This is the thread where we discuss matters pertaining to the detrius that accompanies the "End of the Year in Cinema" -- 2012

I really dug Loneliest Planet, maybe only slightly less than DNDN. Loktev always gets great spatial depth with her images.

DNDN did get better after the first thirty minutes.

Also am a huge sucker for schematically bifurcated movies.

anybody see Young and Wild?

i love long movies.

i didn't find rust and bone cheesy or sentimental.

in fact thought it quite successfully resisted being either of those things.

Wow. Really? What about the scene where Ali is getting pulverised in the fight, all is lost and everything goes into slo-mo. But then catching sight of brave Stephanie wobbling towards him on her prosthetic legs is suddenly enough to rally him into fighting back and he wins! And the bit where one shag is enough to knock the trauma and depression out of Stephanie and she sticks on Katy Perry and she's back doing her whale training moves/dance, just like that!
And the ending, where we're suddenly in a snowy location, the only time we're away from the film's primary setting, seemingly just to have a shamelessly Big Emotional denouement. The film has the naturalistic look and feel of your typical indie film, and is very understated, but then it lapses into moments of pure melodrama in order to pull on your heartstrings.

Zero Dark Thirty: mysteriously missing UBL's "fava beans and a nice chianti" speech.

Sight & Sound's best of 2012 can be seen here: http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/image/ss-2013-01-09-2012-round-up.jpg

01. The Master
02. Tabu
03. Amour
04. Holy Motors
05. (tie) Beasts of the Southern Wild
05. (tie) Berberian Sound Studio
07. Moonrise Kingdom
08. (tie) Beyond the Hills
08. (tie) Cosmopolis
08. (tie) Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
08. (tie) This is Not a Film

BBS! nice.

er, wrong acronym. I meant Berberian. probably the only good new genre-y thing I saw this year.

it wasnt that good.

i mean, it was an ok lil exercise but it really should have been a short or something

kind of a shitty list tbh

I'll take BSS over at least 3/10 of that list.

also all those ties make it look like only 5 people voted

I had to assume that was the case.

Hoping that the NYFCC can manage to restrain themselves from voting The Master for best film, but now watch them pick Silver Linings Playbook instead.

fearing The Silence of bin Laden

Do they catch Bin Laden tucking, applying lipliner and prancing in front of a camcorder to Q Lazzarus?

in yr remake i'm sure.

i realize Sicinski won't be done w/ this for 2 months, but Let the Bullets Fly is waiting for me at home.

http://academichack.net/mewlingshawarma.htm

is moonrise kingdom really that good? it keeps sticking out on these lists

meaning it is the only movie i'd heard of on that list

My favorite US and/or multiplex film so far.

Almayer's Folly and Elena both worth looking for, tho I found them difficult and not-quite-all-that, respectively.

I don't love it quite as much as I did Mr. Fox, but close enough.

the villainous kid who did the Steve McQueen hommage was tops.

Haneke takes Euros

http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/amour-sweeps-2012-european-film-awards-67446

and in Artforum, John Waters diggin' Davies, Seidl, and Compliance.

http://www.artforum.com/inprint/id=37454

loved The Turin Horse.

kind of a shitty list tbh

― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Friday, 30 November 2012 14:30 (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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the master, really

David E. shills big time for ZDT in his top 10 (which slotted too early for him to catch Tarantino, LotR Redux, etc.):

http://www.vulture.com/2012/11/david-edelstein-top-ten-movies.html

It also borders on the politically and morally reprehensible.

It lives on the border quite comfortably (and comfortingly for most I expect).

relieved to see The Deep Blue Sea and Oslo, August 31st on his list.

I like them both -- and they're getting overrated.

and you're getting Armond.

Um, balls? The Louis Malle version of Oslo (The Fire Within) from the '60s is the masterpiece.

http://www.criterion.com/films/540-the-fire-within

I know it well but TFW's superiority doesn't affect my enjoyment of this one.

anyway these two are the kind of modest things that should dominate top tens instead of Oscaryums.

...but DE's top 3 are all trophy horses.

I made my master list in progress last night, I've only seen 66 new films. Can probably get to 90.

Hovering around 90 right now. Should be able to top 100 by year's end no sweat.

Was going to balk over Amour being tagged a "trophy horse," but I guess at this point, it's leading the pack in accolades (just the earlier-in-the-year, non-detriusy ones).

plus the Euros

i think the Wells blog quoted some Hollywood type that it's "On Golden Pond directed by Hitler."

That's less Oscar bait and more John Waters bait.

I'll change my tune if it manages a NYFCC win for picture (not just foreign) this morning.

where are the pajama people, ie Natl Board of Review?

Guess they overextended their nap and aren't first out of the gate this year.

Goes without saying this will likely be a vital twitter feed this morning: https://twitter.com/ArmondWhite

Evidently a for real ballot? http://kylesmithonline.com/?p=9947

Let the molasses-drip rollout begin:

http://www.nyfcc.com/awards/

Best First Feature: How To Survive a Plague

(Docs didn't use to be eligible for this category, but the rules have changed.)