This section of Awestruck Wanderer is a Cinephile’s Journal, with a month-by-month survey of the films I’ve been watching lately. Check it out (comments box available for several exchanges of cinephile-remarks!):
JUNE 2014
- SHAME, by Steve McQueen
- THE FIX, by Tao Ruspuli
- CHOP SHOP (2007), by Rahmin Bahrani
- SECONDS (1966), by John Frankenheimer
- TATUAGEM (Tatoo, Brazil, 2013), by Hilton Lacerda
- ENEMY (Canada, 2013), by Denis Villeneuve
- TRUE GRIT (EUA, 2010), by the Coen Brothers
- MOTHER (2009, South Korea), by Joon-ho Bong
- THE HOST (2006, South Korea), by Joon-ho Bong
- NATIMORTO (Stillborn, Brazil, 2009), by Paulo Machline
- NYMPHOMANIAC I & II (2014), by Lars Von Trier
- BLACK VENUS (2010), by Abdel Kechiche
JULY 2014
- BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR (La Vie d’Adèle, pts 1 & 2, 2013), by Abdel Kechiche
- LE PREMIER HOMME (El Primo Uomo, 2011, Italia), by Gianni Amelio
- SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS (1961, EUA), by Elia Kazan
- THE CONGRESS (2013), by Ari Folman
- $9,99 (2008), by Tatia Rosenthal
- THE RAPE OF EUROPA (2006), by Richard Berge
- SNOWPIERCER (2013), by Joon-ho Bong
- ZIZEK’S A PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY (2012), by Sophie Fiennes
- THE INTERNET’S OWN BOY: STORY OF AARON SCHWARTZ (2014), by B. Knappenberger
- IMAGINARY WITNESS: HOLLYWOOD & THE HOLOCAUST (2004), by Daniel Anker
- CARMO – HIT THE ROAD (2008, Brazil), by Murilo Pasta
AUGUST 2014
- BOYHOOD (2014, EUA), by Richard Linklater
- BUDDHA COLLAPSED OUT OF SHAME (2007, Iran), by Hana Makhmalbaf
- PAYBACK (2012, Canada), by Jennifer Baichwal
- THE BAND’S VISIT (2007, Israel), by Eran Kolirin
- AT FIVE IN THE AFTERNOON (2003, Iran), by Samira Makhmalbaf
- BLACKBOARDS (2000, Iran), by Samira Makhmalbaf
- THEATHER OF WAR (2008, EUA), by John Walter
- AN ENCOUNTER WITH SIMONE WEIL (2011), by Julia Haslett
- FIERCE LIGHT – WHEN SPIRIT MEETS ACTION (2008, Canada), by Velcrow Ripper
- FLIGHT FROM DEATH – THE QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY (2003), by Patrick Shen
SEPTEMBER 2014
- BLACKFISH (2013, USA), by Gabriela Cowperthwaite
- THE STRANGER (Agantuk, 1991, India), by Satyajit Ray
- BLACKBOARD JUNGLE (1955, USA), by Richard Brooks
- ELYSIUM (2013, USA), by Neill Blomkamp
- ENLIGHTENED – FIRST SEASON (2011, HBO Series), by Laura Dern and Mike White
- FAITH CONNECTIONS, by Pan Nalin
- MIRACLE AT SAINT ANNA, by Spike Lee
- THE ROAD, by John Hillcoat
- BURN! (Quemada), by Gillo Pontecorvo
- THE MISSING PICTURE, by Rithy Pahn
OCTOBER 2014
- JE SUIS FEMEN (Alain Margot)
- NOS SEINS, NOS ARMES (Caroline Fourest et Nadia Al Fani)
- SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (Jean Luc Godard)
- BJÖRK: BIOPHILIA
- WHEN BJÖRK MET ATTENBOROUGH
- WATCHERS OF THE SKY (2014), by Edet Belzberg
- TIME BANDITS, by Terry Gilliam
NOVEMBER 2014
- THE HUNGER GAMES
- NORMA RAE, by Martin Ritt
- LA FAUTE À VOLTAIRE, by Abdel Kechiche
- THE WOLF BEHIND THE DOOR, by F. Coimbra (Brazil, 2014)
- UNDER THE SKIN, by Jonathan Glazer
- FINDING FELA, by Alex Gibney
- 2081, by
- IDA, by Pawel Pawlikowski
- PONTYPOOL, by MacDonald
DECEMBER 2014
- HOW TO MAKE MONEY SELLING DRUGS,
- EVEN THE RAIN (También La Lluvia), by (Spain)
- CARTESIUS, by Roberto Rosselini (Italy, 1974)
- PRAIA DO FUTURO, by Karim Ainouz (Brazil, 2014)
- WORKINGMAN’S DEATH (2005)
- DANGEROUS KNOWLEDGE (BBC)
- MAELSTROM, by Dennis Villeneuve (Canada)
- ZVENIGORA, by Aleksandr Dovzhenko (USSR, 1928)
- L’ESQUIVE, by Abdel Kechiche