2009
86 films screened.
1. Bright Star, dir.
Jane Campion (
x3)
A-2. The Hurt Locker, dir.
Kathryn Bigelow (
x2)
A-3. Julia, dir. Erick Zonca
A-4. In the Loop, dir. Armando Iannucci (
x2)
A-5. I Killed My Mother, dir. Xavier Dolan (
x2)
A-6. Inglourious Basterds, dir. Quentin Tarantino (
x5)
A-7. Lorna's Silence, dirs. Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
A-8. The White Ribbon, dir. Michael Haneke
A-9. Summer Hours, dir. Olivier Assayas
B+10. Mary & Max, dir. Adam Elliot
B+17 Again, dir. Burr Steers
C35 Shots of Rum, dir.
Claire Denis B+(500) Days of Summer, dir. Marc Weber (
x4)
BAdoration, dir. Atom Egoyan
BAdventureland, dir. Greg Mottola
BAntichrist, dir. Lars von Trier
D-Avatar, dir. James Cameron [3D]
B+Away We Go, dir. Sam Mendes
B-The Blind Side, dir. John Lee Hancock
D+Broken Embraces, dir. Pedro Almodovar
BBrothers, dir. Jim Sheridan
B-Brüno, dir. Larry Charles
D+The Burning Plain, dir. Guillermo Ariaga
C+The Butch Factor, dir. Christopher Hines
DChéri, dir. Stephen Frears
CConfessions of a Shopaholic, dir. P.J. Hogan
C-Coraline [3D], dir. Henry Selick (
x2)
B+Crazy Heart, dir. Scott Cooper
CDistrict 9, dir. Neill Blomkamp
BDrag Me to Hell, dir. Sam Raimi
B-Duplicity, dir. Tony Gilroy
B+An Education, dir.
Lone Scherfig (
x2)
B+Fame, dir. Kevin Tancharoen
C-Fantastic Mr. Fox, dir. Wes Anderson (
x2)
B+Funny People, dir. Judd Apatow
C+Grey Gardens, dir. Michael Sucsy
B-The Hangover, dir. Todd Phillips
C-Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, dir. Stephen Yates (
x3)
BHe's Just Not That Into You, dir. Ken Kwapis
CHumpday, dir.
Lynn Shelton BI Love You, Man; dir. John Hamburg (
x2)
BThe Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, dir. Terry Gilliam
C-The Informant!, dir. Steven Soderbergh
B+Invictus, dir. Clint Eastwood
C+It's Complicated, dir.
Nancy Meyers BJulie & Julia, dir.
Nora Ephron B-The Last Station, dir. Michael Hoffman
C-Law Abiding Citizen, dir. F. Gary Gray
C-The Lovely Bones, dir. Peter Jackson
DMe and Orson Welles, dir. Richard Linklater
C-The Messenger, dir. Oren Moverman
B+Michael Jackson's This Is It, dir. Kenny Ortega
CMoon, dir. Duncan Jones
BThe Mysteries of Pittsburgh, dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber
C-New Moon, dir. Chris Weitz
D-New York, I Love You, dirs.
Mira Nair,
Natalie Portman, et. al
C+Nine, dir. Rob Marshall
C+Observe and Report, dir. Jody Hill
DObsessed, dir. Steve Shill
D+Paranormal Activity, dir. Oren Peli
B-Police, Adjective; dir. Corneliu Porumboiu
CPolytechnique, dir. Denis Villeneuve
B+Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, dir. Lee Daniels
B+The Proposal, dir.
Anne Fletcher C-Public Enemies, dir. Michael Mann
C[REC], dirs. Jaume Balaguero & Paco Plaza
B+A Serious Man, dir. Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
B-Sherlock Holmes, dir. Guy Ritchie (
x2)
CSin Nombre, dir. Cary Fukunaga
B+A Single Man, dir. Tom Ford
C+The Soloist, dir. Joe Wright
B+Spring Breakdown, dir. Ryan Shiraki
DStar Trek, dir. J.J. Abrams
BThe Stepfather, dir. Nelson McCormick
D+Sunshine Cleaning, dir.
Christine Jeffs B-Taking Woodstock, dir. Ang Lee
BThirst, dir. Chan-Wook Park
BTransformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, dir. Michael Bay
FTwo Lovers, dir. James Gray
BUp, dirs. Pete Docter & Bob Peterson [3D] (
x2)
BUp in the Air, dir. Jason Reitman
B-Watchmen, dir. Zach Snyder (
x2)
B-Whatever Works, dir. Woody Allen
D-Where the Wild Things Are, dir. Spike Jonze
B+Whip It, dir.
Drew Barrymore (
x2)
B+*OVERSIGHTS*: Anvil! The Story of Anvil, The Cove, The Maid, The Road, Sugar
2008
95 films screened.
1. Synecdoche, New York; dir. Charlie Kaufman (
x2)
A2. Reprise, dir. Joachim Trier
A3. Rachel Getting Married, dir. Jonathan Demme (
x3)
A4. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days; dir. Cristian Mungiu
A-5. The Class, dir. Laurent Cantet (
x2)
A-6. Trouble the Water, dirs. Carl Deal &
Tia Lessin A-7. My Winnipeg, dir. Guy Maddin
A-8. Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant (
x6)
A-9. The Wrestler, dir. Darren Aronofsky
A-10. Savage Grace, dir. Tom Kalin
A-21, dir. Robert Luketic
C27 Dresses, dir.
Anne Fletcher (
x2)
BThe American Mall, dir. Shawn Ku
FAmerican Teen, dir.
Nanette Burstein (
x2)
B-Another Gay Sequel, dir. Todd Stephens
D-Australia, dir. Baz Luhrmann
B+Baby Mama, dir. Michael McCullers
CBernard and Doris, dir. Bob Balaban
C-Body of Lies, dir. Ridley Scott
C-Boy A, dir. John Crowley
B+Burn After Reading, dir. Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
C+Charlie Bartlett, dir. Jon Poll
B-A Christmas Tale, dir. Arnaud Despleschin
BCloverfield, dir. Matt Reeves
B+The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, dir. David Fincher
C-The Dark Knight, dir. Christopher Nolan (
x4)
B+Definitely, Maybe; dir. Adam Brooks
BDoubt, dir. John Patrick Shanley
BThe Duchess, dir. Saul Dibb
B-The Edge of Heaven, dir. Fatih Akin
A-Elegy, dir.
Isabel Coixet B+Flight of the Red Balloon, dir. Hsiao-hsien Hou
B+Forgetting Sarah Marshall, dir. Nicholas Stoller
C+Four Christmases, dir. Seth Gordon
C-Frost/Nixon, dir. Ron Howard
B-Frozen River, dir.
Courtney Hunt CFunny Games U.S., dir. Michael Haneke
BGet Smart, dir. Peter Segal
C+Hamlet 2, dir. Andrew Fleming (
x2)
BHappy-Go-Lucky, dir. Mike Leigh
B-Harold & Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay, dirs. John Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg
B-High School Musical 3: Senior Year, dir. Kenny Ortega
CThe House Bunny, dir. Fred Wolf
D+How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, dir. Robert B. Weide
DHunger, dir. Steve McQueen
B+I've Loved You So Long, dir. Philippe Claudel
BIn Bruges, dir. Martin McDonagh
B+Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, dir. Steven Spielberg
DIron Man, dir. Jon Favreau
CJames, dir. Connor Clements [short]
B-Just Buried, dir. Chaz Thorne
CKung Fu Panda, dirs. Mark Osborne & John Stevenson
B-Let the Right One In, dir. Tomas Alfredson
BLove Songs, dir. Christophe Honoré
B+Mamma Mia!, dir.
Phyllida Lloyd CMan on Wire, dir. James Marsh
B+Memere Metisse, dir.
Janelle Wookey B-Miss Pettigrew Lives for A Day, dir. Bharat Nalluri
C+Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, dir. Peter Sollett (
x3)
B+Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom, dir. Patrik-Ian Polk
D+Normal, dir. Carl Bessai
C-Paranoid Park, dir. Gus Van Sant
BPasschendaele, dir. Paul Gross
C-Penelope, dir. Mark Palansky (
x2)
CPineapple Express, dir. David Gordon Green (
x2)
B+Quantum of Solace, dir. Marc Forster
C+The Reader, dir. Stephen Daldry
BRecount, dir. Jay Roach
BReligulous, dir. Larry Charles
BRevolutionary Road, dir. Sam Mendes
C+Rex vs. Singh; dirs. Richard Fung, John Greyson & Ali Kazimi [short]
B-The Ruins, dir. Carter Smith
BSex and the City: The Movie, dir. Michael Patrick King
BShelter, dir. Jonah Markowitz
BThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, dir.
Sanaa Hamri (
x2)
C+Slumdog Millionaire, dir. Danny Boyle
B-Snow Angels, dir. David Gordon Green
B+Speed Racer, dir. Andy Wachowski &
Lana Wachowski C+Step Brothers, dir. Adam McKay
C+The Stone Angel, dir.
Kari Skogland CStop-Loss, dir.
Kimberly Peirce BThe Strangers, dir. Bryan Bertino (
x2)
B-Tropic Thunder, dir. Ben Stiller
B-Twilight, dir.
Catherine Hardwicke DVicky Cristina Barcelona, dir. Woody Allen
CThe Visitor, dir. Thomas McCarthy
B+W., dir. Oliver Stone
CThe Wackness, dir. Jonathan Levine
BWall-E, dir. Andrew Stanton (
x2)
B+Waltz with Bashir, dir. Ari Folman
BWanted, dir. Timur Bekmambetov
C+Wendy & Lucy, dir.
Kelly Reichardt B+The Women, dir.
Diane English C-You Don't Mess With the Zohan, dir. Dennis Dugan
FZack and Miri Make A Porno, dir. Kevin Smith
B*OVERSIGHTS*: Ballast, Changeling, Che, The Fall, Gran Torino
2007
95 films screened.
1. Up the Yangtze, dir. Yung Chang
A-2. I'm Not There, dir. Todd Haynes (
x2)
A-3. Jindabyne, dir. Ray Lawrence
A-4. Away from Her, dir.
Sarah Polley (
x3)
A-5.
Juno (
x4), dir. Jason Reitman
A-6. Persepolis, dirs. Vincent Aronnaud &
Marjane Satrapi A-7.
No Country for Old Men, dirs. Ethan Coen & Joel Coen (
x2)
A-8.
Atonement, dir. Joe Wright (
x3)
A-9. We Own the Night, dir. James Gray
A-10. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, dir. Seth Gordon
A-2 Days in Paris, dir.
Julie Delpy B+3:10 to Yuma, dir. James Mangold
B300, dir. Zach Snyder
D+Across the Universe, dir.
Julie Taymor (
x2)
CAfter the Wedding, dir.
Susanne Bier BAlpha Dog, dir. Nick Cassavetes
C-American Gangster, dir. Ridley Scott
C+The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, dir. Andrew Dominik
B-August Rush, dir.
Kirsten Sheridan (
x2)
CBecoming Jane, dir. Julian Jarrold
CBefore the Devil Knows You're Dead, dir. Sidney Lumet
B-Black Snake Moan, dir. Craig Brewer
C+Blades of Glory, dirs. Josh Gordon & Will Speck
C-The Brave One, dir. Neil Jordan
C-Breakfast with Scot, dir.
Laurie Lynd C-Bridge to Terabithia, dir. Gabor Csupo
C+Broken English, dir.
Zoe R. Cassavetes BThe Bourne Ultimatum, dir. Paul Greengrass
B+Catch & Release, dir.
Susannah Grant C+Control, dir. Anton Corbijn
B+Dan in Real Life, dir. Peter Hedges
BThe Darjeeling Limited, dir. Wes Anderson
CDeath Proof, dir. Quentin Tarantino (
x2)
B+Disturbia, dir. D.J. Caruso
B-The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, dir. Julian Schnabel
BDreamland, dir. Jason Matzner
B-Eastern Promises, dir. David Cronenberg
B-Elizabeth: The Golden Age, dir. Skehar Khapur
CEnchanted, dir. Kevin Lima (
x2)
B+Evening, dir. Lajos Koltai
DFido, dir. Andrew Currie
CFreedom Writers, dir. Richard LaGravanese (
x2)
BGone Baby Gone, dir. Ben Affleck
B-Hairspray, dir. Adam Shankman (
x7)
B+Halloween, dir. Rob Zombie
D+Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, dir. David Yates (
x3)
BThe Heartbreak Kid, dirs. Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly
DHigh School Musical 2, dir. Kenny Ortega
C+Hot Fuzz, dir. Edgar Wright
B+I Think I Love My Wife, dir. Chris Rock
CIn the Land of Women, dir. Jon Kasdan
B-Into the Wild, dir. Sean Penn (
x2)
BThe Invasion, dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel
BThe Invisible, dir. David S. Goyer
DThe Jane Austen Book Club, dir.
Robin Swicord CKilling Zelda Sparks, dir. Jeff Glickman
CKnocked Up, dir. Judd Apatow
BLa Vie en Rose, dir. Olivier Dahan
C-Lars and the Real Girl, dir. Craig Gillespie
BThe Lookout, dir. Scott Frank
BLust, Caution; dir. Ang Lee
B+Margot at the Wedding, dir. Noah Baumbach (
x2)
B+Michael Clayton, dir. Tony Gilroy (
x2)
B+A Mighty Heart, dir. Michael Winterbottom (
x2 B+The Mist, dir. Frank Darabont
B+Music & Lyrics, dir. Marc Lawrence (
x2)
C+My Blueberry Nights, dir. Wong Kar-Wai
D+The Namesake, dir.
Mira Nair (
x2)
B+The Nanny Diaries, dir.
Shari Springer Bergman & Robert Pulcini
C-The Nines, dir. John August
B+Norbit, dir. Brian Robbins
FThe Number 23, dir. Joel Schumacher
D-Once, dir. John Carney
B+Paris, Je T'Aime; dirs.
Gurinder Chadha,
Isabel Coixet,
Daniela Thomas, et. al.
B-Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, dir. Gore Verbinski
CPlanet Terror, dir. Robert Rodriguez (
x2)
BRatatouille, dirs. Brad Bird & Jan Pinkava
B+Reservation Road, dir. Terry George
C-Romance & Cigarettes, dir. John Turturro
D-The Savages, dir.
Tamara Jenkins A-Shrek the Third, dirs. Chris Miller & Raman Hui
C+Sicko, dir. Michael Moore
B+The Simpsons Movie, dir. David Silverman
B-Smiley Face, dir. Gregg Araki
C+Spider-man 3, dir. Sam Raimi
C-Stardust, dir. Matthew Vaughn
B-Sunshine, dir. Danny Boyle
BSuperbad, dir. Greg Mottola (
x3)
BSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, dir. Tim Burton (
x3)
CSydney White, dir. Joe Nussbaum
D-There Will Be Blood, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson (
x2)
B+Things We Lost in the Fire, dir.
Susanne Bier BTransformers, dir. Michael Bay
C-Waitress, dir.
Adrienne Shelly C-The Walker, dir. Paul Schrader
D+Year of the Dog, dir. Mike White
C+Zodiac, dir. David Fincher (
x2)
B+*OVERSIGHTS*: Black Book, In the Valley of Elah, Lady Chatterley, No End in Sight, Red Road, You the Living, Zoo
2006
98 films screened.
1.
Marie Antoinette, dir.
Sofia Coppola (
x4)
A-2. L'Enfant, dirs. Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne (
x2)
A-3. The Departed, dir. Martin Scorsese (
x5)
A-4.
Half Nelson, dir. Ryan Fleck (
x2)
A-5.
The Fountain, dir. Darren Aronofsky
A-6. Conversations with Other Women, dir. Hans Canosa
A-7. Shortbus, dir. John Cameron Mitchell (
x4)
A-8. Clean, dir. Olivier Assayas
A-9. Children of Men, dir. Alfonso Cuaron (
x2)
A-10. Dave Chappelle's Block Party, dir. Michel Gondry
A-Art School Confidential, dir. Terry Zwigoff
BBabel, dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
CThe Benchwarmers, dir. Dennis Dugan
FThe Black Dahlia, dir. Brian de Palma
CBobby, dir. Emilio Estevez
BBorat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, dir. Larry Charles
B-Boy Culture, dir. Q. Allan Brocka
BThe Break-Up, dir. Peyton Reed
C+Breaking & Entering, dir. Anthony Minghella
B+Brick, dir. Rian Johnson
B+Bubble, dir. Steven Soderbergh
BBug, dir. William Friedkin
C+Cars, dir. John Lasseter & Joe Ranft
C+Casino Royale, dir. Martin Campbell
B+Click, dir. Frank Coraci
D-The Covenant, dir. Renny Harlin
DThe Da Vinci Code, dir. Ron Howard
DThe Dead Girl, dir.
Karen Moncrieff B-The Descent, dir. Neil Marshall (
x2)
A-The Devil Wears Prada, dir. David Frankel (
x2)
BDreamgirls, dir. Bill Condon
CDuck Season, dir. Fernando Eimbcke
BEating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds, dir. Phillip J. Bartell
D-Employee of the Month, dir. Greg Coolidge
DFactory Girl, dir. George Hickenlooper
B-Fast Food Nation, dir. Richard Linklater
B+Final Destination 3, dir. James Wong
C-For Your Consideration, dir. Christopher Guest
CFreedomland, dir. Joe Roth
D-Friends with Money, dir.
Nicole Holofcener B+The Good Shepherd, dir. Robert DeNiro
CGrandma's Boy, dir. Nicholas Goossen
FA Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, dir. Dito Montiel
BHard Candy, dir. David Slade
D+High School Musical, dir. Kenny Ortega (
x5)
BThe Hills Have Eyes, dir. Alexandre Aja
D-The History Boys, dir. Nicholas Hytner
BThe Holiday, dir.
Nancy Meyers C+The Host, dir. Joon-ho Bong
B-An Inconvenient Truth, dir. Davis Guggenheim
B+INLAND EMPIRE, dir. David Lynch
B+Inside Man, dir. Spike Lee
BInvincible, dir. Ericson Core
D+Jesus Camp, dirs.
Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady BJohn Tucker Must Die, dir.
Betty Thomas DThe King, dir. James Marsh
B+The Lake House, dir. Aeljandro Agresti
C-The Last King of Scotland, dir. Kevin Macdonald
B-The Last Kiss, dir. Tony Goldwyn
CLittle Children, dir. Todd Field (
x2)
B+Little Miss Sunshine, dir. Jonathan Dayton &
Valerie Faris (
x2)
C+Longford, dir. Tom Hooper
C+Monster House, dir. Gil Kenan
B+Notes on a Scandal, dir. Richard Eyre
CThe Notorious Bettie Page, dir.
Mary Harron BThe Painted Veil, dir. John Curran
BPan's Labyrinth, dir. Guillermo del Toro
B-A Prairie Home Companion, dir. Robert Altman
B+The Prestige, dir. Christopher Nolan
B-The Pursuit of Happyness, dir. Gabriele Muccino
CThe Queen, dir. Stephen Frears
B+Running with Scissors, dir. Ryan Murphy
C-A Scanner Darkly, dir. Richard Linklater
B-Scary Movie 4, dir. David Zucker
FThe Science of Sleep, dir. Michel Gondry
B+Scoop, dir. Woody Allen
BShe's the Man, dir. Andy Fickman
B-Sherrybaby, dir.
Laurie Collyer BShut Up & Sing, dir.
Barbara Kopple (
x2)
B+Snakes on a Plane, dir. David R. Ellis
C-Snow Cake, dir. Marc Evans
BSouthland Tales, dir. Richard Kelly
D-Starter for 10, dir. Tom Vaughan
B+Stay Alive, dir. William Brent Bell
D+Stick It, dir.
Jessica Bendinger CStranger Than Fiction, dir. Marc Forster
B-Strangers with Candy, dir. Paul Dinello
C+Superman Returns, dir. Bryan Singer
C-Talladega Nights, dir. Adam McKay
CTake the Lead, dir.
Liz Friedlander B-Thank You for Smoking, dir. Jason Reitman
C+Trust the Man, dir. Bart Freundlich
D+United 93, dir. Paul Greengrass (
x2)
A-Venus, dir. Roger Michell
BVolver, dir. Pedro Almodovar
B+Whole New Thing, dir. Amnon Buchbinder
CWorld Trade Center, dir. Oliver Stone
C*OVERSIGHTS*: Apocalypto, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, The Illusionist, Iraq in Fragments, Jesus Camp, Letters from Iwo Jima, Requiem, Three Times
2005
94 films screened.
1. Tropical Malady, dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
A2.
Brokeback Mountain, dir. Ang Lee (
x5)
A-3. Junebug, dir. Phil Morrison (
x2)
A-4. The New World, dir. Terrence Malick
A-5. Caché, dir. Michael Haneke
A-6.
Pride & Prejudice, dir. Joe Wright (
x3)
A-7. The Beat That My Heart Skipped, dir. Jacques Audiard
A-8. Kings and Queen, dir. Arnaud Despleschin
A-9. Grizzly Man, dir. Werner Herzog
A-10. The Best of Youth, dir. Marco Tullio Giordana
A-The 40 Year Old Virgin, dir. Judd Apatow (
x3)
A-5x2, dir. Francois Ozon
B+The Amityville Horror, dir. Andrew Douglas
D-Batman Begins, dir. Christopher Nolan (
x3)
BBe Cool, dir. F. Gary Gray
C-Beauty Shop, dir. Billie Woodruff
C+Bewitched, dir.
Nora Ephron C+Breakfast on Pluto, dir. Neil Jordan
C+Broken Flowers, dir. Jim Jarmusch
CBrothers, dir.
Susanne Bier A-C.R.A.Z.Y., dir. Jean-Marc Vallee
B+Capote, dir. Bennett Miller
B+Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, dir. Tim Burton
C+The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe; dir. Andrew Adamson
CCinderella Man, dir. Ron Howard
CCoach Carter, dir. Thomas Carter (
x2)
C-The Constant Gardener, dir. Fernando Meirelles
B+The Corpse Bride, dirs. Tim Burton & Mike Johnson
BCrash, dir. Paul Haggis (
x2)
C-The Devil's Rejects, dir. Rob Zombie
B+Diary of a Mad Black Woman, dir. Tyler Perry
CThe Edukators, dir. Hans Weingartner
B+Elizabethtown, dir. Cameron Crowe
DThe Exorcism of Emily Rose, dir. Scott Derrickson
DThe Family Stone, dir. Thomas Bezucha (
x2)
C+Fever Pitch, dirs. Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly
B-Flightplan, dir. Robert Schwentke
C-Good Night & Good Luck, dir. George Clooney
B-Guess Who, dir. Kevin Rodney Sullivan
C-Happy Endings, dir. Don Roos (
x4)
A-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, dir. Mike Newell (
x2)
B+Heights, dir. Chris Terrio
B-Hide & Seek, dir. John Polson
D-A History of Violence, dir. David Cronenberg (
x3)
A-Hitch, dir. Andy Tennant
CHouse of Wax, dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
B-Hustle & Flow, dir. Craig Brewer
B+In Her Shoes, dir. Curtis Hanson (
x3)
B+Jarhead, dir. Sam Mendes
BJust Like Heaven, dir. Mark Waters
CKing Kong, dir. Peter Jackson
BKinky Boots, dir. Julian Jarrold
CKiss Kiss Bang Bang, dir. Shane Black
B+The Longest Yard, dir. Peter Segal
C-Lords of Dogtown, dir.
Catherine Hardwicke B-A Lot Like Love, dir. Nigel Cole
D-Match Point, dir. Woody Allen
CMe and You and Everyone We Know, dir.
Miranda July B+/A-Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous, dir. John Pasquin
D-Monster-in-Law, dir. Robert Luketic
D+Mr & Mrs Smith, dir. Doug Liman
BMunich, dir. Steven Spielberg
BMy Summer of Love, dir. Pawel Pawlikowski
A-Mysterious Skin, dir. Gregg Araki
B+Nine Lives, dir. Rodrigo Garcia
BPretty Persuasion, dir. Marcos Siega
DPrime, dir. Ben Younger
BThe Producers, dir.
Susan Stroman CProof, dir. John Madden
BRed Eye, dir. Wes Craven
B-Rent, dir. Chris Columbus (
x7)
BThe Ring Two, dir. Hideo Nakata
C-The Rocket, dir. Charles Binam
CSahara, dir. Breck Eisner
D+Serenity, dir. Joss Whedon
BSin City, dirs. Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez
BThe Skeleton Key, dir. Iain Softley
B-The Squid and the Whale, dir. Noah Baumbach
B+Star Wars: Episode III, dir. George Lucas
D+Stay, dir. Marc Forster
D+Third Man Out, dir. Ron Oliver
B-Thumbsucker, dir. Mike Mills
B-TransAmerica, dir. Duncan Tucker
C+The Upside of Anger, dir. Mike Binder (
x2)
C+Waiting..., dir. Rob McKittrick
DWalk the Line, dir. James Mangold
C+Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit, dirs. Steve Box & Nick Park
B+War of the Worlds, dir. Steven Spielberg
C+Water, dir.
Deepa Mehta B+The Weather Man, dir. Gore Verbinski
C+Wedding Crashers, dir. David Dobkin (
x2)
BThe Wedding Date, dir.
Claire Kilner C*OVERSIGHTS*: 2046, The Ballad of Jack & Rose, Howl's Moving Castle, Keane, Last Days, March of the Penguins, Melinda & Melinda, Murderball, Palindromes, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2004
83 films screened.
1.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, dir. Michel Gondry (
x6)
A2.
Before Sunset, dir. Richard Linklater (
x4)
A3. Maria Full of Grace, dir. Joshua Marston (
x3)
A-4. The Corporation, dirs.
Jennifer Abbott & Mark Achbar
A-5. Tarnation, dir. Jonathan Caouette
A-6. Bad Education, dir. Pedro Almodovar (
x3)
A-7. Dogville, dir. Lars von Trier
A-8. Spider-man 2, dir. Sam Raimi (
x3)
A-9.
I ♥ Huckabees, dir. David O. Russell (
x4)
A-10. Saved!, dir. Brian Dannelly (
x5)
A-13 Going on 30, dir. Gary Winick (
x3)
B+The 24th Day, dir. Tony Piccirillo
B50 First Dates, dir. Peter Segal
CAlfie, dir. Charles Shyer (
x3)
B+Along Came Polly, dir. John Hamburg
C-Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, dir. Adam McKay (
x4)
BThe Aviator, dir. Martin Scorsese
C+Being Julia, dir. Istvan Szabo
B-Birth, dir. Jonathan Glazer
BThe Chorus, dir. Christopher Barratier
CCloser, dir. Mike Nichols (
x3)
B+Dawn of the Dead, dir. Zack Snyder
B+The Day After Tomorrow, dir. Roland Emmerich (
x3)
B-Dodgeball, dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber (
x2)
B-The Dreamers, dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
B+Empire Falls, dir. Fred Schepisi [miniseries]
B-Envy, dir. Barry Levinson
D-Eurotrip, dir. Jeff Schaffer
D-Fahrenheit 9/11, dir. Michael Moor
BFinding Neverland, dir. Marc Forster
C+The Forgotten, dir. Joseph Ruben
CFriday Night Lights, dir. Peter Berg
BGarden State, dir. Zach Braff (
x2)
CThe Girl Next Door, dir. Luke Greenfield
B-The Grudge, dir. Takashi Shimizu
D-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, dir. Alfonso Cuaron (
x4)
B+Hidalgo, dir. Joe Johnston
CA Home at the End of the World, dir. Michael Mayer
CHotel Rwanda, dir. Terry George
BImaginary Heroes, dir. Dan Harris
C-The Incredibles, dir. Brad Bird (
x2)
B+Jersey Girl, dir. Kevin Smith
CKill Bill: Volume 2, dir. Quentin Tarantino
B+Kinsey, dir. Bill Condon
BLadder 49, dir. Jay Russell
CLemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, dir. Brad Silberling
BThe Libertine, dir. Laurence Dunmore
DThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, dir. Wes Anderson
C+Little Black Book, dir. Nick Hurran
C-The Machinist, dir. Brad Anderson
B-Man on Fire, dir. Tony Scott
C-Mean Creek, dir. Jacob Aaron Estes
B+Mean Girls, dir. Mark Waters (
x9)
B+Million Dollar Baby, dir. Clint Eastwood (
x2)
A-Napoleon Dynamite, dir. Jared Hess (
x2)
D+The Notebook, dir. Nick Cassavetes (
x2)
BOpen Water, dir. Chris Kentis
COuting Riley, dir. Pete Jones
FP.S., dir. Dylan Kidd
B-The Perfect Score, dir. Brian Robbins
C+Raising Helen, dir. Garry Marshall
C-Ray, dir. Taylor Hackford
CSeed of Chucky, dir. Don Mancini
CShark Tale, dirs. Bibo Bergeron &
Vicky Jenson CShaun of the Dead, dir. Edgar Wright
B+Shrek 2, dirs. Andrew Adamson & Kelly Asbury (
x2)
BSideways, dir. Alexander Payne (
x3)
A-Spanglish, dir. James L. Brooks
CThe Spongebob Squarepants Movie, dirs. Stephen Hillenburg & Mark Osborne
BStarsky & Hutch, dir. Todd Phillips
D+The Stepford Wives, dir. Frank Oz
B-Super Size Me, dir. Morgan Spurlock (
x2)
BTeam America: World Police, dirs. Trey Parker & Matt Stone
DTouch of Pink, dir. Ian Iqbal Rashid
B-Troy, dir. Wolfgang Petersen
CUndertow, dir. David Gordon Green
BVanity Fair, dir.
Mira Nair B-Vera Drake, dir. Mike Leigh
B+The Village, dir. M. Night Shyamalan
D+We Don't Live Here Anymore, dir. John Curran
B-Wilby Wonderful, dir. Daniel MacIvor
C+Wimbledon, dir. Richard Loncraine
BWin A Date With Tad Hamilton!, dir. Robert Luketic
C+Without a Paddle, dir. Steven Brill
C-You Got Served, dir. Chris Stokes
C-*OVERSIGHTS*: Code 46, Collateral, The Door in the Floor, House of Flying Daggers, The Merchant of Venice, Oasis, The Passion of the Christ, Primer
2003
58 films screened.
1. Lost in Translation, dir.
Sofia Coppola (
x3)
A-2. Elephant, dir. Gus Van Sant (
x2)
A-3. Finding Nemo, dir. Andrew Bird (
x4)
A-4. Kill Bill: Volume 1, dir. Quentin Tarantino (
x3)
A-5. The Son, dirs. Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
A-6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, dir. Peter Jackson (
x3)
A-7. City of God, dir. Fernando Meirelles
A-8. thirteen, dir.
Catherine Hardwicke A-9. Monster, dir.
Patty Jenkins B+10. The Triplets of Belleville, dir. Sylvain Chomet
B+Angels in America, dir. Mike Nichols (
x2) [miniseries]
A-Battlestar Galactica, dir. Michael Rymer [miniseries]
A-Bend It Like Beckham, dir.
Gurinder Chadha BBig Fish, dir. Tim Burton (
x3)
B+Bringing Down the House, dir. Adam Shankman
C-Bruce Almighty, dir. Tom Shadyac
C-Cabin Fever, dir. Eli Roth
BCamp, dir. Todd Graff
BCharlie's Angels: Full Throttle, dir. McG
C+Chasing Papi, dir.
Linda Mendoza FCold Creek Manor, dir. Mike Figgis
C-The Company, dir. Robert Altman
B+Confidence, dir. James Foley
CDaredevil, dir. Mark Steven Johnston(
x2)
CDickie Roberts: Former Child Star, dir. Sam Weisman
DDown with Love, dir. Peyton Reed
CDumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, dir. Troy Miller
FFinal Destination 2, dir. David R. Ellis
C+Freaky Friday, dir. Mark Waters
BGerry, dir. Gus Van Sant
D+Girl with a Pearl Earring, dir. Peter Webber
D+Gothika,dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
D+Grind, dir. Casey La Scala
C+Holes, dir. Andrew Davis
BHouse of Sand & Fog, dir. Vadim Perelman
C+How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, dir. Donald Petrie
BHulk, dir. Ang Lee
B-In America, dir. Jim Sheridan
B+Intermission, dir. John Crowley
BJapanese Story, dir.
Sue Brooks B-Just Married, dir. Shawn Levy
C-League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, dir. Stephen Norrington (
x2)
DLove Actually, dir. Richard Curtis (
x4)
B+Matchstick Men, dir. Ridley Scott
B+My Life without Me, dir.
Isabel Coixet CMystic River, dir. Clint Eastwood
B+Peter Pan, dir. P.J. Hogan (
x2)
B+Phone Booth, dir. Joel Schumacher
B-Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, dir. Gore Verbinski (
x3)
B-School of Rock, dir. Richard Linklater (
x4)
B+Searching for Debra Winger, dir.
Rosanna Arquette BShattered Glass, dir. Billy Ray
CSomething's Gotta Give, dir.
Nancy Meyers B-Spellbound, dir. Jeffrey Blitz
B+The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, dir. Marcus Nispel
DTwist, dir. Jacob Tierney
BWhat a Girl Wants, dir.
Dennie Gordon C+X2: X-Men United, Bryan Singer
B2002
66 films screened.
1.
Morvern Callar, dir.
Lynne Ramsay (
x2)
A2. Talk to Her, dir. Pedro Almodovar
A3. Far from Heaven, dir. Todd Haynes (
x2)
A4. Russian Ark, dir. Alexsandr Sokurov
A5. Atanarjuat, dir. Zacharias Kunuk
A6. The Piano Teacher, dir. Michael Haneke
A7. Funny Ha Ha, dir. Andrew Bujalski
A-8. Late Marriage, dir. Dover Koshashvilli
A-9. Punch-Drunk Love, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
A-10. The Hours, dir. Stephen Daldry (
x3)
A-28 Days Later, dir. Danny Boyle
B+40 Days and 40 Nights, dir. Michael Lehmann
C-8 Mile, dir. Curtis Hanson
B8 Women, dir. Francois Ozon
B+About a Boy, dirs. Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz
B+Adaptation, dir. Spike Jonze (
x2)
CAustin Powers in Goldmember, dir. Jay Roach
CBarbershop, dir. Tim Story
CThe Believer, dir. Henry Bean
B-Big Fat Liar, dir. Shawn Levy
CBlue Crush, dir. John Stockwell
BBowling for Columbine, dir. Michael Moore
A-Catch Me If You Can, dir. Steven Spielberg
C+Chicago, dir. Rob Marshall (
x3)
B+The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, dir.
Callie Khouri CDrumline, dir. Charles Stone III (
x2)
BEddie Izzard: Circles, dir.
Anastasia Pappas B+Eight Crazy Nights, dir. Seth Kearsley
D-The Good Girl, dir. Miguel Arteta
B-Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, dir. Chris Columbus (
x3)
C+The Hot Chick, dir. Tom Brady
FThe Laramie Project, dir. Moises Kaufman
C+Leaving Metropolis, dir. Brad Fraser (
x2)
CLilo & Stitch, dirs. Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders
B+Local Boys
D-The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (
x3)
B+Lovely and Amazing, dir.
Nicole Holofcener B+Minority Report, dir. Steven Spielberg
BMr. Deeds, dir. Steven Brill
C-My Big Fat Greek Wedding, dir. Joel Zwick
B-National Lampoon's Van Wilder, dir. Walt Becker
DOnce Upon a Time in the Midlands, dir. Shane Meadows
B-One Hour Photo, dir. Mark Romanek
C+Orange County, dir. Jake Kasdan
C+Real Women Have Curves, dir.
Patricia Cardoso BThe Ring, dir. Gore Verbinski
D+The Rookie, dir. John Lee Hancock
BThe Santa Clause 2, dir. Michael Lembeck
C-Scooby Doo, dir. Raja Gosnell
C-Secretary, dir. Steven Shainberg
B-Serving Sara, dir. Reginald Hudlin
C-Signs, dir. M. Night Shyamalan (
x2)
B+Simone, dir. Andrew Niccol
C+Slackers, dir. Dewey Nicks
D-Sorority Boys, dir. Wallace Wolodarsky
C-Spider, dir. David Cronenberg
B+Spider-man, dir. Sam Raimi
BSpirited Away, dir. Hiyao Miyazaki
A-Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, dir. George Lucas
D+Sweet Home Alabama, dir. Andy Tennant
C-Treasure Planet, dirs. Ron Clements & John Musker
C+Two Weeks Notice, dir. Marc Lawrence
CUnfaithful, dir. Adrian Lyne
CA Walk to Remember, dir. Adam Shankman
DWhale Rider, dir.
Niki Caro BXX/XY, dir. Austin Chick
B-Y tu mama tambien, dir. Alfonso Cuaron
B+2001
56 films screened.
1. Mulholland Dr., dir. David Lynch (
x2)
A2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, dir. Peter Jackson (
x2)
A3. Code Unknown, dir. Michael Haneke
A-4.
Donnie Darko, dir. Richard Kelly (
x5)
A-5. In the Mood for Love, dir. Wong Kar-Wai
A-6. Gosford Park, dir. Robert Altman
A-7. Fat Girl, dir.
Catherine Breillat A-8. Hedwig and the Angry Inch, dir. John Cameron Mitchell (
x3)
A-9. The Deep End, dirs. Scott McGehee & David Siegel
B+10. Moulin Rouge!, dir. Baz Luhrmann (
x2)
B+13 Ghosts, dir. Steve Beck
D-Amélie, dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
C+America's Sweethearts, dir. Joe Roth
CAmerican Pie 2, dir. J.B. Rogers
C-Amores perros, dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
B+The Animal, dir. Luke Greenfield
D-Apocalypse Now Redux, dir. Francis Ford Coppola [re-issue]
ABridget Jones' Diary, dir.
Sharon Maguire B+Bubble Boy, dir. Blair Hayes
C-Cats and Dogs, dir. Lawrence Guterman
C-crazy/beautiful, dir. John Stockwell
BGhost World, dir. Terry Zwigoff
BGinger Snaps, dir. John Fawcett
B+Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, dir. Chris Columbus (
x3)
B-Heartbreakers, dir. David Mirkin
BIn the Bedroom, dir. Todd Field
B/B+Iris, dir. Richard Eyre
BJosie & The Pussycats, dirs. Harry Elfont &
Deborah Kaplan B-Jurassic Park III, dir. Joe Johnston
CK-PAX, dir. Iain Softley
DKate & Leopold, dir. James Mangold
BA Knight's Tale, dir. Brian Helgeland
B-Legally Blonde, dir. Robert Luketic
B-Life as a House, dir. Irwin Winkler
CThe Man Who Wasn't There, dir. Joel Coen
C+Memento, dir. Christopher Nolan
B+Monster's Ball, dir. Marc Forster
B+Monsters, Inc., dirs. Pete Docter & David Silverman
BMoulin Rouge!, dir. Baz Luhrmann (
x3)
B+Not Another Teen Movie, dir. Joel Gallen
DPearl Harbor, dir. Michael Bay
DO, dir. Tim Blake Nelson
B+Ocean's Eleven, dir. Steven Soderbergh (
x2)
B+The Others, dir. Alejandro Amenabar
B+The Princess Diaries, dir. Garry Marshall
BRat Race, dir. Jerry Zucker
C-Recess: School's Out, dir. Chuck Scheetz
CSerendipity, dir. Peter Chelsom
CShallow Hal, dirs. Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly
D+The Shipping News, dir. Lasse Halstrom
CShrek, dirs. Andrew Adamson &
Vicky Jenson BSidewalks of New York, dir. Edward Burns
BSpy Kids, dir. Robert Rodriguez
C+Sugar & Spice, dir.
Francine McDougall (
x2)
BTraining Day, dir. Antoine Fuqua
BWaking Life, dir. Richard Linklater
C+Wet Hot American Summer, dir. David Wain
BWit, dir. Mike Nichols
B+Zoolander, dir. Ben Stiller (
x3)
B-2000
48 films screened.
1. Dancer in the Dark, dir. Lars von Trier
A2. You Can Count on Me, dir. Kenneth Lonergan (
x3)
A-3. Almost Famous, dir. Cameron Crowe (
x6)
A-4. Erin Brockovich, dir. Steven Soderbergh
A-5. Traffic, dir. Steven Soderbergh
A-6. Pollock, dir. Ed Harris
A-7. Bring It On, dir. Peyton Reed (
x5)
A-8. Water Drops on Burning Rocks, dir. Francois Ozon
B+9. Wonder Boys, dir. Curtis Hanson
B+10. The Virgin Suicides, dir.
Sofia Coppola B+American Psycho, dir.
Mary Harron BThe Beach, dir. Danny Boyle
B-Before Night Falls, dir. Julian Schnabel
BBilly Elliott, dir. Stephen Daldry
B+Cast Away, dir. Robert Zemeckis
CThe Cell, dir. Tarsem Singh
BCenter Stage, dir. Nicholas Hytner (
x3)
B-Charlie's Angels, dir. McG
B-Chicken Run, dirs. Peter Lord & Nick Park
B+Chocolat, dir. Lasse Halstrom
CCrime and Punishment in Suburbia, dir. Rob Schmidt
DCoyote Ugly, dir. David McNally
C-Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, dir. Ron Howard
CThe Emperor's New Groove, dir. Mark Dindal
BFantasia 2000, dirs. James Algar & Gaetan Brizzi
BFinal Destination, dir. James Wong
BGladiator, dir. Ridley Scott
C+High Fidelity, dir. Stephen Frears
BKirikou and the Sorceress, dir. Michel Ocelot
B+Me, Myself & Irene, dirs. Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly
CMeet the Parents, dir. Jay Roach
C+Miss Congeniality, dir. Donald Petrie
BMission Impossible II, dir. John Woo
C-My Dog Skip, dir. Jay Russell
C+Not I, dir. Neil Jordan [short]
A-The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, dir. Peter Segal
DO Brother, Where Art Thou?; dir. Joel Coen
C+Psycho Beach Party, dir. Robert Lee King
B+Remember the Titans, dir. Boaz Yakin
CRequiem for a Dream, dir. Darren Aronofsky
BThe Road to El Dorado, dirs. Bibo Bergeron & Will Finn
CScream 3, dir. Wes Craven
C-Save the Last Dance, dir. Thomas Carter (
x2)
BUnbreakable, dir. M. Night Shyamalan
CWhat Lies Beneath, dir. Robert Zemeckis
C+What Women Want, dir.
Nancy Meyers DThe Whole Nine Yards, dir. Jonathan Lynn
D+X-Men, dir. Bryan Singer
B-