best films of the 21st century

Down with Love also a fave of the erstwhile ilxor KJB

Data point: I saw Alexander Payne do a Q&A last month, and he said the only masterpiece of the 21st century so far was Amour.

He's half right in that Alexander Payne has directed no masterpieces this century.

he's half right in that Amour is the closest thing to a great movie directed by Haneke.

noooooooooo

Time of the Wolf, maybe

Code Unknown. This isn't hard, people.

I know. Yet you insist on making it so.

So long as we all know it's not Benny's Video.

Code Unknown.

Cache

i've seen 6, none w/in shouting distance of great

but looks good next to Gaspar Noe

You've between you named all the postmillennial Haneke besides the best one

His 90s stuff is better anyway.

His 90s stuff is without merit.

besides the best one

Funny Games 2.0! Oh, wait.

(haven't seen The White Ribbon tbh)

Haneke sucks.

No eye for composition! Couldn't work his way around a camera with two hands and a map!

I like a couple of Haneke films but hus superior/hectoring tone is a real liability when it takes over

speaking of beloved movies I loathe, down with The Turin Horse beyond the opening shot

Force Majeure!

speaking of beloved movies I loathe, down with The Turin Horse beyond the opening shot

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.),

isn't The Turin Horse a long opening shot

Hoberman's

http://j-hoberman.com/2017/06/25-for-21/

The Clock would definitely be on mine, but i saw maybe 30% of it.

He lists four Cronenberg movies and can't make room for more than one Kiarostami post-2000?

I must watch Down with Love (Reed). I love that JR uses the serious "surname only" format in his brackets.

I think I probably saw 30% of The Clock too. It was a fine few hours, but I'd rather not think of it as a film.

If one allows O.J. Made in America, one must allow The Clock.

And the "Single Ladies" music video.

and Jerry Lewis' last telethon monologue about p0rn

Embrace of the Serpent should start making it onto some lists imo

It would be on my list, jmm. I don't think my list will be published.

i liked it fine, but a little too psychedelic for greatness.

I liked it too but better film touching on similar subject called Ixcanul you should check out.

Too hard to put this order, so top 15 I really really love

Children of Men
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
A History of violence
The Tree of Life
Another Year
Anomalisa
Cache
Bad Santa
American Splendor
Im Not There
Offside
Chopper
Dead Man's Shoes
Team America: World Police
Worlds greatest dad

Inside Llewyn Davis
Blue is the warmest colour
Toni Erdmann
American honey
Synecdoche, New York
There Will Be Blood
Dogville
Apocalypto
Before the devil knows youre dead
Elephant

the other 10 are almost a 10/10 imo

Before the devil knows youre dead

among my most hated.

Embrace of the Serpent > Ixcanul. I'm not sure how similar they are, though. Wouldn't put either on them on a top 25 either.

Another Year

I confused this with personal worst of the century contender A Good Year and was pretty shaken for a moment.

Before the devil knows youre dead

among my most hated.

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, June 21, 2017 10:23 PM (three minutes ago)

PSH so great in this

Embrace of the Serpent > Ixcanul. I'm not sure how similar they are, though. Wouldn't put either on them on a top 25 either.

― Frederik B, Wednesday, June 21, 2017 6:24 PM (

nor a top 50

yeah if you're counting 25 films in 17 years, usu has to be in top 2 or 3 annually at least

i think in Cinema Valhalla, both Lumet and PSH regret lasting long enough to make that one.

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Yeah, I think this and Fellowship of the Ring are the major hits I'd include.

I posted this on another thread.

Is there like a reason all these people are doing this shit (I know I know, "reason", lists, lol)

I guess it's important to take stock every um 17 years

writing thoughtful close reading to a deadline is hard

and nobody clicks on it

Is there like a reason all these people are doing this shit (I know I know, "reason", lists, lol)

world's ending

aka the NY Times did a piece, which is why i dread their writing about any rep series in NYC.

I thought maybe I missed the latest Facebook game or something

Think Hoberman got it abt right when he wrote (in that link above), "...there’s nothing that even a recovering film critic likes better than a list."

Not even films

1. Films
2. Booze