FILMS SEEN, 2012
All films from U.S.A. unless
otherwise specified.
(/ repeat viewing; [v] video piece; [p] paracinema (installation, etc.); [s] short, under 30 minutes; [m] medium length, 30-69 min; * grade changed upon repeat viewing; \ repeat viewing of something I walked out of or fell asleep during)
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JANUARY
-Turn Me On, Goddammit! (Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, Norway) [7]
Tin Pressed (Dani Leventhal) [v/s] [x2] [7]
Shayne's Rectangle (Dani Leventhal) [v/s] [x2] [5]
-Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (Constance Marks) [5]
-The Muppets (James Bobin) [5]
-Young Adult (Jason Reitman) [4]
/-Elena (Andrei Zvyagintsev, Russia) [8]
/-The City Below (Christoph Hochhäusler, Germany) [9]
-Dreileben: Beats Being Dead (Christian Petzold, Germany) [7]
-Rapt (Lucas Belvaux, France / Belgium) [7]
-Dreileben: One Minute of Darkness (Christoph Hochhäusler, Germany) [5]
-Crazy Horse (Frederick Wiseman, U.S. / France) [7]
The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, U.S. / New Zealand) [6]
-The Hunter (Rafi Pitts, Iran / Germany) [6]
/-The Descendants (Alexander Payne) [5]
-Medianeras (Sidewalls) (Gustavo Taretto, Argentina / Spain / Germany) [5]
-Our Life (La Nostra Vita) (Daniele Luchetti, Italy) [W/O] (0:34)
-Nuit #1 (Anne Émond, Canada) [W/O] (0:35)
/-Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (Louis and August Lumière, France, 1895) [s]
/-Demolition of a Wall (Louis and August Lumière, France, 1895) [s]
/-A Trip to the Moon (Georges Méliès, France, 1902) [s]
/Un Chien andalou (Luis Buñuel, France, 1929) [s]
/-La Jetée (Chris Marker, France, 1962) [s]
/-(nostalgia) (Hollis Frampton, 1971) [s]
-Bullhead (Michael R. Roskam, Belgium) [W/O] (1:10)
-Jackass 3D (Jeff Tremaine) [6]
/-Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid, 1943) [s]
-Kill List (Ben Wheatley, U.K.) [4]
/-Rose Hobart (Joseph Cornell, 1936) [s]
/-Report (Bruce Conner, 1967) [s]
/-passage á l'acte (Martin Arnold, Austria, 1993) [s]
/NOEMA (Scott Stark, 1998) [v/s]
-Ghost Algebra (Janie Geiser) [s] [7]
/-Ulysse (Agnès Varda, France, 1982) [s]
/Capitalism: Slavery (Ken Jacobs, 2007) [v/s]
FEBRUARY
/-The Man With the Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, U.S.S.R., 1929)
/-The Conjuror (Georges Méliès, France, 1899) [s]
/-The Haunted Castle (Georges Méliès, France, 1897) [s]
/-The Man With the Rubber Head (Georges Méliès, France, 1901) [s]
/-Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (Louis and August Lumière, France, 1895) [s]
/-Arrival by Train at Perrache (Louis and August Lumière, France, 1898) [s]
/-The Georgetown Loop (Louis and August Lumière, France / U.S., 1903) [s]
/-The Georgetown Loop (Ken Jacobs, 1996) [s]
-New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge (Edison Company, 1899) [s]
-New York City Trolley (unk., c. 1902) [s]
/-How It Feels to Be Run Over (Cecil Hepworth, U.K., 1900) [s]
/-Explosion of a Motor Car (Cecil Hepworth, U.K., 1900) [s]
-Habemus Papam (Nanni Moretti, Italy / France) [4]
-The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (David Fincher, U.S. / Sweden / U.K. / Germany) [although I zipped through the middle hour] [4]
Arcana (Henry Hills) [v/s] [5]
-In The Open (Albert Sackl, Austria) [s] [8]
/-The Deep Blue Sea (Terence Davies, U.K.) [7]
/-In The City of Sylvia (José Luis Guerín, Spain / France, 2007)
/Ydressa, The Bears, & Etc. (Agnès Varda, France / Canada, 2004) [v/m]
A Loft (Ken Jacobs) [v/s] [7]
-Bestiaire (Denis Côté, Canada / France) [6]
/-Ballet Méchanique (Fernand Léger and Dudley Murphy, France, 1924) [s]
/-Go! Go! Go! (Marie Menken, 1964) [s]
/-Prefaces (Abigail Child, 1981)
/-Porter Springs 4 (Henry Hills, 1999) [s]
-Self Control (Martin Arnold, Austria) [s] [7]
-Soft Palate (Martin Arnold, Austria) [s] [7]
-Pater (Alain Cavalier, France) [7]
-Shadow Cuts (Martin Arnold, Austria) [s] [5]
-Keyhole (Guy Maddin, Canada) [8] [tentative grade]
-Pixilation (Lillian Schwartz, 1970) [s]
-UFOs (Lillian Schwartz and Ken Knowlton, 1971) [s]
-Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper (David Rimmer, Canada, 1970) [s]
-Surfacing on the Thames (David Rimmer, Canada, 1970) [s]
-Caravaggio (Derek Jarman, U.K., 1986)
By foot-candle light (Mary Helena Clark) [v/s] [7]
-Judy Moody and the Not-Bummer Summer (John Schultz) [5]
-Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Stephen Daldry) [3]
-The Woman in Black (James Watkins, U.K. / Canada / Sweden) [5]
/-Rhythmus 21 (Han Richter, Germany, 1923) [s]
/-At Land (Maya Deren, 1944) [s]
/-Fog Line (Larry Gottheim, 1970) [s]
/-Chevelle (Kevin Jerome Everson) [s] [7]
/-Window Water Baby Moving (Stan Brakhage, 1961) [s]
/-Mothlight (Stan Brakhage, 1963) [s]
-Cat's Cradle (Stan Brakhage, 1959) [s]
/-Eye Myth (Stan Brakhage, 1967) [s]
/-Dog Star Man, Part 2 (Stan Brakhage, 1963) [s]
-Buenos Noches, España (Raya Martin, Spain / The Philippines) [6]
/Arnulf Rainer (Peter Kubelka, Austria, 1960) [s]
/-Unsere Afrikareise (Peter Kubelka, Austria, 1967) [s]
-Bang! (Robert Breer, 1986) [s]
/-My Name Is Oona (Gunvor Nelson, U.S. / Sweden, 1969) [s]
/-Puce Moment (Kenneth Anger, 1949 / 1960s) [s]
/-Vertical Roll (Joan Jonas, 1972) [v/s]
-Post Mortem (Pablo Larraín, Chile / Germany / Mexico) [6]
MARCH
-Children (Terence Davies, U.K., 1976) [m]
-Madonna and Child (Terence Davies, U.K., 1980) [s]
-The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (William Joyce and Brandon Oldenberg) [s] [6]
-Death and Transfiguration (Terence Davies, U.K., 1984) [s]
-Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (Robert Bresson, France, 1945)
/-Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Mel Stuart, 1971)
-So Sorry (Ai Weiwei, China) [v/m] [5]
/-Scorpio Rising (Kenneth Anger, 1964) [s]
/-Picture and Sound Rushes (Morgan Fisher, 1973) [s]
/-Wilkinson Household Fire Alarm (Morgan Fisher, 1973) [s]
-Cue Rolls (Morgan Fisher, 1974) [s]
/-Standard Gauge (Morgan Fisher, 1984) [s]
-Apart (Aaron Rottinghaus) [4]
Seeking the Monkey King (Ken Jacobs) [v/m] [7]
-Let the Bullets Fly (Jiang Wen, China) [8]
-Sound of Noise (Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson, Sweden / France) [7]
/-(nostalgia) (Hollis Frampton, 1971) [s]
/-Kuhle Wampe, or: Who Does the World Belong To? (Slatan Dudow, Germany, 1932)
\-Wuthering Heights (Andrea Arnold, U.K.) [4]
/-Vertical Features Remake (Peter Greenaway, U.K., 1978) [m]
-Mr. Hayashi (Bruce Baillie, 1961) [s] [x2]
-Quick Billy (Bruce Baillie, 1970) [m]
/-Wide Angle Saxon (Owen Land, 1975) [s]
/-Wavelength (Michael Snow, Canada / U.S., 1967) [m]
/-Within Our Gates (Oscar Micheaux, 1920)
/-Wavelength (MIchael Snow, Canada / U.S., 1967) [m]
[not a mistake; showed it for two classes in one day]
/-Snakes and Ladders (Kathrin McInnis) [v/s] [7]
To Parsifal (Bruce Baillie, 1963) [s]
/Mr. Hayashi (Bruce Baillie, 1961) [s]
Mass for the Dakota Sioux (Bruce Baillie, 1964) [s]
/Tung (Bruce Baillie, 1966) [s]
/Castro Street (Bruce Baillie, 1966) [s]
/All My Life (Bruce Baillie, 1966) [s]
Flight (Greta Snider, 1997) [s]
The Strawberry Tree (Simone Rapisarda Casanova, Canada) [v] [7]
/Peyote Queen (Storm de Hirsch, 1965) [s]
Schmeerguntz (Gunvor Nelson & Dorothy Wiley, 1966) [s]
/__ _____ (Short Line Long Line) (Thom Andersen & Malcolm Brodwick, 1967) [s]
/Necrology (Standish Lawder, 1970) [s]
Washing Walls with Mrs. G. (Tony Buba, 1980) [s]
/The Red Book (Janie Geiser, 1994) [s]
Egypt (Kathrin Resettarits, Austria, 1997) [s]
/Sarabande (Nathaniel Dorsky, 2008) [s]
American Falls (Phil Solomon) [p/v/m] [7]
Kiri (Sakumi Hagiwara, Japan, 1972) [s]
Switch Back (Nobuhiro Kawanaka, Japan, 1976) [s]
At Yukigaya 2 (Mako Idemitsu, Japan, 1974) [s]
Heliography (Hiroshi Yamazaki, Japan, 1979) [s]
Dutch Photographs (Isao Kota, Japan, 1974) [s]
My Movie Melodies (Jun'ichi Okuyama, Japan, 1980) [s]
Un Relatif Horaire (Yo Ota, Japan, 1981) [s]
Atman (Toshio Matsumoto, Japan, 1975) [s]
Spacy (Takashi Ito, Japan, 1981) [s]
Like a Train Passing 1 (Kohei Ando, Japan, 1978) [s]
If The War Continues (Jonathan Schwartz) [s] [7]
/Soft Palate (Martin Arnold, Austria) [v/s] [6]*
The Discipline of DE (Gus Van Sant, 1978) [s]
A Lax Riddle Unit (Laida Lertxundi) [s] [7]
/Ricky (Janie Geiser) [v/s] [8]
Undergrowth (Robert Todd) [s] [4]
Conjuror's Box (Kerry Laitala) [s] [5]
Point de Gaze (Jodie Mack) [s] [7]
/In The Open (Albert Sackl, Austria) [s] [8]
Vergence (Tina Frank, Austria) [v/s] [4]
Nocturne (Phil Solomon, 1980) [s]
/The Snowman (Phil Solomon, 1995) [s]
/Psalm 2: "Walking Distance" (Phil Solomon, 1999) [s]
/Crossroad (Phil Solomon and Mark LaPore, 2005) [v/s]
/Rehearsals For Retirement (Phil Solomon, 2007) [v/s]
21-87 (Arthur Lipsett, Canada, 1964) [s]
Forest Walk (Mike Hoolboom, Canada) [v/s] [5]
untitled Canyon Cinema leader (Bruce Baillie, date unk.) [s]
Yellow Horse (Bruce Baillie, 1965) [s]
Termination (Bruce Baillie, 1966) [s]
Quixote (Bruce Baillie, 1965) [m]
/Valentin de las Sierras (Bruce Baillie, 1967) [s]
Woman with Flowers (Señora con flores) (Chick Strand, 1995/2011) [s]
Peril of the Antilles (Fern Silva, U.S. / Haiti) [s] [7] [tentative grade]
Lack of Evidence (Manque de Preuves) (Hayoun Kwon, France) [v/s] [shown w/o subtitles]
Saskatchewan (Richard Wiebe) [s] [5]
Correspondence (Robert Fenz, Germany) [m] [4]
Kid Beat Box: Twenty-two Tapes, Edit Nine (Stephen Wetzel) [v/s] [5]
This Our Still Life (Andrew Kötting, U.K.) [v/m] [4]
Amos Fortune Road (Matthew Buckingham, 1996) [s]
As Above, So Below (Sarah J. Christman) [v/m] [5]
And I Will Rise if Only to Hold You Down (Jennifer Reeder) [v/s] [7]
Palaces of Pity (Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt, Portugal) [v/m] [W/O] (0:20)
Landfill 16 (Jennifer Reeves) [s] [7]
Passage Upon the Plume (Fern Silva, Egypt / Turkey) [s] [8] [tentative grade]
Within (Robert Todd) [s] [4]
/Sack Barrow (Ben Rivers, U.K.) [s] [7]
/-By foot-candle light (Mary Helena Clark) [v/s] [7]
-August Song (Jodie Mack and Emily Kuehn) [v/s] [6]
/-Snakes and Ladders (Kathrin McInnis) [v/s] [7]
APRIL
/In The Open (Albert Sackl, Austria) [s] [8]
/A Lax Riddle Unit (Laida Lertxundi) [s] [7]
/By foot-candle light (Mary Helena Clark) [v/s] [7]
-Clouds (Peter Gidal, U.K., 1969) [s]
/If Every Girl Had a Diary (Sadie Benning, 1990) [v/s]
Jollies (Sadie Benning, 1990) [v/s]
/-Five Year Diary - Reel 80: Emily Died (Anne Robertson, 1998) [s]
/-Titicut Follies (Frederick Wiseman, 1967)
-Oslo, August 31st (Joachim Trier, Norway) [7]
-Headshot (Pen-Ek Ratanruang, Thailand) [W/O] (1:05)
/-Perils (Abigail Child, 1986) [s]
/-Mutiny (Abigail Child, 1983) [s]
/-Mayhem (Abigail Child, 1987) [s]
-metronome (Stephanie Barber, 1996) [s]
-catalog (Stephanie Barber, 2005) [s]
-dogs (Stephanie Barber, 2000) [s]
/the visit and the play (Stephanie Barber, 2008) [v/s]
/dwarfs the sea (Stephanie Barber, 2007) [v/s]
/the inversion, transcription, evening track and attractor (Stephanie Barber, 2008) [v/s]
/-Flaming Creatures (Jack Smith, 1963) [m]
/-Peggy and Fred in Kansas (Leslie Thornton, 1989) [s]
Welcome to Pine Hill (Keith Miller) [v] [6]
/-Bestiaire (Denis Côté, Canada / France) [7]*
-Return (Liza Johnson) [5]
-The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Peter Lord & Jeff Newitt, U.K. / U.S.) [4]
/-Sink or Swim (Su Friedrich, 1990) [m]
-The Machine That Killed Bad People (Roberto Rossellini, Italy, 1948)
-Footnote (Joseph Cedar, Israel) [6]
-Depart (Blake Williams, Canada) [v/s] [7]
-4:44 Last Day on Earth (Abel Ferrara, U.S. / Switzerland / France) [6]
The Unspeakable Act (Dan Sallitt) [v] [6]
-Phantoms (Chris Kennedy, Canada / Germany) [s] [6]
-This Must Be The Place (Paolo Sorrentino, Italy / France / Ireland) [5]
-Monsieur Lazhar (Philippe Falardeau, Canada) [5]
-Monuments (Redmond Entwistle, U.K. / U.S.) [s] [7]
-Make it new John (Duncan Campbell, U.K., 2009) [m]
/Light Is Waiting (Michael Robinson, 2007) [v/s]
/False Aging (Lewis Klahr, 2008) [v/s]
/dwarfs the sea (Stephanie Barber, 2007) [v/s]
This Is Not a Film (Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and Jafar Panahi, Iran) [v] [8]
/-Black and White Trypps Number Three (Ben Russell, 2007) [s]
/-Ici et Ailleurs (Jean-Luc Godard / Anne-Marie Mièville / Jean-Pierre Gorin, France / Palestine, 1976) [m]
/-The Kid With a Bike (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgium / France / Italy) [6]
MAY
/-Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan) [8]
\-Palaces of Pity (Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt, Portugal) [v/m] [5]
-Marvel's The Avengers (Joss Wheedon) [5]
-Girl Model (David Redmon & Ashley Sabin, U.S. / France / Japan / Russia) [6]