Spirals

Notes from a Film

What is "Notes from a Film?" A somewhat ambitious project; available on this page are links to short (usually mental) notes taken after a viewing but made more comprehensible, as well as lengthier, informal reviews. Think of it as an on-line film diary.

Why "Notes from a Film?" The Samaritan in me says, "Here's my two cents for the fight against the dearth of on-line resources for older/alternative films." The Slacker in me says, "I have neither the time nor the constitution to write lengthy reviews for most of what I see."

LEGEND:

  • Titles in blue are short films (under 60 minutes in length - an arbitrary measure). When known the length in minutes follows in parentheses.
  • Repeat viewings bordered by slashes, e.g. / TITLE /.
  • Films seen on video marked with [v].

278. Dec 31: O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU? (Joel Coen, 2000) **

277. Dec 30: TIMECODE [v] (Mike Figgis, 2000) **

276. Dec 30: PLACE VENDÔME [v] (Nicole Garcia, 1998) **


275. Dec 29: LE BOUCHER [v] (Claude Chabrol, 1969)

274. Dec 29: RIEN NE VA PLUS [v] (Claude Chabrol, 1997)**

273. Dec 28: LA SENTINELLE [v] (Arnaud Desplechin, 1992)

272. Dec 27: J'EMBRASSE PAS [v] (André Techiné, 1991)

271. Dec 23: BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE [v] (Jasmin Dizdar, 2000) **


270. Dec 22: BLACK AND WHITE [v] (James Toback, 2000) **

269. Dec 17: MEET THE PARENTS (Jay Roach, 2000) **

268. Dec 17: DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR? (Danny Leiner, 2000) *

267. Dec 16: / CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON / (Ang Lee, 2000) ***

266. Dec 16: WATER DROPS ON BURNING ROCKS (François Ozon, 2000) **


265. Dec 09: VERTICAL LIMIT (Martin Campbell, 2000) **

264. Dec 08: CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (Ang Lee, 2000) ***

263. Dec 07: REBELS OF THE NEON GOD [v] (Tsai Ming-Liang, 1992)

262. Dec 06: FUNNY GAMES [v] (Michael Haneke, 1999) ***

261. Dec 05: TIME REGAINED [v] (Raoul Ruiz, 2000) ***1/2


260. Dec 05: GOYA IN BORDEAUX (Carlos Saura, 2000) *1/2

259. Dec 05: POLA X [v] (Leos Carax, 2000) **

258. Dec 04: / ETERNITY AND A DAY / [v] (Theo Angelopoulos, 1998)

257. Dec 04: THE TERRORIST (Santosh Sivan, 1999) *1/2

256. Dec 02: YOU CAN COUNT ON ME (Kenneth Lonergan, 2000) ***


255. Dec 01: THE SORROW AND THE PITY (Marcel Ophuls, 1970)

254. Nov 26: THE SIXTH DAY (Roger Spottiswoode, 2000) *1/2 notes

253. Nov 26: QUILLS (Philip Kaufman, 2000) **1/2

252. Nov 25: MAN OF IRON (Andrzej Wajda, 1981)

251. Nov 25: UNBREAKABLE (M. Night Shyamalan, 2000) *1/2


250. Nov 21: A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES (Bahman Ghobadi, 2000) ** notes

249. Nov 18: URBANIA (Jon Shear, 2000) **

248. Nov 15: U.S. GO HOME (Claire Denis, 1994)

247. Nov 15: KEEP IT FOR YOURSELF (Claire Denis, 1991)

246. Nov 14: NENETTE ET BONI (Claire Denis, 1996)


245. Nov 13: / BREAKING THE WAVES / [v] (Lars von Trier, 1996)

244. Nov 13: / THE CHANGELING / [v] (Peter Medak, 1980)

243. Nov 11: I CAN'T SLEEP (Claire Denis, 1993)

242. Nov 10: WESTERN (Manuel Poirier, 1997)

241. Nov 09: CYCLO [v] (Tran Anh Hung, 1997)


240. Nov 08: ROSEMARY'S BABY [v] (Roman Polanski)

239. Nov 08: THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE [v] (Tobe Hooper, 1974)

238. Nov 07: / HELLRAISER / [v] (Clive Barker, 1987)

237. Nov 07: / BEAU TRAVAIL / (Claire Denis, 1999) ***1/2

236. Nov 07: NO FEAR, NO DIE (Claire Denis, 1990)


235. Nov 05: RIVETTE THE WATCHER (Claire Denis, 1990)

234. Nov 04: BEAU TRAVAIL (Claire Denis, 1999) ***1/2

233. Nov 04: CHOCOLAT (Claire Denis, 1988)

232. Nov 03: CHARLIE'S ANGELS (Joseph McGinty Mitchell, 2000) **

231. Nov 03: REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (Darren Aronofsky, 2000) **1/2


230. Oct 29: / BARRY LYNDON / (Stanley Kubrick, 1975)

229. Oct 27: CROUPIER (Mike Hodges, 1998) *1/2

228. Oct 26: / THE SHINING / (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)

227. Oct 22: GROUNDHOG DAY (Harold Ramis, 1993)

226. Oct 18: DRY CLEANING [v] (Anne Fontaine, 1997) **


225. Oct 17: MAELSTROM (Denis Villeneuve, 2000) **

224. Oct 15: GROOVE (Hamish Linklater, 2000) **

223. Oct 14: DECALOGUE 10 [v] (Krzystof Kieslowski, 1988)

222. Oct 14: DECALOGUE 9 [v] (Krzystof Kieslowski, 1988)

221. Oct 13: DECALOGUE 8 [v] (Krzystof Kieslowski, 1988)


220. Oct 13: DECALOGUE 7 [v] (Krzystof Kieslowski, 1988)

219. Oct 13: BILLY ELLIOT (Stephen Daldry, 2000) **

218. Oct 12: JEANNE AND THE PERFECT GUY [v] (Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau, 1998) **

217. Oct 11: DECALOGUE 6 [v] (Krzystof Kieslowski, 1988)

216. Oct 11: DECALOGUE 5 [v] (Krzystof Kieslowski, 1988)


215. Oct 10: GIRLFIGHT (Karyn Kusama, 2000) **

214. Oct 09: DECALOGUE 4 [v] (Krzystof Kieslowski, 1988)

213. Oct 09: DECALOGUE 3 [v] (Krzystof Kieslowski, 1988)

212. Oct 09: THIS IS SPINAL TAP SPECIAL EDITION [v] (Rob Reiner, 1984)

211. Oct 08: DECALOGUE 2 [v] (Krzystof Kieslowski, 1988)


210. Oct 08: DECALOGUE 1 [v] (Krzystof Kieslowski, 1988)

209. Oct 08: MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN [v] (Terry Jones, 1979)

208. Oct 07: DANCER IN THE DARK (Lars von Trier, 2000) *1/2

207. Oct 06: BEST IN SHOW (Christopher Guest, 2000) **

206. Oct 03: BRING IT ON (Peyton Reid, 2000) ***


205. Sep 26: PATHS OF GLORY [v] (Stanley Kubrick, 1957)

204. Sep 26: BIG BLUE DIRECTOR'S CUT [v] (Luc Besson, 1988)

203. Sep 25: 36 FILLETTE [v] (Catherine Breillat, 1988)

202. Sep 25: ALMOST FAMOUS (Cameron Crowe, 2000) **1/2

201. Sep 19: NURSE BETTY (Neil LaBute, 2000) **


200. Sep 22: THE EXORCIST DIRECTOR'S CUT (William Friedkin, 1973)

199. Sep 17: WILD ZERO (Tetsuro Takeuchi, 2000) **1/2

198. Sep 16: YI YI (Edward Yang, 1999) **1/2

197. Sep 16: LA CAPTIVE (Chantal Akerman, 2000) **

196. Sep 16: ALEXANDER NEVSKY (Sergei Eisenstein, 1938)


195. Sep 16: MERCI POUR LE CHOCOLAT (Claude Chabrol, 2000) **

194. Sep 16: CITY OF LOST SOULS (Miike Takeuchi, 2000) *

193. Sep 15: WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (Bela Tarr, 2000) **1/2

192. Sep 15: CODE UNKNOWN (Michael Haneke, 2000) **1/2

191. Sep 15: BREAD AND ROSES (Ken Loach, 2000) **


190. Sep 15: THE WIDOW OF ST. PIERRE (Patrice Leconte, 2000) **1/2

189. Sep 15: THE MISSION (Johnnie To Kei-Fung, 2000) **

188. Sep 14: BEFORE NIGHT FALLS (Julian Schnabel, 2000) **

187. Sep 14: THE TOWN IS QUIET (Robert Guediguian, 2000) ***

186. Sep 14: GOHATTO (Nagisa Mishima, 2000) **1/2


185. Sep 14: THE CIRCLE (Jafar Panahi, 2000) **

184. Sep 14: THE HOUSE OF MIRTH (Terence Davies, 2000)***

183. Sep 13: LES DESTINEES SENTIMENTALES (Olivier Assayas, 2000) ***

182. Sep 13: BURNT MONEY (Marcelo Pineyro, 2000) ***

181. Sep 13: SEANCE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2000) *1/2


180. Sep 13: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Kar-wai, 2000)

179. Sep 13: ME YOU THEM (Andrucha Waddington, 2000) **

178. Sep 12: POSSIBLE WORLDS (Robert Lepage, 2000) ** notes

177. Sep 12: THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR (Tom Tykwer, 2000) **

176. Sep 12: THE SACRIFICE (Andrei Tarkovsky)


175. Sep 12: DOG FOOD (Carlos Siguion-Reyna, 2000) *

174. Sep 12: ABERDEEN (Hans Peter Moland, 2000) ***

173. Sep 11: UNDER THE SAND (Francois Ozon, 2000) **

172. Sep 11: SIGNS AND WONDERS (Jonathan Nossiter, 2000) **1/2

171. Sep 11: THE ISLE (Kim Kiduk, 2000) *1/2


170. Sep 11: PETITE CHERIE (Anne Villaceque, 2000) **1/2

169. Sep 11: KIMONO (Hal Hartley, 2000) *

168. Sep 10: UNE VRAIE JEUNE FILLE (Catherine Breillat, 19??)

167. Sep 10: COMEDIE DE L'INNOCENCE (Raoul Ruiz, 2000) **

166. Sep 10: ENDGAME (Conor McPherson, 2000) **


165. Sep 10: FAITHLESS (Liv Ullmann, 2000) ***1/2

164. Sep 10: À LA VERTICALE DE L'ÉTÉ (Tran Anh Hung, 2000) *1/2

163. Sep 10: TELL ME SOMETHING (Youn-hyun Chang, 2000) *1/2

161. Sep 09: BAISE-MOI (Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi, 2000) **1/2


160. Sep 09: KEEP THE RIVER ON YOUR RIGHT: A MODERN CANNIBAL TALE (Laurie Shapiro and David Shapiro, 2000) **1/2

159. Sep 09: PARAGRAPH 175 (Robert Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, 2000) **1/2

158. Sep 09: TIME AND TIDE (Tsui Hark, 2000) *1/2

157. Sep 08: DJOMEH (Hassan Yekhtapanah, 2000) **

156. Sep 08: THE GLEANERS AND I (Agnes Varda, 2000) ***1/2


155. Sep 08: THE FIRST AND THE LAST... (Momir Matovic, 2000)

154. Sep 08: THE LEGENDS OF RITA (Volker Schlondorff, 2000) **1/2

153. Sep 08: BLACKBOARDS (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2000) ** notes

152. Sep 07: SADE (Benoit Jacquot, 2000) ***

151. Sep 07: KIPPUR (Amos Gitai, 2000) *1/2


150. Aug 29: THE GIRL NEXT DOOR (Christine Fugate, 2000)

149. Aug 22: THE CELL (Tarsem Singh, 2000) *1/2

148. Aug 12: ALICE ET MARTIN (Andre Techine, 2000) **1/2

147. Aug 11: GIRL ON THE BRIDGE (Patrice Leconte, 2000) ***

146. Aug 04: ON CONNAIT LA CHANSON (Alain Resnais, 1997) ***


145. Aug 04: THE MIRROR (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1974)

144. Jul 30: CHUCK AND BUCK (Miguel Arteta, 2000) *1/2

143. Jul 29: SCARY MOVIE (Keene Ivory Wayans, 2000) **

142. Jul 28: JESUS' SON (Alison Mclean, 2000) ***

141. Jul 28: BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER (Jamie Babbit, 1999) *


140. Jul 25: / X-MEN / (Bryan Singer, 2000) **

139. Jul 25: LOSER (Amy Heckerling, 2000) *1/2

138. Jul 22: / ORPHEUS / (Jean Cocteau, 1950)

137. Jul 22: LE SAMOURAI (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967)

136. Jul 22: WHAT LIES BENEATH (Robert Zemeckis, 2000) *1/2


135. Jul 21: I WANT TO GO HOME (Alain Resnais, 1989)

134. Jul 21: MELO (Alain Resnais, 1986)

133. Jul 19: INTENTIONS OF MURDER (Shohei Imamura, 1964)

132. Jul 17: X-MEN (Bryan Singer, 2000) **

131. Jul 13: PERSONA (Ingmar Bergman, 1967)


130. Jul 08: CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (Jacques Rivette, 1974)

129. Jul 08: VOYAGE TO ITALY (Roberto Rossellini, 1953)

128. Jul 01: THE PERFECT STORM (Wolfgang Petersen, 2000) *1/2

127. Jun 28: THE FALLS [v] (Peter Greenaway, 1980)

126. Jun 27: THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE [v] (Luis Bunuel, 1977)


125. Jun 26: / BEING JOHN MALKOVICH / (Spike Jonze, 1999) ***1/2 notes

124. Jun 26: BUTTERFLY (José Luis Cuerda, 2000) **

123. Jun 24: CHICKEN RUN (Peter Lord and Nick Park, 2000) ***

122. Jun 24: THE CONFORMIST [v] (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)

121. Jun 23: / THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT / [v] (Peter Greenaway, 1983)


120. Jun 23: THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL [v] (Luis Bunuel, 1962)

119. Jun 23: ME, MYSELF & IRENE (Bobby and Peter Farrelly, 2000) **

118. Jun 20: LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST (Kenneth Branagh, 2000) *1/2

117. Jun 19: SHAFT (John Singleton, 2000) **

116. Jun 15: THE BOYS OF FENGKUEI (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1983)


115. Jun 14: GOODBYE SOUTH, GOODBYE (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1996)

114. Jun 13: THE IDIOTS (Lars von Trier, 1998) *1/2

113. Jun 10: A TIME TO LIVE AND A TIME TO DIE (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1985)

112. Jun 09: GOOD MEN, GOOD WOMEN (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1995)

111. Jun 08: THE PUPPET MASTER (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1993)


110. Jun 07: / FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI / (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1998) notes

109. Jun 07: CITY OF SADNESS (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1989)

108. Jun 06: SOLOMON AND GAENOR (Paul Morrisson, 1999) **

107. Jun 06: HUMAN TRAFFIC (Justin Kerrigan, 2000) **

106. Jun 04: JOE GOULD'S SECRET (Stanley Tucci, 2000) ***


105. May 27: HAMLET (Michael Almereyda, 2000) *1/2

104. May 26: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II (John Woo, 2000) **

103. May 23: NOT ONE LESS (Zhang Yimou, 2000) ***1/2

102. May 22: X (Rintaro, 1996) *1/2

101. May 22: SMALL TIME CROOKS (Woody Allen, 2000) **1/2


100. May 10: KHROUSTALIOV, MY CAR! (Aleksei German, 1998)

099. May 10: GLADIATOR (Ridley Scott, 2000) ***

098. May 09: VOYAGES (Emmanuel Finkiel, 1999) ***1/2

097. May 09: THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (Sofia Coppola, 2000) **

096. May 08: JUDY BERLIN (Eric Mendelsohn, 2000) *1/2


095. May 06: THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT (Wojciech Has, 1965)

094. May 04: IKIRU [v] (Akira Kurosawa, 1952)

093. Apr 26: SAY ANYTHING... [v] (Cameron Crowe, 1989)

092. Apr 26: SEX LIES AND VIDEOTAPE [v] (Steven Soderbergh, 1989)

091. Apr 22: MAITRESSE [v] (Barbet Schroeder, 1976)


090. Apr 22: BOILING POINT [v] (Takeshi Kitano, 1990)

089. Apr 21: THE RIVER [v] (Tsai Ming-Liang, 1997) ***1/2

088. Apr 17: AMERICAN PSYCHO (Mary Harron, 2000) **

087. Apr 19: PEEPING TOM (Michael Powell, 1959)

086. Apr 11: STALKER [v] (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979)


085. Apr 08: HIGH FIDELITY (Stephen Frears, 2000) ***

084. Mar 30: THIRTY TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD [v] (François Girard, 1994)

083. Mar 30: / LÉOLO / [v] (Jean-Claude Lauzon, 1993)

082. Mar 29: ALIENS: DIRECTOR'S CUT [v] (James Cameron, 1986)

081. Mar 28: / BRAZIL / (Terry Gilliam, 1985)


080. Mar 27: ERIN BROCKOVICH (Steven Soderbergh, 2000) ***

079. Mar 25: LES ENFANTS DU MARAIS (Jean Becker, 1999) **

078. Mar 25: UNE LIAISON PORNOGRAPHIQUE (Frédéric Fonteyne, 1999) ***

077. Mar 25: LA TAULE (Alain Robak, 1999) *1/2

076. Mar 25: LE DERRIÈRE (Valérie Lemercier, 1999) **


075. Mar 25: LE CRÉATEUR (Albert Dupontel, 1999) *1/2

074. Mar 24: VÉNUS BEAUTÉ (INSTITUT) (Tonie Marshall, 1999) **

073. Mar 23: EN PLEIN COEUR (Pierre Jolivet, 1998) **1/2

072. Mar 23 / RUSHMORE / [v] (Wes Anderson, 1999)

071. Mar 22: LES AMANTS DE PONT NEUF [v] (Leos Carax, 1991)


070. Mar 22: / EYES WIDE SHUT / [v] (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)

069. Mar 21: GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI (Jim Jarmusch, 2000) ***

068. Mar 19: THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI [v] (Robert Wiene, 1919)

067. Mar 16: LE BONHEUR [v] (Agnes Varda, 1965)

066. Mar 15: BARRY LYNDON [v] (Stanley Kubrick, 1975)


065. Mar 12: THE NINTH GATE (Roman Polanski, 2000) *1/2

064: Mar 07: WONDER BOYS (Curtis Hanson, 2000) **1/2

063: Mar 07: PITCH BLACK (David Twohy, 2000) *1/2

062. Feb 29: LA VIE DE JESUS (Bruno Dumont, 1997)

061. Feb 27: LA BELLE NOISEUSE (Jacques Rivette, 1991)


060. Feb 24: SCREAM 3 (Wes Craven, 2000) *

059. Feb 15: VINCENT AND THEO [v] (Robert Altman, 1990)

058. Feb 14: MR DEATH: THE RISE AND FALL OF FRED A LEUCHTER JR (Errol Morris, 1999) ***

057. Feb 13: MARIE BAIE DES ANGES (Manuel Pradal, 1997) *1/2

056. Feb 12: THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR [v] (John McTiernan, 1999) ***


055. Feb 12: FULL METAL JACKET [v] (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)

054. Feb 11: VANYA ON 42ND STREET [v] (Louis Malle, 1994)

053. Feb 11: ENTRAPMENT [v] (Jon Amiel, 1999) *

052. Feb 10: METROLAND [v] (Philip Saville, 1999) **

051. Feb 10: PERFECT BLUE (Satoshi Kon, 1999) **


050. Feb 09: LAST NIGHT [v] (Don McKellar, 1999) *1/2

049. Feb 09: MY LIFE SO FAR [v] (Hugh Hudson, 1999) **

048. Feb 09: / CHUNGKING EXPRESS / (Wong Kar-wai, 1994)

047. Feb 08: DICK [v] (Andrew Fleming, 1999) **1/2

046. Feb 08: LUCIE AUBRAC [v] (Claude Berri, 1997) **


045. Feb 08: 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU [v] (Gil Junger, 1999) **

044. Feb 07: ANGELA'S ASHES (Alan Parker, 1999) **1/2

043. Feb 06: VENGEANCE IS MINE [v] (Shohei Imamura, 1979)

042. Feb 06: THE LOSS OF SEXUAL INNOCENCE [v] (Mike Figgis, 1999) *1/2

041. Feb 04: MANSFIELD PARK (Patricia Rozema, 1999) ***


040. Feb 03: THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES (Abbas Kiarostami, 1994)

039. Feb 03: / AND LIFE GOES ON / (Abbas Kiarostami, 1992)

038. Feb 02: SHOW ME LOVE (Lukas Moodysson, 1999) ***

037. Feb 06: / A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY / (Edward Yang, 1991)

036. Feb 01: / MABOROSI / (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 1995)


035. Feb 01: VIVE L'AMOUR (Tsai Ming-liang, 1994)

034. Jan 29: VAN GOGH (Maurice Pialat, 1991)

033. Jan 28: RAVENOUS [v] (Antonia Bird, 1999) *1/2

032. Jan 28: ABRAHAM'S VALLEY (Manoel de Oliveira, 1993)

031. Jan 28: GOD SAID "HA!" [v] (Julia Sweeney, 1998) **


030. Jan 27: / SOUTH PARK: BIGGER LONGER AND UNCUT / [v]
(Trey Parker, 1999) ***

029. Jan 27: / CLOSE-UP / (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990) ***1/2

028. Jan 27: AS TEARS GO BY [v] (Wong Kar-wai, 1994)

027. Jan 26: LOVERS OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE [v] (Julio Medem, 1998) **

026. Jan 26: UN AIR DE FAMILLE (Cedric Klapisch, 1998) ***


025. Jan 26: AMERICAN MOVIE (Chris Smith, 1999) **1/2

024. Jan 25: BARCELONA [v] (Whit Stillman, 1995)

023. Jan 25: THE LAST BOLSHEVIK (Chris Marker, 1992) ****

022. Jan 25: GALAXYQUEST (Dean Parisot, 1999) **

021. Jan 23: TOPSY-TURVY (Mike Leigh, 1999) ***


020. Jan 23: TITUS (Julie Taymor, 1999) *1/2

019. Jan 22: FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1998) ***1/2 notes

018. Jan 22: / NOUVELLE VAGUE /(Jean Luc Godard 1990) ***

017. Jan 21: DREAM OF LIGHT (Victor Erice, 1992) ***

016. Jan 21: SICILIA! (Jean-Marie Straub & Daniel Huillet, 1999) **


015. Jan 17: DR STRANGELOVE [v] (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)

014. Jan 16: THE GENERAL [v] (John Boorman, 1998) **1/2

013. Jan 16: DROP DEAD GORGEOUS [v] (Michael Patrick Jann, 1999) ***

012. Jan 14: MY NAME IS JOE [v] (Ken Loach, 1999) **

011. Jan 14: OPEN YOUR EYES [v] (Alejandro Amenabár, 1999) *1/2


010. Jan 14: RIDE WITH THE DEVIL (Ang Lee, 1999) **1/2

009. Jan 13: ARLINGTON ROAD [v] (Mark Pellington, 1999) **

008. Jan 10: PRINCESS MONONOKE (Jayao Miyazaki, 1999) **

007. Jan 08: CITIZEN KANE [v] (Orson Welles, 1941)

006. Jan 06: OFFICE SPACE [v] (Mike Judge, 1999) *1/2


005. Jan 06: THE IRON GIANT [v] (Brad Bird, 1999) **

004. Jan 03: MAGNOLIA (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999) **1/2

003. Jan 01: CLAIRE'S KNEE [v] (Eric Rohmer, 1961)

002. Jan 01: BULWORTH [v] (Warren Beatty, 1998) ***

001. Jan 01: RAN [v] (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)