Friday, December 6, 2013

ARK CINEMA: Core Collection of Great Films. Part 2.

ARK CINEMA PART 2

Click here for ARK CINEMA PART 1.

* denotes masterwork.
** denotes masterwork above and beyond the call of art.
Red titles denote special likes.
Blue titles denote special loves.

JOHN STURGES
BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK
OLD MAN AND THE SEA
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
THE GREAT ESCAPE
ICE STATION ZEBRA
KATHRYN BIGELOWK-19: THE WIDOWMAKER*HURT LOCKERIt’s the dream of every film director to be an ‘auteur’ with a powerful style, but those who can’t dance would to better to learn to walk and run. Directors like Orson Welles, Akira Kurosawa, Sam Peckinpah, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scoresese, and Sergei Eisenstein could make images dance like the crocodile and hippo ballet in FANTASIA, but when the likes of Terry Gilliam, Baz Luhrmann, Alan Parker, and Ken Russell have attempted as much, the result wasn’t very pretty. And even great talents like Francis Ford Coppola and Federico Fellini can lose the muse. The first third of APOCALYPSE NOW ranks as among the greatest in cinema, but the remainder is mostly slow death that won’t be reversed even with periodic charges of the defibrillator. And Coppola’s attempt at auteur showmanship fell flat in ONE FROM THE HEART and RUMBLE FISH. Fellini’s 8 ½ is one of the great marvels of cinema, but his subsequent role as circus master was bloated and lifeless like the beached manta ray at the end of LA DOLCE VITA. As Harry Callahan says at the end of MAGNUM FORCE: "A man’s got to know his limitations." Eastwood’s longevity owes to his recognition of his weaknesses as well as strengths. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS and LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA didn’t try to imitate SAVING PRIVATE RYAN because Eastwood knew he wasn’t a Spielberg. Rather, Eastwood stuck to a method grounded in the Classic Hollywood of directors like John Ford and Howard Hawks. (Spielberg owes a great deal to Ford and Hawks, but his spirit is more that of a magician than a craftsman; he’s the impatient sorcerer’s apprentice who outdoes the sorcerer, winging it than walking it.)
As Kathryn Bigelow has been one of the handful of notable female directors in all of film history, (too)much has been made of her directorial vision and prowess. If she were a man, she would be respected as a solid craftsman, one of the boys in the industry — especially as her movies tend to be male-centered in theme and characters — , but not much more. Oddly enough, her most ‘powerful’ female character is in a movie scripted by James Cameron, one of those nerds who gets a kick out of action-babes. (If a ‘feminine’ case can be made for Bigelow, perhaps it worth noting that the fates of her stories are decided by the keener eye or nimbler finger; in the end, it’s about needles and pins. If Cameron’s movies hang in the balance of who blows up more stuff, the Bigelow’s films rely on something more delicate than brute strength despite or precisely because of the unrelenting brutishness of the world.)

Despite her considerable talent, Bigelow is no wizard, and her best works are comparable to those of Clint Eastwood. Her attempts at auteurama had a certain campy appeal in NEAR DARK but served her less well in the disastrous STRANGE DAYS(a film as repulsive as Gilliam’s TWELVE MONKEYS) and overwrought THE WEIGHT OF WATER. She’s been in top form when focusing her knowledge and talent towards telling a good story than selling an inflated ego, the bane of the otherwise talented Julie Taymore who keeps trying to be the female OrsonWelles. In Bigelow’s best films, the directorial personality isn’t overt but nevertheless embedded throughout the material in the needlework of professionalism, diligence, and generosity. While a handful of great ‘auteurs’ can get away with just about anything, most directors would do best to know their limitations. While Bigelow will never rank alongside the giants of cinema, she has earned her place with ace professionals like John Sturges.

JOHN BADHAMSATURDAY NIGHT FEVERMARCO BELLOCHIOFISTS IN THE POCKETCHINA IS NEAR*FRANK TUTTLE
THIS GUN FOR HIRE
ROBERT REDFORD
ORDINARY PEOPLE
THE CONSPIRATOR
JERZY SKOLIMOWSKIMOONLIGHTING*DENYS ARCANDBARBARIAN INVASIONS*
EUGENE CORR
DESERT BLOOM
SEIJUN SUZUKIYOUTH OF THE BEAST
THE GATE OF FLESH
STORY OF A PROSTITUTE*
CARMEN OF KAWACHITOKYO DRIFTER
FIGHTING ELEGY(aka Elegy to Violence)*BRANDED TO KILLSERGEI GERASIMOV
AND QUIET FLOWS THE DON(aka Quiet Don)*JEAN RENOIRBOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING*THE GRAND ILLUSION*LA BETE HUMAINE
RULES OF THE GAME*THE GOLDEN COACH*FRENCH CAN CAN
TERRY ZWIGOFFCRUMBGHOST WORLD*ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
SHARI SPRINGER BERMAN and ROBERT PULCINIAMERICAN SPLENDOR*TIAN ZHUANGZHUANGHORSE THIEF
BLUE KITE*ERIK SKJOLDBJAERG
INSOMNIA
CHRISTOPHER NOLANMEMENTOINSOMNIA*INCEPTION*
MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM
WONDERLAND
PEDRO ALMODOVR
TIE ME UP, TIE ME DOWN
ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER
PAUL SCHRADER
MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS
LIGHT OF DAY
AFFLICTION
YEVGENY YEVTUSHENKO
KINDERGARTEN
VLADIMIR MENSHOV
MOSCOW DOESN'T BELIEVE IN TEARS
ENZO BARBONI
THEY CALL ME TRINITY
TONINO VALERIE
MY NAME IS NOBODY
JAN KADAR & ELMAR KLOS
SHOP ON MAIN STREET
GRIGORI CHUKHRAI
BALLAD OF A SOLDIER
LINDSAY ANDERSON
IF....
GEORGE ROY HILL
HAWAII
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE
THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL
SERGE BOURGUIGNON
SUNDAYS AND CYBELE(aka Sundays in Ville d'Avray)
MIKHAIL KALATOZOV
CRANES ARE FLYING
LETTER NEVER SENT
I AM CUBA
KAREL REISZ
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING
WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN
MICHAEL SNOW
WAVELENGTH
CARROLL BALLARD
BLACK STALLION
NEVER CRY WOLF
ARTHUR HILLER
LOVE STORY
THE IN-LAWS
JOSEPH CEDAR
FOOTNOTE
DANNY VETERE
YELLOW ASPHALT
VEIT HARLAN
JEW SUSS
KOLBERG
GABRIEL AXEL
BABETTE'S FEAST
KEISUKE KINOSHITA
TWENTY-FOUR EYES*
YOJI YAMADATWILIGHT SAMURAITHE HIDDEN BLADELOVE AND HONORFRED ZINNEMANNHIGH NOON*FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
PAUL NEWMAN
SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION
ZHANG YIMOUTHE STORY OF QUI JU
TO LIVE
SHANGHAI TRIAD(aka Row the Boat to Grandma's Bridge)PETER YATESBULLITT
BREAKING AWAYELENI
MEL GIBSON
APOCALYPTO
PETER WATKINS
PUNISHMENT PARK
BILLY WILDERSUNSET BOULEVARD*
STALAG 17
SOME LIKE IT HOTJAE-EUN JEONGTAKE CARE OF MY CATJOON-HO BONG
MEMORIES OF MURDER*
WILLIAM WYLERTHE WESTERNER
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
BIG COUNTRY*BEN HURTHE COLLECTOR
WIM WENDERSKINGS OF THE ROADROBERT WIENETHE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI*RAOUL WALSHTHE BIG TRAIL**ROARING TWENTIESTHEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ONWHITE HEAT*DUSAN MAKAVEJEVLOVE AFFAIR, OR THE CASE OF THE MISSING SWITCHBOARD OPERATORINNOCENCE UNPROTECTEDJEAN VIGOL'ATLANTE*THOMAS VINTERBERG
THE CELEBRATION
THE HUNT*
ANTHONY ASQUITHTHE BROWNING VERSIONDZIGA VERTOVTHE MAN WITH THE MOVIE CAMERA*THREE SONGS OF LENINGUS VAN SANTELEPHANT*ANDRE DE TOTHTHE DAY OF THE OUTLAW*ROBERT TOWNEPERSONAL BEST*PAOLO & VITTORIO TAVIANIPADRE PADRONE
CY ENDFIELDZULUGIUSEPPE TORNATORE
CINEMA PARADISOBELA TARRTHE WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES*WES ANDERSONRUSHMORE*MOONRISE KINGDOM
ROBERT ALDRICHVERA CRUZKISS ME DEADLY
ATTACK
THE DIRTY DOZEN
ULZANA'S RAIDTHE EMPEROR OF THE NORTH
THE LONGEST YARD
DAVE BORTHWICKTHE SECRET ADVENTURES OF TOM THUMBERIC VON STROHEIMGREED*JAN SVANKMAJERALICEFAUSTADRIANE LYNE
JACOB'S LADDER
KINJI FUKUSAKU
BLACK LIZARD
ANTHONY MINGHELLA
THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY
CECIL B. DEMILLE
CLEOPATRA
UNION PACIFIC
SAMSON AND DELILAH
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
TEN COMMANDMENTS
HAROLD RAMIS
GROUNDHOG DAY
RICHARD PEARCE
HEARTLAND
MICHAEL LEHMANN
HEATHERS
NEIL JORDAN
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
MICHAEL COLLINS
THE END OF THE AFFAIR
BYZANTIUM
ROBERT ZEMECKIS
USED CARS
ROMANCING THE STONE
BACK TO THE FUTURE
CASTAWAY
PRESTON STURGESSULLIVAN'S TRAVELSGEORGE STEVENSA PLACE IN THE SUN
SHANE*LESLIE ARLISS
THE MAN IN GREY*
THE WICKED LADY
TONY RICHARDSON
THE LONELINESS OF A LONG DISTANCE RUNNER
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE*
JAY RUSSELL
MY DOG SKIP
ERNST LUBITSCH
HEAVEN CAN WAIT
HAROLD BECKER
THE ONION FIELD
GEORGE BUTLER and MICHAEL FIORE
PUMPING IRON
HECTOR BABENCO
PIXOTE
SAM RAIMI
A SIMPLE PLAN
ED HARRIS
POLLOCK
MICHAEL CATON-JONES
ROB ROY
JON JOST
SURE FIRE
EDWARD DMYTRYK
THE YOUNG LIONS
WARLOCK
BLUE ANGEL
MARK MALONE
BULLETPROOF HEART(aka KILLER)
ROBERT DUVALL
THE APOSTLE
MICHAEL GILIO
KWIK STOP
RONALD NEAME
TUNES OF GLORY
DAMIANO DAMIANI
A BULLET FOR THE GENERAL(aka QUIEN SABE?)
ROBERT WISE
WEST SIDE STORY
THE HAUNTING
SAND PEBBLES
GUNTHER VON FRITSCH and ROBERT WISE
THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE
JACQUES TOURNEUR
THE CAT PEOPLE
ARTHUR CRABTREE
MADONNA OF THE SEVEN MOONS*
GARY NELSON
NOBLE HOUSEYOSHITARO NOMURATHE CASTLE OF SAND*WHIT STILLMANMETROPOLITANLAST DAYS OF DISCO*DAMSELS IN DISTRESS*
SPIKE LEE
25TH HOUR
MANI RATNAMGURUKYUNG TAEK KWAKFRIEND*TONY KAYE
AMERICAN HISTORY X
SHANE MEADOWS
THIS IS ENGLAND
GREG MOTTOLA
THE DAYTRIPPERS
PETER GLENVILLEBECKETYOSHIMITSU MORITATHE FAMILY GAME*DICK POWELL
ENEMY BELOW
DUNCAN JONES
MOON
JOHN IRVINTINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPYHAMBURGER HILL
TAKESHI KITANOVIOLENT COP*BOILING POINT*SONATINE
KIDS RETURN*FIREWORKS(aka Hanabi)KIKUJIRO
LUC BESSONFIFTH ELEMENTDOUG LIMANBOURNE IDENTITY*EDGE OF TOMORROW
PAUL GREENGRASSUNITED 93BOURNE SUPREMACY*JOSEF VON STERNBERGUNDERWORLDLAST COMMAND*THE BLUE ANGEL*JAKE SCHREIER
ROBOT AND FRANK
JOHN CARNEY
ONCE
VIRGIL W. VOGEL, PAUL KRASNEY, HARRY FALK, BERNARD MCEVEETY
CENTENNIAL
STEVEN SODERBERGHCHEDON SIEGELRIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11
THE INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS*COOGAN'S BLUFF
THE BEGUILED
DIRTY HARRYTHE SHOOTIST
ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ
SOULEYMANE CISSEYELEEN(aka Brightness)WEI LO
FISTS OF FURY(aka THE CHINESE CONNECTION)
ROBERT CLOUSE
ENTER THE DRAGON
DANNY DE VITOHOFFANURI BILGE CEYLAN
DISTANT
ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA
BARBET SCHROEDERGENERAL IDI AMIN: A SELF-PORTRAITMICHAEL SCHULTZCOOLEY HIGHCAR WASH
FRANK DARABONT
THE MIST
GREGORY HOBLIT
PRIMAL FEAR
JEAN-FRANCOIS RICHET
MESRINE: KILLER INSTINCT
MESRINE: PUBLIC ENEMY #1
NICHOLAS WINDING REFN
PUSHER
WITH BLOOD ON MY HANDS: PUSHER II
I'M THE ANGEL OF DEATH: PUSHER III
DRIVE
ALEX COXSID AND NANCY
WALKER*HIGHWAY PATROLMANKENNETH BRANAGH
THOR
KEVIN COSTNER
OPEN RANGE
KEVIN SPACEY
BEYOND THE SEA*
IAN MCCRUDEN
ISLANDER
ERIC KHOO
TATSUMI
TAKUMI FURUKAWA CRUEL GUN STORY*TAKASHI NOMURA
A COLT IS MY PASSPORT*MASAYUKI SUOSHALL WE DANCEROGER DONALDSONSLEEPING DOGSSMASH PALACE*BOUNTYNO WAY OUT
HIDEAKI ANNO
GUNBUSTER*
KATSUHIRO OTOMO
AKIRA
OSAMU DEZAKI
SPACE ADVENTURE COBRA
TOSHIMICHI SUZUKI, KENICHI SONODA, MASAMI OBARI, KATSUHITO AKIYAMA
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS(OVA or Original Video Animation)**
HIROYUKI FUKUSHIMA
BUBBLEGUM CRASH: GEO-CLIMBERS EPISODE 2
YOSHIAKI KAWAJIRI
DEMON CITY SHINJUKU
NINJA SCROLL
TOYOO ASHIDA
ULTIMATE TEACHER
HIROSHI FUKUTOMI
GUUNM(aka Battle Angel Gally or Battle Angel Alita)
SOJI YOSHIKAWA
LUPIN III: MYSTERY OF MAMO
MAMORU OSHII
ONLY YOU
YOSHIKAZU YASUHIKO
VENUS WARS
NOBUTAKA NISHIZAWA & DAIKI YAADA(unshown)
SHONAN BAKUSOZOKU BOMBER BIKERS
BHAVNA TALWARDHARMHAIFAA AL-MANSOUR
WADJDA
GEOFF MURPHYUTU*
STEVE DE JARNATTMIRACLE MILE*JOHN SAYLESBABY IT'S YOU*SHUNJI BIWAIALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOURIAN JOHNSON
LOOPER
CHRIS & PAUL WEITZ
ABOUT A BOY
LONE SCHERFIG
AN EDUCATION
FRED SCHEPISI
THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITHLAST ORDERS
RICHARD KWIETNIOWSKI
LOVE AND DEATH ON LONG ISLAND
NORMAN LOFTIS
SMALL TIME
EDGAR WRIGHT
SHAUN OF THE DEAD
HOT FUZZ*
THE WORLD'S END**
BUD YORKIN
TWICE IN A LIFETIME
TONY PALMER
WAGNER
MARTIN DONOVAN
APARTMENT ZERO
RON SHELTON
BULL DURHAM
COBB
PHILLIP NOYCE
DEAD CALM
CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
RABBIT PROOF FENCE
WILLIAM DIETERLE
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
GAVIN MILLAR
DREAMCHILD
BURT KENNEDY
WAR WAGON
JACK STOKES and GEORGE DUNNING
YELLOW SUBMARINE
KARL FREUND
THE MUMMY
DANIEL MYRICK and EDUARDO SANCHEZ
BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
JONATHAN DAYTON and VALERIE FARIS
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
ANDREW STANTON
JOHN CARTER
ALISON MACLEAN
CRUSH
JOHN MILIUS
BIG WEDNESDAY
FAREWELL TO THE KING
ANDREI UJICA
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NICOLAE CEAUSESCU
ALAN RUDOLPH
TROUBLE IN MIND
LUIS PUENZO
THE OFFICIAL STORY
GODFREY REGGIOKOYAANISQATSISOFIA COPPOLALOST IN TRANSLATIONTHE BLING RING
NOAH BAUMBACH
KICKING AND SCREAMING
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
CLAUDE SAUTETCLASSE TOUT BRISQUES(aka The Big Risk)ALAIN CAVALIERLE COMBAT DANS LILLE*DAVID FINCHERALIEN3*THE FIGHT CLUBPANIC ROOM
ZODIAC*MIRA NAIR
SALAAM BOMBAY
CRISTIAN MUNGIU
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, AND 2 DAYS
GAVIN HOOD
ENDER'S GAME*
TONY SCOTT
TRUE ROMANCE
GRAHAM BAKER
ALIEN NATION
DAVID GREENE
PEOPLE NEXT DOOR
ROOTS: EPISODE ONE
MARVIN J. CHOMSKY, JOHN ERWIN, GILBERT MOSES
ROOTS EPISODES 2-12
JERRY LONDON
SHOGUN
HENRY HATHAWAY
TRUE GRIT
XIE FEI
WOMEN FROM THE LAKE OF SCENTED SOULS
SUSANNE BIER
AFTER THE WEDDING
PAVEL LUNGIN
LUNA PARK
TRAN ANH HUNG
THE SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA
GARY ROSS
THE HUNGER GAMES
DERECK & BEVERLY JOUBERT
ETERNAL ENEMIES: LIONS AND HYENAS
EYE OF THE LEOPARD
MARK ROBSON
VON RYAN'S EXPRESS
MILCHO MANCHEVSKI
BEFORE THE RAIN
P.J. HOGAN
MURIEL'S WEDDING
JIM RASH & NAT FAXON
THE WAY, WAY BACK
LAURENT CANTET
TIME OUT
PAOLO SORRENTINO
IL DIVO
THIS MUST BE THE PLACE
THE GREAT BEAUTY
MARTHA COOLIDGE
REAL GENIUS
MITCHELL LEISEN
REMEMBER THE NIGHT
JONATHAN GLAZER
SEXY BEAST
UNDER THE SKIN
JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER
ACT OF KILLING
J. LEE THOMPSON
TIGER BAY
GUNS OF NAVARONE
CAPE FEAR
CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
DON SHARP
A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE
HOLD THE DREAM
LODGE KERRIGAN
CLEAN, SHAVEN
DAVID SUTHERLAND
THE FARMER'S WIFE
COUNTRY BOYS
BORIS SAGAL
MASADA
CAMERON CROWE
SAY ANYTHING
ALMOST FAMOUS
ROB REINER
THE SURE THING
MICHAEL APTED
7 UP
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
BRYAN FORBES
KING RAT
STEPFORD WIVES
MARLON BRANDO
ONE-EYED JACKS
ROBERT DE NIRO
A BRONX TALE
ALLAN DWAN
SILVER LODE
SANDS OF IWO JIMA
DAVID ANSPAUGH
HOOSIERS
RUDY*
ARCHIE MAYO
STREET OF WOMEN
JOHN S. ROBERTSON
A SINGLE STANDARD
EUZHAN PALCY
SUGAR CANE ALLEY
ANDREA MOLAIOLI
THE GIRL BY THE LAKE
RON HOWARD
A BEAUTIFUL MIND
RUSH
KENNETH LONERGAN
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME
MICHAEL RITCHIE
DOWNHILL RACER
BAD NEWS BEARS
ULU GROSBARD
STRAIGHT TIME
PETER USTINOV
BILLY BUDD
RANDAL KLEISER
GREASE
DELMER DAVES
JUBAL
MEL BROOKS
TWELVE CHAIRS
HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART I
SPACEBALLS
JIM ABRAHAMS - DAVID ZUCKER - JERRY ZUCKER
THE KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE(directed by John Landis)
AIRPLANE!*
HASKELL WEXLER
MEDIUM COOL
HENRY KING
JESSE JAMES(Co-directed by Irving Cummings)
TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH
THE GUNFIGHTER
THEODORE J. FLICKER
THE PRESIDENT'S ANALYST
RICHARD FLEISCHER
THE VIKINGS
DAVID MILLER
LONELY ARE THE BRAVE
PIERRE COFFIN & CHRIS RENAUD
DESPICABLE ME
NORMAN JEWISON
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
RAUL RUIZTIME REGAINED**YURI KARABALTHZAR'S FEAST, OR A NIGHT WITH STALINJOHN WOO
A BETTER TOMORROW
SAMMO HUNG
THE BLADE OF FURY
CHING SIU-TUNG
CHINESE GHOST STORY
EAST IS RED(aka SWORDSMAN II)*
COREY YUEN
YES MADAM*
GORDON CHAN
FIGHT BACK TO SCHOOL
TSUI HARK
BETTER TOMORROW III
DAVID GORDON GREEN
GEORGE WASHINGTON
JOE
MIKAEL HAFSTROMEVILROBERT ROSSENALL THE KING'S MEN*MIKE FLANAGAN
OCULUS
PAUL VERHOEVENA SOLDIER OF ORANGE*THE BLACK BOOK*OLE CHRISTIAN MADSEN
FLAME AND CITRON
MICHAEL VERHOEVEN
THE NASTY GIRL
ANDREW DAVIS
THE FUGITIVE
ZACK SNYDER
300
WATCHMEN
NOAM MURRO
300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE
JOSE PADIHA
ELITE SQUAD
ELITE SQUAD: ENEMY WITHIN
ROBOCOP
LEV KULIDZHANOV
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
GRIGORY KONINTSEV
HAMLET
KING LEAR
LAURENCE OLIVIER
HENRY V(aka The Cronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France)
HAMLET
RICHARD III
ALEKSANDR ASKOLDOV
COMMISSAR
SERGEY BONDARCHUK
DESTINY OF A MAN
WAR AND PEACE
ELEM KLIMOV
AGONY, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF RASPUTIN
COME AND SEE
MICHAEL RADFORD
1984
DANIEL VIGNE
THE RETURN OF MARTIN GUERRE
MOHSEN MAKHMALBAF
A MOMENT OF INNOCENCE
THE SILENCE
VERA BELMONT
RED KISS
AGNES VARDA
CLEO 5 TO 7
LE BONHEUR
VAGABOND(aka Sans Toit Ni Loi)
JIM MICKLE
COLD IN JULY
BEN WHEATLEY
A FIELD IN ENGLAND
TOMU UCHIDA
A FUGITIVE FROM THE PAST*
DOUGLAS AARNIOKOSKI
THE DAY
JORDAN VOGT-ROBERTS
THE KINGS OF SUMMER*
ABDELLATIF KECHICHE
BLAME IT ON VOLTAIRE(aka Poetical Refugee)
GAMES OF LOVE AND CHANCE
ERICK ZONCA
THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS
OLIVIER ASSAYAS
IRMA VEP
TODD HAYNES
MILDRED PIERCE
ANDY & LANA WACHOWSKIMATRIX REVOLUTIONS*RODNEY ASCHER
ROOM 237
JOSEPH KOSINKSITRON LEGACY*KEVIN REYNOLDSFANDANGO*WATERWORLD*TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
JAMES CAMERONTHE TERMINATOR*HANI SUSUMU
NANAMI: THE INFERNO OF FIRST LOVE
CHRISTOPHER MENAUL(top), ANDY WILSON(below), DAVID MOORE(not pictured)
FORSYTE SAGA PART I & IICHEN KAIGEYELLOW EARTH
LIFE ON A STRING
FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE*THE EMPEROR AND THE ASSASSIN
TOGETHER
JOHN WELLS
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTRY
DAVID FRANKEL
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
LEWIS GILBERT
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
MICHAEL ANDERSON
MARTIAN CHRONICLES: EPISODE ONE. THE EXPEDITIONS.
JAN NEMEC
DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT
SYDNEY POLLACK
THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
JEREMIAH JOHNSON
YAKUZA
THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR
TOOTSIE
JAFAR PANAHI
THE CIRCLE
CRIMSON GOLD*
ANDREW ADAMSON
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE
DOUGLAS SIRK
IMITATION OF LIFE
LEWIS JOHN CARLINO
THE GREAT SANTINI
DANNY BOYLESUNSHINEALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITUAMORES PERROS*BABEL
ALFONSO CUARONY TU MAMA TAMBIEN*GRAVITY*
STEVEN LISBERGERTRON*CHARLIE KAUFMAN and MICHEL GONDRYETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND*SPIKE JONZEBEING JOHN MALKOVICH*JAMES WHALEFRANKENSTEIN
THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN*JAMES CLAVELLTHE LAST VALLEY
DINO RISI
THE EASY LIFE(aka IL SORPASSO)
MICHAEL WALKER
CHASING SLEEP
PRICE CHECK
SRDAN GOLUBOVIC
THE TRAP
JOVAN ACIN

DANCING IN WATER(aka Hey Babu Riba)FRANKLIN SCHAFFNERTHE PLANET OF THE APES*PATTON*NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRAPAPILLONDON TAYLOR
ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES
HOWARD HUGHES
HELL'S ANGELS
LUCIAN PINTILIE
THE OAK
AN UNFORGETTABLE SUMMER
TSAI MING LIANG
THE RIVER
ANDRE TECHINE
ALICE AND MARTIN
FRANCIS WEBER
THE DINNER GAME
TONY GATLIF
LATCHO DROM
ZHOU XIAOWEN
ERMO
RON FRICKE
BARAKA
FRANCOIS GIRARD
THIRTY TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD
PETER COHEN
THE ARCHITECTURE OF DOOM
RAY MULLER
THE WONDERFUL, HORRIBLE LIFE OF LENI RIEFENSTAHL
CATHERINE COOKSON ADAPTATIONS directed by RICHARD MARTIN, MARY MCMURRAY, BRIAN MILLS, RONALD WILSON, DAVID WHEATLEY, MICHAEL WHYTE, SIMON LANGTON, GAVIN MILLAR, SARAH HELLINGS, NORMAN STONE, ROY BATTERSBY, ALAN GRINT
THE MALLENS(directed by Richard Martin, Mary McMurray, Brian Mills, and Ronald Wilson)
THE FIFTEEN STREETS(directed by David Wheatley)
THE MAN WHO CRIED(directed by Michael Whyte)
THE CINDER PATH(directed by Simon Langton)
THE DWELLING PLACE(directed by Gavin Millar)
THE GLASS VIRGIN(directed by Sarah Hellings)
THE GAMBLING MAN(directed by Norman Stone)
THE TIDE OF LIFE(directed by David Wheatley)
THE GIRL(directed by David Wheatley)
THE WINGLESS BIRD(directed by David Wheatley)
RAG NYMPH(directed by David Wheatley)
THE MOTH(directed by Roy Battersby)
COLOUR BLIND(directed by Alan Grint)
TILLY TROTTER(directed by Alan Grint)
THE SECRET(directed by Alan Grint)
A DINNER OF HERBS(directed by Alan Grint)
RUPERT SANDERS
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN*
CATHERINE HARDWICKE
TWILIGHT*
CHRIS WEITZ
TWILIGHT: NEW MOON*
DAVID SLADE
TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE
BILL CONDON
TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN Part 1.*
TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN Part 2.
YURI OZEROVTHE LIBERATION(aka Osvobozhdenie)*