March 2012: Festival Madness

After one of the most hectic but interesting weeks of my life working at the Miami International Film Festival, it’s been tough to get back to a normal film-watching routine. I was lucky enough to catch a few of the films that were showing at the festival, but not quite as many as I’d hoped for. Sadly, this month’s film count is a little below both January and February, but I can’t say I didn’t expect it to be low. On the bright side, I was lucky enough to catch Matthew Barney’s The Cremaster Cycle on the big screen which is a pretty rare event. Here’s my movie list!

Films Watched in March 2012

1. Neighbours – 5/5
2. Dots – 4/5
3. Pas de Deux – 5/5
4. A Chairy Tale – 4/5
5. Begone Dull Care – 5/5
6. Wood – 4.5/5
7. Mariachi Gringo – 2.5/5
8. En el nombre de la hija – 4/5
9. The Diary of Preston Plummer – 3.5/5
10. My Sassy Girl – 3.5/5
11. Alps – 2.75/5
12. A Girl’s Own Story – 4/5
13. An Exercise in Discipline – 3.5/5
14. Passionless Moments – 5/5
15. Sweetie – 3/5
16. Jeff, Who Lives at Home – 4.5/5
17. 21 Jump Street – 3/5
18. Silent House – 3.25/5
19. Chronicle – 2/5
20. The Cat Vanishes – 3.5/5
21. Safety Last! – 4.5/5
22. Body Heat – 4/5
23. Into the Abyss – 4/5
24. The Magnificent Ambersons – 5/5
25. The Moth Diaries – 1/5
26. Night of the Living Dead – 4/5
27. Elmer Gantry – 4/5
28. Stereo – 3/5
29. The Hunger Games – 4/5
30. M Butterfly – 4/5
31. Possession – 4/5
32. Altered States – 4/5
33. The Devils – 4/5
34. Shivers – 2.5/5
35. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – 2.5/5
36. The Pillow Book – 3/5
37. The Brood – 3.5/5
38. Cremaster 1 – 4/5
39. Cremaster 2 – 3/5
40. Cremaster 3 – 5/5
41. Cremaster 4 – 2.5/5
42. Cremaster 5 – 3.5/5
43. New Year’s Eve – 2/5

Decade Breakdown

1880s: 0
1890s: 0
1900s: 0
1910s: 0
1920s: 1
1930s: 0
1940s: 3
1950s: 2
1960s: 4
1970s: 3
1980s: 7
1990s: 6
2000s: 3
2010s: 14

Check out some of my thoughts on a few favorites this month on the next page!