Guys Guys, I'm Sorry, No, There's a Mistake - The 2016 ILX Film Poll Results Thread

Voting thread, brief as it is: "Would That It Were So Simple" - The ILX 2016 Film Poll Thread - Voting Ends Sunday, February 26th

Started rolling out over there. Will continue over here.

The Story So Far...

60. The Club (d: Larrain) - 47 pts. 3 votes
http://i.imgur.com/cI9Sp9V.jpg

59. Our Little Sister (d: Koreeda) - 50 pts. 3 votes

http://i.imgur.com/mT1qdWA.jpg

Oh I voted for both of these!

― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Tuesday, March 7, 2017 11:18 PM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

So surprised to see Our Little Sister this low! Not Koreeda's best by any means, but lovely all the same

― tangenttangent, Tuesday, March 7, 2017 11:18 PM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Xpost I liked "No" and "Tony Manero" a lot

― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Tuesday, March 7, 2017 11:18 PM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No more Larrain please.

― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, March 7, 2017 11:19 PM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Our Little Sister got a much higher placement though. It's really, really lovely

― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Tuesday, March 7, 2017 11:19 PM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

We're going to have to think of an adjective for it other than 'lovely'

― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Tuesday, March 7, 2017 11:19 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ive never heard of "our little sister"

― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Tuesday, March 7, 2017 11:20 PM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Therapeutic

― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Tuesday, March 7, 2017 11:21 PM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what is the general consensus as to Koreeda's best film? I just saw After Life for the first time this week. It was very odd but interesting

― Dan S, Tuesday, March 7, 2017 11:22 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

My friend wrote a great essay about it here: ‘Our Little Sister’: Making Enough Room for the Half-Sister

― tangenttangent, Tuesday, March 7, 2017 11:23 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

After-Life is still my favourite! So earnest and frequently hilarious. Those talking heads-style performances are excellent.

― tangenttangent, Tuesday, March 7, 2017 11:24 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The Club probably my favorite Larrain, along with Jackie. Hm, tough choice, actually. Consider Club a 2015 release, though, it managed to come out in Danish cinemas in the fall.

After Life is the best Kore-eda, by far, imo. Such a unique creation. Maborosi and Distance also very good, and after that there's a drop in quality, though many of them are fine. Still Walking probably more than that. Our Little Sister fine as well, but I would have voted for Sweet Bean by Naomi Kawase for my feel-good Japanese film of the year.

― Frederik B, Tuesday, March 7, 2017 11:26 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I really liked Nobody Knows as well.

I was crazy about The Club at the time, but over the year it sunk further and further in my estimation. Would need to see it again to gauge my feelings properly, but it did make it onto my ballot. I'm cool with massive tonal shifts

― tangenttangent, Tuesday, March 7, 2017 11:29 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Friend's essay hype again: http://www.btchflcks.com/2016/08/our-little-sister-making-enough-room-for-the-half-sister.html#.WL9DTBKLSi4

got a copy of Nobody Knows on dvd, am planning to watch it sometime this week

Completely forgot about Our Little Sister - would've been top 20 for sure.

First of several ties in the lower half:

57. (Tie) De Palma (d: Baumbach, Paltrow) - 56 pts. 2 votes

http://i.imgur.com/CXjItfz.jpg

57. (Tie) The Love Witch (d: Biller) 56 pts. 2 votes

http://i.imgur.com/szl1Jjo.jpg

After Life is the best Kore-eda, by far, imo. Such a unique creation. Maborosi and Distance also very good, and after that there's a drop in quality, though many of them are fine. Still Walking probably more than that. Our Little Sister fine as well, but I would have voted for Sweet Bean by Naomi Kawase for my feel-good Japanese film of the year.

― Frederik B, Tuesday, March 7, 2017 11:26 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

LOL - what is this thrash

I think I voted for De Palma. Very enjoyable, like a documentary version of those Faber books

Why would ppl make a doc on De Palma? wtf?!

It's enjoyable enough even if I'm still largely agnostic on him. Skips past some of his best work though.

Happy that xyzzzz has arrived itt

56. Zootopia (d: Howard, Moore) - 56 pts. 3 votes

http://i.imgur.com/TjfnD2h.jpg

i threw zootopia 4 points, so we have to wonder where the other 52 came from

The Love Witch hasn't been on my radar, but I like the description of it in the NY Review of Books: "a very dry, stylized, totally obsessive horror comedy that, in its tale of an amorous witch playing the field in Eureka, California, is both a New Age satire and a credible pastiche of an American International drive-in flick, circa 1970."

Why would ppl make a doc on De Palma? wtf?!

Easily the most prolific of the core American filmmakers of the '70s, one of the two or three best many would argue (I wouldn't--top six or seven), and, I assume, a big influence on Baumbach. I had it pretty high.

Yes, not really sure why I haven't heard of this Love Witch film!

I don't normally go in for that kind of pastiche but it's smart and quite funny. And immaculately costumed.

"The Love Witch" sounds intriguing

wait did i throw zootopia 4 points

what was the ballot position/points arrangement

55.Rams (d: Hakonarson) - 57 pts. 4 votes

http://i.imgur.com/DuHIHNj.jpg

I didn't vote, because I don't see enough new movies during the year for a ballot of mine to be in anyway meaningful, but Zootopia is still currently my favourite feature-length film that I've seen from 2016.

Easily the most prolific of the core American filmmakers of the '70s, one of the two or three best many would argue (I wouldn't--top six or seven), and, I assume, a big influence on Baumbach. I had it pretty high.

― clemenza, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Scarface is certainly worth a doc - lots of material to work with (and you can hang some things around that film) but I just couldn't find myself caring for what he's done.

oh now this is really great, my #8 in a good year

funny, chilling, incredibly sad film about sheep and men

Is that Roman Gabriel? He looks old and very sad.

imago: You gave it 6 points.

De Palma doc is great, De Palma is great fuiud

Like 'Of Horses and Men', but with rams. And just as good. Final scene is really something.

The Love Witch looks great but it's about half an hour too long

Was the De Palma doc a Netflix (or whatever) only thing? My library claims they can't get the DVD...

Your library otm cryptosicko

De Palma was distributed by A24, it was not a streaming service thing

It's on Amazon Prime.

54. The Pearl Button (d: Guzman) 62 pts. 2 votes. 1 #1

http://i.imgur.com/c8tNaTn.jpg

No its not. xp

First of my votes.

I dont know this one

It was the follow up to Nostalgia for the Light. Which was incredible. I didn't see this one.

Missed the scant screenings of this that I could have caught...

De Palma is on Amazon Prime -- I just added it to my watch list.

I'm so bad at voting strategically...

No De Palma hack bullshit job! Guzman was made by what happened to his country, goes back again and again to the events from different angles and shades. I really needed to see more from him when the BFI put up a season two years ago - a lot to discover.

Another tie here

52. (Tie) Tower (d: Maitland) - 63 pts. 3 votes

http://i.imgur.com/WSYT8dr.jpg

52. (Tie) Indignation (d: Schamus) - 63 pts. 3 votes

http://i.imgur.com/ptzUe3N.jpg

Nostalgia for the Light was class, so I'm up for this.

Also, thanks again for doing this Gukbe!

Excellent work with the screen grabs too.

I strongly suspect Your Name will place very highly next year. Perhaps top ten.

Toni Erdmann 475 18
Manchester By The Sea 379 15
American Honey 300 10
Moonlight 297 11
Things to Come 271 10
Paterson 247 11
Cameraperson 244 9
Embrace of the Serpent 239 10
Certain Women 223 8
Elle 216 9
O.J.: Made in America 209 6
Silence 206 9
Love & Friendship 186 9
The Handmaiden 185 8
Cemetery of Splendour 178 5
The Witch 168 8
Arabian Nights 165 5
I Am Not Your Negro 163 7
Green Room 160 8
Hell or High Water 143 8
The Assassin 143 5
The Neon Demon 141 7
I, Daniel Blake 137 6
Son of Saul 129 5
Hail, Casear! 118 5
Victoria 115 6
A Bigger Splash 114 4
Mountains May Depart 112 4
The Other Side 111 4
The Measure of a Man 108 4
Hunt for the Wilderpeople 92 6
Weiner Dog 91 4
Everybody Wants Some!! 85 5
Little Men 85 5
Childhood of a Leader 83 3
Knight of Cups 83 4
Fire At Sea 82 4
No Home Movie 82 4
Sunset Song 82 3
The Death of Louis XIV 81 3
Loving 77 4
20th Century Women 76 5
Arrival 73 5
Sieranevada 72 2
The Fits 71 4
Jackie 70 4
High Rise 69 3
The Lobster 68 4
Sing Street 66 3
Anomalisa 65 3
Maggie's Plan 65 3
Indignation 63 3
Tower 63 3
Pearl Button 62 2
Rams 57 4
De Palma 56 2
The Love Witch 56 2
Zootopia 56 3
Our Little Sister 50 3
The Club 47 3
Eisenstein in Guanajuato 46 2
Aferim 45 2
La La Land 42 2
Train to Busan 41 2
A Quiet Passion 40 1
Being 17 40 1
Visit or Memories and Confessions 40 1
Weiner 39 2
Chevalier 38 2
The Woman Who Left 38 2
Deapool 37 2
Under the Shadow 37 2
When Marnie Was There 37 2
White Girl 36 1
Tale of Tales 35 3
Dirty Grandpa 33 1
Julieta 33 2
Mustang 33 2
The Nice Guys 33 1
The Red Turtle 33 2
Remainder 32 2
My Golden Days 31 3
Happy Hour 30 1
Kubo and the Two Strings 30 1
Nocturnal Animals 30 2
Standing Tall 30 1
Hypernormalisation 29 2
Right Now, Wrong THen 29 2
The Illinois Parables 29 2
Captain America: Civil War 28 1
Cosmos 28 1
Scarred Hearts 28 1
Keanu 26 2
Nothing Left Unsaid 26 1
The Greasy Strangler 26 1
The Wialing 26 1
Evolution 25 2
Ixcanul 25 1
Kate Plays Christine 25 2
Men and Chicken 25 2
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 25 2
Supersonic 25 1
Swiss Army Man 25 1
Couple in a Hole 24 2
In the Last Days of the city 24 1
Lemonade 24 1
Mapplethorpe: Look at Pictures 24 1
Queen of Katwe 24 2
Triple 9 24 1
Into the Inferno 23 1
Mimosas 23 1
The Edge of Seventeen 23 1
The Invitation 23 1
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery 22 1
Aaaaaaah! 22 1
Author: THe JT LeRoy Story 22 1
Christine 22 1
Florence Foster Jenkins 22 1
Passengers 22 1
The Treasure 22 1
Dog Eat Dog 21 1
Kaili Blues 21 1
The Son of Joseph 21 1
Tickled 21 1
Your Name 21 4
Histoire(s) Du cinema 20 1
The Ornithologist 20 1
Girls Lost 19 1
The Hateful Eight 19 1
Don't Think Twice 18 1
Neruda 18 1
Not Film 18 1
10 Cloverfield Lane 17 2
Aquarius 17 1
Creepy 17 1
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa... 17 1
King Jack 17 1
Nocturama 17 1
Serena 17 1
A Town Called Panic: Back in School 16 1
El Sur 16 1
I Am Not A Serial Killer 16 1
Louder than Bombs 16 1
The Jungle Book 16 1
Doctor Strange 15 1
Don't Blink 15 1
In the Shadow of Women 15 1
Captain Fantastic 14 1
Harmonium 14 1
Le Fils de Joseph 14 1
My Friend from the Park 14 1
Neon Bull 14 2
Other People 14 1
February 13 1
Star Trek Beyond 13 1
Sully 13 1
Janis: Little Girl Blue 12 1
Sweet Bean 12 1
Hacksaw Ridge 11 1
Halfway 11 1
Microbe and Gasoline 11 1
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki 11 1
The Sundial Carved with a Thousand... 11 1
Uncle Kent 2 11 1
American Pastoral 10 1
JLG/JLG 10 1
The United States of Love 10 1
Godless 9 1
King Lear 9 1
Sweaty Betty 9 1
Cafe Society 8 1
One Sings, the Other Doesn't 8 1
The Untamed 8 1
In the Realm of the Sense 7 1
Papusza 7 1
The Last Family 7 1

Sigh. I was the lone voter for more than half my ballot, including my #1. Fucking release dates...

60. The Club (d: Larrain) - 47 pts. 3 votes
59. Our Little Sister (d: Koreeda) - 50 pts. 3 votes
57. (Tie) De Palma (d: Baumbach, Paltrow) - 56 pts. 2 votes
57. (Tie) The Love Witch (d: Biller) 56 pts. 2 votes
56. Zootopia (d: Howard, Moore) - 56 pts. 3 votes
55.Rams (d: Hakonarson) - 57 pts. 4 votes
54. The Pearl Button (d: Guzman) 62 pts. 2 votes. 1 #1
52. (Tie) Tower (d: Maitland) - 63 pts. 3 votes
52. (Tie) Indignation (d: Schamus) - 63 pts. 3 votes
50. (Tie) Anomalisa (d: Kaufman, Johnson) - 65 pts. 3 votes
50. (Tie) Maggie's Plan (d: Miller) - 65 pts. 3 votes
49. Sing Street (d: Carney) - 66 pts. 3 votes
48. The Lobster (d: Lanthimos) - 68 pts. 4 votes
47. High-Rise (d: Wheatley) 69 pts. 3 votes
46. Jackie (d: Larrain) - 70 pts. 4 votes
45. The Fits (d: Holmer) - 71 pts. 4 votes
44. Sieranevada (d: Puiu) - 72 pts. 2 votes
43. Arrival (d: Villenueve) - 73 pts. 5 votes
42. 20th Century Women (d: Mills) - 76 pts. 5 votes
41. Loving (d: Nichols) - 77 pts. 4 votes
40. The Death of Louis XIV (d: Serra) - 81 pts. 3 votes
39. Sunset Song (d: Davies) - 82 pts. 3 votes
37. (Tie) Fire At Sea (d: Rosi) - 82 pts. 4 votes
37. (Tie) No Home Movie (d: Akerman) - 82 pts. 4 votes
36. Childhood of a Leader (d: Pitt) - 83 pts. 3 votes
35. Knight of Cups (d: Malick) - 83 pts. 4 votes
33. (Tie) Little Men (d: Sachs) - 85 pts. 5 votes
33. (Tie) Everybody Wants Some!! (d: Linklater) - 85 pts. 5 votes
32. Weiner-Dog (d: Solondz) - 91 pts. 4 votes
31. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (d: Waititi) - 92 pts. 6 votes
30. The Measure of a Man (d: Brizé) - 108 pts. 4 votes
29. The Other Side (d: Minervini) - 111 pts. 4 votes. #1
28. Mountains May Depart (d: Jia) - 112 pts. 4 votes
27. A Bigger Splash (d: Guadagnino) - 114 pts. 4 votes
26. Victoria (d: Schipper) - 115 pts. 6 votes. 1 #1
25. Hail, Caesar! (d: Coen Brothers) - 118 pts. 5 votes. 1 #1
24. Son of Saul (d: Nemes) - 129 pts. 5 votes 1 #1
23. I, Daniel Blake (d: Loach) - 137 pts. 6 votes
22. The Neon Demon (d: Refn) - 141 pts. 7 votes
21. The Assasin (d: Hsiao Hsien) - 143 pts. 5 votes. 1 #1
20. Hell or High Water (d: Mackenzie) - 143 pts. 8 votes
19. Green Room (d: Saulnier) - 160 pts. 8 votes
18.I Am Not Your Negro (d: Peck) - 163 pts. 7 votes
17. Arabian Nights (d: Gomes) - 165 pts. 5 votes 2 #1
16. The Witch (d: Eggers) - 168 pts. 8 votes
15. Cemetery of Splendour (d: Weerasethakul) - 178 pts. 5 votes
14. The Handmaiden (d: Park) - 185 pts. 8 votes
13. Love & Friendship (d: Stillman) - 186 pts. 9 votes
12. Silence (d: Scorsese) - 206 pt. 9 votes
11. O.J.: Made in America (d: Edelman) - 209 pts. 6 votes 3 #1
10. Elle (d: Verhoeven) - 216 pts. 9 votes
9. Certain Women (d: Reichardt) - 223 pts. 8 votes
8. Embrace of the Serpent (d: Guerra) - 239 pts. 10 votes
7. Cameraperson (d: Johnson) - 244 pts. 9 votes 1 #1
6. Paterson (d: Jarmusch) - 247 pts. 11 votes
5.Things to Come (d: Hansen-Løve) - 271 pts. 10 votes 1 #1
4. Moonlight (d: Jenkins) - 297 pts. 11 votes 2 #1
3. American Honey (d: Arnold) - 300 pts. 10 votes. 1 #1
2. Manchester by the Sea (d: Lonergan) - 379 pts. 15 votes 2 #1
1. Toni Erdmann (d: Ade) - 475 pts. 18 votes 2 #1

Here is my extremely pedestrian ballot:

Things to Come
American Honey
Moonlight
Embrace of the Serpent
Elle
Manchester by the Sea
The Handmaiden
Toni Erdmann
Hell or High Water
Love and Friendship
Your Name
OJ: Made in America
Cameraperson
The Witch
I, Daniel Blake
Arrival
The Neon Demon
Captain Fantastic

hi-5 to the other person who voted for The Red Turtle

sup, calzino

also hello to the other persons who voted for Popstar and Queen of Katwe

here is my extremely motorised ballot

Arabian Nights (Parts 1-3)
Toni Erdmann
High-Rise
Manchester By The Sea
Cameraperson
I, Daniel Blake
Embrace Of The Serpent
Rams
Wiener-Dog
Our Little Sister
Chevalier
Love & Friendship
Green Room
Remainder
Little Men
A Town Called Panic: Back To School
Men And Chicken
The Club
Hail, Caesar!
Victoria
Keanu
Zootopia

if you have 25 minutes to spare, the town called panic thing is completely heartwarming

aw i wanted to see the red turtle, maybe i will

Aw, nice to see a vote for Men and Chicken :) Rewatched it the other day, it's quite good.

Alfred, I take it from the long list you voted Being 17 @# 1?

I strongly suspect Your Name will place very highly next year. Perhaps top ten.

― Frederik B, Thursday, 9 March 2017 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

There might not be a world left to live in by then so..

My top ten:

American Honey
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
The Handmaiden
Standing Tall
Cosmos
Silence
I Am Not Your Negro
Cemetery of Splendor
Things to Come
Toni Erdmann

x-post: Somehow, perhaps involving time travel, we will find a way. Zen zen zense.

Thanks for doing this.

1. O.J. Simpson: Made in America
2. De Palma
3. Maggie’s Plan
4. Obit
5. American Honey
6. Manchester by the Sea
7. Sing Street
8. Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
9. Moonlight
10. Christine
11. Arrival
12. Jackie
13. Nocturnal Animals
14. Paterson
15. Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
16. Silence
17. Don't Blink – Robert Frank
18. Wiener Dog
19. Mustang
20. Janis: Little Girl Blue

Not that it mattered, but I don't think the Obit or Robert Frank votes were counted. I would have included James Baldwin if I'd seen it in time.

Visit or Memories and Confessions (De Oliveira, 1982/2016)
No Home Movie (Akerman, 2015)
Camaraperson (Johnson, 2016)
Toni Erdmann (Ade, 2016)
I, Daniel Blake (Loach, 2016)
The Assassin (Hou, 2015)
Knight of Cups (Malick, 2016)
Things to Come (Hansen-løve, 2016)
Fire at Sea (Rosi, 2016)
Pearl Button (Guzman, 2015)
The Measure of Man (Brizé, 2015)
Histoire(s) Du Cinema (JLG, 1988 - 1998)
Julietta (Almodovar, 2016)
American Honey (Arnold, 2016)
Love and Friendship (Stillman, 2016)
El Sur (Erice, 1983)
Embrace of the Serpent (Guerra, 2015)
Victoria (Schipper, 2015)
Son of Saul (Nemes, 2016)
Sweet bean (Kawase, 2015)
The Sundial Carved with a Thousand Years of Notches — The Magino Village Story (Ogawa, 1985)
JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December (JLG, 1995)
King Lear (Brook, 1971)
One Sings, the Other Doesn't (Varda, 1977)
In the Realm of the Senses (Oshima, 1976)

thanks gukbe!

Cameraperson
Certain Women
I Am Not Your Negro
Moonlight
Everybody Wants Some!!
Aferim!
Paterson
Things to Come
The Love Witch
The Treasure
Love and Friendship
De Palma
Cemetery of Splendour
Manchester by the Sea
Toni Erdmann
Silence
Indignation
The Fits
Sully
Handmaiden
Kate Plays Christine

A Quiet Passion
Sieranevada
Cemetery of Splendour
The Assassin
Scarred Hearts
Toni Erdmann
Certain Women
In the Last Days of the City
Mimosas
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
The Son of Joseph
The Ornithologist
Moonlight
The Death of Louis XIV
Nocturama
Jackie
Fire at Sea
Harmonium
The Woman Who Left
The Neon Demon
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
The United States of Love
Godless
The Untamed
The Last Family

Anomalisa
Toni Erdmann
American Honey
Embrace of the Serpent
Silence
Hunt For the Wilderpeople
Supersonic
Sing Street
The Invitation
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
The Neon Demon
Manchester by the Sea
Weiner
High Rise
The Witch
I Am Not A Serial Killer
A Bigger Splash
Remainder
Train to Busan
Green Room
Hell or High Water
10 cloverfield lane
Tale of tales
Hypernormalisation
Amanda Knox
Deadpool
Holy Hell

The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki

I've heard good things about this

ttly forgot abt 'embrace of the serpent', prob wouldve been in my top-5

guess i shd check out 'things to come' & 'handmaiden', maybe 'wiener dog' idk

had teh same experience as alfred of bailing on the vvitch to go do literally anything else i just couldnt

Thanks for running this, Gukbe -- gave me lots of titles to check out.

I made a list on Letterboxd.

(Hmm. 8/60. This is why I don't vote in these things.)

Sigh. I was the lone voter for more than half my ballot, including my #1. Fucking release dates...

yeah, SO SPECIAL

"SIIIIIGH, why has no one else voted for these festival films"

i've seen 14/60 of the films that polled which is actually more than i thought (i def saw three of them in 2015, so i share the release-date frustration)

just promise me nobody will vote for the new xavier dolan in next year's poll

Saw 36 of the 60. Will not be voting for the new Xavier Dolan (or Your Name, sorry) in next year's poll.

Thanks for doing this again, Gukbe

33/60

Most overrated - Hell or High Water
Cameraperson, Manchester by the Sea, Toni Erdmann = all 2017 releases in the UK

My top 15:
1. The Assassin (Hou)
2. Cemetery of Splendor (Weerasthakul)
3. The Death of Louis XIV (Serra)
4. Things to Come (Hansen-Løve)
5. The Measure of a Man (Brizé)
6. I, Daniel Blake (Loach)
7. Knight of Cups (Malick)
8. Son of Saul (Nemes)
9. Paterson (Jarmusch)
10. The Witch (Eggers)
11. Fire at Sea (Rosi)
12. Embrace of the Serpent (Guerra)
13. The Hateful Eight (Tarantino)
14. Not Film (Lipman)
15. Creepy (Kurosawa)

My fairly hive-minded top 19

Toni erdmann
Manchester by the sea
American honey
The handmaiden
Certain women
Elle
The witch
Hunt for the wilderpeople
The assassin
Aaaaaaaah!
Hypernormalisation
The neon demon
Arabian nights volume 1
The lobster
Victoria
Son of Saul
Rams
Evolution
February

Need to see Things to Come asap, sounds like a step up from Eden at least

"SIIIIIGH, why has no one else voted for these festival films"

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), 10. marts 2017 05:45 (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Half of them are festival films, half of them came out in Denmark and apparently nowhere else. Go fuck yourself.

And btw, the festival films on my ballot are more likely to have others voting for it. The festival circuit is international. Danish distribution is just fucked up.

Like, what's your fucking problem? That I don't make up my ballot according to what is easy for you to see? Mind your own fucking business.

Anyways

The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki

I've heard good things about this

― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), 10. marts 2017 02:02 (nine hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's absolutely lovely. Stark b/w feelgood film, warmly recommended.

Cameraperson, Manchester by the Sea, Toni Erdmann = all 2017 releases in the UK

yet, strangely, all released in time for the poll

seeing my first actual-2017 film tonight (prevenge)

That I don't make up my ballot according to what is easy for you to see?

YES. That is the point of release-date criteria, Hamlet.

1. Being 17 (André Téchiné)
2. Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt)
3. Love & Friendship (Whit Stillman)
4. Mountains May Depart (Jia Zhangke)
5. American Honey (Andrea Arnold)
6. The Measure of a Man (Stéphane Brizé)
7. Ixcanul (Jayro Bustamante)
8. Little Men (Ira Sachs)
9. Elle (Paul Verhoeven)
10. The Other Side (Roberto Minervini)
11. Moonlight (Barry Jenkins)
12. No Home Movie (Chantal Ackerman)
13. Things to Come (Mia Hansen-Løve)
14. A Bigger Splash (Luca Guadagnino)
15. Paterson (Jim Jarmusch)

Here are the rest.

Alfred, I take it from the long list you voted Being 17 @# 1?

― Heavy Doors (jed_)

yep!

It was one of the last ones to fall off my list.

Ward - wondering whether you saw No Way Home?

lol sorry I meant No Home Movie

The Love Witch looks impeccably lurid, is fitfully amusing -- and terminally arch.

I've been called worse.

I enjoyed it though it was about 20-30 mins too long

I'm amazed there are straight men who love it!

Samantha Robinson's performance suggests Julie Nixon Eisenhower... unleashed.

The RenFaire 'wedding' where the cop and the witch are giving their theories of love in v/o is a standout.

The best film of 2017 is called Janbal and is from Iran and will probably be impossible to see for anyone. Sorry, I don't make the rules.

I love Frederik's tips. This one's not even on IMDb but there's some info here:

http://en.mehrnews.com/news/123853/CPH-DOX-to-host-Iranian-documentary-Janbal

Hope it'll come further out. It's this absolutely amazing mix of local and trans-national - portraying beliefs on a small Iranian island, but influenced from all over the Persian gulf - + old and modern - mystic belief system portrayed on grainy digital. It does some of the same things as Eduardo Williams The Human Surge, which some of you might have seen a few weeks ago?