January 2014
My viewing log. All the films (listed at IMDb) I've seen during this month.
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Gavran (Nikola Đurić, 1973, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Moški (Mina Bergant, 2010, sh) - 8/10 (R)
Kaj nam je bilo tega treba (Siena Krušič, 2008, TV, sh) - 4/10 (P)
Pokaži mi sonce (Nina Blažin, 2007, TV, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Notes:
TV = TV viewing
OL = online viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Gavran (Nikola Đurić, 1973, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Moški (Mina Bergant, 2010, sh) - 8/10 (R)
Kaj nam je bilo tega treba (Siena Krušič, 2008, TV, sh) - 4/10 (P)
Pokaži mi sonce (Nina Blažin, 2007, TV, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Notes:
TV = TV viewing
OL = online viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
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- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisSally LindsayMelissa CollierWallace and his dog, Gromit, open a bakery and get tied up with a murder mystery. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to solve the case.TV, 1/1/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorVinko BresanStarsKresimir MikicNiksa ButijerMarija SkaricicA young priest gets an idea to pierce condoms before they are sold in order to increase the birth rate of his island.Orig. title: Svećenikova djeca.
TV, 1/1/14. 8.5/10 (R). - DirectorRalph FiennesStarsRalph FiennesGerard ButlerBrian CoxA banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.TV, 1/1/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorBoris KolarStarsNada AgbabaErik SchumannThe whole city wakes up one day feeling angry and in a bad mood, also professor Balthazar. Bakers, policemen, chimney sweepers and old ladies argue with each other for no apparent reason. The professor finally develops a machine that will blow away a big angry cloud in the sky that has covered the sun.Orig. title: Oblačno sa svađavinama.
TV, 1/2/14. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorLarry JordanAn experimental film which overlays images of a woman looking out a doorway with footage of a sea coast and cliffs.OL, 1/2/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorWade ShawStan VanderbeekAgainst a black background and a pulsating beat matching white symmetrical geometric flashes around a central orb, white lines are drawn in mirror images vertical to each other. The images created are generally a myriad of faces in silhouette. Those silhouettes however often take on abstract forms in their entirety.OL, 1/2/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorOwen LandAn experimental short from Owen Land in which the degradation of film is shown over time.OL, 1/2/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorLouis LumièreCharles MoissonThe facade and the traffic in front of the Cinematographe in London, close to the large ensign of the historical Empire Theatre, in London.OL, 1/2/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorMarie MenkenStarsAndy WarholAn experimental film which captures the creativity of Andy Warhol with images of cats, Brillo boxes, and other artwork.OL, 1/2/14. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsMaud BackéusPeter EggeLars KarlsteenA student is visited in his university lodgings by his critical parents.OL, 1/2/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorHans RichterA short film which consists of a collage of images at a Berlin street carnival.OL, 1/2/14. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorWayne WangStarsJennifer LopezRalph FiennesNatasha RichardsonA Senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite, when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman's dress.TV, 1/2/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorLee TamahoriStarsAnthony HopkinsAlec BaldwinElle MacphersonAn intellectual billionaire and two other men struggle to band together and survive after getting stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with a blood-thirsty Kodiak Bear hunting them down.TV, 1/2/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsPierre BenéMonica LöfEarly morning in an apartment in Stockholm: A young couple wakes up and gets out of bed reluctantly. They have breakfast. Now, a bicycle is to be brought down from the loft.OL, 1/3/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorGrzegorz KrólikiewiczOL, 1/3/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorPiotr StudzinskiStarsKrzysztof KieslowskiPortrait of an artist as a young manic. First, a montage of still photographs of an artist's face. Then motion. He stirs in sleep; he paints and expresses frustration. He looks for a light for his cigarette. He sketches, wads it up; makes tea; stares at his face in a mirror, then looks at canvas after canvas of self-portraits. He becomes agitated and defaces the work. He rips and tears, punches and kicks the art. Then he destroys mirrors. The catharsis over, he rests and begins again to paint.OL, 1/3/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorLen LyeWith the screen split asymmetrically, one part in positive, the other negative, the film documents the evolution of simple celled organic forms into chains of cells then more complex images from tribal cultures and contemporary modernist concepts. The images react, interpenetrate, perhaps attack, absorb and separate, until a final symbiosis (or redemption?) is achieved.OL, 1/3/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorLen LyeFrom a surreal paradise a shower of oil revives the thirsty cars and creatures.OL, 1/3/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorLen LyeStarsMarius GoringOL, 1/3/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorAlexandre PromioThe first moving shot, created by a stationary camera on a gondola in Panorama du Grand Canal vu d'un Bateau, was filmed by Alexandre Promio for Louis Lumiere. Filming Locations: Venice, Veneto, Italy. Release Date: 1896 (France).OL, 1/3/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorDouglass CrockwellAn experimental animated short from Douglass Crockwell which derives its subject matter from his home Glens Falls.OL, 1/3/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJerome HillAn experimental short by Jerome Hill in which footage of a bullfight is painted on the film.OL, 1/3/14. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorSusannah GrantStarsJennifer GarnerTimothy OlyphantKevin SmithA woman struggles to accept the death of her fiancé and the secrets he kept from her as she rebuilds her life.TV, 1/3/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorHarry KellerStarsAudie MurphyBarry SullivanVenetia StevensonA Texas Ranger must capture an outlaw and take him-in, while tangling with savage Apaches and greedy bounty-hunters on the way back to jail.TV, 1/4/14. 6/10 (FF).