Favorite Retrospective Films of 2012

By: Daniel Kasman

Old films seen for the first time, and only in theaters. Listed in order of screening date (some titles missing due to missing database entries).

• 01
  Seasons of the Year
  Artavazd Peleshian
• 02
  Unfinished Business
  Gregory La Cava
• 03
  She Married Her Boss
  Gregory La Cava
• 04
  Village of the Damned
  John Carpenter
• 05
  Fast Company
  David Cronenberg
• 06
  The Dante Quartet
  Stan Brakhage
• 07
  The Garden of Earthly Delights
  Stan Brakhage
• 08
  Two Rode Together
  John Ford
• 09
  Safe in Hell
  William A. Wellman
• 10
  Buffalo Bill
  William A. Wellman
• 11
  Beau Geste
  William A. Wellman
• 12
  Central Airport
  William A. Wellman
• 13
  Westward the Women
  William A. Wellman
• 14
  Young Eagles
  William A. Wellman
• 15
  Yellow Sky
  William A. Wellman
• 16
  Sorrows
  Gregory J. Markopoulos
• 17
  Twenty Days Without War
  Aleksei German
• 18
  Trial of the Road
  Aleksei German
• 19
  Starman
  John Carpenter
• 20
  On the Silver Globe
  Andrzej Żuławski
• 21
  Shoah
  Claude Lanzmann
• 22
  Napoléon
  Abel Gance
• 23
  Chung Kuo China
  Michelangelo Antonioni
• 24
  Routemaster: Theatre of the Motor
  Ilppo Pohjola
• 25
  The Thaw
  Boris Barnet
• 26
  The Gang's All Here
  Busby Berkeley
• 27
  Runaway Train
  Andrei Konchalovsky
• 28
  The Three-Sided Mirror
  Jean Epstein
• 29
  The Fall of the House of Usher
  Jean Epstein
• 30
  Finis terrae
  Jean Epstein
• 31
  Faithful Heart
  Jean Epstein
• 32
  Sabotage
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 33
  Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
  Pier Paolo Pasolini
• 34
  Ulzana's Raid
  Robert Aldrich
• 35
  Trás-os-Montes
  António Reis
• 36
  Jaime
  António Reis
• 37
  Aventure malgache
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 38
  Moana: A Story of the South Seas
  Robert J. Flaherty
• 39
  UFOs
  Lillian F. Schwartz
• 40
  Black TV
  Aldo Tambellini
• 41
  Secret Agent
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 42
  Mor'vran
  Jean Epstein
• 43
  Chanson d'Armor
  Jean Epstein
• 44
  The Tempest: Poem on the Sea
  Jean Epstein
• 45
  The Satin Slipper
  Manoel de Oliveira
• 46
  Wild Girl
  Raoul Walsh
• 47
  The Blind Owl
  Raúl Ruiz
• 48
  The Parallel Street
  Ferdinand Khittl
• 49
  The Girl Chewing Gum
  John Smith
• 50
  Cousin Jules
  Dominique Benicheti
• 51
  Northwest Passage
  King Vidor
• 52
  11 x 14
  James Benning
• 53
  The Face Behind the Mask
  Robert Florey
• 54
  American Dreams
  James Benning
• 55
  Beyond the Time Barrier
  Edgar G. Ulmer
• 56
  The Cavern
  Edgar G. Ulmer
• 57
  Donovan's Reef
  John Ford
• 58
  Siegfried
  Fritz Lang
• 59
  Kriemhild's Revenge
  Fritz Lang
• 60
  One Way Boogie Woogie
  James Benning
• 61
  Ruthless
  Edgar G. Ulmer
• 62
  Jaguar
  Jean Rouch
• 63
  The Human Pyramid
  Jean Rouch
• 64
  The Lion Hunters
  Jean Rouch