This is the thread where we discuss matters pertaining to the detrius that accompanies the "End of the Year in Cinema" -- 2017

Nah, they just gave him a long bathroom break.

Bilge Ebiri on overlooked actors

https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/12/27/the-17-most-overlooked-performances-of-2017/

I had Adèle Haenel and Aubrey Plaza on two of my ballots. Agree about Sienna Miller (and had Charlie Hunnam on there too).

Haenel for BPM, that is.

I've had Aubrey Plaza on ballots in the past for far worse movies, so it pains me to say I haven't seen Ingrid Goes West yet.

Reverse Shot 10, led by A Quiet Passion and The Human Surge

http://reverseshot.org/features/2400/best_2017

v happy to see Colossal on a worst-of list

No Brigsby Bear on these lists is lame

Miami Film Awards went up.

Nat'l Film Soc has theirs this weekend I think. So help me, if they pick The Shape of Water...

I added the Ebiri piece Morbs just posted to our "to watch" list and can I just say after Everybody Wants Some!! and Ingrid Goes West, I'm really getting to like Wyatt Russell.

also IGW feels like a horror film wtf

This guy otm

https://i.imgur.com/DzT3xWi_d.jpg?maxwidth=640

also IGW feels like a horror film wtf

― El Tomboto

It sort of is.

This year's Slate Movie Club launches:

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_movie_club/features/2018/movie_club_2017/the_best_films_of_2017_in_the_slate_movie_club.html

WGA Nominations

http://awardswatch.com/2018/01/04/logan-i-tonya-grab-writers-guild-of-america-wga-nominations-the-post-is-snubbed/

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Big Sick, Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
Get Out, Written by Jordan Peele
I, Tonya, Written by Steven Rogers
Lady Bird, Written by Greta Gerwig
The Shape of Water, Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor; Story by Guillermo del Toro

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Call Me by Your Name, Screenplay by James Ivory; Based on the Novel by André Aciman
The Disaster Artist, Screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber; Based on the Book The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside the Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
Logan, Screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green; Story by James Mangold; Based on Characters from the X-Men Comic Books and Theatrical Motion Pictures
Molly’s Game, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; Based on the Book by Molly Bloom
Mudbound, Screenplay by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees; Based on the Novel by Hillary Jordan

fuckin' Sorkin

that movie is all voice-over; the sequences are pretty pictures to accompany the voice-over

"You don't understand poker; how impressed you'll be when you think I'm not dumbing it down for you, even though real poker players will say I've dumbed it down for you."

more Film Comment stuff, incl Molly Haskell on Phantom Thread

https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/making-case-continued/

Producers Guild nominates 11... I'm fairly sure I'd last maybe 30 minutes with The Big Sick.

The Big Sick
Producers: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel

Call Me By Your Name
Producers: Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Marco Morabito

Dunkirk
Producers: Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan

Get Out
Producers: Sean McKittrick & Edward H. Hamm, Jr., Jason Blum, Jordan Peele

I, Tonya
Producers: Bryan Unkeless, Steven Rogers, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley

Lady Bird
Producers: Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Evelyn O’Neill

Molly’s Game
Producers: Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, Matt Jackson

The Post
Producers: Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger

The Shape Of Water
Producers: Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Producers: Graham Broadbent & Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh

Wonder Woman
Producers: Charles Roven & Richard Suckle, Zack Snyder & Deborah Snyder

Armond's annual better-than list: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455151/annual-better-movies-list-european-films-dominate

He's mellowing out.

The forced Trump > Obama video that plays in the middle of the page is quite appropriate/amusing.

so i *did* miss something at the GGs.

I did enjoy the eerie hush as the remnants of Kirk Douglas were rolled onstage, reminding all present that beyond glory and adulation lies only the cold of the grave.

— BANDZ STACKHAGE (@NickPinkerton) January 8, 2018

It was embarrassing, but because Douglas, while alert, was in no condition to speak. I had vaguely known about the Wood allegations.

BAFTAs. God's Own Country!

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/09/full-list-of-nominations-for-the-baftas-2018-film

Labuza and Uhlich podcast marathon begins:

http://www.thecinephiliacs.net/2018/01/2017-favorites-with-keith-uhlich-part-1.html

Uhlich on The Post and the frustration thereof is essential.

on the podcast or here?

http://www.keithuhlich.com/2017/12/the-post-2017-dir-steven-spielberg.html

"11 Offenses" by Reverse Shot

http://reverseshot.org/features/2411/11_offenses_2017

xp both places, but I was talking mostly of the podcast ... "the greatest frustration of my whole fucking life"

Armond's list of the best gay films of 2017. I've already seen My Life as a Zucchini (meh) and I mean to see a few of the others, but does anyone have anything to say about Paris: 05:59: Theo & Hugo, Four Days in France or Dream Boat?

FOUR DAYS was okay at best, PARIS was good.

Paris has an opening scene to end all opening scenes.

Listing The Assignment is perfect Armond.

opening climax?

Walter Chaw's 50 Best Films of 2017.

Directors Guild of America nominees

del Toro
Gerwig
McDonagh
Nolan
Peele

Cinema Eye

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/5266-the-daily-strong-island-tops-cinema-eye-honors

this guy listed 100 and seems to like them all

http://punkeinfilm.blogspot.de/2018/01/my-favourite-films-of-2017.html

Senses of Cinema world poll

http://sensesofcinema.com/2018/world-poll/world-poll-2017-introduction/

Michael K on the best good sex, worst good sex, best bad sex, and worst bad sex scenes...

http://reverseshot.org/features/2416/two_cents_2017

Jamie Bell does look daaaaaamn good in that Bening-as-Grahame movie

yeah, but I don't get fawning over Adam Driver, with or without the nü-Vader mask.

well git outta town

he looks like he reeks of patchouli

i'll bury my snout in whatever he reeks of

When your only other option seems to be a sadistic sociopath who thinks your muteness is your most attractive quality, then I suppose the scaly creature from the black lagoon might seem like a good bet for a boink. But I still wished that Sally Hawkins could get it on with someone a little less amphibious before relocating forever to the bottom of the damn ocean.

why would you write this

SAG Awards ... proving that the AFTRA merger will now just lead to straight up-and-down endorsements of whatever the Golden Globes picked.

Cast: Three Billboards
Actor: Gary Oldman
Actress: Frances McDormand
Sup. Actor: Sam Rockwell
Sup. Actress: Abuse Clown

depressing year