Picture Runners-Up: Careless Crime, RRR, Pleasure, A Man of Integrity, Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle, Armageddon Time, Babi Yar. Context, Holy Spider, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Decision to Leave, Neptune Frost, The Territory, The Cathedral, Descendant, No Bears. Director Runners-Up: Alice Diop (Saint Omer), Shaunak Sen (All That Breathes), Kiro Russo (The Great…
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2022 Long Lists
Much like last year, I decided to put together a long list of all the 2022 films I have in contention for my personal ballot. The first row in each category are all films I would consider nominating, while the second row are all films I wanted to shout out without feeling tempted to put…
2022 Viewing Log Alphabetically
Films Seen Chronologically | Films Seen by Grade Films Seen: 119 The African Desperate: B-After Blue: C+After Yang: BAftersun: A-All That Breathes: A-All the Beauty and the Bloodshed: A-Ambulance: CArmageddon Time: A-Athena: C Babylon: C+Barbarian: B-BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths: B+The Batman: C+Benediction: B+The Black Phone: C+The Bob’s Burgers Movie: B-Bodies Bodies…
2022 Viewing Log Chronologically
Films Seen Alphabetically | Films Seen By Grade Films Seen: 119 Last Updated: 11/6/2022 January 2022 1/26/2022 Great Freedom: A- March 2022 3/22/2022 The Batman: C+ April 2022 4/1/2022 X: C+4/5/2022 Death on the Nile: D+4/5/2022 Nitram: B4/17/2022 Jackass Forever: C+4/19/2022 Ambulance: C4/24/2022 Everything Everywhere All At Once: B- May 2022 5/8/2022 How to Survive…
1998 Supporting Actress Smackdown
Generally speaking, it’d be hard to bounce off of the 1946 Supporting Actress lineup and not land with a better vintage. 1998’s group benefited from choosing five movies with a pretty significant range in tone and genre. Good or bad, the variety alone automatically makes it harder for a uniform experience. The fact that Primary…
2020 Films Watched by Grade
Includes World and US releases. World releases will be denoted with ^ over the title. Films watched more than once will be denoted with * over the letter grade. My personal ballot for 2020 can be found here. Babyteeth: A-*Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets: A-David Byrne’s American Utopia: A-Days^: A-Dear Comrades!: A-Dick Johnson is Dead: A-First…
2020 Ballot, List Version
* – original nominee that subsequent became a runner-up^ – runner-up that was originally a nominee^^ – runner-up that was a nominee and then became a runner-up again” – film seen after original ballot was posted Picture Runners-Up: Martin Eden, David Byrne’s American Utopia, First Cow*, The Assistant, Zombi Child, Welcome to Chechnya, Bloody Nose…
Supporting Actress Smackdown 2020 Companion Masterpost
Well, we made it. This season of the Supporting Actress Smackdown at The Film Experience is over. I’m ending this extended run with twenty-six articles under my belt, which, holy shit, that’s half a year’s worth of supporting actressing. I am, to say the least, very proud of what I wrote, both because this was…
1947 Supporting Actress Smackdown
The Nominees Ethel Barrymore, The Paradine Case – Yes, it’s weird Barrymore is the only nominee of this very amazing film. Hitchcock’s visual ideas are probably as much to do with her impact as her own acting choices, and I wish she had a scene with Ann Todd at some point during the trial given…
2019 Ballot, List Version
* – original nominee that subsequent became a runner-up^ – runner-up that was originally a nominee^^ – runner-up that was a nominee and then became a runner-up again” – film seen after original ballot was posted Picture Atlantics, dir. Mati Diop The Cave, dir. Feras Fayyad Black Mother, dir. Khalik Allah End of the Century,…
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