best films of the 21st century

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

1. Acting Superior
2. Lists
3. Films
4. Booze

Did I miss it when someone challenged you, Alfred, to put a list on your blog every day?

(And, yes, lists are the best thing ever.)

Did I miss it when someone challenged you, Alfred, to put a list on your blog every day?

― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.),

No challenge – it's fun. If lists were the only things I was writing, it would embarrass me.

Top 10 Embarrassing Lists Alfred Made in May

xp *Drag Race shade rattle*

ppl love and engage with lists unfortunately

more lists! anger over Million Dollar Baby!

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4683-the-daily-more-top-twenty-fives

Ugh

you're objecting, Senor Listicle?

I'm objecting to the idea that "Steven Spielberg is a great director" is a thesis statement worth debating.

another one to be outraged by

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/13/100-best-films-movies-of-the-21st-century

Dark Knight kicking things off, promising start right there.

I am pleased to see Être et avoir, which would make my shortlist and which much of the world seems to have forgotten.

........Fucking Ted?

Really?

i think i might've seen Être et avoir? but i will again if so. thx OL

i missed Fucking Ted, was it a sequel?

Breaking Bad spinoff, iirc

I can't believe people still rep for these:

94 Gladiator
80 Requiem for a Dream
77 Lost in Translation
37 Dogville
21 The White Ribbon
7 Synecdoche, NY
6 Hidden (Cache)

I need another look at Synecdoche, a made-to-order film maudit

also liked Requiem back then

thought the list was overall pretty good, although maybe not the order. I love at least four of those films you mention, abanana

Shit list.

At least there would be more anime in the ilx poll

Watched Miguel Gomes' Tabu (2012) tonight, it is interesting. Not very many of the scenes you encounter feel like what you would expect the next scene in the film to be