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

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

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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

planning to watch Border and By the Grace of God before I vote

I was one of two Border voters last year, would be pleased to see it make a better showing this time

Diamantino was really nice

I've voted for some movies, innit

will spoil a bit and mention Paul Thomas Anderson's Thom Yorke music video Anima (streaming on Netflix), not previously brought up here.

Family was a great overlooked comedy that was just as funny at home recently. Can't recommend it enough. Taylor Schilling from Orange is the New Black (which I haven't seen), is the lead, and she's phenomenal. it's from 2018, by Laura Steinel. I can't remember if I've already made this post itt but idc

but seriously when is new deadline

oh amazing, thanks for doing that sic!

but seriously when is new deadline

why is new deadline

bcz I am crazy busy working & staying alive

11 ballots received so far, vs a total last year of 28. No problem moving the date through the weekend if there's any call for it*, but I reckon the OP covered this, and it's unlikely those of us currently unable to concentrate on subtitled drama in shared living rooms are likely to find it easier to do so as weeks or months go by.

well, I'm not working again til Monday.

of course I can't afford all those streams

however I signed up for a 2-wk free trial at Criterion, and Black Mother is running there.

and I will have time to watch my 'permanently' loaned library DVD of Wild Pear Tree.

Border is such a strange film

watching By the Grace of God next. have access to The Beach Bum, The Nightingale, Waves, Hustlers but haven’t seen them yet

could use a couple more days

i have a ballot ready to send but wouldn't mind a couple of extra days

same

yes pls

have access to The Beach Bum, The Nightingale, Waves, Hustlers but haven’t seen them yet

I'd like an extra day or two myself.

everything i've seen/heard about waves makes me certain it would be on my worst of the year

So mote it be - ballots due on Tuesday.

everything i've seen/heard about waves makes me certain it would be on my worst of the year

xp - thanks for the extra time

Are we expecting confirmation emails Y/N?

re: Waves, neither worst nor at all best -- it won't make it onto my top 20.

Compiling this now.

Ballot sent.

I'll send confirmation as I tally.