Sunday, January 03, 2016

Listen 2015

2015 releases

1. Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III (Kidlat Tahimik)
2. Knight of Cups (Terrence Malick)
3. Blackhat (Michael Mann)
4. Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller)
5. Cosmos (Andrzej Zulawski)
6. Last Angel (Takashi Ito)
7. Cemetery of Splendour (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
8. An (Naomi Kawase)
9. Flotel Europa (Vladimir Tomic)
10. Deux Remi, deux (Pierre Leon)
11. L'architect de Saint-Gaudens (Serge Bozon)
12. Viaggio nella dopo-storia (Vincent Dieutre)
13. Der Geldkomplex (Juan Rodriganez)
14. Chant d'hiver (Otar Iosseliani)
15. The Dead End (Cao Baoping)
16. Love (Gaspar Noe)
17. Taxi (Jafar Panahi)
18. The Glory of Filmmaking in Portugal (Manuel Mozos)
19. Aferim! (Radu Jude)
20. Histoire de Judas (Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche)
21. Queen of Earth (Alex Ross Perry)
22. La La La at Rock Bottom (Nobuhiro Yamashita)
23. 88:88 (Isiah Medina)

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German releases 2015

1. Knight of Cups (Terrence Malick)
2. Hard to be a God (Aleksei German)
3. Blackhat (Michael Mann)
4. She's Funny That Way (Peter Bogdanovich)
5. Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller)
6. Horse Money (Pedro Costa)
7. An (Naomi Kawase)
8. Worst Case Scenario (Franz Müller)
9. When Marnie Was There (Hiromasa Yonebayashi)
10. Taxi (Jafar Panahi)

bonus for polemic reasons: better than list

Deliha > Carol
American Sniper > A Most Violent Year
American Sniper > Foxcatcher
John Wick > Spectre
Taken 3 > Victoria
Love > L'ombre des femmes
Tokyo Tribe > El Club
Art Girls > Magic Mike XXL
2 Broke Girls > Master of None

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catching up with 2013-14, no ranking

Horse Money (Pedro Costa)
Worst Case Scenario (Franz Müller)
Shahzadeh (Mahmoud Behraznia)
Mercuriales (Virgil Vernier)
When Marnie Was There (Hiromasa Yonebayashi)
John Wick (Stahelski / Leitch)
Pasolini (Abel Ferrara)
STRAUB (Stefan Hayn)
Looping (Rainer Knepperges)
Red Capriccio (Blake Williams)
Odessa Crash Test (Notes on Film 09) (Norbert Pfaffenbichler)
Color Neutral (Jennifer Reeves)
Something Might Happen (Tim Geraghty)
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (Tsui Hark)
The Last Moose of Aoluguya (Gu Tao)
La ninas Quispe (Sebastian Sepulveda)

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die hard nerdy bonus: Monatslisten saved from facebook

Januar

1. The Barkleys of Broadway, Charles Walters, 1949
2. Dames, Ray Enright, 1934
3. Summer Stock, Charles Walters, 1950
4. Copacabana, Alfred E. Green, 1947
5. Lorna Doone, Phil Karlson, 1951
6. Hell to Eternity, Phil Karlson, 1960
7. Scandal Sheet, Phil Karlson, 1952
8. Stormy Weather, Andrew L. Stone, 1943
9. Looping, Rainer Knepperges, 2014
10. Viaggio nella dopo-storia, Vincent Dieutre, 2015
11. Reprise, Herve Le Roux, 1995
12. The Brothers Rico, Phil Karlson, 1957
13. Las ninas Quispe, Sebastian Sepulveda, 2013
14. John Wick, Chad Stahelski / David Leitch, 2014
15. The Texas Rangers, Phil Karlson, 1951
16. Germany Awake, US Army Signal Corps, 1945
17. You Were Never Lovelier, William A. Seiter, 1942
18. Histoire de Judas, Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche, 2015
19. Ototo / Younger Brother, Kon Ichikawa, 1960
20. The Green Beret, Carlos Bustamante 1966
21. Städtebewohner, Thomas Heise, 2014
22. Berlin unverkäuflich, Irena Vrkljan, 1968
23. The Women, George Cukor, 1939

Termite Pleasures

Deliha, Hakan Algül, 2014
The Scarface Mob, Phil Karlson, 1959
Abschied, Peter Lilienthal, 1966
Tight Spot, Phil Karlson, 1955
The Shanghai Cobra, Phil Karlson, 1945
Bowery Bombshell, Phil Karlson, 1946
Wir Monster, Sebastian Ko, 2015
The Gambler, Karel Reisz, 1974
Taken 2, Olivier Megaton, 2012
Man müsste Räuber sein oder wenigstens Sprengmeister, Jan Bachmann, 2015
Ned Rifle, Hal Hartley, 2014
La mujer de barro / The Mud Woman, Sergio Castro San Martin, 2015

Known Pleasures

The Big Red One, Sam Fuller, 1980
The Band Wagon, Vincente Minnelli, 1953
Ihre Zeitungen, Harun Farocki, 1968

Das Gehirn gibt auf

Lieber Leierkastenmann, Carsten Kleinow, 1954
Phat Girlz, Nnegest Likke, 2006

Bored to Death

Das Zimmermädchen Lynn, Ingo Haeb, 2014
Bankilal, Maria Dolores Arias Martinez, 2014
Les Loups, Sophie Deraspe, 2014
H., Rania Attieh / Daniel Garcia, 2014
Du und mancher Kamerad, Andrew and Annelie Thorndike, 1956
Traumfabrik, Dominik Siebel, 2014
La nuit et l'enfant, David Yon, 2015

Februar

28 days 28 films:

1. An American Romance, King Vidor, 1944
2. Kazabana / Snow Flurry, Keisuke Kinoshita, 1959
3. Show Boat, George Sidney, 1951
4. Black Narcissus, Michael Powell / Emeric Pressburger, 1947
5. Balikbayan #1 Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III, Kidlat Tahimik, 2015
6. Knight of Cups, Terrence Malick, 2015
7. Leave Her to Heaven, Kohn M. Stahl, 1945
8. Anne of the Indies, Jacques Tourneur, 1951
9. The Naked Spur, Anthony Mann, 1951
10. Kono ten no niji / The Eternal Rainbow, Keisuke Kinoshita, 1958
11. Broken Arrow, Delmer Daves, 1950
12. Blood and Sand, Rouben Mamoulian, 1941
13. Nijushi no hitomi / Twenty-Four Eyes, Keisuke Kinoshita, 1954
14. Orchard Street, Ken Jacobs, 1955
15. Nick of Time, John Badham, 1995
16. Ben, Phil Karlson, 1972
17. Scaramouche, George Sidney, 1952
18. Flotel Europa, Vladimir Tomic, 2015
19. Sekishuncho / Farewell to Spring, Keisuke Kinoshita, 1959
20. Der Geldkomplex, Juan Rodriganez, 2015
21. Eien no hito / Immortal Love, Keisuke Kinoshita, 1961
22. Redskin Redskin Rothaut, Victor Schertzinger, 1929
23. Taxi, Jafar Panahi, 2015
24. Deutschlandbilder, Hartmut Bitomsky / Heiner Mühlenbrock, 1984
25. Aferim!, Radu Jude, 2015
26. Queen of Earth, Alex Ross Perry, 2015
27. Cyclops Observes the Celestial Bodies, Ken Jacobs, 2014
28. D'Est, Chantal Ackerman, 1993

known pleasures:

Niagara, Henry Hathaway, 1953
The Shepard of the Hills, Henry Hathaway, 1941
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Howard Hawkes, 1953
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, John Ford, 1949
The River, Jean Renoir, 1951
Singin' in the Rain, Stanley Donen, 1952
Subjektitüde, Helke Sander, 1966
Situationen, Johannes Beringer, 1967
Videodrome, David Cronenberg, 1983

termite pleasures:

Framed, Phil Karlson, 1975
Rampage, Phil Karlson, 1963
Inherent Vice, Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014
La cucaracha, Lloyd Corrigan, 1934
Das Rasthaus der grausamen Puppen, Rolf Olsen, 1967
Madare Ghalbe Atoomi / Atom Heart Mother, Ali Ahmadzade, 2015
Ivanhoe, Richard Thorpe, 1952
The Purge: Anarchy, James DeMonaco, 2014
Kyo mo mata kakute ari nan / Thus Another Day, Keisuke Kinoshita, 1959
Fuzen no tomoshibi / Danger Stalks Near, Keisuke Kinoshita, 1957
The Forbidden Room, Guy Maddin, 2015

Das Gehirn gibt auf:

Labyrinth, Rolf Thiele, 1959
Macho Man, Alexander Titus Benda, 1985
The Garden of Allah, Richard Boleslawski, 1936

not my cinematic cup of tea:

Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho, Daniel Ribeiro, 2014
Interview mit Berlin, Max Jaap, 1959
Have You Ever Killed a Bear? Or Becoming Jalila, Marwa Arsanios, 2014
Queen of the Desert, Werner Herzog, 2015
Mar, Dominga Sotomayor Castillo, 2015
El Club, Pablo Larrain, 2015

März

1. Fuefukigawa / The River Fuefuki, Keisuke Kinoshita, 1960
2. Vorstadtvariete, Werner Hochbaum, 1935
3. Man spricht über Jacqueline, Werner Hochbaum, 1937
4. Il giustiziere, die mari / Herrscher der Meere, Domenico Paolella, 1962
5. Itel a Balaton / The Waters Decide, Pal Fejös, 1932
6. Il retorno di Ringo, Duccio Tessari, 1965
7. Una vergine per un principe, Pasquale Festa Campanile, 1966
8. Schatten der Vergangenheit, Werner Hochbaum, 1936
9. Morgen beginnt das Leben, Werner Hochbaum, 1933
10. From Headquarters, William Dieterle, 1933
11. Mercuriales, Virgil Vernier, 2014
12. Ou git votre sourire enfoui? / Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?, Pedro Costa / Thierry Lounas, 2001
13. Razzia in St. Pauli, Werner Hochbaum, 1932
14. Le diable au couvent, Georges Melies, 1899
15. Hannerl und ihre Liebhaber, Werner Hochbaum, 1936
16. Lawyer Man, William Dieterle, 1932
17. S T R A U B, Stefan Hayn, 2014
18. Utae wakodotachi / Sing, Young People! Keisuke Kinoshita, 1963
19. Adulterio all'italiana, Pasquale Festa Campanile, 1966
20. Operazione paura, Mario Bava, 1966
21. Grand Slam, William Dieterle, 1933
22. Le notti di Teddy Boys, Leopoldo Savona, 1959
23. Le brasier ardent, Ivan Mozzhukhin, 1932
24. Bora Bora, Ugo Liberatore, 1968

known pleasures

Wenn es blendet, öffne die Augen, Ivette Löcker, 2014
Il merlo maschio / Das nackte Cello, Pasquale Festa Campanile, 1971
Non si sevizia un paperino, Lucio Fulci, 1972
Opera, Dario Argento, 1987

termite pleasures

Sperling und der gefallene Engel, Kai Wessel, 1997
Ein Mädchen geht an Land, Werner Hochbaum, 1938
The Devil's in Love, William Dieterle, 1933
Drei Unteroffiziere, Werner Hochbaum, 1939
Schleppzug M 17, Heinrich George, 1933
Il soldato di ventura, Pasquale Festa Campanile, 1981
Missione speciale Lady Chaplin, Alberto de Martino, 1966
They Call Him Chop Suey / Bruce Lee - Die große Kampfmaschine, Jun Gallardo, 1975
Chichi / Father, Keisuke Kinoshita, 1988

tristesse deluxe

Verführungen, Michael Verhoeven, 1979

Das Gehirn gibt auf

Double Target, Bruno Mattei, 1987
Dove vai tutta nuda?, Pasquale Festa Campanile, 1969
Chichi yo, haha yo! / The Young Rebels, Keisuke Kinoshita, 1980

No way

La matriarca, Pasquale Festa Campanile, 1968
Shin yorokobimo kanashimimo ikutoshitsuki / Big Joys, Small Sorrowas, Keisuke Kinoshita, 1968
Escalation, Roberto Faenza, 1968
Zeit der Kannibalen, Johannes Naber, 2014
Kono ko wo nokoshite / Children of Nagasaki, Keisuke Kinoshita 1983

April

1. La region centrale, Michael Snow, 1971
2. Several Friends, Charles Burnett, 1969
3. Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame, Tsui Hark, 2010
4. Emma Mae, Jamaa Fanaka, 1967
5. “Amerika” vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec., Hanns Zischler, 1978
6. Worst Case Scenario, Franz Müller, 2014
7. Lethal Hostage, Cheng Er, 2013
8. Trespass, Joel Schumacher, 2011
9. Four Women, Julie Dash, 1975
10. Once Upon a Time in Shanghai, Wong Ching Po, 2014
11. Welcome Home Brother Charles, Jamaa Fanaka, 1975
12. Cookie, Susan Seidelman, 1989
13. The Brother, An Zhanjun, 2012

known pleasures

Memoirs of an Invisible Man, John Carpenter, 1992
Body Snatchers, Abel Ferrara, 1993
Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Joe Dante, 1990
The Bridges of Madison County, Clint Eastwood, 1995
Clueless, Amy Heckerling, 1995
Serious Games, Harun Farocki, 2010
Showgirls, Paul Verhoeven, 1995
Carlito's Way, Brian de Palma, 1993
Do the Right Thing, Spike Lee, 1989
An American in Paris, Vincente Minnelli, 1951
Interstellar, Christopher Nolan, 2014

termite pleasures

Brotherhood of Blades, Lu Yang, 2014
Judge Archer, Xu Haofeng, 2012
The Fast and the Furious, Rob Cohen, 2001
High Kickers, Yi Xie, 2013
Special ID, Clarence Fok, 2013
Caught in the Web, Chen Kaige, 2012
The Stolen Years, Barbara Wong, 2013

Das Gehirn gibt auf

Million Dollar Crocodile, Lin Li Sheng, 2012
From Vegas to Macau, Wong Jing, 2014

Thanks, but no, thanks

River Road, Li Ruijun, 2014
For Love or Money, Gao Xixi, 2014
Any Other Side, Fang Yaxi, 2012
Wu Dang, Patrick Leung, 2012
Cialo / Body, Malgorzata Szumowska, 2015
Bleeding Mountain, Zhou Yaowu, 2012
Control, Kenneth Bi, 2013
Lacuna, Tsang Kwok Cheung / Wan Chi Man, 2012
Plot Point, Nicolas Provost, 2008

Mai
1. Drop Zone, John Badham, 1994
2. Qiu Jue, Lee Hsing, 1972
3. Speechless, Scott Stark, 2008
4. Shangfang / Petition, Zhao Liang, 2009
5. Tagebuch eines Liebenden, Sohrab Shahid Saless, 1977
6. Soleil O, Med Hondo, 1967
7. Mad Max 2, George Miller, 1982
8. Odessa Crash Test (Notes on Film 09), Norbert Pfaffenbichler, 2014
9. Mad Max: Fury Road Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller, 2015
10. Video Game, Vipin Vijay, 2005
11. Di Renjie: Shen du long wang / Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon, Tsui Hark, 2013
12. Lenz, Goerge Moorse, 1971
13. Vantaa, Erkka Nissinen, 2008
14. Red Capriccio, Blake Williams, 2014
15. Han da han / The Last Moose of Aoluguya, Gu Tao, 2013
16. Saigo no Tenshi / Last Angel, Takashi Ito, 2015
17. Hans - Ein Junge in Deutschland, Sohrab Shahid Saless, 1985
18. Ora, Philippe Baylaucq, 2011
19. Many a Swan, Blake Williams, 2012
20. Shahzadeh / The Prince, Mahmoud Behraznia, 2014
21. Xianshi shi guoqu de weilai / Disorder, Huang Weikai, 2009
22. Unmathabudham Jagath / The Egotic World, Vipin Vijay, 2000
23. Abschied, Egon Günther, 1968
24. Ein Ausgekochter Junge, Erich Schönfelder, 1931
25. Arrive, Ed Holdsworth, 2002
26. Das Traumhaus, Ulrich Schamoni, 1980
27. Amai Seikatsu / Sweet Life, Ito Takashi, 2010
28. Sa jiao nu ren zui hao ming / Women Who Flirt, Pang Ho Cheung, 2014
29. The Last Mango Before the Monsoon, Payal Kapadia, 2015
30. The Social Construction of Reality, Erkka Nissinen, 2005
31. Das Hochzeitshotel, Carl Boese, 1944
32. MM, William Raban, 2002
33. Something Might Happen, Tim Geraghty, 2014
34. Ostatni etap / The Last Stage, Wanda Jakubowska, 1948
35. Die Schlüssel, Egon Günther, 1972
36. Al-lail / The Night, Mohamed Malas, 1992
37. Color Neutral, Jennifer Reeves, 2014
38. Zhi qu weihu shan / The Taking of Tiger Mountain, Tsui Hark, 2014
39. moon blink, Rainer Kohlberger, 2015
40. Zui yu fa / Crime and Punishment, Zhao Liang, 2007
41. Hotel Acapulco, Jochen Kuhn, 1987
42. Jahrgang '45, Jürgen Böttcher, 1965
43. Li Wen man you Dong Hu / Li Wen at East Lake, Li Luo, 2015
44. Color Rhapsody, Mary Ellen Bute, 1948

termite pleasures

Vishaparvam / Venomous Folds. Viüin Vijay, 2012
I Want to Be a King, Mehdi Ganji, 2015
Le grand detour, Ahmed Bedjaoui, 1968
Xi you xiang mo pian / Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, Steven Chow, 2013
Nachtspiele, Werner Bergmann, 1979
Da Shang Hai / The Last Tycoon, Wong Jing, 2012
Basta con la guerra... facciamo l'amore / Der Oberst mit dem Dachschaden schlägt wieder zu, Mario Bianchi, 1974
Les petites filles, Francis Leroi, 1978
Breaking the Waves, Patrick Leung, 2014
Ztring Theory, Karl Bryhn, Jo Eldoen, 2009
A13, William Raban, 1994
Wayward Fronds, Fern Silva, 2015
Filme von Jennifer Reeder:
Blood Below the Skin, 2015
White Trash Girl – The Devil Inside, 1995
And I Will Rise if Only to Hold You Down, 2011
A Million Miles Away, A Million Miles Away, 2014
Nevermind, 1999

known pleasures

Der Verlorene, Peter Lorre, 1951
Mekong Hotel, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2012
Orchard Street, Ken Jacobs, 1955
Die Brücke, Bernhard Wicki, 1959
Filme von Takshi Ito:
A Silent Day, 2003
Dizziness, 2001
Monochrome Head, 1997
Dezember Hide-and-Go-Seek, 1993
The Moon, 1994
Devil's Circuit, 1988
Venus, 1990
The Mummy's Dream, 1989
Wall, 1987
Box, 1982

Subject for further research

Afrika am Rhein, Pape B. Seck, 1986

Das Gehirn gibt auf

5 m 80, Nicolas Deveaux, 2012
Impression en Haute Atmosphere, Jose Antonio Sistiaga, 1989
Dresden erleben – Hotel Bellevue, Hans-Günther Kaden, 1984
Choi san har jan / Treasure Inn, Wong Jing, 2011
Hotel Adlon, Josef von Baky, 1955
Aurora Borealis 3D, Ikuo Nakamura, 2015
Filme von Erkka Nissinen:
Helsinki 2000, Episode 2, 2000
Night School, 2007
Polis X, 2012

Virtuos virtuell

Virtuos Virtuell, Thomas Stellmach / Maja Oschmann, 2013

I would prefer not to

Hua Mulan / Mulan: Rise of a Warrior, Jingle Ma, 2009
Chenarestan / Plane Grove, Hadi Afarideh, 2014
Wu ren qu / No Man's Land, Ning Hao, 2013
Die Hochstaplerin, Karl Anton, 1944
Lots Weib, Egon Günther, 1965
The Truth About Beauty, Lam Oi Wah, 2014
RECKONING 3, Kent Lambert, 2014
All That Is Solid, Louis Henderson, 2014
Colophon, Alexandre Koberidze, 2015
Tiniest Dreams, Randy Sterling Hunter, 2014
Die Haut der Musik, Dionis Escorsa, 2015
Two Clothespins in an Envelope, Susanna Wallin, 2015
Time and the Wave, William Raban, 2013
Plasticity, Ryan Suits, 2010
Hotel Bellevue, Claire Walka, 2014

Juni

1. The Heroes of Telemark, Anthony Mann, 1965
2. The Uneasy Three, Leo McCarey, 1925
3. Mein schönes kurzes Leben, Klaus Lemke, 1970
4. Un coeur en hiver, Claude Sautet, 1992
5. Yek Etefagh sadeh / A simple Event, Sohrab Shahid Saless, 1974
6. The Beguiled, Don Siegel, 1971
7. The Thin Red Line, Terrence Malick, 1998
8. Charley Verrick, Don Siegel, 1973
9. Don't Tell Everything, Leo McCarey, 1927
10. Ruggles of Red Gap, Leo McCarey, 1936
11. Un mauvais fils, Claude Sautet, 1980
12. Johnny Flash, Werner Nekes, 1986
13. Great Day in the Morning, Jacques Tourneur, 1956
14. The Killers, Don Siegel, 1964
15. Should Men Walk Home, Leo McCarey, 1927
16. Moe no suzaku, Naomi Kawase, 1997
17. Love Affair, Leo McCarey, 1939
18. Bang! You're Dead, Lance Comfort, 1954
19. Un colpo di pistola, Renato Castellani, 1942
20. Det gaelder din frihed, Theodor Christensen, 1946
21. The Dead End, Cao Baoping, 2014
22. Fashions of 1934, William Dieterle, 1934
23. Hana no naka no musumetachi, Kajiro Yamamoto, 1953
24. Flucht nach Berlin, Will Tremper, 1961
25. A zsarnok szive / A Tyrant's Heart, Miklos Jancso, 1981
26. The War for Men's Minds, Stuart Legg, 1944
27. Tramp oder der einzige und unvergleichliche Lenny Jacobsen, Peter Lilienthal, 1968
28. Zvanyy uzhin / The Dinner Party, Fridrikh Ermler, 1953
29. Nujum an-nahar / Stars in Broad Daylight, Ossama Mohammed, 1988
30. Face the Music, Terence Fisher, 1954
31. What Happened in the Year of the Dragon, Sun Xun, 2014
32. Tarachime / Birth/Mother, Naomi Kawase, 2006
33. Lotus, Shu Liu, 2012
34. Ni tsutsumarete / Embracing, Naomi Kawase, 1992
35. Chun Kiu yi Chi Ming / Love in the Buff, Pang Ho Cheung, 2012

known pleasures

Les choses de la vie, Claude Sautet, 1970
Un histoire simple, Claude Sautet, 1978
The Bigamist, Ida Lupino, 1953
The Awful Truth, Leo McCarey, 1937
Model Shop, Jacques Demy, 1969

termite pleasures

Sotto il sole di Roma, Renato Castellani, 1948
Niyazi Gül dörtnala, Hakan Algül, 2015
Part Time Wife, Leo McCarey, 1930
Paul kommt zurück, Peter F. Bringmann, 1978
Vulgaria, Pang Ho Cheung, 2012
Furusato no uta, Kenji Mizoguchi, 1925
La tecnica e il rito, Miklos Jancso, 1972

white elephant pleasures

Futatsume no mado / Still the Water, Naomi Kawase, 2014
Vozvrashchenie Vasiliya Bortnikova, The Return of Vasili Bortnikov, Vsevolod Pudovkin, 1953

subjects for further research

Ludwig van, Mauricio Kagel, 1970
Forcats d'honneur, Emile-Georges de Meyst, 1946
Janus, Bruno Sukrow, 2015
Highway of Love, Ke Fei / Kan Zhou, 2015

das gehirn gibt auf

Inside the Girls, Ting Liang, 2014
A Football Fan's Dream, Gerbert Rappaport, 1953
Betty Slow Drag, Ernest Bornemann, 1953

thanks, but no, thanks

Intermezzo, Gustav Molander, 1936
Big Game, Jalmari Helander, 2014
Hot Blood Band, Cha Muchun, 2015
La pacifista - Smetti di piovere, Miklos Jancso, 1970
Victoria, Sebastian Schipper, 2015
Marie, Hans W. Geissendörfer, 1973
Chuang ru zhe / Red Amnesia, Wang Xiaoshuai, 2014
Hanezu no tsuki, Naomi Kawase, 2011

Juli

1. Peking Opera Blues, Tsui Hark, 1986
2. Make Way for Tomorrow, Leo McCarey, 1937
3. Going My Way, Leo McCarey, 1944
4. Love in the Time of Twilight, Tsui Hark, 1944
5. Hell Is for Heroes, Don Siegel, 1962
6. The Lineup, Don Siegel, 1958
7. A Better Tomorrow 3, Tsui Hark, 1989
8. Green Snake, Tsui Hark, 1993
9. All That Heaven Allows, Douglas Sirk, 1955
10. Once Upon a Time in China 2, Tsui Hark, 1992
11. Werwölfe, Werner Klett, 1973
12. Nella citta l'inferno, Renator Castellani, 1959
13. Madigan, Don Siegel, 1968
14. Good Sam, Leo McCarey, 1948
15. Ejima Ikushima, Hideo Oda, 1955
16. I sogni nel cassetto, Renato Castellani, 1957
17. The Lovers, Tsui Hark, 1994
18. A Beautiful Life, Andrew Lau, 2011
19. Carnival Night, Eldar Ryazanov, 1956
20. Tri-Star, Tsui Hark, 1996
21. Woman on the Run, Norman Foster, 1950
22. The Butterfly Murders, Tsui Hark, 1979
23. Anaji Ogun, Ola Balogun, 1975
24. Wer nimmt die Liebe ernst..., Erich Engel, 1931
25. The Milky Way, Leo McCarey, 1936
26. Let the Bullets Fly, Jiang Wen, 2010
27. Desire, Frank Borzage, 1936
28. The Verdict, Don Siegel, 1946
29. Kiss Me Kate, George Sidney, 1953
30. Tokyo Tribe, Sion Sono, 2014
31. Janken musume / So young, Yo Bright, Toshio Sugie, 1955
32. Flaming Star, Don Siegel, 1960

termite pleasures
The Chinese Feast, Tsui Hark, 1995
Crime in the Streets, Don Siegel, 1956
San Francisco, W.S. van Dyke, 1936
Twin Dragons, Tsui Hark and Ringo Lam, 1992
Captain Blood, Michael Curtiz, 1935
Working Class, Tsui Hark, 1985
Missing, Tsui Hark, 2008
It Follows, David Robert Mitchell, 2014
Syn, Yuruy Ozerov, 1957
Aloha, Cameron Crowe, 2015
Make Love Not War - Die Liebesgeschichte unserer Zeit, Werner Klett, 1968
Eastern Nigeria Revisited, Ola Balogun, 1972

white elephant pleasures

Fantasia, diverse, 1940

known pleasures 

Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock, 1957
Once Upon a Time in China, Tsui Hark, 1991
Our Daily Bread, King Vidor, 1934
Dirty Harry, Clint Eastwood, 1971

Das Gehirn gibt auf

One Night Stand, Cuiyan Long, 2014
The Crash, William Dieterle, 1932
Der Gesang des Kragenknopfes, Hans Fischerkoesen, 1935
The Magic Atlas, George Pal, 1935
Was sich alle wünschen, Fritz Boehner, 1936

Thanks, but no, thanks

The Drummer's Fate, Victor Eisymont, 1956
Girls, Barbara Wong, 2014
The Love Songs of Tiedan, Hao Jie, 2012
Magic Mike XXL, Gregory Jacobs, 2015
When a Peking Family Meets Aupair, Chen Gang, 2014

August
1. Straw Dogs, Sam Peckinpah, 1971
2. Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz, Sam Peckinpah, 1977
3. Junior Bonner, Sam Peckinpah, 1972
4. Noon Wine, Sam Peckinpah, 1966
5. My Friend Ivan Lapshin, Aleksey German, 1985
6. Gloria!, Hollis Frampton, 1979
7. I Am Twenty Years Old, Marlen Khutsiev, 1965
8. Crepusculo, Julio Bracho, 1945
9. Cosmos, Andrzej Zulawski, 2015
10. Khrustalyov, My Car!, Aleksey German, 1998
11. Deux Remi, Deux, Pierre Leon, 2015
12. Knock Off, Tsui Hark, 1998
13. A deusa negra, Ola Balogun, 1979
14. Chant d'hiver, Otar Iosseliani, 2015
15. Cry Freedom, Ola Balogun, 1981
16. Money Power, Ola Balogun, 1984
17. 88:88 Isiah Medina, 2015
18. Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus), Jonas Mekas, 1992
19. Iron Eagles, Ola Balogun, 1989
20. Garoto, Julio Bressane, 2015
21. Regardez moi cela suffit, Ben Vautier, 1962
22. L'architect de Saint-Gauders, Serge Bozon, 2015

known pleasures

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Sam Peckinpah, 1973
The Killer Elite, Sam Peckinpah, 1975
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Sam Peckinpah, 1974
Ride the High Country, Sam Peckinpah, 1962
Convoy, Sam Peckinpah, 1978
The Osterman Weekend, Sam Peckinpah, 1983
The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Sam Peckinpah, 1970
Peking Opera Blues, Tsui Hark, 1986
Year of the Dragon, Michael Cimino, 1985
Hard to Be a God, Aleksey German, 2014
Escape from Alcatraz, Don Siegel, 1979
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Henry Hathaway, 1935

termite pleasures

The Glory of Filmmaking in Portugal, Manuel Mozos, 2015
The Glory Guys, Arnold Laven, 1965
Return to Oz, Walter Murch, 1985
The Cincinatti Kid, Norman Jewison, 1965
Broadway Melody of 1938, Roy del Ruth, 1937
Destination Paix, Ola Balogun, 1988
The Magic of Nigeria, Ola Balogun, 1994
African Gods in Brazil, Ola Balogun, 1998
Der König des Waldes. Der Rothirsch, Ulrich K.T. Schultz, 1935
One, Yoko Ono, 1966

white elephant pleasures

L'accademia delle Muse, Jose Luis Guerin, 2015
Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein, Peter Fleischmann, 1989
Bombay Velvet, Anurak Kashyap, 2015

Materialekstase

The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers, Ben Rivers, 2015

Das Gehirn gibt auf

La mujer del puerto, Arcady Boytler, Raphael J. Sevilla, 1934
Remedial Reading Comprehension, Owen Land, 1970
Tom Tit Tot, Sam Peckinpah, 1958
Kleine Gans – ganz groß!, ?, 1934

Thanks, but no, thanks

Der Nachtmahr, AKIZ, 2015
Bella e perduta, Pietro Marcello, 2015
Chevalier, Athina Rachel Tsangari, 2015
September
18 great ones

1. Coeur de lilas, Anatole Litvak, 1932
2. Erotica, Emilio Fernandez, 1979
3. So ein Mädel vergißt man nicht, Fritz Kortner, 1932
4. Cavalho Dinheiro / Horse Money, Pedro Costa, 2014
5. Razzia sur la chnouf, Henri Decoin, 1955
6. La dernier tournant, Pierre Chenal, 1939
7. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Marshall Neilan, 1917
8. Vesela Klasa, Merry Working Class, Bojana Marijan, 1969
9. When It Rains, Charles Burnett, 1995
10. Brewster's Millions, Allan Dwan, 1945
11. Pasolini, Abel Ferrara, 2014
12. Touchez pas au grisbi, Jacques Becker, 1954
13. All About Women, Tsui Hark, 2008
14. 14441 kvadrat / About the Art of Love or a Film with 14441 Frames, Karpo Acimovic-Godina, 1970
15. The Little Princess, Marshall Neilan, 1917
16. Nemirni / The Naughty Ones, Vojislav 'Kokan' Rakonjac, 1967
17. Mein 37. Abenteuer, Nathalie Percillier, 1994
18. Grimsel, Peter Liechti, 1990

termite pleasures

Scampolo, ein Kind der Straße, Hans Steinhoff, 1932
La tete d'un homme, Julien Duvivier, 1933
A Modern Musketeer, Allan Dwan, 1917
The Secret Bride, William Dieterle, 1934
Prinz in Hölleland, Michael Stock, 1993
Trainwreck, Judd Apatow, 2015
Black Mask 2: City of Masks, Tsui Hark, 2002
Il maestro del terrore, Lamberto Bava, 1988
KIPHO, Julius Pinschewer, 1925
Dan vise, Vlatko Gilic, 1972
The Gratinated Brains of Pupilija Ferkeverk, Karpo Acimovic-Godina, 1970
I Miss Sonia Henie, 1971 (Tinto Brass part only)
Zdravi ljudi za razonodu / Healthy People for Fun, Karpo Acimovic-Godina, 1971

known pleasures
Zärtlichkeiten, Maria Lang, 1985
Der Tod des Goldsuchers, Ludger Blanke, 1989
Der Mann aus dem Osten, Christoph Willems, 1990
The Memory of Justice, Marcel Ophüls, 1976
Four Women, Julie Dash, 1975
Passing Through, Larry Clark, 1977
Killer of Sheep, Charles Burnett, 1978
Le Trou, Jacques Becker, 1960
Emma Mae, Jamaa Fanaka, 1976
Cutting Horse, Larry Clark, 2002
The Horse, Charles Burnett, 1973
Illusions, Julie Dash, 1982
Bush Mama, Haile Gerima, 1975
Earth, Aleksandr Dovchenko, 1930
The Conversation, Francis Ford Coppola, 1974
The Blood of Jesus, Spencer Williams, 1941

Das Gehirn gibt auf

Roar, Noel Marshall, 1981
Als man anfing zu filmen, Martin Rikli / Wilhelm Prager, 1934
Experimental Animation 1933, Len Lye, 1933
Water Ritual #1: An Urban Rite of Purification, Barbara McCullough, 1979

Thanks, but no, thanks

Jutro, Mladomir Dordevic, 1967
Delije, Miodrag Popovic, 1968

Oktober

1. Getting Gertie's Garter, Allan Dwan, 1945
2. Black Sheep, Allan Dwan, 1935
3. Manhattan Madness, Allan Dwan, 1916
4. High Tension, Allan Dwan, 1936
5. One Mile from Heaven, Allan Dwan, 1937
6. Frontier Marshal, Allan Dwan, 1939
7. We Live in Two Worlds, Alberto Cavalcanti, 1937
8. Navy Wife, Allan Dwan, 1935
9. Young People, Allan Dwan, 1940
10. The Wild Blue Yonder, Allan Dwan, 1951
11. Abroad with Two Yanks, Allan Dwan, 1944
12. Look Who's Laughing, Allan Dwan, 1941
13. Granton Trawler, John Grierson, 1932
14. Heidi, Allan Dwan, 1937
15. Trail of the Vigilantes, Allan Dwan, 1940
16. Stadt in Flammen, Schmelzdahin, 1984
17. Night Mail, Harry Watt / Basil Wright, 1936
18. BBC. The Voice of Britain, Stuart Legg, 1935
19. Man to Man, Allan Dwan, 1930
20. John Atkins Saves Up, Arthur Elton, 1934
21. The Coming of the Dial, Stuart Legg, 1933
22. O necem jinem / Something Different, Vera Chytilova, 1963
23. La fiancee du pirate, Nelly Kaplan, 1969
24. Calender Girl, Allan Dwan, 1947
25. Fuji, Robert Greer, 1972
26. Il gesto delle mani, Francesco Clerici, 2015

termite pleasures

Sziget a szarazföldön / The Lady from Constantinople, Judit Elek, 1969
Josette, Allan Dwan, 1938
Suez, Allan Dwan, 1938
Sailor's Lady, Allan Dwan, 1940
Tide of Empire, Allan Dwan, 1929
David Harum, Allan Dwan, 1915
La strano vizio della Signora Wardh, Sergio Martino, 1971
Black Mass, Scott Cooper, 2015
Der stumme Gast, Harald Braun, 1945
Pett and Pott, Alberto Cavalcanti, 1934
In the Friedrichstrasse, anonym, 1899
In a German Bath, anonym, 1900
Schatten der Nacht, Harry Piel, 1913
Ein Gang durch die moderne Oberst-Fabriik, George Pal, 1913
Eine Schlagader der Großstadt, Herbert Lander, 1956
Eye Myth Educational, Stan Brakhage, 1972
Negative Man, Vathy Joritz, 1985

white elephant pleasure

Detruire dit-elle / Destroy, She Said, Marguerite Duras, 1969

known pleasures

As Above So Below, Larry Clark, 1973
Welcome Home Brother Charles, Jamaa Fanaka, 1975
La Bete Humaine, Jean Renoir, 1938
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, Tsui Hark, 2010
Wet Hot American Summer, David Wain, 2001

Das Gehirn gibt auf

Rise and Shine, Allan Dwan, 1942
The Gorilla, Allan Dwan, 1939
Around the World, Allan Dwan, 1943
Donnerwetter, tadellos, anonym, 1908
The Fairy of the Phone, William Coldstream, 1936
Roadways, William Coldstream, 1937
Longing for the Rain, Yang Tian-yi, 2013

Bored to death

Holdudvar, Marta Meszaros, 1969
Sicario, Denis Villeneuve, 2015
Königin Luise, Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1957
Er ist wieder da, David Wnendt, 2015
Stung, Benni Diez, 2015
Marguerite, Xavier, Giannoli, 2015
Chuck Norris vs. Communism, Ilinca Calugareanu, 2015
Berlin Retour, Gusztav Hamos, 1996

November

1. Hold Back the Night, Allan Dwan, 1956
2. Woman They Almost Lynched, Allan Dwan, 1953
3. Slightly Scarlet, Allan Dwan, 1956
4. Pearl of the South Pacific, Allan Dwan, 1955
5. Les animaux pendant la guerre, Robert Baudouin, Charles Blanc, 1917
6. Driftwood, Allan Dwan, 1947
7. Flight Nurse, Allan Dwan, 1953
8. Blackhat, Michael Mann, 2015
9. Angel in Exile, Allan Dwan / Philip Ford, 1948
10. Cattle Queen of Montana, Allan Dwan, 1954
11. Surrender, Allan Dwan, 1950
12. Verboten!, Samuel Fuller, 1959
13. Altersporno, Lutz Mommartz, 1970
14. Kondensstreifen, Karl Kels, 1982
15. An, Naomi Kawase, 2015
16. Belle Le Grand, Allan Dwan, 1951
17. Omoide no Mani / When Marnie Was There, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2014
18. Prince Hotel, Karl Kels, 1987
19. The Cabin in the Cotton, Michael Curtiz, 1932
20. Love, Gaspar Noe, 2015
21. American Sniper, Clint Eastwood, 2014
22. Ismeri a szandi mandit? / Do You Know Sunday-Monday?, Livia Gyarmathy, 1969
23. Passion, Allan Dwan, 1954
24. Montana Belle, Allan Dwan, 1952

Termite pleasures

Sweethearts on Parade, Allan Dwan, 1953
Escape to Burma, Allan Dwan, 1955
Mistress America, Noah Baumbach, 2015
And When I Die, I Won't Stay Dead. Bob Kaufman, Poet, Billy Woodberry, 2015
The More the Merrier, George Stevens, 1943
Things of the Aimless Wanderer, Kivu Ruhorahoza, 2015
Here's to the Future!, Gina Telaroli, 2014
The Gift, Joel Edgerton, 2015
Hit 2 Pass, Kurt Walker, 2014
Schleuse, Karl Kels, 1983
Le defile du 14 Juillet 1977, Raoul Coutard, 1977

Known pleasures

Brotherhood of Blades, Lu Yang, 2014
To Sleep With Anger, Charles Burnett, 1990
Stare, Karl Kels, 1991
Let the Bullets Fly, Jiang Wen, 2010
Romancing in Thin Air, Johnnie To, 2012
Drug War, Johnnie To, 2012
Four Women, Julie Dash, 1975
Passing Through, Larry Clark, 1977
Bless Their Little Hearts, Billy Woodberry, 1984
Love in the Buff, Pang Ho-Cheung, 2012
None Shall Escape, Andre de Toth, 1944
My Brother's Wedding; Charles Burnett, 1983
A Beautiful Life, Andrew Lau, 2011

Das Gehirn gibt auf

Der Finger, Lutz Mommartz, 1967
Course a la saucisse, Alice Guy, 1907
Melodie conseil, Francis Pernet, 1978
Final Flesh, Vernon Chatman, 2009

Letdown

L'ombre des femmes, Philippe Garrel, 2015
A Most Violent Year, J.C. Chandor, 2014
Foxcatcher, Bennett Miller, 2014

Thanks, but no, thanks

Dragon Eyes, John Hyams, 2012
Mon amour, mon amour, Nadine Trintignant, 1967
Spectre, Sam Mendes, 2015
Berlin – Zwischen Stacheldraht und Mauer, A.W. Uhlig, 1962

Dezember
1. The River's Edge, Allan Dwan, 1959
2. Linda Linda Linda, Nobuhiro Yamashita, 2005
3. La famille Wolberg, Axelle Ropert, 2009
4. Kekkon / Marriage, Keisuke Kinoshita, 1947
5. Most Dangerous Man Alive, Allan Dwan, 1961
6. Cemetery of Splendour, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2015
7. Tennessee's Partner, Allan Dwan, 1955
8. Amsalja / Assassin, Lee Man-hui, 1969
9. Enchanted Island, Allan Dwan, 1958
10. Savoir commander, Jean Gorreaud, 1951
11. La France, La France, Serge Bozon, 2007
12. Salinma / A Devilish Murder, Lee Yong-min, 1965
13. The Devil and Miss Jones, Sam Wood, 1941
14. La La La at Rock Bottom, Nobuhiro Yamashita, 2015
15. As the Gods Will, Takashi Miike, 2014
16. The Thin Man, W.S. Van Dyke, 1934
17. The Line to Tschierva Hut, Alberto Cavalcanti, 1937

termite pleasures

Libeled Lady, Jack Conway, 1936
Stakeout, John Badham, 1987
Lesson of the Evil, Takashi Miike, 2012
Eisenhans, Tankred Dorst, 1983
Groundhog Day, Harold Ramis, 1993
Message from Space, Kini Fukasaku, 1978
The Restless Breed, Allan Dwan, 1957
Ramblers, Nobuhiro Yamashita, 2003
Der Griller, George Moorse, 1968
The Lawless Nineties, Joseph Kane, 1936
The Man With the Iron Fists 2, Roel Reine, 2015
Star Odyssey, Alfonso Brescia, 1979
La guerre du silence, Claude Lelouch, 1957

known pleasures

The Puppetmaster, Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1993
Philadelphia Story, George Cukor, 1940
Derby Fever USA, Roland Klick, 1979
some GPO films

Das Gehirn gibt auf

Smarty, Robert Florey, 1934
The Kid Sister, Sam Newfield, 1945
Os Trapalhoes na Guerra dos Planetas / Brazilian Star Wars, Adriano Stuart, 1978
Les boucliers, anonym, 1916

Well made boredom

Carol, Todd Haynes, 2015 (great last scene, though)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, J.J. Abrams, 2015

plain boredom

Another Stakeout, John Badham, 1993
Faceless, Jess Franco, 1987
Madame Bovary, Sophie Barthes, 2014
Song of the Sea, Tomm Moore, 2014

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books: Therese (Arthur Schnitzler), Die Ästhetik des Widestands (Peter Weiss; finally), Lieben (Karl-Ove Knausgard) + lots of Elmore Leonard

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