This is the thread where we discuss matters pertaining to the detrius that accompanies the "End of the Year AND DECADE in Cinema" -- 2019

the first twenty minutes of upstream color is body horror even beyond my personal threshold and the drowning scene in under the skin is just... nope, can't do it again

Y'all should watch Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

it's not even out as a limited release yet, keep your pants on

December 6 here in flyover land.

I'm aware! I'm saying don't miss out.

I have to decide between Waves and the Mr. Rogers thing tonight.

Kinda think i need to try Atlantics tonight.

Some of the people really laying into Waves probably need to take a step back from the A24 backlash pileon but ... I can absolutely see the validity of the criticisms about the first half in particular.

I'm always get some anxiety that ILX FILM GUY movies are are like The Souvenir and Gloria Bell where its like "a subtle, unhurried character study of a woman navigating life's valleys and occasional peaks"

And like exciting, cool, exploitationy art-house stuff like A24 is for herbs and noobs

you might prefer Diane as she dies at the end?

(ILX FILM GUY spoiler)

but A24 did release The Souvenir!

i got fifteen minutes into mid90's and bailed, it was boring

Anyway, I liked Waves

And Gloria Bell is a remake, so we all prefer the Chilean original. Whine better, Whiney!

is the remake worth a watch? i really liked the original but kinda assumed there was no point to the remake except to sell a proven commodity to an anglo audience.

I don't.

I didn't find time to watch the remake, but it's probably good. My mom liked it.

I liked the original, but in the context of American film it's cool we can still get a subtle, unhurried character study of a woman navigating life's valleys and occasional peaks -- with a little sex in it.

Sure, sure. I just really don't care about that context :)

Latin American cinema has been really great with those subtle studies of middle aged women, btw. Gloria, Las Herederas (which might still be on Netflix), and The Desert Bride.

Marriage Story swept the Gotham Awards, winning best feature, best actor, best screenplay, and the audience award. Akwafina won best actress, and Taylor Russell (Waves) won breakthrough performer. American Factory won best documentary.

With Bo Burnham and Awkwafina, our current path to a celebrated cinema career is lined with crypto-racist rap YouTubes. Really cannot wait for Riff Raff and Lil Dicky to be crowned the new Welles and Bergman

Really cannot wait for Riff Raff

I mean, James Franco's big critical breakthrough was like 7 years ago now.

Roman Polanski’s ‘An Officer and a Spy” Earns Five Lumieres Awards Nominations in France https://t.co/IvWKO7HmJH

— Variety (@Variety) December 3, 2019

National Board of Review kicks off “ok boomer” season:


Best Film: THE IRISHMAN
Best Director: Quentin Tarantino, ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
Best Actor: Adam Sandler, UNCUT GEMS
Best Actress: Renée Zellweger, JUDY
Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt, ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
Best Supporting Actress: Kathy Bates, RICHARD JEWELL
Best Original Screenplay: Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, Ronald Bronstein, UNCUT GEMS
Best Adapted Screenplay: Steven Zaillian, THE IRISHMAN
Breakthrough Performance: Paul Walter Hauser, RICHARD JEWELL
Best Directorial Debut: Melina Matsoukas, QUEEN & SLIM
Best Animated Feature: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD
Best Foreign Language Film: PARASITE
Best Documentary: MAIDEN
Best Ensemble: KNIVES OUT
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Roger Deakins, 1917
NBR Icon Award: Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: FOR SAMA
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: JUST MERCY


Top Films (in alphabetical order)

1917
Dolemite is My Name
Ford v Ferrari
Jojo Rabbit
Knives Out
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Richard Jewell
Uncut Gems
Waves

Top 5 Foreign Language Films (in alphabetical order)

Atlantics
Invisible Life
Pain and Glory
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Transit

Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order)

American Factory
Apollo 11
The Black Godfather
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Wrestle

Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order)

The Farewell
Give Me Liberty
A Hidden Life
Judy
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Midsommar
The Nightingale
The Peanut Butter Falcon
The Souvenir
Wild Rose

Good list: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/12/top-15-movies-2019

Another list with Climax at #1 (hence, better list): https://www.vulture.com/article/best-movies-2019.html

It's time for my annual December "good lord, I have to take a Clint Eastwood movie seriously."

I'm usually wrong (The Mule's politics were more interestingly gnarled than usual).

Some are saying that Jewell is transparently MAGA.

“ok boomer” season:

srsly, is this a trending Irishman slur? cuz its Big Four are all older than that. (Five if you count Thelma S.) Or are they talking about the audience?

No, a slur about NBR being the fustiest of the four "major" crix groups.

OFFICIAL: Beacon Cinema proprietors' best of the decade lists. pic.twitter.com/0aPe5LKKaw

— The Beacon Cinema (@TheBeaconSEA) December 4, 2019

Mountains May Depart is a strong challop, lol.

"With Bo Burnham and Awkwafina, our current path to a celebrated cinema career is lined with crypto-racist rap YouTubes." what?

Good NYFCC mourning!

wd've gone with The Chambermaid

BEST FIRST FILM: Atlantics #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 4, 2019

Guess it didn't win best picture:

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: PARASITE

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 4, 2019

There will be a live reveal of the Film Comment poll at Lincoln Center next week. I would go, but when Parasite comes up #1 I would have to throw peaches at the stage.

I forgot they did that; they turned it into a podcast last year too.

how many critics have peach allergies, I wonder

I can see The Souvenir coming in second on FC

Peaches are delicious. Every time I think about watching a movie, I should do the sensible thing and eat a peach instead.

DARE to keep critics off peaches

FC poll usu top heavy w/ NYFF films, so I think Irishman and Marriage Story are top 5 certainties (possibly 2 and 3).

Peaches are delicious. Every time I think about watching a movie, I should do the sensible thing and eat a peach instead.

― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.),

https://cmbyn-gifs.tumblr.com/post/169502724648/elio-the-peach-requested-by

nonfic: Honeyland
anim: I Lost My Body

both those coming up at MoMA rear-in-review

xp Meh movie

Honeyland, For the Birds and Hail Satan?? all neck and neck for best doc in my mind

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 4, 2019

I raise no protest.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: JOE PESCI FOR "THE IRISHMAN" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 4, 2019