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
wild pear tree was my first time with NB Ceylon who came highly recommended via a friend who's a turkish expat. I watched it while spending my first night recovering from surgery while on a lot of painkillers to try to fall asleep. I found it so compelling that it kept me up through an oxycontin high. Now THAT'S entertainment!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 23 January 2020 06:15 (four years ago) link
Have i already said how much bullshit it is that Last Black Man in San Francisco has been ignored by all the awards ceremonies? It's bullshit.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 23 January 2020 06:17 (four years ago) link
looking forward to seeing it
― Dan S, Thursday, 23 January 2020 06:21 (four years ago) link
The LighthouseUncut GemsOUATIH or Parasite depending on my mood. Today I'll go with OUATIH.
2019 was my favorite movie year of the past decade.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 17:11 (four years ago) link
Me too
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link
MidsommarParasiteVarda by Agnès
Just outside the top 3: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Portrait of a Lady on FireStill need to see: Atlantics, Uncut Gems
― handsome boy modelling software (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 19 February 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
The IrishmanOUATIHKnives Out
lots to see tho, i usually catch up on a lot of a year's films in the spring of the following year.
― omar little, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 19:24 (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.
― 🚶♂️💨 (Eric H.), Wednesday, 19 February 2020 19:29 (four years ago) link
^^^
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Wednesday, 19 February 2020 19:32 (four years ago) link
portrait of a lady on fire: now that’s a fuckin movie
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 20 February 2020 03:47 (four years ago) link
TBD for Seattle still ugh!
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, 20 February 2020 03:55 (four years ago) link
― 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'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
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