THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1966)

FIGURE ONE: THIS MAKES ME A PHILISTINE, DOESN’T IT?

Let me explain to you why robots are superior to humans.

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AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)

FIGURE ONE - THE ESSENTIAL SECTIONS OF THIS FILM ARE:

MY SISTER’S SISTER (2012)

FIGURE ONE - THE TRAILER HAS PROMISED THERE MIGHT BE ACTING HERE. WHAT’S GOING ON IN THIS FILM, THEN?

MORVERN CALLAR (2002)

FIGURE ONE - THE EXPERIENCE OF WATCHING THIS SLOW BURN IS AS FOLLOWS:

WHAT IRISH FILM GOES BEST WITH YOUR DRINK?

FIGURE ONE - HAS ANYBODY ELSE HAD TO MAKE THIS DECISION BEFORE?

FILMS DATES ARE THE FOLLOWING:

ONCE (2006)   THE QUIET MAN (1952)   THE MAGDALENE SISTERS (2002)   HUNGER (2008)   THE GUARD (2011)   MICHAEL COLLINS (1996)

DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939)

FIGURE ONE - ONLY A SMATTERING OF THE BADASSERY ON DISPLAY BY MARLENE DIETRICH IN THIS MOVIE:

SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED (2012)

FIGURE ONE - A SURPRISINGLY SINCERE INDIE FILM WITH 20-SOMETHINGS IN HOODIES AND TIME-TRAVEL, HOW DOES THAT WORK?

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER (2012)

FIGURE ONE - OK, SO THERE PROBABLY ARE PROBLEMS, BUT WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS MOVIE, REALLY?

BRAVE (2012)

FIGURE ONE - WHY I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THIS MOVIE:

FIGURE TWO - MY REACTION TO SEEING THIS MOVIE:

I have SO MANY THOUGHTS, YOU GUYS.

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SUSPICION (1941)

FIGURE ONE - THE HAZARDS OF THIS PARTICULAR THRILLER: