Easier to do this here, I think.
Will catch up during this month.

A few notes on shorts:
- Any time chosen is arbitrary, mine is 45 mins.
- The reviews are usually just a line (not to say the features' reviews are very long either), but to compensate for that I started adding video links to them.
- I did have a few shorts on my top 100 but it's easier to separate them here and then take the best over whenever I make a list.

Ratings:
10 - masterpiece
9 - brilliant
8 - great
7 - good
6 - decent
5 - average
4 - poor
3 - bad
2 - awful
1 - horrendous
N/A - can't rate, for whatever reason

Code:
C - cinema viewing
* - repeat viewing this year
RW - re-watch, seen before this year

Films seen by month (+shorts):
January - 33 (+26)
February - 28 (+7)
March -
April -

January

Features:


1. The Usual Suspects (1995, Singer) RW 10 imdb review


2. The Hospital (1971, Hiller) 9 imdb review


3. Ikiru [To Live] (1952, Kurosawa) 9 imdb review


4. The Lady Eve (1941, P. Sturges) 9 imdb review


5. La notte [The Night] (1961, Antonioni) 9 imdb review


6. A Serious Man (2009, Coen) 9 imdb review


7. Christmas in July (1940, P. Sturges) 9 imdb review


8. Alfie (1966, Gilbert) 9 imdb review


9. The Kid (1921, Chaplin) 9 imdb review


10. Dung che sai duk [Ashes of Time] (1994, Wong) 8 imdb review


11. Jackie Brown (1997, Tarantino) 8 imdb review


12. Out of the Past (1947, Tourneur) 8 imdb review


13. Ballada o soldate [Ballad of a Soldier] (1959, Chukhrai) 8 imdb review


14. Rushmore (1998, Anderson) 8 imdb review


15. Children of Men (2006, Cuarón) 8 imdb review


16. The Awful Truth (1937, McCarey) 8 imdb review


17. Dog Day Afternoon (1975, Lumet) 8 imdb review


18. Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo [I Was Born, But...] (1932, Ozu) 8 imdb review


19. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952, Minnelli) 8 imdb review


20. Babe (1995, Noonan) RW 8 imdb review


21. Up in the Air (2009, Reitman) C 8 imdb review


22. The Breakfast Club (1985, Hughes) 7 imdb review


23. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens [Nosferatu, a Symphony of Terror] (1922, Murnau) 7 imdb review


24. Joe Kidd (1972, J. Sturges) 7 imdb review


25. The Great McGinty (1940, P. Sturges) 7 imdb review


26. Young Frankenstein (1974, Brooks) 7 imdb review


27. Avatar (2009, Cameron) C 7 imdb review


28. Akira (1988, Ôtomo) 7 imdb review


29. Foolish Wives (1922, von Stroheim) 6 imdb review


30. La femme de l'aviateur [The Aviator’s Wife] (1981, Rohmer) 6 imdb review


31. Love Affair (1939, McCarey) 6 imdb review


32. Germania anno zero [Germany Year Zero] (1948, Rossellini) 5 imdb review


33. He’s Just Not That Into You (2009, Kwapis) 5 imdb review

Shorts:


1. Cops (1922, Keaton/Cline) {18 mins} RW 10 imdb review
2. Dots (1940, McLaren) {2 mins} RW 10 imdb review
3. Shakhmatnaya goryachka [Chess Fever] (1925, Pudovkin/Shpikovsky) {18 mins} 10 imdb review
4. Radio Dynamics (1942, Fischinger) {4 mins} 10 imdb review
5. The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall (1942, Jones) {9 mins} 9 imdb review
6. Minnie the Moocher (1932, Fleischer) {8 mins} 9 imdb review
7. Big Business (1929, Horne/McCarey) {18 mins} 9 imdb review
8. Operation: Rabbit (1952, Jones) {7 mins} 9 imdb review
9. The Music Box (1932, Parrott) {28 mins} 9 imdb review
10. Validation (2007, Kuenne) {16 mins} 9 imdb review

11. Wrong Again (1929, McCarey) {20 mins} 9 imdb review
12. Magical Maestro (1952, Avery) {7 mins} 9 imdb review
13. A Phantasy (1952, McLaren) {7 mins} 9 imdb review
14. Donald’s Snow Fight (1942, King) {7 mins} 8 imdb review
15. Street of Crocodiles (1986, Quay/Quay) {21 mins} 8 imdb review
16. Daydreams (1922, Keaton/Cline) {21 mins} 8 imdb review
17. Véronique et son cancre [Veronique and Her Dunce] (1958, Rohmer) {18 mins} 7 imdb review
18. The Electric House (1922, Keaton/Cline) {23 mins} 7 imdb review
19. Rock-a-Bye Bear (1952, Avery) {7 mins} 7 imdb review
20. The Frozen North (1922, Keaton/Cline) {17 mins} 7 imdb review

21. Pencil Mania (1932, Foster/Stallings) {7 mins} 7 imdb review
22. The Blacksmith (1922, Keaton/St Clair) {19 mins} 7 imdb review
23. Liberty (1929, McCarey) {18 mins} 6 imdb review
24. The Paleface (1922, Keaton/Cline) {20 mins} 6 imdb review
25. Présentation ou Charlotte et son steak [Charlotte and her Steak] (1960, Rohmer) {9 mins} 6 imdb review
26. My Wife’s Relations (1922, Keaton) {23 mins} 4 imdb review


See code, ratings, and a brief explanation on shorts in the initial post.

Stats:
Films seen by decade (+shorts)
20s: 3 (+11)
30s: 3 (+3)
40s: 5 (+4)
50s: 3 (+5)
60s: 2 (+1)
70s: 4 (+0)
80s: 3 (+1)
90s: 5 (+0)
00s: 5 (+1)
10s: 0 (+0)

Average rating for features: 7.7
Average rating for shorts: 8.4
Average rating for cinema viewing: 7.5
Average rating for re-watches: 9.5

Directors with more than one feature:
Preston Sturges - 3
Leo McCarey - 2

Directors with one feature:
Brian Singer, Arthur Hiller, Akira Kurosawa, Michelangelo Antonioni, Joel Coen, Lewis Gilbert, Charlie Chaplin, Wong Kar Wai, Quentin Tarantino, Jacques Tourneur, Grigori Chukhrai, Wes Anderson, Alfonso Cuarón, Sidney Lumet, Yasujirō Ozu, Vincente Minnelli, Chris Noonan, Jason Reitman, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, John Hughes, John Sturges, Mel Brooks, James Cameron, Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Erich von Stroheim, Éric Rohmer, Roberto Rossellini, Ken Kwapis

February

Features:


1. The Godfather (1972, Coppola) RW 10 imdb review


2. Apocalypse Now (1979, Coppola) 9 imdb review


3. The General (1926, Bruckman/Keaton) 9 imdb review


4. Dzhentlmeny udachi [Gentlemen of Luck] (1972, Seryj) 9 imdb review


5. Lat sau san taam [Hard Boiled] (1992, Woo) 9 imdb review


6. Thank You for Smoking (2005, Reitman) 9 imdb review


7. Manhattan (1979, Allen) 8 imdb review


8. Top Secret! (1984, Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker) 8 imdb review


9. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999, Jarmusch) 8 imdb review


10. Zodiac (2007, Fincher) 8 imdb review


11. Blowup (1966, Antonioni) 8 imdb review


12. The Searchers (1956, Ford) 8 imdb review


13. Tonari no Totoro [My Neighbour Totoro] (1988, Miyazaki) 8 imdb review


14. L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo [The Bird with the Crystal Plumage] (1970, Argento) 8 imdb review


15. If... (1968, L. Anderson) 7 imdb review


16. Being John Malkovich (1999, Jonze) 7 imdb review


17. Groundhog Day (1993, Ramis) 7 imdb review


18. Les nuits de la pleine lune [Full Moon in Paris] (1984, Rohmer) 7 imdb review


19. The Wild Bunch (1969, Peckinpah) 7 imdb review


20. When Harry Met Sally... (1989, Reiner) 7 imdb review


21. High Plains Drifter (1973, Eastwood) 7 imdb review


22. Pauline à la plage [Pauline at the Beach] (1983, Rohmer) 7 imdb review


23. American Pie (1999, Weitz/Weitz) 7 imdb review


24. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962, Mulligan) 7 imdb review


25. Le beau mariage [A Good Marriage] (1982, Rohmer) 7 imdb review


26. Performance (1970, Cammell/Roeg) 7 imdb review


27. Punch-Drunk Love (2002, P.T. Anderson) 5 imdb review


28. Persona (1966, Bergman) 4 imdb review

Shorts:


1. Bolero (1992, Maksimov) {5 mins} 9 imdb review
2. The Old Mill (1937, Jackson) {9 mins} 9 imdb review
3. Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase (1992, Gratz) {7 mins} 9 imdb review
4. The Black Hole (2008, Sansom/Williams) {3 mins} 8 imdb review
5. The Snowman (1982, Jackson) {26 mins} 8 imdb review
6. Niti [The Strings] {6 mins} (1996, Maksimov) 7 imdb review
7. Sleva napravo [From Left to Right] (1989, Maksimov) {4 mins} 7 imdb review


See code, ratings, and a brief explanation on shorts in the initial post.

Stats:
Films seen by decade (+shorts)
20s: 1 (+0)
30s: 0 (+1)
40s: 0 (+0)
50s: 1 (+0)
60s: 5 (+0)
70s: 7 (+0)
80s: 6 (+2)
90s: 5 (+3)
00s: 3 (+1)
10s: 0 (+0)

Average rating for features: 7.6
Average rating for shorts: 8.1
Average rating for cinema viewing: N/A
Average rating for re-watches: 10

Directors with more than one feature:
Éric Rohmer - 3
Francis Ford Coppola - 2

Directors with one feature:
Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton, Aleksandr Seryj, John Woo, Jason Reitman, Woody Allen, David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker, Jim Jarmusch, David Fincher, Michelangelo Antonioni, John Ford, Hayao Miyazaki, Dario Argento, Lindsay Anderson, Spike Jonze, Harold Ramis, Sam Peckinpah, Rob Reiner, Clint Eastwood, Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz, Robert Mulligan, Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg, Paul Thomas Anderson, Ingmar Bergman

March

Features:


1. The Godfather Part II (1974, Coppola) RW 10 imdb review


2. Le rayon vert [The Green Ray] (1986, Rohmer) 9 imdb review


3. Der Himmel über Berlin [Wings of Desire] (1987, Wenders) 9 imdb review


4. RoboCop (1987, Verhoeven) 9 imdb review


5. Sullivan’s Travels (1941, P. Sturges) 9 imdb review


6. Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux [My Life to Live] (1962, Godard) 8 imdb review


7. La passion de Jeanne d'Arc [The Passion of Joan of Arc] (1928, Dreyer) 8 imdb review


8. Roman Holiday (1953, Wyler) 8 imdb review


9. His Girl Friday (1940, Hawks) 8 imdb review


10. Angst essen Seele auf [Ali: Fear Eats the Soul] (1974, Fassbinder) 8 imdb review


11. Suspiria (1977, Argento) 8 imdb review


12. Bob le flambeur [Bob the Gambler] (1956, Melville) 8 imdb review


13. A Night at the Opera (1935, Wood) 8 imdb review


14. Donnie Brasco (1997, Newell) 7 imdb review


15. (500) Days of Summer (2009, Webb) 7 imdb review


16. Edward Scissorhands (1990, Burton) 7 imdb review


17. Election (1999, Payne) 7 imdb review


18. Les amants [The Lovers] (1958, Malle) 5 imdb review

Shorts:

1. Free Radicals (1958, Lye) {4 mins} 8 imdb review
2. Der Stadtstreicher [The City Tramp] (1966, Fassbinder) {11 mins} 8 imdb review
3. The Wearing of the Grin (1951, Jones) {7 mins} 7 imdb review
4. Wackiki Wabbit (1943, Jones) {7 mins} 7 imdb review
5. Mexican Boarders (1962, Freleng) {7 mins} 6 imdb review
6. The Landlord (2007, Antzis/McKay) {2 mins} 6 imdb review


See code, ratings, and a brief explanation on shorts in the initial post.

Stats:
Films seen by decade (+shorts)
20s: 1 (+0)
30s: 1 (+0)
40s: 2 (+1)
50s: 3 (+2)
60s: 1 (+2)
70s: 3 (+0)
80s: 3 (+0)
90s: 3 (+0)
00s: 1 (+1)
10s: 0 (+0)

Average rating for features: 7.9
Average rating for shorts: 7.0
Average rating for cinema viewing: N/A
Average rating for re-watches: 10

Directors with more than one feature:
N/A

Directors with one feature:
Francis Ford Coppola, Éric Rohmer, Wim Wenders, Paul Verhoeven, Preston Sturges, Jean-Luc Godard, Carl Theodor Dreyer, William Wyler, Howard Hawks, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Dario Argento, Jean-Pierre Melville, Sam Wood, Mike Newell, Marc Webb, Tim Burton, Alexander Payne, Louis Malle

April

Features:


1. Hot Fuzz (2007, Wright) RW 10 imdb review


2. Giù la testa [Duck, You Sucker!] (1971, Leone) 9 imdb review


3. Rumble Fish (1983, F. Coppola) 9 imdb review


4. Tirez sur le pianiste [Shoot the Piano Player] (1960, Truffaut) 9 imdb review


5. White Heat (1949, Walsh) 9 imdb review


6. Fa yeung nin wa [In the Mood For Love] (2000, Wong) 9 imdb review


7. Pather Panchali [Song of the Little Road] (1955, S. Ray) 9 imdb review


8. Charley Varrick (1973, Siegel) 8 imdb review


9. Letyat zhuravli [The Cranes are Flying] (1957, Kalatozov) 8 imdb review


10. L'ami de mon amie [Boyfriends and Girlfriends] (1987, Rohmer) 8 imdb review


11. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986, Hughes) 8 imdb review


12. The Thing (1982, Carpenter) 8 imdb review


13. In the Loop (2009, Iannucci) 8 imdb review


14. Nobi [Fires on the Plain] (1959, Ichikawa) 8 imdb review


15. Du levande [You, the Living] (2007, Andersson) 8 imdb review


16. Dancer in the Dark (2000, von Trier) 8 imdb review


17. Hana-bi [Fireworks] (1997, Kitano) 8 imdb review


18. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, Jackson) RW 8 imdb review


19. Romeo, Julia a tma [Romeo, Juliet and Darkness] (1960, Weiss) 8 imdb review


20. An American Werewolf in London (1981, Landis) 8 imdb review


21. Tôkyô monogatari [Tokyo Story] (1953, Ozu) 8 imdb review


22. Kick-Ass (2010, Vaughn) C 8 imdb review


23. Our Hospitality (1923, Blystone/Keaton) 8 imdb review


24. Saving Private Ryan (1998, Spielberg) 8 imdb review


25. The Ghost Writer (2010, Polanski) C 8 imdb review


26. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955, J. Sturges) 7 imdb review


27. Une vrai jeune fille [A Real Young Girl] (1976, Breillat) 7 imdb review


28. X-Men (2000, Singer) 7 imdb review


29. The Ladies Man (1961, Lewis) 7 imdb review


30. Pickpocket (1959, Bresson) 7 imdb review


31. La ragazza che sapeva troppo [The Evil Eye] (1963, Bava) 6 imdb review

Shorts:

1. The Tell-Tale Heart (1953, Parmelee) {8 mins} 9 imdb review
2. Le merle [Blackbird] (1958, McLaren) {5 mins} 8 imdb review
3. Night Music (1986, Brakhage) {18 secs) RW 8 imdb review
4. Ko-Ko's Earth Control (1928, Fleischer) {6 mins} 8 imdb review
5. Boogie-Doodle (1948, McLaren) {3 mins} RW 8 imdb review
6. Homeless Hare (1950, Jones) {7 mins} 8 imdb review
7. Beer Run (2010, Suddarth) {2 mins} 8 imdb review
8. The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (1928, Florey/Vorkapich) {12 mins} 8 imdb review
9. Barbershop Quartet Performs Surgery (2010, DenBleyker/McElfatrick) {1 min} 6 imdb review


See code, ratings, and a brief explanation on shorts in the initial post.

Stats:
Films seen by decade (+shorts)
20s: 1 (+2)
30s: 0 (+0)
40s: 1 (+1)
50s: 6 (+3)
60s: 4 (+0)
70s: 3 (+0)
80s: 5 (+1)
90s: 2 (+0)
00s: 7 (+0)
10s: 2 (+2)

Average rating for features: 8.0
Average rating for shorts: 7.9
Average rating for cinema viewing: 8.0
Average rating for re-watches: 8.5

Directors with more than one feature:
N/A

Directors with one feature:
Edgar Wright, Sergio Leone, Francis Ford Coppola, François Truffaut, Raoul Walsh, Wong Kar Wai, Satyajit Ray, Don Siegel, Mikhail Kalatozov, Éric Rohmer, John Hughes, John Carpenter, Armando Iannucci, Kon Ichikawa, Roy Andersson, Lars von Trier, Takeshi Kitano, Peter Jackson, Jirí Weiss, John Landis, Yasujirō Ozu, Matthew Vaughn, John G. Blystone, Buster Keaton, Steven Spielberg, Roman Polanski, John Sturges, Catherine Breillat, Bryan Singer, Jerry Lewis, Robert Bresson, Mario Bava

May

Features:


1. Chung Hing sam lam [Chungking Express] (1994, Wong) RW 10 imdb review


2. Shallow Grave (1994, Boyle) 9 imdb review


3. Ying xiong [Hero] (2002, Zhang) 8 imdb review


4. The Gold Rush (1925, Chaplin) 8 imdb review


5. Les parapluies de Cherbourg [The Umbrellas of Cherbourg] (1964, Demy) 8 imdb review


6. Mr. Arkadin [Confidential Report] (1955, Welles) 8 imdb review


7. Batoru rowaiaru [Battle Royale] (2000, Fukasaku) 8 imdb review


8. Jui kuen [Drunken Master] (1978, Yuen) 8 imdb review


9. Campanadas a medianoche [Chimes at Midnight] (1965, Welles) 8 imdb review


10. Yukinojo nege [An Actor’s Revenge] (1963, Ichikawa) 8 imdb review


11. Sleeper (1973, Allen) 8 imdb review


12. Limelight (1952, Chaplin) 8 imdb review


13. Sideways (2004, Payne) 7 imdb review


14. My Winnipeg (2007, Maddin) 7 imdb review


15. Debbie Does Dallas (1978, Clark) 7 imdb review

Shorts:

1. Padal proshlogodniy sneg [Last Year’s Snow Was Falling] (1983, Tatarskiy) {20 mins} 9 imdb review
2. Pas de deux (1968, McLaren) {13 mins} 9 imdb review
3. The Heart of the World (2000, Maddin) {6 mins} 7 imdb review
4. Super-Rabbit (1943, Jones) {8 mins} 7 imdb review
5. L'ère industrielle: Métamorphoses du paysage [Changing Landscape] (1964, Rohmer) {22 mins} 6 imdb review


See code, ratings, and a brief explanation on shorts in the initial post.

Stats:
Films seen by decade (+shorts)
20s: 1 (+0)
30s: 0 (+0)
40s: 0 (+1)
50s: 2 (+0)
60s: 3 (+2)
70s: 3 (+0)
80s: 0 (+1)
90s: 2 (+0)
00s: 4 (+1)
10s: 0 (+0)

Average rating for features: 8.0
Average rating for shorts: 7.6
Average rating for cinema viewing: N/A
Average rating for re-watches: 10

Directors with more than one feature:
Charlie Chaplin, Orson Welles - 2

Directors with one feature:
Wong Kar Wai, Danny Boyle, Zhang Yimou, Jacques Demy, Kinji Fukasaku, Yuen Woo-ping, Kon Ichikawa, Woody Allen, Alexander Payne, Guy Maddin, Jim Clark

June

Features:


1. Rear Window (1954, Hitchcock) RW 10 imdb review


2. L’eclisse [The Eclipse] (1962, Antonioni) 9 imdb review


3. La haine [Hatred] (1995, Kassovitz) 8 imdb review


4. Mou gaan dou [Infernal Affairs] (2002, Lau/Mak) 8 imdb review


5. Gilda (1946, C. Vidor) 8 imdb review


6. Coffee and Cigarettes (2003, Jarmusch) 8 imdb review


7. Breezy (1973, Eastwood) 8 imdb review


8. Il gatto a nove code [The Cat O’Nine Tails] (1971, Argento) 8 imdb review


9. Dazed and Confused (1993, Linklater) 8 imdb review


10. Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA [Joint Security Area] (2000, Park) 8 imdb review


11. Titicut Follies (1967, Wiseman) 8 imdb review


12. Bigger Than Life (1956, N. Ray) 7 imdb review


13. Heavenly Creatures (1994, Jackson) 7 imdb review


14. Scarface (1932, Hawks) 7 imdb review


15. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953, Hawks) 7 imdb review


16. La strada [The Road] (1954, Fellini) 6 imdb review

Shorts:

1. Plastic Bag (2009, Bahrani) {18 mins} 9 imdb review
2. A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008, Park) {29 mins} 9 imdb review
3. The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon (2008, Gale) {10 mins} 9 imdb review
4. Veter vdol berega [Wing Along the Coast] (2004, Maksimov) {7 mins} 9 imdb review
5. Cashback (2004, Ellis) {18 mins} 8 imdb review
6. The Cat Piano (2009, Gibson/White) {8 mins} 8 imdb review
7. The Ducksters (1950, Jones) {7 mins} 8 imdb review
8. Logorama (2009, Alaux/de Crécy/Houplain) {16 mins} 8 imdb review
9. Book Revue (1946, Clampett) {7 mins} 7 imdb review
10. La dama y la muerte [The Lady and the Reaper] (2009, Gracia) {8 mins} 6 imdb review
11. French Roast (2008, Jaubert) {8 mins} 6 imdb review
12. Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty (2008, Phelan) {6 mins} 4 imdb review



See code, ratings, and a brief explanation on shorts in the initial post.

Stats:
Films seen by decade (+shorts)
20s: 0 (+0)
30s: 1 (+0)
40s: 1 (+1)
50s: 4 (+1)
60s: 2 (+0)
70s: 2 (+0)
80s: 0 (+0)
90s: 3 (+0)
00s: 3 (+10)
10s: 0 (+0)

Average rating for features: 7.8
Average rating for shorts: 7.7
Average rating for cinema viewing: N/A
Average rating for re-watches: 10

Directors with more than one feature:
Howard Hawks - 2

Directors with one feature:
Alfred Hitchcock, Michelangelo Antonioni, Mathieu Kassovitz, Lau Wai-keung, Alan Mak, Charles Vidor, Jim Jarmusch, Clint Eastwood, Dario Argento, Richard Linklater, Park Chan-wook, Frederick Wiseman, Nicholas Ray, Peter Jackson, Federico Fellini

July

Features:


1. The Apartment (1960, Wilder) RW 10 imdb review


2. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966, Nichols) 9 imdb review


3. Annie Hall (1977, Allen) RW 9 imdb review


4. La salaire de la peur [The Wages of Fear] (1953, Clouzot) 9 imdb review


5. Koyaanisqatsi (1982, Reggio) 9 imdb review


6. Splendor in the Grass (1961, Kazan) 8 imdb review


7. Bakha satang [Peppermint Candy] (1999, Lee) 8 imdb review


8. Toy Story 3 (2010, Unkrich) C 8 imdb review


9. Two for the Road (1967, Donen) 8 imdb review


10. Chocolat [Chocolate] (1988, Denis) 8 imdb review


11. Le mépris [Contempt] (1963, Godard) 8 imdb review


12. À bout de souffle [Breathless] (1960, Godard) C RW 8 imdb review


13. Tôkyô nagaremono [Tokyo Drifter] (1966, Suzuki) 8 imdb review


14. I tre volti della paura [Black Sabbath] (1963, Bava) 8 imdb review


15. White Material (2009, Denis) C 8 imdb review


16. The 39 Steps (1935, Hitchcock) 8 imdb review


17. All That Heaven Allows (1955, Sirk) 8 imdb review


18. The Palm Beach Story (1942, P. Sturges) 8 imdb review


19. Le beau Serge [Handsome Serge] (1958, Chabrol) 8 imdb review


20. Halloween (1978, Carpenter) 7 imdb review


21. 4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile [4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days] (2007, Mungiu) 7 imdb review


22. Le petit soldat [The Little Soldier] (1963, Godard) 7 imdb review


23. Shadows (1959, Cassavetes) 7 imdb review


24. Juno (2007, J. Reitman) 7 imdb review


25. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971, Stuart) 7 imdb review


26. Jokôsei: tenshi no harawata [Angel Guts: High School Co-Ed] (1978, Sone) 7 imdb review


27. Jour de fête [Festival Day] (1949, Tati) 7 imdb review


28. The Great Moment (1944, P. Sturges) 6 imdb review


29. Match Point (2005, Allen) 6 imdb review

Shorts:

1. Begone Dull Care (1949, McLaren) {8 mins} RW 10 imdb review
2. The Skeleton Dance (1929, Disney) {6 mins} 8 imdb review
3. Day & Night (2010, Newton) {6 mins} C 8 imdb review
4. Une histoire d’eau [A Story of Water] (1961, Godard/Truffaut) {12 mins} 7 imdb review



See code, ratings, and a brief explanation on shorts in the initial post.

Stats:
Films seen by decade (+shorts)
20s: 0 (+1)
30s: 1 (+0)
40s: 3 (+1)
50s: 4 (+0)
60s: 7 (+1)
70s: 4 (+0)
80s: 2 (+0)
90s: 1 (+0)
00s: 4 (+0)
10s: 1 (+1)

Average rating for features: 7.8
Average rating for shorts: 8.3
Average rating for cinema viewing: 8.0
Average rating for re-watches: 9.3

Directors with more than one feature:
Jean-Luc Godard - 3
Woody Allen, Claire Denis, Preston Sturges - 2

Directors with one feature:
Billy Wilder, Mike Nichols, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Godfrey Reggio, Elia Kazan, Lee Chang Dong, Lee Unkrich, Stanley Donen, Seijun Suzuki, Mario Bava, Alfred Hitchcock, Douglas Sirk, Claude Chabrol, John Carpenter, Cristian Mungiu, John Cassavetes, Jason Reitman, Mel Stuart, Chûsei Sone, Jacques Tati

OK, so the January reviews (if you can call most of them that) are linked to Empire, but I'll probably start keeping track here as well.

Yep.



Yay! Well, this looks beautiful. Congrats!
Would you care to tell me what that RW (and colours and all) means?

Some silly questions:
- Who's this Empire guy you talk about all the time?
- How did you find your way to TLC?

Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the compliment
RW = re-watch
C = cinema
colours are just there for stylistic purposes
Empire is a forum: empireonline.com/forum
Specifically, I post in the lists and top 10s section there. We're having our own top 1000 because last year one of the members stumbled upon TLC's top 1000, which is how I found out about this place.
Hope that answers all your questions

February updated, Bob le flambeur review (here, finally) on the way...

***spoilers***
"And with a really top lawyer, I might sue for damages."


Bob le flambeur [Bob the Gambler] (1956, Melville)
My 2nd Melville after Le Samourai, and apart from being crime films, these two couldn't be more different. Where Le Samourai is slow and meticulous, this is spontaneous and ridiculous. Cool score, pretty girl, and a gun - all you need to make a crime film.
I like how it reverses the noir convention of having the corrupted protagonist punished. It injects the lifestyle of the characters with glamour, and despite the fact it was shot on a very low budget, looks great. The acting is not amazing but the simple relationships between the characters work because the stereotypes are so well executed. It may be a little forgettable, but it's a fun ride for sure.
8-

"Will I be with You tonight in Paradise?"


La passion de Jeanne d'Arc [The Passion of Joan of Arc] (1928, Dreyer)
My first Dreyer, and I can tell with certainty it won't be my last. I've seen few films as timeless as this. While I don't find religion a particularly interesting subject, this, to me, is simply a story of a young woman defending herself and what she believes in, despite being subjected to every kind of oppression possible. The cinematography, consisting mostly of close-ups, but amazingly fluid when needed, is brilliantly natural. The acting is brilliantly emotive without being overtly theatrical, Falconetti's performance of course being the stand-out, although I do think Kael's and others' praise for it being slightly exaggerated. Even though I don't actually share Dreyer's admiration for Joan as a character, this is a very, very impressive display of the human spirit.
8

Extremely short reviews, kind of got a mental block...
"You know what?"
"No, but I'm sure you'll tell me"


Angst essen Seele auf [Ali: Fear Eats the Soul] (1974, Fassbinder)
Amazingly simple in its idea and execution. I haven't seen any Sirk, to whose films this is apparently a homage to, but it was great anyway. Natural acting, brilliant claustrophobic camerawork, and a facile but potent script. It was not amazing, but I certainly want to see more Fassbinder now. 8


Der Stadtstreicher [The City Tramp] (1966, Fassbinder) {11 mins}
Was on the Ali DVD. Almost silent, which creates a great atmosphere. Recommended. 8

"Why must one always talk? Often one shouldn't talk, but live in silence."


Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux [My Life to Live] (1962, Godard)
Interesting film. My 3rd Godard and I certainly want to see more, even though I expected slightly better things from this. What I liked about it was the cinematography, Karina's performance, and the fact that it's a great social realist film that manages to avoid the problems that I have with some films that attempts to tackle social problems. Specifically, it makes me care about the character, and thus doesn't seem heavy-handed at all. Godard's style is full at work here. I don't think it works as well here as in Une femme est une femme or even Breathless, but I certainly don't mind it, either. The ending is great, but I think the film's episodic structure, while making it more unusual, slightly works against it - I realise Godard sought to alienate the audience, but the film just didn't leave the impact on me I hoped it would. It has a lot going for it though, so another 8.
PS. I also like it as an intertextual work - direct reference to Jeanne ... a quote lifted by Tarantino in Pulp Fiction...

"My hand is empty"


Le rayon vert [The Green Ray/Summer] (1986, Rohmer)
My 6th Rohmer, and I finally strike gold. Like I said, the Comedies and Proverbs films just keep getting better, but this was a bigger leap in quality than I could have expected. I realised that what stopped me from loving his other films wasn't the fact that the female was unlikeable, but rather artificial. Even though he apparently allowed improvisation in many of his films, it's obvious here, and it makes the film great. Also, loneliness is a common theme in his work, but none of the other ones presented it in such a pure form as this. It's interesting that amongst the usual talk talk talk, the director inserts relatively brief but extremely potent scenes of the protagonist, alone, confronted by nature. It improves the flow of the film massively. Same with the sparingly used non-diegetic music. The conversations between the characters cover a wider range of topics, and this is another reason why this works so well. The scene in which the heroine attempts to assert her vegeterianism is painful to watch, but in a good way. And the ending... <3. A 9, but on a re-watch I feel it could easily become a 10.

"Michael, we're bigger than U.S. Steel."


The Godfather Part II (1974, Coppola) (rewatch)

Yeah, call me a philistine, but I fail to see how The Godfather/Part II are anything but some of the greatest films ever. Maybe it's just sentimentality. Well, I re-watched the original last month, and it turns out we're doing it in Film Studies, so instead of re-watching it yet again, I re-watched the sequel. Good thing I did, because I underappreciated it the last time I watched it in full, mumbling about how De Niro didn't do much, rendering the flashbacks pointless. God, how wrong I was... This is a simply incredible film - brilliantly paced, and yet containing enough to keep you thinking. Yes, one could say it's full of cliches - revenge, family, etc., but it's the way it's done that makes it so great. Fantastic cast - Pacino's performance is one of the greatest ever, Cazale is incredible, De Niro is used brilliantly, and the supporting cast delivers as always - Keaton, Duvall, Shire, etc. We also get some peeks of future stars like Danny Aiello and Harry Dean Stanton. The score may trump that of the first film, which is indeed an achievement; Willis's hyper-dark cinematography is essential to the film, and although its structure compares unfavourably to the original (a lot of the same plot points but instead of going from 'good' to 'bad', the protagonist goes from 'bad' to 'very bad', there are some iconic scenes and lines which work better every time I think about them, let alone watch them. Safely in my top 25, though I prefer to group this together with the first film, as unfair to other films as it may be. 10, naturally.

Apologies for the non-reviews:

"To smoke, and have coffee - and if you do it together, it's fantastic."

Der Himmel über Berlin [Wings of Desire] (1987, Wenders)
My first Wenders, but certainly won't be my last. Brilliant juxtaposition of monochrome and colour to rival that of AMOLAD, it creates an unforgettable mood. It's better when the characters are not having an extensive inner monologue though, because these get in the way of the love letter to Berlin. Note - don't get this on Blu-ray whatever you do 9

"I'd buy that for a dollar!"

RoboCop (1987, Verhoeven)
There's awesome, there's OSSUM, and then there's RoboCop. Brilliant idea, perfect execution. Funny, poignant, and exciting. Should probably be higher, but this certainly won't be the last watch so we'll see the next time. 9

"Take Hitler and stick him on the funny page."

His Girl Friday (1940, Hawks)
Probably a case of high expectation-itis. The rat-atat is brilliant, but the film is not quite the masterpiece I expected it to be. I know it's 1940, but Russell's character is way too uneven, considering she gets even more screentime than Grant. Also, I don't think the drama and the comedy mixed that well together. Still, the cast is brilliant, the gags are hilarious, and the delivery is unique enough to merit this an 8

"He has been sent first to tempt you. But it's not too late. You must push him from you, expel him! Trample down the perversion of nature!"

Edward Scissorhands (1990, Burton)
Fifth Burton, and second least favourite. Again, maybe it's the expectations, but I just didn't like it that much. I can appreciate the sets, performances (Arkin!) and score, but the film itself seemed less than the sum of its parts to me. Still, it deserves a 7

March updated.