| "Y" All Films Watched 2000-2010 |
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films are rated on a scale of **** (A+), *** 3/4 (A), *** 1/2 (A-), *** 1/4
(B+), *** (B), ** 3/4 (B-), ** 1/2 (C+), ** 1/4 ( C), ** (C-) , * 3/4 (D+), *
1/2 (D), * 1/4 (D-), * (F) |
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| Links
are to longer reviews on site. A film defined as 70 min.+ visual
event. |
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year included with the film is the year I watched each film. |
| (V)
= TV, Video or DVD ( +) = repeat viewing
(W/O)= walked out |
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| Y TU
MAMÁ TAMBIÉN (2002, d. Alfonso Cuarón) *** 3/4
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| YACOUBIAN
BUILDING, THE (2006, d. Marwan Hamed; Egypt) ** 3/4 |
| YARDS,
THE (2000, d. James Gray) ** 3/4
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| YASMIN
(2005, d. Kenny Glennan) Drama about a family of Pakis in England after 9/11.
Scary and truthful, but as a film sort of primitive. ** 3/4 |
| YEAR
MY PARENTS WENT ON VACATION, THE (2008, d. Cao Hamburger; Brazil) *** |
| YEAR
OF THE WOLF, THE (2008, d. Olli Saarela) *** |
| YEAR
WITHOUT LOVE, A (2005, d. Anahi Berneri) Quietly affecting, often
raunchy film journal about an S&M bottom with AIDS. *** 1/4 |
| YEAR
ZERO (2006, d. Joseph Patchhadze) *** 1/4
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| YELLA (2007, d.
Christian Petzold) *** |
| YELLOW
ASPHALT (2002, d. Dan Verete) *** 1/4 |
| YES MEN FIX THE WORLD,
THE (2009, d. Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno, Kurt Engfehr) *** 1/4 |
| YES
NURSE, NO NURSE (2003, Netherlands d. Pieter Kramer)
Full-on, campy musical in the Singing in the Rain tradition. Silly; but
great fun. *** |
| YES
(2005, d. Sally Potter) Romantic woman's pic in rhymed verse. Joan
Allen exudes sex; but for me Potter remains an elusive taste. ** 1/2 |
| YESTERDAY
(2005, d. Darrell Roodt) Picturesque & heartfelt So. African AFF about a
rural Zulu family ravaged by AIDS. *** |
| YI
YI (2000, d. A One And A Two…) (2000, d. Edward
Yang) *** 3/4 |
| YMCA
BASEBALL TEAM (2003, S. Korea d. Kim Hyeun-seok) Historical
pageant about the first baseball team in Korea as metaphor for national
identity. ** 3/4 |
| YOSSI
& JAGGER (2003, Israel d. Eytan Fox) Unexpectedly
good drama about a gay relationship in the Israeli army. *** 1/4 |
| YOU AGAIN (2010, d. Andy
Fickman) Derivitive plot of 3 generations of girl high school rivalries. Yet
it's surprisingly entertaining farce writing. ** 1/2 |
| YOU
AND ME (2006, d. Julie Lopes-Curval) ** 3/4 |
| YOU
ARE SO HANDSOME (2006, d. Isabelle Mergault) ** 3/4 |
| YOU
BET YOUR LIFE (2006, d. Antonin Svoboda; Austria) ** 1/2 |
| YOU
CAN COUNT ON ME (2000, d. Kenneth Lonergan) ***
1/2 |
| YOU I
LOVE (2004, d. Olga Stopovskaja & Dimitru Troitskji)
Screwball modern day Russian comedy about a bisexual commercial maker who
falls for a guy. * 3/4 |
| YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK
STRANGER (2010, d. Woody Allen) V. Typical late Allen relationship farce,
bitter and ironic. Not well resolved; but diverting. *** |
| YOU,
THE LIVING (2007, d. Roy Andersson; Sweden) ** 3/4 |
| YOUNG
ADAM (2004, d. David Mackenzie) Dark Scottish film, slow & sexy,
visually dull, but unexpectedly poignant. Ewen has never been more
attractive. *** |
| YOUNG
AND THE DEAD, THE (2001, d. Robert Pulcini and Shari
Berman) *** 1/2 |
| YOUNG
BLOOD (Pura Sangre) (2006, d. Leo Ricciardi) ** 3/4 |
| YOUNG
PEOPLE FUCKING (2008, d. Martin Gero) *** 1/4 |
| YOUNG
UNKNOWNS, THE (2003, d. Catherine Jelski) Four screwed up,
overpriveleged L.A. 20-somethings have a memorable night. ** 3/4 |
| YOUNG
VICTORIA, THE (2009, d. Jean-Marc Vallée) I'm a sucker for a great
period love story. This is extraordinary, with Blunt & Friend
superbly matched. Gorgeous. *** 3/4 |
| YOUNG
VICTORIA, THE (2009, d. Jean-Marc Vallée) V.+ Even better 2nd time.
Blunt & Friend superbly matched with regal chemistry. Gorgeous sets,
costumes. *** 3/4 |
| YOUNGEST
SON, THE (Il figlio più) (2010, d. Pupi Avanti) ** 1/2 |
| YOUR
LIFE IN '65 (Tu Vida in 65') (2006, d. Maria Ripoll) *** 1/4 |
| YOUR
NEXT LIFE (2004, d. Manuel Aragón) A satisfying romance/drama about two
feuding farming families in the Pyrannies. ** 3/4 |
| YOUTH
IN REVOLT (2009, d. Miguel Arteta) *** |
| YOUTH RUN AMOK (Short
program) |
| YOUTH
WITHOUT YOUTH (2007, d. Francis Ford Coppola) Beautiful, Roth is fine;
but wha....!? ** 1/2 |
| YUMA, LA
(2010, d. Florence Jaugey; Nicaragua) ** 3/4 |
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