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Didn't manage to watch/rewatch as much as I'd hoped. My disappointingly all-American list: They Were Expendable (John Ford, MGM) Identity Unknown (Walter Colmes, Republic) Strange Illusion (Edgar G. Ulmer, PRC) Thrill of a Romance (Richard Thorpe, MGM) Yolanda and the Thief (Vincente Minnelli, MGM) ...

My top 100 for the entire history of cinema, that is, 1895–1959 (lol). I did 3 sets of 20 favourites (10 USA & 10 Non-USA, taking a page from Angel), followed by 20 Expressive Esoterica selections and 20 Comfort Food movies. No director duplicates except for 2 Dreyer and, uh, 5 Lubitsch (lol). S...

Exactly! At least we're not alone...

Another year poll, another glorious find by Lencho. Thanks for the tip. Identity Unknown (Walter Colmes, Republic) was one of the very best '40s Poverty Row movies I've ever seen——one of the best '40s USA movies I've seen, period. At first I didn't think it would work for me at all, but slowly, slow...

Some Hollywood genre viewings over the past few days Thrill of a Romance (Richard Thorpe, MGM) Produced by Joe Pasternak. Highly recommended to fans of Deanna Durbin——and no one else. Esther Williams in a mega-cute romance with Van Johnson, with comic relief / opera performances by the great Danish...

rischka wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:07 am according to wiki and khruschevs memoir this was stalin's favorite film

Always thought it was Volga Volga!

Yolanda and the Thief (Vincente Minnelli, MGM) It cost almost $2.5 million and lost over $1.5 million at the box office. I think warmly upon this one, although it wasn't the diamond in the rough I was hoping for. Lucille Bremer doesn't have enough star power to carry it, so it's more of an Astaire ...

Wow! That's impressive. I have 20%... Working on it. I'll use this for recs for a while, I'm sure

https://www.theyshootpictures.com/beyondtheSScanon.htm

https://letterboxd.com/desdemoor/list/b ... list-2024/

"In summary, these are not the most voted-for films overall (if so, this list would have been heavily biased towards recent cinema). They are essentially the most voted-for films from each year and each country. We suspect that you will be quietly stunned at the number of outstanding films on t...

Amazing, thank you!!!

Happy 100th anniversary viewing!!

Choose your favourite films from 1924 (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 ...

La danse du feu (Georges Méliès, Star Film) Cendrillon (Georges Méliès, Star Film) Upside Down; or, The Human Flies (Walter R. Booth, Robert W. Paul) King John (Unknown director, British Mutoscope & Biograph) In the Grip of the Blizzard (Unknown director, American Mutoscope & Biograph) Le po...

February 2024 year poll will be ... 1924

it's funny to see finland rated the happiest country on earth when my primary exposure has been aki's movies :lol: Yes! :lol: I took a course on Finnish Cinema over a decade ago, and the teacher showed all and only the most depressing movies. Eventually, we started to ask for an explanation, and sh...

rischka wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:14 pm some of us are girls

Yes, welcome Zuzu!

Demographics are well-represented by the results: cranky, out-of-touch cinephiles (or perhaps that's just me)!

Ah, then perhaps the other ones will continue to not fully click for me. Oh well.

First movie of the year was Monkey Business (1931) off TCM. What do people make of the Marx Brothers round here? I've never found my way into appreciating their work much, but I wonder if I'll be able to now. In any case, this was the first time a viewing of a Marx Brothers movie has really clicked ...

Choose your favourite films from 2017 (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 ...

Choose your favourite films from 1899—yes, 1899 (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...

Mad About Music Sally Swing Birthright Under Western Stars Nancy Drew… Detective A Star Is Hatched The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse I Am the Law The Adventures of Robin Hood Pals of the Saddle Heart of Arizona Red River Range Making Fashion Holiday Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife Speaking from America Out Where...

Various philosophy, mostly journal articles, some classics, of which Plato's Parmenides was the highlight and new discovery. I got to interview a big prof (hopefully my future thesis supervisor) about his latest book, which I read. Probably the most notable read for these parts was Gershom Scholem's...

Certainly did — I was blessed with first viewings of two of the best movies ever made.

Making my habitual New Year's resolution to watch half a movie off TCM every night, which will no doubt last all of one week.

In a year where I watched all of 38 movies (lol!):
https://letterboxd.com/evelynrose/list/ ... of-2023-1/

If I had my way, it would be 1895-1965, but it's not supposed to be unilateral judgment to accord with one person's taste and interests.

All lingering year polls will be posted by then. Apologies for the unusual year—had some shitty social life stuff & also was working 60+ hours a week to get into my dream grad schools, which happily, it looks like is going to happen. (If not, I'd be disappointed about it, but I'm well-past due b...

For January 2024, let's do... 1899 & 2017.

I still haven't seen a single movie first released in the 2020s. It'll be quite the anti-social accomplishment if I manage to go the whole decade...

Choose your favourite films from 1938 (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 ...