This was great. I had no idea what it was about but it goes from intriguing and creepy to action out of no where . Kurosawa directs it perfectly , greed is a MF

I like all the actors and it was a fun cast to watch together , but I don’t know , i just wasn’t into the direction.. felt disposable

The biggest lie on this website is that Denzel is good in this . No he’s not , he’s just Denzel, an easy check for him

Assumed this would be a typical dick and fart joke thing .. but it’s actually a pretty good coming of age, friendship , love triangle thing … cool little movie!

This was ok , very 90s style indie cinema. At least 3 very annoying silly characters , but it had plenty of cool shots and good music. Watched greenish version not the restoration/alternate.

The action and location/sets are awesome, all the drama in between was a tad boring and goofy , but overall enjoyable watch.

Very dumb and empty but entertaining, good score.

Watched on Sunday January 5, 2025.

I’ve seen this like 10 times and can still barely keep up with all the double crosses

I was browsing criterion and hit play based on the title. Was pretty surprised when I found out that the “killer” wasn’t a person. Still pretty fun and random when they cut the typical noir crime stuff with medical virus educational style clips. It’s like if there was a bank robbery subplot in Contagion or something.

Only part that holds up on rewatch is the highway shootout , otherwise pretty basic stuff

Not bad but this is more of an action thriller in the second half , the original was like a bleak satire. Different enough if you wanna watch both. Someone probably already said this but McAvoys transformation into Gerard Butler is almost complete.

Just like Nitram , I got tricked and didn’t know this was a true story til the end. Not a big fan of Kurzel but this had moments where I thought I was watching something really good. Mostly solid procedural,  but the generic title and typical story beats hold it back a little. Law is very good here, Hoult is ok but what does Sheridan even do in any of his movies? Most forgettable dude ever.

Very very stupid but funny , I forgot most of the bits so it was a fun watch the second time around.

I really enjoyed parts of this, but was losing interest for long stretches. I’m not sure that I got much of what was going on in Manila til the end where they run into some protesters. There’s good drama in parts like the call boy scenes but this isn’t really my kind of movie. Respectfully.

Doc about repatriating some looted African art. Diop makes this stuff emotional. Damn this hits. “They always told us some ‘things’ were stolen from us but they didn’t say it was treasure”. One of the best of the year now.

Some really funny bits and even some top tier car chase action. Streisand is great , O’Neal works playing the clueless straight man. Love it

Orlock/Dracula is way more emo in this one. Less horror and more depressing than the new one , the last supper rat scene was some depressing shit. I liked this a lot , totally different vibes than the Eggers

3.5 stars for the “Dolby as it should be seen” blah blah theater experience. It was very loud and dark and it looked cool. Maybe Eggers is not too creative , but he knows good imagery and how to make bodies move in a creepy way. Depp was great too. Nosferatus voice was awesome but he was a yapper.

First rewatch in a long time , thought I would revisit before watching Nosferatu this week. Insane visuals and good fun acting (not you Keanu!) Hopkins and Oldman steal the show obviously.

This popped up on my feed so I rewatched it , great Christmas low budget thriller. The incel bad guy is scary cause it actually seems like he’s a real dude.

Better than I expected for like 3/4 of the runtime , but doesn’t stick the landing. Grant is having fun. But overall pretty stupid

I loved watching this movie, it felt special. I don’t think it’s an “American epic” cause it only shows you maybe 10 years with an epilogue. Brody and Pearce are great , filmmaking is not too flashy. I wish they made more movies like this . Corbet knows what he’s doing

Probably my favorite movie I’ve seen this year, right at the buzzer. I’m the target audience for this kind of low stakes road comedy though. Well I guess the consequences are high, but it’s mostly played in a fun goofy way. Some real laughs , and great performances.

What a dumb movie. Director had a few chances to kind of save it , but nope! This is a movie for 15 year olds ,somehow.

Significantly better than the first one , having all this happen to a pop star gives it something extra. The lead is very good, she has expressive eyes and it’s a real physical performance. The plot is barely there , and it doesn’t really follow any logic, it just kind of gets you from scene to scene which is fine. Ending paid off for me too.

I don’t like Audiard but Zoe Saldana makes this somewhat watchable .

Weird , creepy , and good songs.. what more do you want from a fairy tale ..

screening at Metrograph

I knew most of this already, but cool to see all this stuff about his process squeezed into an hour.

I don’t think this will ever be above 3 or 3.5 to me , but I keep watching it anyway

Welcome back home, Jaume Collet-Serra. Keep making these above average thrillers please. Even the bad CGI car scene has a nice payoff.

Watched new 4K restoration @ Film Forum

Forgot to log this, timely with the CEOs in the news

Hworley?

Regina Hall is something else here.. good Americana , low key indie vibe where not much happens , but feels really authentic.

Never saw this one before , it’s ok. Elias Koteas is the best tho

Good QT , underrated Sam Jackson performance

First time watch, incredible .

Well paced political thriller, good interiors. Felt like an episode of a TV show at times. But an HBO show not Netflix

Very 90s psychological thriller , very 90s ending and explanation.

Typical revenge movie with scenes of assault and torture (had to look away a few times) but I like the low budget 2010s aesthetic, and kind of well made.

Watched on a plane, kept my attention , pretty good comic book action and some funny lines. I liked it .

Mark Stevens is the man, but his plan fell apart spectacularly. Loved the music. Tubi didn't even bother to include the ads in this. Nice.

Bad ass plane movie. Disposable fare but I had a lot of fun

Wild ride , western/ giallo / b-movie / art film mash up. Some of the shots are jarring in a good way. There’s not that much actual violence but when it’s there it’s nasty and evil as hell. Well acted and a satisfying ending.

Liked Meltons performance much more on rewatch,I think he was playing it more straight than everyone else which I guess threw me off the first time . Great movie

gotta love a Bogdanovich farce , really funny , characters are unlikable and shitty people but there’s no judgement.

Old school cinema right here , nothing too flashy .. some good moral dilemma/ questioning the American justice system type Clint stuff , love it.

Keyes was too smart for them, damn.

1. The Night of the Hunter
2. Sunset Boulevard
3. Paper Moon
4. Double Indemnity
5. The Long Goodbye
6. Miracle Mile
7. Breaking the Waves
8. 12 Angry Men
9. They All Laughed
10. The Celebration

Biweekly movie club

• Irreversible

  STRAIGHT CUT

• Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
• Manila in the Claws of Light
• Emilia Pérez
• Clearcut
• White of the Eye
• The King Tide
• Aamis
• The Kings of the World
• Rebel Ridge

...plus 123 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Beast
2. The Brutalist
3. Evil Does Not Exist
4. Chime
5. The Substance
6. Alien: Romulus
7. Dahomey
8. Juror #2
9. Megalopolis
10. The Settlers

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

• Pure Blood
• The Substance
• Cuckoo
• Audition
• Phantom of the Paradise
• House
• The Silence of the Lambs
• Hannibal
• Red Dragon
• Hannibal Rising

...plus 21 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

So far

1. Oppenheimer
2. Afire
3. The Zone of Interest
4. Priscilla
5. The Boy and the Heron
6. Rotting in the Sun
7. Showing Up
8. Pacifiction
9. May December
10. Killers of the Flower Moon

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

• Laura
• Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
• Carnival of Souls
• The Exorcist III
• City of the Living Dead
• Massacre at Central High
• Haywire
• The Beguiled
• Mistress America
• The Killing

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

HOOPTOBER X - Rules HERE
Thanks to CINEMONSTER for another year!
Even though I probably won't finish, the point for me is to discover some new faves, and I'll probably watch some terrible ones along the way too, loving it tho!

• Dead & Buried

  Robert Englund, Underground

• Exte: Hair Extensions
• Massacre at Central High
• Martin
• The Fan
• The Curse of Frankenstein
• The Birds
• The Hound of the Baskervilles
• Blood and Black Lace
• At the Earth's Core

  Amicus

...plus 22 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• Glengarry Glen Ross
• Badlands
• Climax
• Hale County This Morning, This Evening
• Sexy Beast
• Anomalisa
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• The Wolfpack
• You Were Never Really Here

...plus 141 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Includes 2021 movies with a 2022 release in the US

1. TÁR
2. Stars at Noon
3. Murina
4. RRR
5. Decision to Leave
6. The Banshees of Inisherin
7. Crimes of the Future
8. Flux Gourmet
9. Ambulance
10. Barbarian

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

1. Nightmare Alley
2. Black Girl
3. Beanpole
4. The Set-Up
5. China Girl
6. The Woman Who Ran
7. Diabolique
8. My Brother's Wedding
9. Moneyball
10. Sorcerer

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

Thank you CINEMONSTER this is always fun. Probably my 4th or 5th time and I don't think I have ever finished, but it helps me watch a ton of horror.

• He Who Gets Slapped
• Diabolique
• The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
• Eugenie
• What Have You Done to Solange?
• Night of the Strangler
• The Iron Rose
• Invasion of the Bee Girls
• To the Devil a Daughter
• The Town That Dreaded Sundown

...plus 21 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Favorite movies of the year. Not too exact on US releases. There might be some stuff that was released late last year, or something I've watched that officially releases next year.

1. Memoria
2. Red Rocket
3. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
4. Drive My Car
5. Berlin Alexanderplatz
6. Annette
7. Undine
8. Azor
9. El Planeta
10. Benedetta

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

List of overlooked movies of 2018

• Let the Corpses Tan
• The House That Jack Built
• Skate Kitchen
• Let the Sunshine In
• Madeline's Madeline
• The Kindergarten Teacher
• Lizzie
• Leave No Trace
• At Eternity's Gate
• The Night Comes for Us

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Favorite first time watches- 2021

• All the Vermeers in New York
• Au Hasard Balthazar
• Beau Travail
• Black Book
• Boarding Gate
• Certified Copy
• Cooley High
• Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
• Eden Lake
• Elevator to the Gallows

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

Progress: 10/32

by Cinemonster

QUICK EASY RULES:

6 countries
8 decades
2 folk horror
4 films from 1981
2 films from your birth year
2 haunted house films
The worst Part 2 that you haven't seen and can access. (I realize that this will take a little work)
1 film set in the woods
1 Kaiju or Kong film (not the new K v. G)
2 Hammer films
3 films with a person of color as director or lead. (excluding Asian)
3 Asian horror films.

And 1 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)

***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH JD'd Revenge, The Skull and The Scooby Doo Project

-review them all.(eek)

Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01am cst on Sept 15th.

• The Hitch-Hiker
• Viy
• Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
• Venus in Furs
• Twins of Evil
• King Kong
• Demon Seed
• Petey Wheatstraw
• The Howling
• Bloody Moon

...plus 22 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Barry Lyndon
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• Touki Bouki
• The Exorcist
• News from Home
• Stalker
• Donkey Skin
• The Wicker Man
• Original Cast Album: Company
• Black Christmas

These are my picks for the Criterion Challenge 2021 by Ben Check the original post for links but this is the criteria:
Categories:

1. 1984 - watch a film released the year of Criterion's inception.
2. Directed by Akira Kurosawa
3. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
4. Horror
5. Released on Laserdisc (Criterion Collection Laserdisc Titles)
6. Made in Spain
7. Wes Anderson's Top 10 (Wes Anderson’s Top 10)
8. Romance
9. A silent film
10. 1920s
11. 1930s
12. 1940s
13. 1950s
14. 1960s
15. 1970s
16. 1980s
17. 1990s
18. 2000s
19. 2010s
20. Directed by a woman
21. A film featured in the "Pioneers of African American Cinema" series (Pioneers of African American Cinema)
22. Documentary
23. Comedy
24. Any film on The Criterion Channel (Every Film Available on The Criterion Channel & Secondary List - if you don’t have this service then just choose any film featured on this list and watch however you please. Some may even be on other streaming services or available for rent.)
25. Martin Scorsese's Top 10 (Martin Scorsese’s Top 10)
26. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
27. Directed by Federico Fellini
28. The Merchant Ivory Collection (Merchant Ivory Collection)
29. Oscar Winners (Oscar Winners)
30. Black and white
31. Directed by Charlie Chaplin
32. Watch any film featured in the Godzilla Boxset
33. Western
34. Made in Italy
35. Made in the Soviet Union
36. Made in India
37. A film from the Eclipse series (The Criterion Collection: Eclipse)
38. Kelly Reichardt's Top 10 (Kelly Reichardt’s Top 10)
39. Directed by John Cassavetes
40. Watch a film between spine #100-200
41. Film Noir
42. Samurai
43. A film featured in the "Queersighted: Queer Fear" series (Queersighted: Queer Fear)
44. A film featured in the "New Korean Cinema" series (New Korean Cinema)
45. Directed by Ingmar Bergman
46. Directed by Agnes Varda
47. Based on a book (Criterion Films Based on a Book)
48. Foreign-Language Oscar Winners (Criterion Collection: Foreign-Language Oscar Winners)
49. Josh and Benny Safdie's Closet Picks (Josh and Benny Safdie’s Closet Picks)
50. Watch a film with spine #1000 or higher
51. Watch a film featured in "Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits" (The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, The Way of the Dragon, Enter the Dragon, Game of Death)
52. Any Criterion film on your watchlist

Please use the tags "cc2021" and “criterion challenge 2021”

1. Streetwise

   from 1984

2. High and Low

   Kurosawa

3. The Image Book

   Goddard

4. The Brood

   Horror

5. Lolita

   Released on Laser Disc

6. Death of a Cyclist

   Spain

7. Au Hasard Balthazar

   Wes Anderson pick

8. Belle de Jour

   Romance

9. Body and Soul

   Silent

10. The Docks of New York

    1920s

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

Still have to watch, Lolita , The Killing and Spartacus

1. Barry Lyndon
2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
3. The Shining
4. A Clockwork Orange
5. Paths of Glory
6. Full Metal Jacket
7. 2001: A Space Odyssey
8. Eyes Wide Shut

My favorite films I watched in 2020 for the first time

• Donkey Skin
• Actress
• Inherent Vice
• Open 24 Hours
• A Day in the Country
• In the Mood for Love
• The New York Ripper
• Polytechnique
• L'Argent
• Vampyros Lesbos

...plus 36 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Good films from 2020 that I didn't hear much about.. Shortest one of these I've ever done.. 2020 was rough!

• Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
• Lost Bullet
• Sputnik
• Charm City Kings
• The Forty-Year-Old Version
• His House

Ranked list of 2020 releases I've watched.

1. Lovers Rock
2. Possessor
3. First Cow
4. The Painter and the Thief
5. Martin Eden
6. I'm No Longer Here
7. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
8. The Assistant
9. Time
10. His House

...plus 55 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

WILL FINISH THIS YEAR! (Oops!)

Progress: 28/32

by Cinemonster

QUICK EASY RULES:

6 countries
6 decades
7 2nd films of franchises
4 body horror films
2 films from this year
3 disease based films
The highest rated horror film from the 50s that you haven't seen and can access.
1 film that is set entirely inside one location
1 Invisible Person film
1 Non Dracula Hammer Film
2 films with a black director or predominantly black cast or lead.
1 film with a movie theater in it.

And 1 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)

***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH The Witch Who Came From the Sea and Cube 2: Hypercube

-review them all.(eek)

Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01am cst on Sept 15th.

1. Cure

   Japan

2. StageFright

   Italy

3. Night of the Living Dead

   USA

4. The Fly

   USA

5. Vampyros Lesbos

   Spain

6. Vampyres

   UK

7. Hollow Man

   USA

8. Hands of the Ripper

   UK

9. Most Beautiful Island

   USA

10. God Told Me To

    USA

...plus 22 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Thanks to Kynky for the original list and challenge rules.

PROGRESS: 14/52

Made a ranked list with the following:

TASKS:
01. Most Popular Horror On Your Watchlist
02. Lowest Rated Horror On Your Watchlist
03. A Horror released in the year you were born.
04. 1920s
05. 1930s
06. 1940s
07. 1950s
08. 1960s
09 1970s
10. 1980s
11. 1990s
12. 2000s
13. 2010s
14. A Horror released in 2020
15. A film from Letterboxd's highest rated 2010's horror list.
16. Based on a book
17. A film featured on Joe Bob Briggs' "The Last Drive-In".
18. A film distributed by ARROW VIDEO
19. A film distributed by 88 FILMS
20. Made In Scandinavia
21. Made In Britain
22. Made In Italy
23. Made In Japan
24. Made In Canada
25. Made In France
26. Made In Korea
27. Made In Spain
28. Made In Australia/New Zealand
29. Features a number in the title
30. A colour in the title
31. A film screened at Frightfest London 2019
32. A Short film (Under 40 minutes)
33. Streaming service 'EXCLUSIVE'
34. Featuring A Pro Wrestler
35. Suitable for children (no 15/8/r ratings)
36. Directed by a woman
37. Animation
38. Horror Anthology
39. Video Nasty
40. Comedy Horror
41. Horror film documentary/making of.
42. Holiday Horror (Christmas/Easter etc.)
43. Paranormal Horror (Ghosts, Haunted House, Possession etc.)
44. Killer Horror (Slasher, Giallo, Home Invasion etc.)
45. Monsters (Vampire, Werewolf, Kaiju etc.)
46. Zombies (Voodoo, Undead, Virus etc.)
47. Psychological Horror (Phobias, Madness, Paranoia etc.)
48. Gore (Torture Porn, Splatter, Cannibal etc.)wrong t
49. Devil Horror (Demons, Hell, Exorcism etc.)
50. Religious Horror (Witches, Warlocks, Cults etc.)
51. Dystopian Horror (End Of The World, Society Breakdown etc.
52. Picked by Kynky from my Watchlist

1. Blue Velvet

   01. The most popular horror on your Watchlist

2. The Mother of Tears

   02. Lowest Rated Horror On Your Watchlist

3. Deep Red

   03. A Horror released in the year you were born.

4. Nosferatu

   04. 1920s

5. Bride of Frankenstein

   05. 1930s

6. Witch's Cradle

   06. 1940s

7. The Blob

   07. 1950s

8. Eyes Without a Face

   08. 1960s

9. Rabid

   09. 70's

10. Evil Dead II

    10. 80's

...plus 41 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Some good 2019 releases I didn’t hear much about

• Color Out of Space
• Bliss
• The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
• Wounds
• Cold Case Hammarskjöld
• Share
• Native Son
• Aniara
• A Land Imagined
• Asako I & II

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

want to watch these before the end of the year

• Queen & Slim
• Piranhas
• Ms. Purple
• In Fabric
• First Cow
• Motherless Brooklyn
• Seberg
• First Love
• The Ringmaster
• Sócrates

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

Watched over 120 films from 2019- These are my personal top 30- Movies that I thought about all year, for one reason or another.

1. Long Day's Journey into Night
2. Pain and Glory
3. Parasite
4. Climax
5. Vitalina Varela
6. Atlantics
7. Knife+Heart
8. Asako I & II
9. Bacurau
10. Monos

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

Overlooked movies released in the US in 2017

• The Untamed
• Nocturama
• The Ornithologist
• Happy End
• The Square
• Thelma
• Personal Shopper
• Columbus
• Good Time
• The Killing of a Sacred Deer

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Best films I've watched in 2019 for the first time. No matter what year they were released. not ranked

• To Sleep with Anger
• Long Day's Journey into Night
• Children of Men
• Dragged Across Concrete
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco
• Meek's Cutoff
• Climax
• Kaili Blues
• Hale County This Morning, This Evening
• Incendies

...plus 77 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Trying this out for the first time.. thanks to Cinemonster

Hooptober 6/6/6

QUICK EASY RULES:

6 countries
6 decades
6 films from before 1966
6 films whose year ends in '6'
6 films featuring work from the following: John Carl Buechler,
Jack Pierce, Rob Bottin, Screaming Mad George, Lon Chaney
and Carlo Rambaldi
The 6th film of a franchise
1 Reptile Rampage film as tribute to Crawl
2 women directed films
The lowest rated film from the 80s that you can access.
1 film where the men and women of the church are having a bad day.
1 Larry Cohen or Dick Miller film
1 Classic Universal
1 film with Dee Wallace in it.
1 film with a black director or predominantly black cast. (NO JORDAN PEELE)
1 film from a Mexican director to honor 2 great films from Gigi Saul Guerrero & Issa López. (NO GDT, but it can be GSG or Issa)

And 1 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)

***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Horror Noire and Innocent Blood***

-review them all.(eek) TAG review: hooptober6.0

Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01am cst on Sept 15th.

• 31
• [REC]
• Alleluia
• Alucarda
• Angst
• Beyond the Black Rainbow
• The Black Sleep
• Black Sunday
• Carrie
• Crocodile

...plus 21 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.