Spirals

Notes from a Film

LEGEND:

  • Titles in blue are short films (under 60 minutes in length - an arbitrary measure). When known the length in minutes follows in parentheses
  • Repeat viewings bordered by slashes, e.g. / TITLE /
  • Films seen on video marked with (v)

185. Dec 31: LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (v) (Alain Resnais, 1961)

184. Dec 30: / PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE / (v) (Tim Burton, 1986)

183. Dec 29: / KINGPIN / (v) (Farrelly Brothers, 1996)

182. Dec 28: SWEET AND LOWDOWN (Woody Allen, 1999) **1/2

181. Dec 28: LAURA (v) (Otto Preminger, 1944)


180. Dec 06: THE STRAIGHT STORY (David Lynch, 1999) ***

179. Dec 26: THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Anthony Minghella, 1999) ***

178. Dec 26: SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS (Scott Hicks, 1999 ) **

177. Dec 20: ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (Pedro Almodovar, 1999) **1/2

176. Dec 19: THE INSIDER (Michael Mann, 1999) ***


175. Dec 18: ERASERHEAD (v) (David Lynch, 1977)

174. Dec 18: BRINGING OUT THE DEAD (Martin Scorsese, 1999) **

173. Dec 18: THREE KINGS (David O. Russell, 1999) ***

172. Dec 17: BOYS DON'T CRY (Kimberly Peirce, 1999) ***

171. Dec 17: WINGS OF DESIRE (v) (Wim Wenders, 1987)


170. Dec 16: / 8 1/2 / (v) (Federico Fellini, 1963)

169. Dec 08: DAYS OF BEING WILD (v) (Wong Kar-wai, 1995)

168. Dec 05: ANDREI RUBLEV (v) (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1969)

167. Dec 04: / FALLEN ANGELS / (v) (Wong Kar-wai, 1995)

166. Dec 04: MY DINNER WITH ANDR?(v) (Louis Malle, 1981)


165. Dec 02: THE SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS (v) (Tamara Jenkins, 1998) ***

164. Dec 02: NOTTING HILL (Roger Michell, 1999) **1/2

163. Dec 01: AMERICAN BEAUTY (Sam Mendes, 1999) ***

162. Nov 30: FELICIA'S JOURNEY (Atom Egoyan, 1999) **1/2

161. Nov 30: FIRELIGHT (v) (William Nicholson, 1997) **


160. Nov 29: DEEP RISING (v) (Stephen Sommers, 1998) *1/2

159. Nov 29: 8MM (v) (Joel Schumacher, 1999) **

158. Nov 29: TOY STORY 2 (John Lasseter, 1999) ***

157. Nov 28: BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (Spike Jonze, 1999) ***1/2

156. Nov 28: DOGMA (Kevin Smith, 1999) *1/2


155. Nov 26: FIGHT CLUB (David Fincher, 1999) **1/2

154. Nov 26: THE LIMEY (Steven Soderbergh, 1999) ***

153. Nov 25: ROMANCE (Catherine Breillat, 1999) **1/2

152. Nov 25: THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (Michael Apted, 1999) ***

151. Nov 26: SLEEPY HOLLOW (Tim Burton, 1999) ***


150. Nov 24: WILD WILD WEST (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1999) *

149. Nov 24: TEA WITH MUSSOLINI (Franco Zeffirelli, 1999) **

148. Nov 06: DEEP BLUE SEA (Renny Harlin, 1999) **1/2

147. Oct 18: BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (Wim Wenders, 1999) **

146: Oct 18: SHOWGIRLS (Paul Verhoeven, 1995)


145. Oct 03: HAPPY, TEXAS (Mark Illsley, 1999) ***

144. Sep 18: JUHA (Aki Kaurism?i, 1999) ***

143. Sep 18: ROSETTA (Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, 1999) ***

142. Sep 18: MOONLIGHT WHISPERS (Akihiko Shiota, 1999) zzz

141. Sep 17: BARREN ILLUSIONS (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1999) zzz


140. Sep 17: AUGUSTIN, ROI DU KUNG-FU (Anne Fontaine, 1999) zzz

139. Sep 16: PAS DE SCANDALE (Beno? Jacquot, 1999) ***

138. Sep 16: WONDERLAND (Michael Winterbottom, 1999) **

137. Sep 16: 8 1/2 WOMEN (Peter Greenaway, 1999) **

136. Sep 16: EAST-WEST (R?is Warnier, 1999) **


135. Sep 16: THE LEGEND OF 1900 (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1999) **

134. Sep 15: NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL (Arturo Ripstein, 1999) **

133. Sep 15: KILL BY INCHES (Diane Doniol-Volcroze, 1999) 0

132. Sep 15: LA DONNA LUPO (Aurelio Grimaldi, 1999) **

131. Sep 14: THE COLOR OF HEAVEN (Majid Majidi, 1999) ***


130. Sep 14: LICENSE TO LIVE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1998) **1/2

129. Sep 14: THE WIND WILL CARRY US (Abbas Kiarostami, 1999) ***1/2

128. Sep 14: THE EMPEROR AND THE ASSASSIN (Chen Kaige, 1999) **

127. Sep 13: DUST IN THE WIND (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1986)

126. Sep 13: AWAY WITH WORDS (Christopher Doyle, 1999) **


125. Sep 13: SUD (Chantal Akerman, 1999) ***

124. Sep 13: THE WISDOM OF CROCODILES (Po Chih Leong, 1999) **1/2

123. Sep 12: THE LITTLE THIEF (?ick Zonca, 1999) ***

122. Sep 12: MISS JULIE (Mike Figgis, 1999) ***

121. Sep 11: L'HUMANIT?(Bruno Dumont, 1999) **1/2


120. Sep 11: CRIMINAL LOVERS (Fran?is Ozon, 1999) ***

119. Sep 11: UN DERANGEMENT CONSIDERABLE (Bernard Stora, 1999)

118. Sep 11: TOUCHED (Mort Ransen, 1999) *1/2

117. Sep 10: SPEEDY BOYS (James Herbert, 1999) *

116. Sep 10: MIFUNE (Soren Kragh-Jacobsen, 1999) **1/2


115. Sep 10: MOLOCH (Alexandr Sokurov, 1999) **1/2

114. Sep 09: SPLENDOR (Gregg Araki, 1999) *1/2

113. Sep 08: METROPOLITAN (v) (Whit Stillman, 1990)

112. Sep 07: SHORT CUTS (v) (Robert Altman, 1993)

111. Sep 06: / THE AGE OF INNOCENCE / (v) (Martin Scorsese, 1993)


110. Sep 05: / MILLER'S CROSSING / (v) (Joel Coen, 1990)

109. Sep 04: / SCHINDLER'S LIST / (v) (Steven Spielberg, 1993)

108. Sep 03: THE NASTY GIRL (Michael Verhoeven, 1990)

107. Sep 02: THE SHELTERING SKY (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1990)

106. Sep 02: GOODFELLAS (Martin Scorsese, 1990)


105. Sep 01: DELICATESSEN (Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1991)

104. Sep 01: THE GRIFTERS (Stephen Frears, 1990)

103. Sep 01: THREE COLORS: RED (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994)

102. Aug 31: TRULY MADLY DEEPLY (Anthony Minghella, 1991)

101. Aug 31: THE BABY OF MACON (Peter Greenaway, 1993)


100. Aug 31: THREE COLORS: WHITE (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994)

099. Aug 30: A HEART IN WINTER (Claude Sautet, 1992)

098. Aug 28: THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1991)

097. Aug 28: THREE COLORS: BLUE (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993)

096. Aug 27: MY FAVOURITE SEASON (Andr?T?hin? 1993)


095. Aug 27: THE BEST INTENTIONS (Bille August, 1992)


094. Aug 26: ULYSSES' GAZE (Theo Angelopoulos, 1995)

093. Aug 25: AN AUTUMN TALE (Eric Rohmer, 1998) ***1/2

092. Aug 24: BOWFINGER (Frank Oz, 1999) ***

091. Aug 17: THE DINNER GAME (Francis Veber, 1998) **


090. Aug 16: THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS (Erick Zonca, 1998) ***1/2

089. Aug 15: THE SIXTH SENSE (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999) *1/2

088. Aug 14: / THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT / (Daniel Myrick and Eduardo S?chez, 1999) ***

087. Aug 03: THE BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (Wim Wenders, 1999) w/o

086. Jul 31: BLACK CAT WHITE CAT (Emir Kusturica, 1998) ***


085. Jul 30: THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (Daniel Myrick and Eduardo S?chez, 1999) ***

084. Jul 27: SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER AND UNCUT (Trey Parker, 1999) **

083. Jul 27: THE SOFT SKIN (Fran?is Truffaut, 1964)

082. Jul 27: SUMMER OF SAM (Spike Lee, 1999) **

081. Jul 20: EYES WIDE SHUT (Stanley Kubrick, 1999) ***1/2


080. Jul 20: / THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS / (Erick Zonca, 1998) ***1/2

079. Jul 20: KILLER CONDOM (Martin Walz, 1998) *

078. Jul 13: AN IDEAL HUSBAND (Alan Parker, 1999) **1/2

077. Jul 10: THE STORY OF ADELE H. (Fran?is Truffaut, 1975)

076. Jul 08: TWO ENGLISH GIRLS (Fran?is Truffaut, 1971)


075. Jul 07: PIERROT LE FOU (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965)

074. Jul 04: THE WINSLOW BOY (David Mamet, 1999) ***

073. Jul 01: BEEFCAKE (Thom Fitzgerald, 1999) *1/2

072. Jun 29: PRIVATE CONFESSIONS (Ingmar Bergman, 1999) ***

071. Jun 29: THE DEVIL PROBABLY (Robert Bresson, 1977)


070. Jun 26: LANCELOT DU LAC (Robert Bresson, 1974)

069. Jun 26: FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER (Robert Bresson, 1971)

068. Jun 25: UNE FEMME DOUCE (Robert Bresson, 1969)

067. Jun 23: AU HASARD BALTHAZAR (Robert Bresson, 1966)

066. Jun 22: PICKPOCKET (Robert Bresson, 1959)


065. Jun 22: RUN LOLA RUN (Tom Tykwer, 1999) **

064. Jun 18: DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST (Robert Bresson, 1950)

063. May 24: BESIEGED (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1999) ***

062. Jun 16: / AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME / (Jay Roach, 1999) **1/2

061. Jun 10: AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME (Jay Roach, 1999) **1/2


060. Jun 08: LIMBO (John Sayles, 1999) **1/2

059. Jun 08: / STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE / (George Lucas, 1999) **

058. May 25: THE MUMMY (Stephen Sommers, 1999) **

057. May 19: STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE (George Lucas, 1999) **

056. May 11: ELECTION (Alexander Payne, 1999) ***


055. May 11: THREE SEASONS (Tony Bui, 1999) **

054. May 11: HIDEOUS KINKY (Gillies MacKinnon, 1999) **1/2

053. Apr 23: EXISTENZ (David Cronenberg, 1999) **

052. Apr 17: THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS (Erick Zonca, 1998) ***1/2

051. Apr 13: LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS (Guy Ritchie, 1998) **1/2


050. Apr 13: COOKIE'S FORTUNE (Robert Altman, 1999) **1/2

049. Apr 11: CRUEL INTENTIONS (Roger Kumble, 1999) *1/2

048. Apr 11: ANALYZE THIS (Harold Ramis, 1999) **

047. Apr 09: / THE MATRIX / (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 1999) ***

046. Apr 09: GO (Doug Liman, 1999) ***


045. Apr 08: SOMETHING MORE (test screening) (Rob W. King, 1999) *

044. Apr 02: THE MATRIX (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 1999) ***

043. Mar 30: SUCH A LONG JOURNEY (Sturla Gunnarsson, 1998) **1/2

042. Mar 30: LEA (Ivan Fila, 1996) ***

041. Mar 28: THE TENANTS (Dariush Mehrjui, 1986)


040. Mar 27: THE PEAR TREE (Dariush Mehrjui, 1998) **

039. Mar 25: THE SCHOOL WE WENT TO (Dariush Mehrjui, 1981)

038. Mar 23: SARA (Dariush Mehrjui, 1994)

037. Mar 23: THE CYCLE (Dariush Mehrjui, 1974)

036. Mar 21: / THE HOLE / (Tsai Ming-Liang, 1998) ***1/2


035: Mar 21: / THE BOOK OF LIFE / (Hal Hartley, 1998) ***

034: Mar 21: TAMAS & JULI (Ildiko Enyedi, 1997) *1/2

033. Mar 21: THE SANGUINAIRES (Laurent Cantet, 1997) ***

032. Mar 21: THE WALL (Alain Berliner, 1998) *1/2

031. Mar 21: CHILDREN OF HEAVEN (Majid Majidi, 1997) ***


030. Mar 20: THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS (Paul Schrader, 1990)

029. Mar 20: THE COW (Dariush Mehrjui, 1968)

028. Mar 20: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)

027. Mar 19: DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE (Kim Longinotto & Ziba Mir-Hosseini, 1998) ***

026. Mar 19: LEILA (Dariush Mehrjui, 1997) ***1/2


025. Feb 18: THE BRIDE WORE BLACK (Fran?is Truffaut, 1967)

024. Feb 17: MISSISSIPPI MERMAID (Fran?is Truffaut, 1969)

023. Feb 06: RUSHMORE (Wes Anderson, 1998) ***

022. Feb 05: WAKING NED DEVINE (Kirk Jones, 1998) *1/2

021. Feb 05: AFFLICTION (Paul Schrader, 1999) ***


020: Feb 04: FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (Terry Gilliam, 1998) **

019: Feb 03: THE BEEKEEPER (Theo Angelopoulos, 1986)

018. Feb 02: / THE THIN RED LINE / (Terrence Malick, 1998) ***

017. Feb 02: HILARY AND JACKIE (Anand Tucker, 1998) **

016. Jan 25: DARK EYES (Nikita Mikhalkov, 1987)


015. Jan 24: KAGEMUSHA (Akira Kurosawa, 1979)

014. Jan 22: LIVING OUT LOUD (Richard LaGravenese, 1998) **1/2

013. Jan 19: / LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL / (Roberto Benigni, 1998) ***

012. Jan 19: LITTLE VOICE (Mark Herman, 1999) *1/2

011. Jan 18: FELLINI'S CASANOVA (Federico Fellini, 1976)


010. Jan 18: DIARY OF A SEDUCER (Daniele Dubroux, 1997)

009. Jan 16: THE THIN RED LINE (Terrence Malick, 1998) **

008. Jan 15: CENTRAL STATION (Walter Salles, 1998) **

007. Jan 12: HURLYBURLY (Anthony Drazan, 1998) **

006. Jan 12: THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner and Simon Wells, 1998) **


005. Jan 10: THE IMPOSTORS (Stanley Tucci, 1998) *1/2

004. Jan 10: THE GOVERNESS (Sandra Goldbacher, 1998) **

003. Jan 09: A CIVIL ACTION (Steven Zaillian, 1998) **

002. Jan 09: / A BUG'S LIFE / (John Lasseter, 1998) ***

001. Jan 05: LOLITA (Adrian Lyne, 1997) **


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