Just a few words, since it's been some time since I've seen most of these.
Le Code A Changé. A fun little movie about the impossibility of love and relationships and life in general, ending on a moderately upbeat note. Things may not last, but they won't always only go, but come to people as well.
8/10
Les Quatre Cents Coups. An ode to freedom, executed with brilliant directing and camera technique. The ending sequence is a venerable piece of film history, but there are also other gems, like the shot following the gym teacher and his class through the streets of Paris or the ride in the spinning tube. Striving for liberty in the gritty, uninviting Paris of the 50s leads to a path of alienation both by and from others.
10/10
Signs. Not a particularly good movie, with an ending, that could be seen from miles off. Mel Gibson's character isn't believable at all. The talk he and his brother have at night on the couch, after... well, you know what if you've seen the movie, is downright stupid. What I did like was the humour strewn in once in a while.
6/10
Death Wish. Crime explained the easy way (It's all Jeff Goldblum's fault!). Some horrible acting on Charles Bronson's behalf, especially when it came to the change in his character after the murder of his wife and the raping of his daughter. I don't think I like the political message.
6/10
13 Tzameti. Very interesting concept, with great acting by the lead, but a little flawed by plot holes. Worth seeing, and - in contrast to Funny Games - perhaps worth re-making, if the problems are adressed without changing the basic idea and mood.
8/10
Achterbahn. Rather good documentary giving an insight into the mind of a man who can accept defeat, but not without requesting a re-match - even at the cost of his family. Good soundtrack, particularly the tracks by Beirut.
7/10
Jackie Brown. I'm not familiar enough with Blaxploitation movies to get all the references, but it was rather entertaining (although not as much as most other Tarantino movies) regardless. Loved Robert Forster.
8/10
4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile. A must-see. The tale of a student from a rural family in late-Ceaușescu-era Romania, whose loyalty to a friend forces her into being an accomplice to an illegal abortion and bearing both of their problems, eventually making her question her future with a boy from a better background. 1987's Bucharest is about as oppressive and depressing as Truffaut's Paris of 1959.
9/10