AFTER THE ELEPHANTS

This “Week” In Film. April 29 to May 20, 2009.

Ratings defined here.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005, Dir. Shane Black) PE

Smart Blonde (1937, Dir. Frank Macdonald) PE

Adventurous Blonde (1937, Dir. Frank Macdonald) PE

Amazon Women On The Moon (1987, Dir. Joe Dante/ Carl Gottlieb/ Peter Horton/John Landis/ Robert K. Weiss) PE

Blondes At Work (1938, Dir. Frank Macdonald) PE

Torchy Blane In Panama (1938, Dir. William Clemens) R

Torchy Gets Her Man (1938, Dir. William Beaudine) PE

Torchy Blane In Chinatown (1939, Dir. William Beaudine) PE

Torchy Blane Playing With Dynamite (1939, Dir. Noel M. Smith) W

Ramona (1910, Dir. D.W. Griffith) R

Two Lovers (2008, Dir. James Gray) R

The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946, Dir. Jean Renoir) R

A Farewell To Arms (1932, Dir. Frank Borzage) HR

Babes In Toyland (1934, Dir. Gus Meins/Charley Rogers) W

Brand Upon The Brain! (2006, Dir. Guy Maddin) HR

Kurt Cobain: About A Son (2006, Dir. A.J. Schnack) R

Crank: High Voltage (2009, Dir. Mark Neveldine/ Brian Taylor) PE

Chimes At Midnight aka Falstaff (1965, Dir. Orson Welles) HR

This “Week” In Film, May 21 - June 4, 2009.

Ratings:

HR = Highly Recommend R=Recommend

P.E.=Passable entertainment

W= Weak A= Atrocity

The Girlfriend Experience (Dir. Steven Soderburgh, 2009) R

Le Petit Theatre De Jean Renoir (Dir. Jean Renoir, 1970) HR

The History Boys (Dir. Nicholas Hytner, 2006) PE

Happy Campers (Dir. Daniel Waters, 2001) A

Gym Teacher: The Movie (Dir. Paul Dinello, 2008) R

Vampires (Dir. John Carpenter, 1998) PE

Village of the Damned (Dir. John Carpenter, 1995) PE

Duplicity (Dir. Tony Gilroy, 2009) PE

Gran Torino (Dir. Clint Eastwood, 2008) R

I Love You, Man (Dir. John Hamburg, 2009) PE

Adventureland (Dir. Greg Mottola, 2009) R

Walk Don’t Run (Dir. Charles Walters, 1966) W

The Kiss Before The Mirror (Dir. James Whale, 1933) W

Zodiac (Dir. David Fincher, 2007) R

Burn After Reading (Dir. Joel and Ethan Coen, 2008) W

This “Week” In Film, June 05 - June 22, 2009.

Ratings:

HR= Highly Recommended

R=Recommended

PE = Passable Entertainment

W = Weak

A = Atrocity

The Phantom Carriage (Dir. Victor Sjostrom, 1921) PE

Doubt (Dir. John Patrick Shanley, 2008) PE

Manpower (Dir. Raoul Walsh, 1941) HR

Secret Ceremony (Dir. Joseph Losey, 1968) R

Our Betters (Dir. George Cukor, 1933) W

Roller Boogie (Dir. Mark L. Lester, 1979) W

No Man Of Her Own (Dir. Wesley Ruggles, 1932) R

The Bitter Tea Of General Yen (Dir. Frank Capra, 1933) PE

Mask of Fu Manchu (Dir. Charles Brabin, 1932) W

Shanghai Express (Dir. Josef Von Sternberg, 1932) HR

The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp

(Dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1943) HR

Smilin’ Through (Dir. Frank Borzage, 1941) PE

Surprise Package (Dir. Stanley Donen, 1960) W

Paisan (Dir. Roberto Rossellini, 1946) HR

Theodora Goes Wild (Dir. Richard Boleslawski, 1936) R

Slumdog Millionaire (Dir. Danny Boyle, 2008) PE

This “Week” In Film, June 23 to July 13, 2009.

Ratings:

HR= Highly Recommended

R=Recommended

PE = Passable Entertainment

W = Weak

A = Atrocity

Age Of Consent (1969, Dir. Michael Powell) PE

Jive Junction (1943, Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer) PE

Comet Over Broadway (1938, Dir. Busby Berkley) PE

The Limits of Control (2009, Dir. Jim Jarmusch) R

Living On Velvet (1935, Dir. Frank Borzage) PE

If You Could Only Cook (1935, Dir. William A. Seiter) PE

Adventure In Manhattan (1936, Dir. Edward Ludwig) PE

Splendor In The Grass (1961, Dir. Elia Kazan) PE

Rebel Without A Cause (1955, Dir. Nicholas Ray) R

More Than A Secretary (1936, Dir. Alfred E. Green) PE

The Savages (2007, Dir. Tamara Jenkins) HR

The Lady Is Willing (1942, Dir. Mitchell Leisen) PE

Stage Door Canteen (1943, Dir. Frank Borzage) W

Hated (1994, Dir. Todd Phillips) W

Escape To Witch Mountain (1975, Dir. John Hough) PE

Pieces of April (2003, Dir. Peter Hedges) W

Whatever Works (2009, Woody Allen) PE

Red Ensign (1934, Dir. Michael Powell) W

The Phantom Light (1935, Dir. Michael Powell) PE

The Thief Of Bagdad (1924, Dir. Raoul Walsh) R

A Woman Without Love (1952, Dir. Luis Bunuel) PE

Scott Walker: 30th Century Man (2006, Dir. Stephen Kijak) HR

This “Week” In Film, July 14 - August 16, 2009.

HR= Highly Recommend

R= Recommend

PE= Passable Entertainment

W= Weak

A= Atrocity

Be Here To Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt (2004, Dir. Margaret Brown) PE

The Conformist (1970, Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci) R

Cinderella Jones (1946, Dir. Busby Berkley) R

The Pawnbroker (1964, Dir. Sidney Lumet) PE

Vigil In The Night (1940, Dir. George Stevens) R

Closer (2004, Dir. Mike Nichols) PE

The Wild Angels (1966, Dir. Roger Corman) PE

Let’s Go To Prison (2006, Dir. Bob Odenkirk) W

Too Many Girls (1940, Dir. George Abbott) W

The Romance Of Astrea & Celadon (2007, Dir. Eric Rohmer) R

Rose-Marie (1936, Dir. W.S. Van Dyke) R

The Fall (2006, Dir. Tarsem Singh) R

Moonstruck (1987, Dir. Norman Jewison) PE

Charley Varrick (1973, Dir. Don Siegel) R

Night Unto Night (1949, Dir. Don Siegel) PE

Andy Warhol: A Documentary (2006, Dir. Ric Burns) PE

A-Haunting We Will Go (1942, Dir. Alfred L. Werker) W

Grizzly Man (2005, Dir. Werner Herzog) R

Fantasia (1940, Dir. many) PE

The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (2007, Dir. Julian Schnabel) HR

Lars And The Real Girl (2007, Dir. Craig Gillespie) PE

Oklahoma! (1955, Dir. Fred Zinnemann) PE

The Bullfighters (1945, Dir. Malcolm St. Clair) R

Love Songs (2007, Dir. Christophe Honore) R

A Chorus Line (1985, Dir. Richard Attenborough) PE

Tell No One (2006, Dir. Guillaume Canet) PE

Orpheus (1950, Dir. Jean Cocteau) R

The Glass Wall (1953, Dir. Maxwell Shane) R

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down A Dream

(2007, Dir. Peter Bogdanovich) PE

This “Week” In Film, August 17 to Sept. 26, 2009.

HR = Highly Recommend

R= Recommend

PE = Pretty Entertaining

W = Weak

A = Atrocity

Twilight (2008, Dir. Catherine Hardwicke) W

One Week (2008, Dir. Michael McGowan) PE

Sleeping Beauty (1959, Dir. Clyde Geronimi) PE

Now And Forever (1934, Dir. Henry Hathaway) W

Hors De Prix (2006, Dir. Pierre Salvadori) PE

Pinocchio (1940, Dir. Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen) HR

Dumbo (1941, Dir. Ben Sharpsteen) HR

Starting Out In The Evening (2007, Andrew Wagner) PE

Les Diaboliques (1955, Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot) R

South Pacific (1958, Dir. Joshua Logan) W

Old Joy (2006, Dir. Kelly Reichardt) HR

La Fleur Du Mal (2003, Dir. Claude Chabrol) PE

The Music Man (1962, Dir. Morton DaCosta) W

Love Me Tonight (1932, Dir. Rouben Mamoulian) HR

Funny People (2009, Dir. Judd Apatow) R

Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well In Paris (1975, Dir. Denis Heroux) R

The Wrestler (2008, Dir. Darren Aronofsky) R

Terror of Tiny Town (1938, Dir. Sam Newfield) PE

The Baron of Arizona (1950, Dir. Samuel Fuller) PE

Trumbo (2007, Dir. Peter Askin) PE

Le Bonheur (1965, Dir. Agnes Varda) R

Contraband (1940, Dir. Michael Powell) PE

Vagabond (1985, Dir. Agnes Varda) HR

Carousel (1956, Dir. Henry King) W

The King And I (1956, Dir. Walter Lang) W

Susana (1951, Dir. Luis Bunuel) R

Forbidden Games (1952, Dir. Rene Clement) PE

La Pointe-Courte (1954, Dir. Agnes Varda) HR

Annie Get Your Gun (1950, Dir. George Sidney) PE

The Nomi Song (2004, Dir. Andrew Horn) PE

The Matchmaker (1997, Dir. Mark Joffe) W

Coyote Ugly (2000, Dir. David McNally) A

This Week In Film, Jan. 1 to Jan. 10, 2010.

Ratings Key:

Highly Recommend= HR

Recommend = R

Okay = O

Weak= W

Atrocity = A

Silent Light (2007, Dir. Carlos Reygadas) HR

Cassandra’s Dream (2007, Dir. Woody Allen) O

Mary Poppins (1964, Dir. Robert Stevenson) R

Applause (1929, Dir. Rouben Mamoulian) R

It’s A Gift (1934, Dir. Norman Z. McLeod) R

If I Had A Million (1932, Dir. various) O

Carnegie Hall (1947, Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer) O

Chocolat (1988, Dir. Claire Denis) HR

The Darjeeling Limited (2007, Dir. Wes Anderson) R

Flight of the Red Balloon (2007, Dir. Hsiao-hsien Hou) HR

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009, Dir. Wes Anderson) R

(500) Days of Summer (2009, Dir. Marc Webb) R

Ballast (2008, Dir. Lance Hammer) HR

Bardelys The Magnificent (1926, Dir. King Vidor) R

This Week In Film, Jan. 12 to Jan. 17, 2010.

Ratings key:

HR= Highly Recommend

R = Recommend

O= Okay

W= Weak

A = Atrocity

Paris, Je T’Aime (2006, Dir. Various) O

Love Affair (1939, Dir. Leo McCarey) R

The Barkleys of Broadway (1949, Dir. Charles Walters) O

The Heiress (1949, Dir. William Wyler) HR

The Conquering Power (1921, Dir. Rex Ingram) R

This “Week” in Film, Jan. 18 - Jan. 31, 2010.

Ratings Key:

HR = Highly Recommend

R = Recommend

O = Okay

W = Weak

A = Atrocity

Che, Part 1 (2008, Dir. Stephen Soderbergh) R

Che, Part 2 (2008, Dir. Stephen Soderbergh) R

Three Times (2005, Dir. Hsiao-hsien Hou) HR

Away We Go (2009, Dir. Sam Mendes) W

Hunger (2008, Dir. Steve McQueen) HR

Five Came Back (1939, Dir. John Farrow) O

Blue Skies (1946, Dir. Stuart Heisler) W

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This “Week” In Film, Feb. 1 - Feb. 14, 2010.

Ratings Key

HR = Highly Recommend

R = Recommend

O = Okay

W= Weak

A = Atrocity

The Collector (1965, Dir. William Wyler) 0

Coeurs (2006, Dir. Alain Resnais) HR

The Magic Flute (1975, Dir. Ingmar Bergman) O

L’Age Des Tenebres (2007, Dir. Denys Arcand) O

Cocksucker Blues (1972, Dir. Robert Frank) O

Forbidden Planet (1956, Dir. Fred M. Wilcox) W

Them! (1954, Dir. Gordon Douglas) O

Poltergeist (1982, Dir. Tobe Hooper) W

Wings (1927, Dir. William Wellman) O

The Gleaners & I/The Gleaners & I: Two Years Later (2000/2002, Dir. Agnes Varda) HR

Wild Oranges (1924, Dir. King Vidor) O

I Vitelloni (1953, Dir. Federico Fellini) R

The Shining Hour (1938, Dir. Frank Borzage) R

Hot Rod (2007, Dir.Akiva Schaffer) W

Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975, Dir. Chantal Akerman) HR

This “Week” In Film, Feb. 15 - March 04, 2010.

Ratings:

HR = Highly Recommend

R = Recommend

O = Okay

W = Weak

A = Atrocity

Chop Shop (2007, Dir. Ramin Bahrani) HR

Coraline (2009, Dir. Henry Selick) O

Sweet Charity (1969, Dir. Bob Fosse) R

Grace Is Gone (2007, Dir. James C. Strouse) O

Let It Be (1970, Dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg) R

Gunga Din (1939, Dir. George Stevens) O

Goodbye Solo (2008, Dir. Ramin Bahrani) HR

Cabaret (1972, Dir. Bob Fosse) R

Give A Girl A Break (1953, Dir. Stanley Donen) R

The Broadway Melody (1929, Dir. Harry Beaumont) W

The Reluctant Debutante (1958, Dir. Vincente Minnelli) R

The Light Ahead (1939, Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer, Henry Felt) O

American Matchmaker (1940, Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer) O

Saraband (2003, Dir. Ingmar Bergman) HR

Jumper (2008, Dir. Doug Liman) W

The Last Unicorn (1982, Dir. Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.) W

Adoration (2008, Dir. Atom Egoyan) R

Safe In Hell (1931, Dir. William Wellman) O

The Purchase Price (1932, Dir. William Wellman) R

Moon Over Harlem (1939, Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer) W

This “Week” In Film, March 05 - March 14, 2010.

Ratings:

HR = Highly Recommend

R = Recommend

O = Okay

W = Weak

A = Atrocity

(Photo from MILK, via)

Revolutionary Road (2008, Dir. Sam Mendes) W

Wedding Daze aka The Pleasure of Your Company (2006, Dir. Michael Ian Black) W

The Monster That Challenged The World (1957, Dir. Arnold Laven) W

It Came From Beneath The Sea (1955, Dir. Robert Gordon) W

The Beast From 20, 000 Fathoms (1953, Dir. Eugene Lourie) O

La Cage Aux Folles (1978, Dir. Edouard Molinaro) W

Jupiter’s Darling (1955, Dir. George Sidney) W

The Birdcage (1996, Dir. Mike Nichols) O

Stranded (1935, Dir. Frank Borzage) O

Rich And Famous (1981, Dir. George Cukor) O

Lost In La Mancha (2002, Dir. Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe) O

Fools For Scandal (1938, Dir. Mervyn LeRoy) W

Sketches of Frank Gehry (2005, Dir. Sydney Pollack) R

Milk (2008, Dir. Gus Van Sant) R

Buck Privates (1941, Dir. Arthur Lubin) W

Heaven Can Wait (1978, Dir. Warren Beatty, Buck Henry) O

This “Week” In Film, March 29, 2010 - April 11, 2010.

HR = Highly Recommend

R = Recommend

O = Okay

W = Work

A = Atrocity

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Bugsy (1991, Dir. Barry Levinson) R

The Room (2003, Dir. Tommy Wiseau) O

Bigger Than Life (1956, Dir. Nicholas Ray) HR

A Christmas Tale (2008, Dir. Arnaud Desplechin) HR

Sans Soleil (1983, Dir. Chris Marker) HR

Man Push Cart (2005, Dir. Ramin Bahrani) HR

Shutter Island (2010, Dir. Martin Scorsese) R

This “Week” In Film, April 12 - April 20, 2010.

RATINGS KEY:

HR= Highly Recommend

R = Recommend

O = Okay

W = Weak

A = Atrocity

Primary Colors (1998, Dir. Mike Nichols) R

Lesson of Darkness (1992, Dir. Werner Herzog) R

Fata Morgana (1971, Dir. Werner Herzog) R

Small Town Girl (1936, Dir. William Wellman) O

Moon (2009, Dir. Ducan Jones) R

Comedy of Power (2006, Dir. Claude Chabrol) R

Encounters At The End Of The World (2007, Dir. Werner Herzog) R (pictured)

The Younger Generation (1929, Dir. Frank Capra) W

Creature From The Haunted Sea (1961, Dir. Roger Corman) O

This “Week” In Film, April 21 to May 05, 2010.

RATINGS:

HR= Highly Recommend

R= Recommend

O= Okay

W= Weak

A= Atrocity

What Time Is It There? (pictured,via) (2001, Dir. Tsai Ming-Liang) HR

The Cable Guy (1996, Dir. Ben Stiller) W

Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970, Dir. Werner Herzog) O

City of Lost Children (1995, Dir. Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet) W

Panic In Year Zero (1962, Dir. Ray Milland) O

A Child Is Waiting (1963, Dir. John Cassavetes) O

Fearless Fagan (1952, Dir. Stanley Donen) W

Peeping Tom (1960, Dir. Michael Powell) HR

Queen Kelly (1929, Dir. Erich Von Stroheim) R

In The Loop (2009, Dir. Armando Iannucci) R

The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser (1974, Dir. Werner Herzog) R

The Double Life of Veronique (1991, Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski) HR