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    Right?!

    I've been trying to tell people without going into plot details, but that there is a very relevant movie.
    Heh, that's true. That didn't occur to me until you just said it.

    (I was paging back through the thread and saw an earlier post where you mentioned it and thought, wait, why isn't that on my list?!)

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    I saw it at the Portland Film Festival early in the year and it's stuck with me. Think of the times when people have looked back on their actions and said "That's not me". The movie does a beautiful job of conveying the paradox of a personality capable of both good and bad.
    Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
    The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
    Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
    Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
    Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
    Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
    Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
    Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
    Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
    Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***

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    01. Get Out
    02. Colossal
    03. Okja
    04. Baby Driver
    05. Split
    06. John Wick: Chapter Two
    07. Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
    08. (tie) Wonder Woman
    08. (tie) Logan
    10. The Big Sick

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    Well, just saw Shape of Water and now my list is wrecked again. Either this year is stacked or I've gone soft.
    Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
    The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
    Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
    Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
    Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
    Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
    Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
    Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
    Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
    Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***

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    01. Get Out
    02. Coco
    03. Colossal
    04. Okja
    05. Baby Driver
    06. Split
    07. John Wick: Chapter Two
    08. Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
    09. The Post
    10. Wonder Woman

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    1. Baby Driver
    2. The Big Sick
    3. Wonder Woman
    4. Coco
    5. Thor: Ragnarok
    6. The Lego Batman Movie
    7. This was the XFL
    8. The Fate of the Furious
    9. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol: 2
    10. Spider-Man: Homecoming

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    Quote Quoting Thirdmango (view post)
    7. This was the XFL
    I would nominate this for Best Documentary this year if it counts.
    Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)

    The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
    Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
    Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
    M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
    Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
    Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5

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    01. Get Out
    02. Coco
    03. The Florida Project
    04. Colossal
    05. Okja
    06. Baby Driver
    07. Split
    08. John Wick: Chapter Two
    09. Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
    10. Wonder Woman

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    My list is crap, but here it is so far (out of 24 films):

    1. Mother! (Darren Aronofsky, Theater)
    2. Wind River (Taylor Sheridan, Theater)
    3. Get Out (Jordan Peele, Theater)
    4. Baby Driver (Edgar Wright, Theater)
    5. John Wick: Chapter 2 (Chad Stahelski, Theater)
    6. Logan (James Mangold, Theater)
    7. It (Andres Muschietti, Theater)
    8. Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (Rian Johnson, Theater)
    9. Free Fire (Ben Wheatley, Theater)
    10. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (James Gunn, Theater)

    HM: Dunkirk (Christopher Nolan, Theater)

    Huh so far all of my Top 10 is theater viewings. Interesting.
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    1. Blade Runner 2049
    2. The Disaster Artist
    3. mother!
    4. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    5. The Lost City of Z
    6. Logan
    7. Personal Shopper
    8. The Big Sick
    9. The Breadwinner
    10. Ingrid Goes West


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    1. Blade Runner 2049
    2. The Disaster Artist
    3. mother!
    4. Call Me By Your Name
    5. The Lost City of Z
    6. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    7. Logan
    8. Personal Shopper
    9. The Big Sick
    10. Ingrid Goes West


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    Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)

    The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
    Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
    Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
    M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
    Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
    Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5

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    Went ahead and posted my annual Top 10 Movies of the year post on my blog. Give it a read if you're interested. http://cwiddop.blogspot.com/2017/12/...s-of-2017.html

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    Does it seem like there weren't many good foreign movies this year, or did I just miss them all?

    Of course, a lot of foreign directors (Olivier Assayas, Denis Villeneuve, Guillermo del Toro, Luca Guadagnino, Yorgos Lanthimos) are making movies in English these days.

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    Quote Quoting Isaac (view post)
    Does it seem like there weren't many good foreign movies this year, or did I just miss them all?

    Of course, a lot of foreign directors (Olivier Assayas, Denis Villeneuve, Guillermo del Toro, Luca Guadagnino, Yorgos Lanthimos) are making movies in English these days.
    I wonder if they're getting forced out of theaters. For example, The Lure and Thelma only played in Portland for one week. The only reason I saw Suntan was catching it at a film festival. Even The Square was in 2nd run theaters in its second week of release I think.
    Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
    The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
    Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
    Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
    Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
    Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
    Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
    Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
    Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
    Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***

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    Nah, several made it on prominent top ten lists. I think it's just a particularly interesting year for English-speaking movies so they got crowded out. But BPM, Raw, Foxtrot, and The Square got a decent amount of attention. BPM will most likely win an Oscar.
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    Nah, several made it on prominent top ten lists. I think it's just a particularly interesting year for English-speaking movies so they got crowded out. But BPM, Raw, Foxtrot, and The Square got a decent amount of attention. BPM will most likely win an Oscar.
    Gonna be difficult for BPM to win since it didn't clear the shortlist. I know that Mark Harris and a couple others were aghast at how it failed to make the shortlist, but I expect that this clears the way for The Square to take it.
    The Boat People - 9
    The Power of the Dog - 7.5
    The King of Pigs - 7

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    Does it seem like there weren't many good foreign movies this year, or did I just miss them all?
    I don't know, have you seen Cocote, The Day After, Dear Etranger, Disappearance, Have a Nice Day, Laissez bronzer les cadavres, The Other Side of Hope, Ta peau si lisse, Teiichi: Battle for Supreme High, or Western?
    Just because...
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    Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
    The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild

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    Quote Quoting dreamdead (view post)
    Gonna be difficult for BPM to win since it didn't clear the shortlist. I know that Mark Harris and a couple others were aghast at how it failed to make the shortlist, but I expect that this clears the way for The Square to take it.
    Whoa, I didn’t realize that came out. Very surprised by the snub.
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    I was actually just reading about Matt Damon and he’s like, ‘There’s a culture of outrage.’ I’m like, ‘Well, they have a reason to be outraged.’ I think it’s a lot of dudes just being scared. They’re like, ‘What if I did something and I didn’t realize it?’ I’m like, ‘Deal with it.’
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    TOP TEN THAT I STILL WANT TO SEE:
    1)Last Jedi
    2)Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    3)Call Me By Your Name
    4)Baby Driver
    5)The Beguiled
    6)Logan Lucky
    7)Atomic Blonde
    8)Mudbound
    9)Wind River
    10)The Post

    Phantom Thread.... Rooting for you, but if it's everything I think it will be, I'll be sad.
    1. Florida Project
    2. Logan
    3. Dunkirk
    4. Blade Runner 2049
    5. Lady Bird
    6. Ingrid Goes West
    7. Annabelle: Creation
    8. mother!
    9. Personal Shopper
    10. The Big Sick

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    Barbarian - ***
    Bones and All - ***
    Tar - **


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    For now.

    1. The Big Sick (M. Showalter)
    2. Get Out (J. Peele)
    3. Mother! (D. Aronofsky)
    4. Dunkirk (C. Nolan)
    5. Brigsby Bear (D. McCary)
    6. Logan (J. Mangold)
    7. Baby Driver (E. Wright)
    8. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (R. Johnson)
    9. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Y. Lanthimos)
    10. Blade Runner 2049 (D. Villeneuve)

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    TOP TEN THAT I STILL WANT TO SEE:
    1)Last Jedi
    2)Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    3)Call Me By Your Name
    4)Baby Driver
    5)The Beguiled
    6)Logan Lucky
    7)Atomic Blonde
    8)Mudbound
    9)Wind River
    10)The Post

    Adding in:

    Molly's Game
    All The Money In the World
    BPM (although I don't know if that'll show up in Denver now)
    I, Tonya

    Barbarian - ***
    Bones and All - ***
    Tar - **


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    Spicy
    The Florida Project (Sean Baker)
    Harmonium (Fukada Koji)
    Hermia & Helena (MatÃ*as Piñeiro)
    The Ornithologist (João Pedro Rodrigues)
    Taipei Story (Edward Yang)
    The Woman Who Left (Lav Diaz)


    Warm
    After the Storm (Koreeda Hirokazu)
    Dawson City: Frozen Time (Bill Morrison)
    Get Out (Jordan Peele)
    Graduation (Cristian Mungiu)
    I Am Another You (Wang Nanfu)
    Kékszakállú (Gastón Solnicki)
    The Killing of the Sacred Deer (Yorgos Lanthimos)
    La Mort de Louis XIV (Albert Serra)
    The Other Side of Hope (Aki Kaurismäki)
    Personal Shopper (Olivier Assayas)
    A Quiet Passion (Terence Davies)
    The Salesman (Asghar Farhadi)


    Mild
    The Beguiled (Sofia Coppola)
    Blade Runner 2049 (Denis Villeneuve)
    Colossal (Nacho Vigalondo)
    A Ghost Story (David Lowery)
    Good Time (Benny and Josh Safdie)
    Icaros: A Vision (Leonor Caraballo / Matteo Norzi)
    Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig)
    The Lovers (Azazel Jacobs)
    mother! (Darren Aronofsky)
    The Shape of Water (Guillermo del Toro)
    The Square (Ruben Östlund)
    Starless Dreams (Mehrdad Oskouei)
    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Martin McDonagh)
    Your Name. (Shinkai Makoto)


    Cool
    Félicité (Alain Gomis)
    Murder on the Orient Express (Kenneth Branagh)
    Ta'ang (Wang Bing)


    Frozen
    By the Time it Gets Dark (Anocha Suwichakornpong)
    The Human Surge (Eduardo Williams)


    Inedible
    Frantz (François Ozon)
    Premieres list (so far):

    • Cocote (Nelson Carlos de los Santos Arias)
    • The Florida Project (Sean Durkin)
    • Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian)
    • Laissez bronzer les cadavres (Hélène Cattet / Bruno Forzani)
    • Life and Nothing More (Antonio Méndez Esparza)
    • The Other Side of Hope (Aki Kaurismäki)
    • Rose Gold (Sara Cwynar)
    • Strangely Ordinary This Devotion (Dani Leventhal / Sheilah Wilson)
    • Teiichi: Battle for Supreme High (Nagai Akira)
    • Western (Valeska Griesbach)
    Just because...
    The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
    Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
    The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild

    The last book I read was...
    The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain


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    0. [Twin Peaks: The Return]
    0. [Nathan For You: Finding Frances]
    1. mother! (Aronofsky)
    2. The Florida Project (Baker)
    3. Dunkirk (Nolan)
    4. Coco (Unkrich/Molina)
    5. Lady Bird (Gerwig)
    6. Get Out (Peele)
    7. Good Time (Safdie/Safdie)
    8. Blade Runner 2049 (Villeneuve)
    9. Brigsby Bear (McCary)
    10. The Shape of Water (Del Toro)
    1. Call Me By Your Name (Guadagnino)
    2. mother! (Aronofsky)
    3. The Florida Project (Baker)
    4. Dunkirk (Nolan)
    5. Coco (Unkrich/Molina)
    6. Lady Bird (Gerwig)
    7. Get Out (Peele)
    8. The Last Jedi (Johnson)
    9. Good Time (Safdie/Safdie)
    10. Blade Runner 2049 (Villeneuve)
    11. Brigsby Bear (McCary)
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    Last 11 things I really enjoyed:

    Speed Racer (Wachowski/Wachowski, 2008)
    Safe (Haynes, 1995)
    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Parker, 1999)
    Beastie Boys Story (Jonze, 2020)
    Bad Trip (Sakurai, 2020)
    What's Up Doc? (Bogdanovich, 1972)
    Diva (Beineix, 1981)
    Delicatessen (Caro/Jeunet, 1991)
    The Hunger (Scott, 1983)
    Pineapple Express (Green, 2008)
    Chungking Express (Wong, 1994)

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    updated & revised

    1. Window Horses, or The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
    2. The Death of Louis XIV
    3. The Florida Project
    4. The Lost City of Z
    5. Call Me by Your Name
    6. Logan
    7. Get Out
    8. Your Name.
    9. mother!
    10. The Salesman
    Giving up in 2020. Who cares.

    maɬni – towards the ocean, towards the shore (Sky Hopinka) ***½
    Without Remorse (Stefano Sollima) *½
    The Marksman (Robert Lorenz) **
    Beckett (Ferdinando Cito Filomarino) *½
    Night Hunter (David Raymond) *

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    1. Call Me By Your Name
    2. A Ghost Story
    3. Logan
    4. Blade Runner 2049
    5. Dunkirk
    6. Nocturama
    7. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    8. John Wick Chapter 2
    9. The Lost City of Z
    10. Lady Bird
    Midnight Run (1988) - 9
    The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
    The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
    Sisters (1973) - 6.5
    Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5

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    RE: foreign films, Noctorama is highly regarded and is on Netflix now (I haven't seen it yet)...Raw and Okja (if that counts) are the only 2017 foreign language films I've seen.
    Ratings on a 1-10 scale for your pleasure:

    Top Gun: Maverick - 8
    Top Gun - 7
    McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8
    Crimes of the Future - 8
    Videodrome - 9
    Valley Girl - 8
    Summer of '42 - 7
    In the Line of Fire - 8
    Passenger 57 - 7
    Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6



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