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

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.

Thanks for the extension, sic

the Brazilian film Invisible Life that won the un certain regard award last year was released today on prime video

there were a lot of changes of tone in Waves

I liked that

just saw Greener Grass (available to rent on youtube). i know a couple of you have it as one of the year's worst but i personally loved it and was very amused the entire time. watch if you like unrestrained surrealism of a particularly gaudy hue. or (as tt said) todd solondz. or bunuel at his wackiest. or chris morris' 'jam'. or idk that tim robinson show (but this is imo much better)

on Hulu for subscribers.

I loved Greener Grass! So strange, but it hit me just right. Very funny and sad.

The Cave is a 2019 film, no? What with the Oscar nomination and everything.

are you trying to start fights with yourself now? vote for everything you want to now, the internet might not exist or we could all be dead of capitalism next year

If people are voting for it now, I'll vote for it now, if people want to vote for it next year, I'll vote for it next year. I'm amicable like that.

It's split up in Denmark, it won one award, but us critics can't vote for it until next year.

Stop trying to read the other kids’ answers, keep your eyes on your own worksheet.

That is so so wrong. Everyone on here should copy answers from other kids. Specifically me, you should all copy my answers.

Defeats the purpose of a poll

ffs

Voted!