Films Seen in 2013: January - March

Films I've seen in 2013, the first three months in one post; all other months from here on out will have their own individual posts. The format is: film title (English lang. and/or original language where required - occasionally a film's alternative title, too); director(s) and year; whether it's a rewatch; starred grade, out of 5; numerical grade, out of 10 (all grading is subject to change, of course, and intended as merely a personal indicator/reminder). Titles in bold indicate that the film is a 2013 UK first release. Films are listed seen chronologically from bottom to top.

Triad Election

Triad Election (Johnnie To/2006) **** / 8
Bachelorette (Leslye Headland/2012) * / 2
The Comedy (Rick Alverson/2012) **½ / 5
Insidious (James Wan/2010/rewatch) ***½ / 7
Your Sister's Sister (Lynn Shelton/2011) *** / 6
A Letter to Elia (Martin Scorsese, Kent Jones/2010) **** / 8
District B13 (Pierre Morel/2004) ***½ / 7
Election (Johnnie To/2005) **** / 8
Hypothermia (James Felix McKenney/2010) * / 2
Oz: The Great and Powerful (Sam Raimi/2013) *** / 6
The Day of the Triffids (Steve Sekely, Freddie Francis/1962) **½ / 5
Identity Thief (Seth Gordon/2012) ** / 4
Stolen (Simon West/2012) * / 2
Repeaters (Carl Bessai/2010) ** / 4
Serenity (Joss Whedon/2005/rewatch) ***½ / 7
Sleep Tight (Jaume Balagueró/2011) **** / 8
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (Don Scardino/2013) **½ / 5
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene/1920) ***½ / 7
Grabbers (Jon Wright/2012) *** / 6
Immortals (Tarsem Singh/2011) **½ / 5

House by the River

House by the River (Fritz Lang/1950) ***½ / 7
Side Effects (Steven Soderbergh/2012) *½ / 3
The End of the World (August Blom/1916) ***½ / 7
This Is Not a Film (Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb/2011) ***½ / 7
Deadfall (Stefan Ruzowitzky/2012) ** / 4
The Land Unknown (Virgil W. Vogel/1957) *** / 6
American Mary (Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska/2012) *** / 6
Invisible Invaders (Edward L. Cahn/1959) *** / 6
Keep the Lights On (Ira Sachs/2012) **½ / 5
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (Edward L. Cahn/1958) *** / 6
Mama (Andrés Muschietti/2013) *½ / 3
Argo (Ben Affleck/2012) **½ / 5
Stoker (Chan-wook Park/2013) ***½ / 7
Blood Creek (Joel Schumacher/2009) *½ / 3
War of the Worlds (Steven Spielberg/2005/rewatch) ***½ / 7
Universal Soldier: Regeneration (John Hyams/2009) *** / 6
The Man Who Wasn't There (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen/2001/rewatch) ***½ / 7
Cloud Atlas (Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski/2012) **** / 8
Follow Me Quietly (Richard Fleischer/1959) ***½ / 7
Hollow (Michael Axelgaard/2011) *½ / 3
Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley/1992) ***½ / 7

Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (John Hyams/2012) **** / 8
Sound of My Voice (Zal Batmanglij/2011) ***½ / 7
Sleepwalk with Me (Mike Birbiglia, Seth Barrish/2012) *** / 6
Sector 7 (Ji-hoon Kim/2011) ***½ / 7
Side by Side (Christopher Kenneally/2012) *** / 6
Grave Encounters 2 (John Poliquin/2012) ** / 4
Catacombs (Tomm Coker, David Elliot/2007) *½ / 3
This Is 40 (Judd Apatow/2012) ½ / 1
Un Flic (Jean-Pierre Melville/1972) **½ / 5
The Oregonian (Calvin Reeder/2011) ** / 4
Safety Not Guaranteed (Colin Trevorrow/2012) ***½ / 7
Choose (Marcus Graves/2010) ** / 4
Rammbock (Marvin Kren/2010) *** / 6
Compliance (Craig Zobel/2012) ***½ / 7
Warm Bodies (Jonathan Levine/2013) **½ / 5
Juan of the Dead (Alejandro Brugués/2011) *** / 6
Wreckage (John Asher/2010) ** / 4
Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Biglelow/2012) ***½ / 7
Gone (Heitor Dhalia/2012) ** / 4
Lincoln (Steven Spielberg/2012) *** / 6
Area 407 (Dale Fabrigar, Everette Wallin/2012) *½ / 3
Citizen Ruth (Alexander Payne/1996) ***½ / 7

The Giant Mechanical Man

The Giant Mechanical Man (Lee Kirk/2012) *** / 6
Running Fence (Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin/1977) **½ / 5
The One (James Wong/2001) *½ / 3
V/H/S (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, David Bruckner, Tyler Gillett, Justin Martinez, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence, Joe Swanberg, Chad Villella, Ti West, Adam Wingrad/2012) **½ / 5
Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino/2012) **** / 8
Black Girl (Ousmane Sembene/1966) **** / 8
The Reeds (Nick Cohen/2010) ** / 4
The Rig (Peter Atencio/2010) ** / 4
Les Misérables (Tom Hooper/2012) **½ / 5
Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 (Stevan Riley/2012) ** / 4
Uninhabited (Bill Bennett/2010) ** / 4
The Impossible (Juan Antonio Bayona/2012) *** / 6
Fear Island (Michael Storey/2009) **/ 4

 5 best new releases:

Django Unchained
Stoker
Universal soldier: Day of Reckoning
Cloud Atlas
Sleep Tight

5 best non-2013 new releases:

Election / Triad Election
A Letter to Elia
Black Girl
House by the River
Citizen Ruth