Inferno (1999) 3/10. Yojimbo, Jean Claude Van Damme style!

Pickpocket (1959) 9/10
Anna Karenina (1935) 7.5/10

O'Horten (2007) 7.5/10
Mutant Chronicles (2008) 3/10

My Night At Mauds (Ma nuit chez Maud) (1969) 8/10

Went The Day Well (1942) 8.5/10
Young And Innocent (1937) 7.5/10

The Damned United (2009) 7.5/10
Dead Snow (Dod Sno) (2009) 7/10

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Originally posted by El Loro:
JCVD (2008) 6/10. Jean Claude Van Damme in a very different type of film from his normal shows he has some acting ability.

I was surprised by his performance, especially after years of crap performances in awful action films

Wooden Crosses (Les croix de bois) (1932) 9.5/10
Shadows In Paradise (Varjoja paratiisissa) (1986) 8/10
Lights In The Dusk (Laitakaupungin valot) (2006) 8/10
Man Of The Year (2006) 4/10
Messengers 2: The Scarecrow (2009) 3/10

Landscape In The Mist (Topio stin omichli) (1988) 9/10
The Secret Life Of Words (2005) 8.5/10 2nd viewing
The Girl Cut In Two (La fille coupée en deux) (2007) 7/10
Daisies (Sedmikrásky) (1966) 3/10

Immortal Beloved 7/10 Having given up on the Davinci Code, I resaw Immortal Beloved (a biography of Beethoven) - a much better film.

The director Bernard Rose is one to look out for. His best known film is Candyman. He also made Paperhouse, a very strange film based on Marianne Dreams and worth looking out for. He also has a bit of an interest with Beethoven and Tolstoy. I suspect he finds it difficult to raise finance for the films he would loke to make, but it is worth seeing how he develops (or not) over the years, as one day he could make a masterpiece.

My Life As A Dog (Mitt liv som hund) (1985) 9/10 2nd viewing
The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers (1946) 8.5/10
My Darling Clementine (1946) 8/10
Sin Nombre (2009) 8/10
Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos) (2009) 8/10
The Party And The Guests (O slavnosti a hostech) (1966) 7/10
Gigantic (2008) 5/10

Jackassfan, so how did Angels and Demons compare to The DaVinci Code on a scale of boringness?

District 9 (2009) 7/10
Year One (2009) 3/10

District 9
I liked it though some of the camera work made my head spin a bit.

The Informer (1935) 9/10
Small Change (L'argent de poche) (1976) 8.5/10
The Border Post (Karaula) (2006) 8/10

Rainy with a Chance of Meatballs!

Lovely film for the kids, 3d too which was a treat!

Trouble In Paradise (1932) 9/10
Antichrist (2009) 4/10

Diary of a Chambermaid (1946). 6/10 This is the Jean Renoir version. I have not seen the Luis Bunuel version. An unusual film in that it was made in the USA with American actors but attempts to be a French film, hence why Jean Renoir directed. The film was independently produced in part by Meredith Burgess (best known as The Penguin in the Batman TV series) who wrote the screenplay and appeared in the film. The chambermaid is played by Paulette Goddard who was married at the time to Meredith.

At first the film seems to be a comedy, almost a farce (I sensed a touch of the old Chaplin films - interestingly Goddard was previously married to him), but the tone of the film becomes darker, with obsession and greed leading to murder. There is also the relationship between the wealthy lady of the house and her servants - this is probably what interested Bunuel.

I haven't seen Renoir's La Regle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game) which is one of those films on my list of films to see before I die. This also looks at the relationship beween the wealthy and the servants, and is regarded as one of the greatest films. It is possibly that Renoir was drawn to The Diary of a Chambermaid hoping for a repeat. I don't think he succeeded, the film is of interest, but it comes across as dated, and it is not possible to convert a French story into an American film and retain its true Frenchness.

Mr Deeds Goes To Town (1936) 8/10
Heart Of Light (Qaamarngup uummataa) (1998) 7/10