COMPULSIVE CINEPHILIA

Art by Angeli

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