Once Upon A Time… In Pollywood: The ILX Film Poll (for 2019 viewings) Voting Thread - Ballots Due Friday April 3rd

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Voting is NOW OPEN for the ILX 2019 film poll: anything that had its first theatrical screening in your area during 2019 is eligible.

Annoyed that we’re rolling now, when you still have too many films to catch up on from last year that are now on home viewing formats, or haven't been released in your country yet? Hey, what better chance than the next three weeks if you’re quarantined, or socially isolating outside of work hours, due to the plague. (And anything you can’t squeeze in now, you can be motivated to catch up on in time for the 2010s poll later in the year. If we don’t die and internet still exists.)

Send ballots to i l x polls ter [at] g ma il [dot] c o m by April 3rd.

MAXIMUM 35 votes
MINIMUM 10 votes

Votes are weighted. Please send your lists with your TOP choice at the TOP, but do not number your choices. (It's very annoying for formatting.)


If you're voting for a non-English-speaking film that has a commonly-accepted English title, by all means include the original title in brackets, but type the English title first. (This is also to help with tallying, and does not otherwise reflect the pollrunner's preferences.)

SIDE POLL:

You can also vote for up to FIVE worst new-release-somewhere films from 2019. This is not mandatory.

*switches VPN to USA*

I'll have a hard time getting to 10--didn't see as many new films last year, felt like I didn't like as many, and catching up (in theaters, at least) looks like a non-starter. I guess I'll just fill out the second half of the list with things I saw and thought were okay (i.e., another vote for The Irishman!).

fwiw I'm going to be using RYM's film chart to decide year of release

dear god what a paltry year for film

man, i got 35 without trying. could've done fifty easy! Great year for film for me!
Voted!

fwiw I'm going to be using RYM's film chart

― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Monday, March 16, 2020 6:57 AM

dear god what a paltry year for film

― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Monday, March 16, 2020 7:20 AM

🤔

Voted

dear god what a paltry year for film

― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Sunday, 15 March 2020 bookmarkflaglink

💩💩💩

obviously I'm going to watch like two dozen eligible films before the deadline. prove me wrong, 2019

happy to share my list (and plex connect!)

This might be the first year I vote in this; I saw way more movies last year than usual and a lot of them were great

in my area? there's one multiplex within an hour of driving. i can't vote for parasite then.

Voted!

Pretty good year for film imo

Gonna have to sit this one out--I rely almost exclusively on streaming services these days, which means that about half of the 2019 movies I want to see won't be available to me within the next two weeks--but I encourage everyone to watch Giant Little Ones and Under the Silver Lake before voting.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire, y'all

It bored me. Soz

in my area? there's one multiplex within an hour of driving. i can't vote for parasite then.

this is probably still in the same country as you

just watched Monos - 2019 much improved already

Lol

you didn't like it?

Liked it but it was a very cinema-specific experience.

Just laughing on how quickly you are changing opinion, and how you are binge-watching just to have a ballot. It's ok not to!

right now I'm binge-watching so I don't have to put The Souvenir on my ballot

Please vote imago :) And yeah Monos is great

Or you can simply not vote! xp

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Don't care - but I will mock

The threadban so needs to come back

Anyways, you should watch Atlantiques if you haven't already, imago. It's on Netflix. Everyone should make sure to watch it!

Anyways!

I guess that is my hype this year. I want to campaign for Heimat ist ein Raum auf Zeit but that one is probably not streamable...

comalph and Fred are encouraged to share film opinions and campaign for votes itt, discouraged from sharing poster opinions and campaigning for bans itt

Portrait of a Lady on Fire, y'all

was gonna make the evening screening tonight but all cinemas have been closed statewide

have been watching Atlantiques on the elliptical but the YMCA is also locked down by order of the governor

unbalanced year with 2 movies I'll cherish for the rest of my life (once upon a time & the image book), 2 fucking killer movie (uncut gems & the lighthouse), 2 compelling reactionary movies (joker & richard jewell) some more very good ones (beach bum, family, pain and glory, parasite, the farewell), and then tons of movies I admired but didn't respond to... little women, portrait of a lady on fire, midsommar (sort of)... and then a lot of just solid stuff like ad astra, knives out, booksmart, hustlers, honey boy, honeyland, detective pikachu...

I thought her smell, high life, the last black man in san francisco, bombshell, and us were the biggest disappointments. oh and the new assayas (like bad 2010s woody allen, in a way it filled a void)

the souvenir is the one I need to revisit before voting

thought I would hate the art of self-defense but it was good

Heimat was only just released in the US last week

Ash Is Purest White, The Wild Pear Tree, Birds of Passage, and An Elephant Sitting Still are the ones that most impressed me, although there were many others that I really liked. I'm planning on watching Long Day's Journey Into Night, The Image Book, Atlantics and The Lighthouse before voting.

local cinemas have temporarily closed so I won't get to see Portrait of a Lady on Fire

hoping to eventually see La Flor and Asako I & II

new assayas (like bad 2010s woody allen, in a way it filled a void)

ha it wasn't as bad as modern Woody, but it was definitely "we trained a neural net by watching 500 French films about adult relationships and it wrote this script about adultery in the publishing industry"

Are Ash Is Purest White and An Elephant Sitting Still eligible? Thought they showed up last year. Would be in my top 3 if so

If they showed in your area in 2019, or if you didn't vote for them last year but still want to, go for it. But yeah, they are 2018 movies in my book. Still, I won't complain if they show up on the list instead of, like, Ford v Ferrari :)

Looks like the GFT showed them both last winter/spring, tho for some reason I didnt make either and picked up dvds

I think they both opened in the US in the spring of 2019

I simplified the eligibility criteria too much: if something didn't screen theatrically in your area but was available to you (eg High Flying Bird had a festival screening, Dolemite Is My Name had a limited release, I Heard You Paint Houses had festival showings and single-chain unlimited release), it still counts. Basically if you think it has a chance of anyone else voting for it, it's eligible!

Flappy, why did last black man in sf disappoint you?

previously unmentioned films i would STRONGLY recommend people watch prior to voting: Diane (hulu), Transit (amazon prime), Apollo 11 (hulu), For the Birds (netflix), Hail Satan? (hulu), Aquarela (Starz), Penguin Highway ($3 on Amazon to rent), Wild Pear Tree ($4 on vudu [lol] to rent), Olivia (2019 reissue of 1951 film, $3 on Amazon to rent)

as always, the first criterion is a theatrical release in NYC

if I don't get my work apps downloaded soon I won't have time for this bcz i'll be going batshit/hungry/moving to CT.

Flappy, why did last black man in sf disappoint you?

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, March 18, 2020 3:20 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

I thought it collapsed under the weight of its own ambition, and while it started off strong, it fell apart for me pretty quickly, just not following through on so much. and by the end it had completely lost me

its story wasn't conventional and it didn't have a resolved plot, but I thought it was beautiful, quiet and surreal

it was maybe my favorite film of the year! i guess ymmv

I need to watch at least one more 2019 film I feel like giving a vote to to make a ballot but I feel like I should so i can be the other Alita voter alongside Brad.

Atlantics really is a beautiful film

I feel very behind still on '19, but am able to see Peterloo and Shadow, as well as rewatch Transit, before the vote.

but I encourage everyone to watch Giant Little Ones and Under the Silver Lake before voting.

― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Monday, March 16, 2020 11:08 AM (five days ago)

Giant Little Ones can be digitally rented from $1.99, is currently on Starz and DirectTV in the US, and can be watched free with a library card on Hoopla or Kanopy.

Under The Silver Lake can be digitally rented from $0.99, is included with a Bezos Prime subscription, and is free on Kanopy.

Shadow was surprisingly great; probably the best purely visual film of the year

well, i'd never be surprised, coming from Zhang Yimou.

yimou is consistently great but he sometimes misses the mark on story for me as of late. Shadow is a very fun historical action/romance and the fight scenes are outrageous.

Still bummed his film on the cultural revolution was apparently banned :( should have come out in february

Just saw Mark Jenkin's Bait - https://player.bfi.org.uk/subscription/film/watch-bait-2018-online

Amazing. Low-budget Super 16 British kitchen-sink Godardian irrealism. Great Gwenno soundtrack. Full recommendation. Jenkin is a good 'un

^^easily top 10 on my ballot, a genuine original

Think I was misinformed about Gwenno doing the soundtrack - one of her songs is in it but Jenkin apparently did the music himself (on top of writing, directing and editing it). Maybe she helped

just watched Monos - 2019 much improved already

Monos can be rented digitally for $5.99, and is currently on Hulu in the US.

Just seen Bacurau too, and it's great...but does it count as 2019? I think it might be more of a 2020 thing. What do we think? I guess there are rules in the OP

it was supposed to open here in the US this month, but I'm not sure any theaters are even operating at this point

Mubi is your friend! But I think maybe 2020 it is. RYM (lol) has it as 2019 but that's from limited screenings

It opened in NYC two weeks ago, and is being streamed over the new Kino Lorber platform. Only played US festivals (just NY?) in '19.

does mubi rotate through just 30 different films a month with frequent expirations? I’ve been looking for a way to see Bait as well as Bacurau, but when I look at what’s showing there I don’t see either of them

It had it's world premiere in 2019, it's absolutely a 2019 film. But did anyone here see it in 2019? How many has seen it yet? For strategic reasons, it's probably better to save it for next year?

Bacurau has only just gone up on Mubi. Bait requires a BFI subscription, which, having served its purpose, I may cancel, after ascertaining what else is available

check the 77 plex thread; both of them are viewable

yeah, Bacurau is just now getting the advertising that it would have had for a release, instead as a guinea pig for Kino Lorber pandemic streaming. if you saw it in France or Brazil last year, feel free to vote for it, but don't expect it to turn up on other peoples' ballots.

right now I'm binge-watching so I don't have to put The Souvenir on my ballot

the souvenir is the one I need to revisit before voting

Can be rented digitally for $1.99, is currently on Prime, and free on Kanopy.

Just saw, and loved, bacurau too but yeah, didn't see it in 2019 and it didn't show anywhere near me in 2019 so I guess I should save that vote

does mubi rotate through just 30 different films a month with frequent expirations? I’ve been looking for a way to see Bait as well as Bacurau, but when I look at what’s showing there I don’t see either of them

I loved bait

I thought it collapsed under the weight of its own ambition, and while it started off strong, it fell apart for me pretty quickly, just not following through on so much. and by the end it had completely lost me

― flappy bird, Thursday, March 19, 2020 12:27 AM

A similar reaction after initial enthusiasm.

really liked The Image Book

feels like a culmination/distillation of the themes and style he’s explored since Histoire(s) du Cinéma

and an order of magnitude greater, imo, than everything he did in between ('98-'14). everything in between is so disappointing and frustrating

unbalanced year with 2 movies I'll cherish for the rest of my life (once upon a time

On extras-packed DVD and Blu-Ray, including an exclusive mini-MAD magazine with new Bounty Law parody, and digitally rentable for $2.99

& the image book),

Out on blu-ray, free on Kanopy, currently on Criterion and Mubi subscriptions.

2 fucking killer movie (uncut gems

On Netflix in most of the world, on DVD and blu, and rentable for $4.99 in America

& the lighthouse),

On DVD and blu, on Redbox for $3.99 if there's a kiosk at the supermarket that's still open in your town, digital rentals from $4.99.

some more very good ones (beach bum,

On Hulu with subscriptions, on AMC On Demand and rentals for $3.99.

family,

On Starz with subscription, AMC On Demand for $5.99, digital rentals for $3.99.

pain and glory,

On DVD and blu, digital rentals from $4.99.

parasite,

On DVD and blu to own, Redbox for $4.99, digital rentals for $5.99.

the farewell),

On Prime with subscription, digital rentals from $4.99.

and then tons of movies I admired but didn't respond to... little women,

On Blu, DVD, and digital download.

portrait of a lady on fire,

RIP

midsommar (sort of)...

on disc, on Prime with subscription, digirental from $4.99.

and then a lot of just solid stuff like ad astra,

on disc and digital rental

knives out,

On disc and digital for purchase from $14.99.

booksmart,

On disc to own or rent, on Netflix around the world and Hulu in the USA with subscription, digital rentals from $2.99.

hustlers,

Digital rentals from $2.99

honey boy,

An Amazon Prime Original

honeyland,

on Hulu with subscription, digital rental from $3.99 to $5.99

detective pikachu...

On HBO Now, HBO Go and DirectTV with subs, rent from AMC On Demand for $5.99

oh and the new assayas (like bad 2010s woody allen, in a way it filled a void)

Doubles vies (Non-Fiction) is on Hulu with subscription, digital rental from $3.99.

thought I would hate the art of self-defense but it was good

On Kanoopy for free, Hulu with subscription, rentals from $2.99 to $5.99.

kanoop troop

btw Film Comment readers poll closes 3/31

Hustlers is easily the worst movie I've seen listed here.

can't emphasise enough that people, even those turned off by earlier work, should watch reygadas' our time

hm yea wanna watch

Our Time is also on Kanopy

speaking of

Ash Is Purest White

Free on Kanopy, on Prime with subscription, rentable from $1.99 digitally.

The Wild Pear Tree

Free on Kanopy, rent on Vudu for $3.99, buy on Vudu for $9.99.

Birds of Passage

On HBO Now, HBO Go and DirectTV with subs, buy digitally from $12.99.

An Elephant Sitting Still

Free on Kanopy, on Criterion with subscription, rent for $4.99 or purchase for $9.99 digitally.

Our Time was long but was really interesting I thought

I especially like the tympani and orchestra interlude, but there were a lot of memorable scenes

i voted

xp - including Esther’s voiceover during the plane landing, the detailed interior examination of the engine of the car during the carpet crawlers sexual fantasy, the bull attack which was frightening, and the two youngest children narrating intimate aspects of the adults’ story

that he cast himself and his wife (and his children) as the main characters added an interesting layer

I need to watch at least one more 2019 film I feel like giving a vote to to make a ballot but I feel like I should so i can be the other Alita voter alongside Brad.

the Battle Angel Alita adaptation Alita: Battle Angel is on DVD, blu-ray, 3D blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray, streaming on HBO Now, HBO Go and DirectTV with subs, and for rent from AMC On Demand for $5.99. (It can also be bought digitally for twice the price of the blu-ray, which itself is 20c cheaper than the DVD.)

The Lighthouse is really something

should pale death with treble dread
make the ocean caves our bed
god who hear’st the surges roll
deign to save the suppliant soul

the fresnel lens is beautiful, as is the Cape Forchu setting

I imagine the claustrophobic feel works for home viewing, but the big screen / oppressive sound design of The Lighthouse made for one of the best theatrical experiences I had last year, even in a multiplex with no masking.

wish I had seen it in a theater, the cinematography and the sound are incredible. the story is more abstract than The Witch but is equally mesmerizing

the dance they did while drunk was incredible, and it went by so fast:

“Come, all you boys who wish to hear
How we got up to the woods last year
Into the sleigh we jacked our boots
Our teamster pointed to the big blue spruce”

and then the slow dance, the near kiss, the fight, and the confessions

shifting to ppl's lists from the other thread

knife + heart (if it counts)

Totally counts, US release on 35mm and DCP was 2019. Out on DVD and Blu-Ray, free on Kanopy, currently free on Shudder (they have a pandemic trial month with code SHUTIN), available on MUBI, and can be bought or rented for $3.99 on iTunes.

in fabric

Out on disc, digital rentals range from $3.99 to $6.99, digital downloads range from $6.99 to $15.99.

us

On HBO Now, HBO Go and DirectTV with subs, rent from AMC On Demand for $5.99, digital downloads range from $9.99 to $21.99

I put The Lighthouse in "Less Than Meets the Eye"

I kinda did too but it was so fuckin' funny. Comedy of the year...

not up to many '30s Popeye cartoons

Portrait of a Lady on Fire goes up at midnight tonight on Hulu

Great news (for people who have someone's login)

Long Day’s Journey Into Night has a very enigmatic story. In some ways it feels like a re-envisioning of Kaili Blues with additional dimensions and alternate views

I like the decrepit rainy Kaili setting, the decaying rooms and hallways and outdoor spaces, and the changing palette of colors

We saw that the other night. Was a horribly-written dull mess for 70 minutes but the final hour redeemed it somewhat. Director is still young and clearly has ideas, and it was beautiful to look at throughout.

recorder: the marion stokes project

On DVD and Blu-Ray woth director's commentary, digital rentals from $3.99, was scheduled for Autumn release in the UK but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Long Day’s Journey Into Night has a very enigmatic story. It feels similar to Kaili Blues with but additional dimensions. It is surprisingly romantic.

on the moving image tip jodie mack's wasteland no.2: hardy, hearty is available to watch and will be on my ballot:

http://www.scenecontemporanee.it/wasteland-no-2-hardy-hearty/

Odds that I'm going to have any time to meaningful plug away at any 2019 blind spots over the next week and a half are pretty nil, so I'll submit a ballot sometime this weekend.

I tried catching up on Transit the other night but things like wondering if the governor was maybe going to order a state lockdown proved distracting.

I'm not sure I'll vote. I can barely get 10 I like and I haven't watching many movies lately.

watched

(sorry about the double post above)

tonight I'm going to watch Little Joe or Synonyms

Looking forward to hearing what you think about either!

recorder: the marion stokes project

On DVD and Blu-Ray woth director's commentary, digital rentals from $3.99, was scheduled for Autumn release in the UK but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

― Dollarmite Is My Name (sic), Thursday, March 26, 2020 9:14 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

haha nice I didn't know it was out on disc! Such a great movie. Amazing woman

For people who are having trouble getting to an enthusiastic ten:

Break your ballot into the would-be-numbered section

Then after a para break, fill it out with a B-features section of things you liked but don't consider top-ten material, and I'll give these ten points each

And if you really want to throw some bones around, go ahead and include a C-tier for one-pointers.

I'll try to watch at least one more 2019 movie that I think I will like before ballots are due, otherwise I'm giving points to Dora and the Lost City of Gold

which at least is notable for probably being the only English/Spanish/Quechua film made for American children to date?

Varda by Agnès

Not formally available for home viewing yet. But the distributor might make arrangements during the pandemic?

For UK ppl: CH4 screened the Maradona doc earlier this week. On the catch up for the next month.

This gets harder every year. When the hell was 2019? Was midsommar 2019, it feels like it came out ten years ago

yes

Diego Maradona is also free on Kanopy, and on HBO Now, HBO Go and Direct TV for US subscribers.

Honeyland

On Hulu in the US, rent from $3.99.

Transit

On Bezos Prime with subscription, rental from $2.99 to $4.99.

Diane

Digital rental from $2.99 to $4.99, digital download from $8.99 to $12.99

has deadline been extended? another week would be good, I am much more busy/tired than I was during the normal era.

hong sang soo's grass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkq58uE4vas

Grass is so wonderful. Very much 2018 (world premiere February at Berlin), but I might also vote for it now if other people have seen it this year.

I really liked Little Joe. It was my kind of horror film. Like with Lourdes it feels like the director walks a line and leaves it up to the viewer to decide what is really going on

very stylized sets, costume design, production, sound

understated but intriguing performance by Emily Beecham

also loved Synonyms. Tom Mercier is astonishingly good in his first film role

Grass is a 2019 US release. Haven't seen it. Hotel by the River also '19 (and his best in awhile).

I'll vote for what others vote for, and a lot of ilxors are from the US, but can we drop the idea that the US release date matters? It's a South Korean director, and his films always premiere in Europe.

It doesn’t matter for the poll, people are just chit-chatting about dates for the heck of it

I am including a Straub-Huillet film and would encourage people who engaged with that season on MUBI to list one instead of moaning.

If it didn't matter everyone would consider Sorry We Missed You which just got digitally released in the US, and which is absolutely and obviously a 2019 world/uk release. But it does, and the US ilxors will consider it for 2020.

Films can be voted for in multiple years, as evidenced by the fact that films keep placing in multiple years. This is a) fine and b) fun.

I don't think it's that 'fun' that non-US film systematically places lower on these lists due to the parochialism of US ilxors.

It'll happen no matter what, but can we try and work against it if possible?

posted grass because it was first screened in the uk in 2019

lol word to xyz, more than happy to fill my list with s-h

stfu fred

I can't think about ranking the movies of 2019 right now but good luck to Beach Bum.

i voted & otm to that

Fred, I get what you're saying, but no matter where you draw the lines there will be people who don't have access to films you want to vote for. Non-US films don't always march in date-solidarity either! Every ILX poll process puts great films on my radar. Surely that's the point, and not what outranks what.

That's not what I'm talking about! To be clear, I don't begrudge anyone voting for anything they have seen. I'm just tired of the US parochial bullshit where if it didn't premiere in the US, then it didn't count. We do this a few months into the next year, so there's plenty of time for 2019 films to get a 2020 US release, and if a voter is too narrow-minded to then check them out and vote for them, then fuck them.

Works both ways though. Plenty of 2018 films didn’t get a UK release until well into 2019, no doubt some of these will get votes.

It should only work like that

Seeing a 2018 film in 2019 and voting for it = good
Seeing a 2019 film in 2020 and voting for it = good
Seeing a 2019 film in 2020 yet not voting for it because you only care about us release = fuck you

comalph and Fred are encouraged to share film opinions and campaign for votes itt, discouraged from sharing poster opinions and campaigning for bans itt

― Dollarmite Is My Name (sic), Tuesday, March 17, 2020 8:05 AM (two weeks ago)

i'm only voting for films fred saw at festivals in 2018

a 2019 film is by definition a 2019 US release (fuck you)

this is my last film poll unless Da-RYLL is banned from them

I plan on watching Portrait of a Lady on Fire, which got a 2020 US release, now that it is available for streaming. Other 2019 films that had a 2020 US release - Sorry We Missed You, The Whistlers, Bacurau, I Was at Home But, The Wild Goose Lake, Beanpole, Corpus Christi, Bait, Zombi Child - are harder to get, and at least for me they require new subscriptions or downloading new apps on my TV. I really don't want to watch them on my laptop.

PoLoF had '19 week run in NY/LA

won't be voting for it; it's fine, getting too many woke points

Since sic hasn't caught up yet, Dora and the Lost City of Gold is not in any streaming packages but digitally rentable everywhere from US $4.99 and you can get a Blu for $12.97 from northern New England-based book and media chain Bull Moose

Seeing a 1972 film in 2019 and voting for it = ???

won't be voting for it; it's fine, getting too many woke points

Shit, and here I am having already turned in my ballot.

Seeing a 1972 film in 2019 and voting for it = ???

35= Acht Stunden sind kein Tag [Eight Hours Are Not A Day]
w/d: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DE 1972 16mm TV
98 points, 3 votes

I Just Wanted To Take Another Look At You - the 2018 ILX Film Poll Results Thread

btw

I can't think about ranking the movies of 2019 right now but good luck to Beach Bum.

― Chris L, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 12:38 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

don't think too hard, just throw a list together! put some ones you liked loads above some you just liked, don't worry about finessing each position.

dang, i need to check my apocrypha but pretty sure sic in anti-pedantic mode is definitely one of the markers of end days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtkFei4wRjE

more ballots make better polls

http://i.imgur.com/KfnIi0h.png

the last of everyone except devvine's picks, brought to you by 20 minutes on hold to a health care agency, listening to the same 20-second spoken message on loop:

Long day's Journey into night

Free on Kanopy in 2D, also on Criterion Channel for subscribers, available on Blu-Ray with 3D sequence.

Last Black Man In San Francisco

Free on Kanopy, on Prime with subscription, rent or buy digitally from $3.99 to $15.99

1917

Rent for a consistent $5.99 on seven different platforms, buy for a consistent $19.99 on eight platforms. Probably not worth the Deakinsiness at home though.

Climax

Streaming on Prime for subscribers, rent from $3.99 in HD or $4.99 in standard, buy for $5.99 in HD or $12.99 in standard. Worth dancing to the opening half hour in your living room.

Give Me Liberty

Rent for $3.99 in SD, $4.99 in HD, buy from $12.99-$14.99.

Sorry Angel

"Plaire, aimer et courir vite" is digitally rentable for $2.99 in SD, $4.99 in HD, and a consistent $12.99 to buy across multiple platforms.

Rocketman

On Epix with subscription, rent for $4.99 in SD or $5.99 in HD, buy for $19.99 in 4K or HD, depending on platform.

Cold Pursuit

On HBO Now, HBO Go and DirectTV with subs, rent exclusively from Fandango NOW for $3.99 in 4K, buy from $7.99 to $15.99, depending on digital shop.

Dragged Across Concrete

On Cinemax, Max Go and DirectTV with subs, rent exclusively from Fandango NOW for $3.99 in 4K, buy from $9.99 to $15.99, depending on ethereal retailer.

getting a ballot together, i'm pretty sure i saw and liked more than 10 movies this year.

gonna watch high flying bird and hopefully portrait of a lady before friday

have finally seen Uncut Gems and Dark Waters, still want to watch at least a few more films

Dragged Across Concrete

also on HBO platforms as of midnight, apparently

It's not up to Hell or High Water, but that's a close comparable imo. It was better than I expected.

yea it stuck w/ me, though actually forgot to put it on my ballot lol :\

Maradona doc has the best opening, what, 10 minutes? of any film last year. Delorean Dynamite!

I'm just tired of the US parochial bullshit where if it didn't premiere in the US, then it didn't count.

Anyway, I'm going to try to squeeze in a couple more films and then I'll vote.

I liked Bone Tomahawk and admired the placid relentlessness of Brawl In Cell Block 99 and Vaughan's performance, both of them as home viewings, but I absolutely couldn't face three hours of Mel Gibson doing Zahler without being in an audience

anyway I was on the same 20-second hold loop for 40 minutes all up yesterday, so here are devvine's picks:

Our Time (Reygadas)

Rent for $4.99 on Bezos and iTunes, buy for $7.99 from the same overlords.

High Life (Denis)

On Prime in 4K for subscribers, free on Kanopy, rent for $3.99 in HD or 4K, rent for $4.99 in standard, buy for $5.99 in 4K, buy for $11.99 in HD, buy for $12.99 in standard.

Peterloo (Leigh)

Available on Bezos Prime with subscription, and on Region 2 DVD from the UK.

La Flor (Llinas)

Available on DVD in Switzerland, and Blu-Ray in France.

Vitalina Varela (Costa)

Available on DVD in the UK, and can currently be rented for home viewing via the distributor, with 50% of the price going to an independent cinema and its staff (I commend Northwest Film Forum, if anyone does this and doesn't have a local option.

The Irishman (Scorsese)

I Should Have Called It I Heard You Paint Houses is on Netflix worldwide.

To the Ends of the Earth (Kurosawa)

Available on DVD in Japan.

Jessica Forever (Poggi, Vinel)

Streaming free on Shudder with 30-day trial code SHUTIN.

No Data Plan (Revereza)

Was scheduled to screen at the Brattle in Cambridge, Massachusetts last Monday, but was postponed by pandemic.

Diamantino (Abrantes, Schmidt)

On Criterion Channel with subs, also on disc and digital.

Martin Eden (Marcello)

Scheduled for US release starting April 17 in NYC. Good luck imo.

It Has to be Lived Once and Dreamed Twice (Kohlberger)

Formerly available on MUBI. Contact the distributor to book a DCP.

Swatted (Chandoutis)

Viewable for accredited festival programmers with a membership.

(Our Time is also on Kanopy)

Ta! Here it is.

just watched Monos, really liked it, the story was very unpredictable

there are so many good 2019 films

of 2019 movies, two with incredibly beautiful cinematography were filmed by Claire Mathon, Atlantics and in Portrait of a Lady on Fire

planning to watch Border and By the Grace of God before I vote

I was one of two Border voters last year, would be pleased to see it make a better showing this time

Diamantino was really nice

I've voted for some movies, innit

will spoil a bit and mention Paul Thomas Anderson's Thom Yorke music video Anima (streaming on Netflix), not previously brought up here.

Family was a great overlooked comedy that was just as funny at home recently. Can't recommend it enough. Taylor Schilling from Orange is the New Black (which I haven't seen), is the lead, and she's phenomenal. it's from 2018, by Laura Steinel. I can't remember if I've already made this post itt but idc

but seriously when is new deadline

oh amazing, thanks for doing that sic!

but seriously when is new deadline

why is new deadline

bcz I am crazy busy working & staying alive

11 ballots received so far, vs a total last year of 28. No problem moving the date through the weekend if there's any call for it*, but I reckon the OP covered this, and it's unlikely those of us currently unable to concentrate on subtitled drama in shared living rooms are likely to find it easier to do so as weeks or months go by.

well, I'm not working again til Monday.

of course I can't afford all those streams

however I signed up for a 2-wk free trial at Criterion, and Black Mother is running there.

and I will have time to watch my 'permanently' loaned library DVD of Wild Pear Tree.

Border is such a strange film

watching By the Grace of God next. have access to The Beach Bum, The Nightingale, Waves, Hustlers but haven’t seen them yet

could use a couple more days

i have a ballot ready to send but wouldn't mind a couple of extra days

same

yes pls

have access to The Beach Bum, The Nightingale, Waves, Hustlers but haven’t seen them yet

I'd like an extra day or two myself.

everything i've seen/heard about waves makes me certain it would be on my worst of the year

So mote it be - ballots due on Tuesday.

everything i've seen/heard about waves makes me certain it would be on my worst of the year

xp - thanks for the extra time

Are we expecting confirmation emails Y/N?

re: Waves, neither worst nor at all best -- it won't make it onto my top 20.

Compiling this now.

Ballot sent.

I'll send confirmation as I tally.

Thanks for the extension, sic

the Brazilian film Invisible Life that won the un certain regard award last year was released today on prime video

there were a lot of changes of tone in Waves

I liked that

just saw Greener Grass (available to rent on youtube). i know a couple of you have it as one of the year's worst but i personally loved it and was very amused the entire time. watch if you like unrestrained surrealism of a particularly gaudy hue. or (as tt said) todd solondz. or bunuel at his wackiest. or chris morris' 'jam'. or idk that tim robinson show (but this is imo much better)

on Hulu for subscribers.

I loved Greener Grass! So strange, but it hit me just right. Very funny and sad.

The Cave is a 2019 film, no? What with the Oscar nomination and everything.

are you trying to start fights with yourself now? vote for everything you want to now, the internet might not exist or we could all be dead of capitalism next year

If people are voting for it now, I'll vote for it now, if people want to vote for it next year, I'll vote for it next year. I'm amicable like that.

It's split up in Denmark, it won one award, but us critics can't vote for it until next year.

Stop trying to read the other kids’ answers, keep your eyes on your own worksheet.

That is so so wrong. Everyone on here should copy answers from other kids. Specifically me, you should all copy my answers.

Defeats the purpose of a poll

ffs

Voted!

just watched Nightingale, thought it was interesting but not best of the year

Reminder that new ballots are due tomorrow. (If anyone who has already submitted wants to revise, just reply to your previous email.) Plenty of film thread regulars are yet to file, from whom it would be good to hear.

i'm comin'

may watch portrait of a lady tonight, but if not i'll send a ballot first thing in the morn eastern time

Will finish and mail ballot tonight.

i did not get a confirmation email, you got my ballot?

RTFM

voted!

Tomorrow morning. Gotta grade 'n' read tonight.

sent!

entered

So how many we submit -- ten films?

If so, sent.

RTFM

Had to look that up--got something similar in my e-mail. Make sure you get it right, everyone.

We're doing some last-minute watching today - hopefully it'll still be fine to submit this evening. Please advise if otherwise and we'll hasten

Last Year at Marienbad/ Nostalghia pic.twitter.com/oUFhIqSfe8

— tapishwar (@singhtapishwar) April 7, 2020

I've managed to list 34 films, so I'm nearly there.

gonna send a ballot now

Had to look that up--got something similar in my e-mail. Make sure you get it right, everyone.

That was a reply to Whiney's already-answered question - your note was just a gentle tease about yr late profession.

All votes received should have confirmation emails now.

I just voted :) My lists are so weird every year. I don't know why it's so much harder for me to make a film list than an album list. Hoping to see my #1 on the list, though it's a longshot.

(xpost) That's good--I actually almost said "There will be a quiz" in my post, and was also going to mention that I should get extra credit for handing in my assignment early.

We had 32 voters for 2018, 28 last year, and 25 received so far this year. If the imagent household only files further ballots today, thta's pretty good attrition.

I was thinking of submitting a ballot, but went through the rym list and had only seen these films

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Toy Story 4
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Joker
Leaving Neverland
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu

I fear my short ballot would only make the list worse, but will be following the rollout to get some recommendations of better things I should be watching.

We are shortly to vote! We just watched The Forest Of Love. Quite a way to complete our voting prep

just voted

hoping my #1 will make the cut. the rest of my ballot is pretty normie, but hey, normie cinema had a pretty good year last year.

Just accepted that Color Out Of Space and Bacurau are 2020 so I'm sorry if you voted for those things, I do love them though and they were high up my ballot before I cut them

And The Wild Goose Lake! All of you shall have your glory this time next year ;_;

You wouldn't have been the only Bacarau voter.

It can wait. UK and US release dates both March 2020

It's a 2019 release but whatever. I didn't see it and vote for it either

Wild Goose Lake just not among my top 35. Great colors, though. Fun use of umbrella.

shut. up. fred.

Fuck off

hope you voted dr morbius.

I recently watched Uniform and Black Coal, Thin Ice, and am interested in seeing The Wild Goose Lake

How is Uniform?

it was very low budget production but I liked the story of a laundry worker using an unclaimed uniform to impersonate a police officer.

thought Black Coal, Thin Ice was really good

Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the having subjective opinions about flicker shows thread!

Okay, THE FLOOR WILL BE CLOSED in 45 minutes.

just watched Bacurau, it's fine but idg the hubbub

yeah it was good fun but not worth freaking out over.

I decided not to vote but here's all the 2019 movies I saw: https://letterboxd.com/adamt/list/2019-movies-ranked/

TOMORROW MORNING

nice

did you reach 30 voters?

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