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…
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2022 Viewing Log by Grade
Films Seen Alphabetically | Films Seen Chronologically Films Seen: 47 Aftersun: A-All That Breathes: A-All the Beauty and the Bloodshed: A-Armageddon Time: A-Descendant: A-Great Freedom: A-The Great Movement: A-Happening: A-Katrina Babies: A-Mad God: A-A Man of Integrity: A-Pleasure: A-Saint Omer: A- BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths: B+Benediction: B+Catherine Called Birdy: B+Corsage: B+Decision…
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…
2021 Films Seen by Grade
2021 Films Alphabetically | 2021 Films Chronologically | Personal Ballot for 2021 Atlantis: A-Days: A-*The Disciple: A-Great Freedom: A-The Lost Daughter: A-*Notturno: A-The Orphanage: A-*Prayers for the Stolen: A-Quo Vadis, Aida?: A-* Sweat: A-This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection: A-*What We Left Unfinished: A-Zola: A-* Ascension: B+Attica: B+Azor: B+C’mon C’mon: B+*Censor: B+Drive My…
2021 Films Seen Alphabetically
2021 Films Chronologically | 2021 Films by Grade | Personal Ballot for 2021 17 Blocks: B- About Endlessness: BAdam: BAnd Tomorrow the Entire World: D+Antlers: C-Ascension: B+Atlantis: A-Attica: BAzor: B+ Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn: B-Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar: B*Being the Ricardos: B-Belfast: C-Benedetta: BBergman Island: C-Bo Burnham: Inside: BBoiling…
2021 Films Seen Chronologically
2021 Films Alphabetically | 2021 Films By Grade | Personal Ballot for 2021 ??/??/2019 17 Blocks: B 10/??/2019 Adam: B10/??/2019 The Orphanage: A-*10/14/2020 Undine: B-10/17/2020 Charlatan: C+10/17/2020 Summer of 85: C10/21/2020 Gaza Mon Amour: C+10/26/2020 Little Girl: B10/27/2020 MLK/FBI: B+10/27/2020 Notturno: A-* 11/23/2020 Ema: B1/28/2021 My Little Sister: B1/29/2021 This is Not a Burial, It’s…
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…
February 2020 Viewing Log
Bombshell (19, C): Impactful on its own terms, but omits too much context to actually say anything meaningful. Sloppily made to boot. 2/2/2020 I think Robbie’s actually pretty good with some of the film’s darkest scenes. Charlize is fine, if somewhat inhibited by the vocal imitation and the prosthetics. In that Monster way, she kinda…
January 2020 Viewing Log
My 100th post! Got sonething fun coming down the pipe, but that’s no excuse for not keeping up regular maintenance. Anyways, here you go. Rojo (19, B+): Communicates so much through spooky precision of form and mood, even as how much “happens” is elliptically unclear. 1/3/2020 Greener Grass (19, B): Satire of suburban identity crisis…
December 2019 Viewing Log
The Wise Kids (12, B): So generous towards its characters and their complexities you forgive some lag in the filmmaking. 12/2/19 Henry Gamble’s Birthday (15, B+): Expands its canvas of characters and questions, a little thornier but just as empathetic. 12/2/19 I’d call Princess Cyd my favorite of Cone’s films, which has two genius performance…
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