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HOWARD CASNER CONSULTATION PHILOSOPHY, FEES and TESTIMONIALS

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MY FAVORITE MOVIE QUOTE

"I don't go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons." Lorraine Minosa from Ace in the Hole, aka The Big Carnival

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SUCH STUFF I AM. A NOVEL.

CHAPTER 1: I FLEE

RANDOM THOUGHTS

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RANTINGS AND RAVINGS OF A SCREENPLAY READER

EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SCREENWRITING CONTESTS* BUT WEREN’T AFRAID TO ASK
EXPOSITION: YOU CAN'T WRITE WITH IT, YOU CAN'T WRITE WITHOUT IT
Interview with Ann Kimbrough on Screenwriters Beat
Interview with Hilliard Guess on Screenwriters Rant Room
Interview with Jasper Cole on On the Set with Jasper Cole
Interview with Jesse Ikeman on Craft Truck
It's Time to Get Into the Spirit of the Zeitgeist
Loglines and Titles and Bears, Oh My!
RANTINGS AND RAVINGS… NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON
SUBTEXT: THAT PASSIVE/AGGRESSIVE FRIEND YOU HATE, BUT CAN’T DROP

FIVE GREATEST MOVIES AND/OR MOVIES ABOUT

Apocalyptic Films
Christianity
Comedies About Nazis
Fantasy
Fantasy
Farces
Female Lead Performances
Gay Films
Male Lead Performances
Movie Making
Musicals
Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery
Romantic Comedies
Romantic Dramas
Science Fiction
Serial Killers Comedies
Theater

SCREENPLAY CONSULTATION PHILOSOPHY, FEES and TESTIMONIALS

CONSULTATION PHILOSOPHY, FEES and TESTIMONIALS
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SCREENWRITING

I KNOW
Loglines
Resume
The First 19 Pages of my Screenplay: The Dead Letter Office
The First Ten Pages of My Screenplay The Last Tree Standing Mote
They Only Come Out at Night

HEY! WE ALL HAD TO START SOMEWHERE

A Complete List Of All the Inteviews so Far: Click to browse
Most Recent: Brandon Alexander
Most Recent: Jason Cusato
Most Recent: Julius Kelly

THE HOWIES or best films of the year

A Complete of The Howies from 2008 to the present
The Ten Best WTF Films of the New Millenium
100 Greatest Films of All Time
The Howies 2014
The Howies 2015
The Howies 2016
2017 Howies
The 2018 Howies
2019 Howies

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF SCREENWRITING

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF SCREENWRITING

WHAT I LEARNED READING FOR CONTESTS THIS YEAR

COMMON CLICHES, STALE STORYLINES AND MAJOR MISTAKES
EARLIERLY WRITTEN POSTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED TO BE PUBLISHED IN E-BOOK FORM. MORE INFORMATION IS IN THIS POST.

BACKSTAGE AT A SCREENPLAY CONTEST

EARLIERLY WRITTEN POSTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED TO BE PUBLISHED IN E-BOOK FORM. MORE INFORMATION IS IN THIS POST.
IS THERE A BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF SCREENWRITING COMPETITIONS: Parts One through Three and Bonus Round

OBSERVATIONS ON SCREENWRITING/FILMMAKING

ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL: Variations on Structural Engineering When It Comes To Screenplays, Parts I-V
EARLIERLY WRITTEN POSTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED TO BE PUBLISHED IN E-BOOK FORM. MORE INFORMATION IS IN THIS POST.
THE FUTURE IS NOW: A PRETENTIOUS ESSAY FOR SCREENWRITERS and what they need to do to get their careers going
THE RULES OF THE SCREENWRITING GAME: Truth or clichés in a couple of screenwriting tropes
YOU WANT ME TO READ WHAAAAAAT? A Snob’s Guide to Alternative Sources for Structure in Plotting for Screenplay and TV Writing, Part I: Stories of an Epic Nature
GOD DARNIT, MR. LAMARR, YOU USE YOUR TONGUE PRETTIER THAN A TWENTY DOLLAR WHORE: some reflections on how to write effective dialog
THE OBJECTIVITY OF SUBJECTIVITY: A Defense of Making “Best of…” Lists
BAD TIMING: an essay on the passing of time in screenplays
YOU WANT ME TO READ WHAAAAAAT? A Snob’s Guide to Alternative Sources for Structure in Plotting for Screenplay and TV Writing, Part II: Romantic Comedies
YOU WANT ME TO READ WHAAAAAAT? A Snob’s Guide to Alternative Sources for Structure in Plotting for Screenplay and TV Writing, Part III: Night Time Soaps
YOU WANT ME TO READ WHAAAAAAT? A Snob’s Guide to Alternative Sources for Structure in Plotting for Screenplay and TV Writing, Part V: Philosophical Depth
OH MY GOD, THEY’RE CO-DEPENDENT: What’s More Important, Structure or Character, in Writing a Screenplay
DIRECTORS: CAN'T LIVE WITH THEM, CAN'T KILL THEM-Part I
DIRECTORS: CAN’T LIVE WITH THEM, CAN’T KILL THEM-Part II
STRUCTURALLY UNSOUND?: Some random thoughts on screenplay structure
I OBJECTIVE: HOW TO DEVELOP CRITICAL TASTE IN FILM

MOVIE REVIEWS 2017

78/52
Afterimage
Baby Driver
Battle of the Sexes
Beach Rats
Beatriz at Dinner
Beauty and the Beast
Beguiled, The
Big Sick, The
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Brad's Status
Brigsby Bear
Call Me By Your Name
Coco
Colossal
Dark Tower, The
Darkest Hour
Detroit
Dinner, The
Disaster Artist, The
Dunkirk
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Florida Project, The
Foxtrot
Frantz
Get Out
Ghost in the Shell
God's Own Country
Good Time
Graduation
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Happiest Day in the Lofe of Olli Maki, The
Harmonium
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Hero, The
I, Tonya
It
It Comes at Night
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Justice League
Killing of a Sacred Deer, The
Lady Bird
Lady Macbeth
LEGO Batman Movie, The
Logan
Logan Lucky
Lovers, The
Marjorie Prime
Meyoritz Stories (Both New and Old), The
Moka
Moscow Never Sleeps
Mother!
Murder on the Orient Express
My Journey Through French Cinema
Nile Hilton Incident, The
Novitiate
Patti Cake$
Personal Shopper
Quiet Passion, A
Rebel in the Rye
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Square, The
Suburbicon
Their Finest
Thor: Ragnorok
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Truman
Unknown Girl, The
Victoria and Abdul
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wedding Plan, The
Wind River
Wonder Woman
You're Killing Me, Susana

Movie Reviews 2016

10 Cloverfield Lane
20th Century Women
Absolutely Fabulous: the Movie
Aferim!
Allied
Anthropoid
Aquarius
Arrival
Bigger Splash, A
Café Society
Captain America: Civil War
Carnage Park
Certain Women
Christine
Closet Monster
Commune, The
Confirmation
Conjuring 2, The
De Palma
Deadpool
Deepwater Horizon
Demolition
Denial
Doctor Strange
Don't Breathe
Don't Think Twice
Elle
Embrace of the Serpent
Everybody Wants Some!!
Eye in the Sky
Fantastic Beasts…
Fences
Finding Dory
Finest Hours, The
Florence Foster Jenkins
Genius
Green Room
Hacksaw Ridge
Hail, Caesar!
Handmaiden, The
Hell or High Water
Hello, My Name is Doris
Hidden Figures
High-Rise
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
I, Daniel Blake
Imperium
Indignation
Innocents, The
It's Only the End of the World
Jackie
Julieta
Jungle Book, The
King Cobra
Knight of Cups
La La Land
Lady in the Van, The
Light Between Oceans, The
Lion
Little Men
Lolo
Love & Friendship
Loving
Magnificent Seven, The
Manchester By The Sea
Marguerite
Measure of a Man, The
Mia Madre
Midnight Special
Miles Ahead
Miss Sloane
Moana
Mojave
Moonlight
My Golden Days
Neon Demon, The
Neruda
Nice Guys, The
Nocturnal Animals
One's Below, The
Passengers
Paterson
People vs. Fritz Bauer, The
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rules Don't Apply
Salesman, The
Silence
sing
Sing Street
Slash
Southside With You
Star Trek Beyond
Sully
Swiss Army Man
Things to Come
Toni Erdmann
Trust, The
Valley of Love
Viva
Wailing, The
War, A
Wave, The
Where to Invade Next
Wiener-Dog
Witch, The
Yourself and Yours
Zootopia

Movie reviews 2015

3 Hearts
33, The
45 Years
About Elly
All the Wilderness
Aloha
Ameican Ultra
Amy
Anomalisa
Ant-Man
Appropriate Behavior
Assassin, The
Atlit
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Beloved Sisters
Big Short, The
Black Mass
Black Sea
Black Souls
Breathe
Bridge of Spies
Brilliant Young Mind, A
Brooklyn
Carol
Child 44
Cinderella
Coming Home
Connection, The
Cop Car
Creed
Crimson Peak
Cupcakes
Danish Girl, The
Diary of a Teenage Girl
Dope
Eden
End of the Tour, The
Ex Machina
Faults
Final Girls, The
Focus
Furious 7
Gift, The
Goodnight Mommy
Grandma
Hateful Eight, The
He Never Died
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, The
I'll See You In My Dreams
In the Name of My Daughter
In the Shadow of Women
Inside Out
Irrational Man
It Follows
Jurassic World
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter
L'Affaire SK1
Labyrinth of Lies
Last Hammer Blow, The
Legend
Little Accidents
Lobster, The
Loft, The
Love & Mercy
Macbeth
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mafia Only Kills in Summer, The
Magic Mike XXL
Man From Reno
Martian, The
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Minions
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Mistress America
Mommy
Most Violent Year, A
Mr. Holmes
My Friend Victoria
New Girlfriend, The
Night Before, The
Night Owls
Overnight, The
Paddington
Pawn Sacrifice
Peanuts Movie, The
Phoenix
Predestination
Queen and Country
Queen of Earth
Revenant, The
Room
Run All Night
Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The
Shaun the Sheep Movie
She's Funny That Way
Sicario
Son of a Gun
Song of the Sea
Southpaw
Spectre
Spotlight
Spy
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Steve Jobs
Straight Outta Compton
Suffragette
Tangerine
Ted 2
Theeb
Timbuktu
Trainwreck
Tribe, The
True Story
Trumbo
Truth
Unfriended
Welcome to me
What Happened, Miss Simone?
What We Do in the Shadows
While We're Young
Winter Sleep
Wolf at the Door, A
Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, The
Youth

Movie Reviews 2014

'71
7 Boxes
9 Month Stretch
Adult World
After the Dark
Amazing Catfish, The
Amazing Spider-Man 2, The
American Sniper
Babadook, The
Bad Words
Begin Again
Best Offer, The
Big Eyes
Big Hero 6
Bird People
Birdman
Blue Room, The
Blue Ruin
Borgman
Boyhood
Calvary
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Cheap Thrills
Child's Pose
Chinese Puzzle
Citizenfour
Clouds of Silas Maria, The
Coherence
Cold Comes the Night
Cold in July
Copenhagen
Dance of Reality, The
Date and Switch
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Dear White People
Diplomacy
Dog, The
Dormant Beauty
Double, The
Drop, The
Edge of Tomorrow
Empty Hours, The
Enemy
Equalizer, The
Ernest & Celestine
Fading Gigolo
Fault in Our Stars, The
Force Majeure
Foxcatcher
Frank
Gabrielle
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, A
God Help the Girl
Godzilla
Gone Girl
Grand Budapest Hotel, The
Guardians of the Galaxy
Guest, The
Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The
Homesman, The
Horns
How I Came to Hate Math
Human Capital
Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part I, The
Ida
Ilo Ilo
Imitation Game, The
Immigrant, The
In Bloom
In Fear
In Secret
Inherent Vice
Interstellar
Interview, The
Into the Woods
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Jealousy
Jersey Boys
Joe
Judge, The
Junk
Land Ho
Last of Robin Hood, The
Last Sentence, The
Lego Movie, The
Leviathan
Life Itself
Life of Crime
Lilting
Links, The
Listen Up Philip
Locke
Love is Strange
Lucky Bastard
Lucky Them
Lucy
Lunchbox, The
Magic in the Moonlight
Maleficent
Maps to the Stars
Me, Myself and Mum
Mea Culpa
Miss Julie
Missing Picture, The
Moment, The
Monuments Men, The
Most Wanted Man, A
Mr. Turner
My Old Lady
Neighbors
Night Moves
Nightcrawler
Noah
Not My Type
Nymphomaniac: Vol. 1
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Obvious Child
Omar
On My Way
Only Lovers Left Alive
Palo Alto
Policeman
Pride
Priest's Children, The
Rosewater
Rover, The
Saint Laurent
Selma
Signal, The
Skeleton Twins, The
Snowpiercer
St. Vincent
Starred Up
Still Alice
Tale of the Princess Kaguya, The
Theory of Everything, The
This Is Where I Leave You
To Be Takei
Trapped
Turning Tide
Tusk
Two Days, One Night
Two Faces of January, The
Unbroken
Under the Skin
Venus in Fur
Violette
Viva la liberta
Way He Looks, The
We Are the Best!
Whiplash
Wild
Wild Tales
Wind Rises, The
Words and Music
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Young & Beautiful

Movie Reviews 2013

12 Years a Slave
15 Years and One Day
5 Broken Cameras
56 Up
Aftermath
Aliyah
All is Lost
American Hustle
Arthur Newman
Attack, The
August: Osage County
Bastards
Beautiful Creatures
Before Midnight
Birth of the Living Dead
Blancanieves
Bling Ring, The
Blue Caprice
Blue is the Warmest Color
Blue Jasmine
Broken Circle Breakdown, The
Byzantium
Camille Claudel 1915
Canyons, The
Captain Phillips
Closed Curtain
Company You Keep, The
Concussion
Congratulations!
Conjuring, The
Dallas Buyers Club
Dark Tourist
Dirties, The
Dirty Wars
Disconnect
Don Jon
Dorfman in Love
East, The
Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal
Elysium
Enough Said
Escape From Tomorrow
Fifth Estate, The
Fire in the Blood
Frances Ha
Frozen
Fruitvale Station
Gatekeepers, The
German Doctor, The
Ginger & Rosa
Gloria
Gravity
Great Beauty, The
Great Gatsby
Great Passage, The
Hannah Arendt
Her
Hijacking, A
History of Future Folk, The
Hobbit, The Desolation of Smaug, The
How To Survive a Plague
I'm So Excited
Iceman, The
In a World…
In the Fog
Informant
Inside Llewyn Davis
Into the House
Iron Man 3
It's a Disaster
Jack, the Giant Killer
Kill Your Darlings
Kings of Summer, The
Lee Daniels' The Buter
Let My People Go!
Like Someone In Love
Lone Survivor
Look of Love, The
Lore
Love is All You Need
Machete Kills
Man of Steel
Monk, The
Much Ado About Nothing
Mud
Museum Hours
Nebraska
No
Now You See Me
Oblivion
On the Road
Only God Forgives
Out in the Dark
Out of the Furnace
Oz, The Great and Powerful
Pacific Rim
Past, The
Patience Stone, The
Philomena
Place Beyond the Pines
Populaire
Prince Avalanche
Prisoners
Rabbi's Cat, The
Reality
Red 2
Room 237
Rush
Rust and Bone
Sal
Salinger
Saving Mr. Banks
Seduced and Abandoned
Shanghai Calling
Short Term 12
Side Effects
Sightseers
Silence, The
Single Shot, A
Spectacular Now
Spring Breakers
Star Trek Into Darkness
Stoker
Stories We Tell
Stranger by the Lake
Thanks for Sharing
This is the End
To the Wonder
Tom at the Farm
Touch of Sin, A
Upstream Color
Vic + Flo Saw a Bear
War Witch
Wasteland
Way, Way Back, The
We and the I, The
We Are What We Are
What Maizie Knew
White House Down
Wolf of Wall Street
Wolverine, The
Word's End, The
World War Z
Yossi
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
You Will Be My Son

MOVIE REVIEWS 2012

Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry
Amazing Spider-Man, The
Amour
Angel's Share, The
Any Day Now
Arbitrage
Argo
Avengers, The
Barbara
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Berberian Sound Studio
Bernie
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The
Better Life, A
Beyond the Hills
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Bourne Legacy, The
Brave
Burn
Cabin in the Woods
Caesar Must Die
Cat in Paris, A
Cedar Rapids
Central Park Five, The
Cheerful Weather for a Wedding
Clandestine Childhood
Cloud Atlas
Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same
Collaborator
Combat Girls
Compliance
Cosmopolis
Craigslist Joe
Damsels in Distress
Dark Horse
Dark Knight Rises, The
Deep Blue Sea, The
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Django Unchained
Easy Money
Electrick Children
End of Watch
Everybody in Our Family
Eye of the Storm, The
Flight
Footnote
Frankenweenie
Gayby
Goodbye First Love
Hanna
Headhunters
Hell and Back Again
Hitchcock
Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey, The
Holy Motors
Hunger Games, The
Hunt, The
I Wish
Imposter, The
Innkeepers, The
Intouchables, The
Invisible War, The
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Keep the Lights On
Killer Joe
Kon-Tiki
Kung Fu Panda 2
Laurence Anyways
Lawless
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Looper
Lunch
Madrid 1987
Magic Mike
Master, The
Moonrise Kingdom
Natural Selection
On the Sea (Sul Mare)
Oranges, The
Our Children
Paperboy, The
Perks of Being a Wildflower, The
Polisse
Prometheus
Promised Land
Quartet
Raid: Redemption, The
Rebellion
Road, The
Royal Affair, A
Safety Not Guaranteed
Savages
Sessions, The
Seven Psychopaths
Side by Side
Silver Linings Playbook
Sister
Skyfall
Snow White and the Hunstman
Snowtown Murders, The
Something in the Air
Take This Waltz
Thin Ice
To Rome With Love
Turn Me On, Damn It
Unforgivable
We Have A Pope
West of Memphis
Woman in Black, The
Zero Dark Thirty

Movie Reviews 2011

Appropriate Adult
Brighton Rock (2011)
Bullhead
Carnage
Dangerous Method, A
Declaration of War
Grey, The
Haywire
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
In Darkness
Iron Lady, The
Kill List
Margaret
Miss Bala
Norwegian Wood
Separation, A
Shame
Warrior

MOVIE REVIEWS 2010

127 Hours
20 Cigarettes
3 Idiots
8: The Mormon Proposition
Alice in Wonderland
American, The
Animal Kingdom
Another Year
Art of the Steal, The
Biutiful
Black Swan
Blue Valentino
Brotherhood
Cairo Time
Carancho
Carlos
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
City Island
Crazies, The
Cyrus
Date Night
District 13: Ultimatum
Dogtooth
Dos Hernanos
Dossier K
Edge of Darkness
Enter the Void
Everyone Else
Father of My Children, The
Fighter, The
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glen Gould
Get Low
Ghost Writer, The
Girl on the Train, The
Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, The
Girl Who Played With Fire
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The
Green Zone, The
Greenberg
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
Handsome Harry
Happiness Runs
Harlan: In the Shadow of Jud Suss
Harmony and Me
Heartbreaker
Henri-George Clouzot's Inferno
Hideaway
Hot Tub Time Machine
Human Resources Manager, The
I Am Love
Illusionist, The
In a Better World
Inception
Iron Man 2
It Came From Kuchar
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Kids Are All Right, The
Killer Inside Me
King's Speech, The
Life During Wartime
Mesrine, Part I: Killer Instinct
Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, The
Mother
Mother and Child
My Father's Guests
My Name is Khan
Mysteries of Lisbon
Myth of the American Sleepover
Outside the Law
Please Give
Rabbit Hole
Rare Exports
Red Riding Trilogy, The
Restrepo
Scott Pilgram v. The World
Secret in Their Eyes
Sex and the City 2
Shutter Island
Social Network, The
Sphinx
Submarino
Terribly Happy
The Agony and the Esctasy of Phil Spector
Tiny Furniture
Town Called Panic, A
Town, The
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Unfinished Film, An
When We Leave
Winter's Bones

MOVIE REVIEWS 2009

(500) Days of Summer
12
9
Adventureland
Ajami
And a Warm Heart
Angels and Demons
Art of Being Straight, The
Avatar
Baader Meinhof Complex, The
Baby Love
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call, New Orleans
Beaches of Agnes, The
Blue Tooth Virgin
Boondock Saints, II: All Saints Day, The
Boys, The
Bright Star
Broken Embraces
Brothers Bloom, The
Capitalism, A Love Story
City of Life and Death
Coco Before Chanel
Cold Souls
Collapse
Crazy Heart
Damned United, The
Dark and Stormy Night, A
Departures
District 9
Drag Me To Hell
Duplicity
Easy Virtue
Education, An
Endgame
Evangelion 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Everybody's Fine
Fantastic Mr. Fox, The
Final Arragements
Flame and Citron
Girl From Monaco
Great Buck Howard, The
Hangover, The
Headless Woman, The
House of the Devil, The
Humpday
Hurt Locker, The
I Killed My Mother
I Love You Man
Il Divo
Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, The
In the Loop
Informant, The
Inglourious Basterds
International
Invictus
It's Complicated
Julia
Julie & Julia
Last Station, The
Little Ashes
Lorna's Silence
Love in Transit
Lovely Bones, The
Maid, The
Me and Orson Welles
Merry Gentleman, The
Messenger, The
Misfortunates, The
Missing Person, The
Mission, La
Moon
Mr. Right
Music on Hold
Must Read After My Death
My One and Only
Mysteries of Pittsburgh
New Twenty
Newcastle
Nine
Not Quite Hollywood
O'Horton
Of Time and the City
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
Outrage
Paris
Paris 36
Perestroika
Phoebe in Wonderland
Pirate Radio
Police Adjective
Precious
Prophet, A
Public Enemies
Reader, The (2008)
Red Cliff
Revanche
Rudo y Cursi
Secret of the Grain, The
Secrets of State
Seraphine
Serbis
Serious Man, A
Sherlock Holmes
Shuttle
Single Man, A
Sita Sings the Blues
Sleep Dealer
Something's Gonna Live
Star Trek
State of Play
Still Walking
Summer Hours
Sunshine Cleaning
Surveillance
Taxidermia
Tear this Heart Out
Tetro
Thirst
Three Monkeys
Tokyo Sonata
Tokyo!
Uncertainty
Up
Up in the Air
Vicious Kind, The
Vincere
Watchmen
Whatever Works
Where the Wild Things Are
White Ribbon, The
Woman in Berlin, A
Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
Zombieland

MISCELLANEOUS REVIEWS

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
8 1/2 (1963)
Battleground (1949)
Big Sky, The (1953)
Cat O' Nine Tails (Il gatto a nove code) (1971)
Chase, The (1966)
Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The (2008)
Entertainer, The (1960)
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)
Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
History is Made at Night (1937)
Indiscretion of an American Wife (1953)
Je t'aime je t'aime (1968)
Last Deadly Mission, The (aka Mr. 73) (2008)
Madam Satan (1930)
Mauvais Sang (The Night is Young) (1986)
Milk (2008)
Night Train to Munich (1941)
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray In Lithuania (1999)
Pulp (1972)
Quadrophenia (1979)
Shanghai Gesture, The (1941)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Stendhal Syndrome, The (1996)
Summer's Tale, A (1996)
To Have and To Have Not (1944)
Two Men in Manhattan (1959)