of the Endless

Favorite 'new-to-me' films of February: • The House (Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Paloma Baeza, 2022) • Red Rocket (Sean Baker, 2021) • Fragile as the World (Rita Azevedo Gomes, 2001) • Hamlet (Michael Almereyda, 2000) • One Hundred and One Nights (Agnès Varda,1995) • Robin Robin (Dan Ojari, Michael Please, 2021) • Mermaids (Richard Benjamin, 1990) • Big Night (Stanley Tucci, 1996) • Coonskin (Ralph Bakshi, 1975) • Cockfighter (Monte Hellman, 1974) • Broadcast News (James L. Brooks, 1987) • Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2021) • Jackass: The Movie (Jeff Tremaine, 2002) • Tony Takitati (Jun Ichikawa, 2004) • Mystery Men (Kinka Usher, 1999)

Two-Lane Blacktop 1971 • 1h 42m Directed by: Monte Hellman Written by: Rudy Wurlitzer, Will Corry, Floyd Mutrux Actors: Warren Oates, James Taylor, Dennis Wilson, Laurie Bird While drag-racing through the American Southwest in a Chevvy 150, a driver and his mechanic cross paths with an alluring hitchhiker and the inexperienced, tall tale-spinning driver of a GTO.

Nomad Lie huo qing chun 1982 • 1h 36m Directed by: Patrick Tam, Terry Tong Written by: Joyce Chan, Koon-Chung Chan, Kang Chien Chiu Actors: Cecilia Yip, Leslie Cheung, Pat Ha, Kent Tong Four carefree lovers in Hong Kong enjoy their youth while danger looms on the edges.

Favorite 'new-to-me' films of January: • The Matrix Resurrections (Lana Wachowski, 2021) • Grosse Pointe Blank (George Armitage, 1997) • Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986) • Tokyo.Sora (Hiroshi Ishikawa, 2002) • The Party (Sally Potter, 2017) • David Bowie Is Dead (Mark Jenkin, 2018) • Time Bandits (Terry Gilliam, 1981) • Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg, 2015) • Breaking Away (Peter Yates, 1979) • Belle (Mamoru Hosoda, 2021) • Rumble Fish (Francis Ford Coppola, 1983) • The Vanishing (George Sluizer, 1988) • A Scene at the Sea (Takeshi Kitano, 1991) • Kids Return (Takeshi Kitano, 1996) • The Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese, 1993) • The House of Mirth (Terence Davies, 2000)

Bad Lieutenant 1992 • 1h 36m Directed by: Abel Ferrara Written by: Abel Ferrara, Zoë Lund Actors: Harvey Keitel, Zoë Lund, Frankie Thorn While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness and redemption.