A Luz Silenciosa

Oh no, not another year end list!

Vasco — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:42:35 +0000

But first, let’s remember… 2010.

01. Mistérios de Lisboa, Raoul Ruiz
02. Año bisiesto, Michael Rowe
03. Aurora, Cristi Puiu
04. I Wish I Knew, Jia Zhangke
05. Copie Conforme, Abbas Kiarostami
06. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
07. Somewhere, Sofia Coppola
08. Enter the Void, Gaspar Noé
09. Au fond des bois, Benoit Jacquot
10. Unstoppable, Tony Scott

And now, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you my favorite films of 2011. (I’ll try to write a paragraph or two about them later).

Malick’s miracle is a narrative portent, where time and space meet in a cosmical and transcendental complicity.

Adeus, 2011.

Vasco — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:32:08 +0000

Two Books

Admittedly I haven’t read much last year, but the words contained in these books had a profound impact on me.

& Five Albums

Those were my favorite sonic moments of 2011, non-classical or film related.

Ripping Off Trip – 2011 in Film

Vasco — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:11:32 +0000

Films seen: 8 (I’ve moved home…)
# of rewatches: 1

Top 10 (3):

01. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (Bird, 2011)
02. A Separation (Farhadi, 2011)
03. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Alfredson, 2011)

Worth mentioning: n/a

Dumpster: Anonymous; Fallen; Chasers; Altitude; In Time

Ripping Off Trip – 2011 in Film

Vasco — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:08:23 +0000

Films seen: 44
# of rewatches: 11

Top 10:

01. The Turin Horse (Tarr, 2011)
02. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (W. Anderson, 2004)
03. Faust (Sokurov, 2011)
04. Few of Us (Bartas, 1996)
05. Mauvais sang (Carax, 1986)
06. J’ai pas sommeil (Denis, 1994)
07. An Officer and a Gentleman (Hackford, 1982)
08. L’Apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close) (Bonello, 2011)
09. Twilight Portrait (Nikonova, 2011)
10. La folie Almayer (Akerman, 2011)

Worth mentioning: Pola X; The Darjeeling Limited; La piel que habito; Rushmore; Affliction

Dumpster: The Change-Up

Cinephilia

Vasco — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:54:11 +0000

I didn’t care about a single character and like u was pretty bored with it
The characters were so annoying
The trailer made it look funny, which made me want to go see it
I paid for funny, not charming. They deliberatly (sic) mislead me with the trailer
So I walked out and got my money back

Cinephiles

Vasco — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:10:37 +0000

there are no likable characters that you can root for

Ripping Off Trip – 2011 in Film

Vasco — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:08:03 +0000

Films seen: 37
# of rewatches: 11

Top 10:

01. Sangue do Meu Sangue (Canijo, 2011)
02. Shame (McQueen, 2011)
03. The Adventures of Tintin (Spielberg, 2011)
04. Sleeping Beauty (Leigh, 2011)
05. Le gamin au vélo (les Dardenne, 2011)
06. Maelström (Villeneuve, 2000)
07. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Kaufman, 1978)
08. Drive (Refn, 2011)
09. Melancholia (Trier, 2011)
10. Ordo (Barbosa, 2004)

Worth mentioning: Midnight in Paris; Trespass (2011); Dirty Harry; Point Break; He Got Game

Dumpster: Flypaper; Captain America: The First Avenger; Horrible Bosses

Ripping Off Trip – 2011 in Film

Vasco — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:26:11 +0000

Films seen: 44
# of rewatches: 11

Top 10:

01. A Zed & Two Noughts (Greenaway, 1985)
02. Deep End (Skolimowski, 1970)
03. Liverpool (Alonso, 2008)
04. Cisne (Villaverde, 2011)
05. Incendies (Villeneuve, 2010)
06. Polytechnique (Villeneuve, 2009)
07. Nachmittag (Schanelec, 2007)
08. Streets of Fire (Hill, 1984)
09. Maîtresse (Schroeder, 1975)
10. Not Another Teen Movie director’s cut (Gallen, 2001)

Worth mentioning: La nostra vita; Your Highness unrated; Ronin; Wild Things unrated; Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Dumpster: When a Stranger Calls (2006); Drive Angry 3D; 2010

Ripping Off Trip – 2011 in Film

Vasco — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 23:11:50 +0000

Films seen: 39
# of rewatches: 12

Top 10:

01. La femme défendue (Harel, 1997)
02. Diabel (Zulawski, 1972)
03. Hanna (Wright, 2011)
04. La captive (Akerman, 2000)
05. Marseille (Schanelec, 2004)
06. The Fan (Tony, 1996)
07. Celebration in the Botanical Garden (Havetta, 1969)
08. Ana y los otros (Murga, 2003)
09. Space Cowboys (Eastwood, 2000)
10. Super 8 (Abrams, 2011)

Worth mentioning: Everything Must Go; Frankie & Johnny; Tremors

Dumpster: The Virginity Hit; The Benchwarmers

Ripping Off Trip – 2011 in Film

Vasco — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:58:30 +0000

Films seen: 49
# of rewatches: 28

Top 10:

01. Mein langsames Leben (Schanelec, 2001)
02. Antares (Spielmann, 2004)
03. Badlands (Malick, 1973)
04. Jacob’s Ladder (Lyne, 1990)
05. 8MM (Schumacher, 1999)
06. Hardcore (Schrader, 1979)
07. The 40 Year Old Virgin unrated (Apatow, 2005)
08. Cosa avete fatto a Solange? (Dallamano, 1972)
09. Beverly Hills Cop II (Tony, 1987)
10. 42plus (Derflinger, 2007)

Worth mentioning: Breakdown; Rio; Knocked Up unrated; Change pas de main; The Hills Have Eyes unrated (2006)

Dumpster: A Serbian Film; The Rite; Virtuosity; Limitless; Spy Hard