baitbirds of passagedragged across concrete
― or something, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 22:47 (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, 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
parasitegive me libertyuncut gems
― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 January 2020 16:59 (four years ago) link
ClimaxUncut GemsTransit
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 17 January 2020 17:21 (four years ago) link
ask me in 2029
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 17 January 2020 17:22 (four years ago) link
as it stands now
The Image BookOnce Upon a Time in HollywoodUncut Gems
― flappy bird, Friday, 17 January 2020 17:48 (four years ago) link
Atlantics1917Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
― Cherish, Friday, 17 January 2020 17:55 (four years ago) link
Alita: Battle AngelKnives OutUncut Gems
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Friday, 17 January 2020 17:56 (four years ago) link
having seen neither i'm expecting in fabric and portrait of a lady on fire to crack my top three. alita still no. 1
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 17 January 2020 18:02 (four years ago) link
yeah I've held off on a 2019 top 10 because we're not getting Portrait of a Lady until the end of February
― flappy bird, Friday, 17 January 2020 18:30 (four years ago) link
The best 2019 no one saw:
Long day's Journey into night
Way and above any other movie this year
― nostormo, Friday, 17 January 2020 19:27 (four years ago) link
I saw it! Wish I could do it again with less smeary 3D glasses.
― geoffreyess, Friday, 17 January 2020 20:50 (four years ago) link
i just found a copy of portrait of a lady; may try to watch tonight.
at the moment, i think i would say:Birds of PassageLast Black Man in San FranciscoWild Pear Tree
but ask me tomorrow and it might well be different
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 17 January 2020 21:52 (four years ago) link
like i could just as easily say:
HoneylandTransitDiane
The best 2019 no one saw:Long day's Journey into nightWay and above any other movie this year― nostormo, Friday, January 17, 2020 2:27 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― nostormo, Friday, January 17, 2020 2:27 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
a couple friends of mine are CRAZY about this movie, I was busy when it ran long here & also tbh didn't go out of my way to make it to a screening because it wasn't in 3D. did you see it in 3D?
― flappy bird, Saturday, 18 January 2020 06:12 (four years ago) link
It never showed in 3D in SF as far as I know, I would have had to take BART over to Berkeley to watch it and didn't, which I regret. It is on streaming now so I will see it at home. His other film Kaili Blues is one of my favorite films ever
― Dan S, Saturday, 18 January 2020 09:28 (four years ago) link
It's only one shot that is in 3D anyway. But what a shot... Still, I prefer Kaili Blues, all the noir clichés got a bit much in the new one.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 18 January 2020 10:20 (four years ago) link
Nope. It wad great and very interesting regardless. A mix of influences you rarely see on screen from many modernist/post- modernist classic directors.The movie remains stable and doesn't fall apart as it should in theory, mainly because of Gan Bi's Self confidence and Modesty all the way through.
― nostormo, Sunday, 19 January 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
Xpost
sweet, will put Kaili Blues & LDJIN on priority
does it have any connection to the Arthur Miller play & Sidney Lumet movie?
― flappy bird, Sunday, 19 January 2020 22:38 (four years ago) link
nope
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 19 January 2020 23:29 (four years ago) link
beach bumuncut gemsparasite
― flopson, Monday, 20 January 2020 00:48 (four years ago) link
I really like all of Jia Zhangke’s films, especially A Touch of Sin, but Ash Is Purest White has become the one that I have the most emotional connection to. It’s one of my favorite films from 2019 so far
― Dan S, Monday, 20 January 2020 00:54 (four years ago) link
The Wild Pear Tree was very loquacious but was also visually beautiful, so I kept getting distracted from the flood of translated dialogue in the subtitles. I thought Dogu Demirkol was compelling as the main character
― Dan S, Thursday, 23 January 2020 00:33 (four years ago) link
all of the performances in it were great
― Dan S, Thursday, 23 January 2020 00:41 (four years ago) link
Parasite Last black man in SFLittle women
― akm, Thursday, 23 January 2020 01:33 (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
not sure I agree with you 100% on your maths there
― 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