Infernal Affairs (2002)
Viewed 2/22/2005 (first viewing)
Slick Chinese crime thriller about an undercover cop and his nemesis who just happens to be a mole on the police force. Refreshingly restrained compared to the stuff John Woo did, and yet it still remains gripping throughout.
out of
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Viewed 2/22/2005 (first viewing)
A widowed and impoverished samurai, saddled with two children and a witless mother, gains a measure of hope when he discovers that an old love has recently been divorced from her brutal ex-husband. But in the waning days of the samurai, can any of his kind find happiness? A perfectly-realized drama both intimate and epic; has the feel of a classic.
out of
The Lost Patrol (1934)
Viewed 2/22/2005 (first viewing)
A British patrol lost in the desert holes up in an abandoned mosque at an oasis where they're slowly picked off by Arab marksmen. Good actioner, though it could have been longer and more fleshed out. The template for later films like the Bogart flick Sahara.
out of
The Golden Coach (1952)
Viewed 2/22/2005 (first viewing)
Technicolor comedy from Jean Renoir. A troupe of actors, newly-arrived in South America, find things tough going until their leading lady becomes involved with the local viceroy. Naturally she has other suitors - a bullfighter and an army officer - which complicates things. And then there's the titular coach, given to the actress by the viceroy, an act that perturbs the local nobility and engenders their wrath...
out of
Viewed 2/22/2005 (first viewing)
Slick Chinese crime thriller about an undercover cop and his nemesis who just happens to be a mole on the police force. Refreshingly restrained compared to the stuff John Woo did, and yet it still remains gripping throughout.
out of The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Viewed 2/22/2005 (first viewing)
A widowed and impoverished samurai, saddled with two children and a witless mother, gains a measure of hope when he discovers that an old love has recently been divorced from her brutal ex-husband. But in the waning days of the samurai, can any of his kind find happiness? A perfectly-realized drama both intimate and epic; has the feel of a classic.
out of The Lost Patrol (1934)
Viewed 2/22/2005 (first viewing)
A British patrol lost in the desert holes up in an abandoned mosque at an oasis where they're slowly picked off by Arab marksmen. Good actioner, though it could have been longer and more fleshed out. The template for later films like the Bogart flick Sahara.
out of The Golden Coach (1952)
Viewed 2/22/2005 (first viewing)
Technicolor comedy from Jean Renoir. A troupe of actors, newly-arrived in South America, find things tough going until their leading lady becomes involved with the local viceroy. Naturally she has other suitors - a bullfighter and an army officer - which complicates things. And then there's the titular coach, given to the actress by the viceroy, an act that perturbs the local nobility and engenders their wrath...
out of 
(7/10)
: 38
: 22
