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Fully agree with Zynab and rischka on Secret Beyond the Door.

My list: Odd Man Out (1947, Carol Reed) Monsieur Verdoux (1947, Charlie Chaplin) Anjô-ke no butôkai / A Ball at the Anjo House (1947, Kôzaburô Yoshimura) The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947, Joseph L. Mankiewich) Nightmare Alley (1947, Edmund Goulding) Black Narcissus (1947, Michael Powell & Emeric P...

Never heard of Triet before and her films do not have that high ratings on IMDb. What would you recommend.

This edition of Cannes seems to have had a more exciting mix than most years, can't wait to dive into these.

Incredible films, you should definitely look forward to part 3, many think it's the best.

My preference is 1, 3, 2.

I always wondered if Part 2 served as an inspiration for Full Metal Jacket.

My top 20: Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925, Sergei Eisenstein) The Salvation Hunters (1925, Josef von Sternberg) The Merry Widow (1925, Erich von Stroheim) Stachka / Strike (1925, Sergei Eisenstein) The Unholy Three (1925, Tod Browning) Le double amour / Double Love (1925, Jean Epstein) Du skal ære din ...

I also caught Brussels After Night and Turnaround, neither made my list, but the former in particular was extremely raw, dark, and memorable.

I already voted on the ICMForum as well, but will share my nominees here for added exposure: Lisboa (1930, José Leitão de Barros) Der Hauptmann von Köpenick / The Captain from Köpenick (1931, Richard Oswald) Film ohne Titel / Film Without a Name (1948, Rudolf Jugert) Mali vojnici / Playing Soldiers ...

sally wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 10:56 am also i am having such a hard time watching things for this year poll, started two films yesterday and they were both so dreadful i quit after 20 mins....i have the vecchiali, but that might be it....

What were the two dreadful ones?

visualtraining wrote: ↑Mon Apr 03, 2023 4:34 pm

St. Gloede wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 9:16 am I did a Yvonne Rainer marathon which culminated in this article with write-ups of each of her 7 films:

wonderful reviews st. gloede! i'm planning to watch privilege this week.

Did you watch it?

Some quick thoughts on the 1983 films I have been watching lately: I watched a rather exciting American indie double feature yesterday in the form of Bless Their Little Hearts (Bill Woodberry) and Last Night at the Alamo (Eagle Pennell), both notable for their lo-fi black and white aesthetics and fo...

Really happy to see Pauline at the Beach cause some debate, I absolutely adore it, though I think it is important to see it in the context of the Comedies and Proverbs cycle, as it is the 3rd film and adds some really exciting changes to the formula developed in The Aviator's Wife and A Good Marria...

Really happy to see Pauline at the Beach cause some debate, I absolutely adore it, though I think it is important to see it in the context of the Comedies and Proverbs cycle, as it is the 3rd film and adds some really exciting changes to the formula developed in The Aviator's Wife and A Good Marriag...

I'm most excited about the new Rohrwacher film, took her long enough. Asteroid City looks like lesser WA, but it is still high on my list anticipated of the year. Interested in essentially everything in competition, and also really excited for Funny Wars premiering along with a special honouring of ...

This one looks stunning, never heard of it before.

The Sky on Location was beautiful, fascinating and poetic. Did not quite love it, for similar reasons as to why I often just end up liking Benning, but the added multi-narrators and quotes were very nice touches.

so a nous amours has fallen out of favor now? and yet it's pialat's most popular film at letterboxd hmmm... Very odd development if so, might just be the voters so far. I really like it myself, but I saw it at a time when I was not yet intuned to more bareboned bleak stories like this, and I grew t...

Prenom Carmen is a film that didn't really blow me away on first watch but which I kept thinking about and keep returning to. https://i.imgur.com/NKDS66Z.jpg A friend and I were having an argument/discussion on this film recently, as we saw and describe the film and its weaknesses in completely opp...

visualtraining wrote: ↑Mon Apr 03, 2023 4:34 pm

St. Gloede wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 9:16 am I did a Yvonne Rainer marathon which culminated in this article with write-ups of each of her 7 films:

wonderful reviews st. gloede! i'm planning to watch privilege this week.

Thank you, visualtraining, and that's great! Really looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

L'Homme a la Valise (Chantal Akerman) Watched this one three days ago. Mini-write-up: The Man with the Suitcase is a farcical, almost dialogue-less comedy that could be seen as a sequel to Je Tu Il Elle (and The Meetings of Anna). Akerman plays herself, more overtly than the previous, as she return...

I believe so ... didn't work for me either.

1983 is just an insanely good year for me, with my top 3 all being in my top 100, and my number three being a standard best of the year film. It is also a year that for me shows utter French dominance, even stronger than in the 60s. I'd be interested in seeing if that's a trend for other users here ...

I did a Yvonne Rainer marathon which culminated in this article with write-ups of each of her 7 films: https://icmforum.com/2023/03/26/the-cinema-of-yvonne-rainer-needs-to-be-rediscovered/ Here's an excerpt with the two films that ended up becoming all-time favourites for me. Privilege (1990) https:...

Never heard of this one, looks great. Watchlisted. have you seen any of the other ropert movies? i love this one but it's probably not the one to start with (would pick tirez la langue mademoiselle , which is my favorite and the favorite of most of the other people i know). I got around to seeing R...

Here's the 5 best films (IMO) that did not make the top 85: As bestas / The Beasts (2022, Rodrigo Sorogoyen) Joyland (2022, Saim Sadiq) R.M.N. (2022, Cristian Mungiu) Les cinq diables / The Five Devils (2022, Léa Mysius) Sigurno mjesto / Safe Place (2022, Juraj Lerotic) Special shout-out to: Tori et...

Been meaning to see Knight Without Armor, while Tovarich somehow went completely under my radar despite the fact that I was quite into Litvak years back. Pushing both up my watchlist.

I got a PM from Sally, feel free to delete my previous comment with your newfound powers and congratz!

she's kind of in a fascinating space. starts as a critic for the small but influential lettre du cinema magazine and other places like les inrocks, sometimes a very harsh critic, writes or co-writes everything by serge bozon (who is easily the most famous of that small group). but for her i'd say -...

i love born in flames!! eternal classic. her movie working girls is equally great imo; quite different but also about women's agency. Thank you for the push, Working Girls was excellent - slight preference for Born in Flames, but that could change. I really loved the way we finally got a film on se...

I have not, only Petite solange was on my radar before, though I like starting at the beginning when possible - and this one is super short. How would you describe tirez la langue mademoiselle? From the visuals I could find it looks very interesting. Would you compare it to any other films/directors?

Never heard of this one, looks great. Watchlisted.