The Hand (1981)
While I enjoyed this movie (Michael Caine was just objectively awesome, and no one can prove otherwise.), I wasn't all that impressed by the ending. IMO, it should have been left ambiguous as to whether Caine's dismembered hand was really going around killing people or if it was all in his head; choosing to go with a concrete explanation smothered a lot of the film's magic for me.
7/10
A Movie (1958)
I like the concept of the collage film, but there should to be something more to it than just splicing disparate pieces of film together, dubbing some music over it, and running it through a projecter. Except for the bit where a submarine nukes a scantily clad woman resulting in a shockwave which tosses surfers to and fro about the ocean, I just didn't find much of this short to have any real entertainment value or artistic merit.
6/10
Very Nice, Very Nice (1961) -- 7/10
21-87 (1964) -- 6/10
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Though I'm loath to admit it, this movie doesn't engage me nearly as much as it used to. I suppose that can be explained by the fact that I'm more interested in the Buffalo Bill/Jame Gumb character than I am in Hannibal Lector's, so when that long sequence of Lector escaping the authorities comes into play, it feels to me like filler that slows the momentum of the storyline down to a crawl, causing me to lose too much of my interest in the proceedings of the movie.
There's no doubt, though, that SOTL is still a well-crafted movie regardless of any lacking rapport I may have with the latter portion of the story.
7/10
Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988)
I've wanted to see this film for years. Now that I finally have, I'm happy to say I wasn't disappointed. While it does drag a bit towards the end, it isn't enough to seriously damper my enthusiasm for the rest of the movie.
I definately recommend it to anyone who likes non-linear, surrealist/expressionist films (ie. not Frink ;-)).
9/10
Fargo (1996)
The quality of this film speaks for itself.
8/10