Criterion just released Heart of a Dog for rental on iTunes and Vudu on Tuesday. I plan to catch it in the next week. The Forbidden Room, however, was (and remains afaik) damn near impossible to see. If it played in the DC area last year, I totally missed the memo. It's the one I really, really wanted to catch up on as well.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 4 March 2016 02:11 (eight years ago) link
41. The Lobster 74 4 42. White God 71 3 43. Son of Saul 69 2 44. What We Do in the Shadows 67 3 45. Maps to the Stars 63 3 46. Wild Tales 63 3 47. While We’re Young 62 3 48. In Jackson Heights 56 3 49. Song of the Sea 56 2 50. Force Majeure 55 3 51. Love & Mercy 53 3 52. The Lady in the Van 53 3 53. Eden 52 3 54. Forbidden Room 51 2 55. Straight Outta Compton 49 2 56. Welcome to Me 49 2 57. Dope 47 3 58. Far from the Madding Crowd 47 3 59. Heart of a Dog 46 2 60. Queen of Earth 45 3 61. Shaun the Sheep Movie 44 2 62. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 41 2 63. Radiator 41 2 64. The New Girlfriend 41 2 65. Best of Enemies 40 1 166. From What is Before 40 1 167. Lost River 40 2 68. Mommy 38 2 69. Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem 37 2 70. Dior & I 34 2 71. The Falling 34 2 72. Appropriate Behavior 33 3 73. Arabian Nights Vol. 1 33 1 74. Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict 33 1 75. Stray Dogs (2013) 33 1
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 4 March 2016 02:14 (eight years ago) link
Apologizes for the formatting there. First number is points, second number is votes, and if there's a third number, it's the number of #1s.
Maps to the Stars, Force Majeure, and Stray Dogs all placed last year.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 4 March 2016 02:16 (eight years ago) link
ty again
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 March 2016 02:23 (eight years ago) link
i thought Assayas was on Stewart's side.
I thought he wasn't on anyone's side. They were both reacting to each other, with equal (but opposite) doses of bullshit. I liked that. But then I also thought the movie was great. :P
― Cherish, Friday, 4 March 2016 02:29 (eight years ago) link
HTBAG was released in 2013, I mean, i'm okay with some largesses when it comes to releases but 2013 is a whole 2 years prior.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 4 March 2016 05:35 (eight years ago) link
It got a US release in 2015, hence it's inclusion in a number of US-based eoy lists. According to IMDB the only proper release it had prior to 2015 was Russia in 2014.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 4 March 2016 05:37 (eight years ago) link
my ballot
1. The Assassin2. The Son of Saul3. It Follows4. Inside Out5. Youth6. Mad Max: Fury Road7. Oncle Bernard: A Counter Lesson in Economics.8. Bridge of Spies9. Carol10. Trainwreck11. Red Army12. What We Do In The Shadows13. Creed14. The Martian15. Far From The Madding Crowd
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 4 March 2016 05:38 (eight years ago) link
xpost, yeah i'm out of line, i had friends who saw it in early 2014 (I haven't), that's probably why it's so jarring to me. you did a great job, thanks for organizing this.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 4 March 2016 05:42 (eight years ago) link
I really want to see Oncle Bernard, but I have no idea how I can do so.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 4 March 2016 06:05 (eight years ago) link
I predict The Lobster to be on next year's list.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 4 March 2016 06:07 (eight years ago) link
BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE ftw in 2016!
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 4 March 2016 07:33 (eight years ago) link
Fantastic roll-out, thank you Gukbe! My ballot:
TangerineHard to Be a GodThe FallingTaxi TehranWelcome to MeMad Max: Fury RoadMommyGirlhoodGrandmaAmour FouThe Diary of a Teenage GirlThe Lady in the VanWhite GodCarolRadiatorHorse MoneyFar from the Madding CrowdA Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting On ExistenceInside OutThe OvernightAppropriate BehaviourListen Up PhilipLove & MercyShaun the Sheep MovieDope
― tangenttangent, Friday, 4 March 2016 10:01 (eight years ago) link
It is so awesome to see Tangerine at 2 on the list. Best American film of the year. By far. The final shots of the armenian husband alone in his apartment were almost Costa-esque in my book.
― Frederik B, Friday, 4 March 2016 11:23 (eight years ago) link
Lady in the Van is television not cinema.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 4 March 2016 11:41 (eight years ago) link
good television tho
― Laertiades (imago), Friday, 4 March 2016 11:43 (eight years ago) link
xxp ^all of that
It's an outrageously bold piece of work. Every scene is crushingly upfront with the viewer and the characters are so much more knowable for it. I love how it catapults from moments of pure poignancy to manic humour. Its success in light of the way it was shot, cast, funded and distributed felt like a proper reclamation of American independent cinema from the likes of Searchlight. Those performances... Aaaaah. Love love love love this film.
― tangenttangent, Friday, 4 March 2016 11:44 (eight years ago) link
I'm not really concerned with cinema purism. It's obviously a film.
― tangenttangent, Friday, 4 March 2016 11:47 (eight years ago) link
i have the feeling that the joke is on the guy who voted for 'mirror' 41 years after its original release
i mean by that logic, i'd have made 'stalker' my #1 after seeing it in the cinema last year, and we could have had a completely farcical poll
― Laertiades (imago), Friday, 4 March 2016 11:52 (eight years ago) link
Its a bunch of jokes - you are missing Sokurov, De Sica etc from my ballot.
Voting for great old films gets to be a part of your experience - you wouldn't understand if you watch cartoons and television.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 4 March 2016 11:56 (eight years ago) link
and sheep.
Voting for great sheep gets to be a part of your experience
― tangenttangent, Friday, 4 March 2016 11:57 (eight years ago) link
Sheep is for eating and keeping you warm.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 4 March 2016 11:58 (eight years ago) link
Best movie of 2016 so far is a sheep film
― Laertiades (imago), Friday, 4 March 2016 11:58 (eight years ago) link
Did it have cartoons in it too?
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 4 March 2016 12:01 (eight years ago) link
or 'anime'
sadly not
― Laertiades (imago), Friday, 4 March 2016 12:02 (eight years ago) link
Rams is from 15! Oh dear, have I already screwed up the 16 list? It's very good, yeah.
― Frederik B, Friday, 4 March 2016 12:08 (eight years ago) link
Quite want to watch Le Quattro Volte from a few years back, that's a goat film tho
― Laertiades (imago), Friday, 4 March 2016 12:12 (eight years ago) link
I knew what it was.
Le Quattro Volte is pure cinema so be careful.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 4 March 2016 12:16 (eight years ago) link
Are we doing a 2010-2015 poll?
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 4 March 2016 12:18 (eight years ago) link
I'm not sure if that's a veiled insult or just a regular question, but I'd be very keen for a 2010-2015 poll!
― tangenttangent, Friday, 4 March 2016 12:20 (eight years ago) link
nah I'm done playing for the morning - that was just a question.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 4 March 2016 12:22 (eight years ago) link
It is a tiring and thankless task pointing out bullshit dichotomies on ILX, but this really is an exceptional example of the genre and should not be overlooked.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 4 March 2016 12:29 (eight years ago) link
agreed
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 March 2016 12:31 (eight years ago) link
^ says the guy who is struggling with the notion Inherent Vice is ok to be voted for this year.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 4 March 2016 12:34 (eight years ago) link
no struggle, it's '14
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 March 2016 12:37 (eight years ago) link
Are we getting sniffy about ppl voting for animated films now? Jesus wept
― i;m thinking about thos Beans (Michael B), Friday, 4 March 2016 12:40 (eight years ago) link
no struggle, it's '14― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 March 2016 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 March 2016 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
so you're struggling then..
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 4 March 2016 12:55 (eight years ago) link
Trump would be proud of Morbs' American exceptionalism
― Chicamaw (Ward Fowler), Friday, 4 March 2016 12:57 (eight years ago) link
someone's got to fill the power vacuum and lead
also this was my last poll, ladies and gentlemen
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 March 2016 13:03 (eight years ago) link
wow, Heart of a Dog played nowhere yet, huh? and The Forbidden Room, people?
I'm starting to think we aren't getting HOAD
Forbidden room was my #6
― anglos with derpy phasis (wins), Friday, 4 March 2016 13:24 (eight years ago) link
10. It Follows - didn't vote for this, should have, it's as good as pop horror got last year9. Carol - not terrible, both lead performances excellent, but sabotaged by haynes's restraint5. Inside Out - sweet, inventive, moving, i dunno... i lack perspective where pixar's concerned4. Hard to be a God - my #1, and i kind of hated it, "endurance cinema" is right, imagery is everything1. Mad Max Fury Road - liked this, feel i should have liked it more, maybe i just want to be 10 again
― leet gentlemen's club (contenderizer), Friday, 4 March 2016 13:29 (eight years ago) link
Forbidden Room was fitfully amazing but maddening as a whole. One of my least favorite Guy Maddin flicks.
― leet gentlemen's club (contenderizer), Friday, 4 March 2016 13:31 (eight years ago) link
Ballobt:
Hard to Be a GodWorld of TomorrowMad Max: Fury RoadInside OutWhat We Do in the ShadowsTale of TalesLost RiverThe Duke of BurgundyWild TalesKrampus
― leet gentlemen's club (contenderizer), Friday, 4 March 2016 13:35 (eight years ago) link
Oh and while I dug Bone Tomahawk (more so the long, slow journey, less so the Cannibal Holocaust climax), I don't think it ever found a way around it's fundamentally and deeply racist premise. And in fact took several opportunities to throw salt in the wound: "Godless savages", ffs.
― leet gentlemen's club (contenderizer), Friday, 4 March 2016 13:41 (eight years ago) link
Just watched Gueros which was a lot like Girlhood for me in that I found it mostly admirable and even impressive, but it didn't leave any real impression on me. Palacios clearly has talent, but the meta touches were irksome.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Friday, 4 March 2016 17:18 (eight years ago) link
The meta bit was awesome! The whole film is so playful, I fell in love with it.
― Cherish, Friday, 4 March 2016 19:59 (eight years ago) link
The second meta bit in particular bugged me, like it was aware of itself as a cliche of Mexican cinema (I'm assuming by the dialogue, anyway) and wanted to preempt criticism in a "clever" way.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Friday, 4 March 2016 20:19 (eight years ago) link