Films of 2012 added Miss Bala
2012 Viewing Journal
is new

Films of 2011
added Young Adult, etc
2011 Viewing Journal


Films of 2010
added Winnebago Man
2010 Viewing Journal

Films of 2009 added Kinatay, etc
2009 Viewing Journal


Films of 2008

2008 Viewing Journal

Films of 2007

2007 Film Journal
TIFF 2007 Blog

2007 AFI Fest

Films of 2006

2006 Film Journal
TIFF 2006 Blog


Films of 2005
2005 Film Journal
2005 AFI fest

2005 Cinequest

Films of 2004

2004 Film Journal (The Santa Cruz Years)
2004 San Francisco
2004 Cinequest

Films of 2003
2003 Film Journal (The Santa Cruz Years)
TIFF 2003
2003 San Francisco Film Festival

Films of 2002
2002 Film Journal (The Santa Cruz Years)


All Films Graded (100pt scale)
Films Seen by Director
Award Ballot 2008
Award Ballot 2007


Silly Cannes Project
added House of Tolerance

The Links Page
updated for Theo 2.0 & dropped dead links

Long Reviews and Essays on Film
Anatomy of Hell (2004 Catherine Breillat)
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004 John Curran)
All the Ships at Sea (2003 Dan Sallitt)
The Tulse Luper Suitcases (2003-04 Peter Greenaway)
The Substitute (1996 Robert Mandel)
Down By Love (2003 Tamás Sas)
Ken Park (2002 Larry Clark)
Big Fish (2003 Tim Burton)
Top Hat (1935 Mark Sandrich)
The Music Room (1958 Satyajit Ray)

Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965 Kenneth Anger)


contact email: webmaster@bentclouds.com

Top Ten Lists (by Internation Premiere):
Master List
BY DECADE:
2010     added House of Tolerance (2011)
2000
   added Disorder (2009)
1990     lowered Being John Malkovich (1999)
1980     removed Die Hard (1988)
1970     upgraded The Long Goodbye
(1973)
1960     lowered Ride in the Whirlwind (1965)
1950     added Fixed Bayonets! (1951)
1940    
lowered A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
1930
    added It's a Gift (1934)

 
Other Stuff
Cahiers du Cinema Best Films of 1951-1968
Jonathan Rosenbaum's top 1000 films

FILM


Last Five Films Seen (Reverse chronological order): Putty Hill (2010 54), Margaret (81),
Young Adult (66), Moneyball (80), Housekeeping (1987 88)