Movie log 2009

Here are all the films I've seen this year. Films eligible for my 2009 top ten list are in bold, films that I'd seen previously are in italics. A '*' indicates that I saw the film on video, and an '[s]' indicates a short (less than 45 minute) film.

  • (24 Dec) Police, Adjective (Corneliu Porumboiu, 2009)* 71
  • (23 Dec) Night and Day (Hong Sang-soo, 2008)* 70
  • (20 Dec) The Bad Lieutenant -- Port of Call: New Orleans (Werner Herzog, 2009)* 66
  • (19 Dec) Red Cliff (John Woo, 2008)* 53
  • (15 Dec) Tetro (Francis Ford Coppola, 2008)* 53
  • (12 Dec) Bright Star (Jane Campion, 2009)* 58
  • (10 Dec) The Beaches of Agnès (Agnès Varda, 2008) 66
  • (05 Dec) Beeswax (Andrew Bujalski, 2009)* 67
  • (29 Nov) Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009) 77
  • (27 Nov) An Education (Lone Scherfig, 2009) 44
  • (26 Nov) Bronson (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2008)* 53
  • (22 Nov) Disney's A Christmas Carol (Robert Zemeckis, 2009) 52
  • (22 Nov) Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (Mark Hartley, 2008)* 64
  • (21 Nov) Paranormal Activity (Oren Peli, 2007) 49
  • (15 Nov) The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (Roy Rowland, 1953)* 65
  • (14 Nov) Mother (Bong Joon-ho, 2009)* 71
  • (11 Nov) Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950) 64
  • (08 Nov) A Serious Man (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2009) 70
  • (07 Nov) Crank 2: High Voltage (Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor, 2009)* 53
  • (27 Oct) 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis, 2008)* 68
  • (22 Oct) Anvil: The Story of Anvil (Sacha Gervasi, 2008)* 57
  • (17 Oct) Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze, 2009) 56
  • (10 Oct) Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (Chris Miller & Phil Lord, 2009) 64
  • (03 Oct) The Informant! (Steven Soderbergh, 2009) 67
  • (03 Oct) Still Walking (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2008)* 66
  • (30 Sep) 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (Jean-Luc Godard, 1967) 66
  • (26 Sep) Made in U.S.A. (Jean-Luc Godard, 1967) 52
  • (19 Sep) [s] Carol Anne is Dead (Michael Robinson, 2008)* 65
  • (19 Sep) [s] All Through the Night (Michael Robinson, 2008)* 67
  • (19 Sep) [s] Chiquitita and The Soft Escape (Michael Robinson, 2003)* 66
  • (18 Sep) [s] The General Returns From One Place to Another (Michael Robinson, 2006)* 68
  • (18 Sep) [s] And We All Shine On (Michael Robinson, 2006)* 67
  • (18 Sep) [s] Light is Waiting (Michael Robinson, 2007)* 69
  • (18 Sep) Antichrist (Lars Von Trier, 2009)* 65
  • (16 Sep) [s] Hold Me Now (Michael Robinson, 2008)* 66
  • (16 Sep) [s] You Don't Bring Me Flowers (Michael Robinson, 2005)* 67
  • (09 Sep) Humpday (Lynn Shelton, 2009) 76
  • (30 Aug) District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, 2009) 64
  • (29 Aug) Miami Blues (George Armitage, 1990)* 69
  • (23 Aug) Songs From the Second Floor (Roy Andersson, 2000)* 78
  • (22 Aug) Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009) 68
  • (15 Aug) Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)* 84
  • (15 Aug) Ponyo (Hiyao Miyazaki, 2008) 53
  • (14 Aug) Adaptation. (Spike Jonze, 2002)* 78
  • (13 Aug) 3 Women (Robert Altman, 1977)* 71
  • (11 Aug) Somers Town (Shane Meadows, 2008)* 52
  • (10 Aug) Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001)* 88
  • (08 Aug) (500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb, 2009) 55
  • (06 Aug) State and Main (David Mamet, 2000)* 77
  • (05 Aug) The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008) 64
  • (03 Aug) The Man Who Wasn't There (Joel Coen, 2001)* 94
  • (30 Jul) Gerry (Gus Van Sant, 2002)* 88
  • (26 Jul) Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004)* 89
  • (23 Jul) Late Marriage (Dover Koshashvili, 2001)* 87
  • (22 Jul) The House of Mirth (Terence Davies, 2000)* 83
  • (19 Jul) The Kid Brother (Ted Wilde, 1927)* 59
  • (18 Jul) Yi Yi (A One and a Two...) (Edward Yang, 2000)* 89
  • (17 Jul) In the Loop (Armando Iannucci, 2009)* 75
  • (16 Jul) Public Enemies (Michael Mann, 2009) 50
  • (15 Jul) Home (Ursula Meier, 2008)* 78
  • (11 Jul) Container (Lukas Moodysson, 2006)* 68
  • (04 Jul) The New Country (Geir Hansteen Jorgensen, 2000)* 68
  • (27 Jun) Who's Camus Anyway? (Mitsuo Yanagimachi, 2005)* 74
  • (23 Jun) The Forest for the Trees (Maren Ade, 2003)* 81
  • (21 Jun) BirdWatchers (Marco Bechis, 2008)* 65
  • (13 Jun) Pontypool (Bruce McDonald, 2008)* 58
  • (10 Jun) The Hangover (Todd Phillips, 2009) 26
  • (05 Jun) You the Living (Roy Andersson, 2007)* 68
  • (01 Jun) Drag Me to Hell (Sam Raimi, 2009) 69
  • (30 May) Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (Peter Sollett, 2008)* 38
  • (29 May) Up (Pete Docter, 2009) 73
  • (23 May) The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)* 69
  • (22 May) The Girlfriend Experience (Steven Soderbergh, 2009)* 56
  • (20 May) Summer Hours (Olivier Assayas, 2008)* 81
  • (16 May) Julia (Erick Zonca, 2008)* 79
  • (15 May) Star Trek (J.J. Abrams, 2009) 57
  • (02 May) Che: Part Two (Steven Soderbergh, 2008) 60
  • (01 May) Lorna's Silence (Luc Dardenne, 2008)* 71
  • (30 Apr) Che: Part One (Steven Soderbergh, 2008) 64
  • (22 Apr) Lola Montès (Max Ophüls, 1955) 69
  • (10 Apr) Adventureland (Greg Mottola, 2009) 54
  • (05 Apr) Jerichow (Christian Petzold, 2008) 60
  • (04 Apr) Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas, 2007)* 84
  • (04 Apr) Secret Sunshine (Chang-dong Lee, 2007) 59
  • (04 Apr) Revanche (Götz Spielmann, 2008) 70
  • (03 Apr) Tokyo Sonata (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2008)* 58
  • (03 Apr) Afterschool (Antonio Campos, 2008) 76
  • (26 Mar) [s] Sherlock, Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924)* 94
  • (24 Mar) Our Hospitality (John G. Blystone, 1923)* 95
  • (21 Mar) Duplicity (Tony Gilroy, 2009) 80
  • (21 Mar) Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008)* 67
  • (18 Mar) Watchmen (Zack Snyder, 2009) 51
  • (17 Mar) Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008)* 66
  • (16 Mar) The Navigator (Buster Keaton, 1924)* 77
  • (14 Mar) Sita Sings the Blues (Nina Paley, 2008)* 65
  • (28 Feb) Two Lovers (James Gray, 2008)* 66
  • (20 Feb) Gommorah (Matteo Garrone, 2008)* 62
  • (19 Feb) Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais, 1961) 70
  • (14 Feb) Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, 2008) 41
  • (07 Feb) Coraline (Henry Selick, 2009) 68
  • (31 Jan) Ballast (Lance Hammer, 2008)* 66
  • (30 Jan) Days and Clouds (Silvio Soldini, 2007)* 66
  • (27 Jan) Mad Detective (Wai Ka-Fai, 2007)* 58
  • (24 Jan) Frozen River (Courtney Hunt, 2008)* 58
  • (23 Jan) Baghead (Mark Duplass, 2008)* 57
  • (19 Jan) The Class (Laurent Cantet, 2008)* 65
  • (18 Jan) The Romance of Astrea and Celadon (Eric Rohmer, 2007)* 67
  • (17 Jan) Frost/Nixon (Ron Howard, 2008)* 41
  • (16 Jan) Waltz With Bashir (Ari Folman, 2008)* 66
  • (13 Jan) Revolutionary Road (Sam Mendes, 2008) 65
  • (10 Jan) Doubt (John Patrick Shanley, 2008) 65
  • (10 Jan) Before I Forget (Jacques Nolot, 2007)* 51
  • (09 Jan) Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)* 66
  • (03 Jan) My Neighbor Totoro (Hiyao Miyazaki, 1988)* 84