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A Montage of Film Criticism and Theology

Film Journal (2017)

Here are all the films I’ve seen in 2017, 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. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981): 1/10, ★★★★★
  2. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984): 1/11, ★★½
  3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989): 1/12, ★★★
  4. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008): 1/13, ★★
  5. Silence (2016): 1/14, ★★★★½
  6. Lion (2016): 1/15, ★★
  7. Little Sister (2016): 1/15, ★★★
  8. Miss Sharon Jones! (2016): 1/16, ★★★½
  9. Decalogue I (1989): 1/18, ★★★★★
  10. Silence (2016): 1/19, ★★★★½
  11. Hidden Figures (2016): 1/20, ★★★★
  12. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015): 1/21, ★★★★★
  13. Hell or High Water (2016): 1/27, ★★★★½
  14. Life, Animated (2016): 1/28, ★★★
  15. Decalogue II (1989): 1/31, ★★★★½
  16. Monsieur Vincent (1947): 2/1, ★★★★½
  17. Toni Erdmann (2016): 2/2, ★★★
  18. Paterson (2016): 2/2, ★★★★★
  19. Anomalisa (2015): 2/3, ★★★
  20. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974): 2/4, ★★★½
  21. Irma Vep (1996): 2/5, ★★★★½
  22. The Salesman (2017): 2/7, ★★★★
  23. Decalogue III (1989): 2/9, ★★★★
  24. Decalogue IV (1989): 2/9, ★★★★★
  25. Tokyo Story (1953): 2/10, ★★★½
  26. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971): 2/10, ★★★★½
  27. Little Men (2016): 2/15, ★★★
  28. The Running Man (1987): 2/16, ★★
  29. Fences (2016): 2/19, ★★½
  30. The White Helmets (2016): 2/21, ★★★
  31. Extremis (2016): 2/21, ★★★½
  32. Decalogue V (1989): 2/22, ★★★★½
  33. Decalogue VI (1989): 2/23, ★★★★★
  34. I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore (2017): 2/24, ★★★½
  35. Walkabout (1971): 2/27, ★★★★
  36. Dheepan (2016): 2/28, ★★★
  37. The Killer (1989): 3/2, ★★★½
  38. Decalogue VII (1989): 3/7, ★★★
  39. Decalogue VIII (1989): 3/8, ★★★★★
  40. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992): 3/10, ★★★
  41. The Lego Batman Movie (2017): 3/14, ★★★½
  42. Pete’s Dragon (2016): 3/15, ★★★
  43. Logan (2017): 3/19, ★★½
  44. The Salesman (2017): 3/20, ★★★★½
  45. Decalogue IX (1989): 3/21, ★★★
  46. The Red Shoes (1948): 3/21, ★★★★★
  47. Ghost in the Shell (1995): 3/22, ★★★½
  48. Tower (2016): 3/23, ★★★★★
  49. Decalogue X (1989): 3/26, ★★★★
  50. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001): 3/27, ★★½
  51. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002): 3/27, ★½
  52. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (20004): 3/27, ★★★★
  53. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005): 3/27, ★★
  54. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007): 3/28, ★★½
  55. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009): 3/28, ★★★
  56. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010): 3/28, ★★★
  57. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011):3/28, ★★½
  58. Moonrise Kingdom (2012): 3/29, ★★★★★
  59. Thelma & Louise (1991): 3/30, ★★★★
  60. The Discovery (2017): 3/31, ★½
  61. The Edge of Seventeen (2016): 4/1, ★★★★
  62. Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013): 4/2, ★★★½
  63. Song to Song (2017): 4/4, ★★★½
  64. Personal Shopper (2017): 4/4, ★★★★½
  65. Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962): 4/4, ★★★★
  66. A Matter of Life and Death (1946): 4/5, ★★★
  67. Get Out (2017): 4/6, ★★★★
  68. All Saints (2017): 4/7, ★★½
  69. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943): 4/9, ★★★★½
  70. Ghost in the Shell (2017): 4/11, ★★½
  71. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004): 4/13, ★★★
  72. Koyaanisqatsi (1982): 4/14, ★★★★
  73. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964): 4/15, ★★★★½
  74. Win It All (2017): 4/16, ★★★
  75. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968): 4/25, ★★★★
  76. The Lost City of Z (2017): 4/30, ★★★★
  77. A Monster Calls (2016): 5/1, ★★★
  78. Mulholland Dr. (2001): 5/1, ★★★★★
  79. The Handmaiden (2016): 5/2, ★★½
  80. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014): 5/3, ★★★★
  81. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017): 5/4, ★★★
  82. Florence Foster Jenkins (2016): 5/5, ★★
  83. Alien: Covenant (2017): 5/22, ★★½
  84. The Silence of the Lambs (1991): 5/22, ★★★★★
  85. Don’t Think Twice (2016): 5/24, ★★★½
  86. Alien (1979): 5/27, ★★★★★
  87. La La Land (2016): 5/28, ★★★★★
  88. Aliens (1986): 5/29, ★★★★½
  89. Alien 3 (1992): 5/30, ★★★
  90. Escape from New York (1981): 6/2, ★★½
  91. A Quiet Passion (2017): 6/5, ★★★
  92. Stalker (1979): 6/5, ★★★★★
  93. Wonder Woman (2017): 6/6, ★★★★
  94. Paterson (2016): 6/7, ★★★★★
  95. I Am Not Your Negro (2016/7): 6/8, ★★★
  96. Brooklyn (2015): 6/9, ★★★★
  97. Things to Come (2016): 6/12, ★★★½
  98. The Spitfire Grill (1996): 6/14, ★½
  99. War Machine (2017): 6/15, ★★½
  100. The Book of Henry (2017): 6/18, ½
  101. Heat (1995): 6/19, ★★★★½
  102. Wonder Woman (2017): 6/20, ★★★★
  103. Moana (2016): 6/22, ★★★
  104. Star Trek Beyond (2016): 6/23, ★★
  105. Casting JonBonet (2017): 6/24, ★★★½
  106. Wonder Woman (2017): 6/27, ★★★★
  107. Baby Driver (2017): 7/2, ★★★
  108. Okja (2017): 7/5, ★★½
  109. The Beguiled (2017): 7/6, ★★★½
  110. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017): 7/11, ★★★½
  111. Their Finest (2017): 7/15, ★★★
  112. Night of the Living Dead (1968): 7/16, ★★★★
  113. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017): 7/18, ★★★★
  114. Trafic (1971): 7/18, ★★★
  115. Dunkirk (2017): 7/21, ★★★★★
  116. Rio Bravo (1959): 7/23, ★★★½
  117. The Big Sleep (1946): 7/24, ★★★★
  118. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017): 7/25, ★★★
  119. Bringing Up Baby (1938): 7/26, ★★★½
  120. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927): 7/28, ★★★★★
  121. A Ghost Story (2017): 7/28, ★★½
  122. A New Leaf (1971): 7/28, ★★★★½
  123. The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (2017): 7/30, ★★★½
  124. Ball of Fire (1941): 8/2, ★★★★½
  125. Sergeant York (1941): 8/2, ★★
  126. The Battle of Algiers (1966): 8/3, ★★★★½
  127. Southside with You (2016): 8/4, ★★★
  128. To Have and Have Not (1944): 8/7, ★★★★
  129. Grand Illusion (1937): 8/8, ★★★★½
  130. The Birds (1963): 8/9, ★★★★½
  131. What We Do in the Shadows (2014): 8/10, ★★★★
  132. David Lynch: The Art Life (2017): 8/11, ★★½
  133. The Glass Castle (2017): 8/12, ★★★½
  134. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992): 8/12, ?????
  135. After the Storm (2017): 8/14, ★★★
  136. A Man for All Seasons (1966): 8/16, ★★★★½
  137. The Believer (2001): 8/17, ★★
  138. The Son of Joseph (2017): 8/20, ★★★★½
  139. Logan Lucky (2017): 8/25, ★★★
  140. The Trip (2010): 8/26, ★★★★
  141. It’s Only the End of the World (2017): 8/29, ★½
  142. Columbus (2017): 8/31, ★★★★½
  143. Dunkirk (2017): 9/9, ★★★★★
  144. mother! (2017): 9/16, ★★★
  145. Blade Runner (1982): 9/18, ★★★★★
  146. Amelie (2001): 9/22, ★★★★★
  147. Cars (2006): 9/25, ★★
  148. Kill List (2011): 9/25, ★
  149. Short Term 12 (2013): 9/26, ★★★★★
  150. The Circle (2017): 9/29, ★½
  151. The Nice Guys (2016): 9/30, ★★★
  152. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015): 10/1, ★★★½
  153. Diary of a Country Priest (1951): 10/3, ★★★★
  154. Rome, Open City (1945) 10/4, ★★★★½
  155. Unfriended (2014): 10/4, ★★½
  156. La Promesse (1996): 10/5, ★★★★★
  157. Blade Runner 2049 (2017): 10/6, ★★★★
  158. Paisan (1946): 10/9, ★★★½
  159. Germany Year Zero (1948): 10/10, ★★★★★
  160. Andrei Rublev (1966): 10/11, ★★★★★
  161. Focus (2015): 10/13, ★★
  162. Under the Sun of Satan (1987): 10/15, ★★★
  163. Mouchette (1967): 10/15, ★★★★½
  164. Rosetta (1999): 10/17, ★★★★★
  165. Kes (1969): 10/18, ★★★★½
  166. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017): 10/21, ★★★½
  167. High and Low (1963): 10/22, ★★★★½
  168. Le Fils (2002): 10/24, ★★★★★
  169. Possession (1981): 10/24, ★★★★
  170. The Unknown Girl (2017): 10/26, ★★★★½
  171. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012): 10/27, ★★½
  172. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016): 10/28, ★★★½
  173. Thor: Ragnarok (2017): 10/29, ★★★
  174. The Wicker Man (1973): 10/30, ★★★★
  175. L’enfant (2005): 11/3, ★★★★½
  176. Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press (2017): 11/3, ★★★
  177. Lorna’s Silence (2008): 11/8, ★★★★½
  178. Greed (1924): 11/9, ★★★½
  179. Stromboli (1950): 11/12, ★★★★½
  180. The Fountain (2006): 11/13, ★★★★
  181. The Room (2003): 11/14, ?????
  182. The Flowers of St. Francis (1950): 11/15, ★★★½
  183. The Kid with a Bike (2011): 11/16, ★★★★★
  184. A Bigger Splash (2016): 11/17, ★★½
  185. Justice League (2017): 11/18, ★★½
  186. Upstream Color (2013): 11/20, ★★★★★
  187. Mudbound (2017): 11/21, ★★★★
  188. The Other Side of Hope (2017): 11/22, ★★★½
  189. Two Days, One Night (2014): 11/23, ★★★★★
  190. A Woman Under the Influence (1974): 11/23, ★★★★½
  191. Blow Out (1981): 11/23, ★★★★½
  192. Battle of the Sexes (2017): 11/24, ★★
  193. I, Tonya (2017): 11/26, ★★★
  194. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015): 11/27, ★★★★
  195. The Square (2017): 11/28, ★★★
  196. Marjorie Prime (2017): 11/29, ★★★
  197. Jim & Andy (2017): 12/2, ★★★
  198. Get Out (2017): 12/3, ★★★★
  199. Jane (2017): 12/4, ★★★
  200. Split (2017): 12/5, ★★★½
  201. Icarus (2017): 12/6, ★★★★
  202. Graduation (2017): 12/7, ★★★★½
  203. The Florida Project (2017): 12/7, ★★★★
  204. Good Time (2017): 12/7, ★★★★
  205. Free Fire (2017): 12/7, ★½
  206. BPM (120 Beats Per Minute) (2017): 12/10, ★★
  207. Whose Streets? (2017): 12/11, ★★½
  208. Nocturama (2017): 12/12, ★★½
  209. Princess Cyd (2017): 12/13, ★★★★
  210. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017): 12/14, ★★★★
  211. Hard Eight (1996): 12/15, ★★½
  212. Ant-Man (2015): 12/15, ★★★
  213. Dune (1984): 12/17, ★
  214. The Foreigner (2017): 12/17, ★★
  215. Thelma (2017): 12/18, ★★★½
  216. Nights of Cabiria (1957): 12/19, ★★★★½
  217. The Age of Innocence (1993): ★★★★½
  218. They Live (1988): 12/21, ★★★
  219. Crimson Peak (2015): 12/21, ★★½
  220. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946): 12/24, ★★★★★
  221. White Christmas (1954): 12/24, ★★★
  222. Paddington 2 (2017): 12/27, ★★★★
  223. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017): 12/28, ★
  224. Bright (2017): 12/29, ★
  225. World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People’s Thoughts (2018): 12/29, ★★★★★
  226. The Post (2017): 12/29, ★★★½
  227. The Shape of Water (2017): 12/30, ★★
  228. Darkest Hour (2017): 12/31, ★★★