I watched a lot of movies last year, 82 if my count is right. I re-watched some favorites (Out of the Past, Alien, Back to the Future), but I kept these monthly selections focused on new-to-me stuff. Out of all of them, I think Winter’s Bone and Apocalypto were really amazing movies that you’d be a fool to miss. All the links go to my tumblr, where you’ll find whatever brief or sometimes rambling commentary I had in mind after watching. Right now I’m too lazy to get images like I did for my favorite albums of 2011. So here’s the quick text-only run-down, mostly to give you an encouraging nudge if you get the chance to see them:
January
The American
February
Double Indemnity
The Virgin Suicides
Brazil
Force of Evil
March
High Noon
Chinatown
Winter’s Bone
April
Some Like It Hot
The Social Network
May
Shotgun Stories
ATL
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
June
127 Hours, by default.
July
Days of Heaven
August
3:10 to Yuma
The Last Days of Disco
September
Apocalypto
The Seventh Seal
Ivan’s Childhood
October
Drive
Mystic River
Scarface (1932)
November
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Badlands
December
D.O.A.
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Artist
Mark Larson 