thirteen for fourteen

first tier

/disguised as a goodbye, a new beginning makes more sense
a new visual language in multiple dimensions
two ancients combined and transformed
new ones built from earth/

goodbye to language 3D

thou wast mild & lovely

the sleepwalker

second tier

/the static frame relaxes
the primal state of eroticism blinds
the rise of technology warps emotions/

/mundane communications evolve,
a star is humbled,
a master relaxed
&another perfects the image/

norte, the end of history

stranger by the lake

the heart machine

person to person

happy christmas
inherent vice

jealousy

third tier

/a true hollywood classic
&the politics it battles/

citizenfour

pompeii

January Viewing

swanberg taught filmmaking, garrel expressed love, tashlin somehow managed laughter/

lewis &boetticher taught lighting &about the good ol' american dream/

sono explained family dynamics (again &again), pasolini talked about love &life (&nudity)/

depalma remade hitchcock (w/ more sex), bauer told the future (in the past)/

miyazaki warned about nature, bonello spoke of adolescence (&sexuality)/

&many others 

* Not first viewings

TIER I

The Zone

The Birth of Love 

Who's Minding the Store?* 

TIER II

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

The Canterbury Tales

The Killer is Loose

Guilty of Romance 

The Big Combo 

Arabian Nights

Himizu 

Vinyl* 

TIER III

Flight

Rampage 

Headshot

The Hole

Nausicaä*

Idiocracy*

Barbarella 

Dressed to Kill 

Anna Karenina

Castle in the Sky 

Snow on tha Bluff 

My Neighbor Totoro*

Behind Locked Doors 

Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos 

An American Werewolf in London

TIER IV

The Food of the Gods 

The Moth Diaries 

Thinner*  

TRASH

Life of Pi 

Shorts:

TIER I

Twilight of a Woman's Soul 

Black Ice* 

Mothlight* 

TIER II

L'imprudence 

Aidez l'Espagne 

Premios Nacionales 

Where the Boys Are 

No compteu amb els dits 

Window Water Baby Moving*

Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass 

10 for 12

On Spec

Holy Motors

Cosmopolis

Marriage Material

The Master

Resident Evil: Retribution

Magic Mike 

Killing Them Softly 

Step Up Revolution

Honorable Mentions: 

Django Unchained, Moonrise Kingdom

Art History (Joe Swanberg, 2011)

                       

honesty on film.
feelings through moving images.
expression through emotion.
cinematic expression.
honest culture

sexuality involvement.
balance
sexuality and creativity.
animal instincts
through creation.

the beginning of art