The New York Times 25 Best Movies of the Century

What Eastwood is to AO Scott, evidently Spielberg is to me

I'll admit, I now really want to go home and watch WotW and shut it off the moment before Tim Robbins appears onscreen. Such a magnificent short film.

What Eastwood is to AO Scott, evidently Spielberg is to me

wow "nobody cares" has a surprisingly large reach

War of the Worlds is an insane choice

a strange declaration when he picked Dogville and Irreversible

nothing wrong w/ Tim Robbins scene

Alfred?

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TBF, I almost immediately backpedaled on the declaration of insanity.

The Heart of the World (Guy Maddin, 2000)

if mixing shorts and features, i'd pick this and Saddest Music in the World

Yeah, I will never not include shorts. My favorite movie ever is a short. They're eligible by my estimation.

that Zod gif is really the gif that keeps on uh gifing

well i consider La Jetee 'medium length' -- it's several times longer than THotW.

The New York Times 25th Hour is the Best Movies of the Century

i made my own perverse list but didn't hit 25

Perverse?!

Includes Fist Festival 27.

lol i guess i just meant "perverse" as a disclaimer for it being very me

1. southland tales
2. speed racer
3. magic mike xxl
4. bring it on
5. zodiac
6. black book
7. josie and the pussycats
8. universal soldier: day of reckoning
9. in the mood for love
10. the invitation
11. jennifer's body
12. the guest
13. detention
14. fast five
15. john wick
16. cemetery of splendor
17. one of the satoshi kon movies idk
19. mad max: fury road
20. for a good time, call...
21. final destination 5

ran out of movies here

i think you ran out at #1!

true most of those don't qualify as movies

i paid full price to see Southland Tales at the Loews on 19th St and i'm still pissed off about it.

:D

i am shocked that the numbing Her was not named by Eric

what would he have named it?

Her, Alfred. Named her!

That's a good name!

1. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
2. Mulholland Drive (2001)
3. I'm Still Here (2010)
4. Kill Bill (2003/2004)
5. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
6. Zoolander (2001)
7. Carol (2015)
8. Midnight in Paris (2011)
9. Certain Women (2016)
10. Broken Flowers (2005)
11. Personal Shopper (2016)
12. Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
13. Silence (2016)
14. Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
14. Elephant (2003)
15. I'm Not There (2007)
16. Children of Men (2006)
17. Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
18. There Will Be Blood (2007)
19. Tangerine (2015)
20. Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
21. Get Out (2017)
22. The Clearing (2004)
23. Get Him to the Greek (2010)
24. War of the Worlds (2005)
25. Sausage Party (2016)

most baffled by the clearing, flappy

a lot of non-English films too

Now that I've made one, might as well share it:

1. Inland Empire (Lynch, 2006)
2. The Turin Horse (Tarr, 2011)
3. Syndromes and a Century (Weerasethakul, 2006)
4. A Serious Man (Coens, 2009)
5. Synecdoche, New York (Kaufman, 2008)
6. 35 Rhums (Denis, 2008)
7. Love Exposure (Sono, 2008)
8. Stray Dogs (Tsai, 2013)
9. A Touch of Sin (Jia, 2013)
10. You, the Living (Andersson, 2007)
11. Russian Ark (Sokorov, 2002)
12. The Life Aquatic (Anderson, 2004)
13. 2046 (Wong, 2004)
14. Post Tenebras Lux (Reygadas, 2012)
15. Trance (Villaverde, 2006)
16. The Tulse Luper Suitcases (Greenaway, 2003-4)
17. Children of Men (Cuaron, 2006)
18. Speed Racer (Wachowskis, 2008)
19. Holy Motors (Carax, 2012)
20. Two-Legged Horse (Makhmalbaf, 2008)
21. Enter the Void (Noé, 2009)
22. The Gleaners & I (Varda, 2000)
23. Laurence Anyways (Dolan, 2012)
24. The Tree of Life (Malick, 2011)
25. American Honey (Arnold, 2016)

good list

I'll finish my chiseled list tomorrow. Here's a list I made for movies between 2010 and 2016.

most baffled by the clearing, flappy

― johnny crunch, Tuesday, June 13, 2017 8:10 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I haven't seen it since it came out and that final scene where William H. Macy gets found out at the grocery store with a counterfeit $100 bill has stayed in my mind ever since. I remember it had a really unusual and unsettling atmosphere and something about that final scene has haunted me. So I just looked up the movie and apparently I conflated William H. Macy's character in Fargo with Willem Dafoe, who's actually in The Clearing. whoops.

I did my list sorta off the top of my head, although top 10 is solid. I'm sure I'll remember something I forgot tomorrow.

BradNelson's list is basically perfect.

Gaspar No-way

fuck i forgot A Mighty Wind

AND Best in Show

Any love for '00s Almodovar? "Bad Education" likely my #1.

I love Bad Education! Should have been on my list for sure.

Volver would be my pick for his best 21st century film but it won't be on my list.

Pavlovian listicle-making, tsk tsk

Would love to see Pavlov's list tbh

I don't have the wherewithal to go whole hog, but my revolving top four are this century's two Lynch joints, The Tree of Life, and Être et avoir. At least one of Altman's latter-day efforts would make it into my top 25.

Do I still get a treat?

The treat is Morbs coming to your place to recite baseball stats.

Bad Education and Talk To Her both. Almodovar and Haynes have a similar career trajectory from my standpoint, tho Haynes has yet to make an I'm So Excited.

xp treat or trick?

No Bruno Dumont, no treats.

At least one of Altman's latter-day efforts would make it into my top 25.

The Company was one of my last-minute cuts.

Gorgeous, wonderful movie, so astoundingly underrated.

Really, everything he did following my dn's namesake was top notch (although I might need to see Tanner on Tanner again to be sure).

Here's my list. No room for an Altman, unfortunately, although The Company would be my 21st century pick.

How many lists have you done in the last month, Alfred?

Certified Copy aside, 2010 was maybe the worst year for movies in my natural life.

I usually write a list a day with my morning smoothie.

2002 wasn't awesome either, I noticed.