October 2017
My viewing log. All the films (listed at IMDb) I've seen during this month.
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Kamen (A Stone, Blagoje Lupa, 1992, sh) - 5/10 (FF)
Zgodba o uspehu (Boris Jurjaševič, 2015, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Merlot (Marta Gennari/Giulia Martinelli, 2016, sh) - 8/10 (R)
Notes:
TV = TV viewing
OL = online viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Kamen (A Stone, Blagoje Lupa, 1992, sh) - 5/10 (FF)
Zgodba o uspehu (Boris Jurjaševič, 2015, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Merlot (Marta Gennari/Giulia Martinelli, 2016, sh) - 8/10 (R)
Notes:
TV = TV viewing
OL = online viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
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- DirectorRobert HamerStarsAlec GuinnessOdile VersoisVernon GrayA middle-aged widower takes his son on a trip to Paris, where they try to find wives for each other.TV, 10/1/17. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorAdrian SitaruStarsEric AraditsAdrian TitieniMaria RaduFollowing a TV News which announce the landing of aliens in Romania, Eugen (9) steals a camera from the shop where his father works as a guard and starts filming his everyday life and then disappears. When he is found, the little boy's footage is misinterpreted by the media.TV, 10/1/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSteven C. MillerStarsBruce WillisKellan LutzGina CaranoA former CIA operative is kidnapped by a group of terrorists. When his son learns there is no plan for his father to be saved, he launches his own rescue operation.TV, 10/1/17. 4.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsDean MartinJerry LewisPolly BergenEgotistical vaudevillian Bill Miller basks in the limelight with his successful musical-comedy act, but his success is due to his unheralded second banana.TV, 10/1/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorBen YoungerStarsMiles TellerAaron EckhartKatey SagalThe inspirational story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza who, after a near fatal car crash which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sports' most incredible comebacks.TV, 10/1/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorKyle RideoutStarsMichael EklundSara CanningChristopher HeyerdahlPhotographer Eadweard Muybridge launches his pioneering movement studies while attempting to keep his marriage intact and staving off morality forces that view the images he captures as degenerate.TV, 10/1/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMarie KreutzerStarsVicky KriepsPia HierzeggerPheline RogganThree couples who are friends decide to all become parents at the same time. They are more on the young side age-wise, professionally successful and cool. Both idealistic and materialistic, they grow organic tomatoes on the balcony of their inner-city apartment, drink locally roasted coffee and Hugo cocktails, once took part in the Thursday demonstrations and would never purchase an electronic device without an apple logo on it. And they are sure that people can have kids without becoming bourgeois.TV, 10/2/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsEmma ThompsonChristopher LloydEileen AtkinsA renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.TV, 10/2/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorKresimir GolikStarsMarko NikolicBozidar OreskovicSemka Sokolovic-BertokIn a village of heterogeneous ethnic composition (populated by Serbs and Croats), the local hunter gets wounded by an accidental shot which stirs up passion among the two communities.OL, 10/3/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJuraj HerzStarsIva JanzurováJosef AbrhámNina DivískováKlara and Viktoria are sisters. Their father dies, leaving most of his property to Klara. When Klara becomes involved with a man that her sister loves, Viktoria begins to plot her murder.OL, 10/3/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorIcíar BollaínStarsAnna CastilloJavier GutiérrezPep AmbròsA girl, her uncle and a friend start an emotional travel to recover a family tree.TV, 10/3/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorTerence DaviesStarsKen BlackburnMark BonnarStuart BowmanThe daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.TV, 10/3/17. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsHéloïse GodetKamel AbdelliRichard ChevallierA silent, surreal parallel between a couple and a dog.TV, 10/3/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorGuy MaddinStarsDarcy FehrMelissa DionisioAmy StewartIt's time for hockey! There's no telling what will happen when the Winnipeg Maroons' own star player Guy becomes embroiled in the twisted lives of Meta, a vengeful Chinoise, and her hairdresser/abortionist mother Liliom. Innocent Veronica, caught in the middle, is treated to both services! Meanwhile poor, dithering, cowardly Guy can only stand by and watch.OL, 10/4/17. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorMarguerite DurasStarsMarguerite DurasA short film Marguerite Duras which documents the Tuileries Gardens.OL, 10/4/17. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorMarguerite DurasStarsCatherine SellersMichael LonsdaleHenri GarcinElizabeth Alione is sinking into a deep melancholy when she drags down the corridors, the park and the dining room of a hotel.OL, 10/4/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorEdward BergerStarsIvo PietzckerGeorg ArmsLuise HeyerJack is a young boy who lives in a troubled family with little money.TV, 10/4/17. 8/10 (R).
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Hats-off to Ivo Pietzcker (Jack) and Edward Berger (the director). I'm impressed. - DirectorPeter SollettStarsMichael CeraKat DenningsAaron YooTwo newly acquainted music-lovers spend the night scouting the streets of New York City in search of their favourite band's surprise secret show. All the while, they're both being chased after by their tempting but devious exes.TV, 10/4/17. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorTsai Ming-liangStarsWang Yu-wenChen Chao-jungKang-sheng LeeWithin the urban gloom of Taipei, four youths face alienation, loneliness, and moments of existential crisis amidst a series of minor crimes.OL, 10/5/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorKôji WakamatsuStarsMimi KozakuraMichio AkiyamaYôko YamamotoAfter being raped in an unknown rooftop, seventeen year-old girl Poppo meets a mysterious boy, and both share their sexual traumas and fears, with fatal consequences.OL, 10/5/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorDelphine CoulinMuriel CoulinStarsSokoAriane LabedGinger RomànTwo young French soldiers take a three-day leave in Cyprus after finishing their tour of duty in Afghanistan.TV, 10/5/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorDavid Gordon GreenStarsAl PacinoHolly HunterHarmony KorineLeft heartbroken by the woman he loved and lost many years ago, Manglehorn, an eccentric small-town locksmith, tries to start his life over again with the help of a new friend.TV, 10/5/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDominga SotomayorStarsSanti AhumadaFrancisco Pérez-BannenPaola GianniniA family takes a short vacation, while the daughter of the family gradually discovers that her parents could be separating.TV, 10/5/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorPere PortabellaStarsChristopher LeeHerbert LomSoledad MirandaAn analysis of the construction mechanism for the magic in dominant narrative cinema though the filming of Count Dracula (1970), a commercial film by Jesús Franco.OL, 10/6/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMario BavaStarsDaliah LaviChristopher LeeTony KendallThe ghost of a sadistic nobleman attempts to rekindle his romance with his terrorized, masochistic former lover, who is unwillingly betrothed to his brother.OL, 10/6/17. 6/10 (FF).