Toronto 2012: The Reckoning

Day 1:

275) Looper (2012) Dir: Rian Johnson Date Released: September 28, 2012 Date Seen: September 6, 2012 Rating: 3.75/5

276) Motorway (2012) Dir: Pou-Soi Cheang Not Yet Released Date Seen: September 6, 2012 Rating: 3.5/5

277) Anna Karenina (2012) Dir: Joe Wright Date Released: November 16, 2012 Date Seen: September 6, 2012 Rating: 2.75/5

278) Thale (2012) Dir: Aleksander Nordaas Hopefully Never to Be Released Date Seen: September 6, 2012 Rating: 1.75/5

Day 2:

279) Dredd 3D (2012) Dir: Pete Travis Date Released: September 21, 2012 Date Seen: September 7, 2012 Rating: 3.75/5

280) Hotel Transylvania (2012) Dir: Genndy Tartakovsky Date Released: September 28, 2012 Date Seen: September 7, 2012 Rating: 3.75/5

281) Something in the Air (2012) Dir: Olivier Assayas Not Yet Released Date Seen: September 7, 2012 Rating: 4/5

282) Berberian Sound Studio (2012) Dir: Peter Strickland Not Yet Released Date Seen: September 7, 2012 Rating: 3.75/5

283) Seven Psychopaths (2012) Dir: Martin McDonagh Date Released: October 12, 2012 Date Seen: September 7, 2012 Rating: 3.75/5

75) Demonlover (2002)

75) Demonlover (2002) Dir: Olivier Assayas Date Released: September 19, 2003 Date Seen: February 25, 2012 Rating: 4.25/5

I fucking loved it, right down to the weird X-Men references, which are presumably Assayas's weird way of saying that the lead heroine's conception of herself as a superheroine are, as she eventually discovers, totally unfounded. She's an X-Man (she winds up dressed-up in a blue-and-yellow uniform in the end and is even described by that young Hellfire Club user as Storm). But she's also an attraction in the Hellfire Club. I love that! I love that the subtext of this movie is basically: heterogeneity is a giant fucking smoke screen! ARRRGH, love it.

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8) The Covenant (2006) Dir: Renny Harlin Date Released: September 8, 2006 Date Seen: January 7, 2012 Rating: 2/5

9) Mindhunters (2004) Dir: Renny Harlin Date Released: May 13, 2005 Date Seen: January 7, 2012 Rating: 4/5

10) Irma Vep (1996) Dir: Olivier Assayas Date Released: April 30, 1997 Date Seen: January 7, 2012 Rating: 4.25/5

12) Prison (1988) Dir: Renny Harlin Date Released: March 4, 1988 Date Seen: January 8, 2012 Rating: 2.5/5

13) Cutthroat Island (1995) Dir: Renny Harlin Date Released: December 22, 1995 Date Seen: January 8, 2012 Rating: 1.75/5

Renny Harlin! And oh yeah, an Oliver Assayas film that totally rocked my world. Listen to the Bad Idea Podcast for more.