Josef von Sternberg, 1930
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Jason and Jen's TWELVE TERRIBLE MOVIES OF CHRISTMAS (2018/19)
A new tradition for Jen and I - we call it "The Twelve Terrible Movies of Christmas." Feel free to play along at home! You can make your own list or steal from ours. The rules are evolving, but the ultimate goal is to watch 12 terrible movies over the 12 days of Christmas. We like to rank them when it's all over.
Here is the inaugural list from last Christmas, 2018:
1. A Talking Cat!?! (2013) David DeCoteau [as Mary Crawford]
2. Sleepaway Camp (1983) Robert Hiltzik
3. Mac and Me (1988) Stewart Raffill
4. Solarbabies (1986) Alan Johnson
5. Mazes and Monsters (1983) Steven Hilliard Stern [as Steven H. Stern]
6. Body Rock (1984) Marcelo Epstein
7. Sharknado (2013) Anthony C. Ferrante
8. The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976) Randal Kleiser
9. Love, Actually (2003) Richard Curtis
10. New Year's Eve (2011) Garry Marshall
11. Return to Oz (1985) Walter Murch
12. Mannequin (1987) Michael Gottlieb
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Best Discoveries 2018
Chimes at Midnight 1965
Orson Welles
Roma 1972
Federico Fellini
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes 1963
Roger Corman
Antonio Gaudi 1984
Hiroshi Teshigahara
The Blue Angel 1930
Josef von Sternberg
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Best Films 2018
Mandy Panos Cosmatos
Leave No Trace Debra Granik
You Were Never Really Here
Lynne Ramsay
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
First Reformed Paul Schrader
The Florida Project Sean Baker
Sorry To Bother You Boots Riley
Call Me By Your Name Luca Guadagnino
Blackkklansman Spike Lee
Joel & Ethan Coen
Eighth Grade Bo Burnham
Zama Lucrecia Martel
Hereditary Ari Aster
The Square Ruben Östlund
November Rainer Sarnet
Revenge Coralie Fargeat
Upgrade Leigh Whannell
The Favorite Yorgos Lanthimos
Happy as Lazzaro Alice Rohrwacher
The Best of the Rest
The Other Side of the Wind (Orson Welles)
The Death of Stalin (Armando Iannucci)
Annihilation (Alex Garland)
Western (Valeska Grisebach)
The Other Side of the Wind (Orson Welles)
The Death of Stalin (Armando Iannucci)
Annihilation (Alex Garland)
Western (Valeska Grisebach)
Faces Places (Agnes Varda + JR)
Shirkers (Sandi Tan)
I, Tonya (Craig Gillespie)
At Eternity's Gate (Julian Schnabel)
Rat Film (Theo Anthony)
At Eternity's Gate (Julian Schnabel)
Rat Film (Theo Anthony)
Thoroughbreds (Cory Finley)
Woodshock (Kate and Laura Mulleavy)
The Old Man and the Gun (David Lowery)
American Animals (Bart Layton)
Beuys (Andres Veiel)
Beuys (Andres Veiel)
Border (Ali Abbasi)
Mom and Dad (Brian Taylor)
Not For Me
Ready Player One, The 15:13 to Paris, Proud Mary, Overlord, Tag,
Action Point, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Halloween, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Meg, Game Night, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Deadpool 2
Action Point, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Halloween, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Meg, Game Night, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Deadpool 2
Anitcipating
The Green Fog (Maddin) - Cold War (Pawlikowski) - High Life (Denis) - Suspiria (Guadagnino) -
Hale County This Morning, This Evening (Ross) – 24 Frames (Kiarostami) –
Let the Corpses Tan (Cattet/Forzani) – La Flor (Llinás) –
What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? (Minervini) –The Image Book (Godard) –
Bisbee ’17 (Greene) – Columbus (Kogonada) – Hal (Scott) – Shoplifters (Kore-eda)
Hale County This Morning, This Evening (Ross) – 24 Frames (Kiarostami) –
Let the Corpses Tan (Cattet/Forzani) – La Flor (Llinás) –
What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? (Minervini) –The Image Book (Godard) –
Bisbee ’17 (Greene) – Columbus (Kogonada) – Hal (Scott) – Shoplifters (Kore-eda)