SO FAR THIS YEAR XII

[jenkins]

can you give us a little more detail, jenkins? especially want to know your thoughts on 'a girl walks home alone at night' which I really wanna see and the much hyped 'listen up philip' (wish you would've caught the Kahlil Joseph, Kendrick Lemar, Flying Lotus short as well, you can't see em all tho, right...)

i'm still processing tbh, which is a good sign, because no one needs to process a bad movie; plus i prefer to say nice things about movies since it doesn't help people's personal opinions or movie culture in general to go around swooshing criticisms. the things i do and don't like about a movie are immediate to me, but i prefer to push through my feelings until things like time and outside influences and vision quests help shape my ideas

a girl walks home alone at night has the fusion between emotions and cinema and story which are the basic ingredients of my favorite movies. i think the style helps focus its energy. i think its emotions hum, which is what we all want really kinda

i saw the short! its theme flew above my head. there was something there i wasn't sure about. the music was great, yeah, definitely that

[max from fearless]

a girl walks home alone at night has the fusion between emotions and cinema and story which are the basic ingredients of my favorite movies. i think the style helps focus its energy. i think its emotions hum, which is what we all want really kinda

i saw the short! its theme flew above my head. there was something there i wasn't sure about. the music was great, yeah, definitely that

That a good fusion to have. Glad it resonates on an emotional level. I was wondering whether it was gonna be a really good looking Anamorphic, B&W, Nocturnal vibes-fest or whether it'd have a bit more....bite....sorry.

Ah wow, you saw the short. Cool. Can you put your finger on what was you wasn't sure of? What is it like tonally? Visually?

[jenkins]

these are the movies that most moved me and this list demonstrates how i like to move --

mommy
dance of reality
inherent vice
a girl walks home alone at night
grand budapest hotel
thou wast mild & lovely
girlhood
heaven knows what
blue ruin
the raid 2
clouds of sils maria

and there are those i haven't seen and should see again and it's not even december yet

[JG]

movies i liked this year

1a. force majeure
1b. enemy
grand budapest hotel
heaven knows what
we are the best!
the double
foxcatcher
gone girl
whiplash
the wind rises
mr. turner
the immigrant
see you next tuesday
life itself
only lovers left alive
captain america 2
lego movie
national gallery
under the skin
olive kitteridge
inherent vice
listen up philip
the tale of the princess kaguya
snow piercer
the hobbit
boyhood
thou wast mild and lovely
birdman
palo alto
babadook
nymph()maniac
nightcrawler
butter on the latch
mitt

omissions: dear white people, interstellar

would like to see: mommy (2015?), girl walks home alone, blue ruin, citizenfour (on so many lists)

[jenkins]

Cahiers Du Cinema Top 10 Films Of 2014
1 Bruno Dumont's Li'l Quinquin
2 Jean-Luc Godard's Goodbye to Language
3 Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin
4 David Cronenberg's Maps to the Stars
5 Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises
6 Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac
7 Xavier Dolan's Mommy
8 Ira Sachs's Love Is Strange
9 Alain Cavalier's Le Paradis
10 Hong Sang-soo's Our Sunhi

Sight & Sound Top 20 Films Of 2014
1. Boyhood
2. Goodbye To Language 3D
3. Leviathan (tie)
3. Horse Money (tie)
5. Under The Skin
6. The Grand Budapest Hotel
7. Winter Sleep
8. The Tribe
9. Ida (tie)
9. Jauja (tie)
11. Mr. Turner (tie)
11. National Gallery (tie)
11. The Wolf Of Wall Street (tie)
11. Whiplash (tie)
15. The Duke Of Burgundy
16. Birdman (tie)
16. Two Days, One Night (tie)
18. Citizenfour (tie)
18. The Look Of Silence (tie)
18. The Wind Rises (tie)

[jenkins]

John Waters' Top 10 Films Of 2014
1. Maps To The Stars
2. Charlie Victor Romeo
3. The Kidnapping Of Michel Houellebecq
4. The Smell Of Us
5. Gloria
6. Who Took Johnny
7. L'il Quinquin
8. Nymphomaniac: Vol. 1 and 2
9. Violette
10. The Films Of Joanna Hogg ("Unrelated," "Archipelago," "Exhibition")

https://artforum.com/inprint/issue=201410&id=49103

EDGAR WRIGHT'S TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2014
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Birdman
Snowpiercer
Interstellar
Nightcrawler
Under The Skin
The Lego Movie
Whiplash
Edge Of Tomorrow

http://www.esquire.com/the-esquire-top-10/edgar-wright-top-10

New York Film Critics Circle
Best Animated Film: "The LEGO Movie"
Best Foreign Language Film: "Ida"
Best Nonfiction Film: "CITIZENFOUR"
Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons ("Whiplash")
Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette ("Boyhood")
Best Screenplay: "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Best Cinematography: Darius Khondji ("The Immigrant")
Best Actor: Timothy Spall ("Mr. Turner")
Best Actress: Marion Cotillard ("The Immigrant" and "Two Days, One Night")
Best First Film: Jennifer Kent ("The Babadook")
Best Director: Richard Linklater ("Boyhood")
Best Film: "Boyhood"

[jenkins]

THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2014: A VIDEO COUNTDOWN
from david Ehrlich
http://vimeo.com/113355414

^mad props
(iv is #2)

National Board Of Review 2014
Best Film: A Most Violent Year
Best Director: Clint Eastwood, American Sniper
Best Actor (tie): Oscar Isaac, A Most Violent Year; Michael Keaton, Birdman
Best Actress: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Best Supporting Actor: Edward Norton, Birdman
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Best Original Screenplay: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, The Lego Movie
Best Adapted Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice
Best Animated Feature: How to Train Your Dragon 2
Breakthrough Performance: Jack O'Connell, Starred Up & Unbroken
Best Directorial Debut: Gillian Robespierre, Obvious Child
Best Foreign Language Film: Wild Tales
Best Documentary: Life Itself
William K. Everson Film History Award: Scott Eyman
Best Ensemble: Fury
Spotlight Award: Chris Rock for writing, directing, and starring in Top Five
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Rosewater
NBR Freedom of Expression Award:  Selma

Top Films
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
Fury
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Lego Movie
Nightcrawler
Unbroken

Top 5 Foreign Language Films
Force Majeure
Gett: The Trial of Vivian Amsalem
Leviathan
Two Days, One Night
We Are the Best!

Top 5 Documentaries
Art and Craft
Jodorowsky's Dune
Keep On Keepin' On
The Kill Team
Last Days in Vietnam

Top 10 Independent Films
Blue Ruin
Locke
A Most Wanted Man
Mr. Turner
Obvious Child
The Skeleton Twins
Snowpiercer
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
Starred Up
Still Alice

Empire
1. Boyhood
2. Nightcrawler
3. The Wolf of Wall Street
4. Inside Llewyn Davis
5. Guardians of the Galaxy
6. Edge of Tomorrow
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel
8. What We Do in the Shadows
9. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
10. Her

[martinthewarrior]

Everything i've seen this year. Some that were released in the US Q4 2013 were released in UK in Q1 2014.

Loved

The Wolf of Wall Street I've read some negative reviews on here and elsewhere and tried to see it from their point of view, but i still think it's fantastic. All the criticisms seems to boil down to 'these guys are dicks.' I personally don't think that criticism is ever pertinent. You're not hanging out with them, why do you care about their morality?

The Lego Movie The live action Will Ferrell bit was a bit shit but everything else was a blast. I don't like Pixar so i was surprised at how much I enjoyed this.



Liked



Grand Budapest Hotel I've found Wes unbearable for a decade so had to force myself to this after the great reviews and didn't regret it. Some moments still had me a bit tetchy, but the charisma of Fiennes and the pure visual bombast of the whole thing more than made up for it. Such a Christmas Day feeling film.

Nightcrawler Good to see Riz as always, Gyllenhall was hilarious! As a satire i found it kind of trite, but as an action comedy i thought it was great. Had a kind of 80s vibe to the whole thing. As always Elswit capturing LA is a pleasure.

American Hustle It was fun. Frothy. But fun. Reminds me a bit of Burn After Reading in that respect. By the end of the film you're left reeling and trying to figure out whether anything actually happened and what point it was trying to make.

Under the Skin Love those dark winter Scottish blues.

Edge of Tomorrow I never like these types of movies. But i liked this one. It's not weighty and gloomy and tediously broody, it actually has fun with the premise.

Snowpiercer Ah, dystopian fiction. Always different, always the same. Looking forward to watching Bong's other films if this is his mainstream 'Hollywood' movie.



Liked but would never rewatch



Locke Generally only watch plays the once.

Heli Really impressive but I don't think i can put myself through that again

20000 Days on Earth Listen to one of his old albums instead

Calvary I felt i'd seen this all before, but Gleeson's always worth watching



It passed the time



13 Sins I really wanted a stupid modern horror. I was grateful to this film for providing it.

Nebraska Wasn't bad, but this is the film where i stop caring about Alexander Payne (i skipped the Clooney one)

Blue Ruin All i've retained from this movie is that a black guy asks the lead for some ketchup at one point



Paused halfway through and never went back to it



Guardians of the Galaxy ...not sure why i started...

The Immigrant like Gray and Phoenix but just couldn't be fucked with another 20s NYC story. Some other time

Boyhood Jesus Christ i don't care about this boring kid. No offence to the fine yankee contingent here, but this film made me feel xenophobic towards Americans for a couple of days

Frank just yeurch. Even worse considering the people it was based on (Frank Sidebottom, Mark E Smith, Don Van Vliet etc) are genuinely interesting people and deserve to have their story, or a story like it, told. This isn't it, and has fucked it up for anyone else to try.

Maps to the Stars Oh Dave. What happened?

The Zero Theorem Oh Terry. What happened?

Venus in Fur " " Roman. " "  " "?

Cold in July I watched to about 2/3 through and genuinely couldn't tell you a thing about it

Godzilla Dumb

Sin City 2 Dumber

Noah I fucking hate Russell Crowe. I fucking hate fantasy epics. What the fuck was I thinking?

They Came Together ...humour is subjective. I'm trying to be nice.

God's Pocket i gave up about ten minutes before the end. Decided rewatching The Master for a 10th time was a better way to honour Hoffman and fill my time. It wasn't shit or anything, it just felt like a Sopranos episode with all the humour and insight sucked out of it.

Only Lovers Left Alive Oh fuck off Jarmusch you pompous wank. You're in your 60s, grow up for fucks sakes. Nice music though.

This is a really insufferable list.

[Garam]

Yeah I didn't like them either. Post yours! Or you can leave this end-of-year list thread if you hate lists.

[jenkins]

a critic at lafca made fun of lafca a bit, aka mark olsen tweeted "The BOYHOOD/BIRDMAN/BUDAPEST slant of today's LAFCA vote doesn't give a complete view of enthusiasm in the room for plenty of other titles." and "All day N.CRAWLER, ONLY LOVERS, FOXCATCHER, WE/BEST, DEAR/PEOPLE & SNOWPIERCER came up again & again to walk away empty. It's a tough room." which is an example of why he continues to be my favorite la critic

omfg long story what's my point. a bunch of bickering la critics all agreed to share the opinion that:

BEST MUSIC/SCORE (TIE)
Jonny Greenwood (Inherent Vice)
Mica Levi (Under the Skin)

[jenkins]

Film Comment
(iv is #9)

1 Boyhood
2 Goodbye to Language 3D
3 The Grand Budapest Hotel
4 Ida
5 Under the Skin
6 Stranger by the Lake
7 Citizenfour
8 Birdman
9 Inherent Vice
10 The Immigrant
11 Two Days, One Night
12 Only Lovers Left Alive
13 Mr. Turner
14 Force Majeure
15 Norte, The End of History
16 Whiplash
17 Stray Dogs
18 National Gallery
19 Manakamana
20 Snowpiercer

The Guardian
1. Under The Skin
2. Boyhood
3. Inherent Vice
4. Whiplash
5. Leviathan
6. Two Days, One Night
7. Nightcrawler
8. Ida
9. The Grand Budapest Hotel
10. The Lego Movie

[Kal]

The New Yorker's Richard Brody's list:

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/best-movies-2014

Jauja made the list (of unreleased movies) but he also hated Boyhood and Inherent Vice 

[matt35mm]

He said he didn't necessarily hate those movies, but that he felt they were taking too much attention away from what he felt like were more worthy movies.

Congrats, though! I'm looking forward to seeing JAUJA whenever it's available to me.

[samsong]

slant magazine's list

http://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/the-25-best-films-of-2014

[jenkins]

if it isn't worth a c+p it isn't worth a click