what are your 3 favorite movies of 2014 so far?

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The Immigrant
Stranger By the Lake
A Touch of Sin

a full list.

Regarding Susan Sontag
The Pleasures of Being Out of Step
Finding Vivian Maier

Two of them are dated 2013 on IMDB.

Computer Chess
A Touch Of Sin
Under The Skin

I really loved that Vivian Maier doc, but found the guy who "found" her a real irritating prick.

I agree with that--I was happy that he wasn't around much after the first 20 minutes (or at least not in front of the camera as much).

Her photography is so awesome and it is an incredible story, but that guy...But in the end her unstoppable talent wins out.

Norte, the end of History
Stray Dogs
Stranger by the Lake

two threes

Stranger by the Lake
Himizu
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Exhibition
Gebo and the Shadow
Vic + Flo Saw a Bear

Features:

Touch of Sin (Jia, 2013)
Salvo (Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza, 2013)
Norte, the End of History (Diaz, 2013)

Some additional mentions per genre.

Doc:
The Missing Picture (Rithy Panh,2013)

Oldies discovered:

Wake in Fright (Ted Kotcheff, 1971)
Kitch's Last Meal (Carolee Schneemann, 1973-78)
Toute Une Nuit (Akermann, 1982)

Oldie re-issue re-watch:

Rome, Open City (Rossellini, 1945)

I watched "wake in fright" for the first time a couple of weeks ago. That movie is a frickin masterpiece

my pick of these would be A Spell To Ward Off The Darkness

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/the-most-underrated-and-underseen-films-of-2014-so-far-20140716

...though I didn't like it all THAT much.

Keep an eye out for two iconoclastic docs, Fifi Howls from Happiness and What Now? Remind Me.

I like the look of The Rover, Ilo Ilo and Policeman but Dom Hemingway looks like it is deservedly unloved. Only seen the trailer like, but it looked like standard faux cockney-thug type drivel.

I saw Ilo Ilo, just OK i thought

Borgman and Le Week-end yes indeed. The Immigrant most of all.

Stranger by the Lake
Under the Skin
Manakamana

Want to watch The Strange Little Cat and Closed Curtain again too to see if they trip up in the rankings.

i like Under the Skin fine scene to scene, skeptical on its nutritive content.

excellent year so far for nonfiction cinema or whatev u wanna call it.

Hard to Be a God
A Touch of Sin
The Dark Horse
(takes a while for films to make their way down here ...)

Oldies discovered:
Devils on the Doorstep (Jiang, 2000)
After Death (Bauer, 1915)

xp Aren't they all.

xp oh man, After Death is an amazing piece of work

Night Moves, Ida, 22 Jump Street. Special mentions to Obvious Child and Only Lovers Left Alive.

Boyhood and Under The Skin are the best movies Ive seen so far. I liked Blue Ruin also.

Morbs, how was ‘Vic + Flo Saw a Bear? Anyone else watched it?

I liked it; more grim and Grimm LGBT movies plz, even from Canada.

I really need to do a better job of keeping up w/ new QC cinema

low-hanging fruit but like: really?

Land Ho!
Blue Ruin
Palo Alto

Nymphomaniac (Directors Cut (!)
Storm Children - Book One
The Iron Ministry

Frederik!

My list might be influenced by the ongoing documentary festival :)

Stranger by the Lake
Boyhood
Life Itself

yeah, i need to see a lot more recent movies...

I would update my list to include:

Moebius (Kim Ki-duk, 2013)

Goodbye To Language
Under The Skin
Mommy

the punk singer
under the skin
the zero theorem

boyhood
under the skin
calvary

is 'snowpiercer' 2014?

last three seen: Babadook (good!), Map of the Stars (mostly ehhh) and Mommy (uuuuugh)

i still have a few more in my queue maybe for later this week but for now
Wrong Cops
Under The Skin
They Came Together

I didn't see Inherent Vice or that much buzzed Nolan thing yet.

at least 2 months to go

Tale of the Princess Kaguya in the ranks

the "much buzz" in the Nolan film is bad soundmix

Was gonna say, the buzz seemed to die down on that one once people started seeing it.

Lots of 2014 films still to see, but

Under the Skin
Blue Ruin
Stranger by the Lake

close runners-up: John Wick, Cap 2

Bottom 3: Interstellar, Guardians of the Galaxy, Godzilla

Of what I've seen: gone girl, gotg, whiplash

Under the skin
top 5
they came together

I really enjoyed that John Wick and more recently The Drop, I was thinking there might be a forthcoming Hardy-naissance until I looked at his upcoming projects which include a Mad Max reboot and some Tom Clancy shite.

I also liked John Wick and The Drop, and enjoyed The Equalizer until the interminable final scene in the warehouse.

Under The Skin
Mr. Turner
P'tit Quinquin

actually

Under the Skin
Mr. Turner
Goodbye To Language

with Quinquin runner up

Under The Skin
We Are The Best!
The Immigrant

Boyhood
Under The Skin
Snowpiercer

They Came Together...some of you dips will never change

Wow so everybody really liked Under The Skin, huh? the OST was one of my fave releases but couldn't stand the film

Me: Force Majeure, Birdman, A Touch Of Sin

"really liked" is an understatement.

so is "really indifferent"

Just watched that Force Majeure earlier, thought it was brilliant, always get the bearded guy who plays Mats mixed up with Rafe Spall. I think earlier in this year I voted A Touch Of Sin, The Immigrant and Under The Skin and have not seen anything new to usurp any of these yet.

Yep, my three from this post are still basically the winners:

Stranger by the Lake
Under the Skin
Manakamana
― It's Autumn Sunrise (Eric H.), Tuesday, August 26, 2014 9:26 PM

Swap in Stray Dogs for Manakamana, maybe.

I saw Locke last night. Not one of my favorite films of the year, but maybe my favorite line of the year: "She's not exactly an oil painting."

yeah that's how I feel about Tom Hardy.

Land Ho!
Blue Ruin
Palo Alto

― johnny crunch, Friday, November 14, 2014 4:34 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

swap adult world for blue ruin

They Came Together...some of you dips will never change
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, January 2, 2015 9:39 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

who's the real dip here?

I've watched Breadcrumb Trail 3x for what it's worth.

Different than what I posted in July, and probably final--still haven't seen Inherent Vice.

Boyhood
Particle Fever
Citizenfour

So far, between my ears it's yet another year without a great film.

Yeah, for me as well. Nothing like Stray Dogs or Closed Curtain, both of whom I consider 2013. Perhaps Goodbye to Language or From What is Before or Lil Quinquin, which I'll hopefully see in 2015.

Stray Dogs was an outright disappointment to me, Closed Curtain a good variation on the preceding, better Panahi work.

Without seeing Stray Dogs or esp (as it seems to have been screened in London) Goodbye to Language I am not sure I can vote on any ILX best films of '14 poll :-(

All of my faves weren't as good as seeing catching some of the oldies for the first time by Akerman, Ozu and Hou. xp

btw a friend just posted on FB that The Imitation Game is the summit of filmmaking for him. Should I or shouldn't I?

xyzzzz, just think of all the people who saw 8 films and are going to vote for Boyhood anyway. cuz IT'S JUST MOVIES!

Were Stray Dogs and Closed Curtain screened in London, anyone?

xp = Boyhood or Her ftw innit?

Her was voted on last year, we're done with that shit.

btw a friend just posted on FB that The Imitation Game is the summit of filmmaking for him. Should I or shouldn't I?

should you what -- unfriend him?

no just point out its/his Rex Reediness

TIG = espionage at the level of the average Oscar voter.

Another 2013 release that wasn't matched by anything from 2014: How to Be a God. Still don't know what on earth I think about that one, but it was definitely special...

he used to be in the music branch of AMPAS. xp

still waiting for that one in America, F.

he used to be in the music branch of AMPAS. xp

Oh, well then that explains it.

I love your dating of films Frederik B - Hard to be God has just made it through the film festivals. Should be in screens in '15.

yeah, stop seeing everything first, you European, you!

we don't like that round 'ere I tells ya!

I just go by world premiere. And we hardly get to see everything first, just a lot of European/Asian fare. So stuff like Hard to be a God or Closed Curtain, but on the other hand we have to wait for stuff like Imitation Game and Unbroken, so it's about equal.

And more annoyingly, hardly anything ever gets actual premieres here. Hard to be a God just showed a single time back in april, on a friday afternoon, at the festival. Packed audience, though. Fun experience. Later that evening I saw Stranger by the Lake, then went drinking, then next morning saw Norte, pretty hungover. Good times.

Frederik the Danish tourist board should just give you a job (if you don't already work there). It does all sound v good!

Stranger by the Lake would be my Great movie of this year--since many critics are counting it as a '14 film, I will as well. Liked Boyhood a lot without being over the moon about it, but compared to the looks of this year's Oscar-bait, I sure won't begrudge it any awards. Would be completely in favour of a Supporting Actor win for Hawke, in fact.

So stuff like Hard to be a God or Closed Curtain, but on the other hand we have to wait for stuff like Imitation Game and Unbroken, so it's about equal.

yeeeees