198. (07 Jun)  Batman Begins (2005, Christopher Nolan) * [B]
197. (06 Jun)  Samaritan Girl (2004, Kim Ki-Duk) [B-]
196. (05 Jun)  The Pornographers (1966, Shohei Imamura) [B]
195. (05 Jun)  Bonjour tristesse (1958, Otto Preminger) [A-]
194. (02 Jun)  The Outlaw (1943, Howard Hughes) ^ [B]
193. (31 May)  City of the Living Dead (1980, Lucio Fulci) ^ [C+]
192. (30 May)  The Immortal Story (1968, Orson Welles) ^ [B+]
s22. (29 May)  The Private Life of a Cat (1944, Alexander Hammid)
s21. (29 May)  The Very Eye of Night (1958, Maya Deren)
s20. (29 May)  Meditation on Violence (1948, Maya Deren)
s19. (29 May)  Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946, Maya Deren)
s18. (29 May)  A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945, Maya Deren)
s17. (29 May)  At Land (1944, Maya Deren)
s16. (29 May)  /Meshes of the Afternoon/ (1943, Maya Deren/Alexander Hammid)
191. (29 May)  Advise and Consent (1962, Otto Preminger) [A-]
190. (29 May)  Umberto D. (1952, Vittorio de Sica) [A]
189. (28 May)  Dig! (2004, Ondi Timoner) [B]
188. (28 May)  Enduring Love (2004, Roger Michell) [C+]
187. (22 May)  The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990, Brian De Palma) [C]
186. (22 May)  /Team America: World Police/ (2004, Trey Parker) [last seen: 17 Oct 04] [B]
185. (20 May)  The Religion Hour (My Mother's Smile) (2005, Marco Bellocchio) * [B]
184. (20 May)  3-Iron (2005, Kim Ki-duk) * [B]
183. (19 May)  Birth (2004, Jonathan Glazer) [B+]
182. (19 May)  Revenge of the Sith (2005, George Lucas) * [B]
181. (17 May)  Brute Force (1947, Jules Dassin) ^ [B+]
180. (17 May)  Magnificent Obsession (1954, Douglas Sirk) ^ [B+]
179. (17 May)  Repatriation (2003, Kim Dong-won) ^ [B]
178. (16 May)  What the Eye Doesn't See (2003, Francisco J. Lombardi) ^ [B-]
177. (16 May)  Discordia (2004, Ben Addelman/Samir Mallal) ^ [B]
176. (15 May)  /Nashville/ (1975, Robert Altman) [last seen: circa 1998] [B+] 
175. (14 May)  Crash (2005, Paul Haggis) * [C-]
174. (13 May)  Wall (2004, Simone Bitton) ^ [B]
173. (13 May)  Frontiers of Dreams and Fears (2001, Mai Masri) ^ [B]
172. (10 May)  Farmingville (2004, Carlos Sandoval/Christine Tambini) ^ [C+]
s15. (10 May)  like twenty impossibles (2003, Annemarie Jacir) ^
s14. (10 May)  Diary of a Male Whore (2001, Tawfik Abu Wael) ^
171. (10 May)  Rana's Wedding (2002, Hany Abu-Assad) ^ [B]
170. (10 May)  until when... (2004, Dahna Abourahme) ^ [B]
169. (08 May)  Women in Struggle (2004, Buthina Canaan Khoury) ^ [B]
168. (07 May)  Meet the Fockers (2004, Jay Roach) [C-]
167. (07 May)  The Phantom of the Opera (2004, Joel Schumacher) [D+]
s13. (06 May)  Taris, champion de nation (1931, Jean Vigo) ^
s12. (06 May)  � propos de Nice (1930, Jean Vigo) ^
166. (04 May)  Private (2005, Saverio Costanzo) ^ [C+]
165. (03 May)  Imitation of Life (1959, Douglas Sirk) ^ [B+]
164. (02 May)  The Cabinet of Caligari (1962, Rogery Kay) ^ [B]
163. (02 May)  M (1951, Joseph Losey) ^ [B]
162. (01 May)  My Sex Life...Or How I Got Into an Argument (1996, Arnaud Desplechin) [A-]
161. (30 Apr)  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005, Garth Jennings) * [C+]
160. (27 Apr)  /Primer/ (2004, Shane Carruth) [third viewing; last seen: uh, 24 Apr 04] [still: A-]
159. (26 Apr)  British Sounds (See You at Mao) (1970, Jean-Luc Godard) ^ [B]
158. (26 Apr)  The Money Order (1968, Ousmane Sembene) ^ [B+]
157. (26 Apr)  The Voyage Home (2005, Carlo Bond�) */^ [C]
156. (25 Apr)  A Tale of Two Sisters (2004, Kim Ji-woon) [B+]
155. (25 Apr)  Cure (1997, Kiyoshi Kurosawa) [B+]
154. (24 Apr)  /Primer/ (2004, Shane Carruth) [still: A-]
153. (24 Apr)  Kung Fu Hustle (2005, Stephen Chow) * [B+]
152. (23 Apr)  Shaolin Soccer (2004, Stephen Chow) [B+]
151. (23 Apr)  The Boys of Buchenwald (2002, Audrey Mehler) ^/~ [B]
150. (21 Apr)  Baraka (1992, Ron Fricke) ^ [C+]
149. (18 Apr)  Lonesome Jim (2005, Steve Buscemi) * [C+]
148. (17 Apr)  The Concrete Revolution (2004, Xialou Guo) ^ [B]
147. (16 Apr)  Evilenko (2005, David Grieco) * [C]
146. (16 Apr)  Genesis (2005, Mari Nuridsany/Marie P�rennou) * [B-]
145. (16 Apr)  Lipstick & Dynamite (2005, Ruth Leitman) * [B]
144. (16 Apr)  Woman is the Future of Man (2005, Hong Sang-soo) * [B]
143. (15 Apr)  Clean (2005, Olivier Assayas) * [B+]
142. (14 Apr)  Jails, Hospitals and Hip Hop: The Film (2000, Danny Hoch/Mark Benjamin) ^ [B-]
141. (14 Apr)  Palindromes (2005, Todd Solondz) * [C]
140. (14 Apr)  Eat the Document (1972, Bob Dylan) ^ [C+]
139. (13 Apr)  /The Big Red One/ [the Richard Corliss-instigated "Reconstruction" cut] (1980, Samuel Fuller) * [B+; up from theatrical's "B"]
138. (13 Apr)  Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cin�m�theque (2005, Jacques Richard) * [B]
137. (12 Apr)  Oldboy (2005, Park Chan-wook) * [B]
136. (12 Apr)  The World (2005, Jia Zhang-ke) * [B]
135. (11 Apr)  One Missed Call (2005, Takashi Miike) * [C+]
134. (11 Apr)  Lakeside Murder Case (2005, Shinji Aoyama) * [C+]
133. (11 Apr)  The 10th District Court, Moments of Trials (2005, Raymond Depardon) * [B]
132. (11 Apr)  L'Amant (2005, Ryuichi Hiroki) * [B-]
131. (10 Apr)  Izo (2005, Takashi Miike) * [B+]
130. (10 Apr)  The Holy Girl (2005, Lucrecia Martel) * [B+]
129. (10 Apr)  Murderball (2005, Henry Alex-Rubin/Dana Adam Shaprio) * [C+]
128. (10 Apr)  /I Know Where I'm Going!/ (1945, Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger) * [B]
127. (09 Apr)  Survive Style 5+ (2005, Gen Sekiguchi) * [B]
126. (09 Apr)  5 X 2 (2005, Fran�ois Ozon) * [B]
125. (09 Apr)  Somersault (2005, Cate Shortland) * [B-]
124. (09 Apr)  McDull, prince de la bun (2005, Toe Yuen) * [B]
123. (09 Apr)  Miss Entebbe (2003, Omri Levy) ^ [C+]
122. (08 Apr)  Frank Miller's Sin City (2005, Robert Rodriguez/Frank Miller, w/ assist from Quentin Tarantino) * [B+]
121. (06 Apr)  Child Bride (1938, Harry Revier) ^ [B -- note: grade reflects entertainment value, not aesthetics)
120. (06 Apr)  This Charming Girl (2005, Lee Yoon-ki) ^ [B+]
119. (06 Apr)  Quiet Summer (2005, Shuhei Fujita) ^ [B]
118. (05 Apr)  Kings and Queen (2005, Arnaud Desplechin) ^ [A-]
117. (04 Apr)  Lila Says (2005, Ziad Doueiri) ^ [B-]
116. (04 Apr)  Off Beat (2005, Hendrik Holzemann) ^ [C]
115. (04 Apr)  Ferpect Crime (2005, Alex de la Iglesias) ^ [B-]
114. (03 Apr)  Music From the Inside Out (2005, David Anker) ^ [B]
113. (03 Apr)  The Promise (2005, Hector Carre) ^ [C+]
112. (03 Apr)  Three Dancing Slaves (2005, Ga�l Morel) ^ [C]
111. (03 Apr)  The Last of the Mohicans (1920, Maurice Tourneur/Clarence Brown) ^ [B]
110. (02 Apr)  The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (2005, Asia Argento) ^ [B]
109. (02 Apr)  Winter Solstice (2005, John Sternfeld) ^ [B-]
108. (01 Apr)  Kiki's Delivery Service (1989, Hayao Miyazaki) ^ [B+]
107. (01 Apr)  Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004, Daniel Anker) ^/~ [B]
106. (31 Mar)  Warsaw (2005, Dariusz Gajewski) ^ [B-]
105. (30 Mar)  The Aryan Couple (2004, John Daly) ^ [C-]
104. (30 Mar)  Precious Places (2005, Various) ^ [B]
s11. (30 Mar)  Destino (2003, Dominique Monfrey) *
103. (29 Mar)  2046 (2005, Wong Kar-Wai) [B+]
102. (29 Mar)  Ma Mere (2005, Christophe Honore) ^ [B]
101. (28 Mar)  Below the American Grain (2005, Jeremy Atkins) ^ [B-]
100. (28 Mar)  UNO (2005, Aksel Hennie/Jon Andreas Andersen) ^ [C]
099. (27 Mar)  Marebito (2005, Takashi Shimizu) ^ [C+]
098. (27 Mar)  Land of Plenty (2005, Wim Wenders) ^ [C]
097. (27 Mar)  About Baghdad (2005, InCounter Productions) ^ [B]
096. (26 Mar)  Mysterious Skin (2005, Gregg Araki) ^ [B]
095. (25 Mar)  Without Pity (1948, Alberto Lattuada) */^ [B-]
094. (25 Mar)  Ladies in Lavender (2005, Charles Dance) ^ [B-]
093. (24 Mar)  Bear Club (2004, Miguel Albaladejo) ^ [B]
092. (24 Mar)  Facing Windows (2004, Ferzan Ozpetek) ^ [C]
091. (23 Mar)  L'Amore (1948, Roberto Rossellini) ^ [B]
090. (23 Mar)  Melinda and Melinda (2005, Woody Allen) * [C-]
089. (22 Mar)  The Pawnbroker (1964, Sidney Lumet) ^ [B-]
088. (22 Mar)  The Laramie Project (2002, Moises Kaufman) ^ [B]
087. (21 Mar)  Putney Swope (1969, Robert Downey) [B]
086. (20 Mar)  Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance (2004, Park Chan-wook) [B]
085. (20 Mar)  Bright Future (2004, Kiyoshi Kurosawa) [B]
084. (19 Mar)  The Forgotten (2004, Joseph Ruben) [C+]
083. (17 Mar)  /Masculine-Feminine/ (1966, Jean-Luc Godard) ^ [A-]
082. (16 Mar)  Eight Men Out (1988, John Sayles) [B]
081. (15 Mar)  Ms. 45 (1981, Abel Ferrara) [B+]
080. (13 Mar)  Friday Night Lights (2004, Peter Berg) [B]
079. (13 Mar)  Runaway Train (1985, Andrei Koncholovsky) [C+]
078. (12 Mar)  /Bringing Up Baby/ (1938, Howard Hawks) [watch it all the time; still, and probably will be forever, an A]
077. (12 Mar)  Nina's Tragedies (2005, Sam Gabizon) ^ [B]
076. (12 Mar)  Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets (2000, Nabil Ayouch) ^ [B]
075. (10 Mar)  I, Robot (2004, Alex Proyas) [C+]
074. (09 Mar)  The Ladies Room (2003, Mahnaz Afzali) ^ [B]
073. (08 Mar)  Paradise Lost (2003, Ebtisam Maraana) ^ [B]
s10. (08 Mar)  House of Mud (1969, Mahnaz Afzali) ^
072. (08 Mar)  The Letter (2005, Ziad H. Hamzeh) ^ [B]
071. (08 Mar)  Channels of Rage (2003, Anat Halachmi) ^ [B]
070. (07 Mar)  Boondock Saints (1999, Troy Duffy) ^ [D+]
069. (06 Mar)  Dirty Work (1998, Bob Saget) [B-]
068. (06 Mar)  Billion Dollar Brain (1967, Ken Russell) * [B]
067. (05 Mar)  /Sideways/ (2004, Alexander Payne) * [third viewing; last seen 27 Nov; still an A-]
066. (04 Mar)  Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983, Lamont Johnson) ^ [C]
065. (03 Mar)  Invaders From Mars (1953, William Cameron Menzies) ^ [B]
s09. (03 Mar)  Lucifer Rising (1979, Kenneth Anger)
s08. (03 Mar)  Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969, Kenneth Anger) ^
064. (03 Mar)  The Little Foxes (1941, William Wyler) ^ [B+]
063. (02 Mar)  The Man From Planet X (1951, Edgar G. Ulmer) ^ [B]
062. (02 Mar)  Notre Musique (2004, Jean-Luc Godard) * [B]
061. (01 Mar)  New York, New York (1977, Martin Scorsese) [B-]
060. (01 Mar)  p.s. (2004, Dylan Kidd) [C+]
059. (28 Feb)  Cellular (2004, David R. Ellis) [B]
058. (27 Feb)  Bunny Lake is Missing (1965, Otto Preminger) [A-]
057. (27 Feb)  Homeland (1988, Gaston Kabor�) ^ [B-]
056. (26 Feb)  Cleopatra (1963, Joseph L. Mankiewicz) ^ [C]
055. (26 Feb)  /I [Heart] Huckabees/ (2004, David O. Russell) [third viewing, last one 13 Nov 04; still an A-]
054. (24 Feb)  Skidoo (1968, Otto Preminger) ^ [B]
053. (21 Feb)  Dracula (1958, Terence Fisher) [B]
052. (21 Feb)  Good Bye, Dragon Inn (2004, Tsai Ming-Liang) [B]

051. (20 Feb)  Saw (2004, James Wan) [C-]
050. (20 Feb)  The Seven Minutes (1971, Russ Meyer) ^ [B]
049. (18 Feb)  Dziga and His Brothers (2002, Evgeniy Tsymbal) ^ [B]
048. (17 Feb)  Informe General (1977, Pere Portabella) ^ [B]
047. (15 Feb)  The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970, Vittorio de Sica) ^ [B]
046. (14 Feb)  Ray (2004, Taylor Hackford) [C+]
045. (13 Feb)  Flaming Star (1960, Don Siegel) [B]
044. (12 Feb)  Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (2004, Danny Lenier) [B-]
043. (12 Feb)  /Shaun of the Dead/ (2004, Edgar Wright) [bumped from B+ to A-]
042. (10 Feb)  Swing Time (1936, George Stevens) ^ [B+]
041. (10 Feb)  What's the Time in Vyborg? (2004, Liisa Roberts) ^ [B+]
040. (09 Feb)  Malcolm X (1972, Arnold Perl) ^ [B+]
039. (08 Feb)  8 Wheels and Some Soul Brotha Music (2005, Tyrone Dixon) ^ [B]
038. (07 Feb)  Constantine (2005, Francis Lawrence) * [B]
037. (06 Feb)  Head-On (2005, Fatih Akin) * [B+]
036. (03 Feb)  A Night Prophecy (2002, Amar Kanwar) ^ [B]
s07. (03 Feb)  A Season Outside (1998, Amar Kanwar) ^
035. (02 Feb)  Wondrous Oblivion (2003, Paul Morrison) ^ [C+]
034. (01 Feb)  Bad Education (2004, Pedro Almodovar) * [B+]
033. (30 Jan)  The Village (2004, M. Night Shyamlan) [B-]
032. (29 Jan)  Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask (1996, Isaac Julien) ^ [B]
031. (29 Jan)  La Dole (2001, Imunga Ivanga) ^ [C+]
030. (25 Jan)  Burn! (1969, Gillo Pontecorvo) ^ [B+]
029. (24 Jan)  Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2002, Zacharias Kunuk) ^ [B+]
028. (23 Jan)  Hell is For Heroes (1962, Don Siegel) [A-]
027. (22 Jan)  The Metamorphosis (2002, Valery Fokin) ^ [B-]
026. (21 Jan)  Dr. Jekkyl and Mr. Hyde (1941, Victor Fleming) ^ [C+]
s06. (21 Jan)  The Battle of Eshu and Iku (2004, Aaron Blandon) ^
025. (21 Jan)  Inventos: Hip Hop Cubano (2004, Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi) ^ [B]
s05. (20 Jan)  Fernando is Back (1998, Sylvio Caiozzi) ^
024. (20 Jan)  Discovering Domingo: A Survivor's Story (2003, Patricia Flynn) ^/~ [B]
023. (19 Jan)  The Sorrow and the Pity (1969, Marcel Oph�ls) ^ [A-]
022. (18 Jan)  Youth of the Beast (1963, Seijun Suzuki) [B]
021. (17 Jan)  In Good Company (2004, Paul Weitz) * [B-]
020. (17 Jan)  Hotel Rwanda (2004, Terry George) * [C+]
019. (16 Jan)  Shwaas (2004, Sandeep Sawant) * [C]
018. (15 Jan)  Soul to Soul (1971, Denis Sanders) ^ [B]
s04. (15 Jan)  Electrocute Yr Stars (2005, Marie Losier) ^
s03. (15 Jan)  Bird, Bath and Beyond (2004, Marie Losier) ^
017. (15 Jan)  No. 17 (2003, David Ofek) ^ [B]
016. (14 Jan)  Kinky Friedman: Proud to be an Asshole From El Paso (2001, Simone de Vries) ^ [B]
s02. (14 Jan)  The Sins of the Fleshapoids (1965, Mike Kuchar) */^
015. (13 Jan)  The Children of Russia (2001, Jaime Camino) ^ [B]
014. (10 Jan)  The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933, Frank Capra) ^ [A-]
013. (09 Jan)  Oasis (2004, Lee Chang-dong) [B-]
012. (09 Jan)  Sonatine (1994, Takeshi Kitano) [B-]
011. (09 Jan)  Zatoichi (2004, Takeshi Kitano) [B]
010. (08 Jan)  Million Dollar Baby (2004, Clint Eastwood) * [B-]
009. (07 Jan)  Life on Earth (1998, Adberahmanne Sissako) ^ [B]
s01. (07 Jan)  In Their Own Voices (2004, Filmon Mebrahtu) ^
008. (07 Jan)  Deadline (2004, Katy Chevigny/Kirsten Johnson) ^ [B]
007. (04 Jan)  One More Tomorrow (1946, Peter Godfrey) ^ [B]
006. (04 Jan)  White Noise (2005, Geoffrey Sax) */^ [C-]
005. (03 Jan)  The Animal Kingdom (1932, Edward H. Griffith) ^ [B]
004. (03 Jan)  Are We There Yet? (2005, Brian Levant) */^ [C-]
003. (02 Jan)  Bend of the River (1952, Anthony Mann) [B+]
002. (02 Jan)  Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970, Werner Herzog) [B+]
001. (01 Jan)  Withnail & I (1987, Bruce Robinson) [B+]