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Watched on Tuesday June 10, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday June 10, 2025.

Watched on Sunday June 8, 2025.

Watched on Friday June 6, 2025.

Watched on Friday June 6, 2025.

Watched on Thursday June 5, 2025.

Watched on Monday June 2, 2025.

Watched on Sunday June 1, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 31, 2025.

Electric. Thrilling. Mesmerizing. Sad. Brimming with empathy...it underpins every single element here.

"But I'm sexy right?"

Perfect movie. Like watching Simone Biles at the olympic games execute a flawless routine and then stick the landing in a shockingly beautiful fashion. Watching this feels like floating. Like cracking a crème brûlée. Exquisite.

Watched on Wednesday May 28, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 28, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 27, 2025.

Watched on Sunday May 25, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 24, 2025.

Watched on Friday May 23, 2025.

Nuclear warheads poised to launch, piercing the clouds, and annihilating earth will be the defining cinematic motif of the 21st century.

Mostly a no from me, but some truly transcendent sequences and technical marvels make anything under 3/5 sacrilegious. This is a good movie. I tried but could not buy into it.

Watched on Tuesday May 20, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 19, 2025.

Watched on Sunday May 18, 2025.

Watched on Sunday May 18, 2025.

Watched on Sunday May 18, 2025.

I love my daughter so much that when she insisted upon watching the 1-star film "Baby Dory," I had to oblige.

Watched on Monday May 12, 2025.

Watched on Friday May 9, 2025.

introducing my daughter to David Lynch💙

Am I supposed to find a film where the bad guys wear keffiyehs compelling? I don't. I have read and understand all the nuanced takes. I get it.

For starters, simply not glorifying war is a pretty low bar. If a valid attitude toward the film is that we aren't necessarily supposed to "root for" the U.S. armed forces characters, then I am forced to question why it's an absolute certainty that this same film could not be made to tell the story from the perspective of the occupied people who our protagonists are actively invading. If this huge, major studio, big-name-directed film is "not pro-military," then why does No Other Land still not have U.S. distribution? The take seems forced. This film is made to make me feel sympathy for these characters. The system that enticed many to enlist is sinister, yes; but people have free will, and I do not sympathize with them.

Watched on Monday May 5, 2025.

Watched on Thursday May 1, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday April 29, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday April 29, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday April 29, 2025.

Watched on Monday April 28, 2025.

Watched on Monday April 28, 2025.

Watched on Saturday April 26, 2025.

Good mystery flick with some really clever set ups/payoffs. Really liked how it fakes you out a in the first act. Was expecting more from the ending. Entertaining but not really as thought-provoking as Sluizer thinks it is.

Watched on Saturday April 26, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday April 23, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday April 23, 2025.

Introduced by Mary Sweeney. a real treat. she walked right past me 😵‍💫

Watched on Friday April 18, 2025.

Part 8

Watched on Thursday April 17, 2025.

I was profoundly moved seeing this with a crowd of some 700 people all sitting in stunned, reverent silence. Hands-down the best cinema experience i've ever had. Thanks to the Music Box Chicago and Daniel Knox. And most of all thanks to DKL, Sheryl Lee, and the rest of the cast and crew of this film. It was paired with Twin Peaks: The Return: Part 8 and documentary World of Blue.

Watched on Thursday April 17, 2025.

Watched on Thursday April 17, 2025.

Watched on Saturday April 12, 2025.

Watched on Friday April 11, 2025.

• 10 Cloverfield Lane
• 127 Hours
• 12 Years a Slave
• The 13th Warrior
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• 2046
• 21 Grams
• 28 Days Later
• 28 Weeks Later
• 42

...plus 508 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Mission: Impossible III
2. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
3. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
4. Mission: Impossible
5. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
6. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
7. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
8. Mission: Impossible II

1. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
2. Twin Peaks: The Return
3. Mulholland Drive
4. Lost Highway
5. Inland Empire
6. Wild at Heart
7. Eraserhead
8. Blue Velvet
9. The Elephant Man
10. The Straight Story

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• 12 Angry Men
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Alice
• The Annihilation of Fish
• Au Hasard Balthazar
• Black Narcissus
• Cameraperson
• Close-Up
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Eyes Wide Shut

...plus 20 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Florida Project
2. Tangerine
3. Anora
4. Red Rocket
5. Starlet

1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2. Zodiac
3. Se7en
4. The Social Network
5. Gone Girl
6. Panic Room
7. The Killer
8. Fight Club
9. The Game

• 12 Angry Men
• Amour
• Broker
• Code Unknown
• Funny Games
• Gates of Heaven
• Inland Empire
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• La Haine
• Los Angeles Plays Itself

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Funny Games
2. Code Unknown
3. Amour
4. The Piano Teacher
5. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
6. Caché
7. The White Ribbon
8. Benny's Video
9. Funny Games
10. Happy End

1. 12 Years a Slave
2. Shame
3. Hunger
4. Widows

1. Dunkirk
2. Oppenheimer
3. Interstellar
4. Memento
5. Inception
6. The Dark Knight
7. Batman Begins
8. The Dark Knight Rises
9. Insomnia
10. The Prestige

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Irishman
2. GoodFellas
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
4. Hugo
5. Raging Bull
6. Taxi Driver
7. Silence
8. The Wolf of Wall Street
9. Casino
10. The Departed

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
• The Age of Innocence
• An Autumn Afternoon
• Boat People
• Cameraperson
• Close-Up
• Drive My Car
• George Washington

  Combo

• Hunger
• Inland Empire

...plus 19 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Mulholland Drive
2. Inland Empire
3. Lost Highway
4. Blue Velvet
5. The Elephant Man
6. Eraserhead

• Cameraperson
• The Florida Project
• Margaret
• Moonlight
• Pan's Labyrinth
• Solaris
• Tokyo Story
• Paris, Texas
• The Tree of Life
• The Wind Rises

1. Spirited Away
2. You Were Never Really Here
3. GoodFellas
4. The Kid with a Bike
5. Avengers: Infinity War

1. A Hidden Life
2. Parasite
3. Uncut Gems
4. Little Women
5. The Farewell
6. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
7. Midsommar
8. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
9. Toy Story 4
10. Pokémon Detective Pikachu

films with great representations of mental illness and other mental health issues, particularly but not exclusively depression as that's what I connect to. very broad though. feel free to leave suggestions, but I probably won't add it unless I've seen it because I want this to be personal as well.

they're not necessarily about or even focused on the issue, but all of these include it and portray it accurately and with care.

• You Were Never Really Here
• Annihilation
• Love, Simon
• Only the Brave
• Stronger
• Ingrid Goes West
• The Work
• Good Time
• It Comes at Night
• Song to Song

...plus 76 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• 28 Days Later
• Black Swan
• Candyman
• Carrie
• Climax
• Get Out
• The House That Jack Built
• I Saw the Devil
• It Comes at Night
• It Follows

...plus 12 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Return of the Jedi
2. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. Star Wars
5. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
6. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
7. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
8. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
9. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
10. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

not ranked, organized a-z. there is no objective methodology here; i picked films that have stuck with me or have been rewarding to me or that i feel have contributed something valuable to cinema. 33 films because that's how many i felt warranted a mention, and i tried to include a wide range of genres and some documentaries. all of these have my unequivocal and enthusiastic recommendation.

• Arrival
• Blue Valentine
• Burning
• Cameraperson
• Columbus
• First Man
• The Florida Project
• Gone Girl
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Green Room

...plus 23 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Margaret
• The Tree of Life
• Pan's Labyrinth
• Two Days, One Night
• Before Sunrise
• Ida
• Solaris
• Gone Girl
• Moonlight
• Tokyo Story

• The Virgin Suicides
• Memento
• Mulholland Drive
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• Lost in Translation
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• The New World
• Pan's Labyrinth
• No Country for Old Men
• The Dark Knight

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
3. Rushmore
4. Moonrise Kingdom
5. Fantastic Mr. Fox
6. Isle of Dogs

the ten films that left a memorable mark on me, did something extraordinary with the medium of film, moved me, made me cry, made me laugh, made me think, taught me something, convicted me, and mirrored me. there are numerous others, but after ignoring my long-running 2017 ranked list, I just went through and picked the ten that I felt, right now, deserve to be recognized the most. there are some more details in the notes. thank you all for an extraordinary year, for reading my reviews, getting to know each other, and sharing in the joy and gift that is the cinema together. love you all, here's to an even better 2018!

1. The Shape of Water

   an achievement in filmmaking and storytelling unlike any other this year, or any other year for that matter. The Shape of Water succeeds because of the loving and careful effort of a wonderful team of artists who all care deeply about the story they're telling, this story of a broken world and the people in it who choose to see beauty.

2. Blade Runner 2049

   the biggest surprise of the year. a film that I was hesitant to love at first, but with each ing day I knew was the best film of the year. the journey of Officer K is one of the most beautiful and moving arcs of all time. read this.

3. Columbus

   it's rare to find a film that so carefully constructs its world and yet flows with such graceful peace. an astoundingly beautiful and well-acted film, Columbus surprised me with moments that moved me in ways I didn't expect. I nearly cried watching a girl explain why a building moved her even though I didn't hear a word of what she said.

4. Lady Bird

   ah, Lady Bird. the main reason for this being here is how much I resonated with Christine, and that's not a small reason because to identify with someone in a work of art so lovingly crafted is one of the best things the cinema can do.

5. Wind River

   it's rare to get thrillers that understand what their purpose should be and accomplishes it with such power.

6. Dunkirk

   by far the best theater experience of this year was watching this in IMAX and being suffocated and astounded by the pure cinematic bravado that Nolan infused into every frame. the gliding of the planes, the horrific claustrophobia, this is what cinema should be.

7. The Killing of a Sacred Deer

   pure dread. pure, unadulterated cinematic dread. that is what I felt while watching this. it's Kubrickian in the best way possible and goes places that you constantly fear but can never guess until you're there. and then it goes further.

8. Thelma

   this is on the list because I still don't know how to describe it. I only know the feeling I had while watching it, the mirroring of myself I saw in Thelma, and how much I never wanted it to end. it's experiences like these that make the movies worth going to.

9. Song to Song

   this is a beautiful experience, through and through. it's one made up of moments that breathe with the joys and pains of life, but never stops flowing. this film brought me to a place of peace and it's something that reminds me of the beauty that exists in each other and the world around us.

10. The Florida Project

    this film taught me something about the country that I live in and showed the judged and the marginalized in a new light, one I hadn't seen them in before, or at least one they are rarely painted in: a light of comion and empathy. here exists a world separate but very much apart of the one that privileged people take for granted every day, a magic castle where innocence is a treasure and joy a rare gem, but one where those things shine through the nastiness that tries to haunt the Magic Castle.

1. Shoplifters
2. Roma
3. You Were Never Really Here
4. The Miseducation of Cameron Post
5. Leave No Trace
6. Annihilation
7. Vox Lux
8. First Man
9. Suspiria
10. Paddington 2

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Sicario
2. Blade Runner 2049
3. Polytechnique
4. Arrival
5. Enemy
6. Incendies
7. Prisoners

Honorable mention: Cameraperson, Sing Street

1. Moonlight
2. La La Land
3. Arrival
4. Silence
5. The Witch
6. Paterson
7. Jackie
8. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time with Feeling
9. Manchester by the Sea
10. Cameraperson

entirely based off of how I felt when I made this

1. The Tree of Life
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. Solaris
4. Lost in Translation
5. Moonlight
6. Spirited Away
7. 2001: A Space Odyssey
8. My Neighbor Totoro
9. Her
10. Shame

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. You Were Never Really Here
2. Leave No Trace
3. Certain Women
4. Marie Antoinette
5. Wendy and Lucy
6. The Miseducation of Cameron Post
7. Mur Murs
8. Faces Places
9. The Bling Ring
10. Maudie

...plus 12 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Witch
• Green Room
• Under the Skin
• It Comes at Night
• The Killing of a Sacred Deer
• Let the Right One In
• Raw
• The Babadook
• Creepy
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

1. Return of the Jedi
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
4. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
5. Star Wars
6. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
7. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
8. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
9. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
10. Solo: A Star Wars Story

1. Avengers: Infinity War
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
3. Iron Man
4. Thor: Ragnarok
5. Captain America: Civil War
6. Guardians of the Galaxy
7. Black Panther
8. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
9. The Avengers
10. Thor

...plus 9 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

For their work as directors.

1. No Country for Old Men
2. Blood Simple
3. Inside Llewyn Davis
4. Fargo
5. A Serious Man
6. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
7. The Big Lebowski
8. Raising Arizona
9. Hail, Caesar!
10. Barton Fink

1. Rust and Bone
2. The Truman Show
3. The Unknown Girl
4. Mur Murs
5. Night Moves

I already have this list but I like to redo it occasionally because I always forget to update my other one.

In relative order of release

• Blade Runner 2049

  I relate a lot to K and his search for meaning and his placing empathy and love above all else

• Lady Bird

  wow a movie about me??

• The Shape of Water

  boxd.it/omRft

• Thelma
• Columbus

  I connect to this film's conviction that art can heal and that human connection is a remedy to a lot of life's troubles

• Come Swim

  This helped me understand my own depression

• Black Mirror: San Junipero
• 20th Century Women

  I connect to the whole feel and attitude of this movie, but also Mike Mills understands toxic masculinity and Jamie is a great example of a guy exploring himself and discovering that

• Moonlight
• Sing Street

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Shape of Water
2. Lady Bird
3. Dunkirk
4. Get Out
5. Phantom Thread
6. Call Me by Your Name
7. Darkest Hour
8. The Post
9. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

1. Princess Cyd
2. Annihilation
3. Certain Women
4. Wendy and Lucy
5. Synecdoche, New York

1. Lost in Translation
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. Mulholland Drive
4. No Country for Old Men
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
6. Polytechnique
7. The Wrestler
8. Letters from Iwo Jima
9. The New World
10. Zodiac

1. The Tree of Life
2. Her
3. Shame
4. Moonlight
5. Oslo, August 31st
6. The Shape of Water
7. Drive
8. La La Land
9. Gone Girl
10. Blade Runner 2049

Favorite actress of all time!!

1. An Education
2. Shame
3. Inside Llewyn Davis
4. Mudbound
5. Drive

Idea taken from Jacob's list, with the format slightly edited. Original rules can be found at Graham J's list.

This is a list of my personal favorite directors, ranked by the collective average rating of their films. I must have seen at least three of their films and the director must also have at least one five star film to qualify.

1. Shame

   Steve McQueen - 15/15 - 100%

2. Solaris

   Andrei Tarkovsky - 15/15 - 100%

3. Lost in Translation

   Sofia Coppola - 29/30 - 97%

4. Raging Bull

   Martin Scorsese - 34/35 - 97%

5. Letters from Iwo Jima

   Clint Eastwood - 34/35 - 97%

6. Mommy

   Xavier Dolan - 14.5/15 - 97%

7. Blade Runner 2049

   Denis Villeneuve - 32.5/35 - 93%

8. Dunkirk

   Christopher Nolan - 46/50 - 92%

9. No Country for Old Men

   Coen Brothers - 45.5/50 - 91%

10. Pan's Labyrinth

    18/20 - 90%

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

in relative order of excitement

• Widows
• Annihilation
• If Beale Street Could Talk
• Wildlife
• You Were Never Really Here
• A Hidden Life
• The Irishman
• The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
• Roma
• Unsane

...plus 13 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

my favorite genre

• Princess Cyd
• Call Me by Your Name
• Columbus
• Song to Song
• A Ghost Story
• Black Mirror: San Junipero
• Maudie
• Moonlight
• Paterson
• Arrival

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Pan's Labyrinth
2. The Shape of Water
3. Crimson Peak
4. Pacific Rim

1. Oslo, August 31st
2. Lost Highway
3. Marie Antoinette
4. Paddington 2
5. Dallas Buyers Club

• The Shape of Water
• Paddington
• Okja
• Pan's Labyrinth
• Arrival
• The Thing

1. Schindler's List
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. Lincoln
4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
5. War Horse
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
7. Bridge of Spies
8. Jurassic Park
9. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
10. The Post

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Lost in Translation
2. Marie Antoinette
3. The Beguiled
4. The Virgin Suicides
5. The Bling Ring
6. Somewhere

Sometimes they do this because they're just so beautifully perfect.

• Elizabethtown
• s Ha
• La La Land
• Deadpool
• Sing Street
• The Lego Movie
• Short Term 12
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Hugo

...plus 42 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Gone Girl
2. The Social Network
3. Zodiac
4. Se7en
5. Panic Room
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
7. Fight Club
8. The Game