All Films Watched in 2013

I'm changing my main reviewing site to:  http://letterboxd.com/kenru/ where all the reviews are rated on a 5-star basis.

However, on this site all films still are rated on a scale of 4-stars:
 ****(A+), *** 3/4 (A), *** 1/2 (A-), *** 1/4 (B+), *** (B), ** 3/4 (B-), ** 1/2 (C+), ** 1/4 ( C), ** (C-) , * 3/4 thru * (D),  3/4* thru 0*  (F)

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A FILM is defined as 70 min.+  visual event.  A non-capitalized film title is a short film worthy of note.
The year included with the film is the year I watched each film.
  (V) =  TV, Video or DVD    ( +) = repeat viewing      (W/O)= walked out
   January, 2013
CRAWL (d. Herve Lasgouttes)  ** 3/4
EMPEROR (d. Peter Webber)  ** 3/4
PIAZZA FONTANA (d. Marco Tullio Giordana)  *** 1/4
MAGNIFICENT PRESENCE (d. Ferzan Ozpetek)  ***
ROAD NORTH (d. Mika Kaurismäki)  ** 1/2
MOLLY MAXWELL (d. Sara St. Onge)  ** 3/4
RENOIR (d. Gilles Bourdos)  *** 1/2
SAPPHIRES, THE (d. Wayne Blair) *** 1/4
I DO (d. Glenn Gaylord)  *** 1/2
GOLTZIUS AND THE PELICAN COMPANY (d. Peter Greenaway) **
MENTAL (d. P. J. Hogan)  ** 1/2
BEYOND THE WALLS (d. David Lambert) *** 1/4
WHITE ELEPHANT (d. Pablo Trapero)  *** 1/2
MARIE KROYER (d. Bille August) *** 1/4
I, ANNA (d. Barnaby Southcombe)  ***
4SOME (d. Jan Hrebejk) *** 1/4
DORMANT BEAUTY (d. Marco Bellocchio) ** 1/2
TWO LIVES  (d. Georg Maas)  *** 1/4
KEY OF LIFE (d. Kenji Uchida) ** 1/2
HIJACKING, A (d. Tobias Lindholm) *** 1/2
ALLEZ, EDDY! (d. Gert Embrechts) *** 1/4
SÜSKIND (d. Rudolf van den Berg) ** 1/2
SHORES OF HOPE (d. Toke Constantin Hebbein) *** 1/2
LAST SENTENCE, THE (d. Jan Troell) *** 1/4
IN THE FOG (d. Sergei Loznitsa) ***
FOSTER BOY, THE (d. Markus Imboden) *** 1/2
PUTZEL  (d. Jason Chaet) * 3/4
HUNT, THE (d. Thomas Vinterberg)  *** 1/2
NOCHE, UNA (d. Lucy Mulloy) *** 1/4
GIRL, THE (d. David Riker)  ***
REALITY (d. Matteo Garrone) ** 3/4
PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS, THE (d. Peter Lord) * 1/4
PROMETHEUS (d. Ridley Scott)  ** 1/4
PARANORMAN (d. Chris Butler, Sam Fell)  ***
    February, 2013
2013 ACADEMY-AWARD-NOMINATED LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILMS (d. various)  **
2013 ACADEMY-AWARD-NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORT FILMS  (d. various) ** 1/2
YOU'LL GET OVER IT (d. Fabrice Cazeneuve) V. + *** 1/4
FRANKENWEENIE (d. Tim Burton) V. ** 1/4
BRAVE  (d. Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell et al)  ** 1/2
WRECK-IT RALPH (d. Rich Moore)  ** 3/4
SIDE EFFECTS (d. Steven Soderbergh)  ** 1/4
YOSSI  (d. Eytan Fox)  *** 1/2
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA:  BLOOD & CHROME  (d. David Eick)  * 3/4
MONT REVE (d. Rocky Collins, Lynn Von Kersling)  1/2*
GLADIATORS OF ROME  (d. Iginio Straffi)  * 1/4
LOOKOUT, THE (Le Guetteur)  (d. Michele Placido)  *** 1/2
VIVA L'ITALIA  (d. Massimiliano Bruno)  ** 3/4
ITAKER (Wop) (d. Tony Trupia)  *** 1/4
SEE YOU TOMORROW (Ci vediamo domani)  (d. Andrea Zaccariello)  ** 1/2
LANDLORDS, THE  (I Padroni di casa) (d. Edoardo Gabriellini)  ***
    March, 2013
JACK THE GIANT SLAYER  (d. Bryan Singer) ***
OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL  (d. Sam Raimi)  **
STOKER (d. Park Chan-wook)  ** 1/2
CALL, THE  (d. Brad Anderson) ** 1/4
LAST SUMMER (d. Frank Perry) (1969)  ** 3/4
SILENCE, THE  (d. Baran bo Odar)  *** 1/2
PARADE'S END (d. Susanna White) V. Admirably produced & acted miniseries that's a slog to get through. Upperclass accents are indecipherable & so are motivations. ** 3/4.
ADMISSION  (d. Paul Weitz)  ** 3/4
OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN  (d. Antoine Fuqua) ** 3/4
SPRING BREAKERS  (d. Harmony Korine)  ** 1/4
PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, THE  (d. Derek Cianfrance)  *** 1/2
   April, 2013
COMPANY YOU KEEP, THE (d. Robert Redford) *** 1/4
TRANCE  (d. Danny Boyle)  * 3/4
SPIES OF WARSAW (d. Coky Giedroyc) V.  A fine novel made into an old fashioned episodic tv miniseries with good production values, but some major mis-castings.  ** 1/2
TO THE WONDER  (d. Terrence Malick)  ** 1/4
STUCK IN LOVE  (d. Josh Boone)  *** 1/2
UPSTREAM COLOR  (d. Shane Carruth)  *** 1/2
42  (d. Brian Helgeland)  *** 1/4
DISCONNECT  (d. Henry Alex Rubin) *** 1/4
SIMON KILLER  (d. Antonio Campos)  ***
TO OUR LOVES  (À Nos Amours) (d. Maurice Pialat)  ** 1/2
Avant que de tout perdre (d. Xavier Legrand) Superbly acted and suspenseful short-film drama about a mother & two kids attempting escape from abusive dad.  *** 1/2
FEW HOURS OF SPRING, A  (Quelques Heures de printemps) (d. Stéphane Brizé)  ***
Time 2 Split  (d. Fabrice Bracq)  Very inventive split screen short film about a couple splitting up and re-connecting.  Technically masterful and quite moving. *** 3/4
DANDELIONS, THE  (Du Vent dans mes mollets)  (d. Carine Tardieu)  ** 1/4
TRUE FRIENDS  (Amitiés sincères)  (d. Stéphan Archinard, François Prévôt-Leygonie)  ** 3/4
WHAT'S IN A NAME  (Le Prénom)  (d. Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte)  *** 1/4
CYCLING WITH MOLIÈRE  (Alceste à bicyclette)  (d. Philippe Le Guay)  ** 1/2
BAY OF ANGELS  (La Baie des anges)  (d. Jacques Demy)  *** 1/2
MAN WHO LAUGHED, THE  (L'Homme qui rit)  (d. Jean-Pierre Améris)  ** 1/2
THREE WORLDS  (Trois mondes)  (d. Catherine Corsini)  *** 1/4
ARMED HANDS (Mains armée)  (d. Pierre Jolivet)  ** 3/4
BRONTË SISTERS, THE  (Les Soeurs Brontë)  (d. André  Téchiné)  W/O
RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST, THE  (d. Mira Nair)  *** 1/2
OBLIVION  (d. Joseph Kosinski)  ** 3/4
KINGS OF SUMMER, THE  (d. Jordan Vogt-Roberts) *** !/2
ROSIE  (d. Marcel Gisler) *** 1.4
FRANCES HA  (d. Noah Baumbach) ***
OUR NIXON  (d. Penny Lane)  *** 1/4
CELESTIAL WIVES OF MEADOW MARI  (d. Aleksey Fedorchenko)  * 1/4
CRYSTAL FAIRY  (d. Sebastián Silva)  ** 3/4
JUMP  (d. Kieron J. Walsh)  ** 3/4
    May, 2013
DAUGHTER, THE  (Doch)  (d. Aleksandr Kasatkin, Natalia Nazarova)  ***
WE STEAL SECRETS:  THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS  (d. Alex Gibney)  *** 1/4
C.O.G.  (d. Kyle Patrick Alvarez)  *** 1/4
PARADISE:  LOVE  (d. Ulrich Seidl)  ** 1/2
PARADISE:  FAITH  (d. Ulrich Seidl)  **
WHAT MAISIE KNEW  (d. Scott McGehee, David Siegel)  ** 1/2
PIT STOP  (d. Yen Tan)  ***
MISTAKEN FOR STRANGERS  (d. Tom Berninger)  ** 3/4
LASTING  (d. Jacek Borcuch)  ** 1/2
CAMION  (d. Rafaël Ouellet)  *** 1/4
FIVE DANCES  (d. Alan Brown)  *** 1/2
CONCUSSION  (d. Stacie Passon)  ***
GREAT GATSBY, THE  (d. Baz Luhrmann)  ***
MUD  (d. Jeff Nichols)  *** 1/4
SOMETHING IN THE AIR  (d. Olivier Assayas)  ***
PAPADOPOULOS & SONS  (d. Marcus Markou)  *** 1/4
YOUTH  (d. Justine Malle)  ** 1/4
AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS  (d. David Lowery)  ***
AUGUSTINE  (d. Alice Winocour)  ** 3/4
SPECTACULAR NOW, THE  (d. James Ponsoldt)  ***
WALL, THE  (d. Julian Pölsler)  *** 1/4
FUREVER  (d. Amy Finkel)  ** 1/2
SUMMIT, THE  (d. Nick Ryan)  *** 1/4
IRON MAN 3  (d. Shane Black)  ** 1/4
STORIES WE TELL  (d. Sarah Polley)  *** 1/4
MIDDLETON  (d. Adam Rogers)  ***
BYZANTIUM  (d. Neil Jordan)  ** 3/4
ADORE (aka) TWO MOTHERS  (d. Anne Fontaine)  ***
POPULAIRE  (d. Regis Roinsard)  ** 1/2
MERCY  (d. Matthias Glasner)  *** 1/2
In Their Room:  London  (d. Travis Mathews) ** 1/2
INTERIOR. LEATHER BAR  (d. Travis Mathews, James Franco)  ***
KEY OF LIFE  (d. Kenji Uchida) +  ***
NIGHTFALL  (d. Ray Chow)  ** 3/4
MY DOG KILLER  (d. Mira Fornay)  **
PUNK SINGER, THE  (d. Sini Anderson)  ***
ALI BLUE EYES  (d. Claudio Gionannesi)  *** 1/4
2+2  (d. Diego Kaplan)  ** 1/2
GEOGRAPHY CLUB  (d. Gary Entin)  ** 1/2
INEQUALITY FOR ALL  (d. Jacob Kornbluth)  ****
REDEMPTION STREET  (d. Miroslav Terzic)  ***
TEACHER, A  (d. Hannah Fidell)  ** 3/4
BYPASS  (d. Aitor Mazo, Patxo Telleria)  *** 1/2
TERMS AND CONDITIONS MAY APPLY  (d. Cullen Hoback)  *** 3/4
TOGETHER  (d. Hsu Chao-Jen)  W/O  * 1/4
ROCKET, THE  (d. Kim Mordaunt)  ***
FATAL  (d. Lee Don-ku)  ***
OUT IN THE DARK  (d. Michael Mayer)  *** 3/4
JIN  (d. Reha Erdem)  ** 3/4
IN THE HOUSE  (d. François Ozon)  *** 3/4
IN THE NAME OF  (d. Malgoska Szumowska)  ***
LADY IN PARIS, A  (d. Ilmar Raag)  *** 1/4
 ¡ATRACO!  (d. Eduard Cortes)  ** 1/2
EAST, THE  (d. Zal Batmanglij)  *** 1/2
TOUCHY FEELY  (d. Lynn Shelton)  ** 3/4
WAY, WAY BACK, THE  (d. Nat Faxon, Jim Rash)  *** 1/4
ORANGE HONEY  (d. Imanol Uribe) ** 1/2
STILL MINE (d. Michael McGowan)  *** 3/4
IN A WORLD  (d. Lake Bell)  ***
IMAGINE  (d. Andrezej Jakimowski)  *** 1/2
BEFORE SNOWFALL  (d. Hisham Zaman)  ** 3/4
FIFTH SEASON, THE  (d. Peter Brosens, Jessica Hope Woodworth)  ***
 DRUG WAR  (d. Johnny To)  **
GUN IN EACH HAND, A  (d. Cesc Gay)  ** 3/4
TEDDY BEARS  (d. Thomas Beatty, Rebecca Fishman)  ** 3/4
MUTUAL FRIENDS  (d. Matthew Watts)  * 3/4
SOMM  (d. Jason Wise)  *** 1/2
TWO WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL  (d. Kimjho Gwan-soo)  * 1/4
THÉRÈSE  (d. Claude Miller)  ***
YESTERDAY NEVER ENDS  (d. Isabel Coixet)  * 3/4
FULL CIRCLE  (d. Zhang Yang)  ** 1/4
FINAL MEMBER, THE  (d. Jonah Bekor, Zach Math)  *** 1/4
7 BOXES  (d. Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schémbori)  *** 1/4
I USED TO BE DARKER  (d. Matthew Porterfield)  ** 1/2
COMRADE KIM GOES FLYING  (d. Anja Daelemans, Nicholas Bonner, Kim Gwang-hun)  ** 1/2
EVERY BLESSED DAY  (d. Paolo Virzi)  *** 1/4
ARTIST AND THE MODEL, THE  (d. Fernando Trueba)  *** 3/4
FUCK UP  (d. Oystein Karlsen)  ** 3/4
ALMOST MAN, THE (d. Martin Lund)  ** 1/2
IT'S ALL SO QUIET  (d. Nanouk Leopold)  *** 1/2
COMPUTER CHESS  (d. Andrew Bujalski)  *** 1/4
HAUTE CUISINE  (d. Christian Vincent)  *** 1/2
    June, 2013
UNFINISHED SONG  (d. Paul Andrew Williams)  ** 3/4
COLD WAR  (d. Longman Leung, Sunny Luk)  **
AFTERNOON DELIGHT  (d. Jill Soloway)  *** 1/4
PRINCE AVALANCHE (d. David Gordon Green)  ** 1/2
BLACKBIRD   (d. Jason Buxton)  *** 1/2
WHEN I SAW YOU  (d. Annemarie Jacir) +  ** 3/4
VALENTINE ROAD  (d. Marta Cunningham)  *** 3/4
BETWEEN VALLEYS  (d. phillippe Barcinski)  ** 1/2
HORSES OF GOD  (d. Nabil Ayouch)  ***
FORGOTTEN KINGDOM, THE  (d. Andrew Mudge)  **
SHORT TERM 12  (d. Destin Daniel Cretton)  *** 1/2
NORTHWEST  (d. Michael Noer)  ***
ALI  (d. Paco R. Baños)  * 3/4
EVERGREEN: THE ROAD TO LEGALIZATION IN WASHINGTON  (d. Riley Morton)  *** 1/4
RESPECTABLE FAMILY, A  (d. Massoud Bakhshi)  ***
RED OBSESSION  (d. Warwick Ross, David Roach) *** 3/4
HARMONY LESSONS  (d. Emir Baigazin)  *** 3/4
NOW YOU SEE ME  (d. Louis Leterrier)  *** 1/2
UNHUNG HERO  (d. Brian Spitz)  *** 1/4
YOU WILL BE MY SON  (d. Gilles Legrand)  *** 1/2
AAYNA KA BAYNA  (d. Samit Kakkad)  ** 3/4
TEST  (d. Chris Mason Johnson)  ***
INVADER  (d. Daniel Calparsoro)  ** 1/2
G.B.F.  (d. Darren Stein)  *** 1/2
RIPPLES OF DESIRE  (d. Zero Chou)  * 1/2
FLICKER  (d. Patrik Eklund)  *** 1/4
DIE WELT  (d. Alex Pitstra)  ** 1/2
LOVE IS IN THE AIR  (d. Alexandre Castagnetti)  ** 1/4
WISH YOU WERE HERE  (d. Kieran Darcy-Smith)  ***
SPUD 2:  THE MADNESS CONTINUES  (d. Donovan Marsh)  ** 3/4
9 FULL MOONS  (d. Tomer Almagor)  *** 1/4
PORT OF SHADOWS  (d. Marcel Carné)  ***
DRINKING BUDDIES  (d. Joe Swanberg) **
FREE FALL  (d. Stephan Lacant)  *** 1/2
LOW PROFILE  (d. Cécelia Rouaud)  *** 1/2
MOMENT, THE  (d. Jane Weinstock)  ** 1/4
BITCH HUG  (d. Andreas Öhman)  ***
CIRCLES  (d. Srdan Golubovic)  *** 1/2
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS  (d. J.J. Abrams)  ** 1/4
ATTACK, THE  (d. Ziad Doveiri)  *** 1/4
MAN OF STEEL  (d. Zack Snyder)  * 3/4
BLING RING, THE  (d. Sofia Coppola)  *** 1/4
BEFORE MIDNIGHT  (d. Richard Linklater)  ****
THIS IS THE END  (d. Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogan)  ** 3/4
ACT OF KILLING, THE  (d. Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous)  *** 1/4
LONE RANGER, THE  (d. Gore Verbinski)  1/2*
     July, 2013
BECOMING TRAVIATA  (d. Philippe Béziat)  * 3/4
 DESPICABLE ME 2  (d. Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin)  ** 1/2
WHITE HOUSE DOWN  (d. Roland Emmerich) ** 3/4
CALL ME KUCHU  (d. Katherine Fairfax Wright & Malika Zouhali-Worrall)  *** 3/4
DON'T STOP BELIEVIN':  EVERYMAN'S JOURNEY  (d. Ramona S. Diaz)  *** 1/4
BLACKFISH  (d. Gabriela Cowperthwaite)  *** 1/4
ÉVOCATEUR: THE MORTON  DOWNEY JR. MOVIE (d. Seth Kramer & Daniel A. Miller & Jeremy Newberger) *** 1/4
TO HEAVEN (Al cielo) (d. Diego Prado) **
FREE ANGELA AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS  (d. Shola Lynch)  *** 1/2
PACIFIC RIM  (d. Guillermo del Toro)  *** 1/2
FRUITVALE STATION  (d. Ryan Coogler)  ** 1/4
LAST SUMMER  (d. Mark Thiedeman)  ***
GIRLS IN THE BAND, THE (d. Judy Chaikin)  *** 1/2
IN BLOOM  (d. Chris Michael Birkmeier)  *** 1/2
GREEDY LYING BASTARDS  (d. Craig Scott Rosenbraugh)  *** 1/4
RED 2  (d. Dean Parisot)  *
ONLY GOD FORGIVES  (d. Nicolas Winding Refn)  ***
20 FEET FROM STARDOM  (d. Morgan Neville)  *** 3/4
BLUE JASMINE  (d. Woody Allen)  *** 3/4
GIRL MOST LIKELY  (d. Shari Springer Berman)  * 1/4
DECEPTIVE PRACTICE: THE MYSTERIES & MENTORS OF RICKY JAY  (d. Molly Bernstein)  *** 1/4
   August, 2013
CRASH REEL, THE  (d. Lucy Walker)  ***
2 GUNS  (d. Baltasar Kormákur)  ** 3/4
LOVELACE  (d. Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman)  * 3/4
I SHOT MY LOVE  (d. Tomer Heymann)   ** 3/4
DIRTY WARS  (d. Rick Rowley)  *** 1/2
ELYSIUM  (d. Neil Blomkamp) ** 1/4
BUTLER, THE  (d. Lee Daniels)  ** 3/4
BIDDER 70  (d. Beth Gage & George Gage)  ** 1/2
JOBS  (d. Joshua Michael Stern)  ***
DOWNLOADED  (d. Alex Winter) ***
FREE CHINA:  THE COURAGE TO BELIEVE  (d. Michael Perlman)  * 1/4
GARDENER, THE  (d. Mohsen Makhmalbaf)  ** 1/4
THIS SPECIAL FRIENDSHIP (Les amitiés particulières) (d. Jean Delannoy) ***
PARANOIA  (d. Robert Luketic)  ** 1/4
SHORT TERM 12  (d. Destin Daniel Cretton) +  *** 3/4
GASLAND PART II  (d. Josh Fox)  *** 3/4
WORLD'S END, THE  (d. Edgar Wright)  * 1/2
GRANDMASTER, THE  (d. Wong Kar Wai)  ***
FOUR DAUGHTERS  (d. Michael Curtiz) ** 1/2
MIN AND BILL (d. George W. Hill) **
THIS LAND IS MINE  (d. Jean Renoir)  ***
GREEN YEARS, THE  (d. Victor Saville)  ** 3/4
   September, 2013
I COMPAGNI (The Organizer) (d. Mario Monicelli)  *** 3/4
5 FINGERS  (d. Joseph L. Mankiewicz)  *** 1/2
CASTING BY  (d. Tom Donahue)  *** 1/4
CUTIE AND THE BOXER  (d. Zachary Heinzerling)  ** 3/4
 12 YEARS A SLAVE  (d. Steve McQueen)  ****
FIRST COMES LOVE  (d. Nina Davenport)  *** 1/2
 FAMILY, THE (d. Luc Bresson)  ***
CLOSED CIRCUIT  (d. John Crowley)  ** 1/2
FREE THE MIND  (d. Phie Ambo)  ** 1/2
GIDEON'S ARMY  (d. Dawn Porter)  *** 1/2
GIRL RISING  (d. Richard Robbins)  *** 3/4
PRISONERS  (d. Denis Villeneuve)  ***
GLICKMAN  (d. James L. Freedman)  ***
GOOD OL' FREDA  (d. Ryan White)  ** 3/4
HAVA NAGILA (THE MOVIE)  (d. Roberta Grossman)  *** 3/4
RUSH  (d. Ron Howard)  ** 3/4
HERBLOCK:  THE BLACK & THE WHITE  (d. Michael Stevens)  ** 3/4
KOCH  (d. Neil Barsky)  ** 1/4
BEHIND THE CANDELABRA  (d. Steven Soderbergh) Truly extraordinary acting by Douglas and Damon combined with fab sets & costumes. Excessive? *** 1/4
LEVIATHAN  (d. Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel)  1/2*
MARRIED & COUNTING  (d. Allan Piper)  ***
MORE THAN HONEY  (d. Markus Imhoof)  *** 1/2
DON JON  (d. Joseph Gordon-Levitt)  *** 1/2
NO PLACE ON EARTH  (d. Janet Tobias)  *** 1/2
ENOUGH SAID  (d. Nicole Holofcener)  ** 1/2
PANDORA'S PROMISE  (d. Robert Stone)  *** 3/4
PLACE AT THE TABLE, A  (d. Kristi Jacobson & Lori Silverbush)  ***
PLIMPTON!  STARRING GEORGE PLIMPTON AS HIMSELF (d. Tom Bean & Luke Poling)  ** 1/2
PUSSY RIOT:  A PUNK PRAYER  (d. Mike Lerner & Maxim Pozdorovkin)  *** 1/4
BRIDEGROOM  (d. Linda Bloodworth-Thomason)  ****
GENERATION IRON  (d. Vlad Yudin)  ***
99%: THE OCCUPY WALL STREET COLLABORATIVE FILM  (d. Aaron Aites & Audrey Ewell & Nina Krstic & Lucian Read) ** 1/2
AFTER TILLER  (d. Martha Shane & Lana Wilson)  *** 1/2
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS  (d. Paul Greengrass)  *** 1/4
    October, 2013
A.K.A. DOC POMUS  (d. William Hechber & Peter Miller)  ** 3/4
AMERICAN MADE MOVIE  (d. Nathaniel Thomas McGill, Vincent Vittorio)  ** 3/4
AMERICAN PROMISE  (d. Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson)  *** 3/4
APPROVED FOR ADOPTION (Couleur de peau:  Miel)  (d. Jung and Laurent Boileau)  ****
 KILL YOUR DARLINGS  (John Krokidas)  ** 1/4
GRAVITY  (d. Alfonso Cuarón)  *** 3/4
ALL IS LOST  (d. J.C. Chandor)  *** 1/2
BEST KEPT SECRET  (d. Samantha Buck)  *** 1/4
BETTIE PAGE REVEALS ALL  (d. Mark Mori)   ** 3/4
BIG MEN  (d. Rachel Boynton)  ***
BLOOD BROTHER  (d. Steve Hoover)  *** 3/4
BRAVE MISS WORLD  (d. Cecilia Peck)  ** 3/4
GREAT PASSAGE, THE  (d.  Ishii Yuya, Japan)  *** 1/4
ANINA  (d. Alfredo, Soderguit, Uruguay)  * 1/4
RUNNER RUNNER  (d. Brad Furman) *
CINEMABILITY  (d. Jenni Gold)  *** 1/2
COOPER AND HEMINGWAY:  THE TRUE GEN  (d. John Mulholland)  *** 1/2
WALESA:  MAN OF HOPE  (d. Andrzej Wajda, Poland) ** 3/4
WAJMA - AN AFGHAN LOVE STORY  (d. Barmak Akram, Afghanistan)  *** 1/2
ENZO AVITABILE:  MUSIC LIFE  (d. Jonathan Demme)  ** 3/4
FAR OUT ISN'T FAR ENOUGH:  THE TOMI UNGERER STORY  (d.  Brad Bernstein)  *** 3/4
FIRE IN THE BLOOD  (d. Dylan Mohan Gray)  ** 1/2
FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED  (d. Alan Berliner)  *** 1/2
FOR NO GOOD REASON  (d. Charlie Paul)   ***
GLORIA  (d. Sebastián Lelio, Chile) *** 1/2
IN BLOOM  (d. Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, Georgia)  ** 3/4
GAHAN WILSON:  BORN DEAD, STILL WEIRD  (d. Steven-Charles Jaffe)  ** 3/4
GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE, THE  (d. Liz Marshall)  ***
GMO OMG  (d. Jermey Seifert)  *** 1/4
ALL GOD'S CHILDREN  (d. Adrian Popovici, Moldova) *** 1/4
NOTEBOOK, THE (Le grand cahier)  (d. János Szász)  *** 3/4
ILO ILO  (d. Anthony Chen, Singapore)  ***
CAPITAL  (d. Costa-Gavras)  ** 3/4
FIFTH ESTATE, THE  (d. Bill Condon) * 1/4
GO GRANDRIDERS  (d. Hua Tian-Hao)  ** 1/2
GOD LOVES UGANDA  (d. Roger Ross Williams)  *** 1/4
HAWKING  (d. Stephen Finnigan)  *** 1/2
I AM BREATHING  (d. Emma Davie, Morag McKinnon)  *** 3/4
EAT SLEEP DIE  (d. Gabriela Pichler, Sweden)   ** 1/4
CLEANER, THE  (d. Adrian Saba, Peru)  W/O
INFORMANT  (d. Jamie Meltzer)  ** 3/4
IS THE MAN WHO IS TALL HAPPY?  (d. Michel Gondry)  ***
IT'S BETTER TO JUMP  (d. Gina Angelone, Mouna Stewart, Patrick A. Stewart)  * 3/4
LET THE FIRE BURN  (d. Jason Osder)  *** 1/4
BORGMAN  (d. Alex van Warmerdam, Netherlands)  ***
TRANSIT  (d. Hannah Espia, Philippines)  ** 1/2
LETTERS TO JACKIE:  REMEMBERING PRESIDENT KENNEDY  (d. Bill Couturié)  *** 3/4
LIFE ACCORDING TO SAM  (d. Sean Fine, Andrea Nix)  *** 1/4
LINSANITY  (d. Evan Leong)  ***
LION ARK  (d. Tim Phillips)  ** 3/4
CHILD'S POSE  (d. Calin Peter Netzer, Romania)  *** 1/2
DISCIPLE, THE  (d. Ulrika Bengts, Finland)  *** 3/4
WADJDA  (d. Haifaa Al Mansour,  Saudi Arabia)  ** 1/4
JUVENILE OFFENDER  (d. Kang Yi-kwan, Sourth Korea)  *** 1/2
12-12-12  (d. Amir Bar-Lev)  *** 1/2
ARMSTRONG LIE, THE  (d. Alex Gibney)  *** 1/4
 BRIDGING THE GAP  (d. Curt M. Faudon)  ** 1/4
JODOROWSKY'S DUNE  (d. Frank Pavich)  ****
LIV & INGMAR  (d. Dheeraj Akolkar)  ** 1/4
LONG SHOT, THE KEVIN LAUE STORY  (d. Franklin Martin)  *** 1/2
MOTHER, I LOVE YOU  (d. Janis Nords, Latvia)  *** 1/4
GREAT BEAUTY, THE  (d. Paolo Sorrentino, Italy)  ***
MEDORA  (d. Andrew Cohn, Davy Rothbart)  *** 1/2
MISSING PICTURE, THE  (d. Rithy Pahh)  ***
MONDAYS WITH WILLIAM  (d. Steve Beebe)  ** 1/2  (d. William Laga; Marcelle Danan) Doc. about schizophrenic artist.
BOY EATING THE BIRD'S FOOD  (d. Ektoras Lygizos, Greece)  *** 1/4
PAST, THE  (d. Asghar Farhadi, Iran)  *** 1/2
MONEY FOR NOTHING:   INSIDE THE FEDERAL RESERVE  (d. Jim Bruce)  *** 1/4
MURPH:  THE PROTECTOR  (d. Scott Mactavish)  * 1/2
MUSCLE SHOALS  (d. Greg "Freddy" Camalier)  *** 3/4
    November, 2013
MUSLIMS ARE COMING, THE  (d. Negin Farsad, Dean Obeidallah)  ** 3/4
MY FATHER AND THE MAN IN BLACK  (d. Jonathan Holiff)  ***
NARCO CULTURA  d. (Shaul Schwartz)  *** 1/2
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB  (d. Jean-Marc Vallée)  *** 1/2
NETWORK, THE  (d. Eva Orner)  *** 1/4
ENDER'S GAME  (d. Gavin Hood) ****
BOOK THIEF, THE  (d. Brian Percival)  ** 3/4
NEW BLACK, THE  (d. Yoruba Richen)  ***
NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT  (d. Shasta Grenier, Sabrina Lee)  *** 1/4
ONE DIRECTION:  THIS IS US  (d. Morgan Spurlock)  ***
METRO MANILA  (d. Sean Ellis, United Kingdom)  ** 3/4
ONE PM CENTRAL STANDARD TIME  (d. Alastair Layzell) Doc. about JFK assassination from Walter Cronkite's perspective. Quite well done, moving. *** 1/2
PAD YATRA:  A GREEN ODYSSEY  (d. Wendy J.N. Lee)  ** 1/4
PAW PROJECT, THE  (d. Jennifer Conrad)  **
THE PRIME MINISTERS:  THE PIONEERS  (d. Richard Trank)  *** 1/2
RE-EMERGING:  THE JEWS OF NIGERIA  (d. Jeff L. Lieberman)  *** 1/4
RESCUE IN THE PHILIPPINES:  REFUGE FROM THE HOLOCAUST  (d. Russell C. Hodge, Cynthia Scott)  ** 1/4
REVOLUTION  (d. Rob Stewart)  *** 1/2
REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISTS  (d. Maren Grainger-Monsen, Nicole Newnham)  W/O
RISING FROM THE ASHES  (d. T. C. Johnstone)  ***
RIVER CHANGES COURSE, A  (d. Kalyanee Mam)  *** 1/2
BLIND INTERSECTION  (d. Lara Saba, Lebanon)  *** 1/2
CLASS ENEMY  (d. Rok Bicek, Slovenia)  ***
COUNTDOWN  (d. Nattawut Poonpiriya, Thailand)  * 1/2
FREE RANGE  (d. Veiko Ounpuu, Estonia)   3/4*
RUNNING FROM CRAZY  (d. Barbara Kopple)  *** 1/4
SALINGER  (d. Shane Salerno)  ** 3/4
ABOUT TIME  (d. Richard Curtis)  ** 1/4
SECOND MEETING, THE  (d. Zeljko Mirkovic)  **
SEDUCED AND ABANDONED  (d. James Toback)  *** 1/2
STRANGER BY THE LAKE  (d. Alain Guiraudie)  *** 1/2
SHEPARD & DARK  (d. Treva Wurmfeld)  *** 1/4
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS  (d. Thomas Imbach)  ** 3/4
STRANGE LITTLE CAT, THE  (d. Ramon Zürcher)  ** 1/2
WINTER OF DISCONTENT  (d. Ibrahim El Batout, Egypt)  ** 1/4
SOUL  (d. Chung Mong-Hong,  Taiwan)  ** 3/4
GRAND CENTRAL  (d. Rebecca Zlotowski)  **
TOM AT THE FARM  (d. Xavier Dolan)  *** 1/2
15 YEARS PLUS A DAY  (d. Gracia Querejeta, Spain)   *** 1/2
GABRIELLE  (d. Louise Archambault, Canada)  *** 1/4
SHORT GAME, THE  (d. Josh Greenbaum)  *** 3/4
SIX BY SONDHEIM  (d. James Lapine)   *** 1/4
SOUND CITY  (d. Dave Grohl)  ***
SPARK:  A BURNING MAN STORY  (d. Steve Brown, Jessie Deeter)  ** 1/2
SPINNING PLATES  (d. Joseph Levy)  *** 3/4
SQUARE, THE  (d. Jehane Noujaim)  ** 3/4
STATE 194  (d. Dan Setton)  ***
LONG DISTANCE REVOLUTIONARY:  A JOURNEY WITH MUMIA ABU-JAMAL  (d. Stephen Vittoria)  *** 1/2
STOLEN SEAS  (d. Thymaya Payne)  ** 1/2
CONVERSATIONS ON SERIOUS TOPICS  (d. Giedrè Beinoriutè, Lithuania)   * 1/2
BACK IN 1942  (d. Feng Xiaogang, China)   *** 1/4
STORM SURFERS 3D  (d. Christopher Nelius, Justin McMillan)  * 3/4
STUCK  (d. Thaddaeus Scheel)  *** 1/4
SWEET DREAMS  (d. Lisa Fruchtman, Rob Fruchtman)  ** 1/2
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS  (d. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen)  *** 1/2
SYMPHONY OF THE SOIL  (d. Deborah Koons)  ***
NEBRASKA  (d. Alexander Payne)  ** 3/4
THESE BIRDS WALK  (d. Omar Mullick, Bassam Tariq) ** 3/4
TIM'S VERMEER  (d. Teller)  ****
TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI, THE  (d. Bill Siegel)  *** 3/4
TWO:  THE STORY OF ROMAN AND NYRO  (d. Heather M. Winters)  *** 3/4
THE UNBELIEVERS  (d. Gus Holwerda)  *** 1/4
UNITED STATES OF AUTISM, THE  (d. Richard Everts)  ** 1/2
UNITED STATES OF FOOTBALL, THE  (d. Sean Pamphilon)  ***
UNKNOWN KNOWN, THE  (d. Errol Morris)  *** 1/4
UPRISING, THE  (d. Fredrik Stanton)  *** 3/4
VALENTINO'S GHOST  (d. Michael Singh)  ***
WALTER  (d. Hunter Weeks)  ***
WAMPLER'S ASCENT  (d. Elizabeth Wampler)  *** 1/2
WAR ON WHISTLEBLOWERS:  FREE PRESS AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE  (d. Robert Greenwald)  ** 3/4
WE CAME HOME  (d.  Ariana Delawari)  **
WE THE PARENTS  (d.  James Takata)  ***
WHEN I WALK  (d.  Jason DaSilva)  *** 1/4
WHY WE RIDE  (d. Bryan H. Carroll)  Motorcyclists, all about the whys.  Not a bad film; but just not engaging enough to finish.  W/O
WINGS OF LIFE  (d. Louie Schwartzberg)  *** 1/2
WINTER NOMADS (Hiver nomade)  (d.  Manuel von Stürler)  *** 1/4
ZIPPER:  CONEY ISLAND'S LAST WILD RIDE  (d. Amy Nicholson)  ** 1/4
WHO'S THE BOSS  (Quien Manda)  (d. Ronni Castillo, Dominican Republic)   ** 1/4
OLD MAN, THE (Shal)  (d. Ermek Tursunov, Kazakhstan)  *** 3/4
OMAR  (d. Hany Abu-Assad, Palestine)  *** 1/4
Shoes  (d. Costa Fam) Clever short depicting & personalizing the Holocaust by silently showing the feet & shoes of East. Eur Jewish family. Haunting. *** 1/2
Cavedigger  (d. Jeffrey Karoff) Doc short: Ra Paulette, elderly man who digs enormous embellished caves from sandstone in N.M. Amazing. *** 1/4
HUNGER GAMES:  CATCHING FIRE, THE  (d. Francis Lawrence)  *** 1/4
STALINGRAD  (d. Fedor Bondarchuk, Russia)  *** 1/2
WHITE LIES  (d. Dana Rotberg, New Zealand)  ***
Facing Fear (d. Jason Cohen) Doc short: former skinhead & the gay man that 25 yrs. ago he helped almost kill meet by chance & face past. Fine lesson.  *** 1/4
Jujitsu-ing Reality (d. Chetin Chabuk) Doc short: screenwriter Scott Lew's 10 yrs. surviving with ALS (cf. Hawking!). Moving, life affirming, film-ish.  *** 1/2
Karama Has No Walls  (d. Sara Ishaq) Doc short: Arab spring Yemen, 2011. 2 cameramen on ground witness slaughter of protesters. Vivid, incredible footage. *** 3/4
Recollections  (d.  Nathanael Carton) Doc short: restoring photos after Japan tsunami ruined thousands. Moving tribute to the power of old photos.  *** 1/4
Slomo  (d. Josh Izenberg)  Doc short: 69 yr. old doctor abandons career and ratrace to roller blade at the beach. Interesting man, still I wonder why?  ***
Lady in Number 6, The:  Music Saved My Life (d. Malcome Clarke) Doc short: remarkable Alice Herz-Sommer, 109, pianist, optimist, Holocaust survivor.  *** 3/4
Prison Terminal: the Last Days of Private Jack Hall (d. Edgar Barens): Doc short: Iowa Prison lifer slowly dies in prison hospice. Pretty lugubrious.  ** 3/4
    December, 2013
OF HORSES AND MEN  (Benedikt Erlingsson, Iceland)  ** 3/4
NEIGHBORING SOUNDS  (d. Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil)   **
BLIND SPOT  (d. Christophe Wagner, Luxembourg)  *** 1/2
HELI  (d. Amat Escalante, Mexico)  *** 3/4
FOUR CORNERS  (d. Ian Gabriel, South Africa)  ** 1/4
SAVING MR. BANKS  (d. John Lee Hancock)  * 3/4
AUGUST:  OSAGE COUNTY  (d. John Wells)  *** 1/2
GERMAN DOCTOR, THE  (d. Lucia Puenzo, Argentina)  *** 1/4
BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN, THE  (d. Felix van Groeningen, Belgium)  *** 3/4
BETHLEHEM  (d. Yuval Adler, Israel)  ***
I AM YOURS  (d. Iram Haq, Norway)  ** 1/4
PORCELAIN HORSE, THE  (d. Javier Andrade, Ecuador)   ** 1/2
EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN IRON PICKER, AN  (d. Danis Tanovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina)  *** 3/4
HOBBIT, THE:  THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG  (d. Peter Jackson)  ** 3/4
HER  (d. Spike Jonze)  *** 3/4
AMERICAN HUSTLE  (d. David O. Russell)  ** 3/4
OUT OF THE FURNACE  (d. Scott Cooper)  * 3/4
MANDELA:  LONG WALK TO FREEDOM  (d. Justin Chadwick)  ** 1/4
LONE SURVIVOR  (d. Peter Berg)  *** 1/2
WOLF OF WALL STREET, THE  (d. Martin Scorsese)  ***
PHILOMENA  (d. Stephen Frears)  *** 1/2
LABOR DAY  (d. Jason Reitman) ** 3/4
ONE CHANCE  (d. David Frankel)  ** 1/2
WIND RISES,THE  (d. Hayao Miyazaki)  *** 1/4
INVISIBLE WOMAN, THE  (d. Ralph Fiennes)  **
FROZEN  (d. Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee)  **
BATTLESHIP  (d. Peter Berg)  *  1/2
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR (La vie d'Adèle)  (d. Abdellatif Kechiche)  ** 3/4