THE FUTURE IS FILMIC EJACULATIONS: The ILX Film Poll (for 2018 viewings) Voting Thread - Ballots Due Friday June 21st

Funny thing is there was another film this year about the same day, 'Utøya: July 22' and it's even worse.

i've had Madeline's Madeline out of the library for 4-6 weeks and sooooooo don't wanna watch it.

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 19:13 (three days ago)

I started watching this last night and I lasted about 10 minutes. I turned it after the scene where shes dancing in a sea turtle costume. Insufferable.

Haven't seen enough terrible stuff to do a top5 worst of the year but I highly doubt anything mentioned here could be worse than Carol Morley's Out Of Blue.

Stuff I voted for that I fear won't get much shine: Simon Amstell's Benjamin, that Mark Cousins thing on female directors, the M.I.A. documentary.

I thought the first act in Ash Is Purest White was almost perfect, not so much the second and third ones - but still immensely enjoyed it overall.

So glad this is happening! I sent my ballot.

Everyone should try to see Zama (if it qualifies as 2018 for you), I Am Not a Witch (ditto), and Happy as Lazzaro before voting!

Happy as Lazzaro was kind of subtle I thought, it took a couple of viewings for me to appreciate. Both The Wonders and Happy as Lazzaro have a pastoral quality that I really like

not just in the settings but in the super-calm, relaxed style of filmmaking

I read that Rohrwacher in particular was really taken with Mati Diop's Atlantics as a member of the Cannes jury, I'm looking forward to seeing that film

Lazzaro reminded me of Pasolini

have been meaning to make my way through Pasolini's films, so far I've only gotten to his first film Accattone

disagree with all of you who disliked Suspiria. It was a beautiful film, visually and thematically

are we treating the mule (a good film people should watch) as an 18 or 19 release?

limited US release in Dec '18 good enough for me

repping double eastwood, triple hong

i saw it on 12/30/18

ending the year on a high

well i saw The Thin Man on 35mm on NYE but The Mule was surprisingly okay. at least compared to Sully, the last Clint movie I saw, which was dysfunctional on every level.

. (Michael B)
Posted: 31 May 2019 at 08:35:12
i've had Madeline's Madeline out of the library for 4-6 weeks and sooooooo don't wanna watch it.

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 19:13 (three days ago)

I started watching this last night and I lasted about 10 minutes. I turned it after the scene where shes dancing in a sea turtle costume. Insufferable.

I was unsure of it at this stage but nah. It’s extraordinary

And just a reminder that Josephine Decker's top-three worthy Madeline's Madeline should still be on MUBI in most territories.

― Frederik B, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I would vote for it next year at near the bottom of the list, or maybe not at all. Its a passably interesting film around issues of mental health, race. It starts a conversation around how to film mental health issues but a lot of it just doesn't land. Decker's film is often good, just wish the story was better than the goings on in a theatre group. The contours of the relationship between the director of the group and Madeleine weren't sketched out as much as I wanted to. Then again this is a film that avoids conversation (perhaps that's part of the point as the film is often seen from Madeline's POV), but that does leave gaps.

I love to see these polling, especially The Heiresses

Touch Me Not (Pintile, 2018)
Elephant Sitting Still (Hu Bo, 2018)
The Heiresses (Marcelo Martinessi, 2017)

Madeline's Madeline is even worse than i'd feared. Cinematic diverticulitis.

as far as films about a youngster's pov, got much more out of nervous translation

I like the rivette I’ve seen so I guess I’m just not that put off by annoying theatre troupes. The “gaps” are part of the film’s impact for me, there was a v deliberate strategy with the direction I felt (which involved putting a lot of trust in the performers, and I liked how the film dramatised the risk involved in this w the director character); as I said above I was a bit wary that it would be 90 minutes of cat/sea turtle but I had a rare emotional response to this movie!

(film critic after watching a movie that features some neon lighting)
this movie is absolutely nuts, like an acid trip slathered in meth, a delirious dive off the edge, a kaleidoscopic extravaganza that must be experienced to be believed, a phantasmagoric descent into the void

— Nick Usen (@nickusen) May 19, 2019

otm lol

are we going to do a best movies of the decade poll this time next year?

I should send in my ballot, I considered checking out Zama but was put off by a friend's description, "it's a secret horror movie," pass

as far as films about a youngster's pov, got much more out of nervous translation

― devvvine, 9. juni 2019 20:02 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Both will definitely be in my top ten, perhaps top five.

lol xp

Have you seen any other Martel? Zama is way up there for me, you should def check it out. I mean people can randomly call almost anything a secret horror movie

Zama's top-5 for me, a black comedy with a bleak punchline.

"secret horror movie" isn't a real thing, like if there's a zombie or a dracula or a ghost or whatever in the movie it's never a surprise tbqh

and yeah Zama's good, gratitude @ my friend who got me to go see it with him

some ppl were like "Phantom Thread is a horror movie" which is obviously wrong, it is a rom com

Zama is a neon lit.. it's a very very fine movie.

lol, first thing I think of from that tweet is p badshaw's 5 star review of gaspar noe's enter the void or some other git on that awful dross holy motors. but then i guiltily think of my own clownish hyperbolic bullshit that i've conveniently wiped from my memory over all sorts of other noisy dross over the years!

That tweet is so me it’s kind of a miracle I don’t like refn bollox much more than I do tbh

reminded me of the 90 minutes i spent waiting for mandy to end

My number one will shock you

My number one won't, lol

It's a secret horror movie! Danger lurks anywhere on the football court, and only one man is brave enough to change the rules.

see zama dude, it's great

Ok I’ve been swayed, I will check it out. I haven’t seen any other Martel but have heard great things about La Cineaga in particular.

I don't think it's great, but it's certainly worth consideration

ONE WEEK TO VOTE

will keep that in mind

No more catching up! Only shaping your longlists!

sez you

Alright, you can watch ONE MORE FILM tonight. But then get ranking!

but i'm busy tonight

make sure you all find a spare eight hours to watch dead souls

All done :) Its up there.

(I sent mine last week btw.)

but i'm busy tonight

you can write-in vote for a dream you have, but only between #30 and #35

Yeah, Dead Souls is a must. As is La Flor.

Feel free to skip last year's Lav Diaz, though.