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Watched on Sunday May 18, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 12, 2025.

I've never seen a filmmaker so effortlessly communicate that many life lessons.

Will be thinking about the creative choices Coogler made in this film for a long time. The set up and pays offs throughout the story is fantastic.

Liminal experience watching this during a stopover, in a random airport cinema, after only have 3 hours sleep in 24 hours.

Watched on Tuesday April 15, 2025.

Watched on Saturday April 12, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday April 9, 2025.

Finally, the EpiPen rush representation I've been waiting for.

Holy shit, the Nicholson genetics are strong.

Watched on Saturday March 22, 2025.

Watched on Thursday March 20, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday March 19, 2025.

Cate Blanchett 🤝 aesthetic houses in movies

This was the perfect friday night film.

Watched on Wednesday March 12, 2025.

There's a real sweet love story here. I love the way Bong peppers fun expositional vignettes throughout the story.

Watched on Saturday March 1, 2025.

Big fan of the Super 8 interludes. Commanding performances across the board.

all the moving vehicle shots are beautiful

Nicole Kidman, Sophie Wilde, an INXS needle drop. A travesty this wasn't set on Castlereagh Street.

Billy Zane is a big fan of "the implication"

Sims when you remove the pool ladder

The Christmas videos only made this creepier.

Absolutely insane that this was Fincher's second film. This was incredible on the big screen.

Crazy debt management strategy.

Definitely not a hot take to say this film looks incredible, would have loved to explored those sets.

They could never make me hate you Edward Norton

Molotov shot was fucking sick. Some very creative fight scenes.

The Kayne Tremills from ABC 3???

Absolutely joyful, beautifully designed. Particularly enjoyed the transition of the fish shop back into a school.

Watched on Saturday January 11, 2025.

Watched on Saturday January 11, 2025.

Watched on Friday January 10, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday January 7, 2025.

Watched on Sunday January 5, 2025.

Definitely worth a blind watch! Had me on the edge of my seat trying to work out what was going to happen next. A great example of filmmakers using a budget for all it's worth.

This review may contain spoilers.

Those ADs totally knew. Would've been some crazy set WhatsApp messages.

Never seen hot water fog up a lense like that before, great shot.

Watched on Wednesday January 1, 2025.

Phenomenal opening sequence, some incredibly unique scares.

Watched on Sunday December 29, 2024.

It's nerf or nothing.

Beautiful film, love how it's all essentially mime work.

I would love a collection of tiny claymation books. Did not expect any second of what unfolded. Incredible attention to detail.

2.5D illustration use was very nice.

Going to take a photo of cgi monkey Robbie Williams to my barber.

David Cornwell was a fascinating man. I loved seeing him breakdown how he created characters and where they came from inside himself.

Watched on Tuesday December 24, 2024.

Watched on Sunday December 22, 2024.

Watched on Saturday December 21, 2024.

Exquisite wordplay in this

It is incredible that a film can make you go "wow, what an incredible career" and then you you aren't even half way.

Lion snori cam is an inspired choice. Enjoyed the sequences where Mufasa was being taught to connect with the land around him.

Watched on Tuesday December 17, 2024.

This review may contain spoilers.

Thoroughly enjoyed how the plastic gun was set up, very nice pay off.

Somehow, I will get through all of these

• André is an Idiot
• It Ends
• The Ballad of Wallis Island
• OBEX
• Bring Them Down
• The Mastermind
• Mistress Dispeller
• Redux Redux
• A Private Life
• Happyend

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Twisters
• Conclave
• The Promised Land
• The Brutalist
• Dìdi (弟弟)
• Sing Sing
• Anora
• A Different Man
• Kneecap
• The Wild Robot

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

One of these days I'll complete a challenge.

Link to Challenge

1. Possession

    Week 1: September 2nd-8th
    The American History of X Week

   Hollywood has a fickle relationship with the letter X. These days it's a popular (if increasingly uninspired) choice for the rare franchise that makes it to a tenth installment: The Land Before Time, Friday the 13th, The Fast and Furious, and Saw have all adopted the roman numeral. But before this new millennium fad, X meant something very different.

   In 1968, in response to the desire for a more faceted system of ratings—and, in its early days, to promote the kind of artistic freedom the Motion Picture Production Code had quashed—the MPAA replaced its "approved" and "not approved" seals with a quartet of letters: G, M, R, and X. The X-rating indicated, simply, that a film was appropriate for adults only.

   Soon after, in 1969, Midnight Cowboy burst onto the scene. Worried about exposing youngsters to the film's frank homosexual content and depictions of drug use, United Artists chose to self-apply the X-rating, hoping the choice would not only protect American youth but drum up publicity, too. Because the MPAA had failed to trademark their new content advisory system, everyone from Walt Disney to Gerard Damiano (director of Deep Throat) could slap any rating they wished on their work. And the porn industry wished. Once the floodgates had opened, however, the X-rating didn't last long. By 1973, Hollywood studios had given up on the rating (the adult film industry's tongue-in-cheek co-opting having soured it), and the purveyors of explicit films had done the same, instead preferring to use "XXX" to denote the strength of the adult content in their movies. The X-rating languished in Hollywood until 1990 (although independent and international filmmakers didn't shy away), when the MPAA replaced it with the newly minted—and trademarked—NC-17.

   To kick off The Letterboxd Season Challenge's tenth installment (LSC10, incidentally, not LSCX), we take a look back at the original era of X. This week's challenge is to watch a mainstream (non-porn) MPAA X-rated film from the rating's 22-year lifespan, conveniently compiled in this list from C Collins.

   Weekly tag: lsc10 week1

2. Mysterious Skin

    Week 2: September 9th-15th
    Anxiety Week

   “Anxious-nervous, like he’s dreading it or anxious-excited like he’s looking forward to it?” I, like Nick from The Parent Trap, am anxious-excited for this week. Last year we featured the Polish Moral Anxiety movement, which featured films made in response to real-world anxieties. This year it will be the films themselves that provide the anxiety. Here we celebrate films that get under your skin and keep you on edge, whether it's action, horror, cringe comedy, or, uh, Stuart Little 2 apparently? I haven't seen it but I can only imagine the tension.

   This week we invite you to make yourself uncomfortable and watch a previously unseen anxiety-inducing film.

   Weekly tag: lsc10 week2

3. Singin' in the Rain

    Week 3: September 16th-22nd
    Nicecore Week

   After the stress of last week, let's go the other direction and take it easy with a nice film. Specifically Nicecore, a term I first heard several years ago associated with the release of Paddington 2. “If you’re kind and polite, the world will be right," says the titular bear. In the rather unkind political reality during which the term arose, people looked to the movies for "radical kindness". Although these films are "nice", they can still hold emotional depth, conflict, and complexity. This list is a helpful reference, from Winnie the Pooh to Totoro too.

   This week let's celebrate all kinds of kindness and watch a previously unseen Nicecore film.

   Weekly tag: lsc10 week3

4. Clue

    Week 4: September 23rd-29th
    Her Dark Material Week

   Are you familiar with Letterboxd 's hyper-specific lists? You know, the ones with weirdly-similar, surprisingly common details shared by two or three otherwise unrelated films? It's too bad there aren't enough options for an LSC weekly challenge. They're inspiring, though, so, in that vein, we'll cast our attention toward a list that goes a bit broader but still feels sufficiently focused. The first shared element for this week's challenge is that the movie be female-led (or the storyline at least female-driven.) Tipping the scales more equitably is something we're interested in here at LSC, and setting our sights on stories about women is a small but conscious step in that direction. Second, there's a twist! Forget light and frothy. Instead, we need something with an undercurrent of darkness, as there's nothing like a streak of controversy to keep things interesting. And, third, let there be LOLs! Laughing has myriad health benefits (it can increase your immune response, for one), and who couldn't be in better health?

   Voila! Your challenge this week is to watch a title from Kevin MJ's The Best Female-Led Dark Comedy Films list. It might not carve out as meticulous a nano genre as some others, but it'll give us a wealth of options and hopefully prove as much fun!

   Weekly tag: lsc10 week4

5. There Will Be Blood

    Week 5: September 30th-October 6th
    Anders(s)on Week

   If I were in charge of Oscar nominations for 2014 films, my best director lineup would have included Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Paul Thomas Anderson (Inherent Vice), and Roy Andersson (A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence). Continuing our recurring theme of similarly named movie people, this year we honor the Anders(s)ons. In addition to the three mentioned above, there's also Brad Anderson and cult favorite Paul W.S. Anderson. There should be plenty of films to choose from with those five, but if there are other Anderson directors out there we'll allow it.

   This week's challenge is to watch a previously unseen film by Roy Andersson or Paul, Wes, Paul W.S., or Brad Anderson.

   Weekly tag: lsc10 week5

6. Shin Godzilla

    Week 6: October 7th-13th
    Strange Beasts Week

   An excerpt from "What is Kaiju?", an essay by Kenta McGrath:

   Although the origins of kaiju can be traced back to long before Godzilla and indeed, cinema itself, the fact remains that the rise of kaiju in popular culture occurred in tandem with the rise of the kaiju eiga ("Japanese monster movies"). But first, we must be attuned to the fact that the kaiju eiga spans decades, covers many aesthetic trends, and varies widely in its use (and non-use) of allegory and socio-political commentary. It is not static but, like Godzilla, always evolving and adapting, according to when, how, and why it is produced, and who is behind the wheel. As with any genre, it has produced formidable works that will stand the test of time, and forgettable efforts designed to do little more than cash in on what came before it.

   Where many saw only the strange, giant monster, others recognized the art and craft behind the strange, giant monster. More than anything else, it is the art of cinema—the combination of image and sound, the collaboration of artists and craftspeople, and the considered use of the resources at their disposal—that allowed the meanings and allegorical potential of kaiju to be articulated in the first place. Beasts, creatures, monsters, and yokai—strange, giant, or otherwise—never needed cinema; it is just one medium in which they have appeared and flourished. Meanwhile, discussing kaiju as separate from cinema seems to me a fruitless exercise. Without cinema, kaiju are relatively unremarkable—just another variation of monsters of which there have been many throughout history.

   From King Kong to Clifford the Big Red Dog, the world of kaiju is vast. For this week's challenge, let's focus on the films in David Haddon's What’s That Coming Over The Hill? - Kaiju Films list and bask in the spectacle that decades of gigantic strange beasts on film have wrought.

   Weekly tag: lsc10 week6

7. Tanna

    Week 7: October 14th-20th
    Indigenous Cinema Week

   Film is a fabulous medium for telling stories; all kinds are possible. Just consider the vast differences between Kill Bill and Portrait of a Lady on Fire or Jaws and Barbie. Our collective exposure to the many distinct narratives, people, and concepts film can convey or embody is staggering. Yet still, we have glaring blind spots. Last year, we took a look at disabled life on-screen. This year, we turn our sights toward another sorely under-represented group in mass media: Indigenous people. These oft-subjugated groups have not only experienced significant tangible and cultural erasure, but their relative absence (aside from racist depictions and stereotypical incarnations) from such a wide-reaching and illuminating form of entertainment further degrades their existence, shoring up myths and assuring their continued marginalization. Exposure via stories about—and especially with the creative involvement of—Native people is one of the keys to ing them in regaining a meaningful, nuanced, representative, and much-deserved place in society.

   In that spirit, this week's challenge is to watch a film from degelle's Native, Indigenous, & Aboriginal Cinema list. While sparse, the landscape of Indigenous cinema isn't completely barren, and, encouragingly, it's only grown more verdant as of late.

   Weekly tag: lsc10 week7

8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    Week 8: October 21st-27th
    Alien Encounters Week

   Are we alone in the universe?

   Stories about aliens allow us to consider our place in the universe, as humans, with the literal context that there might be beings out there that rival our supremacy. So aliens not only confront us with the humbling idea that humans might not be as big a deal as we like to think of ourselves, but could also offer the hopeful, mysterious, and either comforting or scary idea that there is something more out there to chase after than what our limited experience of life can usually fathom. Thus, alien encounters can serve as the perfect metaphor for a religious or transcendent experience.

   So, whether you want to watch people kick some alien butt, chase after their awe-inspiring otherness, or somewhere in between, consider what it would mean to you if there was an entity in the universe that could challenge our notion of superiority by watching a movie featuring aliens. Here is a large helpful list from RJ.

   Weekly tag: lsc10 week8

9. The Medium

    Week 9: October 28th-November 3rd
    Found Footage Week

   Popularized at the turn of the century with The Blair Witch Project, found footage is a genre/style with much older roots than you might expect. In literature we have a "found letters" or "found diary" form in the epistolary novel, which dates back to at least 1684 with Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister, and horror novels have used the technique from Frankenstein to Dracula to Carrie. The first found footage movie was Shirley Clarke's The Connection from 1961, and Cannibal Holocaust brought the style to horror films in 1980. With low production costs, the potential profit margins are huge, as evidenced by the explosion that followed Blair Witch, most notably the Paranormal Activity franchise. The oft-maligned style spans all genres, from superhero sci-fi to comedy to more recent "screenlife" thrillers where the footage is on computer screens. What will we find this week? This is a fairly exhaustive list.

   This week's challenge is to watch a previously unseen found footage film.

   Weekly tag: lsc10 week9

10. Climax

     Week 10: November 4th-10th
     The Long Take Week

    Elucidation or ostentation? Substance or style? Art or amusement? The best filmmakers presumably revel in these precarious dichotomies as they strive to create something that captures both the singular kind of artistry cinema makes possible and a satisfying measure of meaning to go with it. And happily, what may be the most cinematic tool in a director's arsenal, the long take, when properly employed, can do just that. From Alfred Hitchcock's Rope to the legit one-shot Russian Ark, directors have been pushing film reel capacity and battery life to the limits for decades to bring audiences the special kind of magic only a moving picture can deliver.

    This week's challenge is to hang in there with a film from kevinandrewrea3's One/Long take movies list. Whether you settle in for the slow cinema of Béla Tarr (as in Sátántangó) or opt for the intensity of traversing a crowded corridor alongside Oldboy's Oh Dae-su, here's hoping you experience that little jolt of excitement that comes when you bear witness to a captivating—and consequential—long take.

    Weekly tag: lsc10 week10

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

• Mulholland Drive
• Amélie
• Training Day
• Donnie Darko
• Spirited Away
• Bridget Jones's Diary
• Black Hawk Down
• Suicide Club
• Gosford Park
• The Piano Teacher

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Occupied City
• Balomania
• Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
• The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
• Kinds of Kindness
• Porcelain War
• The Flats
• Thelma
• About Dry Grasses
• A Different Man

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

Goal is to try and watch more than the 5/36 I achieved last year. For those unfamiliar with the challenge, the aim is to select a film you've never watched out of a category each week.

Challenge Overview

• They Made Me a Fugitive

   Week 1: September 4th-10th
   99 Minutes Week

• The Truman Show

  Week 2: September 11th-17th
   Lo-Fi Week

• The Gold Rush

  Week 3: September 18th-24th
   Letterboxd List Battles!: Litterboxd vs. Letterbarkd

• The Tree of Wooden Clogs

  Week 4: September 25th-October 1st
   Palme d'Or Week

• Bram Stoker's Dracula

  Week 5: October 2nd-8th
   Visual Insanity Week

• The Face of Another

   Week 6: October 9th-15th
   Art Horror Week

• Rasputin: The Mad Monk

   Week 7: October 16th-22nd
   Hammer Horror Week

• Tetsuo: The Iron Man

  Week 8: October 23rd-29th
   Body Horror Week

• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

  Week 9: October 30th-November 5th
   Horror Revival Week

• Two Mules for Sister Sara

  Week 10: November 6th-12th
   Nun for You Week

...plus 24 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The New Boy

  Opening Night

• Asteroid City

  8/6

• Autobiography

  9/6

• Past Lives
• Queendom
• ages
• Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
• Birdeater
• Fallen Leaves
• Kaala Patthar

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

1. The Fabelmans
2. Triangle of Sadness
3. Everything Everywhere All at Once
4. TÁR
5. The Stranger
6. Top Gun: Maverick
7. Decision to Leave
8. Aftersun
9. Elvis
10. Avatar: The Way of Water

My line up of films I'm watching at SFF 2021.
On Demand is at the end after French Dispatch

• The Eyes of Tammy Faye
• King Richard
• Apples
• The Justice of Bunny King
• Titane
• A Fire Inside
• The Power of the Dog
• Memoria
• Blind Ambition
• Beautiful Minds

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

Alright, not necessarily my most top rated films of this decade but the ones that stuck with me most/ones i would've love to had made.

1. Four Lions
2. The Social Network
3. The Imposter
4. Seven Psychopaths
5. Prisoners
6. Her
7. The Wolf of Wall Street
8. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
9. The Big Short
10. Hunt for the Wilderpeople

...plus 13 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• ¡Las Sandinistas!

  Week 1: September 19th-25th
  Central American Independence Week

• GoodFellas

  Week 2: September 26th-October 2nd
  ing Ray Week

• Europe '51

  Week 3: October 3rd-9th
  Italian Neorealism Week

• Stand by Me

  Week 4: October 10th-16th
  Fit for a King Week

• Train to Busan

  Week 5: October 17th-23rd
  K-Horror Week

• The Thing

  Week 6: October 24th-30th
  Top 250 Horror Week

• Kanal

  Week 7: October 31st-November 6th
  LSC 5 Years On: Polish Film School Week

• The Seventh Seal

  Week 8: November 7th-13th
  Road Movies Week

• The Tragedy of Man

  Week 9: November 14th-20th
  Central/Eastern European Animation Week

• Embrace of the Serpent

  Week 10: November 21st-27th
  A Decade in Black and White Week

...plus 26 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Godfather
• The Shawshank Redemption
• Top Gun
• Ford v Ferrari
• A Few Good Men
• The Silence of the Lambs
• The Usual Suspects
• Rush
• GoodFellas
• The Da Vinci Code

• Another Round
• Dune
• The Worst Person in the World
• Titane
• Quo Vadis, Aida?
• The French Dispatch
• Drive My Car
• The Beta Test
• Nitram
• Minari

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

• A Star Is Born
• Titanic
• Stagecoach
• The Searchers
• His Girl Friday
• Double Indemnity
• Gilda
• Girls in Chains
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• Blackboard Jungle

...plus 27 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.