Another year, another year of cinematic viewing. Things have gotten a bit fancier and more accessible now that I have blu-ray player and access to Netflix streaming. Incidentally, my viewing of films has gone down this year as I’ve found myself catching up a bit more with various television shows, most notably Pushing Daisies and The Dick Van Dyke Show, to name a couple. The same rules apply: every title was watched in its entirety and an asterisk indicates a film watched for the first time.
*The Thin Red Line (1998) 1/1
*True Grit (2010) 1/3
*Modern Times (1936) 1/4
*The Young Victoria (2009) 1/18
*Black Swan (2010) 1/22
*The Kids Are All Right (2010) 1/23
*Rabbit Hole (2010) 1/28
*The King’s Speech (2010) 1/28
Days of Heaven (1978) 2/4
*The Madness of King George (1994) 2/5
*Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) 2/12
*Toy Story 3 (2010) 2/17
*Let Me In (2010) 2/18
*Due Date (2010) 2/22
*The Fighter (2010) 2/25
*La Cage Aux Folles (1978) 3/3
Z (1969) 3/4
Slap Shot (1977) 3/7
*Agnes of God (1985) 3/7
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 3/13
*Ong-Bak (2003) 3/14
Howards End (1992) 3/16
Dial M for Murder (1954) 3/16
*Grown Ups (2010) 3/17
*Royal Wedding (1951) 3/19
Psycho (1960) 3/20
The Killing Fields (1984) 3/20
*The Boys: The Sherman Brothers’ Story (2009) 3/23
*Grumpy Old Men (1993) 3/24
*The Cove (2009) 3/27
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) 3/27
*Decision Before Dawn (1951) 3/28
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 4/2
*Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) 4/6
*The Town (2010) 4/8
*Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010) 4/8
*The Whales of August (1987) 4/8
*Garbo Talks (1984) 4/9
Arthur (1981) 4/10
The Last Picture Show (1971) 4/12
*Marvin’s Room (1996) 4/15
*Sweet Charity (1969) 4/15
*The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956) 4/17
*Dr. No (1962) 4/18
*Head (1968) 4/22
*Drive, He Said (1971) 4/23
*Jane Eyre (1944) 4/26
The King’s Speech (2010) 5/6
The Turning Point (1977) 5/8
*Tangled (2010) 5/18
*Hereafter (2010) 5/21
*Beauty and the Beast (1946) 5/21
Taxi Driver (1976) 5/22
*Jesus Camp (2006) 5/24
Topsy-Turvy (1999) 5/31
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) 6/5
*Big (1988) 6/11
Fanny (1961) 6/12
*Inside Job (2010) 6/16
*Love in the Afternoon (1957) 6/17
*The Fog (1980) 6/19
10 (1979) 6/20
The Big Country (1958) 6/21
*Le Cercle Rouge (1970) 6/21
*Paths of Glory (1957) 6/22
The Social Network (2010) 6/23
The Enforcer (1976) 6/27
*The Last Metro (1980) 6/29
*It’s Kind of a Funny Story (2010) 7/2
The African Queen (1951) 7/3
True Grit (2010) 7/4
*Just Go With It (2011) 7/7
The Pajama Game (1957) 7/13
*The Sand Pebbles (1966) 7/16
The Sound of Music (1965) 7/19
*The Tillman Story (2010) 7/20
Far From the Madding Crowd (1967) 7/20
The Philadelphia Story (1940) 7/21
Doctor Zhivago (1965) 7/22
*Repulsion (1965) 8/5
*Shutter Island (2010) 8/13
*Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2011) 8/17
*Cedar Rapids (2011) 8/29
*The Killing (1956) 8/30
*Killer’s Kiss (1955) 8/30
*Waiting for Superman (2010) 9/6
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) 9/7
*Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop (2011) 9/14
*The Beaver (2011) 9/15
*The Darjeeling Limited (2007) 9/18
*Animal Kingdom (2010) 9/28
The Red Shoes (1948) 10/1
*Skidoo (1968) 10/3
The Lion in Winter (1968) 10/10
Shakespeare in Love (1998) 10/12
*Running with Scissors (2006) 10/13
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) 10/13
*The Tree of Life (2011) 10/16
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 10/18
All About Eve (1950) 10/21
*The Phantom of the Opera (2004) 10/24
The Monster Squad (1987) 10/25
The Addams Family (1991) 10/25
Poltergeist (1982) 10/25
*An American Werewolf in London (1981) 10/26
Reds (1981) 10/27
The Shining (1980) 11/4
Halloween (1978) 11/4
*Attack the Block (2011) 11/8
*Tower Heist (2011) 11/10
The Night of the Hunter (1955) 11/14
Some Like It Hot (1959) 11/14
Rushmore (1998) 11/23
Twelve Angry Men (1957) 11/23
The Music Man (1962) 11/23
Black Narcissus (1947) 11/24
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) 11/26
*The Muppets (2011) 12/1
From Here to Eternity (1953) 12/7
The Bishop’s Wife (1947) 12/12
Elf (2003) 12/15
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 12/19
*Fitzwilly (1967) 12/19
Gigi (1958) 12/20
*Midnight in Paris (2011) 12/21
Twister (1996) 12/28
The Lady Vanishes (1938) 12/28