the long goodbye

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) dir. Stanley Kubrick

2011 ended with.. a glorious 70mm screening at the lightfox

Top 5 Films of 2011:

1. Tree of Life - Terrence Malick 
2. Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn 
3. Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen 
4. The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
5. Pina 3D - Wim Wenders

Top 5 2010 Films Screened in 2011:

1. Hubble 3D - Toni Myers
2. Meek’s Cutoff - Kelly Reichardt 
3. Beginners - Mike Mills 
4. The Illusionist - Sylvain Chomet
5. Blue Valentine - Derek Cianfrance

2011 Short List - Top 10: 

• Inni - Vincent Morisset
• Contagion - Steven Soderbergh
• Hugo 3D - Martin Scorsese
• Take Shelter - Jeff Nichols
• The Ides of March - George Clooney
• Melancholia - Lars von Trier
• The Loneliest Planet - Julia Loktev
• The Skin I Live In - Pedro Almodóvar
• Martha Marcy May Marlene - Sean Durkin
• Generation P - Victor Ginzburg

2011 Films To Watch - Top 10:

• Tyrannosaur - Paddy Considine 
• House of Pleasure - Bertrand Bonello 
• The Turin Horse - Bela Tarr
• Carnage - Roman Polanski 
• Carre Blanc -  Jean-Baptiste Léonetti
• Shame - Steve McQueen
• Into The Abyss - Werner Herzog
• A Separation - Asghar Farhadi
• The Kid With a Bike - Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Most Memorable Film Experiences From Jan - Dec 2011:

• Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives - on an airplane back home
• Enter The Void - w/ alek @ the lightfox
• Madchen in Uniform - w/ anthony & nadine @ St. Jerome’s screening room
• Black Swan - w/ D @ Princess Twin Cinema
• Y Tu Mama Tambien - w/ the crew @ sean’s basement
• Incendies - w/ D @ Original Princess Cinema
• The Illusionist - w/ sister @ Carlton Cinema
• Before Sunset & Sunrise - self
• Solyaris - 2nd viewing w/class
• The Tit and the Moon - w/ D @ Eastern European Retrospective
• Blue Valentine - 2nd viewing on birthday
• 2001: A Space Odyssey - twice this year, once blu-ray, once 70mm
• Double Life of Veronique - twice this year, once w/ class, once w/ marsh
• The White Ribbon - final screening w/ jan
• Unbreakable - early morning @ mkv
• I Saw The Devil - w/ group @ erin’s house sitting pad
• Mind Game - 2nd viewing w/ crew @ jenn’s basment
• Meek’s Cut Off - w/ sean, alek & marsh @ the lightfox
• Tree of Life - 4 times; lightfox, varsity, revue & zoom
• The Fountain - 2nd viewing w/ marsh after 10 days of meditation
• 12 Angry Men - early morning @ alek’s
• Horrible Bosses - w/ michael & bing @ yorkdale
• 8 1/2 - 2nd viewing w/ marsh & james @ the lightfox
• TIFF: On Poppy Hill, Loneliest Planet, Generation P & Melancholia
• Ratatouille - w/ kevo & jenn
• The Thin Red Line - self, multiple viewings
• Inni - w/ marsh, sean, galen, sarah & brownies
• Blair Witch Project - w/ jenn & marsh (minus kevo)
• Immortals 3D & Hugo 3D - double bill w/marsh @ fairview
• 4 film marathon: The Lookout, Valhalla Rising, Kicking and Screaming & Adaptation
• Everest & Hubble 3D - transcendence w/ the crew @ Ontario Place Imax Cinesphere
• The Artist - self on a snowy night @ Sheppard Grande
• Pina 3D - w/ michael & hooty @ the lightfox