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Miscellaneous 2014
Lucy - ENG/KOR/FRA
The Boxtrolls - USA
Hercules - USA
Snowpiercer - KOR
Jodorowsky's Dune - ENG/SPA/FRA/GER
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - USA
Interstellar - USA
Ida - POL/DEN
Boyhood - USA
Two Days, One Night - BEL/ITA/FRA
Nightcrawler - USA
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 - USA
Gone Girl - USA
Mr. Turner - UK/FRA/GER

July 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy - USA
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - USA

June 2014
Of Horses and Men - ICE
22 Jump Street - USA
Grace of Monaco - BEL/ITA/FRA/MON/USA

May 2014
Maleficent - USA
Edge of Tomorrow - USA
X-Men: Days of Future Past - USA/UK - Film of the Month
Godzilla - USA
The Wind Rises - JAP
20 Feet from Stardom - USA
Blue Ruin - USA

April 2014
A Story of Children and Film - UK
Tracks - AUS
Locke - UK/USA
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - USA
Calvary - IRE/UK
We Are the Best! - SWE - Film of the Month
Noah - USA
The Raid 2 - IDN
The Double - UK

March 2014
Muppets Most Wanted - USA
Labor Day - USA
Captain America: the Winter Soldier - USA
Under the Skin - UK/USA
The Past - FRA/ITA
Starred Up - UK
The Grand Budapest Hotel - GER/UK - Film of the Month

February 2014
Only Lovers Left Alive - UK/GER
Nymphomaniac - DEN/FRA/BEL/GER - Film of the Month
Dallas Buyers Club - USA
A New York Winter's Tale - USA
Her - USA
The Lego Movie - USA
The Armstrong Lie - USA

January 2014
Inside Llewyn Davis - USA
August: Osage County - USA
The Wolf of Wall Street - USA
12 Years A Slave - USA/UK
Short Term 12 - USA
Gloria - CHI/SPA - Film of the Month
Last Vegas - USA
American Hustle - USA

December 2013
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - USA
The Hobbit: the Desolation of Smaug - NZ/USA/UK
All is Lost - USA
Kill Your Darlings - USA
Jeune & Jolie - FRA
Frozen - USA
Nebraska - USA - Film of the Month

November 2013
Blue is the Warmest Colour - FRA
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - USA
Diana - UK
Gravity - USA - Film of the Month
Thor: The Dark World - USA
Hannah Arendt - GER/LUX/FRA

October 2013
Philomena - UK - Film of the Month
Captain Phillips - USA
Le Week-End - UK
The Pervert's Guide to Ideology - UK
How I Live Now - UK

September 2013
Blue Jasmine - USA - Film of the Month
Rush - USA/UK
The Great Beauty - ITA
In A World... - USA
About Time - UK
Riddick - USA
Upstream Color - USA

August 2013
The Way, Way Back - USA
Elysium - USA
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa - UK - Film of the Month
From Up On Poppy Hill - JAP
Only God Forgives - DEN/THA

July 2013
Blackfish - USA
The Wolverine - USA/AUS
The World's End - UK
The Deep - ICE
Monsters University - USA
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks - USA
Pacific Rim - USA
The Bling Ring - USA
Frances Ha - USA - Film of the Month
A Field in England - UK
The Act of Killing - NOR/DEN/UK
Stories We Tell - CAN

June 2013
This is the End - USA
World War Z - USA
Man of Steel - USA
Much Ado About Nothing - USA - Film of the Month
The Great Gatsby - USA
The Iceman - USA
Behind the Candelabra - USA

May 2013
A Hijacking - DAN
Populaire - FRA
Fast & Furious 6 - USA
Star Trek Into Darkness - USA
I'm So Excited - SPA
Mud - USA - Film of the Month

April 2013
Iron Man 3 - USA - Film of the Month
The Look of Love - UK
Oblivion - USA
A Late Quartet - USA
The Place Beyond the Pines - USA
In the House - FRA
Finding Nemo (3D) - USA
Spring Breakers - USA

March 2013
Trance - UK
The Spirit of 45 - UK
Bullhead - BEL
Oz: The Great and Powerful - USA
The Paperboy - USA
Side Effects - USA
Outrage Beyond - JAP
Robot & Frank - USA
No - CHI
Stoker - USA/UK - Film of the Month
Lore - AUS/GER/UK

February 2013
Cloud Atlas - GER
To The Wonder - USA
Lincoln - USA
Zero Dark Thirty - USA
Wreck-It Ralph - USA - Film of the Month

January 2013
Django Unchained - USA
American Mary - CAN
Jiro Dreams of Sushi - USA
Les Miserables - UK
Quartet - UK
Fear and Desire - USA - Film of the Month

December 2012
Life of Pi - USA
Jack Reacher - USA
Silver Linings Playbook - USA
The Hobbit: An Expected Journey - NZ/USA/UK
Alps - GRE
The Hunt - DEN
Seven Psychopaths - UK/USA
Amour - AUT/FRA/GER - Film of the Month
Sightseers - UK

November 2012
The Master - USA - Film of the Month
Skyfall - UK/USA
Argo - USA
Rust and Bone - FRA

October 2012
On the Road - USA/BRA/UK/FRA
Frankenweenie - USA
Liberal Arts - USA
Hotel Transylvania - USA
About Elly - IRN - Film of the Month

September 2012
Holy Motors - FRA
Looper - USA
ParaNorman - USA - Film of the Month
Killing Them Softly - USA
The Imposter - UK
Dredd - UK
Anna Karenina - UK/FRA
Berberian Sound Studio - UK

August 2012
Jackpot - NOR
Take This Waltz - CAN
The Expendables 2 - USA
The Bourne Legacy - USA
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry - USA
Searching for Sugar Man - UK - Film of the Month
Nostalgia for the Light - CHILE/FRA/GER
Ted - USA

July 2012
The Dark Knight Rises - USA
Electrick Children - USA
Killer Joe - USA
Brave - USA
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World - USA - Film of the Month
Magic Mike - USA
Woody Allen: A Documentary - USA
The Amazing Spider-Man - USA
Snow White and the Huntsman - USA
Your Sister's Sister - USA

June 2012
Rock of Ages - USA
2 Days in New York - FRA
Casa de mi Padre - USA - Film of the Month
Prometheus - USA

May 2012
Men in Black 3 - USA
Moonrise Kingdom - USA - Film of the Month
Red Tails - USA
Jeff, Who Lives at Home - USA
The Dictator - USA
Dark Shadows - USA
Damsels in Distress - USA

April 2012
Marvel Avengers Assemble - USA - Film of the Month
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia - TUR
Cabin in the Woods - USA
Le Havre - FRA/FIN/GER
Headhunters - NOR/DAN/SWE/RUS/ENG
Battleship - USA
The Pirates! On An Adventure With Scientists - UK/USA
Wrath of the Titans - USA
The Kid With A Bike - BEL/FRA

March 2012
Tiny Furniture - USA
We Bought A Zoo - USA
The Hunger Games - USA - Film of the Month
21 Jump Street - USA
Michael - AUT

February 2012
John Carter - USA
The Woman in Black - UK/CAN/SWE
Bel Ami - UK
Side by Side - USA
Francine - USA/CAN
The Flowers of War - CHI
Shadow Dancer - UK/IRE
The Girl With a Hat Box/Outskirts - RUS/GER
In the Land of Blood and Honey - USA
Iron Sky - FIN/NED/AUS
Toata lumea din familia noastra (Everybody in Our Family) - ROM/NED
König des Comics (King of Comics) - GER
Marina Abramović the Artist is Present - USA
Mai-Wei (My Way) - KOR
Elles - FRA/POL/GER
Rebelle (War Witch) - CAN
En Kongelig Affære (A Royal Affair) - DEN/GER/CZE/SWE
Gnade (Mercy) - GER/NOR
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - USA
Kebun Binatang (Postcards from the Zoo) - INA/GER/HKG/CHI
Tabu - POR/GER/BRA/FRA - Film of the Month
Was Bleibt (Home for the Weekend) - GER
L'enfant D'en Haut (Sister) - SWI/FRA
Captive - FRA/PHI/GER/UK
Jayne Mansfield's Car - USA/RUS
Metéora - GRE/GER
Barbara - GER
Dictado (Childish Games) - SPA
Cesare deve morrire (Caesar Must Die) - ITA
A Moi Seule (Coming Home) - FRA
Aujourd'Hui (Today) - FRA/SEN
Les Adieux A La Reine (Farewell My Queen) - FRA/SPA
The Muppets - USA
The Grey - USA
Carnage - FRA/GER/SPA/POL
Chronicle - USA

January 2012
The Descendants - USA - Film of the Month
J. Edgar - USA
Polish Roulette - POL
Black Pond - UK
Haywire - USA/IRE
Dreams of a Life - UK
Shame - UK
War Horse - USA
Tabloid - USA
The Iron Lady - UK

December 2011
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol - USA
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011) - USA/SWE/UK/GER
Moneyball - USA
Arthur Christmas - UK/USA
Margaret - USA
We Have A Pope - ITA
Las Acacias - ARG
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - UK/USA
My Week With Marilyn - UK
Another Earth - USA
Romantics Anonymous - FRA
Hugo - USA/UK
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai - JAP - Film of the Month
The Deep Blue Sea - UK
The Artist - FRA

November 2011
Take Shelter - USA
Weekend - UK - Film of the Month
Immortals - USA
Wuthering Heights - UK

October 2011
Paranormal Activity 3 - USA
Real Steel - USA
Contagion - USA
The Ides of March - USA
The Adventures of Tintin - USA/NZ
We Need to Talk About Kevin - UK
Retreat - UK
The Three Musketeers 3D - GER/FRA/UK/USA
Tyrannosaur - UK
Melancholia - USA - Film of the Month

September 2011
Drive - USA
Colombiana - FRA/USA
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - UK/FRA - Film of the Month
Warrior - USA
Kill List - UK

August 2011
Salt of Life, The - ITA
Skin I Live In, The - SPA
The Inbetweeners Movie - UK
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D - USA
In a Better World - DEN/SWE
Project Nim - UK/USA
Arrietty - JAP
Rise of the Planet of the Apes - USA - Film of the Month
Cowboys and Aliens - USA
Super 8 - USA
Sarah's Key - FRA
Mr. Popper's Penguins - USA
The Referees - FRA

July 2011
Beginners - USA
Captain America: The First Avenger - USA - Film of the Month
Cars 2 - USA
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two - UK/USA
Larry Crowne - USA

June 2011
Bridesmaids - USA
The Tree of Life - USA - Film of the Month
Kaboom - USA
Senna - UK
X-Men: First Class - USA/UK

May 2011
The Great White Silence (re-release) - UK
Love Like Poison - FRA
The Hangover: Part II - USA
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - USA
Win Win - USA
Attack the Block - UK - Film of the Month
Midnight in Paris - USA/SPA/FRA
Hanna - GER/USA/UK

April 2011
L'affaire Farewell - FRA
Thor - USA - Film of the Month
Little White Lies - FRA
Winnie the Pooh - USA
Route Irish - UK
Rio - USA
Source Code - USA
You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger - USA/SPA/UK

March 2011
Inside Job - USA
Animal Kingdom - AUS - Film of the Month

February 2011
The Mortician - UK/USA
Taxi Driver (re-release) - USA
The Guard - IRE/UK
The Forgiveness of Blood - USA/ALB
Unknown - GER/UK/FRA
Odem - ISR/UK
If Not Us, Who - GER
Come Rain, Come Shine - ROK
A Mysterious World - ARG/GER/URU
My Best Enemy - AUT/LUX
Our Grand Despair - TUR/GER
Nader and Simin, A Separation - IRN - Film of the Month
Tambian La Iluvia - SPA/FRA/MEX
A Torinoi Lo (The Turin Horse) - HUN
The Future - USA/GER
V Subbotu (Innocent Saturday) - RUS/UKR
Les Femmes Du 6eme Etage (Service Entrance) - FRA
Coriolanus - UK
Pina - GER/FRA
Les Contes De La Nuit - FRA
Cave of Forgotten Dreams - USA/FRA
Yelling to the Sky - USA
Almanya - Welcome to Germany - GER/TUR
Schlafrankheit (Sleeping Sickness) - GER/FRA
Silver Bullets/Art History - USA
El Premio - ARG/MEX
True Grit - USA
Margin Call - USA
The Mechanic - USA
The Fighter - USA

January 2011
Rabbit Hole - USA
Brighton Rock (2011) - UK
Blue Valentine - USA - Film of the Month
The Green Hornet - USA
The Thorn in the Heart - FRA
127 Hours - UK/USA
On Tour - FRA

December 2010
The Way Back - USA
Catfish - USA
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - USA
Of Gods and Men - FRA - Film of the Month
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale - FIN
Tron: Legacy - USA
Tangled - USA
Submarine - UK
Monsters - UK

November 2010
Chico & Rita - SPA/UK
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One - UK/USA
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest - SWE
Never Let Me Go - UK
The American - USA
The King's Speech - UK/AUS
The Next Three Days - USA
My Afternoons With Margueritte - FRA
Let Me In - USA
Another Year - UK - Film of the Month
Cyrus - USA
The Kids Are All Right - USA

October 2010
The Arbor - UK
The Social Network - USA - Film of the Month
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives - THA
Made in Dagenham - UK

September 2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - USA
Certified Copy - FRA/ITA/BEL
Winter's Bone - USA
Empire of Silver - CHI
Tamara Drewe - UK
Round Ireland With a Fridge - UK
A Town Called Panic - BEL/FRA/LUX
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec - FRA
Enter the Void - FRA
Police, Adjective - ROM
World's Greatest Dad - USA
The Dispensables - GER
The Tempest - USA
My Son, My Son What Have Ye Done? - USA
Barney's Version - CAN
Drei - GER
The Road Nowhere - USA
13 Assassins - JAP
La solitudine dei numeri primi - ITA
The Town - USA
Promises Written in Water - USA
Venus Noire - FRA
Attenberg - GRE
Balada triste de trompeta - SPA
Surviving Life - CZE
Noi credevamo - ITA
I’m Still Here - USA
The Ditch - CHI
Di Renjie zhi Tongtian diguo - CHI
Essential Killing - POL
Post Mortem - CHILE
Meek's Cutoff - USA
Potiche - FRA
La passione - ITA
Reign of Assassins -CHI
Ovsyanki (Silent Souls) - RUS
Somewhere - USA
La pecora nera - ITA
Miral - ISR
Happy Few - FRA
Norwegian Wood - JAP
Legend of the Fist: the Return of Chen Zhen - CHI
Showtime - CHI
Black Swan - USA - Film of the Month

August 2010
The Girl Who Played With Fire - SWE
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - USA
The Illusionist - FRA/UK
Ajami - ISR/GER
Skeletons - UK
Separado! - UK
Le Concert - FRA
Knight and Day - USA
The Sorcerer's Apprentice - USA
Gainsbourg - FRA
The Expendables - USA
South of the Border - USA
Mother - ROK - Film of the Month
The A-Team - USA

July 2010 
Toy Story 3 - USA
Leaving - FRA
Predators - USA
Breathless (re-release) - FRA
Heartbreaker - FRA
Inception - USA
The Brothers Bloom - USA
Sons of Cuba - UK - Film of the Month
White Material - FRA

June 2010
Whatever Works - USA
Tetro - USA/ARG/SPA
Please Give - USA
Rashomon (re-release) - JAP - Film of the Month
Hierro - SPA
The Killer Inside Me - USA
Greenberg - USA
The Girl on the Train - FRA
Sex & the City 2 - USA

May 2010
The Happiest Girl in the World - ROM - Film of the Month
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans - USA
Robin Hood - USA/UK
Lebanon - ISR
Life During Wartime - USA
One Night in Turin - UK
Four Lions - UK
Iron Man 2 - USA


April 2010
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - USA
The Ghost - FRA/GER/UK
Dogtooth - GRE - Film of the Month
Clash of the Titans - USA Guest reviewed by David Bierton
No One Knows About Persian Cats - IRN
Whip It - USA
I Am Love - ITA
Cemetery Junction - UK
Lourdes - FRA

March 2010
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - SWE
Kick-Ass USA/UK
Crazy Heart - USA
The Father of My Children - FRA
Shutter Island - USA
Alice in Wonderland - USA
The Princess and the Frog -USA - Film of the Month
Exit Through the Gift Shop - UK/USA
Capitalism: A Love Story - USA

February 2010
Micmacs - FRA - Film of the Month
A Single Man - USA
Ponyo - JAP
Precious - USA

Blu-ray/DVD
In Time - USA
Repo Man - USA
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - UK/FRA
Win Win - USA
Whisper of the Heart - JAP
Cowboys and Aliens - USA
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - USA
Three Colours Trilogy - FRA/POL
Horrible Bosses - USA
Bridesmaids - USA
Rio - USA
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence - JAP/UK
In the Realm of the Senses - FRA/JAP
Empire of Passion - FRA/JAP
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Season 3) - USA
The Messenger - USA
George Harrison: Living in the Material World - USA/UK
The Adventures of Tintin (TV series) - CAN
My Voyage to Italy - USA
Being John Malkovich - USA
The Aviator - USA
Heavenly Creatures - NZ
The Great Debaters - USA
Once Upon a Time in the West - ITA
Trust - USA
Hanna - GER/USA/UK
Little White Lies - FRA
Submarine - UK
Limitless - USA
Super - USA
The Lincoln Lawyer - USA
Norwegian Wood - JAP
Laputa: Castle in the Sky - JAP
My Neighbours the Yamadas - JAP
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - USA
Coraline 3D - USA
Summer Wars/The Girl Who Leapt Through Time - JAP
Tamara Drewe - UK
Charlie Wilson's War - USA
Alice in Wonderland (1951) - USA