This is the thread where we discuss matters pertaining to the detrius that accompanies the "End of the Year in Cinema" -- 2021

oh i do love joachim trier tho

I haven't watched Trier's film yet, but isn't it almost if not as acclaimed as Drive My Car?

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kathryn Hunter for "The Tragedy of Macbeth" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

^^^^ Have yet to see that one but it feels like a pretty inspired choice.

now watch them award Coen the Best Screenplay award.

BEST NON-FICTION FILM: "Flee" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

As much as I enjoyed Summer of Soul (and take it on faith that Haynes' VU doc was great), I'm happy to see a non-music-centric doc cited.

Um ...

BEST ACTRESS: Lady Gaga for "House of Gucci" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

The Oscars are gonna suck this year, huh?

Best actress is going to be a 5-deep slate of deep embarrassments, that seems more likely than not at this point.

Dear God

soemwhere edie falco is swearing loudly

I have it on good authority that BP is going to be a good choice, so this might be the revenge of the group's neo-Rex Reed no-taste bloc.

Lady Gaga winning feels like the critics' version of the "we're tired y'all" sentiment.

I.e. Biden winning the primary

If only Biden spoke with a Russian-Italian accent.

BEST ACTOR: Benedict Cumberbatch for "The Power of the Dog" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

The least interesting part of a good film but fine.

And in deep "who cares" territory...

BEST ANIMATED FILM: "The Mitchells vs. the Machines" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

supposed to be very good! i need to watch still.

Alfred otm.

The Mitchells vs. the Machines is a fun, ingenious, great-looking and quietly features a queer protagonist. Glad it won over any of the year's Disney offerings.

<s>a</s> fun

ugh--crypto vs. the machines

OK, maybe it is a sweep after all...

BEST DIRECTOR: Jane Campion for "The Power of the Dog" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

BEST SCREENPLAY: "Licorice Pizza" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: "West Side Story" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

BEST FILM: "Drive My Car" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

God that feels good.

so why is this one the Hamaguchi of choice?

Watched "The Power of the Dog" last night. Maybe it was my COVID booster fogging up my head, but I found it almost too nuanced and subtle to follow. I did appreciate the performances and cinematography. Kirsten Dunst and Kodi Smit-McPhee were great. Jesses Plemons is always winning in schlub mode. Kind of made me want to rewatch season 2 of Fargo.

I had to warm up to it too. Once Campion establishes the characters, it gets goin'.

Yeah, the second half is def better.

Thought Kirsten Dunst came off worst tbh, not v convincing as a drunk

I'll see it in the next few days, either at a theatre or on TV. I have to say, that's such a clunky title.

I kinda wanna read the book first.

can i just say: benedetta

You’ve seen? I am intrigued

Memoria and Drive My Car are the ones I most want to watch, but can't see them coming my way anytime soon

can i just say: benedetta

― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, December 4, 2021 7:10 PM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Say it.

Is Virginie Efira in that? She is always good. Yes, I see that she is.

some critics have suggested it's a step down from elle but i think it's about as great. it's arthouse exploitation in the mode of verhoeven's previous two, and i also love that all of these movies focus on women who never fully give themselves away

it is also, imo, the lesbian nun movie i was promised

it's also soooo gross and fucking hilarious

Although really I have only seen two things on MUBI she starred in.

benedetta my most anticipated and brad’s post got me stoked anew. elle is one of my favs of the last decade for sure

It's good. Charlotte Rampling ftr

R. Brody's #1 is a choice...

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2021-in-review/the-best-movies-of-2021

1. “The French Dispatch”
2. “Licorice Pizza”
3. “Zola”
4. “I Was a Simple Man”
5. “In the Same Breath”
6. “C’mon C’mon”
7. “Passing”
8. “Pebbles” (“Koozhangal”)
9. “Petite Maman”
10. “Procession”

And J. Ro...

https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2021/10/sight-and-sound-ten-best-list-2021/

1. First Cow (Kelly Reichardt)
2. Her Socialist Smile (John Gianvito)
3. Tiong Bahru Social Club (Tan Bee Thiam)
4. Martin und Hans (Mark Rappaport)
5. John Farrow Hollywood’s Man in the Shadows (Claude Gonzalez & Frans Vanderburg)
6. While We Were Here (Sunčica Fradelić)
7. Letters from the Ends of the World (a dozen of the first graduates of Béla Tarr’s FilmFactory)
8. Uncut Gems (Josh & Benny Saftie)
9. Cry Macho (Clint Eastwood)

An incomplete list of nine titles for an incomplete, pandemic year that cries out for updates and afterthoughts. That may help to explain why many items here are at least partially films/videos about films/videos (and at least one item, Letters…, is about the pandemic). Having to compile a so-called ‘2021’ list in October compels me to add Uncut Gems, seen too late in 2020 to make it onto last year’s list.

Petite Maman was underwhelming even given its running time, but I may need to give it another shot.

thought Uncut Gems was repulsive, but it stays in my memory

like Tony Blair