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Creativity, animation, fresh ideas, expertise, (foreign) knowhow: hey ho, let's go!

I can fall down seven times, but I will stand up eight. 

 

cinematographically cu(l)t(e)

2012: a very good year related to the big screen (or TV... at home, comfortably on the sofabed - something done under the sheets, in family, with love and popcorn ♥).

Its balance - among novelties and reviews:
(with my personal star classification)

Movies

 
⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆ (excellent)

Almost Famous (R)
Babettes Gæstebud (R)
Fahrenheit 451 (R)
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (R)
Léon - The Professional (R)
Lola Rennt (R)
Soul Kitchen (R)
The Help
V for Vendetta (R)
Walk the Line


⋆⋆⋆⋆ (very good)

25th Hour
Adaptation (R)
Arranged
Bad Lieutenant
Caramel
Dogville
Donnie Brasco
Doubt
Eat Pray Love (R)
Good Bye Lenin!  (R)
Happiness (R)
Harold and Maude
High Fidelity (R)
Kirchblülten-Hanami / Cherry blossoms
Lone Star
L'assedio (R)
Mar Adentro
Marie Antoinette (R)
Match Point (R)
Midnight Express
Milk
My Blueberry Nights (R)
My Life Without Me (R)
New York, I love you
Paris Je t'aime
Pleasantville
The Kite Runner (R)
The Motorcycle Diaries (R)
The Notorious Bettie Page
The Village (R)
The Virgin Suicides
To Die For
Whatever Works (R) 


⋆⋆⋆ (good)

Abre los Ojos
Across the Universe
Anything Else (R)
Basquiat (R)
Be Kind Rewind (R)
Camille Claudel
Desert Flower
Everything you Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask (R)
Girl with a Pearl Earring
King Kong (R)
Les Adieux à la Reine (C)
Les Chansons d'Amour (R)
Ma Part du Gâteau
Manhattan
Omar m'a tué
Pretty in Pink
Red Riding Hood
Scoop (R)
Sixteen Candles
Spanglish (R)
The Black Dhalia
The Color of Paradise
The Girlfriend Experience
The Incredible Hulk (R)
The Reader
The Wolfman
Toronto Stories
You will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger  
 
 
⋆⋆ (ok, but could be better)

American Sweethearts (R)
Aurora Borealis
Biutiful
Donnie Darko
Hollywood Ending 
I'm Not There (R)
La Promesse
Melancholia
Raising Arizona (R)
Sex and the City 2
The Breakfast Club 
The Dreamers (R)  

 
⋆ (I didn't like it)

Brüno
Kedma 
Kung Pow 
Top Secret  
   

Brazialian ones
 

⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆ (excellent)
 
Carandiru (R)
Tropa de Elite / Elite Squad (R)
Tropa de Elite 2 / Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (R)


⋆⋆⋆⋆ (very good)
 
Amarelo Manga / Mango yellow (R) 
Abril Despedaçado / Behind the Sun (R)  
Casa de Areia / The House of Sand  
Central do Brasil / Central Station (R)
Última Parada 174 / Last stop 174 (R)


⋆⋆⋆ (good)

2 Filhos de Francisco - Two Sons of Francisco (R)
Bruna Surfistinha / Little Surfer Girl   
Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus / Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures 
Eu, Tu, Eles / Me, You, Them (R)
O ano em que meus pais saíram de férias / The year my parents went on vacation (R)
O céu de Suely / Love for Sale 


⋆⋆ (ok, but could be better)

Amores Possíveis / Possible Loves (R)
Caminho das Nuvens / The Middle of the World  
Orfeu (R)
Se eu Fosse Você / If I were you 


⋆ (I didn't like it)

Cronicamente Inviável / Chronically Unfeasible  
Entre Lençóis / Between the Sheets 


From Quebec


⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆ (excellent)
 
Café de Flore
J'ai tué ma mère
La Face Chachée de la Lune
Le Bonheur des Autres
Parlez-nous d'amour


⋆⋆⋆⋆ (very good)
 
C.R.A.Z.Y.
Incendies
La Grande Séduction
Le Soleil se Lève en Retard
Le Vendeur
Les Amours Imaginaires
Les Bons Débarras
Les Invasions Barbares (R)
Les Ordres
Monsieur Lazhar (C)
Octobre­­­­­
Starbuck


⋆⋆⋆ (good)

15 février 1839
1981
Angle Mort
Familia
Gaz Bar Blues
Guide de la Petite Vengeance
L'Âge des Ténèbres (R)
L'Audition
La Vérité
Le Bonheur c'est une Chanson Triste
Le Bonheur de Pierre
Les Sept Jours du Talion
Maman est chez le Coiffeur
Polytechnique
Québec - Montréal
Tromper le Silence


⋆⋆ (ok, but could be better)

Borderline
L'Enfant Prodige
Le Trotski
Les Grandes Chaleurs
Les Signes Vitaux
Mon Oncle Antoine
Taureau
Toi
Tout est Parfait


⋆ (I didn't like it)

Bonzaïon
Continental, un film sans fusil
French Immersion
L'Appât
L'Eau Chaude, L'Eau Frette
Nuages sur la Ville       
Satanic Slaves
Who is KK Downey?  


Animated films, from Quebec and abroad


⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆ (excellent)

Crac! (R) / Q
Illusion / Q
Le Fleuve aux Grandes Eaux / Q
L'Homme qui plantait des arbres (R) / Q
Rio (R)
Toy Story 3 (R)
Wall-E (R)


⋆⋆⋆⋆ (very good)

Abracadabra / Q
The Old Man and the Sea
Tout Rien / Q
L'Oiseau de Feu / Q


⋆⋆⋆ (good)

Inon ou la Conquête du Feu / Q
La Création des Oiseaux / Q
Puss in Boots
Tangled
Taratata la Parade


⋆⋆ (ok, but could be better)  

The Adventures of Tintin
The Smurfs


Documentaries


⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆ (excellent)

Senna
South of the Border (R)
The Corporation (R)
 Waste land


⋆⋆⋆⋆ (very good)

Bowling for Columbine
Forks over knives
Manda Bala / Send a Bullet
Oscar Niemeyer - A Vida É Um Sopro / Life is a Breath
Short and Male
Solutions locales pour un désordre global / Good food, bad food
War made easy: how presidents & pundits keep spinning us to death 


⋆⋆⋆ (good)

Breaking News Breaking Down
Colony
Fix: The Ministry Movie
Godin - documentaire sur la vie et l'oeuvre du député-poète Gérald Godin
History of Soccer
Inside job
La reine malade / Q
Les Mains Noires - procès de l'esclave incendiaire / Q
Obsession: radical islam's war against the West
Public Speaking
Revolución!?
See what I'm saying
We Must Love Cats


⋆⋆ (ok, but could be better)
 
You don't like the truth: 4 days inside Guantánamo
Barbiers: une histoire d'hommes / Q
Brasilia vu par Yannis Tsiomis / Q
Brésil: à gauche mais pas trop
Extraordinary Minds - Noam Chomsky
Falardeau, Poulin / Q
Tribal - beyond the four 


TV Series 


⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆ (excellent)

Law & Order - Special Victms UnitSix Feet UnderUnité 9 / Q


⋆⋆⋆⋆ (very good)

Dr House
Les Lavigueur / QThe Good Wife


⋆⋆⋆ (good)
 
30 Vies / QLa Galère / Q


⋆⋆ (ok, but could be better)

Les Parents / Q
Tu m'aimes, tu? / Q


⋆ (I didn't like it)

Adam et Ève / Q

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C - Cinema
R - Review
Q - Quebec