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Watched on Friday June 6, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday June 3, 2025.

RIP Ed Gale

Actually not the ableist embarrassment I'd been led to believe and its notoriety has only been gained by it having a "cult film" status from sitting outside mainstream standards about a subject most "normies" find uncomfortable.

It's still not great, but the acting is what keeps it from sinking below averageness.

Watched on Monday June 2, 2025.

Watched on Monday June 2, 2025.

Watched on Monday June 2, 2025.

Watched on Monday June 2, 2025.

Watched on Monday June 2, 2025.

Watched on Monday June 2, 2025.

Watched on Monday June 2, 2025.

Watched on Sunday June 1, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 31, 2025.

RIP George Wendt

An excellent sex-positive contrast to the previous film.

Problematic, sure, but rich in its storytelling and a superb script performed with real heart and intelligence by the entire cast. Looked incredible blown up on the big screen in 4k.

Susan Tyrell forever!! <3

Yuck. Body shaming can fucking rot AFAIC.

Had been on my radar for years, so pleased to see this on a big screen first viewing.

Aside from that too long ending, this totally delivered the 'Sqatchy goodness! Shaggy, over-serious, vivid, gooey, a little creepy - all in good measure. Awesome!

This feels like a film made inside the universe of FIGHT CLUB by a small arm of the Northern Irish chapter.

Not good filmmaking by any stretch of imagination, more an eye-watering vanity vehicle.

Levesque's involvement as Art Director/Prod Designer on many of Russ Meyer's more visually comical movies really shines through here.

Very solid WIP picture, that hits the right beats to satisfy.

Could have done without the cat cruelty though.

Inspiring ambitious dad-bod sword-epic ion project.

Very impressive effects for what looked to be a very meagre budget in every other department.

Awkward action and a bit over talky, but very fun with a crowd with some super exteriors that date it specifically to time & place.

The cornerstone of 50's sci-fi clumsy-effects talky-scentist movies!

Watched on Thursday May 22, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 21, 2025.

RIP Joe Don Baker

Watched on Sunday May 18, 2025.

Watched on Sunday May 18, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 17, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 17, 2025.

Watched on Friday May 16, 2025.

Watched on Friday May 16, 2025.

What an entirely toothless start to the season, cribbing off so many of the very clever ideas that have gone before in the most predictable of ways.

THAT is how you make a biopic about an author AND adapt their works for the screen AT THE SAME TIME!!

Slightly creaks under the seams of its own cleverness and over-indulgence, and certainly bites off more story than the runtime allows it to chew, but beautiful to look at and a great investigation of male beauty without teetering too far into high camp silliness.

And, as much as I love Phillip Glass, I think this would have been better served by a more sparing experimental indigenous score.

RIP James Foley

"I'm gonna defend my grandfather."

"That's a conflict of interest, son, you can't."

[credits roll]

There, I fixed it for you.

Absolutely Coogler's masterpiece, but also career bests of pretty much all of the cast (especially MBJ and Seinfeld)

I LOVED how it shorthanded certain beats that were already inside audience expectations, but by the time realise what the film is doing, its kinda too late so we just feel so much more for these characters because we are already so invested in their lives. I'd actually compare a lot of the early storytelling here to exposition in any of the great Irwing Allen disaster movies as far as character development goes.

Perfect period detail. Dirty and contempraneous in equal measure.
That early tracking shot crossing the road from store to store could not have been achieved without every single department firing at top of their game.

Cinema rarely gets better than this.

Watched on Saturday May 10, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 10, 2025.

Sure, the filmmaking is bold, with interesting choices, solid performances and decent non-linear plotting, but this is only original or edgy if your only frame of reference for this kind of cinema doesn't extend beyond celebratong Quentin Tarantino movies as the highest point of the art form.

Watched on Saturday May 10, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 10, 2025.

Watched on Friday May 9, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 7, 2025.

RIP Patrick Adiarte

Watched on Sunday May 4, 2025.

Well, I've not cried at a movie quite so hard in a while!

Watched on Saturday May 3, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 3, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 3, 2025.

Watched on Friday May 2, 2025.

RIP Jean Marsh

Watched on Wednesday April 30, 2025.

Once a week, I watch a film from the very bottom of my Netflix queue to try to get a feel for what lies at the other end of the algorithm. I've stumbled on some gems viewing things this way the past couple of years.

At this stage I'm working on a theory, so this list is for research purposes. I don't have any particular results in mind, but do have a mild hunch about why particular films fall to the bottom that isn't based on popularity.

1. Rainbow Time
2. Anjaam
3. Becoming
4. The Paramedic
5. Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
6. Little Big Women
7. Cosmic Sin
8. Kevin Hart: Zero F**ks Given
9. SDU: Sex Duties Unit
10. Fistful of Vengeance

...plus 99 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Sasquatch Sunset
• Gut Instinct
• I Saw the TV Glow
• Poor Things
• Riddle of Fire
• Rap World
• Kneecap
• The Wild Robot
• The Substance
• Bookworm

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

...since 2012, when film essentially stopped being developed/screened as a mainstream format.
More and more I'm finding that I have to consciously go out of my way to view films on this format. But I do count myself lucky that I'm able to attend an event each year that celebrates and screens prints where possible.

1. Maniac Cop 2

   Sep 15, 2012

2. The Master

   Sept 16 2012 - 70mm

3. Basket Case

   Sep 18, 2012

4. The Guy from Harlem

   Sep 19, 2012

5. The Mafu Cage

   Sep 25, 2012

6. Secret Ceremony

   Sep 26, 2012

7. The Entity

   Sep 27, 2012

8. Godzilla vs. Gigan

   Dec 8, 2012

9. Quiet Cool

   Dec 8, 2012

10. The Molesters

    Dec 8, 2012

...plus 112 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

No particular order and films older than 2023 were first time watches this year

• The Artifice Girl
• Dusty Stacks of Mom: The Poster Project
• Hundreds of Beavers
• Godzilla Minus One
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Going in Style
• The Timekeepers of Eternity
• The Watermelon Woman
• EO
• Puzzle of a Downfall Child

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

• Bright Lights, Big City
• Searching for Sugar Man
• Hyperfate
• The Death of Salvador Dali
• Fallen
• Get Crazy
• Brewster McCloud
• El Conde
• Cocaine Bear
• Convoy

...plus 83 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Getaway
• Oliver!
• Airport
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• The Love Bug
• Thunderball
• Woodstock
• Gimme Shelter
• Yellow Submarine

...plus 937 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Dave Made a Maze
• The Parallax View
• Fail Safe
• Clearcut
• The Andromeda Strain
• The Father
• Who Killed the KLF?
• Chronopolis
• UHF
• Bad Genius

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• RRR
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Barbarian
• Mister Organ
• I Love My Dad
• Turning Red
• Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
• Avatar: The Way of Water
• Nope
• Vesper

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

1. The Demon Lover

   Week 1: Jan. 1-Jan. 7
   Donald G. Jackson Week

2. Earwig and the Witch

   Week 2: Jan. 18-Jan. 14
   Anime Week

3. Blood and Black Lace

   Week 3: Jan. 15-Jan. 21
   Cameron Mitchell Week

4. The Street Fighter

   Week 4: Jan. 22-Jan. 28
   Sonny Chiba Week

5. Family Plot

   Week 5: Jan. 29-Feb. 4
   Karen Black Week

6. My Name Is Nobody

   Week 6: Feb. 5-Feb. 11
   Spaghetti Western Week

   [YouTube] 

7. The Long Hair of Death

   Week 7: Feb. 12-Feb. 18
   Antonio Margheriti Week

8. Cannibal Girls

   Week 8: Feb. 19-Feb. 25
   Canuxploitation Week

9. Bucktown

   Week 9: Feb. 26-Mar. 4
   Fred Williamson Week

10. The House by the Cemetery

    Week 10: Mar. 5-Mar. 11
    Lucio Fulci Week

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

1. My Soul to Take

   1. Picked by the management.

2. The Man Who Laughs

   2. From the 1920s you have not seen before

3. Two Evil Eyes

   3. Written and/or directed by George A. Romero

4. Another WolfCop

   4. 2nd film in a franchise

5. Jakob's Wife

   5. Featuring Barbara Crampton

6. Resident Evil: Retribution

   6. From 2012

7. Werewolf of London

   <font face="GraphikApp-SemiboldItalic">12</font>. From the 1930s you have not seen before

8. Demonia

   8. Written and/or directed by Lucio Fulci

9. The Witches of Eastwick

   9. Film with an Oscar nomination or win (any category)

10. Kisapmata

    10. Highest rated horror film on your watchlist

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

There must be 31 films
6 countries
8 decades
2 insect centered films
1 horror film set in space or the future (relative to when it was released)
2 animated films
1 bloodthirsty old person/people film
2 1970s regional US films (Thanks Sean Young)
The worst horror sequel from the 1990s that you haven't seen and can access. (I realize that this will take a little work)
1 German Silent
5 Films from David Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B. Pierce, William Grefe and/or Joy N. Houck Jr.
2 Christopher Lee films
1 film with a musician or band in it (A real life musician or band)
1 Stephen King adaptation that is not the first go around.
1 Lon Chaney film. (NOT JR)

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

***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH The Last Circus and Silent Madness. Like last year, there is a third film: Pennywise: The Story of It.

****This years surprise: The IT doc is on Screambox. Screambox peeps gave us Hooptober folks a code for a free trial. Everyone can watch the doc, if they want to.
The code is HOOPTOBER and you can sign up HERE
There is a lot of cool stuff on Screambox (including Terrifier 2), so enjoy. 🤡

1. Scars of Dracula
2. Extraordinary Tales
3. Satan's Black Wedding
4. Mad God
5. Mercy
6. Vampire Hunter D
7. Spontaneous Combustion
8. We're All Going to the World's Fair
9. Demon Cop
10. Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues

...plus 43 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Alucarda

   1. From Rue Morgue's 200 Alternative Horror Films You Should See list.

   [Plex] 

2. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

   2. From the 1920s

   [YouTube] 

3. Prince of Darkness

   3. Written and/or directed by John Carpenter

4. Ten Minutes to Midnight

   4. Takes place partially in a radio station
   
   [Plex]

5. King Kong vs. Godzilla

   5. Featuring Godzilla

   [Plex] 

6. The Wolf Man

   6. Werewolves

   [Blu-Ray] 

7. The Old Dark House

   7. From the 1930s

   [Plex] 

8. Stranger in Our House

   8. Written and/or directed by Wes Craven

   [Plex] 

9. The Ghost and the Darkness

   9. Film with an Oscar nomination or win (any category)

   [Plex] 

10. Kwaidan

    10. Highest rated horror film on your watchlist

    [Plex] 

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

Firstly, a couple of subjective qualifiers:
1) I was working for a local distributor as Assistant Publicist for part of 2021 and 3 of the titles below I helped with social media and distribution on to varying degrees (THE JUSTICE OF BUNNY KING was the one I worked on the most -> PIG was one I pushed hard and championed -> MASS was viewed in the situ of making decisions of how to distribute)
2) The last entry is a short film made by a close friend which resonated with me down the years strongly.
None of these are in any particular order - except for #1 which came in just under the finishing line of 2021 and is the only film of the year that I've awarded a full 5 stars.
I wasn't able to see a lot in cinemas this year, due to COVID, but when I did it usually had a strong effect on adding stars to a rating.

• Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
• Mass
• Pig
• The Mitchells vs. the Machines
• The Justice of Bunny King
• The Gaze
• Godzilla vs. Kong
• In the Heights
• Gaia
• Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Kwaidan
• The Great Dictator
• Mikey and Nicky
• Seconds
• Le Cercle Rouge
• Spontaneous
• Threads
• Alucarda
• Carnal Knowledge
• The Work

1. Dinosaur Island

   Week 1: Jan. 1-Jan. 7
   Fred Olen Ray Week
   
   Horror, comedy, sci-fi, and even some animation films have been directed by Fred Olen Ray.  none of them well.
   
   Tag: cmc2021week1
   
   [Plex] 

2. Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance

   Week 2: Jan. 18-Jan. 14
   Joe Estevez Week
   
   [Plex] 

3. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

   Week 3: Jan. 15-Jan. 21
   50's Scifi Week

   The title really says it all. Science fiction movies from the 1950's. The more afraid they are about Communism, the better!

   Tag: cmc2021week3

   [Plex] 

4. Bloody Moon

   Week 4: Jan. 22-Jan. 28
   Jesus Franco Week

   Possibly the sleaziest of the Italian genre directors. Bask in the trash.

   Tag: cmc2021week4

   [Plex] 

5. The Flying Guillotine

   Week 5: Jan. 29-Feb. 4
   Shaw Brothers Week

   An incredibly prolific Hong Kong film company mostly known for their Wu Xia and martial art films.

   Tag: cmc2021week5

   [Plex] 

6. The Clones of Bruce Lee

   Week 6: Feb. 5-Feb. 11
   Brucesploitation Week

   [YouTube] 

7. Voices from Beyond

   Week 7: Feb. 12-Feb. 18
   Lucio Fulci Week

   Fulci and Argento may share the top spot in Italian horror, but Fulci stands alone in Italian gore.

   Tag: cmc2021week7

   [Plex] 

8. Final Justice

   Week 8: Feb. 19-Feb. 25
   MST3K Week

   The greatest show ever dedicated to cult movies.

   Tag: cmc2021week8

   [TUBI] 

9. Angel's Egg

   Week 9: Feb. 26-Mar. 4
   Anime Week

   Revolutionary storytelling, 24 cells a second.

   Tag: cmc2021week9

   [YouTube] 

10. The Dark Half

    Week 10: Mar. 5-Mar. 11
    George Romero Week

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

[Personal Criteria: all first time watches]
Challenge Criteria:
8 Decades
6 Countries [ex. USA]
2 Folk Horror Films
4 Films from 1981
2 From Your Birth Year (1973)
2 Haunted House Films
The Worst Pt. 2 Film You Haven't Seen
1 Film Set In The Woods
1 Kaiju or Kong Film
2 Hammer Films
3 Films With POC Directors/Actors (excluding Asian because...)
3 Asian Horror Films
1 Tobe Hooper Film
Extra Credit:
The Scooby Doo Project

1. Demon Wind

   Decade: 90s

   [Also part of:
   Podcast Macabre 2021 Horror Challenge
   35. From the year you graduated prep/secondary/high school]

2. Superbeast

   Decade: 70s
   Country: Phillipines

   <span style="font-size: 13pt;">F</span><span style="font-size: 13pt;">ilm Set In The Woods</span>

   [Also part of
   2021 Cult Movie Challenge
   Week 35: Aug. 27-Sep. 2
   Monstervision Week]

3. The Cars That Ate Paris

   Decade: 70s
   Country: Australia

   [Also part of:
   2021 Cult Movie Challenge
   Week 36: Sep. 3-Sep. 9
   Ozsploitation Week

4. The Black Cauldron

   Decade: 80s

   [Also part of:
   Podcast Macabre 2021 Horror Challenge
   36. An animated film]

5. The Amusement Park

   Decade: 70s

6. Popcorn

   Decade: 90s

7. Ghosthouse

   Decade: 80s
   Italy
   Haunted House Film

   [Also part of:
   2021 Cult Movie Challenge
   Week 37: Sep. 10-Sep. 16
   Umberto Lenzi Week]

8. Tammy and the T-Rex

   Decade: 90s

   [Also part of:
   Podcast Macabre 2021 Horror Challenge
   37. From the 1990s]

9. The Warrior

   Country: Indonesia
   1981
   Asian Horror Film

10. Gaia

    Decade: 2020s
    Country: South Africa
    Folk Horror
    Film Set In The Woods
    

    Film With POC Directors/Actors

...plus 44 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

as at 12/02/2021
All titles as yet undated for release, festival screening(s) or even straight to Netflix in NZ at this stage.
If any of these are already scheduled for release elsewhere or unlikely or if I've missed anything obvious, please let me know and I will update...

• Evolution
• Men & Chicken
• 24 Frames
• Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
• Arizona
• Bad Reputation
• Half the Picture
• The Long Dumb Road
• The Queen of Fear
• Ajin: Demi-Human

...plus 625 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

NTIFF 2021: NOT the New Zealand International Film Festival!
With the 2021 Whānau Mārama NZIFF postponed from its traditional winter date until later this year, I started brainstorming a viewing challenge/opportunity that could take its place.
I encourage anyone missing NZIFF this winter to participate in the 100% unofficial and und NTIFF aka NOT THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. NTIFF 2021 runs from 8 July to 31 August, with 30 core films and some extra credit options!
Before we get started, one important note. While I'm not encouraging piracy generally, I specifically and emphatically discourage pirating of any film released since January 2020 overseas that hasn't had an official release in NZ. There are many films that had festival releases last year that might still play NZIFF, and the purpose of this is to celebrate NZIFF, not undercut the potential audience of any film that might play the festival later this year.
Anyway: this year's programme!
OPENING NIGHT (8 July)
1. A film viewed at a 2021 NZIFF venue (Michael Mann's THIEF is showing at the Hollywood Avondale, just saying!) or rented from a VOD service run by a 2021 NZIFF venue such as Roxy On Demand or Academy On Demand.
CENTERPIECE DOUBLE FEATURE: Bill Gosden Tribute
2. A NZIFF 2018 selection you haven't seen (Bill Gosden's final year as a curator)
3. A Bill Gosden selection from his BFI Top Ten or another Gosden favourite
AOTEAROA
4-5. one 21st century feature drama and one feature documentary from Aotearoa, at least one of which prominently features Te Reo Māori
FEATURE RETROSPECTIVE
6-8. Three films you've never seen, all by the same Asian filmmaker
TRIBUTE SCREENING
9. A film by Monte Hellman, Richard Rush, Bertrand Tavernier, or featuring an actor or actress that died in 2021.
WORLD FOCUS
10. A film from Romania
11. A film from Iran
12. A film from Africa
13. A film from a country you've never seen a film from before
14. A "slow cinema" film
CANNES CELEBRATION
15-17. Three films by three different directors selected for Cannes 2021 (any section) that you've never seen before
18. A previous Palme D'Or winner you haven't seen
INCREDIBLY STRANGE
19. A non-English language action film
20. A previous Incredibly Strange-section film or a film by a filmmaker who's had a film screen at Incredibly Strange that you've never seen before
FRESH (all films since 2015)
21. A first time American indie film from last five years (cannot be Oscar nominated or have more than one "name" actor)
22. A film by an Indigenous filmmaker
23. A film by a LGBTQIA+ filmmaker
24. A Film about a current conflict
OTHERS!
25. A documentary about filmmaking
26. A 21st century Berlinale Golden Bear winner
27. An animated feature - non-Hollywood, non-Ghibli
28. A non-English language film set in a picturesque place
29. A film from any Letterboxd member's NZIFF best picks by year you've never seen. (Doug Dillaman, Steve Austin, Jacob Powell, and link yours in the comments and I'll add it here!)
CLOSING NIGHT
30. A silent film by Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Lois Weber, Fritz Lang or F.W. Murnau
BONUS:
31: A film by a filmmaker who's been a previous guest of NZIFF
32-36: Five Kiwi shorts, at least one fully in Te Reo
37-40: Four international shorts, at least one animated
FAQs:
* How do I participate? Copy this list, tag it NTIFF, pick your films, and when 8 July arrives, start watching! Link this original list in the description, thanks.
* Do I have to watch them in order? Not at all. The only preferred constant is watching the opening night film on 8 July to create a sense of occasion. (NZIFF historically hosts its Auckland opening night on the second Thursday of July.) But if that doesn't work for you, that's fine too.
* (X) criteria doesn't work for me because (Y)!!! Okay. Switch it up if it doesn't work for you, but make it clear what your replacement criteria was, and try to make it something in the spirit of NZIFF.
* I want to watch more than one film that (is from Romania/by an LGBTQIA+ filmmaker/etc)! Sweet! Fit in as many as you can to the criteria!
* Can a film count in multiple categories? That's not really the intent, and also makes it very difficult in the Letterboxd context to track on a list.
* I don't have time to watch 30 films but I still want to participate! Cool! Watch what you can! Like the actual NZIFF, it's not about what you miss: it's about what you see.

1. Thief

   A film viewed at a 2021 NZIFF venue

   [Theatrical - Hollywood, 8th July]

2. Leave No Trace

   An NZIFF 2018 selection I haven't seen

   [Google Play]

3. Mirror

   A Bill Gosden favourite

   [DVD]

4. Savage

   Aotearoa drama prominently featuring Te Reo Māori

   [Blu-ray] 

5. Land of the Long White Cloud

   Aotearoa doco

   ondemand.nzfilm.co.nz/film/land-of-the-long-white-cloud/

6. A Tale of Two Sisters

   Kim Jee-Woon retrospective

   [DVD]

7. The Quiet Family

   Kim Jee-Woon retrospective

   [DVD]

8. Illang: The Wolf Brigade

   Kim Jee-Woon retrospective

   [Netflix]

9. The Age of Shadows

   Kim Jee-Woon retrospective
   
   [Plex] 

10. Cockfighter

    Monte Hellman tribute

    [YouTube?}

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

My interest in cinema, and by extension NZIFF, began around the mid-90s when I was training as an actor. I really started getting into genre and "cult" movies in the early 2000s and the festival has kept me wrapped warmly in its embrace every winter. Indeed, it was the motivation to move me from Christchurch to Auckland in 2007 and I don't regret the decision in the slightest.

(Note: a lot of the films on this list, especially those pre-1991(??), were not viewed at the festival but as an active member of Film Society (both Chch & Auck) for some years, catching up has been easy.)

• Au Hasard Balthazar

  NZIFF 1969

• Chimes at Midnight

  NZIFF 1970

• Kes

  NZIFF 1971

• The Battle of Algiers

  NZIFF 1972

• Roma

  NZIFF 1973 - well, it's the ONLY title I've seen here, but I'm no Fellini fan...

• The King of Marvin Gardens

  NZIFF 1974

• The Phantom of Liberty

  NZIFF 1975

• Aguirre, the Wrath of God

  NZIFF 1976

• Heart of Glass

  NZIFF 1977

• El Topo

  NZIFF 1978

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

Titles that have played as part of movie nights/binges/marathons that I have curated.
(Not exactly in order, but, meh, whatcha gonna do about it?)
Not listed on the 'Boxd:
The Lady From Sockholm

1. The Dogs of Manhattan
2. Runaway Train
3. Apple Pie
4. Planet of the Vampires
5. Action U.S.A.
6. Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
7. Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 2
8. Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 3
9. Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 4
10. Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 5

...plus 128 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. God Speed You! Black Emperor

   Week 1: Jan. 1-Jan. 7
   Biker Movie Week

   They'll rebel to anything.

   Tag: cmc2020week1

2. Black Snake

   Week 2: Jan. 8-Jan. 14
   Russ Meyer Week

   Russ Meyer is the king of the skin flick. Fun fact: Roger Ebert wrote two of his films and co-wrote another.

   Tag: cmc2020week2

3. Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro

   Week 3: Jan. 15-Jan. 21
   Anime Week

   Revolutionary storytelling, 24 cells a second.

   Tag: cmc2020week3

4. One on Top of the Other

   Week 4: Jan. 22-Jan. 28
   Lucio Fulci Week

   Fulci and Argento may share the top spot in Italian horror, but Fulci stands alone in Italian gore.

   Tag: cmc2020week4

   [aka PERVERSION STORY - DVD]

5. Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key

   Week 5: Jan. 29-Feb. 4
   Giallo Week

   Italian-made murder mysteries that bridge the gap between Hitchcock and slashers.

   Tag: cmc2020week5

6. The Quatermass Xperiment

   Week 6: Feb. 5-Feb. 11
   Hammer Horror Week

   The studio that reinvigorated gothic cinema.

   Tag: cmc2020week6

7. Strike Commando

   Week 7: Feb. 12-Feb. 18
   Bruno Mattei Week

   Often considered the Ed Wood of the Italian exploitation world. You're welcome.

   Tag: cmc2020week7

8. Things

   Week 8: Feb. 19-Feb. 25
   Bleeding Skull Week

   Easily one of the best review sites out there for the bizarre.

   Tag: cmc2020week8

9. Mr. Majestyk

   Week 9: Feb. 26-Mar. 3
   Charles Bronson Week

   Whether in the old west or in a crime-ridden ghetto, one thing's for sure: Bronson's shooting someone.

   Tag: cmc2020week9

10. Y2K

    Week 10: Mar. 4-Mar. 10
    PM Entertainment Week

    Not, as the name would suggest, a softcore porn company. Instead, it's a company that pumped out tons of B-grade action movies during the 90's, with some shockingly good action sequences. Also the only place to find a Thunderdome knockoff co-starring The Ultimate Warrior (that would be Firepower).

    Tag: cmc2020week10

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

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

1. Body Bags

   Tobe Hooper

2. Phantasm II

   2nd films of franchises

   [Plex]

3. Nightmare Cinema

   film with a movie theater in it

4. The Omega Code

   [cmc2020]

5. Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers

   2nd films of franchises

6. Scalps

   body horror films

   [Plex]

7. The Demon

   South Africa

   [cmc2020]

   [Plex]

8. The Invisible Man's Revenge

   1940s
   2nd films of franchises
   Invisible Person film
   body horror films

   [Plex]

9. Tigers Are Not Afraid

   [Shudder]

10. Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

    films with a black director or predominantly black cast or lead.

...plus 37 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

24 July - 3 August

All titles viewed online, unless noted otherwise.

1. The Last Wave
2. Relic

   @ Hollywood Avondale

3. Twilight's Kiss
4. King of the Cruise
5. If I Were the Winter Itself
6. Goldie
7. The Last Day of Autumn
8. Du Iz Tak?
9. Melting Heart Cake
10. Elsa and the Night

...plus 47 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

In an effort to watch less cinema from the USA/Hollywood and broaden my horizons cinematically, I'm going to try to watch at least one film from every possible country on the planet through 2020. (This may extend into 2021 and beyond, if I fall behind.)
First time watches, feature films only.
Currently a work in progress - any recommendations welcome!
Countries to be added:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Australia
Austrian Empire
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bavaria
Belarus
Belize
Benin (Dahomey)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brunei
Brunswick and Lüneburg
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)
Burma
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Comoros
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechia
Czechoslovakia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East (German Democratic Republic)
Ecuador
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Fiji
Gabon
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Hanover
Hawaii
Holy See
Honduras
Hungary
Iraq
Israel
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Paraguay
Peru
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
The Bahamas
The Cayman Islands
The Congo Free State
The Gambia
The Solomon Islands
The United Arab Emirates
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

1. Noise is the Houses

   Argentina

2. God Speed You! Black Emperor

   Japan

3. Volcano

   Ukraine 

4. Bad Black

   Uganda

5. Impreza

6. Workers

   Mexico

7. The Wandering Soap Opera

   Chile

8. The Hussy

9. Dark Skull

   Bolivia/Qatar

10. Putin's Witnesses

    Latvia 

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

• The Intruder
• La Jetée
• Liza, the Fox-Fairy
• The Church
• Ogroff
• Bride of Frankenstein
• Dudes
• All the Colors of the Dark
• The Flicker
• Allures

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

In no particular order... except #1.
Dupieux's new entry was short, smart and my kind of utterly bonkers.

• Deerskin
• Dolemite Is My Name
• After Midnight
• Little Monsters
• Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
• In Fabric
• Los Reyes
• Parasite
• Dogs Don't Wear Pants
• For Sama

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

Just coz everyone is doing it right now... ;)

1. The Four Times

   2010

2. Beyond the Black Rainbow

   2011

3. Cloud Atlas

   2012

   Special Mention: The Final Member, Rush, Berberian Sound Studio

4. Her

   2013

   Special Mention: It's Such A Beautiful Day, The Act of Killing, Gravity

5. Computer Chess

   2014

   Special Mention: I Am A Knife With Legs, Whiplash, Felt, Nightcrawler

6. Mad Max: Fury Road

   2015

   Special Mention: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, Creed, Finding Vivian Maier

7. Carol

   2016

   Special Mention: Men & Chicken, Personal Shopper, I, Daniel Blake

8. Star Wars: The Last Jedi

   2017

   Special Mention: Dunkirk, Gerald's Game

9. Brimstone & Glory

   2018

   Special Mention: The Endless, Let the Corpses Tan, Paddington 2

10. Deerskin

    2019

    Special Mention: Little Monsters, After Midnight, Dolemite Is My Name

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)

1. Bride of Frankenstein

   Jack Pierce
   
   1 Classic Universal
   
   6 films from before 1966

2. J.D.'s Revenge

   6 films whose year ends in '6'
   6 decades

3. God Told Me To

   1 Larry Cohen or Dick Miller film

4. Primal Rage

   Carlo Rambaldi

5. Bones
6. The Changeling
7. Ogroff

   6 countries -

8. The Church

   1 film where the men and women of the church are having a bad day.

9. Hobgoblins

   The lowest rated film from the 80s that you can access.

10. The Haunting

    6 films from before 1966

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

Encoming two festivals over two countries in 32 days. :)
NZIFF 18-31 July (Films 1-23)
MIFF 1-18 August (Films 24-to end of list)
Various other sessions not listed on Letterboxd:
MIFF Talks - Peter Strickland in Conversation
Strickland Selections (Entries 36-40)
Bobette Buster's What's the Story? Cinema's Invisible Partners: How Sound & Senses Tell Your Story
Accelerator Lab: Behind the Scenes - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Bryan Mason
Accelerator Lab - Behind the Scenes - SCREEN DIVERSITY: Breaking Barriers & Building Bridges
The Film Music of Nick Cave and Warren Ellis (!!)
Accelerator Lab: Behind the Scenes - EDITING: Johanna Scott
Accelerator Lab: Behind the Scenes - PRODUCTION & COSTUME DESIGN
ACCELERATOR 2 (entries 57-62)
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS (entries 76-83)
Best MIFF Shorts (entries 92-95)

1. La Belle Époque
2. Backtrack Boys
3. The Nightingale
4. You Don't Nomi
5. Varda by Agnès
6. Bellbird
7. Cold Case Hammarskjöld
8. What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
9. Daguerréotypes
10. Hail Satan?

...plus 84 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Auckland: 18 Jul–4 Aug 2019
Shorts Programmes:
- Animation NOW! Dark Hearts
- Animation NOW! Handmade
- Animation NOW! International Showcase
- Animation NOW! Invert – Characters
- Animation NOW! Invert – Places
- Animation NOW! Rosto
- New Zealand’s Best 2019
- Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts 2019
- Short Connections

1. 2040
2. Adam
3. Amazing Grace
4. The Amazing Johnathan Documentary
5. American Woman
6. Andrei Rublev
7. Angelo
8. Aniara
9. Animals
10. Apocalypse Now

...plus 135 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Brimstone & Glory
2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. The Endless
4. Let the Corpses Tan
5. Woman at War
6. Anna and the Apocalypse
7. The Wild Boys
8. Paddington 2
9. Venom
10. Halloween

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Four Times
• Wings of Desire
• The Beast of Yucca Flats
• Wendy and Lucy
• Prince: Sign O' the Times
• Furious
• The Last of Sheila

"You get one number and one number only, coz I'm a lazy bastard" - Sid Vicious

• Strange Tales
• Mommy Dead and Dearest
• Actress
• The Gambler
• Cam
• The Shawshank Redemption
• Hex vs. Witchcraft
• Why Me?
• Fangs
• Foxfur

• The Birth of a Nation
• The White Diamond
• Fitzcarraldo
• Belle de Jour
• Reflections in a Golden Eye
• The Wiz
• W Is War
• Science Crazed
• The Maltese Falcon
• The Warped Ones

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

COMPLETE... ish, as of 16th September 2018.

Still To See:
WHEN THE LAST SWORD IS DRAWN

• When the Last Sword Is Drawn
• Carnival of Sinners
• Return from the Ashes
• Cutter's Way
• The Cremator
• The Battle Wizard
• Daimajin
• Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
• Night of the Devils
• Viy

...plus 40 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

19 July - 5 August

Auckland Lineup

In order watched.

Best of the Fest (excluding retro titles):
Woman At War
Let The Corpses Tan
Lucky
The Green Fog
Mandy

Best NZ Features:
Dog's Best Friend
Merata: How Mum Decolonized the Screen

1. Piercing

   Programme Launch - 26th June.

2. Birds of age

   Opening Night

3. Lucky
4. Mega Time Squad
5. Dog’s Best Friend
6. In the Aisles
7. The Green Fog
8. Border
9. Terrified
10. Keep the Change

...plus 34 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

19 July - 5 August

Shorts Programmes:
Animation For Kids 4+
Animation For Kids 8+
Animation NOW! Crazy Towne
Animation NOW! Dark Hearts
Animation NOW! Fresh Eyes on Estonia
Animation NOW! Handmade
Animation NOW! International Showcase
Animation NOW! Morph ‘n’ Move
Eight Uneasy Pieces
Foreign Correspondents
New Zealand's Best 2018
Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts 2018

The 2018 Auckland Film Quiz (Special Event)

• [CENSORED]
• Ága
• American Animals
• The Ancient Woods
• And Breathe Normally
• An Elephant Sitting Still
• El Angel

  not screening in Auckland.

• Angels Wear White
• Angie
• Apostasy

...plus 148 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

20th July - 7th August, Auckland

Shorts programmes not listed on the 'Box'd:
- Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts 2017 (Sat July 22nd, 6pm)
- New Zealand’s Best 2017 (Sat July 29th, 6.15pm)

• The Square

  Opening Night

• Kedi
• The Love Witch

  35mm screening

• A Monster Calls
• Spookers
• My Year with Helen
• Frantz
• The Untamed
• Patti Cake$
• Searchers

...plus 29 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Top three roughly in order. The rest no particular.

• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Dunkirk
• Gerald's Game
• The Disaster Artist
• Thor: Ragnarok
• The Bad Batch
• Ethel & Ernest
• Blade of the Immortal
• A Monster Calls
• The Love Witch

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Cloned and adapted from: letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/bigdaddywarbuxx/list/the-2017-cult-movie-challenge/detail/

Still in Draft.

Rules:
If you switch to "LIST VIEW", you'll see under each movie:
1) what week it is
2) what the theme is
3) a description of the theme
4) a list to assist you in choosing a movie
5) a tag for your review for the week

SOME NOTES/RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE CHALLENGE:

The goal here is to get a good variety of cult movies over various decades, genres, and countries.

All of the lists put in the notes are recommended lists. With some weeks, like J-Horror week or Zombie week, there will probably be some on the list that don't work so well, and some not on the list that would work just fine. They're not definitive, but they're good stepping stones.

With every viewing, don't forget to tag your reviews/views with "cmc2017" and that week's/theme's exclusive tag, so we can all do an easy search for each other's reviews. Also, don't forget to tag your list with "cmc2017list" so we can see can all be judgmental of each other's choices.

Don't feel like your initial selections have to be what you watch. If you come across problems with accessibility, or you just plain want to go with a different movie, feel free to swap them out.

If you fall behind, don't worry. Sometimes interest can dip down, or sometimes things come up. We've got a whole year to do this, so you've got plenty of time to catch up.

Like a theme so much you want to double or, dare I say it, even triple dip? Go for it!

1. Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em

   Week 1: Jan. 1-Jan. 7
   Ozsploitation Week

   They Came From A Land Down Under!
   (so you better run, you better take cover)

   Tag: cmc2017week1

   letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/bionicmanenator/film/smoke-em-if-you-got-em/

2. Zombie Flesh Eaters 2

   Week 2: Jan. 8-Jan. 14
   Bruno Mattei Week

   Often considered the Ed Wood of the Italian exploitation world. You're welcome.

   Tag: cmc2017week2

   letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/bionicmanenator/film/zombi-3/

3. Pom Poko

   Week 3: Jan. 15-Jan. 21
   Anime Week

   Revolutionary storytelling, 24 cells a second.

   Tag: cmc2017week3

   letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/bionicmanenator/film/pom-poko/

4. Crippled Avengers

   Week 4: Jan. 22-Jan. 28
   Shaw Brothers Week

   An incredibly prolific Hong Kong film company mostly known for their Wu Xia and martial art films.

   Tag: cmc2017week4

   letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/bionicmanenator/film/crippled-avengers/

5. Spasmo

   Week 5: Jan. 29-Feb. 4
   Giallo Week

   Italian-made murder mysteries that bridge the gap between Hitchcock and slashers.

   Tag: cmc2017week5

   letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/bionicmanenator/film/spasmo/

6. The Witch Who Came from the Sea

   Week 6: Feb. 5-Feb. 11
   Video Nasties Week

   In the 80's, England's government so strongly believed that violent films were causing violence in reality, that they made a list of films to ban from the country. Stores that sold them were raided with the owners/cashiers arrested, and it probably did more for the bootleg market than prevent any physical crimes.

   Tag: cmc2017week6

   letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/bionicmanenator/film/the-witch-who-came-from-the-sea/

7. When Worlds Collide

   Week 7: Feb. 12-Feb. 18
   50's Sci-fi Week

   The title really says it all. Science fiction movies from the 1950's. The more afraid they are about Communism, the better!

   Tag: cmc2017week7

   letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/bionicmanenator/film/when-worlds-collide/

8. Rat Pfink a Boo Boo

   Week 8: Feb. 19-Feb. 25
   Ray Dennis Steckler Week

   The Incredibly Strange Director Who Stopped Living And Became A Mixed Up Cult Icon

   Tag: cmc2017week8

9. Ebola Syndrome

   Week 9: Feb. 26-Mar. 4
   CAT III Week

   Category III is the Hong Kong equivilent of NC-17. Most of these films get the rating for violence, but you get some nudity in there too.

   Tag: cmc2017week9

10. Puppet Master

    Week 10: Mar. 5-Mar. 11
    Full Moon Pictures Week

    The horror/sci-fi company Charles Band started gets it own week, although he probably thinks they deserve a whole year.

    Tag: cmc2017week10

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

Now that we are fully in the grip of the age of Netflix et al, I'm finding it necessary to keep a tally of movies seen theatrically. Hopefully this will produce some interesting stats by years end...

• Manchester by the Sea
• Pork Pie
• Moonlight
• Hidden Figures
• T2 Trainspotting
• Get Out
• Belle de Jour
• Gary of the Pacific
• A Cure for Wellness
• Blade Runner

...plus 51 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

In no particular order.

All are films I have given 5 stars this year.

I'd like to note, despite the number of relatively dark/dramatic films here, that 2016 was a particularly good year for cinematic comedy (special shout out to TONI ERDMANN).

• Carol
• The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
• Men & Chicken
• Evolution
• Louder Than Bombs
• Personal Shopper
• I, Daniel Blake
• Paterson
• MSG: The Messenger of God
• MSG 2 The Messenger

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

In no particular order...

All are non-2016 released films I have given 5 stars this year.

• Taste of Cherry
• Born in Flames
• No Regrets for Our Youth
• Tokyo Story
• Chimes at Midnight
• The Iron Giant
• Stop Making Sense
• Hallucination Strip
• Vampyr
• The ion of Joan of Arc

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

I make no apologies for the couple of controversial choices here, but I think we can all agree on the #1 here... ;)

• Pixels
• The Mermaid
• Knock Knock
• Harbinger Down
• The Boy Next Door
• Shin Godzilla

1-14 August 2016 (Full Festival: 29 July - 14 August)

MIA on the 'Boxd:
VR NOIR: A DAY BEFORE THE NIGHT
EASTER RISING: VOICE OFA REBEL

s Attended:
Talking Pictures - Truth is Fiction: Documentary Masterclass (2nd August)
Talking Pictures - In Conversation with Jonathan Rosenbaum (5th August)
Code in the Cinema (12th August)

Best of the Fest:
NO REGRETS FOR OUR YOUTH
EVOLUTION
THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MAKI
PHANTASM: REMASTERED
MEN & CHICKEN
BORN IN FLAMES
THE LOVE WITCH
THE DEVIL'S CANDY
TASTE OF CHERRY
DON'T BREATHE

1. No Regrets for Our Youth

   35mm

2. Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton
3. Fear Itself
4. Left-Handed Fate

   35mm

5. Kate Plays Christine
6. Kedi
7. What's in the Darkness
8. Cosmos
9. The Family
10. Evolution

...plus 33 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

All films I viewed at New Zealand International Film Festival, 14-31 July 2016.

(Last couple of movies at bottom of list seen elsewhere prior to festival)

Top 5:
Personal Shopper
Chimes At Midnight
Tokyo Story
Toni Erdmann
Weiner

1. Poi E: The Story of Our Song

   Opening Night Gala. World Premiere.

2. The Handmaiden
3. Chevalier
4. A Touch of Zen
5. Toni Erdmann
6. Beware the Slenderman
7. The Daughter
8. Weiner
9. High-Rise
10. Endless Poetry

...plus 16 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

My Top 10 feature films (and one short film) of 2015.
Top 4 are in order, the rest are pretty mutable in their placement. All are films that hit me hard between the retinas and the feels.

Not sure that there are any real surprises here though. And to be perfectly honest I thought it was a lesser year compared to the wealth of riches we received in 2014, both internationally and locally. The real quality took quite a while to emerge this year, but when it did those films really shone.

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
3. Creed
4. Finding Vivian Maier
5. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
6. Ex Machina
7. Tangerine
8. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
9. Cobain: Montage of Heck
10. Foxcatcher

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Good lord there were a few too many irredeemable turds this year, especially in the mainstream. As white male privilege loses its grip politically, that seems to be reflected by the bottom of the barrel cinematically.

1. Mortdecai
2. Gun Woman
3. Hot Tub Time Machine 2
4. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
5. Seventh Son
6. Plan 9
7. Elimination Game
8. Left Behind
9. Fantastic Four
10. Kingsman: The Secret Service

Older movies that I saw for the first time this year that really impressed me, in one way or another.

1. Pit Stop
2. 3 Women
3. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
4. Nightmare Beach
5. Roller Boogie
6. A Hard Day's Night
7. Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things
8. Colossus: The Forbin Project
9. Death Spa
10. Cyber Ninja

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

Fantastic Fest 2014 movies I've seen.
Austin, Texas, September 18-25.

(From the top down to NIGHTCRAWLER are in order of viewing and were seen at the festival proper - including Press screenings. Anything below that was seen outside of those festival environs, either at NZIFF or on screeners.)

• Tusk
• ABCs of Death 2
• Alleluia
• Ulidavaru Kandanthe
• John Wick
• The Creeping Garden
• Redeemer
• Over Your Dead Body
• Free Fall
• V/H/S: Viral

...plus 51 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.