No idea if this is a thing or not, but this thread is baked on the premise of a whole bunch of non-things, so:
12th Annual Cinema Eye Honors
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NONFICTION FEATURE FILMMAKINGBisbee ‘17Directed by Robert Greene | Produced by Susan Bedusa, Bennett Elliott and Douglas Tirola
Hale County This Morning, This EveningDirected by RaMell Ross | Produced by Joslyn Barnes, Su Kim and RaMell Ross
Minding the GapDirected by Bing Liu | Produced by Bing Liu and Diane Moy Quon
Of Fathers and SonsDirected by Talal Derki | Produced by Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias N. Siebert and Hans Robert Eisenhauer
Three Identical StrangersDirected by Tim Wardle | Produced by Grace Hughes-Hallett and Becky Read
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?Directed by Morgan Neville | Produced by Caryn Capotosto, Nicholas Ma and Morgan Neville
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTIONRobert Greene | Bisbee ‘17RaMell Ross | Hale County This Morning, This EveningBing Liu | Minding the GapTalal Derki | Of Fathers and SonsSandi Tan | Shirkers
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTIONSusan Bedusa, Bennett Elliott and Douglas Tirola | Bisbee ‘17Stephen Maing, Ross Tuttle and Eric Daniel Metzgar | Crime + PunishmentJosh Lowell, Phillip Manderla and Peter Mortimer | The Dawn WallElizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill | Free SoloAnsgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias N. Siebert and Hans Robert Eisenhauer | Of Fathers and SonsDaniel McCabe, Geoff McLean and Alyse Ardell Spiegel | This is Congo
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITINGRaMell Ross | Hale County This Morning, This EveningJulien Faraut | John McEnroe: In the Realm of PerfectionJoshua Altman and Bing Liu | Minding the GapMichael Harte | Three Identical StrangersJeff Malmberg and Aaron Wickenden | Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHYJarred Alterman | Bisbee ‘17Shevaun Mizrahi | Distant ConstellationJimmy Chin, Clair Popkin and Mikey Schaeffer | Free SoloRaMell Ross | Hale County This Morning, This EveningEmmanuel Gras | MakalaBing Liu | Minding the Gap
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ORIGINAL MUSIC SCOREKeegan DeWitt | Bisbee ‘17Travis Wilkerson | Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?Marco Beltrami | Free SoloNathan Halpern and Chris Ruggiero | Minding the GapIshai Adar | ShirkersDan Deacon | Time Trial
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN GRAPHIC DESIGN OR ANIMATIONSyd Garon, Anton Goddard and Chris Kirk | Bathtubs Over BroadwayToby Cornish | BeuysPatrick Mate | Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love StoryShofela Coker | LiyanaLucas Celler and Sandi Tan | ShirkersAriel Costa and Rodrigo Miguel Rangel | Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN A DEBUT FEATURE FILMAmérica | Directed by Chase Whiteside and Erick StollDistant Constellation | Directed by Shevaun MizrahiHale County This Morning, This Evening | Directed by RaMell RossMinding the Gap | Directed by Bing LiuShirkers | Directed by Sandi Tan
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NONFICTION SHORT FILMMAKINGBaby Brother | Directed by Kamau BilalConcussion Protocol | Directed by Josh BegleyMy Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes | Directed by Charlie TyrellSkip Day | Directed by Patrick Bresnan and Ivete LucasVolte | Directed by Monika Kolecka and Karolina Poryzala
SPOTLIGHT AWARDThe Distant Barking of Dogs | Directed by Simon Lereng WilmontIsland of Hungry Ghosts | Directed by Gabrielle BradyThe Other Side of Everything | Directed by Mila TurajlicRoll Red Roll | Directed by Nancy SchwartzmanThe Silence of Others | Directed by Almudena Carracedo and Robert BaharA Woman Captured | Directed by Bernadett Tuza-Ritter
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Friday, 9 November 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
Lol, love the single weird nomination for 'Makala' which is indeed one of the best shot films I've seen all year. Otherwise I'm rooting for 'Minding the Gap'.
― Frederik B, Friday, 9 November 2018 19:51 (five years ago) link
has anyone seen the Greene?
the doc I keep hearing about this year is What are You Going to Do When the World's On Fire?
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 9 November 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
been meaning to check out both, not sure if they passed through yet
I'm obviously being tongue in cheek. If Casey Affleck can win an Oscar ...― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Friday, November 9, 2018 11:40 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Friday, November 9, 2018 11:40 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
he won in early 2017 - if Manchester By the Sea had come out a year later, he wouldn't have even been nominated. he won by the skin of his teeth.
― flappy bird, Friday, 9 November 2018 20:03 (five years ago) link
x-post: Yeah, it's good. Solid reenactment doc, sorta like an Act of Killing for US anti-union history. But I felt I've seen most of it before.
― Frederik B, Friday, 9 November 2018 20:34 (five years ago) link
yeah missed Bisbee when it ran here but i'm sure there'll be some year-end screenings
flappy otm re the New Oscars
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 10 November 2018 02:06 (five years ago) link
European Film Awards noms
https://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/nomination-current
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 November 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
^all five of those nominated films look interesting to me
― Dan S, Monday, 12 November 2018 19:49 (five years ago) link
went to a decently packed matinee of Boy Erased yesterday and the projectionist started playing Beautiful Boy instead 😂
Skip both
― flappy bird, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:26 (five years ago) link
Jeez, Independent Spirit Award nominations are announced this Friday.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Monday, 12 November 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
Boy Erased is like Joel Edgerton's acting.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 November 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
I thought Flea was OK
― flappy bird, Monday, 12 November 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
I'm reading the memoir, and, boy, is it funnier/more fun than the movie
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 November 2018 21:41 (five years ago) link
Some of the bigger dates this season, btw:
Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations (ISP) – November 16, 2018National Board of Review (NBR) – November 27, 2018New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) – November 29, 2018Golden Globe Nominations (HFPA) – December 6, 2018Los Angeles Film Critics Circle (LAFCA) – December 9, 2018Screen Actors Guild Nominations (SAG) – December 12, 2018Oscar Shortlists Announced – December 17, 2018
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-oscar-race-became-a-referendum-netflix-1160629
Some Academy skeptics are railing against Netflix's reliance on four-walling, a strategy akin to self-publishing in the cinema world, in which a distributor pays theater owners for the privilege of screening to the general public, rather than booking a theater and sharing a percentage of the gross. By four-walling, Netflix removes the burden of revealing any unfavorable box office numbers, a privilege none of the other companies releasing their best picture contenders the traditional way will enjoy. If Netflix secures a best picture nomination for Roma based strictly on these purchased screenings, multiple knowledgeable sources say they believe the film will become the first ever four-walled movie to do so in the modern era.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 17:40 (five years ago) link
that's an interesting wrinkle
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
It’s November 15th. pic.twitter.com/RuifiA2FpD— Mike D’Angelo (@gemko) November 15, 2018
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:10 (five years ago) link
John Waters is the only first list, year in and year out, to me. Nonetheless ...
http://time.com/5454739/best-movies-2018/
STEPHANIE ZACHAREK01. Roma02. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?03. First Reformed04. Eighth Grade05. The Favourite06. Can You Ever Forgive Me?07. A Star Is Born08. If Beale Street Could Talk09. Bohemian Rhapsody (!)10. Paddington 2
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:13 (five years ago) link
Truth be told, though, I don't know of any particular Phantom Thread or Silence proposition waiting in the wings this year. (Vice for sure ain't it.)
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:15 (five years ago) link
Alan Sepinwall tweeted that due to print deadlines, not only had he had to do his Best of 2018 list already, he had already seen a new tv show that deserved to be on that list.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:48 (five years ago) link
LOL
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:53 (five years ago) link
i detest this premature shit more every year
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
You detest everything more every year
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
07. A Star Is Born09. Bohemian Rhapsody10. Paddington 2
waht
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:03 (five years ago) link
P2 is a defensible choice and it'll show up on more lists
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:03 (five years ago) link
And Bohemian Rhapsody is a runaway hit and I'm sure she's getting heat from her editor.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:04 (five years ago) link
Paddington 2 is from 2017 in my book, but if it came out somewhere in 2018, it's definitely among the best of that year.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:19 (five years ago) link
Yeah, it's pretty securely on my list at this point, and pre-judging what's yet to come.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link
i'm certainly running away from BR
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 16:11 (five years ago) link
Can You Ever Forgive Me? was good and its place in the bottom half of a top 10 is appropriate in a relatively mediocre year
― flappy bird, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:20 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I'm not much in love with movies this year tbqh.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:23 (five years ago) link
Feeling very 2006 to me, only this time there isn't a David Lynch to pull me out of it at the last minute. (Though there is a Cuaron.)
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:24 (five years ago) link
Damn, and 2006 was the year of sandbox, and there isn't much of a detrius thread to relive it: end-of-2006 film stuff (detrius 2, the Richard Donner Cut)
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:26 (five years ago) link
the Cuaron doesn't look like it's gonna get here until 2019 (just like Inland Empire in 2007)
otherwise i'm most excited for The Favourite and If Beale Street Could Talk
― flappy bird, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link
Infinite Football towers over anything else released this year, imo. But I'm guessing An Elephant Sitting Still will win most polls.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
I hope everyone gets to see Transit before the year's out.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
I have, but looks like 2019 for the US.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link
I'm guessing An Elephant Sitting Still will win most polls.
You're admirably odd.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
wrong adverb
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
lol. I do want to see it
a lot of the films that got talked about at Cannes and Venice this year looked interesting to me: 3 Faces, Asako I & II, Ash Is Purest White, Border, Burning, Cold War, Capernaum, Donbass, The Favourite, Girl, Lazarro Felice, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, The Image Book, Manta Ray, Roma, Shoplifters, The Sisters Brothers, Suspiria, The Wild Pear Tree. I haven’t seen any of them yet, probably won't until 2019
― Dan S, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:52 (five years ago) link
I rolled up every shirt sleeve I own as I prepare to fight the "Roma fucking sucks, you lemmings" fight this season.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
To clarify, I'm not saying 2018's slate of movies is bad (or 2006's, in retrospect). Just saying I'm in a hibernation cycle.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
Ash Is Purest White rules, at least. Burning has been slightly overrated.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
xxp I don't even have a bete noir this year :(
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
(A Star is Born is far too slight for me to count.)
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:57 (five years ago) link
knowing the year is backloaded and i simply missed a lot of stuff, this is a pretty good shortlist of US releases for me
First Reformed8 Hours Don't Make a DayLet the Sunshine InClaire's CameraMonrovia, IndianaThe Death of StalinThe Guardians
Ash also 2019 in US.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
Burning hasn't been overrated, it's that no one except Reverse Shot has written well about it.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
That said Yeun is amazing in it and I hope he's properly recognized
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
As of right now ...
24 FramesFirst ReformedZamaLet the Sunshine InPaddington 2
I'm sure the Wiseman will sneak into the upper ranks. My screener of Burning looks like ass, so don't expect I'll see it til next year. The Death of Stalin was grim and unfunny.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
The only things left this year I'm really interested in are the Cuaron, Coens, and Bodied, which has a surprising multi-week engagement at TIFF's venue rn
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
I count Zama as 2017
eventually saw it twice, think it is by far my favorite film of the last couple of years
― Dan S, Saturday, 6 April 2019 03:50 (four years ago) link
neglected to post this
https://filmmakermagazine.com/107353-23-films-35mm-released-in-2018/#.XNXQJ6l7lBw
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 May 2019 19:26 (four years ago) link
on that score, i'm enthusiastically looking forward to your review of Detective Pikachu
― Good morning, how are you, I'm (Doctor Casino), Friday, 10 May 2019 19:50 (four years ago) link
re: the 2018 films shot in 35mm, I really wanted to like Vox Lux (score by Scott Walker!) but I thought is was terrible, particularly Natalie Portman's performance
― Dan S, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 00:27 (four years ago) link
prob my least favorite movie of 2018 next to Proud Mary
― Good morning, how are you, I'm (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 03:54 (four years ago) link
yeah it was awful
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 04:09 (four years ago) link
the only thing I liked was that they ran the entire credits ~15 minutes in, but they play again at the end... stupid
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 04:10 (four years ago) link
but interestingly the credits ran backwards at the end
there were a lot of visual components of this I liked
― Dan S, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 04:17 (four years ago) link
but overall,,,no
― Dan S, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 04:19 (four years ago) link