Guys Guys, I'm Sorry, No, There's a Mistake - The 2016 ILX Film Poll Results Thread

60. The Club (d: Larrain) - 47 pts. 3 votes
59. Our Little Sister (d: Koreeda) - 50 pts. 3 votes
57. (Tie) De Palma (d: Baumbach, Paltrow) - 56 pts. 2 votes
57. (Tie) The Love Witch (d: Biller) 56 pts. 2 votes
56. Zootopia (d: Howard, Moore) - 56 pts. 3 votes
55.Rams (d: Hakonarson) - 57 pts. 4 votes
54. The Pearl Button (d: Guzman) 62 pts. 2 votes. 1 #1
52. (Tie) Tower (d: Maitland) - 63 pts. 3 votes
52. (Tie) Indignation (d: Schamus) - 63 pts. 3 votes
50. (Tie) Anomalisa (d: Kaufman, Johnson) - 65 pts. 3 votes
50. (Tie) Maggie's Plan (d: Miller) - 65 pts. 3 votes
49. Sing Street (d: Carney) - 66 pts. 3 votes
48. The Lobster (d: Lanthimos) - 68 pts. 4 votes
47. High-Rise (d: Wheatley) 69 pts. 3 votes
46. Jackie (d: Larrain) - 70 pts. 4 votes
45. The Fits (d: Holmer) - 71 pts. 4 votes
44. Sieranevada (d: Puiu) - 72 pts. 2 votes
43. Arrival (d: Villenueve) - 73 pts. 5 votes
42. 20th Century Women (d: Mills) - 76 pts. 5 votes
41. Loving (d: Nichols) - 77 pts. 4 votes
40. The Death of Louis XIV (d: Serra) - 81 pts. 3 votes
39. Sunset Song (d: Davies) - 82 pts. 3 votes
37. (Tie) Fire At Sea (d: Rosi) - 82 pts. 4 votes
37. (Tie) No Home Movie (d: Akerman) - 82 pts. 4 votes
36. Childhood of a Leader (d: Pitt) - 83 pts. 3 votes
35. Knight of Cups (d: Malick) - 83 pts. 4 votes
33. (Tie) Little Men (d: Sachs) - 85 pts. 5 votes
33. (Tie) Everybody Wants Some!! (d: Linklater) - 85 pts. 5 votes
32. Weiner-Dog (d: Solondz) - 91 pts. 4 votes
31. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (d: Waititi) - 92 pts. 6 votes
30. The Measure of a Man (d: Brizé) - 108 pts. 4 votes
29. The Other Side (d: Minervini) - 111 pts. 4 votes. #1
28. Mountains May Depart (d: Jia) - 112 pts. 4 votes
27. A Bigger Splash (d: Guadagnino) - 114 pts. 4 votes
26. Victoria (d: Schipper) - 115 pts. 6 votes. 1 #1
25. Hail, Caesar! (d: Coen Brothers) - 118 pts. 5 votes. 1 #1
24. Son of Saul (d: Nemes) - 129 pts. 5 votes 1 #1
23. I, Daniel Blake (d: Loach) - 137 pts. 6 votes
22. The Neon Demon (d: Refn) - 141 pts. 7 votes
21. The Assasin (d: Hsiao Hsien) - 143 pts. 5 votes. 1 #1
20. Hell or High Water (d: Mackenzie) - 143 pts. 8 votes
19. Green Room (d: Saulnier) - 160 pts. 8 votes
18.I Am Not Your Negro (d: Peck) - 163 pts. 7 votes
17. Arabian Nights (d: Gomes) - 165 pts. 5 votes 2 #1
16. The Witch (d: Eggers) - 168 pts. 8 votes
15. Cemetery of Splendour (d: Weerasethakul) - 178 pts. 5 votes
14. The Handmaiden (d: Park) - 185 pts. 8 votes
13. Love & Friendship (d: Stillman) - 186 pts. 9 votes
12. Silence (d: Scorsese) - 206 pt. 9 votes
11. O.J.: Made in America (d: Edelman) - 209 pts. 6 votes 3 #1
10. Elle (d: Verhoeven) - 216 pts. 9 votes
9. Certain Women (d: Reichardt) - 223 pts. 8 votes
8. Embrace of the Serpent (d: Guerra) - 239 pts. 10 votes
7. Cameraperson (d: Johnson) - 244 pts. 9 votes 1 #1
6. Paterson (d: Jarmusch) - 247 pts. 11 votes
5.Things to Come (d: Hansen-Løve) - 271 pts. 10 votes 1 #1
4. Moonlight (d: Jenkins) - 297 pts. 11 votes 2 #1
3. American Honey (d: Arnold) - 300 pts. 10 votes. 1 #1
2. Manchester by the Sea (d: Lonergan) - 379 pts. 15 votes 2 #1
1. Toni Erdmann (d: Ade) - 475 pts. 18 votes 2 #1

Here is my extremely pedestrian ballot:

Things to Come
American Honey
Moonlight
Embrace of the Serpent
Elle
Manchester by the Sea
The Handmaiden
Toni Erdmann
Hell or High Water
Love and Friendship
Your Name
OJ: Made in America
Cameraperson
The Witch
I, Daniel Blake
Arrival
The Neon Demon
Captain Fantastic

hi-5 to the other person who voted for The Red Turtle

sup, calzino

also hello to the other persons who voted for Popstar and Queen of Katwe

here is my extremely motorised ballot

Arabian Nights (Parts 1-3)
Toni Erdmann
High-Rise
Manchester By The Sea
Cameraperson
I, Daniel Blake
Embrace Of The Serpent
Rams
Wiener-Dog
Our Little Sister
Chevalier
Love & Friendship
Green Room
Remainder
Little Men
A Town Called Panic: Back To School
Men And Chicken
The Club
Hail, Caesar!
Victoria
Keanu
Zootopia

if you have 25 minutes to spare, the town called panic thing is completely heartwarming

aw i wanted to see the red turtle, maybe i will

Aw, nice to see a vote for Men and Chicken :) Rewatched it the other day, it's quite good.

Alfred, I take it from the long list you voted Being 17 @# 1?

I strongly suspect Your Name will place very highly next year. Perhaps top ten.

― Frederik B, Thursday, 9 March 2017 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

There might not be a world left to live in by then so..

My top ten:

American Honey
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
The Handmaiden
Standing Tall
Cosmos
Silence
I Am Not Your Negro
Cemetery of Splendor
Things to Come
Toni Erdmann

x-post: Somehow, perhaps involving time travel, we will find a way. Zen zen zense.

Thanks for doing this.

1. O.J. Simpson: Made in America
2. De Palma
3. Maggie’s Plan
4. Obit
5. American Honey
6. Manchester by the Sea
7. Sing Street
8. Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
9. Moonlight
10. Christine
11. Arrival
12. Jackie
13. Nocturnal Animals
14. Paterson
15. Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
16. Silence
17. Don't Blink – Robert Frank
18. Wiener Dog
19. Mustang
20. Janis: Little Girl Blue

Not that it mattered, but I don't think the Obit or Robert Frank votes were counted. I would have included James Baldwin if I'd seen it in time.

Visit or Memories and Confessions (De Oliveira, 1982/2016)
No Home Movie (Akerman, 2015)
Camaraperson (Johnson, 2016)
Toni Erdmann (Ade, 2016)
I, Daniel Blake (Loach, 2016)
The Assassin (Hou, 2015)
Knight of Cups (Malick, 2016)
Things to Come (Hansen-løve, 2016)
Fire at Sea (Rosi, 2016)
Pearl Button (Guzman, 2015)
The Measure of Man (Brizé, 2015)
Histoire(s) Du Cinema (JLG, 1988 - 1998)
Julietta (Almodovar, 2016)
American Honey (Arnold, 2016)
Love and Friendship (Stillman, 2016)
El Sur (Erice, 1983)
Embrace of the Serpent (Guerra, 2015)
Victoria (Schipper, 2015)
Son of Saul (Nemes, 2016)
Sweet bean (Kawase, 2015)
The Sundial Carved with a Thousand Years of Notches — The Magino Village Story (Ogawa, 1985)
JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December (JLG, 1995)
King Lear (Brook, 1971)
One Sings, the Other Doesn't (Varda, 1977)
In the Realm of the Senses (Oshima, 1976)

thanks gukbe!

Cameraperson
Certain Women
I Am Not Your Negro
Moonlight
Everybody Wants Some!!
Aferim!
Paterson
Things to Come
The Love Witch
The Treasure
Love and Friendship
De Palma
Cemetery of Splendour
Manchester by the Sea
Toni Erdmann
Silence
Indignation
The Fits
Sully
Handmaiden
Kate Plays Christine

A Quiet Passion
Sieranevada
Cemetery of Splendour
The Assassin
Scarred Hearts
Toni Erdmann
Certain Women
In the Last Days of the City
Mimosas
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
The Son of Joseph
The Ornithologist
Moonlight
The Death of Louis XIV
Nocturama
Jackie
Fire at Sea
Harmonium
The Woman Who Left
The Neon Demon
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
The United States of Love
Godless
The Untamed
The Last Family

Anomalisa
Toni Erdmann
American Honey
Embrace of the Serpent
Silence
Hunt For the Wilderpeople
Supersonic
Sing Street
The Invitation
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
The Neon Demon
Manchester by the Sea
Weiner
High Rise
The Witch
I Am Not A Serial Killer
A Bigger Splash
Remainder
Train to Busan
Green Room
Hell or High Water
10 cloverfield lane
Tale of tales
Hypernormalisation
Amanda Knox
Deadpool
Holy Hell

The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki

I've heard good things about this

ttly forgot abt 'embrace of the serpent', prob wouldve been in my top-5

guess i shd check out 'things to come' & 'handmaiden', maybe 'wiener dog' idk

had teh same experience as alfred of bailing on the vvitch to go do literally anything else i just couldnt

Thanks for running this, Gukbe -- gave me lots of titles to check out.

I made a list on Letterboxd.

(Hmm. 8/60. This is why I don't vote in these things.)

Sigh. I was the lone voter for more than half my ballot, including my #1. Fucking release dates...

yeah, SO SPECIAL

"SIIIIIGH, why has no one else voted for these festival films"

i've seen 14/60 of the films that polled which is actually more than i thought (i def saw three of them in 2015, so i share the release-date frustration)

just promise me nobody will vote for the new xavier dolan in next year's poll

Saw 36 of the 60. Will not be voting for the new Xavier Dolan (or Your Name, sorry) in next year's poll.

Thanks for doing this again, Gukbe

33/60

Most overrated - Hell or High Water
Cameraperson, Manchester by the Sea, Toni Erdmann = all 2017 releases in the UK

My top 15:
1. The Assassin (Hou)
2. Cemetery of Splendor (Weerasthakul)
3. The Death of Louis XIV (Serra)
4. Things to Come (Hansen-Løve)
5. The Measure of a Man (Brizé)
6. I, Daniel Blake (Loach)
7. Knight of Cups (Malick)
8. Son of Saul (Nemes)
9. Paterson (Jarmusch)
10. The Witch (Eggers)
11. Fire at Sea (Rosi)
12. Embrace of the Serpent (Guerra)
13. The Hateful Eight (Tarantino)
14. Not Film (Lipman)
15. Creepy (Kurosawa)

My fairly hive-minded top 19

Toni erdmann
Manchester by the sea
American honey
The handmaiden
Certain women
Elle
The witch
Hunt for the wilderpeople
The assassin
Aaaaaaaah!
Hypernormalisation
The neon demon
Arabian nights volume 1
The lobster
Victoria
Son of Saul
Rams
Evolution
February

Need to see Things to Come asap, sounds like a step up from Eden at least

"SIIIIIGH, why has no one else voted for these festival films"

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), 10. marts 2017 05:45 (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Half of them are festival films, half of them came out in Denmark and apparently nowhere else. Go fuck yourself.

And btw, the festival films on my ballot are more likely to have others voting for it. The festival circuit is international. Danish distribution is just fucked up.

Like, what's your fucking problem? That I don't make up my ballot according to what is easy for you to see? Mind your own fucking business.

Anyways

The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki

I've heard good things about this

― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), 10. marts 2017 02:02 (nine hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's absolutely lovely. Stark b/w feelgood film, warmly recommended.

Cameraperson, Manchester by the Sea, Toni Erdmann = all 2017 releases in the UK

yet, strangely, all released in time for the poll

seeing my first actual-2017 film tonight (prevenge)

That I don't make up my ballot according to what is easy for you to see?

YES. That is the point of release-date criteria, Hamlet.

1. Being 17 (André Téchiné)
2. Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt)
3. Love & Friendship (Whit Stillman)
4. Mountains May Depart (Jia Zhangke)
5. American Honey (Andrea Arnold)
6. The Measure of a Man (Stéphane Brizé)
7. Ixcanul (Jayro Bustamante)
8. Little Men (Ira Sachs)
9. Elle (Paul Verhoeven)
10. The Other Side (Roberto Minervini)
11. Moonlight (Barry Jenkins)
12. No Home Movie (Chantal Ackerman)
13. Things to Come (Mia Hansen-Løve)
14. A Bigger Splash (Luca Guadagnino)
15. Paterson (Jim Jarmusch)

Here are the rest.

Alfred, I take it from the long list you voted Being 17 @# 1?

― Heavy Doors (jed_)

yep!

It was one of the last ones to fall off my list.

Ward - wondering whether you saw No Way Home?

lol sorry I meant No Home Movie

The Love Witch looks impeccably lurid, is fitfully amusing -- and terminally arch.

I've been called worse.

I enjoyed it though it was about 20-30 mins too long

I'm amazed there are straight men who love it!

Samantha Robinson's performance suggests Julie Nixon Eisenhower... unleashed.

The RenFaire 'wedding' where the cop and the witch are giving their theories of love in v/o is a standout.

The best film of 2017 is called Janbal and is from Iran and will probably be impossible to see for anyone. Sorry, I don't make the rules.

I love Frederik's tips. This one's not even on IMDb but there's some info here:

http://en.mehrnews.com/news/123853/CPH-DOX-to-host-Iranian-documentary-Janbal

Hope it'll come further out. It's this absolutely amazing mix of local and trans-national - portraying beliefs on a small Iranian island, but influenced from all over the Persian gulf - + old and modern - mystic belief system portrayed on grainy digital. It does some of the same things as Eduardo Williams The Human Surge, which some of you might have seen a few weeks ago?