Films Watched: August, September and October 2013

And now it’s time for some minor blog maintenance. 2013 continues to be the year I am not really blogging. 2013 also continues to be the year I’m not really watching movies. My grand total stands at an abysmal 91. What can I say? Muddled Brain is a weird thing. But. But! Now that it is Oscar season, I’m starting to watch movies again. Here is what I saw in August, September, and October.

The Impossible (dir. J.A. Bayona, 2012)

Photo: Cineopsis

Tsunamis! Destruction! Sad British children! Emotions! Fine, The Impossible often had me in tears. You win this round, Watts.

Crazy Stupid Love (dir. Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, 2011)

The year of Ryan Gosling and Ryan Gosling’s abs was one of the greatest in all of cinema.

Blue Jasmine (dir. Woody Allen, 2013)

I am obsessed with Blue Jasmine. Cate Blanchett’s performance is utterly fantastic.

The Well-Digger’s Daughter (dir. Daniel Auteuil, 2011)

You know the story about a country girl who falls madly in love with an airman and then he goes off to fight a war and then he dies and she’s left to raise his baby in the fields? That’s essentially World War I in a nutshell.

L’Avventura (dir. Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962)

One of my all-time favorite movies. [Related Post: So it Goes: Still Blogging]

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (dir. Lasse Hallström, 2011)

Was this movie supposed to be interesting?

The Butler (dir. Lee Daniels, 2013)

Photo: Film School Rejects

Any movie that starts off in a cotton field and ends with Oprah Winfrey and Forest Whitaker in 80s track suits is a great movie.

Foreign Correspondent (1940); North by Northwest (1959);

Vertigo (dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)

Thanks to TCM, September was a good month to binge watch Hitchcock movie after Hitchcock movie.

Benny & Joon (dir. Jeremiah S. Chechik, 1993)

Saved! (dir. Brian Dannelly, 2004)

Design for Living (dir. Ernst Lubitsch, 1933)

Pre-code Lubitsch, guys! Pre-code Lubitsch!

Ghost (dir. Jerry Zucker, 1990)

Patrick Swayze was my first crush.

Rush (dir. Ron Howard, 2013)

Photo: Time For A Movie

Thor is like really pretty. It’s unnatural. The racing scenes in Rush are like really pretty too. They’re prettier than Thor’s hair. Just kidding. Nothing is prettier than Thor’s hair.

12 Years A Slave (dir. Steve McQueen, 2013)