Once Upon A Time… In Pollywood: The ILX Film Poll (for 2019 viewings) Voting Thread - Ballots Due Friday April 3rd

Grass is so wonderful. Very much 2018 (world premiere February at Berlin), but I might also vote for it now if other people have seen it this year.

I really liked Little Joe. It was my kind of horror film. Like with Lourdes it feels like the director walks a line and leaves it up to the viewer to decide what is really going on

very stylized sets, costume design, production, sound

understated but intriguing performance by Emily Beecham

also loved Synonyms. Tom Mercier is astonishingly good in his first film role

Grass is a 2019 US release. Haven't seen it. Hotel by the River also '19 (and his best in awhile).

I'll vote for what others vote for, and a lot of ilxors are from the US, but can we drop the idea that the US release date matters? It's a South Korean director, and his films always premiere in Europe.

It doesn’t matter for the poll, people are just chit-chatting about dates for the heck of it

I am including a Straub-Huillet film and would encourage people who engaged with that season on MUBI to list one instead of moaning.

If it didn't matter everyone would consider Sorry We Missed You which just got digitally released in the US, and which is absolutely and obviously a 2019 world/uk release. But it does, and the US ilxors will consider it for 2020.

Films can be voted for in multiple years, as evidenced by the fact that films keep placing in multiple years. This is a) fine and b) fun.

I don't think it's that 'fun' that non-US film systematically places lower on these lists due to the parochialism of US ilxors.

It'll happen no matter what, but can we try and work against it if possible?

posted grass because it was first screened in the uk in 2019

lol word to xyz, more than happy to fill my list with s-h

stfu fred

I can't think about ranking the movies of 2019 right now but good luck to Beach Bum.

i voted & otm to that

Fred, I get what you're saying, but no matter where you draw the lines there will be people who don't have access to films you want to vote for. Non-US films don't always march in date-solidarity either! Every ILX poll process puts great films on my radar. Surely that's the point, and not what outranks what.

That's not what I'm talking about! To be clear, I don't begrudge anyone voting for anything they have seen. I'm just tired of the US parochial bullshit where if it didn't premiere in the US, then it didn't count. We do this a few months into the next year, so there's plenty of time for 2019 films to get a 2020 US release, and if a voter is too narrow-minded to then check them out and vote for them, then fuck them.

Works both ways though. Plenty of 2018 films didn’t get a UK release until well into 2019, no doubt some of these will get votes.

It should only work like that

Seeing a 2018 film in 2019 and voting for it = good
Seeing a 2019 film in 2020 and voting for it = good
Seeing a 2019 film in 2020 yet not voting for it because you only care about us release = fuck you

comalph and Fred are encouraged to share film opinions and campaign for votes itt, discouraged from sharing poster opinions and campaigning for bans itt

― Dollarmite Is My Name (sic), Tuesday, March 17, 2020 8:05 AM (two weeks ago)

i'm only voting for films fred saw at festivals in 2018

a 2019 film is by definition a 2019 US release (fuck you)

this is my last film poll unless Da-RYLL is banned from them

I plan on watching Portrait of a Lady on Fire, which got a 2020 US release, now that it is available for streaming. Other 2019 films that had a 2020 US release - Sorry We Missed You, The Whistlers, Bacurau, I Was at Home But, The Wild Goose Lake, Beanpole, Corpus Christi, Bait, Zombi Child - are harder to get, and at least for me they require new subscriptions or downloading new apps on my TV. I really don't want to watch them on my laptop.

PoLoF had '19 week run in NY/LA

won't be voting for it; it's fine, getting too many woke points

Since sic hasn't caught up yet, Dora and the Lost City of Gold is not in any streaming packages but digitally rentable everywhere from US $4.99 and you can get a Blu for $12.97 from northern New England-based book and media chain Bull Moose

Seeing a 1972 film in 2019 and voting for it = ???

won't be voting for it; it's fine, getting too many woke points

Shit, and here I am having already turned in my ballot.

Seeing a 1972 film in 2019 and voting for it = ???

35= Acht Stunden sind kein Tag [Eight Hours Are Not A Day]
w/d: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DE 1972 16mm TV
98 points, 3 votes

I Just Wanted To Take Another Look At You - the 2018 ILX Film Poll Results Thread

btw

I can't think about ranking the movies of 2019 right now but good luck to Beach Bum.

― Chris L, Wednesday, April 1, 2020 12:38 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

don't think too hard, just throw a list together! put some ones you liked loads above some you just liked, don't worry about finessing each position.

dang, i need to check my apocrypha but pretty sure sic in anti-pedantic mode is definitely one of the markers of end days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtkFei4wRjE

more ballots make better polls

http://i.imgur.com/KfnIi0h.png

the last of everyone except devvine's picks, brought to you by 20 minutes on hold to a health care agency, listening to the same 20-second spoken message on loop:

Long day's Journey into night

Free on Kanopy in 2D, also on Criterion Channel for subscribers, available on Blu-Ray with 3D sequence.

Last Black Man In San Francisco

Free on Kanopy, on Prime with subscription, rent or buy digitally from $3.99 to $15.99

1917

Rent for a consistent $5.99 on seven different platforms, buy for a consistent $19.99 on eight platforms. Probably not worth the Deakinsiness at home though.

Climax

Streaming on Prime for subscribers, rent from $3.99 in HD or $4.99 in standard, buy for $5.99 in HD or $12.99 in standard. Worth dancing to the opening half hour in your living room.

Give Me Liberty

Rent for $3.99 in SD, $4.99 in HD, buy from $12.99-$14.99.

Sorry Angel

"Plaire, aimer et courir vite" is digitally rentable for $2.99 in SD, $4.99 in HD, and a consistent $12.99 to buy across multiple platforms.

Rocketman

On Epix with subscription, rent for $4.99 in SD or $5.99 in HD, buy for $19.99 in 4K or HD, depending on platform.

Cold Pursuit

On HBO Now, HBO Go and DirectTV with subs, rent exclusively from Fandango NOW for $3.99 in 4K, buy from $7.99 to $15.99, depending on digital shop.

Dragged Across Concrete

On Cinemax, Max Go and DirectTV with subs, rent exclusively from Fandango NOW for $3.99 in 4K, buy from $9.99 to $15.99, depending on ethereal retailer.

getting a ballot together, i'm pretty sure i saw and liked more than 10 movies this year.

gonna watch high flying bird and hopefully portrait of a lady before friday

have finally seen Uncut Gems and Dark Waters, still want to watch at least a few more films

Dragged Across Concrete

also on HBO platforms as of midnight, apparently

It's not up to Hell or High Water, but that's a close comparable imo. It was better than I expected.

yea it stuck w/ me, though actually forgot to put it on my ballot lol :\

Maradona doc has the best opening, what, 10 minutes? of any film last year. Delorean Dynamite!

I'm just tired of the US parochial bullshit where if it didn't premiere in the US, then it didn't count.

Anyway, I'm going to try to squeeze in a couple more films and then I'll vote.

I liked Bone Tomahawk and admired the placid relentlessness of Brawl In Cell Block 99 and Vaughan's performance, both of them as home viewings, but I absolutely couldn't face three hours of Mel Gibson doing Zahler without being in an audience

anyway I was on the same 20-second hold loop for 40 minutes all up yesterday, so here are devvine's picks:

Our Time (Reygadas)

Rent for $4.99 on Bezos and iTunes, buy for $7.99 from the same overlords.

High Life (Denis)

On Prime in 4K for subscribers, free on Kanopy, rent for $3.99 in HD or 4K, rent for $4.99 in standard, buy for $5.99 in 4K, buy for $11.99 in HD, buy for $12.99 in standard.

Peterloo (Leigh)

Available on Bezos Prime with subscription, and on Region 2 DVD from the UK.

La Flor (Llinas)

Available on DVD in Switzerland, and Blu-Ray in France.

Vitalina Varela (Costa)

Available on DVD in the UK, and can currently be rented for home viewing via the distributor, with 50% of the price going to an independent cinema and its staff (I commend Northwest Film Forum, if anyone does this and doesn't have a local option.

The Irishman (Scorsese)

I Should Have Called It I Heard You Paint Houses is on Netflix worldwide.

To the Ends of the Earth (Kurosawa)

Available on DVD in Japan.

Jessica Forever (Poggi, Vinel)

Streaming free on Shudder with 30-day trial code SHUTIN.

No Data Plan (Revereza)

Was scheduled to screen at the Brattle in Cambridge, Massachusetts last Monday, but was postponed by pandemic.

Diamantino (Abrantes, Schmidt)

On Criterion Channel with subs, also on disc and digital.

Martin Eden (Marcello)

Scheduled for US release starting April 17 in NYC. Good luck imo.

It Has to be Lived Once and Dreamed Twice (Kohlberger)

Formerly available on MUBI. Contact the distributor to book a DCP.

Swatted (Chandoutis)

Viewable for accredited festival programmers with a membership.

(Our Time is also on Kanopy)

Ta! Here it is.

just watched Monos, really liked it, the story was very unpredictable

there are so many good 2019 films

of 2019 movies, two with incredibly beautiful cinematography were filmed by Claire Mathon, Atlantics and in Portrait of a Lady on Fire