Thursday, March 01, 2012

Now Showing

This is what is playing this week in Chicago according to the Chicago Reader, along with the last 10 movies I've seen. Movies are rated on the 4 star scale.

Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999) **
The Black Cat (Edgar Ulmer, 1934) ****
Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942) ****
A Colt is My Passport (Takashi Nomura, 1967) ***1/2
The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson, 2007) **1/2
Fear and Desire (Stanley Kubrick, 1953) *
Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987) ****
The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) ****
Hugo (Martin Scorsese, 2011) ***1/2
Josie and the Pussycats (Harry Elfont & Deborah Kaplan, 2001) ***1/2, I really liked this at the time, though I suspect I might find this less worthy today
Mad Dog Morgan (Philippe Mora, 1976) ***1/2
Ocean's Eleven (Steven Soderbergh, 2001) ***1/2
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (Michel Hazanvicius, 2006) **1/2
Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957) ****
Possession (Andrezj Zulwalski, 1980) ***
Take Aim at the Police Van (Seijun Suzuki, 1960) ****
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (Joseph Sargent, 1974) ***1/2
The Triumph of Love (Clare Peploe, 2001) ****
Tron Legacy (Stephen Kosinski, 2010) *