World/Independent Cinema Discussion Thread • Page 12

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Creepy is very good (so is Daguerreotype but people don’t seem to agree). Guy Maddin’s The Forbidden Room. Bertrand Mandico’s The Wild Boys.

 

awesome. thanks

 

That is a weird Dumont to pick.

 

It is but it was also their best of the year for 2014. My pick would unquestionably be Jeanette but I think P'tit Quinquin is probably his next strongest this decade.

 

I love that they picked Twin Peaks but what is a best of the decade list without The Tree of Life?

 

Good observation, definitely a curious omission. It was the 2011 list and The New World was on the last decade list. I'm mostly just happy that the Manoel de Oliveira film made it on there.

 

I know calling a 14 hour film a must see is a bit hmmmm but...

It’s in very defined chapters/episodes, so it’s easy to split up

 

Woah, yeah, all I've heard about this is super exciting, so I'm going to have to make time for it. Really cool to see them putting it out there like this.

 

The filmmaker was very adamant at one point that the only way to see this would be in a cinema so I’ll be curious to see if this is a one off or if they’ll give it a proper release later. I’d love a nice blu-ray set. The film is fantastic, about as much fun as you can have with Serious Art Cinema.

 

New Wave cinema legend Anna Karina dies aged 79

RIP to a real one. Her performances are so integral to the essence of the New Wave and her work in Vivre as vie is one of my favorite performances ever. If anyone is trying to see her outside of a Godard film, Rivette’s The Nun is amazing.

 

Synonyms was fantastic. The camera has this kinetic energy that kept me glued, the tone was hard to pin down and felt truly singular
I’m a sucker for a great final scene and this one will stick with me

 

I tried watching it but the one place I found it didn’t have subtitles so I’ll just wait

 

Down to just Portrait, A Hidden Life, Little Women and Waves and 2019 will be wrapped, hope I can squeeze time in around the holiday

 

I don't think I can find an end of the year thread in this part of forum but this is probably better suited here anyway. List based on premiere dates and not theatrical/commercial release dates.

30. Zombi Child (Bertrand Bonello)
29. Greener Grass (Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Lubbe)
28. Crazy World (I.G.G. Nabwana)
27. A Hidden Life (Terrence Malick)
26. Murmur (Heather Young)
25. Gemini Man (Ang Lee)
24. Synonyms (Nadav Lapid)
23. Thirty (Simona Kostova)
22. Beanpole (Kantermir Balagov)
21. A Girl Missing (Koji Fukada)
20. Domino (Brian De Palma)
19. System Crasher (Nora Fingscheidt)
18. The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão (Karim Aïnouz)
17. Richard Jewell (Clint Eastwood)
16. To the Ends of the World (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
15. Endless Night (Eloy Enciso)
14. Ghost Town Anthology (Denis Côté)
13. Krabi 2562 (Anocha Suwichakornpong and Ben Rivers)
12. Jeanne (Bruno Dumont)
11. Anne at 13,000 ft. (Kazik Radwanski)
10. Parasite (Bong Joon-ho)
9. Uncut Gems (Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie)
8. The Irishman (Martin Scorsese)
7. The Giverny Document (Single Channel) (Ja'Tovia Gary)
6. Bacurau (Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles)
5. I Was at Home, But... (Angela Schanelec)
4. Martin Eden (Pietro Marcello)
3. The Halt (Lav Diaz)
2. Vitalina Varela (Pedro Costa)
1. Liberté (Albert Serra)

 

I just started watching this French TV series The Bureau, and find it a fascinating watch. Basically a spy thriller series set in Paris, with high production value. So cool hearing the different French accents

 

Started the year off right

Young Ahmed - Really liked but couldn’t help but feel like it was rather slight in comparison to their other works until the ending, an emotional gut punch that will stay with me for some time. Don’t believe what you see written about this, their trademark empathy is well intact

Monos - Visually this a marvel and it’s heightened by Mica Levi’s score. More abstract than I expected going in and all the better for it. Just remarkable and the last shot will haunt me, a totally visceral experience

 

gonna try and watch Ash Is Purest White tonight or tomorrow

 

I expected a slightly more traditional crime story going in (which it is not) but it’s fantastic

 

nice. also: looking for some more recs from anyone in the thread if anyone has any to dole out

 

I feel like I have a general sense of what you like but I often get it wrong! I’d be surprised if you didn’t like Monos though

 

it's on my list. thank you

 

also plan on checking out Zombi Child. I love every film I've seen by Bertrand Bonello so I'm excited

 

Jia is that dude, Ash is Purest White is incredible.

Zombie Child is very strong but I prefer House of Tolerance and Nocturama.

Random rec: Happy as Lazzaro. Bacurau is also very strong, if you have access to that.

 

Happy as Lazarro is such a gem and Bacurau is one of those “gotta see it to believe it” things, so good