High Flying BirdUsThe Souvenir
― geoffreyess, Friday, August 9, 2019 11:07 AM
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 9 August 2019 15:13 (four years ago) link
1. The Souvenir (Joanna Hogg)2. Sorry Angel (Christophe Honoré)3. Birds of Passage (Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra)
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 August 2019 15:16 (four years ago) link
The SouvenirThe Image BookTransit
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 9 August 2019 15:16 (four years ago) link
four more:
PasoliniAsh Is Purest WhiteApollo 11High Flying Bird
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 9 August 2019 15:18 (four years ago) link
ooh, new thread :)
yeah, Sorry Angel was great
― geoffreyess, Friday, 9 August 2019 15:19 (four years ago) link
give me liberty (Mikhanovsky)high life (denis)us (poole)
― jakey mo collier (voodoo chili), Friday, 9 August 2019 15:22 (four years ago) link
Birds of Passage DianeTransitApollo 11For the BirdsHail Satan?Honeyland
hopefully seeing Parasite tonight, psyched
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 9 August 2019 15:23 (four years ago) link
Runners-up:
High Life (Denis)High Flying Bird (Soderbergh)Peterloo (Leigh)
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 August 2019 15:24 (four years ago) link
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood!?Beach BumDeadwood
Need to watch The Souvenir
― Chris L, Friday, 9 August 2019 15:44 (four years ago) link
the beach bumdiego maradonadragged across concrete
― The World According To.... (Michael B), Friday, 9 August 2019 16:02 (four years ago) link
The Image BookOnce Upon a Time in HollywoodThe Beach Bum
― flappy bird, Friday, 9 August 2019 16:35 (four years ago) link
The Souvenir just devastated me to the point where I’m not sure anything else I’ve seen this year stands up to it.
― I agree that the "I" is a pretty heavy concept (fionnland), Monday, 2 September 2019 21:40 (four years ago) link
ParasiteMidsommarThat's kinda it so far
― Simon H., Monday, 2 September 2019 22:05 (four years ago) link
High Life and Flying Bird running up
― Simon H., Monday, 2 September 2019 22:06 (four years ago) link
I always want to call that Misnomer--gonna catch it tonight. I think the Miles Davis documentary is the only film I've really loved this year, but my movie-watching has dwindled to a couple every week or two.
― clemenza, Monday, 2 September 2019 22:25 (four years ago) link
haven't seen that many films from 2019 yet, but Birds of Passage has been my favorite so far
― Dan S, Monday, 2 September 2019 22:36 (four years ago) link
give me liberty (Mikhanovsky)
anyone else see this yet? was debating starting a thread.
― normal fucking rockman (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 19:24 (four years ago) link
Would add in:Amazing GraceLast Black Man in San FranciscoPenguin Highway
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 20:08 (four years ago) link
beach bum counts as this year?
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 21:40 (four years ago) link
Beach Bum had its world premiere at SXSW
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 21:43 (four years ago) link
UsRocketman Booksmart
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 21:51 (four years ago) link
xp hm cool i thought it was last yr for some reason
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 21:53 (four years ago) link
Alita: Battle AngelThe Art of Self DefenseDora and the Lost City of Gold
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 21:56 (four years ago) link
our time (reygadas) high life (denis)knife + heart (gonzalez)
― devvvine, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 22:06 (four years ago) link
baitbirds of passagedragged across concrete
― or something, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 22:47 (four years ago) link
― I agree that the "I" is a pretty heavy concept (fionnland), Monday, September 2, 2019
good morning!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 22:51 (four years ago) link
alita: battle angelmidsommaronce upon a time in hollywood
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 23:01 (four years ago) link
oh but if knife+heart counts as this year replace ouatih
i rewatched battle angel on a plane last week and it got even better
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 23:02 (four years ago) link
hell yeah
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 23:08 (four years ago) link
Brad come visit me
1. Giant Little Ones2. The opening scene of the Deadwood movie3. Rolling Thunder Revue
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 23:26 (four years ago) link
wasn’t expecting much from it but I really liked Gloria Bell
― Dan S, Saturday, 21 September 2019 01:40 (four years ago) link
Nothing is gonna top Martin Eden for me this year. Hope it makes the rounds relatively soon.
― Simon H., Saturday, 21 September 2019 04:28 (four years ago) link
Very excited to check out The Fanatic.
― billstevejim, Friday, 27 September 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
I thought I had seen more stuff this year but I guess not.
OUATIHBeach BumLeaving Neverland
All 3 will likely be displaced by mid-Jan.
― billstevejim, Friday, 27 September 2019 17:17 (four years ago) link
might sub in Wild Pear Tree by the end of the year; discovered Ceylan last month and am falling in love with his work.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 27 September 2019 17:30 (four years ago) link
RocketmanCold Pursuiti don't know, hustlers?
yeah i stuck with mainstream shit this year
― wasdnuos (abanana), Friday, 27 September 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
Lego Movie 2Pokemon Detective PikachuLion King
Lego will probably get knocked out by Frozen 2 when it comes out though.
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 27 September 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
Everybody Knows was great I thought
― Dan S, Saturday, 28 September 2019 00:39 (four years ago) link
I have my hopes up for Uncut Gems and The Lighthouse.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 24 November 2019 17:03 (four years ago) link
The SouvenirPeterlooSorry Angel
I must watch Portrait of a Lady on Fire
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 24 November 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
I made myself a top ten list, original post ended up #4-6, supplanted by:
TransitPain & GloryPeterloo
― geoffreyess, Friday, 17 January 2020 05:15 (four years ago) link
Good to see Peterloo show up somewhere.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 January 2020 11:21 (four years ago) link
beach bummaradonnairishman
― johnny crunch, Friday, 17 January 2020 12:50 (four years ago) link
parasitethe irishmanuncut gems
beach bum & maradona would be on my top ten
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Friday, 17 January 2020 12:57 (four years ago) link
Oh, Beach Bum was 2019? Can't believe I accidentally watched a film in the same year it was released. Yeah, it was probably better than whatever other 1 or 2 2019 movies I accidentally watched. Best Korine I've seen, I think.
― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Friday, 17 January 2020 13:08 (four years ago) link
our timehigh lifegrass
narrowly followed by peterloo
(longer list here: https://isthisyoursanderling.tumblr.com/post/190307426057/best-films-of-2019 )
― devvvine, Friday, 17 January 2020 13:49 (four years ago) link
Lol, forgot I watched Our Time.
Heimat and La Flor is what I want to see
Hopefully we will have an ilx ballot this yr.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 17 January 2020 16:10 (four years ago) link
ParasiteThe IrishmanThe Lighthouse
Might go see Pain and Glory tonight.
― TO BE A JAZZ SINGER YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SCAT (Jazzbo), Friday, 17 January 2020 16:51 (four years ago) link
portrait of a lady on fire: now that’s a fuckin movie
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, February 19, 2020
hi Brad
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 February 2020 03:56 (four years ago) link
TBD for Seattle still ugh!Previewed at Regal last week, opens at the Egyptian on Friday, guessing it’s at Regal downtown if not other multiplectra after the SIFF run
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Thursday, 20 February 2020 04:04 (four years ago) link
Oh!! Thank u I just checked the siff site the other day and I guess I missed it or it wasn’t listed yet
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, 20 February 2020 05:00 (four years ago) link
(I knew about but missed the Regal screenings, saw a listing while at the Egyptian for Victim (1951) on Monday)
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Thursday, 20 February 2020 08:10 (four years ago) link
watched Marco Bellocchio's The Traitor last night, it's much better than some of the lukewarm reviews it has garnered. Similar themes as The Irishman are covered - time wearing down top crims who think they are gods into sad old bastards etc but not with the same finesse as Scorcese, but still an excellent movie with very memorable performance by Favino.
― calzino, Thursday, 20 February 2020 11:30 (four years ago) link
I enjoyed it too, the best new film I've watched the last two months -- I count it as a 2020 film.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 February 2020 11:43 (four years ago) link
oh yeah thanks Alf it was your write up on it that encouraged me to check it out.
― calzino, Thursday, 20 February 2020 11:49 (four years ago) link
I don't know if 2019 was a better movie year than average or if the movies that clustered at the top of the average consensus (the trio of Parasite, OUATIH and The Irishman, unto infinity) were just better than average.
I'm basing this on my 12-15 favorites and not by observing the landscape of cinema as a whole, which I don't have time for and I wouldn't be able to assess accurately in either case. I'm no film expert but I do enjoy hunting for educated guesses on what stuff I would enjoy the best.
2019 had lots of 4-1/2 stars and a few 5 stars. I also loved 2009 and 1999 movies so maybe since it was a 9 year I had the idea in my head that this was supposed to be a hot year.
― billstevejim, Friday, 21 February 2020 06:27 (four years ago) link
The only movie year in my adult life I can say with certitude was exceptionally, embarrassingly weak was 2010 (only one masterpiece, Certified Copy, which was released the following year in the States).
― 🚶♂️💨 (Eric H.), Friday, 21 February 2020 14:00 (four years ago) link
Oh, and Uncle Boonmee, which is tbh probably my least favorite Joe movie outside of Mysterious Object.
― 🚶♂️💨 (Eric H.), Friday, 21 February 2020 14:11 (four years ago) link
scott pilgrim, tangled and the other guys all told me you were a damned liar
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Friday, 21 February 2020 14:15 (four years ago) link
My 2010 list:
Inside Job (Charles Ferguson)Carlos (Olivier Assayas)Everyone Else (Maren Ade)Dogtooth (Yorgos Lanthimos)35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis)Mother (Bong Joon-hoo)Of Gods and Men (Xavier Beauvoir)The Ghost Writer (Roman Polanski)The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko)Wild Grass (Alain Resnais)
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 February 2020 14:18 (four years ago) link
35 Shots of Rum didn't make it over here for 2 years?
― Chris L, Friday, 21 February 2020 14:21 (four years ago) link
Big fan of the Lanthimos and Denis there too, but not IMDB 2010.
― 🚶♂️💨 (Eric H.), Friday, 21 February 2020 14:26 (four years ago) link
fond memories of arriving to my Dogtooth screening approximately 45 seconds after the movie started and wondering if the subtitles were fucked up.
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 21 February 2020 14:32 (four years ago) link
― 🚶♂️💨 (Eric H.),
South Florida premiere dates in that era were weird, man.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 February 2020 14:35 (four years ago) link
Try Minnesota premieres. Dogtooth is just hitting local screens next fall here.
― 🚶♂️💨 (Eric H.), Friday, 21 February 2020 14:37 (four years ago) link
Tupelo just got Dude, Where's My Car?
― Miami weisse (WmC), Friday, 21 February 2020 14:40 (four years ago) link
what are your 3 favorite movies of 2020 so far?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 21 February 2020 16:06 (four years ago) link
I liked Inception because I'm basic or something.
― billstevejim, Friday, 21 February 2020 17:24 (four years ago) link
from 2010 I also really liked Mysteries of Lisbon, Poetry, Meek’s Cutoff, My Joy, Nostalgia for the Light
― Dan S, Saturday, 22 February 2020 00:20 (four years ago) link
of 2019 films:
Ash Is Purest WhiteThe IrishmanThe Wild Pear TreeBirds of PassageParasite
― Dan S, Saturday, 22 February 2020 00:56 (four years ago) link
the image bookonce upon a time in hollywooduncut gemsrecorder: the marion stokes projectthe beach bumpain and glorythe lighthousefamilyjokerpokémon detective pikachu
― flappy bird, Saturday, 7 March 2020 07:25 (four years ago) link
not sure I agree with you 100% on your maths there
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Saturday, 7 March 2020 07:36 (four years ago) link
maybe it's because tarantino and joker is such rank garbage it puts your movie tally into negative equity!
― calzino, Saturday, 7 March 2020 09:22 (four years ago) link
i watched detective pikachu stoned and even that didn't make the tonal shifting less manic. the pokémon were cute and the scale of the city was... more than the film deserved, but the movie itself was not good and was constantly struggling with the sense that it must be for children while incorporating concepts like illegal pokémon fighting rings with edm soundtracks
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 7 March 2020 17:00 (four years ago) link
alita: battle angelportrait of a lady on fireknife + heart (if it counts)midsommarin fabriclittle womenusknives out
i expect when i see the image book and the souvenir they'll work their way into this list. high life too despite the total polarization it inspired. desperately want to see la flor? i loved parasite but these films all hit me personally in a way parasite did not (even/especially knives out, i just love a detective story with flawless clockwork)
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 7 March 2020 17:08 (four years ago) link
oh and i still need to see the third black christmas remake, i know i'm going to love every minute of that
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 7 March 2020 17:09 (four years ago) link
second remake rather
not sure I agree with you 100% on your maths there either Brad
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Saturday, 7 March 2020 20:13 (four years ago) link
― flappy bird, Saturday, 7 March 2020 20:36 (four years ago) link
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Saturday, March 7, 2020 1:13 PM (thirty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
i've followed the thread rules upthread! flappy's faulty math inspired me to attempt a longer list
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 7 March 2020 20:51 (four years ago) link
I'm not opening the missing 17 messages to find out the thread got retconned
you'll all have a chance to post top ten lists soon enough
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Saturday, 7 March 2020 21:53 (four years ago) link
is this thread being audited? there's nowhere else yet for top 10 lists, I was stoned last night when I posted that, fuck it lets roll with 10 for now
― calzino
it was either joker or booksmart, two mostly ok movies with great moments.
― flappy bird, Sunday, 8 March 2020 02:30 (four years ago) link
Saw Portrait of a Lady on Fire today. (No director- or film-specific thread.) Liked it more or less as much as Girlhood. That song that's used at the bonfire and again over the end credits is unsettling and memorable. Noémie Merlant looks so much like Emma Watson. Lots of great images. I'd pull a screenshot of the most painterly one from the trailer, but there's a pull-quote overtop.
― clemenza, Sunday, 8 March 2020 03:22 (four years ago) link
Sciamma did best with Tomboy, I think.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 8 March 2020 03:44 (four years ago) link
Saw a copy at the library--I'll take it out.
― clemenza, Sunday, 8 March 2020 03:58 (four years ago) link
haven’t seen this one, but I liked Tomboy, also Water Lilies
― Dan S, Sunday, 8 March 2020 04:27 (four years ago) link
it’s fuckin great
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 8 March 2020 04:33 (four years ago) link
as I said in the arthouse thread, I was relieved that there was only one Risible Feminism scene (yeah, the one with the baby on the maid's face)
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 8 March 2020 04:55 (four years ago) link
I liked POALOF, but I was disappointed. Probably the ~10 month wait since Cannes, nothing but raves. Very pretty but to me it was dead, not moving at all, never romantic. But it's obviously there on some frequency, it just didn't hit me. I was going to say something about how predictable and boring the actual arc was and how cliched it was at points, but you could say the same of Carol, which actually did sweep me up and move me in a way where I forgot where I was. That was what I was expecting with this movie.
― flappy bird, Sunday, 8 March 2020 06:25 (four years ago) link
i thought as i watched it “oh maybe this isn’t affecting me as much as i expected” and then it would reliably do something that dragged me further in
“risible feminism” smh
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 8 March 2020 06:50 (four years ago) link
I was going to say something about how predictable and boring the actual arc was and how cliched it was at points, but you could say the same of Carol, which actually did sweep me up and move me in a way where I forgot where I was.
I don't get what they have in common other than lesbianism, but I'll bite: Carol moved me far less.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 8 March 2020 12:21 (four years ago) link
yes Brad, every single ideology has risible manifestations, regardless of its merit
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 8 March 2020 13:54 (four years ago) link
which thread, Morbs?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 8 March 2020 14:37 (four years ago) link
Never Coming to a Theater Near You - Arthouse Cinema 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 8 March 2020 14:39 (four years ago) link
the abortion subplot is one of the best things about the freaking movie
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 8 March 2020 14:53 (four years ago) link
i still can’t decipher what you find risible about it or that scene, just that you find it risible
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 8 March 2020 15:02 (four years ago) link
the baby's presence
i'm not saying anymore bcz there's no path to victory
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 8 March 2020 15:31 (four years ago) link
Once Upon A Time… In Pollywood: The ILX Film Poll (for 2019 viewings) Voting Thread - Ballots Due Friday April 3rd
― Dollarmite Is My Name (sic), Sunday, 15 March 2020 19:46 (four years ago) link