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Your favourite films that you saw this year, regardless of what year they were made. Re-watches allowed.
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Best films seen in 2018 regardless of year
Rewatched a few favourites, but I'm not including those. These were my notable first-time watches of 2018:
Features:
1. Song to Song (2017)
2. Loveless (2017)
3. Shoplifters (2018)
4. A Moment to Remember (2004)
5. Get Out (2017)
Shorts:
1. Driving with Greenland Dogs (1897)
2. Max Learns to Skate (1907)
3. Kobelkoff (1900)
4. A Fantastic Meal (1900)
5. The Christmas Dream (1900)
Features:
1. Song to Song (2017)
2. Loveless (2017)
3. Shoplifters (2018)
4. A Moment to Remember (2004)
5. Get Out (2017)
Shorts:
1. Driving with Greenland Dogs (1897)
2. Max Learns to Skate (1907)
3. Kobelkoff (1900)
4. A Fantastic Meal (1900)
5. The Christmas Dream (1900)
By the Law (1926)
Day Night Day Night (2006)
Day of the Outlaw (1959)
The Aviator's Wife (1981)
Day Night Day Night (2006)
Day of the Outlaw (1959)
The Aviator's Wife (1981)
it would have taken me too long to make a short list, so i made a long one, didn't include rewatches:
top twenty features seen this year:
Hellzapoppin' (HC Potter, 1941)
The Dove's Lost Necklace (Nacer Khemir, 1992)
Leave No Trace (Debra Granik, 2018)
L'Eden et Apres (Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1970)
The Quiet Gun (William Claxton, 1957)
Risky Business (Andre Cayatte, 1967)
The Wrong Guy (David Steinberg, 1997)
Goodbye South, Goodbye (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1996)
Downstairs (Monta Bell, 1932)
Ride Clear of Diablo (Jesse Hibbs, 1954)
Play It as it Lays (Frank Perry, 1972)
Orapronobis (Lino Brocka, 1989)
Maldone (Jean Gremillon, 1928)
casting a glance (James Benning, 2007)
Decoy (Jack Bernhard, 1946)
Showdown (RG Springsteen, 1963)
Steamboat Round the Bend (John Ford, 1935)
The Masseurs and a Woman (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1938)
Foxes (Adrian Lyne, 1980)
Behind the Door (Irvin Willat, 1919)
top five shorts seen this year:
Fire in Castilla (Jose Val del Omar, 1961)
H is for House (Peter Greenaway, 1973)
Arrival (Mani Kaul, 1980)
Barres (Luc Moullet, 1984)
The Last Trick (Jan Svankmajer, 1964)
top twenty features seen this year:
Hellzapoppin' (HC Potter, 1941)
The Dove's Lost Necklace (Nacer Khemir, 1992)
Leave No Trace (Debra Granik, 2018)
L'Eden et Apres (Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1970)
The Quiet Gun (William Claxton, 1957)
Risky Business (Andre Cayatte, 1967)
The Wrong Guy (David Steinberg, 1997)
Goodbye South, Goodbye (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1996)
Downstairs (Monta Bell, 1932)
Ride Clear of Diablo (Jesse Hibbs, 1954)
Play It as it Lays (Frank Perry, 1972)
Orapronobis (Lino Brocka, 1989)
Maldone (Jean Gremillon, 1928)
casting a glance (James Benning, 2007)
Decoy (Jack Bernhard, 1946)
Showdown (RG Springsteen, 1963)
Steamboat Round the Bend (John Ford, 1935)
The Masseurs and a Woman (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1938)
Foxes (Adrian Lyne, 1980)
Behind the Door (Irvin Willat, 1919)
top five shorts seen this year:
Fire in Castilla (Jose Val del Omar, 1961)
H is for House (Peter Greenaway, 1973)
Arrival (Mani Kaul, 1980)
Barres (Luc Moullet, 1984)
The Last Trick (Jan Svankmajer, 1964)
ok lemme see
milady and the musketeers (cottafavi 1952)
four steps in the clouds (blasetti 1942)
pirosmani (shengelaia 1969)
cabeza de vaca (echevarria 1991)
van gogh (pialat 1991)
song of the scarlet flower (tulio 1938)
irezumi (masumura 1966)
st benny the dip (ulmer 1951)
inca light (fulton 1972)
miss oyu (mizoguchi 1951)
oxhide (liu 2005)
miss mend (barnet 1926)
the blackout (ferrara 1997)
kanchana sita (aravindan 1977)
it's always fair weather (donen/kelly 1955)
favorite discoveries 2018
milady and the musketeers (cottafavi 1952)
four steps in the clouds (blasetti 1942)
pirosmani (shengelaia 1969)
cabeza de vaca (echevarria 1991)
van gogh (pialat 1991)
song of the scarlet flower (tulio 1938)
irezumi (masumura 1966)
st benny the dip (ulmer 1951)
inca light (fulton 1972)
miss oyu (mizoguchi 1951)
oxhide (liu 2005)
miss mend (barnet 1926)
the blackout (ferrara 1997)
kanchana sita (aravindan 1977)
it's always fair weather (donen/kelly 1955)
favorite discoveries 2018
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Best first time watches of 2018, not including 2018 films or re-watches:
American Gigolo (Paul Schrader, 1980)
L’Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934)
Bad Lieutenant (Abel Ferrara, 1992)
Homicide (David Mamet, 1991)
Key Largo (John Huston, 1948)
The Front Page (Billy Wilder, 1974)
Hidden Agenda (Ken Loach, 1990)
Hopscotch (Ronald Neame, 1980)
Harper (Jack Smight, 1966)
The Chase (Arthur Penn, 1966)
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (Nicolas Gessner, 1976)
Against All Odds (Taylor Hackford, 1984)
Serial Mom (John Waters, 1994)
The Fog (John Carpenter, 1980)
Torn Curtain (Alfred Hitchcock, 1966)
Act of Violence (Fred Zinnemann, 1949)
Palmetto (Volker Schlöndorff, 1998)
Where to Invade Next (Michael Moore, 2015)
American Gigolo (Paul Schrader, 1980)
L’Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934)
Bad Lieutenant (Abel Ferrara, 1992)
Homicide (David Mamet, 1991)
Key Largo (John Huston, 1948)
The Front Page (Billy Wilder, 1974)
Hidden Agenda (Ken Loach, 1990)
Hopscotch (Ronald Neame, 1980)
Harper (Jack Smight, 1966)
The Chase (Arthur Penn, 1966)
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (Nicolas Gessner, 1976)
Against All Odds (Taylor Hackford, 1984)
Serial Mom (John Waters, 1994)
The Fog (John Carpenter, 1980)
Torn Curtain (Alfred Hitchcock, 1966)
Act of Violence (Fred Zinnemann, 1949)
Palmetto (Volker Schlöndorff, 1998)
Where to Invade Next (Michael Moore, 2015)
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Lencho of the Apes
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Unless something really kicks my butt in the next two weeks, here are my top 15 first-watches for 2018. I could add another hundred that didn't quite reach this level, but were still very rewarding -- that list will go up on letterboxd when the time comes.
Shortest possible list:
Daisies
Only Angels Have Wings
The Red Light Bandit - Sganzerla, 1968
The Adjuster - Agoyan, 1991
Ayirathil Oruvan - Selvaraghavan, 2010
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A - Miike, 2006
The Docks Of New York - Sternberg
The Heart And Money - Feuillade, 1912
Judex - Feuillade 1916
The Man Without A Map - Teshigahara, 1968
Mecanica Nacional - Alcoriza, 1972
Roti - M. Khan, 1942
The Silences Of The Palace - Tlatli, 1994
Tragic Error - Feuilade, 1912
We Are The Flesh - Rocha Minter, 2016
Honorable mention:
Nana - Baledon, 1984. I hated it, but it was a fascinated, enthralled, endlessly-rewarding kind of hatred that I could indulge in over and over.
Shortest possible list:
Daisies
Only Angels Have Wings
The Red Light Bandit - Sganzerla, 1968
The Adjuster - Agoyan, 1991
Ayirathil Oruvan - Selvaraghavan, 2010
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A - Miike, 2006
The Docks Of New York - Sternberg
The Heart And Money - Feuillade, 1912
Judex - Feuillade 1916
The Man Without A Map - Teshigahara, 1968
Mecanica Nacional - Alcoriza, 1972
Roti - M. Khan, 1942
The Silences Of The Palace - Tlatli, 1994
Tragic Error - Feuilade, 1912
We Are The Flesh - Rocha Minter, 2016
Honorable mention:
Nana - Baledon, 1984. I hated it, but it was a fascinated, enthralled, endlessly-rewarding kind of hatred that I could indulge in over and over.
The opposite of 'reify' is... ?
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liquidnature
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First viewings only:
The Endless Summer (1966, Bruce Brown)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944, Vincente Minnelli)
Cléo de 5 à 7 / Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962, Agnès Varda)
Meek's Cutoff (2010, Kelly Reichardt)
Duel (1971, Steven Spielberg)
Sogobi (2002, James Benning)
Barcelone - Parc au crépuscule / Barcelona Park at Twilight (1904, Segundo de Chomón)
Shenandoah (1965, Andrew V. McLaglen)
Welcome to Tokyo Please Don't Touch Me (2010, Xabier Iriondo)
The Family Man (2000, Brett Ratner)
The Kid (1921, Charles Chaplin)
Prästänkan / The Parson's Widow (1920, Carl Theodor Dreyer)
Volver a empezar (1982, José Luis Garci)
The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918, Winsor McCay)
The Endless Summer (1966, Bruce Brown)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944, Vincente Minnelli)
Cléo de 5 à 7 / Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962, Agnès Varda)
Meek's Cutoff (2010, Kelly Reichardt)
Duel (1971, Steven Spielberg)
Sogobi (2002, James Benning)
Barcelone - Parc au crépuscule / Barcelona Park at Twilight (1904, Segundo de Chomón)
Shenandoah (1965, Andrew V. McLaglen)
Welcome to Tokyo Please Don't Touch Me (2010, Xabier Iriondo)
The Family Man (2000, Brett Ratner)
The Kid (1921, Charles Chaplin)
Prästänkan / The Parson's Widow (1920, Carl Theodor Dreyer)
Volver a empezar (1982, José Luis Garci)
The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918, Winsor McCay)
Top 20, ordered by release date:
Mädchen in Uniform (Leontine Sagan, Carl Froelich, 1931)
Union Depot (Alfred E. Green, 1932)
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo (Sadao Yamanaka, 1935)
La mancha de sangre (Adolfo Best-Maugard, 1943)
Living in Shadows (Llorenç Llobet-Grácia, 1949)
The Raid (Hugo Fregonese, 1954)
Dragon Inn (King Hu, 1967)
Harvest: 3,000 Years (Haile Gerima, 1976)
Agraharathil Kazhuthai (John Abraham, 1977)
Faster, Faster (Carlos Saura, 1981)
Ah Ying (Allen Fong, 1983)
Trouble in Mind (Alan Rudolph, 1985)
Near Death (Frederick Wiseman, 1989)
A Confucian Confusion (Edward Yang, 1994)
Rangeela (Ram Gopal Varma, 1995)
Evolution of a Filipino Family (Lav Diaz, 2004)
Stemple Pass (James Benning, 2012)
Western (Valeska Grisebach, 2017)
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2017)
Lover for a Day (Philippe Garrel, 2017)
Mädchen in Uniform (Leontine Sagan, Carl Froelich, 1931)
Union Depot (Alfred E. Green, 1932)
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo (Sadao Yamanaka, 1935)
La mancha de sangre (Adolfo Best-Maugard, 1943)
Living in Shadows (Llorenç Llobet-Grácia, 1949)
The Raid (Hugo Fregonese, 1954)
Dragon Inn (King Hu, 1967)
Harvest: 3,000 Years (Haile Gerima, 1976)
Agraharathil Kazhuthai (John Abraham, 1977)
Faster, Faster (Carlos Saura, 1981)
Ah Ying (Allen Fong, 1983)
Trouble in Mind (Alan Rudolph, 1985)
Near Death (Frederick Wiseman, 1989)
A Confucian Confusion (Edward Yang, 1994)
Rangeela (Ram Gopal Varma, 1995)
Evolution of a Filipino Family (Lav Diaz, 2004)
Stemple Pass (James Benning, 2012)
Western (Valeska Grisebach, 2017)
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2017)
Lover for a Day (Philippe Garrel, 2017)
i'd like to thank you guys (here, why not) for continuing to inspire me to watch films i otherwise might not. considering that i didn't watch a single film until august this year, and now letterboxd is telling me i've logged 399 for 2018, i think i caught up a bit. even if i am sinking further and further below the sound barrier....
anyway for 2018 i have a new favourite rom-com, and then the others:
office r♥mance (ryazanov, 1977)
the cossacks (hill, 1928)
the duchess of buffalo (franklin, 1926)
the bride of glomdal (dreyer, 1926)
ornamental hairpin (shimizu, 1941)
shanghai express (von sternberg, 1932)
old ironsides (cruze, 1926)
the girl from the marsh croft (sirk, 1935)
the case of the three million (protazanov, 1926)
the king of the street cleaners (ökten, 1977)
the captain hates the sea (milestone, 1934)
mute witnesses (bauer, 1914)
der brave sünder (kortner, 1931)
the fisherman's son (liepnieks, 1940)
down to the sea in ships (clifton, 1922)
gabrielle (chéreau, 2005)
sevil (bek-nazaryan, 1929)
in the last days of the city (el said, 2016)
david and bathsheba (king, 1951)
dunia (saab, 2005)
shorts:
l'homme atlantique (duras, 1981)
le saphir de saint-louis (guerin, 2015)
tragic error (feuillade, 1913)
the rainbow pass (tourneur, 1937)
the arrest of goudie (mitchell & kenyon, 1901)
will definitely be watching flip's downstairs - 2018 is the year of my mad crush on: john gilbert, clive brook & ronnie colman.
anyway for 2018 i have a new favourite rom-com, and then the others:
office r♥mance (ryazanov, 1977)
the cossacks (hill, 1928)
the duchess of buffalo (franklin, 1926)
the bride of glomdal (dreyer, 1926)
ornamental hairpin (shimizu, 1941)
shanghai express (von sternberg, 1932)
old ironsides (cruze, 1926)
the girl from the marsh croft (sirk, 1935)
the case of the three million (protazanov, 1926)
the king of the street cleaners (ökten, 1977)
the captain hates the sea (milestone, 1934)
mute witnesses (bauer, 1914)
der brave sünder (kortner, 1931)
the fisherman's son (liepnieks, 1940)
down to the sea in ships (clifton, 1922)
gabrielle (chéreau, 2005)
sevil (bek-nazaryan, 1929)
in the last days of the city (el said, 2016)
david and bathsheba (king, 1951)
dunia (saab, 2005)
shorts:
l'homme atlantique (duras, 1981)
le saphir de saint-louis (guerin, 2015)
tragic error (feuillade, 1913)
the rainbow pass (tourneur, 1937)
the arrest of goudie (mitchell & kenyon, 1901)
will definitely be watching flip's downstairs - 2018 is the year of my mad crush on: john gilbert, clive brook & ronnie colman.
20 Best Films seen in 2018
in order of preference
00. Tenshi no harawata: Akai kyôshitsu "Angel Guts: Red Classroom"
Chusei Sone, Japan 1979
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xscRFU0J1U8
01. Reckless
James Foley, USA 1984
02. The Tune
Bill Plympton, USA 1992
03. Xia dao Gao Fei "Full Contact"
Ringo Lam, Hong Kong 1992
04. The Nest of the Cuckoo Birds
Bert Williams, USA 1965
05. Shimizu Minato no meibutso otoko: Enshûmori no Ishimatsu "The Travelling Ruffian"
Masahiro Makino, Japan 1958
06. Der zweite Frühling "A Second Spring"
Ulli Lommel, West Germany/Italy 1975
07. Unsichtbare Tage "Invisible Days"
Eva Hiller, Germany 1991
08. Narrow Margin
Peter Hyams, USA 1990
09. One Shocking Moment
Ted V. Mikels, USA 1965
10. 3:10 to Yuma
Delmer Daves, USA 1957
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgT-lfu1BXc
11. Das Gold der Liebe "The Gold of Love"
Eckhart Schmidt, West Germany 1983
12. Night Tide
Curtis Harrington, USA 1961
13. Sechse kommen durch die Welt
Rainer Simon/Eva Seemann, East Germany 1972
14. Da zui xia "Come Drink with Me"
King Hu, Hong Kong 1966
15. Porgi l'altra guancia "Two Missionaries"
Franco Rossi, Italy/France 1974
16. Inkognito
Richard Schneider-Edenkoben, Germany 1936
17. The Good Fairy
William Wyler, USA 1935
18. Kunststudentin Ursula
Gero Priemel/Erni Priemel, West Germany 1957
19. Shan zhong zhuan qi "Legend of the Mountain"
King Hu, Taiwan/Hong Kong/South Korea 1979
20. Der Andere
Robert Wiene, Germany 1930
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Pd2QKgb6c
PS: rewatches are included, of course (7 films).
The first 3 films have entered my Top 50 favorite films of all time list.
films in green were seen from a 35mm print (at the cinema).
in order of preference
00. Tenshi no harawata: Akai kyôshitsu "Angel Guts: Red Classroom"
Chusei Sone, Japan 1979
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xscRFU0J1U8
01. Reckless
James Foley, USA 1984
02. The Tune
Bill Plympton, USA 1992
03. Xia dao Gao Fei "Full Contact"
Ringo Lam, Hong Kong 1992
04. The Nest of the Cuckoo Birds
Bert Williams, USA 1965
05. Shimizu Minato no meibutso otoko: Enshûmori no Ishimatsu "The Travelling Ruffian"
Masahiro Makino, Japan 1958
06. Der zweite Frühling "A Second Spring"
Ulli Lommel, West Germany/Italy 1975
07. Unsichtbare Tage "Invisible Days"
Eva Hiller, Germany 1991
08. Narrow Margin
Peter Hyams, USA 1990
09. One Shocking Moment
Ted V. Mikels, USA 1965
10. 3:10 to Yuma
Delmer Daves, USA 1957
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgT-lfu1BXc
11. Das Gold der Liebe "The Gold of Love"
Eckhart Schmidt, West Germany 1983
12. Night Tide
Curtis Harrington, USA 1961
13. Sechse kommen durch die Welt
Rainer Simon/Eva Seemann, East Germany 1972
14. Da zui xia "Come Drink with Me"
King Hu, Hong Kong 1966
15. Porgi l'altra guancia "Two Missionaries"
Franco Rossi, Italy/France 1974
16. Inkognito
Richard Schneider-Edenkoben, Germany 1936
17. The Good Fairy
William Wyler, USA 1935
18. Kunststudentin Ursula
Gero Priemel/Erni Priemel, West Germany 1957
19. Shan zhong zhuan qi "Legend of the Mountain"
King Hu, Taiwan/Hong Kong/South Korea 1979
20. Der Andere
Robert Wiene, Germany 1930
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Pd2QKgb6c
PS: rewatches are included, of course (7 films).
The first 3 films have entered my Top 50 favorite films of all time list.
films in green were seen from a 35mm print (at the cinema).
To please the majority is the requirement of the Planet Cinema. As far as I'm concerned, I don't make a concession to viewers, these victims of life, who think that a film is made only for their enjoyment, and who know nothing about their own existence.
Top 5:
Model Shop (Jacques Demy, 1969)
Du côté d'Orouët (Jacques Rozier, 1971)
Behindert (Stephen Dwoskin, 1974)
Manila in the Claws of Light (Lino Brocka, 1975)
Drowning by Numbers (Peter Greenaway. 1988)
Shorts:
Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth (King Vidor, 1980)
A Spy in the House that Ruth Built (Vanalyne Green, 1990)
Mysterious Journey (Jordan Belson, 1997)
The rest in chronological order:
Model Shop (Jacques Demy, 1969)
Du côté d'Orouët (Jacques Rozier, 1971)
Behindert (Stephen Dwoskin, 1974)
Manila in the Claws of Light (Lino Brocka, 1975)
Drowning by Numbers (Peter Greenaway. 1988)
Shorts:
Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth (King Vidor, 1980)
A Spy in the House that Ruth Built (Vanalyne Green, 1990)
Mysterious Journey (Jordan Belson, 1997)
The rest in chronological order:
Spoiler!
some of the best i saw this year, chronological order:
by the law (lev kuleshov, 1926)
moulin rouge (ewald andre dupong, 1928)
brothers (werner hochbaum, 1929)
a woman crying in spring (hiroshi shimizu, 1933)
only angels have wings (howard hawks, 1939)
outcast of the islands (carol reed, 1951)
carnival of souls (herk harvey, 1962)
los tarantos (francisco rovira boleto, 1963)
bamboo doll of echizen (kozaburo yoshimura, 1963)
don't torture a duckling (lucio fulci, 1972)
torso (sergio martino, 1973)
a tale of sorrow and sadness (seujun suzuki, 1977)
arabella, the pirate's daughter (peeter simm, 1983)
yumeji (seijun suzuki, 1991)
singing behind screens (ermanno olmi, 2003)
nainsukh (amit dutta, 2010)
by the law (lev kuleshov, 1926)
moulin rouge (ewald andre dupong, 1928)
brothers (werner hochbaum, 1929)
a woman crying in spring (hiroshi shimizu, 1933)
only angels have wings (howard hawks, 1939)
outcast of the islands (carol reed, 1951)
carnival of souls (herk harvey, 1962)
los tarantos (francisco rovira boleto, 1963)
bamboo doll of echizen (kozaburo yoshimura, 1963)
don't torture a duckling (lucio fulci, 1972)
torso (sergio martino, 1973)
a tale of sorrow and sadness (seujun suzuki, 1977)
arabella, the pirate's daughter (peeter simm, 1983)
yumeji (seijun suzuki, 1991)
singing behind screens (ermanno olmi, 2003)
nainsukh (amit dutta, 2010)
"Most esteemed biographer of Peter Barrington Hutton"
Finally got around to wathcing The Hustler (robert rossen, 1961) and Requiem for a Heavyweight (ralph nelson, 1962) . Watched them back to back. That was a good double feature.
also enjoyed
Rhymes for Young Ghouls (jeff barnaby, 2014)
Mekko (sterlin harjo, 2015)
also enjoyed
Rhymes for Young Ghouls (jeff barnaby, 2014)
Mekko (sterlin harjo, 2015)
I haven't kept track of when I watched things, my memory for dates isn't great and letterboxd is no help since I rated everything this year, but these are some of the best things I do remember seeing:
Fase (2002) Theirry De May A filmed series of four knock out dances by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker which are translated to film brilliantly.
Pournami (2006) Prabhu Deva My new favorite masala film. For some reason I got hooked on Prabhu Deva a few months ago and can't seem to shake the interest. I also enjoyed most of Rowdy Rathore before some the final part of the movie lost its focus. His dance numbers and other movies absent subs were also enjoyed. More will follow.
Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) Olivier Assayas Also Cold Water (1994) but Clouds was the much better of the two.
Tigre reale (1916) Watched for one of the polls earlyish this year and it became a favorite along with Pina Menichelli. Her other 1916 movie The Fire I also liked.
Fatty and Mabel Adrift, The Return of Draw Egan, The Waiters’ Ball, There it is and Danger Girl were some of the other notable 1916ers new to me.
Anxious to Return/Gui xin si jian (1983) Jun Li A Chinese movie my library had a copy of but with little info on it available online. A soldier is separated from his unit, finds some peace but feels he must return to the fight. Quite good, if not truly exceptional.
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945) Roy Rowland Surprisingly well made movie that escapes excess sentimentality through provided depth of craft from all involved.
Tatsumi (2011) Eric Khoo A inventive mix of animation and live action in looking at the life and work of manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi. I'm always taken in by Khoo's approach.
Baahubali:The Beginning (2015) SS Rajamouli Really top notch craft in the service of a story I've yet to complete but will soon when I see the conclusion.
Ram-leela, Padmavati, Guuzarish, and soon Bajirao Mastani Sanjay Bhansali is another director of interest at the moment, as much interested for being a body of work than as single films.
The Rider (2017) Chloe Zhao
Good Time (2017) Josh and Benny Safdie
Zama (2017) Lucrecia Martel
Lonesome (1928) and The Last Performance (1929) Pál Fejős
98.3 KZ (1973) Al Razutis
Others I think I saw this year I enjoyed:
Shin Godzilla (2016) Hideaki Anno, The Club (2015) Pablo Larrain, Variety (1925) Ewald André Dupont, Enthiran (2010) S.Shankar, Niagara Falls (1941) Gordon Douglas, The Iron Mistress (1952) Gordon Douglas, Fort Dobbs (1958) Gordon Douglas, Reckless (1935) Victor Fleming, A Quiet Passion (2016) Terence Davies, Bladerunner 2049 (2017) Denis Villeneuve, Fury at Furnace Creek (1948) H. Bruce Humberstone, Christine (1937) Julien Duvivier, David Golder (1931) Julien Duvivier, Fences (2016) Denzel Washington, Dollar (1938) Gustaf Molander
Fase (2002) Theirry De May A filmed series of four knock out dances by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker which are translated to film brilliantly.
Pournami (2006) Prabhu Deva My new favorite masala film. For some reason I got hooked on Prabhu Deva a few months ago and can't seem to shake the interest. I also enjoyed most of Rowdy Rathore before some the final part of the movie lost its focus. His dance numbers and other movies absent subs were also enjoyed. More will follow.
Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) Olivier Assayas Also Cold Water (1994) but Clouds was the much better of the two.
Tigre reale (1916) Watched for one of the polls earlyish this year and it became a favorite along with Pina Menichelli. Her other 1916 movie The Fire I also liked.
Fatty and Mabel Adrift, The Return of Draw Egan, The Waiters’ Ball, There it is and Danger Girl were some of the other notable 1916ers new to me.
Anxious to Return/Gui xin si jian (1983) Jun Li A Chinese movie my library had a copy of but with little info on it available online. A soldier is separated from his unit, finds some peace but feels he must return to the fight. Quite good, if not truly exceptional.
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945) Roy Rowland Surprisingly well made movie that escapes excess sentimentality through provided depth of craft from all involved.
Tatsumi (2011) Eric Khoo A inventive mix of animation and live action in looking at the life and work of manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi. I'm always taken in by Khoo's approach.
Baahubali:The Beginning (2015) SS Rajamouli Really top notch craft in the service of a story I've yet to complete but will soon when I see the conclusion.
Ram-leela, Padmavati, Guuzarish, and soon Bajirao Mastani Sanjay Bhansali is another director of interest at the moment, as much interested for being a body of work than as single films.
The Rider (2017) Chloe Zhao
Good Time (2017) Josh and Benny Safdie
Zama (2017) Lucrecia Martel
Lonesome (1928) and The Last Performance (1929) Pál Fejős
98.3 KZ (1973) Al Razutis
Others I think I saw this year I enjoyed:
Shin Godzilla (2016) Hideaki Anno, The Club (2015) Pablo Larrain, Variety (1925) Ewald André Dupont, Enthiran (2010) S.Shankar, Niagara Falls (1941) Gordon Douglas, The Iron Mistress (1952) Gordon Douglas, Fort Dobbs (1958) Gordon Douglas, Reckless (1935) Victor Fleming, A Quiet Passion (2016) Terence Davies, Bladerunner 2049 (2017) Denis Villeneuve, Fury at Furnace Creek (1948) H. Bruce Humberstone, Christine (1937) Julien Duvivier, David Golder (1931) Julien Duvivier, Fences (2016) Denzel Washington, Dollar (1938) Gustaf Molander
Lots of rewatches in this list---
ROMA
DISTANT VOICES STILL LIVES
THE MUSIC ROOM -- S. Ray's splendid little film about the cluelessness of aristocracy
THE SWEET HEREAFTER
ANDREI RUBLEV
DON'T LOOK NOW
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY -- even Christopher Nolan can't dim Kubrick
SAFE IN HELL -- Wellman's poisonous little pre-Code extravaganza makes the better known BABY FACE look like LALALAND.
DEVIL IS A WOMAN
SHANGHAI EXPRESS
SCARLET EMPRESS
THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS
HARD TO BE A GOD
COLOR OF POMEGRANATES
GOSTA BERLING'S SAGA
MOTHER KRAUSE'S JOURNEY TO HAPPINESS
PEOPLE ON SUNDAY
AN INN IN TOKYO
HELL'S HINGES
THE LIQUIDATOR
THE BIBLE...IN THE BEGINNING
WATERSHIP DOWN
LE CORBEAU
THE CHANGELING
BELLE DE JOUR
WILD STRAWBERRIES
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
VIOLENCE AT NOON
ORCHESTRA REHEARSAL
THE MAGICIAN
THE MERRY WIDOW (Lubitsch)
THE RED SHOES
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE
THE SEVENTH SEAL
PHANTOM THREAD
ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED
THE GREEN FOG
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
ROMA
DISTANT VOICES STILL LIVES
THE MUSIC ROOM -- S. Ray's splendid little film about the cluelessness of aristocracy
THE SWEET HEREAFTER
ANDREI RUBLEV
DON'T LOOK NOW
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY -- even Christopher Nolan can't dim Kubrick
SAFE IN HELL -- Wellman's poisonous little pre-Code extravaganza makes the better known BABY FACE look like LALALAND.
DEVIL IS A WOMAN
SHANGHAI EXPRESS
SCARLET EMPRESS
THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS
HARD TO BE A GOD
COLOR OF POMEGRANATES
GOSTA BERLING'S SAGA
MOTHER KRAUSE'S JOURNEY TO HAPPINESS
PEOPLE ON SUNDAY
AN INN IN TOKYO
HELL'S HINGES
THE LIQUIDATOR
THE BIBLE...IN THE BEGINNING
WATERSHIP DOWN
LE CORBEAU
THE CHANGELING
BELLE DE JOUR
WILD STRAWBERRIES
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
VIOLENCE AT NOON
ORCHESTRA REHEARSAL
THE MAGICIAN
THE MERRY WIDOW (Lubitsch)
THE RED SHOES
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE
THE SEVENTH SEAL
PHANTOM THREAD
ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED
THE GREEN FOG
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
These matters are best disposed of from a great height. Over water.
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uncanny valley
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some favorite first-timers,
the eve of ivan kupalo
ere erera baleibu izik subua aruaren
narcissus and psyche
misery loves company
the other side of the underneath
good riddance
+a bunch of raúl ruiz and various experimental shorts
the eve of ivan kupalo
ere erera baleibu izik subua aruaren
narcissus and psyche
misery loves company
the other side of the underneath
good riddance
+a bunch of raúl ruiz and various experimental shorts
off the top of my head, some great pre-2017/8 films watched for the first time this year...
meeting a milestone (gautam ghose)
acto da primavera (oliveira)
nirmalyam (m t vasudevan nair)
valarthumrugangal (hariharan)
jait re jait (jabbar patel)
maheshinte prathikaaram (dileesh pothan)
attakathi (pa. ranjith)
don't go breaking my heart (johnnie to)
an off-day game (sanalkumar sasidharan)
perumthachan (ajayan)
hulla (jaideep varma)
amar prem (shakti samanta)
meeting a milestone (gautam ghose)
acto da primavera (oliveira)
nirmalyam (m t vasudevan nair)
valarthumrugangal (hariharan)
jait re jait (jabbar patel)
maheshinte prathikaaram (dileesh pothan)
attakathi (pa. ranjith)
don't go breaking my heart (johnnie to)
an off-day game (sanalkumar sasidharan)
perumthachan (ajayan)
hulla (jaideep varma)
amar prem (shakti samanta)
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Brotherdeacon
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- Location: Los Angeles
Favorites watched in 2018:
The Mouth Agape (Maurice Pialat, 1974)
Hill of Freedom (Hong Sang-so, 2014)
Portrait of Madame Yuki (Mizoguchi, 1950)
Liverpool (Lisandro Alonzo, 2008)
Spring Night, Summer Night (J.L. Anderson, 1967)
The Dependent (Leonardo Favio, 1969)
Meteors (Gurcan Keltek, 2017)
Kodiiyettam (Adoor Gopalakrishnan, 1977)
The Night of Counting the Years (Shadi Abdel Salam, 1969)
Nainsukh (Amit Dutta, 2010)
The Silences of the Palace (Moufida Tlatli, 1994)
Norte, the End of History (Lav Diaz, 2013)
Mexican Bus Ride (Luis Bunuel, 1952)
Studies for the Decay of the West (Klaus Wyborny, 2010)
Eliso (Nikoloz Shengelaya, 1928)
The New Babylon (Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg, 1929)
The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone (Nguyễn Hồng Sến, 1979)
Vampir-Cuadecuc (Pere Portabella, 1971)
Esthappan (Govindan Aravindan, 1980)
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light (Yuzo Kawashima, 1956)
Os Lobos (Rino Lupo, 1923)
Peau de Peche (Jean Benoit-Levy, Marie Epstein, 1929)
Kummatty (Govindan Aravindan, 1979)
Manila in the Claws of Night (Lino Brocka, 1975)
The Ceremony (Nagisa Oshima, 1971)
Rosaura at 10 O'Clock (Mario Soffici, 1958)
The Bride from Hades (Satsuo Yamamoto, 1968)
The Passion of Anna (Ingmar Bergman, 1969)
The Arch (Tang Shu Shuen, 1968)
Illumination (Krzysztof Zanussi, 1973)
Girl with Hyacinths (Hasse Ekman, 1950)
Os Fuzis (Ruy Guerra, 1964)
Come and See (Elim Klimov, 1985)
Shorts:
Inca Light (Robert Fulton, 1972)
The Scarecrow (Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton, 1920)
The Art of Mirrors (Derek Jarman, 1973)
Freefall (Arthur Lipsett, 1964)
A Gentle Night (Qiu Yang, 2017)
The Hedge Theater (Robert Beavers, 2002)
Brutal Ardour (Manuel Huerga, 1978)
The Mouth Agape (Maurice Pialat, 1974)
Hill of Freedom (Hong Sang-so, 2014)
Portrait of Madame Yuki (Mizoguchi, 1950)
Liverpool (Lisandro Alonzo, 2008)
Spring Night, Summer Night (J.L. Anderson, 1967)
The Dependent (Leonardo Favio, 1969)
Meteors (Gurcan Keltek, 2017)
Kodiiyettam (Adoor Gopalakrishnan, 1977)
The Night of Counting the Years (Shadi Abdel Salam, 1969)
Nainsukh (Amit Dutta, 2010)
The Silences of the Palace (Moufida Tlatli, 1994)
Norte, the End of History (Lav Diaz, 2013)
Mexican Bus Ride (Luis Bunuel, 1952)
Studies for the Decay of the West (Klaus Wyborny, 2010)
Eliso (Nikoloz Shengelaya, 1928)
The New Babylon (Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg, 1929)
The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone (Nguyễn Hồng Sến, 1979)
Vampir-Cuadecuc (Pere Portabella, 1971)
Esthappan (Govindan Aravindan, 1980)
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light (Yuzo Kawashima, 1956)
Os Lobos (Rino Lupo, 1923)
Peau de Peche (Jean Benoit-Levy, Marie Epstein, 1929)
Kummatty (Govindan Aravindan, 1979)
Manila in the Claws of Night (Lino Brocka, 1975)
The Ceremony (Nagisa Oshima, 1971)
Rosaura at 10 O'Clock (Mario Soffici, 1958)
The Bride from Hades (Satsuo Yamamoto, 1968)
The Passion of Anna (Ingmar Bergman, 1969)
The Arch (Tang Shu Shuen, 1968)
Illumination (Krzysztof Zanussi, 1973)
Girl with Hyacinths (Hasse Ekman, 1950)
Os Fuzis (Ruy Guerra, 1964)
Come and See (Elim Klimov, 1985)
Shorts:
Inca Light (Robert Fulton, 1972)
The Scarecrow (Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton, 1920)
The Art of Mirrors (Derek Jarman, 1973)
Freefall (Arthur Lipsett, 1964)
A Gentle Night (Qiu Yang, 2017)
The Hedge Theater (Robert Beavers, 2002)
Brutal Ardour (Manuel Huerga, 1978)
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brotherdeacon
Nosotros los pobres (Ismael Rodriguez, 1948)
Salon Mexico (Emilio Fernandez, 1949)
Dos tipos de cuidado (Ismael Rodriguez, 1953)
Domenica sera (Franco Piavoli, 1962)
Claudine (John Berry, 1974)
My Brother's Wedding (Charles Burnett, 1983)
Bird (Clint Eastwood, 1988)
To Sleep with Anger (Charles Burnett, 1990)
From the Other Side (Chantal Akerman, 2002)
Deux Remi Deux (Pierre Leon, 2015)
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KilgoreTrout
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First-time views only:
1.) Belfast, Maine (Frederick Wiseman, 1999)
2.) Daybreak Express (D.A. Pennebaker, 1953)
3.) 45365 (Bill & Turner Ross, 2010)
4.) First Cousin Once Removed (Alan Berliner, 2012)
5.) Made of Air (Paul Clipson, 2015)
6.) Finally Got the News (Stewart Bird, Rene Lichtman, & Peter Gessner, 1970)
7.) Elegy (Zoltán Huszárik, 1965)
8.) The Crucified Lovers (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954)
9.) Time Piece (Jim Henson, 1965)
10.) Free Fall (Arthur Lipsett, 1964)
11.) Love Song (Stan Brakhage, 2001)
12.) Cannibal Tours (Dennis O'Rourke,1988)
13.) The Band’s Visit (Eran Kolirin, 2007)
14.) Paris is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990)
15.) Shift (Toshio Matsumoto, 1982)
16.) Glas (Bert Haanstra, 1958)
17.) The Moon (Takashi Ito, 1994)
18.) Feeler (Paul Clipson, 2016)
19.) My Favorite Picture of You (Dan Lindsay & T.J. Martin, 2013)
20.) A City of Sadness (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1989)
21.) Blazes (Robert Breer, 1961)
22.) Fire in Castilla (José Val del Omar, 1961)
23.) Glen Falls Sequence (Douglass Crockwell, 1937)
24.) 23 Skidoo (Julian Biggs, 1964)
25.) Broken Down Film (Osamu Tezuka, 1985)
Including re-watches would just be a list of all-time favorites I saw in a theater this year: The Red and the White, 2001, Winter Light, Harlan County, USA, etc.
1.) Belfast, Maine (Frederick Wiseman, 1999)
2.) Daybreak Express (D.A. Pennebaker, 1953)
3.) 45365 (Bill & Turner Ross, 2010)
4.) First Cousin Once Removed (Alan Berliner, 2012)
5.) Made of Air (Paul Clipson, 2015)
6.) Finally Got the News (Stewart Bird, Rene Lichtman, & Peter Gessner, 1970)
7.) Elegy (Zoltán Huszárik, 1965)
8.) The Crucified Lovers (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954)
9.) Time Piece (Jim Henson, 1965)
10.) Free Fall (Arthur Lipsett, 1964)
11.) Love Song (Stan Brakhage, 2001)
12.) Cannibal Tours (Dennis O'Rourke,1988)
13.) The Band’s Visit (Eran Kolirin, 2007)
14.) Paris is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990)
15.) Shift (Toshio Matsumoto, 1982)
16.) Glas (Bert Haanstra, 1958)
17.) The Moon (Takashi Ito, 1994)
18.) Feeler (Paul Clipson, 2016)
19.) My Favorite Picture of You (Dan Lindsay & T.J. Martin, 2013)
20.) A City of Sadness (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1989)
21.) Blazes (Robert Breer, 1961)
22.) Fire in Castilla (José Val del Omar, 1961)
23.) Glen Falls Sequence (Douglass Crockwell, 1937)
24.) 23 Skidoo (Julian Biggs, 1964)
25.) Broken Down Film (Osamu Tezuka, 1985)
Including re-watches would just be a list of all-time favorites I saw in a theater this year: The Red and the White, 2001, Winter Light, Harlan County, USA, etc.
I"d have to add Haynes' POISON to the list, streamed last night and thoroughly dug upon.
These matters are best disposed of from a great height. Over water.
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Joks Trois
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New restoration? I hope it gets a blu-ray release soon.KilgoreTrout wrote: ↑Sun Dec 30, 2018 4:42 amIncluding re-watches would just be a list of all-time favorites I saw in a theater this year: The Red and the White,
2018 was my weakest year in a long time for new viewings. Most of my favorite discoveries are idiosyncratic, i.e. not films I'd necessarily consider great, but films that somehow fit my tastes (I've been making that distinction more and more since I began teaching).
1. Treasure of the Bitch Islands (Ossang)
2. Corridor of Mirrors (Young)
3. 9 Fingers (Ossang)
4. The Structure of Crystal (Zanussi)
5. L'auberge rouge (Autant-Lara)
6. Dharma Guns (Ossang)
7. Bluebeard (Breillat)
1. Treasure of the Bitch Islands (Ossang)
2. Corridor of Mirrors (Young)
3. 9 Fingers (Ossang)
4. The Structure of Crystal (Zanussi)
5. L'auberge rouge (Autant-Lara)
6. Dharma Guns (Ossang)
7. Bluebeard (Breillat)
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Pretentious Hipster
- Posts: 203
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sacmersault
- Posts: 18
- Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:20 am
The Secret Formula (1965)
Arrebato (1979)
A Fantastic Woman (2017)
I, Tonya (2017)
Museo (2018)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Custody (2017)
I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016)
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981)
1945 (2017)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
The Fits (2015)
Mudbound (2017)
In the Fade (2017)
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Summer 1993 (2017)
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (2017)
Age of Panic (2013)
Home (2016)
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St. Gloede
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Very late to the party, but here is my list on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/gloede/list/firs ... -the-crop/
Saw well over 500 films last year (definitely the highest amount of films seen in the last 5 years at least), and the top 40 or so are new favorites, and everything listed being really bloody great (the 98th film for instance is Phantom Thread)
Saw well over 500 films last year (definitely the highest amount of films seen in the last 5 years at least), and the top 40 or so are new favorites, and everything listed being really bloody great (the 98th film for instance is Phantom Thread)