In 2003, I saw between 50 and 70 movies; in 2004, I saw 66; in 2005, 50; and last year, I only saw 39 (bump that up to 40 once I see Inland Empire this week). Am I getting older, spreading my attentions more thinly, or just less overwhelmed by the cinema? I'm not really sure. Whatever the case may be, I'm watching less and less stuff as the years go by.
These were the films that escaped my grasp in 2006, in alphabetical order.
The Aura (Fabian Bielinsky)
The Black Dahlia (Brian de Palma)
Brick (Rian Johnson)
Bubble (Steven Soderbergh)
Clean (Olivier Assayas)
Climates (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
Days of Glory (Rachid Bouchareb)
The Descent (Neil Marshall)
Duck Season (Fernando Eimbcke)
Fast Food Nation (Richard Linklater)
The Forsaken Land (Vimukthi Jayasundara)
The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky)
Gabrielle (Patrice Chereau)
Iron Island (Mohammad Rasoulof)
Jackass Number Two (Jeff Tremaine)
Lady Vengeance (Park Chan-wook)
Linda Linda Linda (Nobuhiro Yamashita)
Little Children (Todd Field)
Manderlay (Lars von Trier)
Miami Vice (Michael Mann)
Mongolian Ping Pong (Hao Ning)
Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt)
Le Petit Lieutenant (Xavier Beauvois)
Police Beat (Robinson Devor)
Requiem (Hans-Christaim Schmid)
Shortbus (John Cameron Mitchell)
Two Drifters (Joao Pedro Rodrigues)
Woman is the Future of Man (Hong Sang-sooOh well; there's always next year.
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