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

god the blurb on the bottom of that cover is almost as nauseating as anthony lane's own writing

I read Lane with pleasure until 2001 or two, after which he couldn't stop yawning in character.

lol at Oncle Boonmee vs Under The Skin

morbs I don't remember if you stopped at or before episode 8?

I like a lot of the Lane in that book, sometimes skim him in the magazine now hoping for a bon mot or two but

ze mots, zey are not bon

His novelist and poet profiles >>>> reviews

sic yes i saw 8 if it's the alien/bomb one

yah, David Bowie recast as a giant kettle

Metacritic's aggregate has an odd point system:

https://www.metacritic.com/feature/critics-pick-top-10-best-movies-of-2019

#1: 3 pts, #2: 2 pts, #3-10: 1 pt

Why do you even watch movies anymore?

Let me try a new answer: most of the films I was responding to are made by overrated auteurist darlings.

That describes most of the films we like too.

I liked Loznitsa's My Joy and Donbass and am curious about State Funeral, which was on Hoberman's and Quandt's lists

also re: Hoberman’s list, I think Christian Marclay’s 48 War Movies is really interesting, but if I’m going to vote for a video art installation it’s going to be Lisa Reihana’s In Pursuit of Venus (Infected) or JR’s The Chronicles of San Francisco

I’m not going to vote for a video art installation

hearing him casually bash Spielberg while introducing Cutter's Way a couple months ago, I was reminded that I pretty much hate Hoberman's pretentious ass

the memory of melancholia > actually rewatching it

― johnny crunch, Friday, 6 December 2019 21:02 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

rewatched last week and can confirm

The direction and script are schematic, but Alfre Woodard is marvelous in Clemency, deserving the plaudits (as usual).

that's true of most von trier films IME. Melancholia is probably my favorite of his.

i'm aware this has been hashed out heavily in the relevant thread without me, but after three of his films (stopping at dogville), I've concluded i kinda fuckin' hate LVT and am okay not seeing any of his work ever again.

It took me three more than that, but yeah.

If y'all want detrius, here's my list of the decade's 50 best films.

Margaret isn't coming up on nearly enough lists. Also, this is the first time I've seen Stranger by the Lake or Being 17 appear on any of these things (I agree).

and no Moonlight on mine!

...which has appeared on every list (it's okay, works splendidly as course material).

Moonlight is only like my 5th or 6th fave queer movie of the decade, but I definitely think its more than OK.

so many good to great queer films this decade that I don't have patience with lists omitting the rest but keeping Moonlight.

Personal Shopper the film that had probably the most impact on me and not seeing it on that many lists. Leave No Trace prolly my no.2. I'd like to see more love for Dredd, too.

xp: Margaret and Stranger by the Lake have appeared on a few of these retrospective lists. Alfred's list is pretty unique in highlighting Poetry, Girlhood, Being 17, Love and Friendship, Love is Strange, In Jackson Heights, The Ornithologist, In The Family, The Other Side of Hope, Ava, BPM (Beats Per Minute), Inside Job, Of Gods and Men, Barbara, and The Ghost Writer.

Of Gods and Men should be appearing on most of these lists, IMO.

In Jackson Heights (appears on a couple).

n Jackson Heights is my favorite Wiseman film so far, but I still haven't seen Monrovia, Indiana

*In

I would not have guessed that Of Gods and Men was as recent as 2010

I endorse its inclusion

might put Beauvois's The Guardians in a top 100 as well

Los Angeles crix handing their awards out now. So far ...

Actor: Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory (ru: Adam Driver, Marriage Story)
Supporting Actor: Song Kang Ho, Parasite (ru: Joe Pesci, The Irishman)
Cinematography: Claire Mathon, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Atlantics (ru: Roger Deakins, 1917)
Production Design: Barbara Ling, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (ru: Ha Jun Lee, Parasite)
Music Score: Dan Levy, I Lost My Body (ru: Thomas Newman, 1917)
Animation: I Lost My Body (ru: Toy Story 4)

Updated LAFCAs...

Best Picture: PARASITE (Runner-up: THE IRISHMAN)
Best Director: Bong Joon Ho, PARASITE (Runner-up: Martin Scorsese, THE IRISHMAN)
Best Actor: Antonio Banderas, PAIN AND GLORY (Runner-up: Adam Driver, MARRIAGE STORY)
Best Actress: Mary Kay Place, DIANE (Runner-up: Lupita Nyong’o, US)
Best Supporting Actor: Song Kang Ho, PARASITE (Runner-up: Joe Pesci, THE IRISHMAN)
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lopez, HUSTLERS (Runner-up: Zhao Shuzhen, THE FAREWELL)
Best Screenplay: Noah Baumbach, MARRIAGE STORY (Runner-up: Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won, PARASITE)
Best Editing: Todd Douglas Miller, APOLLO 11 (Runner-up: Ronald Bronstein & Benny Safdie, UNCUT GEMS)
Best Cinematography: Claire Mathon, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE and ATLANTICS (Runner-up: Roger Deakins, 1917)
Best Production Design: Barbara Ling, ONCE UPON A TIME … IN HOLLYWOOD (Runner-up: Ha Jun Lee, PARASITE)
Best Music/Score: Dan Levy, I LOST MY BODY (Runner-up: Thomas Newman, 1917)
Best Animated Film: I LOST MY BODY (Runner-up: TOY STORY 4)
Best Documentary Film: AMERICAN FACTORY (Runner-up: APOLLO 11)
Best Foreign Language Film: PAIN AND GLORY (Runner-up: PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE)
Career Achievement Award: Elaine May
Douglas Edwards Prize for Experimental Film: Ja’Tovia Gary’s THE GIVERNY DOCUMENT

anyone seen Diane?

twice! it's a top ten film for me; really felt like an honest evocation of a kind of motherhood i know.

Personal Shopper is my #2

It's in my top 5.

Probably my top 10...

01. Certified Copy
02. Magic Mike XXL
03. Stranger by the Lake
04. Personal Shopper
05. The Tree of Life
06. Spring Breakers
07. Heart of a Dog
08. Under the Skin
09. A Separation
10. The Turin Horse

https://www.indiewire.com/2019/12/golden-globes-2020-nominations-1202194923/

the Tarantella is a musical or comedy, it seems

I completely forgot Where'd You Go, Bernadette existed

Ah here's that Two Popes Globe bump the world's been waiting for.

god that movie looks like shit

Maybe needless to say, but the top headline I'm seeing on my Twitter feed this morning is that no female directors were nominated.

btw Knives Out won best film from Phila critics

shocking disloyalty to Frank Sheeran

the Tarantino movie is a comedy, you'd know if you'd seen it!

no smoke, but it really is a sweet comedy... one where brad pitt crushes a woman's skull on a mantelpiece, but that's qt for you

along those lines, not finalizing this year's list til the Woody Allen film is released

man, the preview on that really does look like dogshit