Saturday, April 29, 2017

Former Miscellaneous Favorites Lists

Ranked Reds and Oranges

  1. Mulholland Dr. (2001, David Lynch)
  2. Eraserhead (1977, David Lynch)
  3. Close-Up (1990, Abbas Kiarostami)
  4. Yi Yi (2000, Edward Yang)
  5. Paris, Texas (1984, Wim Wenders)
  6. In the Mood for Love (2000, Wong Kar-wai)
  7. A Brighter Summer Day (1991, Edward Yang)
  8. Blade Runner (1982, Ridley Scott)
  9. Sans soleil (1983, Chris Marker)
  10. Persona (1966, Ingmar Bergman)
  11. Chungking Express (1994, Wong Kar-wai)
  12. Heat (1995, Michael Mann)
  13. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001, Steven Spielberg)
  14. Seven Samurai (1954, Akira Kurosawa)
  15. The Night of the Hunter (1955, Charles Laughton)
  16. "La jetée" (1962, Chris Marker)
  17. Trust (1990, Hal Hartley)
  18. Out 1 (1971, Jacques Rivette)
  19. Sunrise (1927, F.W. Murnau)
  20. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992, David Lynch)
  21. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967, Jacques Demy)
  22. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964, Jacques Demy)
  23. Stop Making Sense (1984, Jonathan Demme)
  24. Blue Velvet (1986, David Lynch)
  25. "Duck Amuck" (1953, Chuck Jones)
  26. Lost in Translation (2003, Sofia Coppola)
  27. Wavelength (1967, Michael Snow)
  28. Manhunter (1986, Michael Mann)
  29. Breathless (1960, Jean-Luc Godard)
  30. The Battle of Algiers (1966, Gillo Pontecorvo)
  31. Inland Empire (2006, David Lynch)
  32. Miami Vice (2006, Michael Mann)
  33. Carol (2015, Todd Haynes)
  34. Mistress America (2015, Noah Baumbach)
  35. Tokyo Story (1953, Yasujiro Ozu)
  36. Silence (2016, Martin Scorsese)
  37. The 400 Blows (1959, François Truffaut)
  38. The Devils (1971, Ken Russell)
  39. Jeanne Dielman | 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975, Chantal Akerman)
  40. Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock)
  41. Meek's Cutoff (2010, Kelly Reichardt)
  42. "Outer Space" (1999, Peter Tscherkassky)
  43. "The Heart of the World" (2000, Guy Maddin)
  44. Margaret (2011, Kenneth Lonergan)
  45. Manchester By The Sea (2016, Kenneth Lonergan)
  46. Passion (2012, Brian De Palma)
  47. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, Stanley Kubrick)
  48. Carlito's Way (1993, Brian De Palma)
  49. Sunset Blvd. (1950, Billy Wilder)
  50. Lolita (1962, Stanley Kubrick)
  51. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010, Edgar Wright)
  52. Days of Being Wild (1990, Wong Kar-wai)
  53. Mountains May Depart (2015, Jia Zhangke)
  54. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928, Carl Theodor Dreyer)
  55. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, Ang Lee)
  56. Last Year at Marienbad (1961, Alain Resnais)
  57. Death Proof (2007, Quentin Tarantino)
  58. The Double Life of Veronique (1991, Krzysztof Kieslowski)
  59. Public Enemies (2009, Michael Mann)
  60. M (1931, Fritz Lang)
  61. Cowboy Bebop: "Pierrot le Fou" (1999, Shinichiro Watanabe)
  62. Eyes Wide Shut (1999, Stanley Kubrick)
  63. Phoenix (2014, Christian Petzold)
  64. Journey to Italy (1954, Roberto Rossellini)
  65. Cameraperson (2016, Kirsten Johnson)

Sight & Sound Ballot

Sans soleil (Chris Marker)
Out 1 (Jacques Rivette)
Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami)
Inland Empire (David Lynch)
Jeanne Dielman | 23, Quai du Commerce | 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman)
A Brighter Summer Day (Edward Yang)
Sunrise (F.W. Murnau)
Wavelength (Michael Snow)
"Outer Space" (Peter Tscherkassky)
Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard)

Top Ten Favorite Directors

  1. David Lynch
  2. Abbas Kiarostami
  3. Edward Yang
  4. Wong Kar-wai
  5. Michael Mann
  6. Chris Marker
  7. Kenneth Lonergan
  8. Hong Sang-soo
  9. Akira Kurosawa
  10. Kelly Reichardt

Top Ten Films

  1. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch)
  2. Eraserhead (David Lynch)
  3. Sans soleil (Chris Marker)
  4. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick)
  5. Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami)
  6. A Brighter Summer Day (Edward Yang)
  7. Persona (Ingmar Bergman)
  8. Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders)
  9. Yi Yi (Edward Yang)
  10. Sunrise (F.W. Murnau)
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Friday, April 28, 2017

Twin Peaks Main Cast Ranked

A fool's errand, subject to change.

  1. Lucy
  2. Audrey
  3. Pete
  4. Cooper
  5. Major Briggs
  6. Laura
  7. Leland
  8. Gordon Cole
  9. Ed
  10. Shelly
  11. Albert
  12. Hawk
  13. Maddy
  14. Andy
  15. Norma
  16. Catherine
  17. Truman
  18. Jerry
  19. Jacoby
  20. Josie
  21. Nadine
  22. Donna
  23. Ben Horne
  24. Bobby
  25. Doc Hayward
  26. James
  27. Leo
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Color-Coded Lists 4/26/17

2017

  1. SONG TO SONG (Terrence Malick, USA)
  2. JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2 (Chad Stahelski, USA)
  3. GET OUT (Jordan Peele, USA)
  4. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, Season One (Barry Sonnenfeld, USA)

2016

  1. SILENCE (Martin Scorsese, USA)
  2. MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (Kenneth Lonergan, USA)
  3. CAMERAPERSON (Kirsten Johnson, USA)
  4. TONI ERDMANN (Maren Ade, Germany)
  5. THE HANDMAIDEN (Park Chan-wook, South Korea)
  6. RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER (Paul W.S. Anderson, Canada)
  7. KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE (Robert Greene, USA)
  8. O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA (Ezra Edelman, USA)
  9. ELLE (Paul Verhoeven, France)
  10. CERTAIN WOMEN (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
  11. THINGS TO COME (Mia Hansen-Løve, France)
  12. THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN (Kelly Fremon Craig, USA)
  13. CREEPY (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan)
  14. 20TH CENTURY WOMEN (Mike Mills, USA)
  15. AQUARIUS (Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil)
  16. THE SHALLOWS (Jaume Collet-Serra, USA)
  17. SULLY (Clint Eastwood, USA)
  18. SHIN GODZILLA (Hideaki Anno, Japan)
  19. EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! (Richard Linklater, USA)
  20. MOONLIGHT (Barry Jenkins, USA)
  21. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE + THE TENNESSEE KIDS (Jonathan Demme, USA)
  22. I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (Raoul Peck, USA)
  23. LOVE & FRIENDSHIP (Whit Stillman, Ireland)
  24. PATERSON (Jim Jarmusch, USA)
  25. "Foyer" (Ismaïl Bahri, France)
  26. JULIETA (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)
  27. A CURE FOR WELLNESS (Gore Verbinski, USA)
  28. TOWER (Keith Maitland, USA)
  29. KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (Travis Knight, USA)
  30. ALLIED (Robert Zemeckis, UK)
  31. I AM NOT MADAME BOVARY (Feng Xiaogang, China)
  32. RULES DON'T APPLY (Warren Beatty, USA)
  33. THE LOST CITY OF Z (James Gray, USA)
  34. PERSONAL SHOPPER (Olivier Assayas, France)
  35. CAFÉ SOCIETY (Woody Allen, USA)
  36. ROGUE ONE (Gareth Edwards, USA)
  37. WEINER (Josh Kriegman & Elyse Steinberg, USA)
  38. POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING (Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone, USA)
  39. "The AC!D Reign Chronicles" (Grimes, Canada)
  40. BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (Zack Snyder, USA)
  41. THE LOVE WITCH (Anna Biller, USA)
  42. NERUDA (Pablo Larraín, Chile)
  43. HAIL, CAESAR! (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA)
  44. THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY (Ryan Murphy, USA)

2015

  1. CAROL (Todd Haynes, USA)
  2. MISTRESS AMERICA (Noah Baumbach, USA)
  3. MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART (Jia Zhangke, China)
  4. MY GOLDEN DAYS (Arnaud Desplechin, France)
  5. "World of Tomorrow" (Don Hertzfeldt, USA)
  6. BLACKHAT (Michael Mann, USA)
  7. HAPPY HOUR (Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Japan)
  8. RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  9. ALOHA (Cameron Crowe, USA)
  10. HENRY GAMBLE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY (Stephen Cone, USA)
  11. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (George Miller, Australia)
  12. MAGIC MIKE XXL (Gregory Jacobs, USA)
  13. THE ASSASSIN (Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan)
  14. SPL II: A TIME FOR CONSEQUENCES (Soi Cheang, Hong Kong)
  15. CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
  16. THE OTHER SIDE (Roberto Minervini, Italy)
  17. "Bad at Dancing" (Joanna Arnow, USA)
  18. QUEEN OF EARTH (Alex Ross Perry, USA)
  19. THE FORBIDDEN ROOM (Guy Maddin, Canada)
  20. SICARIO (Denis Villeneuve, USA)
  21. SUNSET SONG (Terence Davies, UK)
  22. "REALiTi" (Grimes, Canada)
  23. KAILI BLUES (Bi Gan, China)
  24. "Engram of Returning" (Daïchi Saïto, Canada)
  25. STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (J.J. Abrams, USA)
  26. OUR LITTLE SISTER (Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan)
  27. IN THE SHADOW OF WOMEN (Philippe Garrel, France)
  28. JOURNEY TO THE SHORE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan)
  29. TANGERINE (Sean Baker, USA)
  30. MUSTANG (Deniz Gamze Ergüven, France)
  31. THE HATEFUL EIGHT (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
  32. CREED (Ryan Coogler, USA)
  33. OFFICE (Johnnie To, Hong Kong)
  34. THE TREASURE (Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania)
  35. RUN ALL NIGHT (Jaume Collet-Serra, USA)
  36. INSIDE OUT (Pete Docter, USA)
  37. AFERIM! (Radu Jude, Romania)
  38. THE ACADEMY OF MUSES (José Luis Guerín, Spain)
  39. THE INVITATION (Karyn Kusama, USA)
  40. AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (Joss Whedon, USA)
  41. THE MARTIAN (Ridley Scott, USA)
  42. "Something Between Us" (Jodie Mack, USA)
  43. VALLEY OF LOVE (Guillaume Nicloux, France)

2014

  1. PHOENIX (Christian Petzold, Germany)
  2. BOYHOOD (Richard Linklater, USA)
  3. TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Belgium)
  4. THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (Wes Anderson, USA)
  5. INHERENT VICE (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
  6. HILL OF FREEDOM (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  7. WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE (Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Japan)
  8. L FOR LEISURE (Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn, USA)
  9. THE MEND (John Magary, USA)
  10. NON-STOP (Jaume Collet-Serra, USA)
  11. JOHN WICK (Chad Stahelski, USA)
  12. HORSE MONEY (Pedro Costa, Portugal)
  13. "Camera falls from airplane and lands in pig pen–MUST WATCH END!!" (Mia Munselle, USA)
  14. CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA (Olivier Assayas, France)
  15. ACTRESS (Robert Greene, USA)
  16. "Too Many Cooks" (Casper Kelly, USA)

2013

  1. BEFORE MIDNIGHT (Richard Linklater, USA)
  2. THE IMMIGRANT (James Gray, USA)
  3. "Let Your Light Shine" (Jodie Mack, USA)
  4. INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA)
  5. THE WORLD'S END (Edgar Wright, UK)
  6. NIGHT MOVES (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
  7. THE GRANDMASTER (Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong)
  8. UPSTREAM COLOR (Shane Carruth, USA)

2012

  1. MOONRISE KINGDOM (Wes Anderson, USA)
  2. PASSION (Brian De Palma, Germany)
  3. RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (Paul W.S. Anderson, UK)
  4. FRANCES HA (Noah Baumbach, USA)
  5. THE UNSPEAKABLE ACT (Dan Sallitt, USA)
  6. CLOUD ATLAS (Lana & Lilly Wachowski & Tom Tykwer, Germany)
  7. "Digital Destinies" (Gina Telaroli, USA)
  8. HOLY MOTORS (Leos Carax, France)
  9. IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY (Don Hertzfeldt, USA)
  10. LOOPER (Rian Johnson, USA)
  11. IN ANOTHER COUNTRY (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  12. “Oblivion” (Emily Kai Bock and Grimes, Canada)
  13. THE MASTER (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)

2011

  1. THE TREE OF LIFE (Terrence Malick, USA)
  2. MARGARET (Kenneth Lonergan, USA)
  3. MELANCHOLIA (Lars von Trier, Denmark)
  4. THE DAY HE ARRIVES (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  5. THE WISE KIDS (Stephen Cone, USA)
  6. HOUSE OF TOLERANCE (Bertrand Bonello, France)
  7. PINA (Wim Wenders, Germany)
  8. UNKNOWN (Jaume Collet-Serra, Germany)

2010

  1. MEEK'S CUTOFF (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
  2. SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (Edgar Wright, UK)
  3. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (David Fincher, USA)
  4. "Lady Blue Shanghai" (David Lynch, China)
  5. RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE (Paul W.S. Anderson, Germany)
  6. TRUE GRIT (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA)
  7. CHANTAL AKERMAN, FROM HERE (Gustavo Beck & Leonardo Ferreira, Brazil)

2009

  1. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
  2. ORPHAN (Jaume Collet-Serra, Canada)
  3. PUBLIC ENEMIES (Michael Mann, USA)
  4. "Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis" (Daïchi Saïto, Canada)
  5. FANTASTIC MR. FOX (Wes Anderson, USA)
  6. BLONDES IN THE JUNGLE (Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn, USA)

2008

  1. TWO LOVERS (James Gray, USA)
  2. WENDY AND LUCY (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
  3. "Green Fuse" (Daïchi Saïto, Canada)
  4. AFTERSCHOOL (Antonio Campos, USA)
  5. BURN AFTER READING (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA)
  6. WALL•E (Andrew Stanton, USA)

2007

  1. DEATH PROOF (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
  2. 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS (Cristian Mungiu, Romania)
  3. HOT FUZZ (Edgar Wright, UK)
  4. THE DARJEELING LIMITED (Wes Anderson, USA)
  5. RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION (Russell Mulcahy, UK)

2006

  1. INLAND EMPIRE (David Lynch, USA)
  2. MIAMI VICE (Michael Mann, USA)
  3. OLD JOY (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
  4. THE BLACK DAHLIA (Brian De Palma, USA)

2005

  1. THE NEW WORLD (Terrence Malick, USA)
  2. LADY VENGEANCE (Park Chan-wook, South Korea)
  3. HOUSE OF WAX (Jaume Collet-Serra, USA)
  4. "The Meaning of Life" (Don Hertzfeldt, USA)

2004

  1. BEFORE SUNSET (Richard Linklater, USA)
  2. HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (Zhang Yimou, China)
  3. KILL BILL VOL. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
  4. PRIMER (Shane Carruth, USA)
  5. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michel Gondry, USA)
  6. COLLATERAL (Michael Mann, USA)
  7. THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (Wes Anderson, USA)
  8. SHAUN OF THE DEAD (Edgar Wright, UK)
  9. RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE (Alexander Witt, Canada)

2003

  1. GOODBYE, DRAGON INN (Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan)
  2. LOST IN TRANSLATION (Sofia Coppola, USA)
  3. KILL BILL VOL. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
  4. OLDBOY (Park Chan-wook, South Korea)
  5. INTOLERABLE CRUELTY (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA)
  6. ZATOICHI (Takeshi Kitano, Japan)

2002

  1. FEMME FATALE (Brian De Palma, France)
  2. HERO (Zhang Yimou, China)
  3. ON THE OCCASION OF REMEMBERING THE TURNING GATE (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  4. PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
  5. RESIDENT EVIL (Paul W.S. Anderson, UK)
  6. SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE (Park Chan-wook, South Korea)
  7. FROM THE OTHER SIDE (Chantal Akerman, Mexico)
  8. RUSSIAN ARK (Aleksandr Sokurov, Russia)

2001

  1. MULHOLLAND DR. (David Lynch, USA)
  2. A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Steven Spielberg, USA)
  3. SPIRITED AWAY (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
  4. ALI (Michael Mann, USA)
  5. THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA)
  6. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (Wes Anderson, USA)

2000

  1. YI YI (Edward Yang, Taiwan)
  2. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong)
  3. "The Heart of the World" (Guy Maddin, Canada)
  4. CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (Ang Lee, Taiwan)
  5. YOU CAN COUNT ON ME (Kenneth Lonergan, USA)
  6. DANCER IN THE DARK (Lars von Trier, Denmark)
  7. THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE (Mark Dindal, USA)
  8. MISSION TO MARS (Brian De Palma, USA)
  9. JOINT SECURITY AREA (Park Chan-wook, South Korea)
  10. SEXY BEAST (Jonathan Glazer, UK)
  11. "In Absentia" (Steven Quay & Timothy Quay, UK)

1999

  1. "Outer Space" (Peter Tscherkassky, Austria)
  2. EYES WIDE SHUT (Stanley Kubrick, UK)
  3. COWBOY BEBOP: "Pierrot le Fou" (Shinichiro Watanabe, Japan)
  4. THE INSIDER (Michael Mann, USA)
  5. COWBOY BEBOP: "Speak Like a Child" (Shinichiro Watanabe, Japan)
  6. THE MISSION (Johnnie To, Hong Kong)
  7. THE MATRIX (Lana & Lilly Wachowski, USA)
  8. THE STRAIGHT STORY (David Lynch, USA)
  9. SOUTH (Chantal Akerman, USA)

1998

  1. THE THIN RED LINE (Terrence Malick, USA)
  2. COWBOY BEBOP (Shinichiro Watanabe, Japan)
  3. FESTEN (Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark)
  4. RUSHMORE (Wes Anderson, USA)
  5. COWBOY BEBOP: "Sympathy for the Devil" (Shinichiro Watanabe, Japan)
  6. SNAKE EYES (Brian De Palma, USA)

1997

  1. LOST HIGHWAY (David Lynch, USA)

1996

  1. BREAKING THE WAVES (Lars von Trier, Denmark)
  2. FARGO (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA)
  3. BOTTLE ROCKET (Wes Anderson, USA)
  4. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (Brian De Palma, USA)

1995

  1. HEAT (Michael Mann, USA)
  2. BEFORE SUNRISE (Richard Linklater, USA)
  3. "Premonitions Following an Evil Deed" (David Lynch, USA)

1994

  1. CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong)
  2. TO LIVE (Zhang Yimou, China)
  3. RIVER OF GRASS (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
  4. THE GLASS SHIELD (Charles Burnett, USA)
  5. IN THE HEAT OF THE SUN (Jiang Wen, China)

1993

  1. CARLITO'S WAY (Brian De Palma, USA)
  2. D'EST (Chantal Akerman, France)
  3. JURASSIC PARK (Steven Spielberg, USA)

1992

  1. TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (David Lynch, USA)
  2. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (Michael Mann, USA)
  3. RAISING CAIN (Brian De Palma, USA)

1991

  1. A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (Edward Yang, Taiwan)
  2. THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland)
  3. BARTON FINK (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA)
  4. UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD (Wim Wenders, France)
  5. TWIN PEAKS: "Beyond Life and Death" (David Lynch, USA)
  6. RAISE THE RED LANTERN (Zhang Yimou, China)
  7. ONLY YESTERDAY (Isao Takahata, Japan)
  8. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (James Cameron, USA)
  9. TO LAVOISIER, WHO DIED IN THE REIGN OF TERROR (Michael Snow, Canada)
  10. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (Jonathan Demme, USA)

1990

  1. CLOSE-UP (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
  2. TRUST (Hal Hartley, USA)
  3. DAYS OF BEING WILD (Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong)
  4. TWIN PEAKS: "Lonely Souls" (David Lynch, USA)
  5. WILD AT HEART (David Lynch, USA)
  6. TWIN PEAKS: "Pilot" (David Lynch, USA)
  7. TWIN PEAKS (David Lynch & Mark Frost, USA)
  8. TWIN PEAKS: "Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer" (David Lynch, USA)
  9. JU DOU (Zhang Yimou, China)
  10. TWIN PEAKS: "May the Giant Be With You" (David Lynch, USA)
  11. TWIN PEAKS: "Coma" (David Lynch, USA)

1989

  1. THE KILLER (John Woo, Hong Kong)
  2. THE SEVENTH CONTINENT (Michael Haneke, Austria)
  3. CASUALTIES OF WAR (Brian De Palma, USA)

1988

  1. "Cat Listening to Music" (Chris Marker, France)
  2. AKIRA (Katsuhiro Otomo, Japan)
  3. DIE HARD (John McTiernan, USA)
  4. CHOCOLAT (Claire Denis, France)

1987

  1. WINGS OF DESIRE (Wim Wenders, Germany)
  2. ROBOCOP (Paul Verhoeven, USA)
  3. RAISING ARIZONA (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA)
  4. RED SORGHUM (Zhang Yimou, China)

1986

  1. THE TERRORIZERS (Edward Yang, Taiwan)
  2. BLUE VELVET (David Lynch, USA)
  3. MANHUNTER (Michael Mann, USA)
  4. ALIENS (James Cameron, USA)
  5. BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (John Carpenter, USA)

1985

  1. BRAZIL (Terry Gilliam, UK)
  2. RAN (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
  3. AFTER HOURS (Martin Scorsese, USA)
  4. TAMPOPO (Juzo Itami, Japan)

1984

  1. PARIS, TEXAS (Wim Wenders, USA)
  2. STOP MAKING SENSE (Jonathan Demme, USA)
  3. DUNE (David Lynch, USA)
  4. BODY DOUBLE (Brian De Palma, USA)
  5. THE TERMINATOR (James Cameron, USA)

1983

  1. SANS SOLEIL (Chris Marker, France)
  2. THE KEEP (Michael Mann, USA)
  3. SCARFACE (Brian De Palma, USA)
  4. RETURN OF THE JEDI (Richard Marquand, USA)

1982

  1. BLADE RUNNER (Ridley Scott, USA)
  2. KOYAANISQATSI (Godfrey Reggio, USA)

1981

  1. POSSESSION (Andrzej Zulawski, Germany)
  2. BLOW OUT (Brian De Palma, USA)
  3. THIEF (Michael Mann, USA)
  4. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (Steven Spielberg, USA)
  5. THE ROAD WARRIOR (George Miller, Australia)

1980

  1. THE SHINING (Stanley Kubrick, UK)
  2. RAGING BULL (Martin Scorsese, USA)
  3. DRESSED TO KILL (Brian De Palma, USA)
  4. THE ELEPHANT MAN (David Lynch, USA)
  5. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Irvin Kershner, USA)
  6. HOME MOVIES (Brian De Palma, USA)

1979

  1. APOCALYPSE NOW (Francis Ford Coppola, USA)
  2. ALIEN (Ridley Scott, USA)

1978

  1. DAYS OF HEAVEN (Terrence Malick, USA)
  2. HALLOWEEN (John Carpenter, USA)

1977

  1. ERASERHEAD (David Lynch, USA)
  2. ANNIE HALL (Woody Allen, USA)
  3. STAR WARS (George Lucas, USA)

1976

  1. CARRIE (Brian De Palma, USA)
  2. TAXI DRIVER (Martin Scorsese, USA)
  3. OBSESSION (Brian De Palma, USA)

1975

  1. JEANNE DIELMAN | 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE | 1080 BRUXELLES (Chantal Akerman, Belgium)
  2. NASHVILLE (Robert Altman, USA)
  3. BARRY LYNDON (Stanley Kubrick, UK)

1974

  1. ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Germany)
  2. PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (Brian De Palma, USA)
  3. CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski, USA)
  4. THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (Joseph Sargent, USA)

1973

  1. BADLANDS (Terrence Malick, USA)
  2. CHARLEY VARRICK (Don Siegel, USA)
  3. SISTERS (Brian De Palma, USA)
  4. BELLADONNA OF SADNESS (Eiichi Yamamoto, Japan)

1971

  1. OUT 1 (Jacques Rivette, France)
  2. A NEW LEAF (Elaine May, USA)
  3. THE DEVILS (Ken Russell, UK)

1968

  1. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Stanley Kubrick, UK)
  2. GREETINGS (Brian De Palma, USA)

1967

  1. THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT (Jacques Demy, France)
  2. WAVELENGTH (Michael Snow, Canada)
  3. PLAYTIME (Jacques Tati, France)
  4. DONT LOOK BACK (D.A. Pennebaker, USA)
  5. DRAGON INN (King Hu, Taiwan)
  6. "Sailing with Bushnell Keeler" (David Lynch, USA)

1966

  1. PERSONA (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden)
  2. THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (Gillo Pontecorvo, Italy)
  3. BLACK GIRL (Ousmane Sembène, France)

1965

  1. PIERROT LE FOU (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  2. CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (Orson Welles, Spain)
  3. "Kustom Kar Kommandos" (Kenneth Anger, USA)

1964

  1. THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (Jacques Demy, France)
  2. DR. STRANGELOVE, OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (Stanley Kubrick, UK)

1963

  1. CONTEMPT (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  2. "Mothlight" (Stan Brakhage, USA)
  3. 8½ (Federico Fellini, Italy)

1962

  1. "La jetée" (Chris Marker, France)
  2. LOLITA (Stanley Kubrick, UK)
  3. VIVRE SA VIE (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  4. L'ECLISSE (Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy)
  5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (David Lean, UK)

1961

  1. LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (Alain Resnais, France)
  2. CHRONICLE OF A SUMMER (Jean Rouch & Edgar Morin, France)
  3. LA NOTTE (Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy)

1960

  1. BREATHLESS (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  2. LA DOLCE VITA (Federico Fellini, Italy)
  3. L'AVVENTURA (Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy)
  4. THE BAD SLEEP WELL (Akira Kuroswawa, Japan)

1959

  1. THE 400 BLOWS (François Truffaut, France)
  2. THE WORLD OF APU (Satyajit Ray, India)

1958

  1. VERTIGO (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)

1957

  1. SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (Alexander Mackendrick, USA)
  2. PATHS OF GLORY (Stanley Kubrick, USA)
  3. THRONE OF BLOOD (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
  4. THE SEVENTH SEAL (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden)

1956

  1. THE SEARCHERS (John Ford, USA)
  2. THE KILLING (Stanley Kubrick, USA)
  3. APARAJITO (Satyajit Ray, India)
  4. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (Don Siegel, USA)

1955

  1. THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (Charles Laughton, USA)
  2. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (Nicholas Ray, USA)
  3. NIGHT AND FOG (Alain Resnais, France)
  4. PATHER PANCHALI (Satyajit Ray, India)

1954

  1. SEVEN SAMURAI (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
  2. JOURNEY TO ITALY (Roberto Rossellini, Italy)
  3. GODZILLA (Ishiro Honda, Japan)
  4. ON THE WATERFRONT (Elia Kazan, USA)

1953

  1. "Duck Amuck" (Chuck Jones, USA)
  2. TOKYO STORY (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan)
  3. THE SAGA OF ANATAHAN (Josef von Sternberg, Japan)
  4. "Duck! Rabbit, Duck!" (Chuck Jones, USA)
  5. "Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century" (Chuck Jones, USA)

1952

  1. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, USA)
  2. "Rabbit Seasoning" (Chuck Jones, USA)
  3. "Operation: Rabbit" (Chuck Jones, USA)

1951

  1. "Rabbit Fire" (Chuck Jones, USA)

1950

  1. SUNSET BLVD. (Billy Wilder, USA)
  2. RASHOMON (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)

1949

  1. THE THIRD MAN (Carol Reed, UK)

1948

  1. THE RED SHOES (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, UK)

1946

  1. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Frank Capra, USA)
  2. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Jean Cocteau, France)

1945

  1. MILDRED PIERCE (Michael Curtiz, USA)

1944

  1. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (Billy Wilder, USA)
  2. LAURA (Otto Preminger, USA)

1943

  1. THE GANG'S ALL HERE (Busby Berkeley, USA)

1942

  1. CASABLANCA (Michael Curtiz, USA)

1941

  1. CITIZEN KANE (Orson Welles, USA)

1939

  1. THE RULES OF THE GAME (Jean Renoir, France)

1934

  1. THE GODDESS (Wu Yonggang, China)
  2. L'ATALANTE (Jean Vigo, France)

1932

  1. TROUBLE IN PARADISE (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)

1931

  1. M (Fritz Lang, Germany)
  2. CITY LIGHTS (Charles Chaplin, USA)

1930

  1. MOROCCO (Josef von Sternberg, USA)

1929

  1. "Un Chien Andalou" (Luis Buñuel, France)

1928

  1. THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (Carl Theodor Dreyer, France)
  2. STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. (Charles Reisner & Buster Keaton, USA)

1927

  1. SUNRISE (F.W. Murnau, USA)

1925

  1. BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (Sergei Eisenstein, USSR)

1922

  1. NOSFERATU (F.W. Murnau, Germany)

1902

  1. "A Trip to the Moon" (Georges Méliès, France)
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Thursday, April 13, 2017

Lynch Discard

Blue Velvet effectively launched Lynch into the stratosphere of the public consciousness, and he followed up with both the landmark TV show Twin Peaks (1990), which sadly will not be represented in this retrospective for obvious reasons, and his most unhinged film Wild at Heart. Starring Nicolas Cage and Dern, it combines the fantastical tendencies of The Wizard of Oz with the rock and roll road movie. It is absolutely irrepressible, almost too insane for its own good (the combination of Cage and Willem Dafoe is a sight to behold), but it comes back, as it frequently does for Lynch, to love.

Unfortunately for Lynch, the brief love that the cultural zeitgeist ran out fairly quickly. By the finale of the protracted second season of Twin Peaks, public interest had faded, something only bolstered by the dismal reception towards Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. Fire Walk unfortunately isn't playing in this series, but it represents in many ways an important milestone for Lynch. It is, in my view, one of his greatest and most heart-wrenching works, but it was roundly ignored, and Lynch retreated once more into his more experimental tendencies.

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Monday, April 10, 2017

Just Outside the Canon

The New World
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Miami Vice

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Sunday, April 9, 2017

Cinema on the "Fringes"

A New Leaf
Margaret (extended)
Sans Soleil
The Other Side
Meek's Cutoff
Miami Vice
Duck Amuck
The Unspeakable Act
The Mend

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Misc. Reminder

Since Long Ago at Bethany

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Friday, April 7, 2017

2016 Top Tens Composite List

Sources: Film Comment, Indiewire, Village Voice (mentions), Reverse Shot, The Film Stage, Skandies (mentions), Slant

1. Toni Erdmann 61/7
1. Moonlight 48/7
2. Manchester by the Sea 43/5
3. Paterson 32/6
4. Elle 29/5
5. La La Land 25/4
6. O.J.: Made in America 24/5
7. Cemetery of Splendour 23/4
8. Cameraperson 16/4
9. Certain Women 12/3
10. No Home Movie 11/2
11. The Handmaiden 10/3
11. Silence 10/2
12. Aquarius 9/2
13. Happy Hour 8/1
13. Right Now, Wrong Then 8/2
14. American Honey 6/1
14. Everybody Wants Some!! 6/1
15. Arrival 5/2
15. Jackie 5/2
16. Hell or High Water 4/2
16. Sunset Song 4/1
17. Knight of Cups 2/1
17. Things to Come 2/1
17. The Witch 2/1
18. The Illinois Parables 1/1
18. The Treasure 1/1

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