#Elichi Yamamoto

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Belladonna of Sadness (1973) dir. Elichi Yamamoto

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Belladonna of Sadness (1973) dir. Elichi Yamamoto

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movies i saw in 2017

Jean Renoir, La regle de jeu

Jean Genet, Un chant d’amour

Jean Genet, An Interview with Antoint Bourseiller

Jack Hill, Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told

Derek Jarman, The Last of England

Raoul Peck, I Am not Your Negro

Chris Marker / Walerian Borowczyk, Les astronoauts

Walerian Borowczyk, Les jeux des anges

Johannes Holzhausen, Das große Museum

Shuji Terayama, Pastoral: To Die in the Country

Aki Kaurismäki, Lights in the Dusk

Walerian Borowczyk, Théatre de Monsieur & Madame Kabal

Agnès Varda, Black Panthers

Sylvain Chomet, L’illusionniste

Jacques Tati, Mon oncle

Walerian Borowczyk, Une collection particulière

Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira

Xavier Dolan, Laurence Anyways

Pedro Almodóvar, Mujeres al borde de un ataque de “nervios”

Theo Angelopoulos, Landscape in the Mist

Theo Angelopoulos, Ulysses’ Gaze

Charlotte Zwerin / David Maysles / Albert Maysles, Running Fence

Peter Tscherkassky, Outer Space

Robin Hardy, The Wicker Man

Dario Argento, Suspiria

Nobuhiko Obayashi, House

Guy Maddin, My Winnipeg

Sofia Coppola, The Beguiled

Juho Kuosmanen, The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki

Jean Cocteau, Le sang d’un poète

Nikos Nikolaidis, Morning Patrol

Hitoshi Matsumoto, Symbol

Jacques Tati, Play Time

Arnaud Desplechin, Esther Khan

Peter Nestler, Am Siel

Jean-Christophe Averty, Alice in Wonderland

Carlos Enrique Taboada, Veneno para las hadas

Jean Renoir, Le grande illusion

Chris Marker, Description d’un combat

Chris Marker, Le fond de l’air est rouge

John Schlesinger, Billy Liar

Juraj Herz, Beauty and the Beast

Wong Kar-wai, In the Mood for Love

Nobuhiko Obayashi, Chris Marker, The Visitor in the Eye

Evan Johnson / Guy Maddin, The Forbidden Room

Chris Marker, Chats perchés

Peter Greenaway, The Draughtsman’s Contract

Peter Greenaway, A Zed & Two Noughts

Elichi Yamamoto, Beladonna of Sadness

Peter Greenaway, Drowning by Numbers

Jennifer Reeves, Trains Are for Dreaming

Jennifer Reeves, The Time We Killed

Jonas Mekas, Walden: Diaries, Notes & Sketches

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My Year In Movies

This isn’t the way I wanted to do this, but a baby has taken over the office and I don’t have much time to sit at my computer, so here’s my list of movies I watched last year. Bold indicates a strong recommendation.

1. The Man From Nowhere (2010) -- Lee Jewon-beom (S. Korea) 2. Immortals (2011) -- Tarsem Singh (USA) 3. Killer Joe (2011) -- William Friedkin (USA) 4. World's Greatest Dad (2009) -- Bobcat Goldthwait (USA) 5. Fanny Hill (1983) -- Gerry O'Hara (UK) 6. I Vitelloni (1953) -- Frederico Fellini (Italy) 7. Inspector Clouseau (1968) -- Bud Yorkin (USA) 8. Bone Tomahawk (2015) -- S. Craig Zahler (USA) 9. Crank: High Voltage (2009) -- Neveldine and Taylor (USA) 10. Love Exposure (2008) -- Shion Sono (Japan) 11. Topkapi (1964) -- Jules Dassin (USA) 12. La Bete Humaine (1938) -- Jean Renoir (France) 13. Harakiri (1962) -- Masaki Kobayashi (Japan) 14. Stir Crazy (1980) -- Sidney Poitier (USA) 15. Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008) -- Jean-Francois Richet (France) 16. Fright Night (1985) -- Tom Holland (USA) -- 35mm in theater, rewatch 17. The Driver (1978) -- Walter Hill (USA) 18. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) -- George Clooney (USA) 19. 50/50 (2011) -- Jonathan Levine (USA) 20. The Revenant (2015) -- Alejandro G. Inarritu (USA) -- in theater 21. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) -- Hayao Miyazaki (Japan) 22. Broken Arrow (1950) -- Delmer Daves (USA) 23. The Untouchables (1987) -- Brian de Palma (USA) 24. The Key (1983) -- Tinto Brass (Italy) 25. The Big Short (2015) -- Adam McKay (USA) -- in theater 26. The Interview (2014) -- Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen (USA) 27. Storytelling (2001) -- Todd Solondz 28. Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) -- Brian de Palma (USA) 29. Black Sea (2014) -- Kevin Macdonald (UK/US) 30. The Witch (2015) -- Robert Eggers (US) -- in theater 31. The Rum Diary (2011) -- Bruce Robinson (USA) 32. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) -- John Badham (USA) 33. The Palm Beach Story (1942) -- Preston Sturges (USA) 34. Shaun the Sheep (2015) -- Mark Burton and Richard Starzak (UK) 35. The Five Obstructions (2003) -- Jorgen Leth and Lars von Trier 36. Quay des Orfevres (1947) -- Henri-Georges Clouzot (France) 37. Hail, Caeser! (2016) -- Coen Bros (US) -- in theater 38. Valley Girl (1983) -- Martha Coolidge (US) 39. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989) -- Pedro Almodovar (Spain) 40. Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015) -- Michael Showalter (US) -- in theater 41. To Live and Die In L.A. (1985) -- William Friedkin (US) 42. In Cold Blood (1967) -- Richard Brooks (US) 43. Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (1996) -- Terry Jones (UK) 44. The Deep (1977) -- Peter Yates (US) 45. The Muppet Movie (1979) -- James Frawley (US/UK) -- rewatch 46. Monkey Business (1952) -- Howard Hawks (US) 47. Casablanca (1942) -- Michael Curtiz (US) -- rewatch 48. The Disorderly Orderly (1964) -- Frank Tashlin (US) 49. Destry Rides Again (1939) -- George Marshall (US) 50. Green Fish (1997) -- Lee Chang-dong (S. Korea) 51. Bernie (2011) -- Richard Linklater (US) 52. Easy A (2010) -- Will Gluck (US) 53. The Overnight (2015) -- Patrick Brice (US) 54. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) -- Dan Trachtenberg (US) -- in theater 55. Breaking the Waves (1996) -- Lars von Trier (various) 56. Cheap Thrills (2013) -- E.L. Katz (US) 57. Green Room (2016) -- Jeremy Saulnier (US) -- in theater 58. Indiscreet (1958) -- Stanley Donen (US) 59. Conan the Destroyer (1984) -- Richard Fleischer (US) 60. Faust (1926) -- F.W. Murnau (Ger) 61. Belladonna of Sadness (1973) -- Elichi Yamamoto (Japan) -- in theater 62. The Lobster (2015) -- Yorgos Lanthimos (Various) -- in theater 63. The Willies (1990) -- Brian Peck (US) 64. Sympathy for the Devil (2015) -- Neil Edwards (various) -- in theater 65. The Conjuring 2 (2016) -- James Wan (US) -- in theater 66. The Martian (2015) -- Ridley Scott (US) 67. I Love You, Phillip Morris (2009) -- Glenn Ficarra, John Requa (US) 68. Dancer in the Dark (2000) -- Lars von Trier (various) 69. Tickled (2016) -- David Farrier, Dylan Reeve (NZ) -- in theater 70. Hot Lead & Cold Feet (1978) -- Robert Butler (US) 71. De Palma (2015) -- Noah Baumbach, Jake Paltrow (US) -- in theater 72. Little Shop of Horrors (1986) -- Frank Oz (US) 73. Drive Angry (2011) -- Patrick Lussier (US) 74. Death Race 2000 (1975) -- Paul Bartel (US) -- 16mm in theater, rewatch 75. The Endless Summer (1966) -- Bruce Brown (US) 76. Barbarella (1968) -- Roger Vadim (Fr/It) 77. Bugsy Malone (1976) -- Alan Parker (UK) 78. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) -- Taika Waititi (NZ) -- in theater 79. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) -- Christopher McQuarrie (US) 80. The Invitation (2015) -- Karyn Kusama (US) 81. The Comedian (1957) -- John Frankenheimer (US) 82. Man Up (2015) -- Ben Palmer (UK) 83. Open Season: Scared Silly (2015) -- David Feiss (US) 84. The Good DInosaur (2015) --  Peter Sohn (US) 85. Burying the Ex (2014) -- Joe Dante (US) 86. Never Take Candy from a Stranger (1960) -- Cyril Frankel (UK) 87. These Are the Damned (1962) -- Joseph Losey (UK) 88. Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016) -- Werner Herzog (US) -- in theater 89. Mission to Mars (2000) -- Brian de Palma (US) 90. Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) -- Travis Knight (US) -- in theater 91. Hell or High Water (2016) -- David Mackenzie (US) -- in theater 92. Russian Ark (2002) -- Alexander Sokurov (RUS) -- didn't finish, too dull 93. Cache (2005) -- Michael Haneke (various) 94. Kull The Conqueror (1997) -- John Nocolella (US) 95. The Witch (2015) -- Robert Eggers (US) -- rewatch 96. River of No Return (1954) -- Otto Preminger (US) 97. Carnal Knowledge (1971) -- Mike Nichols (US) 98. The Final Girls (2015) -- Todd Strauss-Schulson (US) 99. Jamaica Inn (1939) -- Alfred Hitchcock (UK) 100. All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006) -- Jonathan Levine (US) 101. Creep (2014) -- Patrick Brice (US) 102. Killer Nun (1979) -- Giulio Berruti (It) 103. Alone in the Dark (1982) -- Jack Sholder (US) 104. Two Evil Eyes (1990) -- George Romero, Dario Argento (US, It) 105. Darling (2015) -- Mickey Keating (US) 106. The Bay (2012) -- Barry Levinson (US) 107. Phantasm: Ravager (2016) -- David Hartman (US) -- in theater 108. We Are Still Here (2015) -- Ted Geoghegan (US) 109. Final Girl (2015) -- Tyler Shields (US) 110. The Nude Vampire (1970) -- Jean Rollin (Fr) 111. Shock (1977) -- Mario Bava (It) 112. The Perfect Host (2010) -- Nick Tomnay (US) 113. Diary of a Madman (1963) -- Reginald Le Borg (US) 114. The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) -- Terence Fisher (UK) 115. Zoombies (2016) -- Glenn R. Miller (US) 116. Bedlam (1946) -- Mark Robson (US) 117. Isle of the Dead (1945) -- Mark Robson (US) 118. Brain Damage (1988) -- Frank Henelotter (US) 119. Bound to Vengeance (2015) -- J.M. Craviato (US) 120. Stoker (2013) -- Park Chan-wook (US) 121. Fright Night (2011) -- Craig Gillespie (US) 122. Beneath (2013) -- Larry Fessenden (US) 123. She-Wolf of London (1946) -- Jean Yarbrough (US) 124. Werewolf of London (1935) -- Stuart Walker 125. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) -- Eugene Lourie (US) 126. Shutter Island (2010) -- Martin Scorcese (US) 127. Witchboard (1986) -- Kevin Tenney (US) 128. A Bucket of Blood (1959) -- Roger Corman (US) 129. Cannibal Ferox (1981) -- Umberto Lenzi (It) 130. Bloody Mama (1970) -- Roger Corman (US) 131. Goosebumps (2015) -- Rob Letterman (US) 132. The Killing Car (1993) -- Jean Rollin (Fr) 133. The Handmaiden (2016) -- Park Chan-wook (Kor) -- in theater 134. The Most Dangerous Game (1932) -- Irving Pichel and Ernest B. Shoedsack (US) 135. Night Creatures (1962) -- Peter Graham Scott (UK) 136. Moonlight (2016) -- Barry Jenkins (US) -- in theater 137. The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) -- Freddie Frances (UK) 138. Arrival (2016) -- Denis Villeneuve (US) -- in theater 139. Bride of Re-Animator (1989) -- Brian Yuzna (US) 140. Ghostbusters (2016) -- Paul Feig (US) 141. From a Whisper to a Scream (1987) -- Jeff Burr (US) 142. I, Madman (1989) -- Tibor Takacs (US)

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Belladonna of Sadness (1973) Dir. Elichi Yamamoto