Le Retour à la raison (Man Ray, 1923)

Le Retour à la raison (Man Ray, 1923)
Rating: 8.4

A classic dadaist masterpiece.

Ballet mécanique (Fernand Léger and Dudley Murphy,1924)

Ballet mécanique (Fernand Léger and Dudley Murphy,1924)
Rating: 8.4

Incorporates early use of prismatic lenses, and split screen as well as the 1st use of loop editing, to blend dadaism, surrealism, cubism, and futurism.

Symphonie diagonale (Viking, Eggeling, 1924)

Symphonie diagonale (Viking, Eggeling, 1924)
Rating: 8.2

Futurist painting in motion.

Rhythmus 21 (Hans Richter, 1921)

Rhythmus 21 (Hans Richter, 1921)
Rating: 7.4

An important early abstract film, although not the first, as Richter claimed.

Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch, 1986)

Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch, 1986)
Rating: 8.2

Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (Paul Crowder and John Dower, 2006)

Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (Paul Crowder and John Dower, 2006)
Rating: 5.8

Interesting subject, but suffers from cheesey editing and Pelé's refusal to interview.

Boksuneun naui geot (Chan-wook Park, 2002) aka Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Boksuneun naui geot (Chan-wook Park, 2002)
Rating: 7.9

Adaptation. (Spike Jonze, 2002)

Adaptation. (Spike Jonze, 2002)
Rating: 9.6

"To begin... To begin... How to start? I'm hungry. I should get coffee. Coffee would help me think. Maybe I should write something first, then reward myself with coffee. Coffee and a muffin. So I need to establish the themes. Maybe a banana nut. That's a good muffin."

The Cable Guy (Ben Stiller, 1996)

The Cable Guy (Ben Stiller, 1996)
Rating: 6.8

"Free cable is the ultimate aphrodisiac."

Shakhmatnaya goryachka (Vsevolod Pudovkin and Nikolai Shpikovsky, 1925) aka Chess Fever

Shakhmatnaya goryachka (Vsevolod Pudovkin and Nikolai Shpikovsky, 1925)
Rating: 7.7

Zemlya (Aleksandr Dovzhenko, 1930) aka Earth

Zemlya (Aleksandr Dovzhenko, 1930)
Rating: 8.5

Irréversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002)

Irréversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002)
Rating: 8.8

Konets Sankt-Peterburga (Vsevolod Pudovkin, 1927) aka The End of St. Petersburg

Konets Sankt-Peterburga (Vsevolod Pudovkin, 1927)
Rating: 9.2

Domino (Tony Scott, 2005)

Domino (Tony Scott, 2005)
Rating: 3.3

As expected, I was unimpressed with how derivative the story and writing was, but Scott is a solid director and seeing Keira naked was worth 1 star alone.

Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)

Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)
Rating: 8.4

The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)
Rating: 7.7

Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)

Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)
Rating: 9.5

La Grande illusion (Jean Renoir, 1937) aka The Grand Illusion

La Grande illusion (Jean Renoir, 1937)
Rating: 8.2

Jesus Camp (Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, 2006)

Jesus Camp (Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, 2006)
Rating: 6.3

Tokyo monogatari (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953) aka Tokyo Story

Tokyo monogatari (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953) aka Tokyo Story
Rating: 9.7