247) Insignificance (1985)

247) Insignificance (1985) Dir: Nicolas Roeg Date Released: August 2, 1985 Date Seen: June 12, 2011 Rating: 3/5

Pretty meh for Roeg but not without its charms. See my piece for Thompson on Hollywood. 

37) The Brown Bunny (2003), 38) Possession (1981), 39) Roman Holiday (1953) and RV!: Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)

37) The Brown Bunny (2003) Dir: Vincent Gallo Date Released: August 27, 2004 Date Seen: February 11, 2011 Rating: 4/5

38) Possession (1981) Dir: Andrzej Zulawski Date Released: October 14, 1983 Date Seen: February 11, 2011 Rating: 3.75/5

39) Roman Holiday (1953) Dir: William Wyler Date Released: August 27, 1953 Date Seen: February 12, 2011 Rating: 3.75/5

RV!: Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980) Dir: Nicolas Roeg Date Released: October 1980 Date Seen: February 12, 2011 Rating: 4.5/5

A sample of the Spectacle Theater's Valentine's Day programming. See my first piece for Capital New York.

373) Don't Look Now (1973)

373) Don't Look Now (1973) Dir: Nicolas Roeg Date Released: January 1974 Date Seen: November 13, 2010 Rating: 4.25/5

Blown away. So visually playful and immersive--really, just tremendous. I love the way that it sets up the arbitrary nature of Roeg's agnostic film. Subjectivity is all. Don't have much to say about it for now but wow. Wow wow wow.

361) 52 Pick-Up (1986), 369) Revenge of the Ninja (1983), 370) The Apple (1980) and 371) Castaway (1986)

361) 52 Pick-Up (1986) Dir: John Frankenheimer Date Released: November 1986 Date Seen: November 4, 2010 Rating: 2.75/5

369) Revenge of the Ninja (1983) Dir: Sam Firstenberg Date Released: September 1983 Date Seen: November 10, 2010 Rating: 0.5/5

370) The Apple (1980) Dir: Menahem Golan Date Released: November 1980 Date Seen: November 11, 2010 Rating: 1/5 

371) Castaway (1986) Dir: Nicolas Roeg Date Released: September 1987 Date Seen: November 11, 2010 Rating: 3.75/5

Fabulously awful. Except for the Frankenheimer, which had potential. And the Roeg. Which is very good. See my piece on the white-washed Golan/Globus series Lincoln Center put on recently for the L Magazine.

253) Performance (1970), 254) Zabriskie Point and 255) 200 Motels (1971)

253) Performance (1970) Dir: Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell Date Released: August 1970 Date Seen:  August 16, 2010 Rating: 3.5/5

254) Zabriskie Point (1970) Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni Date Released: February 1970 Date Seen: August 16, 2010 Rating: 3.75/5

255) 200 Motels (1971) Dir: Tony Palmer and Frank Zappa Date Released: November 1971 Date Seen: August 16, 2010 Rating: 1.5/5

Truly, the counter-culture triple bill of the apocalypse. See my report for the New York Press from the mid-year Film Comment Selects program at the FSLC.