The Official Movie Thread

[no country for old wainds]

@CiG chaw had furiosa as his #1 of 2024, to my knowledge the only critic who did.

 

[Slammed]

I still haven't seen Furiosa, was going to watch it the other day but something else came up.

 

[CiG]

It's definitely an awesome movie, not quite as punchy and memorable as Fury Road but in terms of expanding Miller's wasteland world and pushing the possibilities of large scale action it's impressive.

Not even my favourite actioner of last year though. That spot still belongs to the Indian movie Kill.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i'm firmly in catching up with 2020s cinema mode again, and since i think my taste is roughly at a crossroads between chaw, slant and my rym friend charts, here's a list of all the films that made a top ten of the year in 2 out of 3 lists (EDIT: decided to factor in my top 10 criticker predicted scores for each year too):
2020
first cow (dir. reichardt) - 3 lists
vitalina varela (dir. costa) - 3 lists
lovers rock (dir. mcqueen) - 2 lists
city hall (dir. wiseman) - 2 lists
to the ends of the earth (dir. kurosawa) - 2 lists
the metamorphosis of birds (dir. vasconcelos) - 2 lists
bloody nose, empty pockets (dir. turner, ross) - 2 lists

2021
drive my car (dir. hamaguchi) - 4 lists (and #1 in all of them)
memoria (dir. joe) - 4 lists
red rocket (dir. baker) - 3 lists
wheel of fortune and fantasy (dir. hamaguchi) - 2 lists
the power of the dog (dir. campion) - 2 lists

2022
crimes of the future (dir. cronenberg) - 3 lists
showing up (dir. reichardt) - 2 lists
the fabelmans (dir. spielberg) - 2 lists
benediction (dir. davies) - 2 lists
no bears (dir. panahi) - 2 lists
the fire within (dir. herzog) - 2 lists
aftersun (dir. wells) - 2 lists
pacifiction (dir. serra) - 2 lists

2023
perfect days (dir. wenders) - 3 lists
fallen leaves (dir. kaurismaki) - 2 lists
may december (dir. haynes) - 2 lists
killers of the flower moon (dir. scorsese) - 2 lists
the zone of interest (dir. glazer) - 2 lists
trenque lauquen (dir. citarella) - 2 lists

2024
close your eyes (dir. erice) - 4 lists
do not expect too much from the end of the world (dir. jude) - 4 lists
the beast (dir. bonello) - 3 lists
a different man (dir. schimberg) - 3 lists
chime (dir. kurosawa) - 2 lists
furiosa (dir. miller) - 2 lists
i saw the tv glow (dir. schoenbrun) - 2 lists
evil does not exist (dir. hamaguchi) - 2 lists
anora (dir. baker) - 2 lists
the devil's bath (dir. franz, fiala) - 2 lists

more consensus this year than any other it seems. i've only seen three out of this whole pile: first cow, which i really like, bloody nose empty pockets, which i like, and vitalina varela, which i'm indifferent to.