2007

FESTIVAL NOUVEAU CINEMA

 

THE RATINGS

So far, the A & O reviewing team has had time to see the following films. Here are their ratings, always out of 4, reserving 2.5 or more for a noteworthy film, 3.5 for an exceptional film, 4 for a classic.

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Among Marcel Dubois’ best ever films = ( Seven Samurai, The Source, The African Queen, Whose Life is it Anyway? The Color Purple, Forrest Gump, The Deer Hunter, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The World According to Garp, Rashomon, La Strada).

2.3 -- Yella, Christian Petzold
1.2 -- Ice Cream, Jean Leclerc
2.8 -- Nothing Else Matters, Julia Von Heinz
1.0 -- Bog of Beasts, Claudia Assis
2.2 -- Redacted, Brian de Palma
2.3 -- Deficit, Gail Garcia Bernal
2.7 -- Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame, Hana Makhmalbaf
3.2 -- Poor Boy's Game, Clement Virgo
3.3 -- La Zona, Rodrigo Pla
2.6 -- Tout est pardonné, Mia Hansen-Love
2.4 -- Hold the Door, Mark Johnson
2.5 -- Counterparts, Jan Bonny
2.3 -- Caramel, Nadine Labaki
2.0 -- Nous les vivants, Roy Andersson
2.9 -- Yi Yi, Edward Yang
2.9 -- XXY, Lucia Puenzo
1.1 -- Daisy Diamond, Simon Staho
2.2 -- American Venus, Bruce Sweeney
2.4 -- Voleurs de cheveax, Micha Wald
2.2 -- Boxing Day, Kriv Stenders
2.3 -- Ploy, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

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2.3 -- A Promise to the Dead, Peter Raymond
2.4 -- Incha Allah, Ben Vandoorne
2.2 -- Samba, Adam Stépan

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Among Sylvain Richard's best ever films = (The Man Who Washed Mirrors, The Eye, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Goodfellas, Babij Yar, Sugar Babies, Make Room For Tommorrow, Away From Her, Metropolis, This Island Earth).

2.0 -- VHS Kaloucha, Nejib Belkadhi
2.5 -- Zabriskie Point, Michelangelo Antonioni
2.4 -- La terre abandonnée, Vimukthi Jayasudara
0.2 -- Ice Cream, Jean Leclerc
3.8 -- Poor Boy's Game, Clement Virgo
2.1 -- Bakoushi, Ryuichi Hiroki
1.7 -- Suivre Catherine, Jeanne Crépeau
2.1 -- Counterparts, Jan Bonny
3.5 -- Redacted, Brian de Palma
2.4 -- Fille coupée en deux, Claude Chabrol
2.4 -- Young People Fuckin, Martin Gero
2.9 -- Yi Yi, Edward Yang
2.7 -- Jellyfish, Etgar Keret & Shira Geffen
4.0 -- Fados, Carlos Suara
2.3 -- Smiley Face, Greg Araki
1.3 -- Les Chanson d'Amour, Christophe Honore
3.1 -- Voleurs de cheveax, Micha Wald
2.2 -- Nous les vivants, Roy Andersson
2.0 -- Boxing Day, Kriv Stenders
1.6 -- Deficit, Gail Garcia Bernal
3.7 -- Ulzhan, Volker Schlondorf
2.6 -- The Man From London, Béla Tarr
2.0 -- La visite de la fanfare, Iran Kolirin
1.4 -- Ploy, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
2.4 -- Les plus beaux yeux du monde, Charlotte Laurier & Pascal Courschene
2.8 -- Anna M., Michel Spinosa
2.6 -- Les temoins, André Techine
2.7 -- I'm a Cyborg But That's OK, Park Chan-Wook
2.1 -- Bog of Beasts, Claudia Assis
2.6 -- La Maison Jaune, Amar Hakkar
2.5 -- Cowboy Angels, Kim Massee
3.0 -- Eye in the Sky, Nai-Hoi Yau
1.8 -- Chung King Express, Wong Kar Wai
1.9 -- Pretty in the Face, Nate Meyer
0.8 -- 4-Eyed Monsters, A. Cromley & S. Boice
3.2 -- Tracey Fragments, Bruce McDonal
2.0 -- Itchkeri Kenti, Florent Marcie
2.4 -- Berliner Reigen, Deiter Berner
3.1 -- XXY, Lucia Puenzo
3.1 -- Anna 6-18, Nikita Mikhalkov
0.6 -- The Body Builder & I, Bryan Friedman
2.1 -- Unbuckle My Bible Belt , Patricia Tassinari
3.4 -- 4 Mois, 3 Semaines et 2 Jours, Christian Mungiu

DOCUMENTARY

2.7 -- A Promise to the Dead, Peter Raymond
2.4 -- Incha Allah, Ben Vandoorne
1.9 -- Morceau de conversation avec Jean-Luc Gadard, Alain Fleischer
2.5 -- Maurice Pialat: l'amour existe, Anne Marie Faux & Jean Pierre

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Among Robert J. Lewis’ best ever films = (Circle of Deceit, The Wind Will Carry Us, Secrets and Lies, Looking for Richard, The Field, Persuasion, The Conversation, Yol, Summer in the Country, A Man for All Seasons).

3.2 -- Yi Yi, Edward Yang
3.0 -- Poor Boy's Game, Clement Virgo
1.9 -- Christopher Columbus, The Enigma, Manoel Oliveira
2.9 -- minus 1 for expl.sex = 1.9 -- Daisy Diamond, Simon Staho
2.7 -- Silent Light, Carlos Raygadas
3.1 -- La Zona, Rodrigo Plas
2.3 -- Berliner Reigen, Deiter Berner
2.4 -- Cowboy Angels, Kim Massee
2.5 -- California Dreaming, Christian Nemescu
2.7 -- Import Export, Ulrich Seidl
0.9 -- La France, Serge Bozon
2.3 -- Eye in the Sky, Nai-Hoi Yau
2.6 -- XXY, Lucia Puenzo
1.2 -- I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
3.2 -- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Christian Mungiu

DOCUMENTARY

2.5 -- Children of War, Alexandre Fuchs