Arthouse Reviews

Superlative - everyone should see this
Great, a must-see if you like the genre
Good, a decent example of the genre
Watchable, but only for serious genre fans
Unwatchable
Half stars could have gone either way depending on mood.
Movie Name / Release Year Rating Summary Date Reviewer
Eureka (2000) Too long 2002-07-21 Simon
Getting Any? (1994) Enjoyable piece of total lunacy from a master 2003-04-19 Simon
Jigoku (1960) An interesting and unique movie 2012-05-22 Simon
Pistol Opera (2001) Unique and striking but over-long 2012-05-22 Simon
One Fine Spring Day (2001) The converse side of a love story 2012-05-25 Simon
Samsara (2001) Mixed views 2003-06-07 Simon
9413 (1998) Interesting if not entirely successful debut 2002-01-18 Simon
King Of Chess (1991) Half a good movie, half a not-so good movie 2002-02-03 Simon
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring (2004) Pretty 2004-12-12 Simon
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998) Quite moving 2001-10-16 Simon
Isn't Anyone Alive? (2012) Definitely interesting, but not sure if I liked it 2013-05-25 Simon
Human, Space, Time and Human (2018) Waste of space, time and human 2020-09-01 Simon
Idiocracy (2006) Great premise, disappointing execution 2006-10-29 Simon
Blissfully Yours (2002) Thanks, but you can keep it 2002-10-13 Simon
Only God Forgives (2013) Pretentious and tedious 2014-01-02 Simon
The Fountain (2006) Vacuous and trite 2007-06-12 Simon
2046 (2004) Largely a waste of time for all concerned 2005-07-29 Simon
Nabi (2001) Amateurish 2002-11-08 Simon
The Grandmaster (2013) Incoherent and overblown 2013-04-07 Simon
The Assassin (2015) Pretentious arthouse yawnfest 2023-12-28 Simon
Woman Of Water (2002) Avoid 2012-05-22 Simon
Spider Forest (2004) Some interesting ideas but not worth watching the film for 2012-05-25 Simon
Hazard (2006) Sleepy but restless 2021-03-18 Simon
Riding Alone For Thousands Of Miles (2005) pretty forgettable 2006-04-16 Simon
The Midnight After (2014) Uneven and ultimately a bit unsatisfying 2015-01-17 Simon
Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands (1967) Pretentious nonsense 2020-08-22 Simon
Bullets of Justice (2019) Weird in ways I never imagined a film could be weird 2020-10-21 Simon
Hanagatami (2017) If war is worth dying for, so is a festival 2021-05-14 Simon
Big Bang Love: Juvenile A (2006) Enigmatic and thought provoking, but is it art? 2021-06-01 Simon
Red Sorghum (1987) Worth a watch 2006-06-06 Simon

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