Choose your favourite films from 2001 (according to IMDB).
Each person can vote for up to 20 films. Do not feel compelled to fill the maximum allowable number.
Twenty-film ballots can be formatted as follows:
- Five tiers of four films each, 4/4/4/4/4; scored 5-4-3-2-1 pts/film/tier
- Four tiers of five films each, 5/5/5/5; scored 4.5-3.5-2.5-1.5 pts/film/tier
- Two tiers of ten films each, 10/10; scored 4-2 pts/film/tier
- No tiers, unranked; scored 3 pts/film
- A 20-film three-tier ballot is not possible
A tiered ballot can include less than 20 films, but in that case the total number of films must still be able to be factored by the number of tiers, so:
- A five tier ballot can include only 20, 15, 10, or 5 films
- A four tier ballot can include only 20, 16, 12, 8, or 4 films
- A three tier ballot (scored 5-3-1) can include only 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, or 3 films
- A two tier ballot can include only 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, or 2 films
- Ballots that are 19, 17, 13, 11, 7 or 1 films must be no tiers
Users are urged to post their provisional lists as soon as possible, so that others can use them for recommendations. You may revise your lists at any point prior to the deadline.
Deadline for 2001 ballots will be Thursday, November 30th at roughly midnight EST.
2001 Poll 2.0
strange year... i'm not sure i'd like some of these films now so maybe i'll rewatch some things i haven't seen in many years:
Killing Mad Dogs (Bahram Beizai)
All About Lily Chou-Chou (Shunji Iwai)
Los (James Benning)
La Libertad (Lisandro Alonso)
A Ma Soeur (Catherine Breillat)
The Happiness of the Katakuris (Takashi Miike)
Suicide Club (Sion Sono)
Time Out (Laurent Cantet)
Electric Dragon 80,000 V (Sogo Ishii)
A Dog's Day (Murali Nair)
Dog Days (Ulrich Seidl)
Visitor Q (Takashi Miike)
Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)
Agitator (Takashi Miike)
Atraksion (Raoul Servais)
L'Anglaise et le Duc (Eric Rohmer)
Passing Summer (Angela Schanelec)
The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke)
Kairo (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
Super Troopers (Jay Chandresekhar)
Killing Mad Dogs (Bahram Beizai)
All About Lily Chou-Chou (Shunji Iwai)
Los (James Benning)
La Libertad (Lisandro Alonso)
A Ma Soeur (Catherine Breillat)
The Happiness of the Katakuris (Takashi Miike)
Suicide Club (Sion Sono)
Time Out (Laurent Cantet)
Electric Dragon 80,000 V (Sogo Ishii)
A Dog's Day (Murali Nair)
Dog Days (Ulrich Seidl)
Visitor Q (Takashi Miike)
Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)
Agitator (Takashi Miike)
Atraksion (Raoul Servais)
L'Anglaise et le Duc (Eric Rohmer)
Passing Summer (Angela Schanelec)
The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke)
Kairo (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
Super Troopers (Jay Chandresekhar)
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Evelyn Library P.I.
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Final ballot
Legally Blonde
(lol)
Legally Blonde
(lol)
la libertad (alonso)
la cienega (martel)
wu yen (to/wai)
running out of time 2 (to/law)
where does your hidden smile lie? (costa)
zu warriors (tsui)
the royal tennenbaums (anderson)
mulholland drive (lynch)
what time is it there? (tsai)
domestic violence (wiseman)
los (benning)
millenium actress (kon)
spirited away (miyazaki)
killing mad dogs (beyzai)
haven't seen some of these in a loooong time
la cienega (martel)
wu yen (to/wai)
running out of time 2 (to/law)
where does your hidden smile lie? (costa)
zu warriors (tsui)
the royal tennenbaums (anderson)
mulholland drive (lynch)
what time is it there? (tsai)
domestic violence (wiseman)
los (benning)
millenium actress (kon)
spirited away (miyazaki)
killing mad dogs (beyzai)
haven't seen some of these in a loooong time
wake up! - laila pakalniņa
nuisance - frans van de staak
a dog's day - murali nair
on the old roman road - don askarian
fate - zeki demirkubuz
last supper at the arabian gray horse - miklós jancsó
the road - darezhan omirbayev
passing summer - angela schanelec
this filthy earth - andrew kötting
sunshine for the poor - alain guiraudie
maillart’s bridges - heinz emigholz
toutes les nuits - eugène green
fragile as the world - rita azevedo gomes
workers, peasants - jean-marie straub, danièle huillet
where does your hidden smile lie? - pedro costa
en construcción - josé luis guerín
elegy of a voyage - aleksandr sokurov
late marriage - dover koshashvili
va savoir - jacques rivette
the lady and the duke - éric rohmer
nuisance - frans van de staak
a dog's day - murali nair
on the old roman road - don askarian
fate - zeki demirkubuz
last supper at the arabian gray horse - miklós jancsó
the road - darezhan omirbayev
passing summer - angela schanelec
this filthy earth - andrew kötting
sunshine for the poor - alain guiraudie
maillart’s bridges - heinz emigholz
toutes les nuits - eugène green
fragile as the world - rita azevedo gomes
workers, peasants - jean-marie straub, danièle huillet
where does your hidden smile lie? - pedro costa
en construcción - josé luis guerín
elegy of a voyage - aleksandr sokurov
late marriage - dover koshashvili
va savoir - jacques rivette
the lady and the duke - éric rohmer
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Monsieur Arkadin
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Best year ever for teenagers just starting to expand their tastes. I have a lot of nostalgia for this year, but a lot of them haven't been revisited in quite a while.
Mulholland Drive - David Lynch
What Time Is It There - Tsai Ming-Liang
The Piano Teacher - Michael Haneke
Vanilla Sky - Cameron Crowe
Gosford Park - Robert Altman
Va Savoir - Jacques Rivette
Donnie Darko - Richard Kelly
Amelie - Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Lovely and Amazing - Nicole Holofcener
In The Bedroom - Todd Fields
Mulholland Drive - David Lynch
What Time Is It There - Tsai Ming-Liang
The Piano Teacher - Michael Haneke
Vanilla Sky - Cameron Crowe
Gosford Park - Robert Altman
Va Savoir - Jacques Rivette
Donnie Darko - Richard Kelly
Amelie - Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Lovely and Amazing - Nicole Holofcener
In The Bedroom - Todd Fields
[provisional list deleted]
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Brief Crossing 2001 ‘Brève traversée’ Directed by Catherine Breillat
A.I. Artificial Intelligence 2001 Directed by Steven Spielberg
Freddy Got Fingered 2001 Directed by Tom Green
Urbandale 2001 Directed by Cory Arcangel
Work in Progress 2001 ‘En construcción’ Directed by José Luis Guerín
Paper Airplanes 2001 ‘纸飞机’ Directed by Zhao Liang
Fat Girl 2001 ‘À ma soeur!’ Directed by Catherine Breillat
Fragile as the World 2001 ‘Frágil como o Mundo’ Directed by Rita Azevedo Gomes
The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 Directed by Wes Anderson
Millennium Actress 2001 ‘千年女優’ Directed by Satoshi Kon
Mulholland Drive 2001 Directed by David Lynch
Spirited Away 2001 ‘千と千尋の神隠し’ Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Trouble Every Day 2001 Directed by Claire Denis
She Puppet 2001 Directed by Peggy Ahwesh
’R Xmas 2001 Directed by Abel Ferrara
Blue Spring 2001 ‘青い春’ Directed by Toshiaki Toyoda
Los 2001 Directed by James Benning
A.I. Artificial Intelligence 2001 Directed by Steven Spielberg
Freddy Got Fingered 2001 Directed by Tom Green
Urbandale 2001 Directed by Cory Arcangel
Work in Progress 2001 ‘En construcción’ Directed by José Luis Guerín
Paper Airplanes 2001 ‘纸飞机’ Directed by Zhao Liang
Fat Girl 2001 ‘À ma soeur!’ Directed by Catherine Breillat
Fragile as the World 2001 ‘Frágil como o Mundo’ Directed by Rita Azevedo Gomes
The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 Directed by Wes Anderson
Millennium Actress 2001 ‘千年女優’ Directed by Satoshi Kon
Mulholland Drive 2001 Directed by David Lynch
Spirited Away 2001 ‘千と千尋の神隠し’ Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Trouble Every Day 2001 Directed by Claire Denis
She Puppet 2001 Directed by Peggy Ahwesh
’R Xmas 2001 Directed by Abel Ferrara
Blue Spring 2001 ‘青い春’ Directed by Toshiaki Toyoda
Los 2001 Directed by James Benning
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg)
All About Lily Chou-Chou (Shunji Iwai)
Avalon (Mamoru Oshii)
Gosford Park (Robert Altman)
The Happiness of the Katakuris (Takashi Miike)
Harmful Insect (Akihiko Shiota)
The Man Who Wasn't There (Joel and Ethan Coen)
Millennium Mambo (Hou Hsiao-Hsien)
Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)
Pistol Opera (Seijun Suzuki)
Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki)
Taurus (Alexander Sokurov)
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (Shohei Imamura)
What Time Is It There? (Tsai Ming-liang)
Zubeidaa (Shyam Benegal)
Want to watch:
Blue Spring (Toshiaki Toyoda)
Dog Days (Ulrich Seidl)
Electric Dragon 80.000 V (Gakuryu Ishii)
Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff)
Hollywood Hong Kong (Fruit Chan)
My Sassy Girl (Kwak Jae-yong)
No Man's Land (Danis Tanovic)
The Pledge (Sean Penn)
The Pornographer (Bertrand Bonnello)
The Profession of Arms (Ermanno Olmi)
Suicide Club (Sion Sono)
Take Care of My Cat (Jeong Jae-eun)
Time Out (Laurent Cantet)
All About Lily Chou-Chou (Shunji Iwai)
Avalon (Mamoru Oshii)
Gosford Park (Robert Altman)
The Happiness of the Katakuris (Takashi Miike)
Harmful Insect (Akihiko Shiota)
The Man Who Wasn't There (Joel and Ethan Coen)
Millennium Mambo (Hou Hsiao-Hsien)
Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)
Pistol Opera (Seijun Suzuki)
Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki)
Taurus (Alexander Sokurov)
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (Shohei Imamura)
What Time Is It There? (Tsai Ming-liang)
Zubeidaa (Shyam Benegal)
Want to watch:
Blue Spring (Toshiaki Toyoda)
Dog Days (Ulrich Seidl)
Electric Dragon 80.000 V (Gakuryu Ishii)
Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff)
Hollywood Hong Kong (Fruit Chan)
My Sassy Girl (Kwak Jae-yong)
No Man's Land (Danis Tanovic)
The Pledge (Sean Penn)
The Pornographer (Bertrand Bonnello)
The Profession of Arms (Ermanno Olmi)
Suicide Club (Sion Sono)
Take Care of My Cat (Jeong Jae-eun)
Time Out (Laurent Cantet)
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ok you guys i'm gonna watch A.I. artificial intelligence for the first time in 20? years?
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Lencho of the Apes
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This is a super-weak year for me, but I'm starting with these:
The Confession - The Zeki
De Ida Y Vuelta - Salvador Aguirre
The Devil's Backbone - del Toro
Distance - Kore-eda
Electric Dragon 80000 V
Eloge D'Amour - Godard
Escrito En El Cuerpo De La Noche - Hermosillo
Forklift Driver Klaus: First Day On The Job - AStefan Prehn
Fulltime Killer - To
Ghosts Of Mars - Carpenter
La Libertad - Alonso
Pachito Rex - Fabian Hoffman
Suicide Club - Sono
Zubeidaa - Shyam Benegal
I hope to replace 80% of them by watching "finally, some decent fucking movies..."
The Confession - The Zeki
De Ida Y Vuelta - Salvador Aguirre
The Devil's Backbone - del Toro
Distance - Kore-eda
Electric Dragon 80000 V
Eloge D'Amour - Godard
Escrito En El Cuerpo De La Noche - Hermosillo
Forklift Driver Klaus: First Day On The Job - AStefan Prehn
Fulltime Killer - To
Ghosts Of Mars - Carpenter
La Libertad - Alonso
Pachito Rex - Fabian Hoffman
Suicide Club - Sono
Zubeidaa - Shyam Benegal
I hope to replace 80% of them by watching "finally, some decent fucking movies..."
The opposite of 'reify' is... ?
It's quite barren at the moment. Hope to change that by the end of the month.
Electric Dragon 80.000 V, dir. Gakuryu Ishii
Blue Spring, dir. Toshiaki Toyoda
Dream Work, dir. Peter Tscherkassky
Voiliers et Coquelicots, dir. Rose Lowder
Munkphilm, dir. Courtney Hoskins
Time to start digging I suppose.
Electric Dragon 80.000 V, dir. Gakuryu Ishii
Blue Spring, dir. Toshiaki Toyoda
Dream Work, dir. Peter Tscherkassky
Voiliers et Coquelicots, dir. Rose Lowder
Munkphilm, dir. Courtney Hoskins
Time to start digging I suppose.
Images of the Orient: "Vandalic Tourism", dir. Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
Working with old film from the 1920s of upper-classpeoples' trips to India during turbulent political times, each frame asserts the exploitation and the inequality that was rampant at the time, precisely, a "vandalic tourism". The criticality arises from simple ex- and juxta-position, sociopolitical contrasts present within the archival footage are allowed to speak for themselves as the film is slowed down to a hypnotic degree. It's worth mentioning the interesting usage of experimental film treatments to some of the footage which is always used to highlight these inequalities.
Quite a good score too. Some french text is present at the beginning of the film (I just used google translate for it), and some chants in french are also present throughout. Sadly no subs for those.
Working with old film from the 1920s of upper-classpeoples' trips to India during turbulent political times, each frame asserts the exploitation and the inequality that was rampant at the time, precisely, a "vandalic tourism". The criticality arises from simple ex- and juxta-position, sociopolitical contrasts present within the archival footage are allowed to speak for themselves as the film is slowed down to a hypnotic degree. It's worth mentioning the interesting usage of experimental film treatments to some of the footage which is always used to highlight these inequalities.
Quite a good score too. Some french text is present at the beginning of the film (I just used google translate for it), and some chants in french are also present throughout. Sadly no subs for those.
A.I. IS A HORROR MOVIE
no wonder i blacked it out. as an adoptee i had to take a lot of breaks
no wonder i blacked it out. as an adoptee i had to take a lot of breaks
Fragile as the World (Rita Azevedo Gomes)
Nandha (Bala)
Va Savoir (Jacques Rivette)
Millennium Mambo (Hou Hsiao-Hsien)
No Such Thing (Hal Haratley)
To the Backstreets: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out (Shinji Aoyama)
Love on a Diet (Johnnie To & Wai Ka-Fai)
Wu Yen (Johnnie To & Wai Ka-Fai)
Les Ames Fortes (Raul Ruiz)
What Time is it There? (Tsai Ming-Liang)
Trouble Every Day (Claire Denis)
La Libertad (Lisandro Alonso)
La Cienaga (Lucrecia Martel)
Aalavandhan (Suresh Krishna)
Asoka (Santosh Sivan)
Desert Moon (Shinji Aoyama)
I'm Going Home (Manoel de Oliveira)
Piston Opera (Seijun Suzuki)
Visible Secret (Ann Hui)
Hollywood Hong Kong (Fruit Chan)
still haven't seen the extended cut of va savoir...
Nandha (Bala)
Va Savoir (Jacques Rivette)
Millennium Mambo (Hou Hsiao-Hsien)
No Such Thing (Hal Haratley)
To the Backstreets: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out (Shinji Aoyama)
Love on a Diet (Johnnie To & Wai Ka-Fai)
Wu Yen (Johnnie To & Wai Ka-Fai)
Les Ames Fortes (Raul Ruiz)
What Time is it There? (Tsai Ming-Liang)
Trouble Every Day (Claire Denis)
La Libertad (Lisandro Alonso)
La Cienaga (Lucrecia Martel)
Aalavandhan (Suresh Krishna)
Asoka (Santosh Sivan)
Desert Moon (Shinji Aoyama)
I'm Going Home (Manoel de Oliveira)
Piston Opera (Seijun Suzuki)
Visible Secret (Ann Hui)
Hollywood Hong Kong (Fruit Chan)
still haven't seen the extended cut of va savoir...
Hmm, somewhat difficult year for me.
I've seen a lot (about 150 films), but it's mostly been 20 years ago...
Ok, I've watched Metropolis and The Majestic this year, and both were outstanding.
Especially The Majestic was a fucking masterpiece!!!
And Arslan's ONE FINE DAY some two or three years ago - what a great film!
Final Ballot
5 tiers
Avalon (Mamoru Oshii, Japan/Poland)
Chuen zik saat sau "Fulltime Killer" (Ka-Fai Wai/Johnnie To, Hong Kong)
The Majestic (Frank Darabont, USA)
Crossfire Trail (Simon Wincer, USA)
Akai hashi no shita no nurui mizu "Warm Water Under a Red Bridge" (Shohei Imamura, Japan/France)
Tu vois (Francois Ruiz, France)
Der schöne Tag "A Fine Day" (Thomas Arslan, Germany)
L'Anglaise et le Duc "The Lady and the Duke" (Eric Rohmer, France/Germany)
Shiqi sui de dan che "Beijing Bicycle" (Xiaoshuai Wang, China/Taiwan/France)
Mutant Aliens (Bill Plympton, USA)
Metoroporisu "Metropolis" (Rintarô, Japan)
Mon Paradis - Der Winterpalast "Mon Paradis: The Winter Palace" (Elfi Mikesch, Germany/Russia)
Koroshiya 1 "Ichi the Killer" (Takashi Miike, Japan)
Enemy at the Gates (Jean-Jacques Annaud, France/Ireland/UK/USA/Germany)
Tmavomodrý svet "Dark Blue World" (Jan Sverák, Czech Republic/UK/Germany/Denmark/Italy/France/USA)
Kiss of the Dragon (Chris Nahon, France/USA)
Raye makhfi "Secret Ballot" (Babak Payami, Iran/Italy/Canada/Switzerland)
Unloved (Kunitoshi Manda, Japan)
Le souffle "Deep Breath" (Damien Odoul, France)
Atanarjuat (Zacharias Kunuk, Canada)
I've seen a lot (about 150 films), but it's mostly been 20 years ago...
Ok, I've watched Metropolis and The Majestic this year, and both were outstanding.
Especially The Majestic was a fucking masterpiece!!!
And Arslan's ONE FINE DAY some two or three years ago - what a great film!
Final Ballot
5 tiers
Avalon (Mamoru Oshii, Japan/Poland)
Chuen zik saat sau "Fulltime Killer" (Ka-Fai Wai/Johnnie To, Hong Kong)
The Majestic (Frank Darabont, USA)
Crossfire Trail (Simon Wincer, USA)
Akai hashi no shita no nurui mizu "Warm Water Under a Red Bridge" (Shohei Imamura, Japan/France)
Tu vois (Francois Ruiz, France)
Der schöne Tag "A Fine Day" (Thomas Arslan, Germany)
L'Anglaise et le Duc "The Lady and the Duke" (Eric Rohmer, France/Germany)
Shiqi sui de dan che "Beijing Bicycle" (Xiaoshuai Wang, China/Taiwan/France)
Mutant Aliens (Bill Plympton, USA)
Metoroporisu "Metropolis" (Rintarô, Japan)
Mon Paradis - Der Winterpalast "Mon Paradis: The Winter Palace" (Elfi Mikesch, Germany/Russia)
Koroshiya 1 "Ichi the Killer" (Takashi Miike, Japan)
Enemy at the Gates (Jean-Jacques Annaud, France/Ireland/UK/USA/Germany)
Tmavomodrý svet "Dark Blue World" (Jan Sverák, Czech Republic/UK/Germany/Denmark/Italy/France/USA)
Kiss of the Dragon (Chris Nahon, France/USA)
Raye makhfi "Secret Ballot" (Babak Payami, Iran/Italy/Canada/Switzerland)
Unloved (Kunitoshi Manda, Japan)
Le souffle "Deep Breath" (Damien Odoul, France)
Atanarjuat (Zacharias Kunuk, Canada)
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"I too am a child burned by future experiences, fallen back on myself and already suspecting the certainty that in the end only those will prove benevolent who believe in nothing." – Marran Gosov
Absolutely!
Haven't seen it since its original cinema release.
"I too am a child burned by future experiences, fallen back on myself and already suspecting the certainty that in the end only those will prove benevolent who believe in nothing." – Marran Gosov
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Pretentious Hipster
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EDIT: Turned into final, UNRANKED ballot
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Josie and the Pussycats
Domestic Violence
Freddy Got Fingered
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Il mestiere delle armi [The Profession of Arms]
Mulholland Dr.
The Pricemaster
Late Marriage
千と千尋の神隠し [Spirited Away]
'R Xmas
Dream Work
Ghost World
Jason X
The One
Toutes les nuits [Every Night]
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal
Millennium Mambo
Pulse
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Josie and the Pussycats
Domestic Violence
Freddy Got Fingered
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Il mestiere delle armi [The Profession of Arms]
Mulholland Dr.
The Pricemaster
Late Marriage
千と千尋の神隠し [Spirited Away]
'R Xmas
Dream Work
Ghost World
Jason X
The One
Toutes les nuits [Every Night]
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal
Millennium Mambo
Pulse
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Pretentious Hipster
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- Joined: Sat Dec 15, 2018 1:27 am
I'll definitely check out what are on some lists here (tonight I'll see AI), but I have these on my watchlist:
Caught Between Worlds
Me Without You
Sugar & Spice
The Last Minute
Staying on Top
Perfect Lover
Last Run
Hornblower: Mutiny
Xchange
Brotherhood of the Wolf
EDIT: A few more after looking at RYM:
Baby Boy
In the Bedroom
Passing Summer
The Majestic
Southern Comfort
Christabel
Loco Fever
Lawless Heart
Days of Nietzsche in Turin
Soft for Digging
Revolution #9
Crossfire Trail
2002
Heartbreakers
Bones
EDIT: And now stalking some letterboxd users
The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein
Tokyo Marigold
In the Bathtub of the World
Brigham City
Things Behind the Sun
Protection
Stranger Inside
Caught Between Worlds
Me Without You
Sugar & Spice
The Last Minute
Staying on Top
Perfect Lover
Last Run
Hornblower: Mutiny
Xchange
Brotherhood of the Wolf
EDIT: A few more after looking at RYM:
Baby Boy
In the Bedroom
Passing Summer
The Majestic
Southern Comfort
Christabel
Loco Fever
Lawless Heart
Days of Nietzsche in Turin
Soft for Digging
Revolution #9
Crossfire Trail
2002
Heartbreakers
Bones
EDIT: And now stalking some letterboxd users
The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein
Tokyo Marigold
In the Bathtub of the World
Brigham City
Things Behind the Sun
Protection
Stranger Inside
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You Shoot, I Shoot, dir. Pang Ho-cheung
I haven't watched many dark comedies, I usually don't seek them out really, but this was great fun. Even though the humor at some parts was weird I still had a blast by the end.
The shots are fun too.
I haven't watched many dark comedies, I usually don't seek them out really, but this was great fun. Even though the humor at some parts was weird I still had a blast by the end.
The shots are fun too.
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St. Gloede
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My top 20:
Mulholland Dr. (2001, David Lynch)
La Pianiste / The Piano Teacher (2001, Michael Haneke)
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001, Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
Jisatsu sâkuru / Suicide Club (2001, Shion Sono)
Go-yang-i-leul boo-tak-hae / Take Care of My Cat (2001, Jae-eun Jeong)
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi / Spirited Away (2001, Hayao Miyazaki)
El Espinazo del diablo / The Devil's Backbone (2001, Guillermo del Toro)
Baran (2001, Majid Majidi)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, Wes Anderson)
The Others (2001, Alejandro Amenábar)
Koroshiya 1 / Ichi the Killer (2001, Takashi Miike)
Éloge de l'amour / In Praise of Love (2001, Jean-Luc Godard)
Ghost World (2001, Terry Zwigoff)
Monsters, Inc. (2001, Pete Docter)
Bijitâ Q / Visitor Q (2001, Takashi Miike)
Atanarjuat / The Fast Runner (2001, Zacharias Kunuk)
Vtorostepennye lyudi / Second Class Citizens (2001, Kira Muratova)
Ce vieux rêve qui bouge / Real Cool Time (2001, Alain Guiraudie)
No Man's Land (2001, Danis Tanovic)
Je rentre à la maison / I'm Going Home (2001, Manoel de Oliveira)
Honourable mentions:
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001, Peter Jackson)
Mein langsames Leben / Passing Summer (2001, Angela Schanelec)
The Son’s Room / La stanza del figlio (2001, Nanni Moretti)
Riri Shushu no subete / All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001, Shunji Iwai)
Lucia y el sexo / Sex and Lucia (2001, Julio Medem)
Y tu mamá también (2001)
AI: Artificial Intelligence (2001, Steven Spielberg)
L'Anglaise et le duc / The Lady and the Duke (2001, Eric Rohmer)
Mein Stern / Be My Star (2001, Valeska Grisebach)
A Beautiful Mind (2001, Ron Howard)
Suchwiin bulmyeong / Address Unknown (2001, Ki-duk Kim)
Mulholland Dr. (2001, David Lynch)
La Pianiste / The Piano Teacher (2001, Michael Haneke)
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001, Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
Jisatsu sâkuru / Suicide Club (2001, Shion Sono)
Go-yang-i-leul boo-tak-hae / Take Care of My Cat (2001, Jae-eun Jeong)
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi / Spirited Away (2001, Hayao Miyazaki)
El Espinazo del diablo / The Devil's Backbone (2001, Guillermo del Toro)
Baran (2001, Majid Majidi)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, Wes Anderson)
The Others (2001, Alejandro Amenábar)
Koroshiya 1 / Ichi the Killer (2001, Takashi Miike)
Éloge de l'amour / In Praise of Love (2001, Jean-Luc Godard)
Ghost World (2001, Terry Zwigoff)
Monsters, Inc. (2001, Pete Docter)
Bijitâ Q / Visitor Q (2001, Takashi Miike)
Atanarjuat / The Fast Runner (2001, Zacharias Kunuk)
Vtorostepennye lyudi / Second Class Citizens (2001, Kira Muratova)
Ce vieux rêve qui bouge / Real Cool Time (2001, Alain Guiraudie)
No Man's Land (2001, Danis Tanovic)
Je rentre à la maison / I'm Going Home (2001, Manoel de Oliveira)
Honourable mentions:
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001, Peter Jackson)
Mein langsames Leben / Passing Summer (2001, Angela Schanelec)
The Son’s Room / La stanza del figlio (2001, Nanni Moretti)
Riri Shushu no subete / All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001, Shunji Iwai)
Lucia y el sexo / Sex and Lucia (2001, Julio Medem)
Y tu mamá también (2001)
AI: Artificial Intelligence (2001, Steven Spielberg)
L'Anglaise et le duc / The Lady and the Duke (2001, Eric Rohmer)
Mein Stern / Be My Star (2001, Valeska Grisebach)
A Beautiful Mind (2001, Ron Howard)
Suchwiin bulmyeong / Address Unknown (2001, Ki-duk Kim)
enjoyed sunshine for the poor so much my kinda road trip (w/o roads)
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AI has a good shot at becoming my #1 of the year tbh. So much dread in that film, but in a great way. What a performance by Haley Joel Osment too.
Southern Comfort was also definitely worth watching. A documentary about a trans man dying of ovarian cancer, and is basically a slice of life depiction of his final days. It won't be in my final list, but if that sentence sounds like something that would interest you then you'll most likely get something out of it.
Southern Comfort was also definitely worth watching. A documentary about a trans man dying of ovarian cancer, and is basically a slice of life depiction of his final days. It won't be in my final list, but if that sentence sounds like something that would interest you then you'll most likely get something out of it.
I thought I might post a list of films I'm meaning to watch, in case anyone finds something interesting. 
Quite a long list (~40 films), I'll spoiler it so it doesn't take up too much space.
Probably won't watch all of them, haha.
And for friends with letterboxd, there's also a list which includes the 2 films I've watched thus far:
https://boxd.it/q4ipG$WNXKS3QsLf3AjpQR
Quite a long list (~40 films), I'll spoiler it so it doesn't take up too much space.
Spoiler!
Probably won't watch all of them, haha.
And for friends with letterboxd, there's also a list which includes the 2 films I've watched thus far:
https://boxd.it/q4ipG$WNXKS3QsLf3AjpQR
Japanese Devils 2001 ‘日本鬼子’ Directed by Minoru Matsui
Former Japanese soldiers describing the atrocities they committed in China during WWII, including Unit 731.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akLVQdVyGMk
Former Japanese soldiers describing the atrocities they committed in China during WWII, including Unit 731.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akLVQdVyGMk
Bintou, dir. Fanta Régina Nacro
Bintou wants to send her daughter to school but her husband is not at all receptive to the idea, to the point of being abusive. The husband battles his internalized misogyny and patriarchy from other members of the community (including his mother) throughout the film as Bintou becomes increasingly financially independent of her husband.
Even though the underlying subject matter is serious the film is pretty lighthearted in tone, even comedic at times! I didn't find that jarring, though. However, I disagreed with the final takeaway of the film, that Bintou should be "happy to have such a loving husband". His concern (and patriarchal manifestation of 'love') is certainly apparent throughout the film, but the husband is abusive until its climax. So one's left to ponder over traditional societal relations and moral values in Burkinabé society.
Very interesting film, the pacing is quite fast but I have to imagine this might be caused by budget restrictions. I enjoyed it overall!
Bintou wants to send her daughter to school but her husband is not at all receptive to the idea, to the point of being abusive. The husband battles his internalized misogyny and patriarchy from other members of the community (including his mother) throughout the film as Bintou becomes increasingly financially independent of her husband.
Even though the underlying subject matter is serious the film is pretty lighthearted in tone, even comedic at times! I didn't find that jarring, though. However, I disagreed with the final takeaway of the film, that Bintou should be "happy to have such a loving husband". His concern (and patriarchal manifestation of 'love') is certainly apparent throughout the film, but the husband is abusive until its climax. So one's left to ponder over traditional societal relations and moral values in Burkinabé society.
Very interesting film, the pacing is quite fast but I have to imagine this might be caused by budget restrictions. I enjoyed it overall!
stray cat
pistol opera seems to exist in the john wick universe
a fantastic film. i thought this was suzuki's last but i see he made a musical about a tanuki princess in 2005 which i am adding to my watchlist IMMEDIATELY.
sound design was just as mad as the visuals
lots of reggae music! 
i take it this is a sequel to 'branded to kill' 
well done #3
Persian Series #13 - #18, dir. Stan Brakhage
What can I say. It's very beautiful.
Shame about that watermark!
What can I say. It's very beautiful.
Shame about that watermark!