Hal Horn's 25 Films seen 1st in 2010

I make regular trips over to Hal Horn's Blog THE HORN SECTION for good recommends on rare movies. Take a moment and go there now. Done? Ok. Good stuff right? Always some interesting unheralded films there and I love that. Hal gave me a nice little list here too:

25 FILMS I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2010

To clarify: I am excluding films released during 2010; otherwise, MACHETE, TOY STORY 3, GASLAND and many others would make this list. These are the films I finally caught up with in 2010. Some are indies from the last few years that were hard to find until cable; others are hard to find oldies that I’ve been trying to see for years. Still others I should have caught by now, but didn’t for some reason or other. Some are great; some are awful, some are so bad they’re good, and still others are merely interesting but flawed. Even the worst have some quality making them worth a look.

MEET THE BARON (1933)

HELLZAPOPPIN’ (1941)


THE HEAT’S ON (1943)


THE BAMBOO PRISON (1955)


JEANNE EAGELS (1957)


GIRLS ON THE LOOSE (1958)


ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW (1959)


PARIS BLUES (1961)


THE OSCAR (1966)


MEDIUM COOL (1969)


GIMME SHELTER (1970)


DEEP END (1971)


CAPTAIN APACHE (1971)


ROSEBUD (1975)


BRANNIGAN (1975)


THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (1976)


THE MARVA COLLINS STORY (1981 Made for TV)


GLORY DAYS (1988 Made for TV)


STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY (1992 Made for TV)


DIRTY WORK (1998)


PLAY THE GAME (2008)


BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER (2008)


OBSERVE AND REPORT (2009)


BIG FAN (2009)


A SERIOUS MAN (2009)