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Film Journal (2016)

Here are all the films I’ve seen in 2016, including the date of viewing and rating (out of 5 stars).
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  • Normal: Viewed on DVD, Blu-Ray, or Streaming
  • Bold: Viewed in theaters
  • Italics: Previously viewed
  1. The Tree of Life (2011): 1/1, ★★★★★
  2. Bone Tomahawk (2015): 1/3, ★★★
  3. Mon Oncle (1958): 1/3, ★★★½
  4. A Courtship (2015): 1/6, ★★★
  5. Day for Night (1973): 1/6, ★★★★
  6. Mustang (2015): 1/7, ★★★★
  7. The Night of the Hunter (1955):, 1/7, ★★★★★
  8. The Revenant (2015): 1/8, ★★½
  9. Laura (1944): 1/8, ★★★★½
  10. The Ladykillers (2004): 1/13, ★★
  11. Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom (2015): 1/14, ★★★½
  12. 13 Hours (2016): 1/15, ★★★
  13. World of Tomorrow (2015): 1/16, ★★★★★
  14. Selma (2014): 1/18, ★★★★½
  15. Interstellar (2014): 1/19, ★★★½
  16. March of the Penguins (2005): 1/20, ★★★
  17. Carol (2015): 1/21, ★★★★
  18. Love & Mercy (2015): 1/22, ★★★
  19. Cartel Land (2015): 1/26, ★★½
  20. Hot Fuzz (2007): 1/27, ★★★½
  21. Amy (2015): 2/2, ★★★★
  22. Hail, Caesar! (2016): 2/4, ★★★
  23. Training Day (2001): 2/5, ★★★½
  24. Waking Ned Devine (1998): 2/6, ★★½
  25. Rosetta (1999): 2/9, ★★★★★
  26. Dope (2015): 2/16, ★★★½
  27. The Witch (2016): 2/28, ★★★★
  28. What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015): 2/21, ★★½
  29. Bridge of Spies (2015): 2/23, ★★★½
  30. La Promesse (1996): 2/25, ★★★★
  31. Meru (2015): 2/26, ★★★
  32. Divergent (2014): 2/27, ★★
  33. Don Verdean (2015): 3/2, ★★
  34. The Maze Runner (2014): 3/3, ★★½
  35. Permanent Midnight (1998): 3/4, ★½
  36. Casablanca (1942): 3/5, ★★★★★
  37. Chimes at Midnight (1965): 3/6, ★★★★
  38. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016): 3/10, ★★★½
  39. Knight of Cups (2016): 3/14, ★★★★½
  40. Philomena (2013): 3/19, ★★★★★
  41. Zootopia (2016): 3/23, ★★★
  42. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016): 3/24, ★★½
  43. About Time (2013): 3/25, ★★★½
  44. The Exterminating Angel (1962): 3/26, ★★★★
  45. A Man Escaped (1956): 3/27, ★★★★½
  46. Mothlight (1963): 3/29, ?????
  47. Wise Blood (1979): 3/30, ★★★
  48. Meet the Patels (2015): 4/1, ★★★
  49. Stalker (1979): 4/5, ★★★★½
  50. Midnight Special (2016): 4/6, ★★★½
  51. Spotlight (2015): 4/7, ★★★★½
  52. Suffragette (2015): 4/8, ★★
  53. Troubled Water (2008): ★★½
  54. Les Miserables (1935): ★★★★
  55. Modern Times (1936): ★★★★½
  56. Last Days in the Desert (2016): 4/14, ★★★★½
  57. Brooklyn (2015): 4/16, ★★★★
  58. The Jungle Book (2016): 4/18, ★★½
  59. The Mirror (1975): 4/19, ★★★★★
  60. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984): 4/20,★★★★½
  61. Crash (2005): 4/22, ★★★
  62. Sisters (2015): 4/23, ★½
  63. The Phantom Carriage (1921): 4/25, ★★★★
  64. Zoolander 2 (2016): 5/5, ★½
  65. Close-Up (1990): 5/7, ★★★★
  66. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970): 5/11, ★★★
  67. Mission: Impossible III (2006): 5/12, ★★★½
  68. Alien (1979): 5/13, ★★★★★
  69. Ghost World (2001): 5/14, ★★★★½
  70. Her (2013): 5/16, ★★★★★
  71. Sing Street (2016): 5/19, ★★★★½
  72. Safety Last! (1923): 5/20, ★★★★
  73. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988): 5/21, ★★½
  74. The Island (2006): 5/23, ★★★½
  75. Captain America: Civil War (2016): 5/24, ★★★
  76. Playtime (1967): 5/27, ★★★★½
  77. Love & Friendship (2016): 5/29, ★★★★
  78. Watership Down (1978): 5/30, ★★★½
  79. Make Way for Tomorrow (1937): 5/31, ★★★★★
  80. Tokyo Drifter (1966): 6/1, ★★★
  81. M (1931): 6/7, ★★★★★
  82. To Catch a Thief (1955): 6/8, ★★★
  83. Ivan’s Childhood (1962): 6/10, ★★★★½
  84. Eye in the Sky (2016): 6/13, ★★★
  85. Green Room (2016): 6/13, ★★★★
  86. The Princess Bride (1987): 6/14, ★★★½
  87. The Road (2009): 6/15, ★★★★
  88. The Gold Rush (1925/1942): 6/19, ★★★★½
  89. Finding Dory (2016): 6/21, ★★★
  90. No Country for Old Men (2007): 6/23, ★★★★★
  91. Nostalghia (1983): 6/26, ★★★½
  92. Jaws (1975): 6/27, ★★★★★
  93. Iron Man (2008): 6/28, ★★★★
  94. The Double Life of Veronique (1991): 6/29, ★★★★½
  95. Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party (2016): 7/1, ★★★
  96. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954): 7/1, ★★½
  97. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016): 7/2, ★★★
  98. Swiss Army Man (2016): 7/3, ★★★★
  99. X-Men: Apocalypse (2016): 7/5, ★★
  100. Lost in America (1985): 7/6, ★★½
  101. Secrets & Lies (1996): 7/7, ★★★★★
  102. Approaching the Elephant (2014): 7/10, ★★★★
  103. Swiss Army Man (2016): 7/11, ★★★★
  104. The Match Factory Girl (1990): 7/11, ★★★½
  105. Chariots of Fire (1981): 7/12, ★★★★
  106. Phoenix (2015): 7/13, ★★★★½
  107. The Good Dinosaur (2015): 7/24, ★★
  108. The Kid with a Bike (2011): 7/26, ★★★★★
  109. 49th Parallel (1941): 7/27, ★★½
  110. Cemetery of Splendor (2016): 7/30, ★★½
  111. The Lobster (2016): 7/30, ★★★½
  112. Ten (2002): 7/31, ★★★★
  113. Cafe Society (2016): 8/1, ★★★
  114. Taxi (2015): 8/2, ★★★½
  115. The Innocents (2016): 8/3, ★★★★½
  116. Terminator Genysis (2015): 8/3, ★
  117. Jason Bourne (2016): 8/4, ★★
  118. Badlands (1973), 8/4, ★★★★½
  119. Everybody Wants Some!! (2016): 8/5, ★★½
  120. Persona (1966): 8/6, ★★★★½
  121. Selma (2014): 8/9, ★★★★½
  122. Where is My Friend’s House? (1987): 8/10, ★★★★
  123. Before Sunrise (1995): 8/11, ★★★★★
  124. Before Sunset (2004): 8/12, ★★★★★
  125. Before Midnight (2013): 8/13, ★★★★★
  126. There Will Be Blood (2007): 8/15, ★★★★★
  127. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975): 8/23, ★★★★★
  128. The Fits (2016): 8/24, ★★★★½
  129. St. Vincent (2014): 8/24, ★★½
  130. Hell or High Water (2016): 8/25, ★★★★½
  131. Kubo and the Two Strings (2016): 8/28, ★★★½
  132. The Little Prince (2016): 8/31, ★★½
  133. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964): 9/1, ★★★★½
  134. Yi Yi: A One and A Two (2000): 9/4, ★★★★
  135. Wiener-Dog (2016): 9/7, ★½
  136. The Light Between Oceans (2016): 9/9, ★★★½
  137. Don’t Breathe (2016): 9/12, ★★★
  138. Jane Got a Gun (2016): 9/13, ★½
  139. Coherence (2014): 9/14, ★★★★
  140. Rams (2016): 9/16, ★★★½
  141. Shoot the Piano Player (1960): 9/19, ★★★½
  142. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004): 9/20, ★★★★★
  143. Sully (2016): 9/22, ★★★½
  144. Mountains May Depart (2016): 9/26, ★★★★
  145. Sunset Song (2016): 9/28, ★★½
  146. To Be or Not To Be (1942): 9/29, ★★★★½
  147. Broadway Danny Rose (1984): 9/30, ★★★★
  148. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974): 10/3, ★★★★
  149. Scarlet Street (1945): 10/4, ★★★★½
  150. Born on the Fourth of July (1989): 10/5, ★★★
  151. The Birth of a Nation (2016): 10/6, ★★½
  152. The Kid with a Bike (2011): 10/7, ★★★★★
  153. Winnie the Pooh (2011): 10/8, ★★★½
  154. Masterminds (2016): 10/10, ★★
  155. WALL-E (2008): 10/12, ★★★★★
  156. O.J.: Made in America (2016): 10/13, ★★★★
  157. 13th (2016): 10/13, ★★★
  158. The Shallows (2016): 10/16, ★★★½
  159. The Witness (2016): 10/17, ★★★★½
  160. Queen of Katwe (2016): 10/18, ★★★½
  161. Scanners (1981) 10/20, ★★★
  162. Beauty and the Beast (1991): 10/21, ★★★★★
  163. Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids (2016): 10/23, ★★★½
  164. Believe (2016): 10/26, ★½
  165. Carnival of Souls (1962): 10/31, ★★★★
  166. Into the Inferno (2016): 11/1, ★★★
  167. Halloween (1978): 11/4, ★★★★
  168. Morris From America (2016): 11/6, ★★★½
  169. Moonlight (2016): 11/7, ★★★★½
  170. Arrival (2016): 11/11, ★★★★
  171. Doctor Strange (2016): 11/13, ★★★½
  172. Krisha (2016): 11/14, ★★★★
  173. The Lady from Shanghai (1947): 11/15, ★★★
  174. Sing Street (2016): 11/18, ★★★★★
  175. The Age of Adaline (2015): 11/19, ★★★
  176. Captain Fantastic (2016): 11/21, ★★★
  177. The Neon Demon (2016): 11/22, ★★½
  178. In a Lonely Place (1950): 11/22, ★★★★★
  179. Jour de Fete (1949): 11/23, ★★★★½
  180. Burn After Reading (2008) 11/23, ★★★½
  181. De Palma (2016): 11/24, ★★★½
  182. Almost Holy (2016): 11/25, ★★★½
  183. The Asphalt Jungle (1950): 11/26, ★★½
  184. The Edge of Seventeen (2016): 11/27, ★★★★
  185. The Gleaners & I (2000): 11/28, ★★★★
  186. The Sea of Trees (2016): 11/29, ★½
  187. Children of Men (20016): 12/2, ★★★★★
  188. Citizen Kane (1941): 12/3, ★★★★★
  189. Manchester by the Sea (2016): 12/5, ★★★★
  190. Hail, Caesar! (2016): 12/6, ★★★★½
  191. Encounters at the End of the World (2007): 12/8, ★★★½
  192. The Wailing (2016): 12/8, ★★
  193. Elvis & Nixon (2016): 12/8, ★★
  194. The Invitation (2016): 12/9, ★★★
  195. Hoop Dreams (1994): 12/9, ★★★★★
  196. Tower (2016): 12/10, ★★★★★
  197. Nocturnal Animals (2016): 12/12, ★★½
  198. Loving (2016): 12/12, ★★★★
  199. My Golden Days (2016): 12/13, ★★½
  200. The Confirmation (2016): 12/14, ★★★
  201. Rogue One (2016): 12/15, ★★½
  202. Creed (2015): 12/16, ★★★★½
  203. La La Land (2016): 12/17, ★★★★★
  204. Elf (20014): 12/17, ★★★½
  205. Newtown (2016): 12/19, ★★★★
  206. Jackie (2016): 12/20, ★★★½
  207. SPL 2: A Time for Consequences (2016): 12/20, ★★★
  208. Suicide Squad (2016): 12/21, ★½
  209. Gremlins (1984): 12/22, ★★★
  210. Joyeux Noel (2005): 12/22, ★★★½
  211. A Christmas Story (1983): 12/22, ★★½
  212. White Christmas (1954): 12/23, ★★★
  213. The Wise Kids (2011): 12/24, ★★★★
  214. Love & Friendship (2016): 12/24, ★★★★
  215. The Polar Express (2004): 12/25, ★½
  216. Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016): 12/27, ★★★
  217. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986): 12/27, ★★★★½
  218. Cameraperson (2016): 12/29, ★★★★½
  219. The Fits (2016): 12/30, ★★★★½
  220. My Fair Lady (1964): 12/31, ★★★★