Sometimes I watch movies. Jim Jarmusch watches a movie a day. I’m no Jim Jarmusch. I’m basically 1/7 of a Jim Jarmusch.
(Did I really watch no movies at all in September? Did I really only watch one in April? I don’t know. I’m not actually that good at keeping track of things. Everything prior to, like, late October is just dimly reconstructed memories and whatever ticket stubs I could find in Winter coat pockets)
(As with books, please message me if you’d like to see a post on any of these movies. I love that kind of writing but I always need a little kick in the ass to get around to it.)
2011
January
1. Le Samourai, dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
2. Broken Blossoms, dir. D.W. Griffith
3. Superman & Batman, dir. Lauren Montgomery
4. M. Hulot’s Holiday, dir. Jacques Tati
5. Lisztomania, dir. Ken Russell
6. Monte Carlo, dir. Ernst Lubitsch
7. Contempt, dir. Jean-Luc Godard
8. Talk Radio, dir. Oliver Stone
9. The Wizard of Oz, dir. Victor Fleming
10. Mauvais Sang, dir. Leos Carax
11. The Red Shoes, dir. Powell & Pressburger
12. Lessons of Darkness, dir. Werner Herzog
13. The Smiling Lieutenant, dir. Ernst Lubitsch
14. Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie, dir. Wojciech Has
15. Valerie and her Week of Wonders, dir. Jaromil Jires
16. Bonnie & Clyde, dir. Arthur Penn
17. Tomorrow I’ll Wake Up and Scald Myself With Tea, dir. Jindrich Polak
18. Woyzeck, dir. Werner Herzog
19. Exit Through the Gift Shop, dir. Banksy
20. Aguirre: The Wrath of God, dir. Werner Herzog
21. Black Dynamite, dir. Scott Sanders
22. Shoot the Piano Player, dir. Francois Truffau
February
23. Nixon in China simulcast, dir. Peter Sellars
24. The Virgin Spring, dir. Ingmar Bergman
25. Kung-Fu Panda, dir. who cares
March
26. Jules et Jim, dir. Francois Truffaut
27. The Double Life of Veronique, dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski
28. The Hudsucker Proxy, dir. Joel and Ethan Coen
29. Shadows in Paradise, dir. Aki Kaurismaki
30. Fish Tank, dir. Andrea Arnold
31. Menschen am Sonntag, dir. Robert Siodmak
32. The Illusionist, dir. Sylvain Chomet
2010
January
1. An Education, dir. Lone Scherfig (2009)
2. The Maid, dir. Sebastian Silva (2009)
February
3. Aliens, dir. James Cameron (1986)
March
4. Broken Embraces, dir. Pedro Almodovar (2009)
5. La Chinoise, dir. Jean-Luc Godard (1967)
6. A Single Man, dir. Tom Ford (2009)
7. Crazy Heart, dir. Scott Cooper (2009)
April
8. The Fly, dir. David Cronenberg (1986)
May
9. Paper Heart, dir. Nicholas Jasenovic (2009)
10. Das Wiesse Band, dir. Michael Haneke (2009)
11. Bright Star, dir. Jane Campion (2009)
June
12. Iron Man 2, dir. Jon Favreau (2010)
July
13. Make Way For Tomorrow, dir. Leo McCarey (1937)
14. Vampyr, dir. Theodor C. Dreyser (1931)
15. Black Orpheus, dir. Marcel Camus (1960)
16. Pandora’s Box, dir. G.W. Pabst (1929)
17. Made in U.S.A., dir. Jean-Luc Godard (1966)
18. Dillinger is Dead, dir. Marco Ferreri (1969)
19. A Woman is a Woman, dir. Jean-Luc Godard (1961)
20. Vivre Sa Vie, dir. Jean-Luc Godard (1962)
21. The Seven-Year Itch, dir. Billy Wilder (1955)
22. Inception, dir. Christopher Nolan (1959)
August
23. A Bout de Souffle, dir. Jean-Luc Godard (1959)
24. Brand Upon the Brain!, dir. Guy Maddin (2006)
25. 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her, dir. Jean-Luc Godard (1967)
26. Persona, dir. Ingmar Bergman (1966)
27. Weekend, dir. Jean-Luc Godard (1967)
28. Les Caribiniers, dir. Jean-Luc Godard (1963)
29. Tout Va Bien, dir. Jean-Luc Godard (1972)
30. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, dir. Edgar Wright (2010)
31. La Grande Illusion, dir. Jean Renoir (1937)
October
32. Sanjuro, dir. Akira Kurosawa (1962)
33. Branded to Kill, dir. Seijun Suzuki (1967)
34. Wings of Desire, dir. Wim Wenders (1987)
November
35. Simon of the Desert, dir. Luis Bunuel (1965)
36. House, dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi (1977)
37. A Mexican Bunuel, dir. Emilio Maille (1997)
38. Last Year At Marienbad, dir. Alain Resnais (1961)
39. Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse, dir. Fritz Lang (1933)
40. F For Fake, dir. Orson Welles (1973)
41. Emotion, dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi (1966)
42. Mystery Train, dir. Jim Jarmusch (1989)
43. Sayat Nova, dir. Sergei Parajanov (1968)
44. The Spirit of the Beehive, dir. Victor Erice (1973)
45. Innocence Unprotected, dir. Dusan Makavejeb (1968)
46. Man Is Not a Bird, dir. Dusan Makavejeb (1964)
47. W.R.: The Mysteries of the Organism, dir. Dusan Makavejeb (1971)
48. Picnic at Hanging Rock, dir. Peter Weir (1975)
49. Mishima, dir. Paul Schrader
50. The Threepenny Opera, dir. G.W. Pabst
51. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Something (?), dir. Alfonso Cuaron
52 Tokyo Story, dir. Yasujiru Ozu
53. Down By Law, dir. Jim Jarmusch
54. If…, dir. Lindsay Anderson
55. Paris, Texas, dir. Wim Wenders
56. Zombieland, dir. Ruben Fleischer
57. Chungking Express, dr. Wong Kar-wai
58. Modern Times, dir. Charlie Chaplin
59. The Passion of Joan of Arc, dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
60. Beauty and the Beast, dir. Jean Cocteau
61. Shadows, dir. John Cassavetes
62. A Serious Man, dir. Joel and Ethan Coen
63. Short Cuts, dir. Robert Altman
64. Broken Flowers, dir. Jim Jarmusch
65. Stranger Than Paradise, dir. Jim Jarmusch
66. Love Affair, dir. Dusan Makavejeb
67. Sweet Movie, dir. Dusan Makavejeb
December
68. Peeping Tom, dir. Michael Powell
69. Culloden, dir. Peter Watkins
70. To Be Or Not To Be, dir. Ernst Lubitsch
71. The Thief and the Cobbler, dir. Richard Williams
72. 8 1/2, dir. Frederico Fellini
73. Trouble in Paradise, dir. Ernst Lubitsch
74. Sherlock Jr., dir. Buster Keaton
75. The Love Parade, dir. Ernst Lubitsch
76. Band of Outsiders, dir. Jean-Luc Godard
77. Playtime, dir. Jacques Tati
