My fourth time making this challenge.

Unlike the last year, this time I'll watch again one film per week (the last year I finished it before my birthday 30), and again, trying to clear the bonus challenges for the cum laude title.

Original list

Started: January 1, 2025
Progress: 23/52
Rewatches: 0

1. 5 Years of Anti-Criterioning! Pick any challenge from the past 4 years of challenges! ✅
2. 1920's ✅
3. 1930's ✅
4. 1940's
5. 1950's
6. 1960's
7. 1970's ✅
8. 1980's
9. 1990's
10. 2000's
11. 2010's ✅
12. 2020's ✅
13. Starring Hiam Abbass
14. Starring Sandra Oh ✅
15. Starring Isaac de Bankolé ✅
16. Olivier Lemay's I'M ALWAYS A SLUT FOR UNUSUAL ASPECT RATIOS
17. Adam T's Hotels as Liminal Spaces
18. michelle grondine's blue eyeshadow cinematic universe
19. comrade_yui's neo-expressionism: the forgotten studio style
20. Horror made in Indonesia by an Indonesian director ✅
21. Romance or Drama made in South Korea by a South Korean director ✅
22. A film with practical monsters or creatures
23. Golden Raspberry Winner in any category
24. Film that did have a theatrical release, but did not have a theatrical release in the US ✅
25. Film from any director in any style or genre ✅
26. Another film from the same director in a different style or genre
27. A narrative film or documentary about sex work ✅
28. A narrative film or documentary about a revolution, demonstration, protest, activist, or human rights movement ✅
29. Starring one of the Real Housewives ✅
30. Payal Kapadia's List of 50 Favorite Films
31. Condemned by the Catholic Church ✅
32. Directed by an indigenous director whose work you haven't seen before ✅
33. Directed by a trans, nonbinary, two-spirit, or other gender non-conforming director whose work you haven't seen before ✅
34. Broken up into chapters ✅
35. Five or more words in the title ✅
36. Made with a micro-budget (less than $400,000) *
37. Armando Vanegas' Afro-Latino Representation
38. Mentioned in Shazia Iqbal’s article Muslim Life in India for Film Independent
39. Edited by Maysie Hoy
40. Edited by Marie-Hélène Dozo
41. Edited by Tina Baz ✅
42. A film whose primary spoken language is the primary language for less than 1,000 other films *
43. Musical that is not in English
44. Based on mythology, folklore, or fairy tales *
45. Adapted from a children’s book
46. Silent film made in Japan by a Japanese director
47. Comedy made in Egypt by an Egyptian director
48. Starring a professional athlete ✅
49. From a fandom you've never participated in
50. Hallmark holiday (or equivalent vibes)
51. Someone holds a cat ✅
52. Ends in a freeze frame

1. The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter

   1. 5 Years of Anti-Criterioning! Pick any challenge from the past 4 years of challenges!
   (From The Anti-Criterion Challenge 2021
   1. 1984 - watch a film released the year of Criterion's inception that is not in the Criterion Collection.)
   Watched in January 1, 2025

2. El puño de hierro

   2. 1920's (1927)
   Watched in April 28, 2025

3. The Woman of the Port

   3. 1930's (1934)
   Watched in May 26, 2025

4. Tintorera: Killer Shark

   7. 1970's (1977)
   Watched in February 3, 2025

5. Eddie Reynolds and The Iron Angels

   11. 2010's (2014)
   Watched in June 2, 2025

6. Mujeres del alba

   12. 2020's (2025)
   Watched in April 16, 2025

7. Umma

   14. Starring Sandra Oh
   Watched in April 3, 2025

8. The Brutalist

   15. Starring Isaac de Bankolé
   Watched in February 9, 2025

9. Monster

   20. Horror made in Indonesia by an Indonesian director
   Watched in January 14, 2025

10. Vertigo

    21. Romance or Drama made in South Korea by a South Korean director
    Watched in May 12, 2025

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

Notes indicate if the film won any category.

Missing
-En la estancia (The Land of Silence, Carlos Armella)

1. The Obscure Spring
2. Güeros

   Audience Award
   Guerrero Press Award
   Best First/Second Film Award
   Best Actor Award (Tenoch Huerta, Sebastián Aguirre & Leonardo Ortizgris)

3. Carmín tropical

   Best Feature Film Award

4. The Beginning of Time
5. I've Never Had A Hilda

   Best Actress Award (Verónica Langer)

6. Sexennial Plan
7. Eddie Reynolds and The Iron Angels
8. I Am Happiness on Earth
9. Los muertos
10. Sand Dollars

    Special Mention

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

For my next and last three pre-birthday special, I'm going to talk about my favorite films of some topics that already had a showdown, but in a wider approach.

In this case, my favorite LGBT+ films, with great and beautiful characters and couples, some of them happy, some of them sad.

The first ten films are those who were mentioned in my showdown about pride films, while the others are arranged by alphabetical order.
This list will be updated is some interesting and good LGBT+ film appears.

• Dou kyu sei – Classmates
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
• The Handmaiden
• The Place Without Limits
• The Way He Looks
• Sauvage
• Laurence Anyways
• Mysterious Skin
• The New Girlfriend
• Made in Bangkok

...plus 135 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

And finally, for my last pre-birthday special, another interesting topic, with my selection of favorite coming of age films.

The first ten films are those who were mentioned in my showdown about coming of age films, while the others are arranged by alphabetical order.
This list will be updated is some interesting and good coming of age film appears.

• A Silent Voice: The Movie
• Eighth Grade
• Tomboy
• Whisper of the Heart
• Kiki's Delivery Service
• The Way He Looks
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Persepolis
• mid90s
• Beach Rats

...plus 145 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Another special of this day, in this case, my favorite movie posters, either with the color, photography, and another elements, it doesn't matter if I love these films or not.

Ordered by colour spectrum.

• Steve Jobs
• Asako I & II
• Music
• Benedetta
• Decision to Leave
• The Call
• Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
• Goliath
• Jumbo
• As the Gods Will

...plus 400 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Today (July 11, 2022) I reached a milestone in my profile: 1000 films with a 4.5 stars rating.

Perhaps most films that I rated so high don't deserve it, but these are my personal rates, however...

Obviously, inside this spectrum, there are many films that I love more than others, so, here's my selection of favorite films that are "almost perfect". (I'm excluding shorts, mini-series and live performances)

Arranged by alphabetical order.
This list will be constantly updating.

• 0.5 mm
• 1917
• 20 Feet from Stardom
• 20th Century Women
• 45 Years
• 499
• The 4th Company
• 7 Prisoners
• 90 Days to Election Day
• About Elly

...plus 719 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

My selection of coming of age films, another topic that was very hard to me because there were a lot of good options, but only ten deserved to be here.

• A Silent Voice: The Movie
• Eighth Grade
• Tomboy
• Whisper of the Heart
• Kiki's Delivery Service
• The Way He Looks
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Persepolis
• mid90s
• Beach Rats

Month of the M(a)y Korea Challenge, the return of a popular horror franchise, and the second edition of Sundance CDMX.

Countries
South Korea: 23
USA: 13
Japan: 6
, UK: 3
, Spain: 2
Argentina, Canada, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Mexico, Romania, Taiwan: 1

Decades
1930's: 2
1950's: 2
1960's: 4
1980's: 1
1990's: 4
2000's: 10
2010's: 12
2020's: 25

Watched in theaters: 10

Shorts: 1

Directed by women (including co-directors): 12

1. Twinless
2. Daisies
3. The Foul King
4. Speak No Evil
5. Jokes & Cigarettes
6. The Call
7. If You Were Me
8. Final Destination Bloodlines
9. The Virgin of the Quarry Lake
10. Revelations

...plus 50 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

And of course, I'm going to make the Criterion Challenge, even if there are less options, but well, it's a challenge after all.

One film per week.

Original list

Started: January 2, 2025
Progress: 23/52
Rewatches: 0

1. Watch a film from the CC40 Boxset ✅
2. Watch a film from the year you were born
3. Directed by Robert Altman
4. Watch a film that would be your first choice in the Criterion Closet
5. Great Soundtracks ✅
6. John Turturro’s Adventures in Moviegoing
7. 1920s ✅
8. Watch a film that will be added to the physical collection in 2025
9. 1930s
10. Andrew Garfield’s Closet Picks
11. 1940s
12. Celine Song’s Top 10 ✅
13. 1950s
14. Watch a film from the Criterion Channel’s all time favorites lists ✅
15. 1960s
16. Watch a film that is currently out of print from the physical collection ✅
17. 1970s
18. William Friedkin’s Closet Picks ✅
19. 1980s ✅
20. Spine #451-499 ✅
21. 1990s ✅
22. Documentary ✅
23. 2000s ✅
24. Janus Contemporaries
25. 2010s
26. Bill Hader’s Second Closet Picks
27. 2020s
28. Noir and Neonoir
29. All Time Top Criterion Closet Picks ✅
30. Criterion Releases Never Picked in the Closet ✅
31. North American film ✅
32. Ayo Edebiri’s Closet Picks ✅
33. Wim Wenders’ Adventures in Moviegoing
34. South American film
35. Random Number Generator (Google random number generator, set values from 1 to whatever number Criterion has listed last here. This number will change as more releases are announced so please keep up to date by using the link I have provided as I will not be updating each time Criterion makes announcements. Watch whatever movie corresponds to the spine number you are given.)
36. AAPI Filmmakers
37. Watch a film shorter than 80 minutes ✅
38. European film ✅
39. Cult Movies ✅
40. Isabella Rossellini’s Adventures in Moviegoing
41. Winona Ryder’s Closet Picks
42. African film
43. John Carpenter’s Top 10
44. Horror
45. Asian film ✅
46. Dark Comedies ✅
47. Rachel Kushner’s Adventures in Moviegoing
48. Australian film
49. Female Filmmakers ✅
50. Ben Wheatley’s Closet Picks
51. A film by a director whose work you have not seen before ✅
52. Watch any Criterion film from your watchlist

1. Do the Right Thing

   1. Watch a film from the CC40 Boxset
   Watched in January 2, 2025

2. Lost Highway

   5. Great Soundtracks
   Watched in February 10, 2025

3. Pandora's Box

   7. 1920s (1929)
   Watched in April 27, 2025

4. Pina

   12. Celine Song’s Top 10 (#4)
   Watched in March 19, 2025

5. Daisies

   14. Watch a film from the Criterion Channel’s all time favorites lists
   Watched in May 31, 2025

6. The Phantom of Liberty

   16. Watch a film that is currently out of print from the physical collection
   Watched in February 24, 2025

7. M

   18. William Friedkin’s Closet Picks
   Watched in May 18, 2025

8. Working Girls

   19. 1980s (1986)
   Watched in January 13, 2025

9. Empire of ion

   20. Spine #451-499 (#467)
   Watched in April 7, 2025

10. Chasing Amy

    21. 1990s (1997)
    Watched in March 18, 2025

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

I finished the 10th Letterboxd Season Challenge. But I'm always looking for another interesting challenges.

To be honest, some of them are interesting (Japanuary, March Around the World, Anime Marches On), but I don't use to them because most of them you must have to write a review, (sorry, I'm a little bit lazy in this part) however, I decided to this one. Don't worry, I must write a review this time.

The rules are simple. This month I must watch at least 10 Korean films, with some criteria. Probably I'll watch more than 10 films.

Original list

Progress: 24/10
Watched between May 1 to May 30, 2025.

• Revelations

  29. A South Korean movie released in 2024 or 2025
  Watched in May 1

• Missing

  22-27. Directed by Women (Lee Eon-hee)
  Watched in May 2

• On the Occasion of ing the Turning Gate

  15. (Directed by) Hong Sang-soo
  Watched in May 5

• The Foul King

  14. (Directed by) Kim Jee-woon
  Watched in May 7

• Paju

  22-27. Directed by Women (Park Chan-ok)
  Watched in May 8

• Love and Leashes

  22-27. Directed by Women (Park Hyun-jin)
  Watched in May 9

• Chunhyang

  17. (Directed by) Im Kwon-taek
  Watched in May 13

• #Alive

  9. 2020s
  Watched in May 13

• If You Were Me

  22-27. Directed by Women (Yim Soon-rye)*
  Watched in May 14

  *Anthological film

• 301/302

  6. 1990s
  Watched in May 15

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Let's be musical on the next special.

This list comprises every film that I watched that includes a song of some of my favorite artists.
Please note that I'm excluding original motion tracks (for example: Coldplay's Atlas and Miracles on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Unbroken), as well as covers and remixed versions.

The list will be updated if some film appears.

Series special mention:

The House of Flowers (S1 & S2)
Me Colé en una Fiesta & No es Serio Este Cementerio - Mecano

• Boyhood

  Yellow - Coldplay

• Bird

  Yellow - Coldplay

• Sparrows

  Fix You - Coldplay

• About Time

  Mr. Brightside - The Killers

• The Ship

  Exitlude - The Killers

• Lean on Pete

  Still Want You - Brandon Flowers

• Heroic Losers

  Desfachatados - Babasónicos

• Lost Girl

  Trátame Suavemente - Soda Stereo

• Tales of an Immoral Couple

  Cuando Pase el Temblor - Soda Stereo
  No Dejes Que - Caifanes
  Estrechez de Corazón - Los Prisioneros
  En Algún Lugar - Duncan Dhu

  Well, all the soundtrack of this movie is gold...

• Too Late to Die Young

  Estrechez de Corazón - Los Prisioneros

...plus 17 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I've started this list as a kind of "second watchlist" for films of this year or the last one, and, when I watch any of these films, I delete later the film of this list.

I know that most of these films were released in the theaters of regions like North America, Europe, etc. but unfortunately, in my country (Mexico) most of them (specially the festival films) are released in theaters one or even two years later.

In this list were titles of the awards season 2021, like Minari, Nomadland or Another Round, awarded in the mayor festivals, films of anime, of my favorite directors, etc. Theoretically, there are some films that had a premiere in Mexican festivals, and few of them had regular screenings in Mexican theaters.

I hope that I will watch this films in a theater, or at least in some streaming media.

These films aren't in my main watchlist, because I'm not sure if I'm gonna watch them in my country.

The films that I watched will be moved into this list.

• It Was Just an Accident
• Sentimental Value
• The Secret Agent
• Young Mothers
• Romería
• Die My Love
• Alpha
• The Mastermind
• The Wave
• What Does That Nature Say to You

...plus 25 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I'm not sure of the exact date, but today (May 15) is my first anniversary in Letterboxd, a site that helped me a lot in this pandemic, with a lot of films to know, and many of them, that I didn't know.

So, to commemorate it, this is my personal rank of A24 films (so far I've watched).
I discovered this film company in the early 2020, with Waves, and it was the beginning of the love...

This list will be updated as soon as I watch more films of A24.

1. The Lobster
2. Eighth Grade
3. Problemista
4. Everything Everywhere All at Once
5. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
6. The Farewell
7. Under the Silver Lake
8. Pearl
9. mid90s
10. Minari

...plus 92 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

As every year, I'll start my pre-birthday season with lists and special reviews.

The first list of this special season comprises every film that was on this list, my watchlist of latest or films in my country, but I watched it later, either in theaters or in streaming, and that's the reason that I consider these films as graduated.

Ordered from earliest to latest watched date.
I'm not sure if I'm missing any film.

• Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. Spring Song
• Fauna
• Matthias & Maxime
• Nomadland
• The Truth
• The Dove and the Wolf
• La Llorona
• Minari
• Ammonite
• Another Round

...plus 117 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I made lists of films that I watched with my mother and my father.

Now, this time, the list is about the films that I watched with my sister for the first time, either if I watched it with other relatives alongside with her.

Ordered from latest to earliest date that I watched it.

• Final Destination Bloodlines
• Flow
• Vincent Must Die
• The Room Next Door
• Kinds of Kindness
• MaXXXine
• Love Lies Bleeding
• Down the Rabbit Hole
• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Boy and the Heron

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

The second member of something that I called the "Korean trinity", alongside with Park Chan-wook and Lee Chang-dong, and behind Bong Joon-ho. It's a pity that I made the top of his works because he ed away.

I consider that his films aren't for everyone, most of them are about bizarre, obscure and strange relationships, and on recent years, he was more explicit. This is the rank of his films.

This list will be updated as soon as I watch more of his films.

Click here to see other directors’ lists that I made.

1. 3-Iron
2. Pieta
3. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
4. Breath
5. The Net
6. Moebius
7. Human, Space, Time and Human
8. The Coast Guard
9. Arirang
10. Dream

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

The title says it all.

Every 50th film that I watched in a theater since 2019, when I watched more than 50 films in a year. I'm excluding 2020 because in that year I watched less than 50 films in theaters, due to the pandemic.

• Jokes & Cigarettes

  2025

• Immaculate

  2024

• Will-o’-the-Wisp

  2023

• Boiling Point

  2022

• Memoria

  2021

• Too Late to Die Young

  2019

My selection of films about dudes being good friends, and well something else (it reminds me a little bit the showdown of best friends of the last year).

• Y Tu Mamá También
• Another Round
• Saint☆Young Men
• Museo
• Monster
• Inu-Oh
• Close
• Old Joy
• The Intouchables
• Point Break

Theoretically, this is the last pre-birthday special that I make, but tomorrow I’ll make the final list.

In this case, the best movie I watched from my favorite directors.

I don't consider this list properly a Directors' League, because there are some directors with only four films, and the rule is that you must watch at least five films of the directors of your list, so, this is just a database for all my personal ranks.

Please note that I’m not taking into all the directors of this list, but its about directors which I made their top of best films, so this list will serve also as a main page to access to each one of their tops. This list will be updated as soon as I make more tops of this style.

Directors
1 Hirokazu Kore-eda
2 Manolo Caro
3-4 Studio Ghibli (I only considered Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, the founders and most prominent directors of this animation studio)
5 Bong Joon-ho
6 Carlos Reygadas
7 Mamoru Hosoda
8 Luis Estrada
9 Brothers Dardenne
10 Satoshi Kon
11 Yorgos Lanthimos
12 Pedro Almodóvar
13 Céline Sciamma
14 Arturo Ripstein
15 Pablo Larraín
16 Carlos Enrique Taboada
17 Makoto Shinkai
18 Michel Franco
19 Lee Chang-dong
20 Kim Ki-duk
21 Lucrecia Martel
22 Julio Hernández Cordón
23-24 Park Chan-wook
25 Aki Kaurismäki
26 Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
27 Paul Thomas Anderson
28 Masaaki Yuasa
29 Amat Escalante
30 Wong Kar-wai
31 Asghar Farhadi
32 Jafar Panahi
33 Sion Sono
34 Nuri Bilge Ceylan
35 Ken Loach
36 Xavier Dolan
37 Agnès Varda
38 Naomi Kawase
39 Kelly Reichardt
40 Michael Haneke
41 Ernesto Contreras
42 François Ozon
43 Nicolás Pereda
44-45 Alejandro González Iñárritu
46 Andrey Zvyagintsev
47 Takeshi Kitano
48 Sofia Coppola
49 Abbas Kiarostami
50 Kiyoshi Kurosawa
51 Cristi Puiu
52 Cristian Mungiu
53 Hong Sang-soo
54 Taika Waititi
55 Juan Carlos Rulfo
56 Apichatpong Weerasethakul
57 Kim Jee-woon
58 Sebastián Borensztein
59 Julián Hernández
60 Roy Andersson
61 Rodrigo Plá
62 Olivier Assayas
63 Jacques Audiard
64 Andrea Arnold
65 Ryusuke Hamaguchi
66-67 Lynne Ramsay
68 Joachim Trier
69 Naoko Yamada
70 Thomas Vinterberg
71 Jane Campion
72 Everardo González
73 Federico Veiroj
74 Shinobu Yaguchi
75 Ruben Östlund
76 Paolo Sorrentino
77 Tsai Ming-liang
78 Gus Van Sant
79 Noah Baumbach
80 Ciro Guerra
81 Claudia Llosa
82 Sebastián Lelio
83 Santiago Mitre
84 Claudia Sainte-Luce
85 Damián Szifrón
86-87 Richard Linklater
88 Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn
89 Radu Jude
90 Tetsuya Nakashima
91 Koji Fukada
92 Jonathan Glazer
93 Andrew Haigh
94 Jessica Hausner
95 Kleber Mendonça Filho
96 Alfonso Cuarón
97 Maite Alberdi
98 Sean Baker
99 Alonso Ruizpalacios
100 Isaac Ezban
101 Ali Abbasi
102 Naoko Ogigami

1. Like Father, Like Son
2. Tales of an Immoral Couple
3. Howl's Moving Castle
4. Grave of the Fireflies
5. Parasite
6. Battle in Heaven
7. The Boy and the Beast
8. The Perfect Dictatorship
9. Two Days, One Night
10. Tokyo Godfathers

...plus 92 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

And for my second director, one of the most important Japanese female directors.

I'm in a class about the most important Japanese women directors, including this one, and well I discovered an uncut gem. She combines very well comedy and drama and social critic in different parts, and well, most of her films are like a warm huge. So, here's my rank.

Click here to see other directors’ lists that I made.

1. Rent-a-Cat
2. Close-Knit
3. Kamome Diner
4. Glasses

Two new directors will my "fake" directors' league (one of the rules is that the filmmakers must have at least five films, and in my case, there are many with only four films. And this isn't the exception).

This Iranian/Danish filmmaker made some curious and disturbing films, in a different way, not only in the countries, but also in the characters: a Rosemary Baby-esque horror, a dark folk tale, a serial killer, and the origin story of the most polemic character nowadays. So here's my rank.

Click here to see other directors’ lists that I made.

1. Border
2. The Apprentice
3. Holy Spider
4. Shelley

Perhaps the last of the Korean directors that I'm going to make their rank of favorite works.

After Bong Joon-ho, the Korean trinity, and Hong Sang-soo, I consider that he's the last of the Korean directors that is in the Olympus of Korean contemporary filmmakers.

This list will be updated as soon as I watch more works.

Click here to see other directors’ lists that I made.

1. I Saw the Devil
2. The Quiet Family
3. The Foul King
4. A Bittersweet Life
5. The Good, the Bad, the Weird
6. A Tale of Two Sisters

I use to watch two daily films, but there are some days that I made a special topic, by genre, director, etc. So I want to share with you some special double features that I've watched.

I'll add the date in notes.

• Princess Mononoke

  Two films of Hayao Miyazaki in Centro de Cultura Digital, CDMX

  Watched in August 16, 2014

• Ponyo

  Two films of Hayao Miyazaki in Centro de Cultura Digital, CDMX

  Watched in August 16, 2014

• Gintama

  Matsuri de Cine Japonés 2017

  Watched in September 10, 2017

• Innocent Curse

  Matsuri de Cine Japonés 2017

  Watched in September 10, 2017

• Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow

  Before the 3rd Season release: Attack on Titan Movie Marathon

  Watched in July 21, 2018

• Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom

  Before the 3rd Season release: Attack on Titan Movie Marathon

  Watched in July 21, 2018

• Children of the Sea

  Lo mejor del FICM en CDMX (Anime & Korea)

  Watched in November 3, 2019

• Parasite

  Lo mejor del FICM en CDMX (Anime & Korea)

  Watched in November 3, 2019

• Silence Is Welcome

  Debuts of female Latin American filmmakers

  Watched in December 27, 2019

• A Family Submerged

  Debuts of female Latin American filmmakers

  Watched in December 27, 2019

...plus 82 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I've made tops of Korean directors, and most of them have merciless and transgressor films, like Bong Joon-ho and the Korean trinity (Park Chan-wook, Kim Ki-duk and Lee Chang-dong). But there are exceptions. And this director is one of them.

With topics like the relationships between the couple, friends and relatives, the distance, the old times, and related, he's one of the most interesting Korean filmmakers of these days.
This is the rank of my favorite films of this director.

This list will be updated as soon as I watch more films.

Click here to see other directors’ lists that I made.

1. In Another Country
2. The Novelist's Film
3. A Traveler's Needs
4. Claire's Camera
5. The Day After
6. In Our Day
7. In Front of Your Face
8. Walk Up
9. In Water
10. The Day He Arrives

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

Today is Mother's Day (at least here in Mexico), so, I'll make this list of films that I watched with my mother for the first time, either if I watched it with other relatives alongside with my mother.

Ordered from latest to earliest date that I watched it.

• The Legend of Ochi
• Déjame Estar Contigo
• The Most Precious of Cargoes
• Grand Tour
• Maria
• Sing Sing
• The Brutalist
• Corina
• How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
• Quite Like Paradise

...plus 182 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Spring 2025
April 10-27 2025

Trailer of this edition (Spanish only)

Films of this edition by the order of the trailer (the films I've watched are in bold)
-We Shall not be Moved
-Young Hearts
-Zafari
-Toxic
-Bird
-Hour of the Star
-Lost Highway
-Gondola
-Black Dog
-Close To The Sultan
-Un amor
-Universal Language
-Armand
-L'immensità

1. Armand
2. L'immensità
3. Black Dog
4. Universal Language
5. Young Hearts
6. Gondola
7. Un amor
8. Toxic
9. Bird
10. Lost Highway

My personal rank of all the anime films with the "Netflix Original" label.

To be honest, there's no perfect film on this spectrum. But at least these were OK films.

1. A Whisker Away
2. Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain
3. The Imaginary
4. Bubble
5. Modest Heroes
6. Child of Kamiari Month
7. My Oni Girl
8. Drifting Home
9. Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
10. maboroshi

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

Defined themselves as a distributor and producer of audacious, daring and decided cinema, Canibal is one of the most powerful distributors and producers of art cinema in Mexico.

Some films that they brought to Mexico includes cult films, from the drama to the horror, films premiered in Cannes and other festivals, as well as some A24 and NEON films.

This list comprises some of the most interesting films produced and/or distributed in Mexico by Canibal.

Arranged by alphabetical order.

• All We Imagine as Light
• The Amazing Catfish
• And Then We Danced
• Armageddon Time
• Armand
• Babyteeth
• Bacurau
• The Boy and the Heron
• BPM (Beats per Minute)
• Broker

...plus 39 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Happy spring. In this month I watched some interesting stuff from the 77 Muestra, as well as a film from Ambulante, but specially, some works of Japanese women directors.

Countries
Japan, USA: 11
: 6
Mexico: 5
Italy: 3
Argentina, , Spain, UK: 2
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Hong Kong, Ireland, Lithuania, Mongolia, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Sweden, South Korea, Taiwan: 1

Decades
1920's: 2
1950's: 1
1960's: 2
1970's: 1
1980's: 4
1990's: 3
2000's: 2
2010's: 13
2020's: 32

Watched in theaters: 14

Shorts: 1
Series: 1

Directed by women (including co-directors): 15

1. Rent-a-Cat
2. Diner
3. Close-Knit
4. Armand
5. L'immensità
6. Kamome Diner
7. Unicorn Wars
8. Dead Talents Society
9. Bird Box
10. Pandora's Box

...plus 50 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

And here we are, for the second time, with this challenge. New tasks, including 10 bonus questions (I'll watch these ones in no order, maybe during the break period).

The tasks are in the notes.

Original list

Started: September 2, 2024
Completed (with bonus): April 30, 2025

Stats

Directors with more than a film: None

Directed by women (including collaborations): 8

Top 5 (by alphabetical order)
-Godzilla Minus One
-Greta
-Tag
-Train to Busan
-Upon Open Sky

1. Immoral Tales

    Week 1: September 2nd-8th
    The American History of X Week
    Watched in September 2, 2024

   Hollywood has a fickle relationship with the letter X. These days it's a popular (if increasingly uninspired) choice for the rare franchise that makes it to a tenth installment: The Land Before Time, Friday the 13th, The Fast and Furious, and Saw have all adopted the roman numeral. But before this new millennium fad, X meant something very different.

   In 1968, in response to the desire for a more faceted system of ratings—and, in its early days, to promote the kind of artistic freedom the Motion Picture Production Code had quashed—the MPAA replaced its "approved" and "not approved" seals with a quartet of letters: G, M, R, and X. The X-rating indicated, simply, that a film was appropriate for adults only.

   Soon after, in 1969, Midnight Cowboy burst onto the scene. Worried about exposing youngsters to the film's frank homosexual content and depictions of drug use, United Artists chose to self-apply the X-rating, hoping the choice would not only protect American youth but drum up publicity, too. Because the MPAA had failed to trademark their new content advisory system, everyone from Walt Disney to Gerard Damiano (director of Deep Throat) could slap any rating they wished on their work. And the porn industry wished. Once the floodgates had opened, however, the X-rating didn't last long. By 1973, Hollywood studios had given up on the rating (the adult film industry's tongue-in-cheek co-opting having soured it), and the purveyors of explicit films had done the same, instead preferring to use "XXX" to denote the strength of the adult content in their movies. The X-rating languished in Hollywood until 1990 (although independent and international filmmakers didn't shy away), when the MPAA replaced it with the newly minted—and trademarked—NC-17.

   To kick off The Letterboxd Season Challenge's tenth installment (LSC10, incidentally, not LSCX), we take a look back at the original era of X. This week's challenge is to watch a mainstream (non-porn) MPAA X-rated film from the rating's 22-year lifespan, conveniently compiled in this list from C Collins.

   Weekly tag: lsc10 week1

2. Greta

    Week 2: September 9th-15th
    Anxiety Week
    Watched in September 9, 2024

   “Anxious-nervous, like he’s dreading it or anxious-excited like he’s looking forward to it?” I, like Nick from The Parent Trap, am anxious-excited for this week. Last year we featured the Polish Moral Anxiety movement, which featured films made in response to real-world anxieties. This year it will be the films themselves that provide the anxiety. Here we celebrate films that get under your skin and keep you on edge, whether it's action, horror, cringe comedy, or, uh, Stuart Little 2 apparently? I haven't seen it but I can only imagine the tension.

   This week we invite you to make yourself uncomfortable and watch a previously unseen anxiety-inducing film.

   Weekly tag: lsc10 week2

3. Won't You Be My Neighbor?

    Week 3: September 16th-22nd
    Nicecore Week
    Watched in September 17, 2024

   After the stress of last week, let's go the other direction and take it easy with a nice film. Specifically Nicecore, a term I first heard several years ago associated with the release of Paddington 2. “If you’re kind and polite, the world will be right," says the titular bear. In the rather unkind political reality during which the term arose, people looked to the movies for "radical kindness". Although these films are "nice", they can still hold emotional depth, conflict, and complexity. This list is a helpful reference, from Winnie the Pooh to Totoro too.

   This week let's celebrate all kinds of kindness and watch a previously unseen Nicecore film.

   Weekly tag: lsc10 week3

4. Buffalo '66

    Week 4: September 23rd-29th
    Her Dark Material Week
    Watched in September 24, 2024

   Are you familiar with Letterboxd 's hyper-specific lists? You know, the ones with weirdly-similar, surprisingly common details shared by two or three otherwise unrelated films? It's too bad there aren't enough options for an LSC weekly challenge. They're inspiring, though, so, in that vein, we'll cast our attention toward a list that goes a bit broader but still feels sufficiently focused. The first shared element for this week's challenge is that the movie be female-led (or the storyline at least female-driven.) Tipping the scales more equitably is something we're interested in here at LSC, and setting our sights on stories about women is a small but conscious step in that direction. Second, there's a twist! Forget light and frothy. Instead, we need something with an undercurrent of darkness, as there's nothing like a streak of controversy to keep things interesting. And, third, let there be LOLs! Laughing has myriad health benefits (it can increase your immune response, for one), and who couldn't be in better health?

   Voila! Your challenge this week is to watch a title from Kevin MJ's The Best Female-Led Dark Comedy Films list. It might not carve out as meticulous a nano genre as some others, but it'll give us a wealth of options and hopefully prove as much fun!

   Weekly tag: lsc10 week4

5. The French Dispatch

    Week 5: September 30th-October 6th
    Anders(s)on Week
    Watched in October 4, 2024

   If I were in charge of Oscar nominations for 2014 films, my best director lineup would have included Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Paul Thomas Anderson (Inherent Vice), and Roy Andersson (A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence). Continuing our recurring theme of similarly named movie people, this year we honor the Anders(s)ons. In addition to the three mentioned above, there's also Brad Anderson and cult favorite Paul W.S. Anderson. There should be plenty of films to choose from with those five, but if there are other Anderson directors out there we'll allow it.

   This week's challenge is to watch a previously unseen film by Roy Andersson or Paul, Wes, Paul W.S., or Brad Anderson.

   Weekly tag: lsc10 week5

6. Godzilla Minus One

    Week 6: October 7th-13th
    Strange Beasts Week
    Watched in October 8, 2024

    Minus Color version

   An excerpt from "What is Kaiju?", an essay by Kenta McGrath:

   Although the origins of kaiju can be traced back to long before Godzilla and indeed, cinema itself, the fact remains that the rise of kaiju in popular culture occurred in tandem with the rise of the kaiju eiga ("Japanese monster movies"). But first, we must be attuned to the fact that the kaiju eiga spans decades, covers many aesthetic trends, and varies widely in its use (and non-use) of allegory and socio-political commentary. It is not static but, like Godzilla, always evolving and adapting, according to when, how, and why it is produced, and who is behind the wheel. As with any genre, it has produced formidable works that will stand the test of time, and forgettable efforts designed to do little more than cash in on what came before it.

   Where many saw only the strange, giant monster, others recognized the art and craft behind the strange, giant monster. More than anything else, it is the art of cinema—the combination of image and sound, the collaboration of artists and craftspeople, and the considered use of the resources at their disposal—that allowed the meanings and allegorical potential of kaiju to be articulated in the first place. Beasts, creatures, monsters, and yokai—strange, giant, or otherwise—never needed cinema; it is just one medium in which they have appeared and flourished. Meanwhile, discussing kaiju as separate from cinema seems to me a fruitless exercise. Without cinema, kaiju are relatively unremarkable—just another variation of monsters of which there have been many throughout history.

   From King Kong to Clifford the Big Red Dog, the world of kaiju is vast. For this week's challenge, let's focus on the films in David Haddon's What’s That Coming Over The Hill? - Kaiju Films list and bask in the spectacle that decades of gigantic strange beasts on film have wrought.

   Weekly tag: lsc10 week6

7. Frozen River

    Week 7: October 14th-20th
    Indigenous Cinema Week
    Watched in October 15, 2024

   Film is a fabulous medium for telling stories; all kinds are possible. Just consider the vast differences between Kill Bill and Portrait of a Lady on Fire or Jaws and Barbie. Our collective exposure to the many distinct narratives, people, and concepts film can convey or embody is staggering. Yet still, we have glaring blind spots. Last year, we took a look at disabled life on-screen. This year, we turn our sights toward another sorely under-represented group in mass media: Indigenous people. These oft-subjugated groups have not only experienced significant tangible and cultural erasure, but their relative absence (aside from racist depictions and stereotypical incarnations) from such a wide-reaching and illuminating form of entertainment further degrades their existence, shoring up myths and assuring their continued marginalization. Exposure via stories about—and especially with the creative involvement of—Native people is one of the keys to ing them in regaining a meaningful, nuanced, representative, and much-deserved place in society.

   In that spirit, this week's challenge is to watch a film from degelle's Native, Indigenous, & Aboriginal Cinema list. While sparse, the landscape of Indigenous cinema isn't completely barren, and, encouragingly, it's only grown more verdant as of late.

   Weekly tag: lsc10 week7

8. No One Will Save You

    Week 8: October 21st-27th
    Alien Encounters Week
    Watched in October 22, 2024

   Are we alone in the universe?

   Stories about aliens allow us to consider our place in the universe, as humans, with the literal context that there might be beings out there that rival our supremacy. So aliens not only confront us with the humbling idea that humans might not be as big a deal as we like to think of ourselves, but could also offer the hopeful, mysterious, and either comforting or scary idea that there is something more out there to chase after than what our limited experience of life can usually fathom. Thus, alien encounters can serve as the perfect metaphor for a religious or transcendent experience.

   So, whether you want to watch people kick some alien butt, chase after their awe-inspiring otherness, or somewhere in between, consider what it would mean to you if there was an entity in the universe that could challenge our notion of superiority by watching a movie featuring aliens. Here is a large helpful list from RJ.

   Weekly tag: lsc10 week8

9. As Above, So Below

    Week 9: October 28th-November 3rd
    Found Footage Week
    Watched in October 28, 2024

   Popularized at the turn of the century with The Blair Witch Project, found footage is a genre/style with much older roots than you might expect. In literature we have a "found letters" or "found diary" form in the epistolary novel, which dates back to at least 1684 with Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister, and horror novels have used the technique from Frankenstein to Dracula to Carrie. The first found footage movie was Shirley Clarke's The Connection from 1961, and Cannibal Holocaust brought the style to horror films in 1980. With low production costs, the potential profit margins are huge, as evidenced by the explosion that followed Blair Witch, most notably the Paranormal Activity franchise. The oft-maligned style spans all genres, from superhero sci-fi to comedy to more recent "screenlife" thrillers where the footage is on computer screens. What will we find this week? This is a fairly exhaustive list.

   This week's challenge is to watch a previously unseen found footage film.

   Weekly tag: lsc10 week9

10. 1917

     Week 10: November 4th-10th
     The Long Take Week
     Watched in November 4, 2024

    Elucidation or ostentation? Substance or style? Art or amusement? The best filmmakers presumably revel in these precarious dichotomies as they strive to create something that captures both the singular kind of artistry cinema makes possible and a satisfying measure of meaning to go with it. And happily, what may be the most cinematic tool in a director's arsenal, the long take, when properly employed, can do just that. From Alfred Hitchcock's Rope to the legit one-shot Russian Ark, directors have been pushing film reel capacity and battery life to the limits for decades to bring audiences the special kind of magic only a moving picture can deliver.

    This week's challenge is to hang in there with a film from kevinandrewrea3's One/Long take movies list. Whether you settle in for the slow cinema of Béla Tarr (as in Sátántangó) or opt for the intensity of traversing a crowded corridor alongside Oldboy's Oh Dae-su, here's hoping you experience that little jolt of excitement that comes when you bear witness to a captivating—and consequential—long take.

    Weekly tag: lsc10 week10

...plus 33 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

The final list of pre-birthday special of this year.

As I told in the last list, I made the last year a rank of winners of the major prizes in Cannes (Palme D'Or, Grand Prix and Jury Prize).

This time, for this list, the rank is of the films that won the complementary categories of the competition:
-Best Director
-Best Screenplay
-Best Actor and Actress

Also, there are mentions of the films that won the Camera D'Or and Un Certain Regard Prize.

1. The Hunt

   Best Actor 2012

2. Drive My Car

   Best Screenplay 2021

3. Perfect Days

   Best Actor 2023

4. Monster

   Best Screenplay 2023

5. Dancer in the Dark

   Best Actress 2000

6. Portrait of a Lady on Fire

   Best Screenplay 2019

7. Punch-Drunk Love

   Best Director 2002

8. Annette

   Best Director 2021

9. Dogtooth

   Un Certain Regard Prize 2009

10. Nobody Knows

    Best Actor 2004

...plus 129 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

The first edition of Cannes Film Festival was in September 20 (yes, like my birthday).

So, for the next pre-birthday special, this is my rank of films that won the Jury Prize, the Grand Prix, and the Palme D'Or in this famous festival.

This list will be updated as soon as I watch more winners.

1. Like Father, Like Son

   Jury Prize 2013

2. Parasite

   Palme D'Or 2019

3. Shoplifters

   Palme D'Or 2018

4. The Lobster

   Jury Prize 2015

5. Bacurau

   Jury Prize 2019

6. Oldboy

   Grand Prix 2004

7. I, Daniel Blake

   Palme D'Or 2016

8. Loveless

   Jury Prize 2017

9. Memoria

   Jury Prize 2021

10. Fallen Leaves

    Jury Prize 2023

...plus 100 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Another one of my favorite female directors.

Her characters are very powerful despite the adversity and bad decisions that they take.
Winner of three Jury Prizes in Cannes, she's another director that enters in my club of directors ranked, and then, another British female director will the club, wait for it...

I'm not sure if I'm going to watch her short films.

Click here to see other directors’ lists that I made.

1. American Honey
2. Fish Tank
3. Bird
4. Red Road
5. Cow
6. Wuthering Heights

Previously, I made two lists of my favorite films originally shown at the International Fest and International Forum of Mexico's National Cinematheque. But now, it's time to talk about the third (and youngest) festival of this cinemathographic enclosure: Talento Emergente (Emerging Talent).

Realized since 2015 between September and October, this festival shows debut films and novel directors. Some titles originally shown in Mexico during this festival includes the horror film Goodnight Mommy, the Israeli film The Kindergarten Teacher (both on 1st edition), Heaven Knows What of Brothers Safdie (2nd edition), the Oscar's nominated films for International Feature Film Theeb (2nd edition) and Tanna (3rd edition), the Chinese film An Elephant Sitting Still (5th edition), as well as many films from Mexico, Latin America, Europe, Mid-East and Far Asia.

Trailers of each edition (Spanish only)
1st edition (2015)
2nd edition (2016)
3rd edition (2017)
4th edition (2018)
5th edition (2019)
6th edition (2021)
7th edition (2022)
8th edition (2023)
9th edition (2024)

This list will be updated as soon as I watch more films originally shown in Emerging Talent.

1. Ghost Tropic

   5th edition
   Watched during the Festival

2. Babyteeth

   6th edition
   Watched during the Festival

3. 50 or Two Whales Meet at the Beach

   7th edition
   Watched before the Festival

4. Clara Sola

   7th edition
   Watched during the Festival

5. Full Time

   7th edition

6. Knit's Island

   9th edition
   Watched during the Festival

7. Salaryman

   9th edition
   Watched during the Festival

8. The Use of a Magazine Rack

   1st edition

9. Leaf Blower

   2nd edition

10. Mist

    3rd edition

...plus 79 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Fall 2014
November 7-24 2014

Trailer of this edition (Spanish only)

Films of this edition by the order of the trailer (the films I've watched are in bold)
-Wild Tales
-Goodbye to Language
-Behavior
-Blue Ruin
-Leviathan
-Two Days, One Night
-Güeros
-Ida
-Winter Sleep
-Maps to the Stars
-Only Lovers Left Alive
-Black Coal, Thin Ice
-Mommy
-Force Majeure

1. Wild Tales
2. Güeros
3. Mommy
4. Two Days, One Night
5. Ida
6. Force Majeure
7. Leviathan
8. Maps to the Stars
9. Only Lovers Left Alive
10. Black Coal, Thin Ice

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

For this showdown, my selection of films with location titles (cities, countries, neighbourhoods, towns, etc.)

And for the first time, a double bonus with two country titles that don't take place in that countries.

• Roma
• Alcarràs
• Bacurau
• Palm Springs
• Nebraska
• Argentina 1985
• Tokyo Sonata
• Tokyo Godfathers
• Canoa: A Shameful Memory
• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

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

Another year that I made the challenge of watching at least a film directed by a woman.

Countries
USA: 14
Japan, Mexico: 7
Italy: 5
Argentina, , : 3
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Poland, UK: 2
Austria, Chile, Denmark, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Palestine, Peru, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand: 1

Decades
1950's: 2
1960's: 1
1970's: 1
1980's: 1
1990's: 4
2000's: 10
2010's: 17
2020's: 26

Watched in theaters: 12

Shorts: 5

Directed by women (including co-directors): 36

1. Mickey 17
2. Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK
3. Night and Fog
4. Better Man
5. Strange Darling
6. Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
7. Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
8. Pina
9. Fine Young Men
10. Grand Tour

...plus 52 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A month watching the last batch of Oscar nominees.

Countries
USA: 16
Japan: 10
UK: 6
Mexico: 5
: 4
Spain: 3
Argentina, Brazil: 2
Canada, China, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Palestine, Sweden, Taiwan: 1

Decades
1950's: 4
1970's: 4
1980's: 1
1990's: 3
2000's: 3
2010's: 13
2020's: 28

Watched in theaters: 9

Shorts: 5

Directed by women (including co-directors): 14

1. I'm Still Here
2. A Real Pain
3. No Other Land
4. Forever a Woman
5. Game Night
6. Tag
7. Photocopier
8. Starlet
9. A Few Moments of Cheers
10. Her Blue Sky

...plus 46 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Happy New Year.
In memory of my grandmother.

Countries
, USA: 13
Mexico: 6
Japan: 4
Argentina, Colombia, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, UK: 2
Austria, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Latvia, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand: 1

Decades
1950's: 1
1960's: 1
1970's: 3
1980's: 5
1990's: 6
2000's: 9
2010's: 6
2020's: 28

Watched in theaters: 11

Shorts: 4
Series: 2

Directed by women (including co-directors): 13

1. Dog on Trial
2. Corina
3. Flow
4. The Tinder Swindler
5. Monster
6. The Girl with the Needle
7. How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
8. Two Embraces
9. Mars Express
10. Hard Days

...plus 49 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.