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Screen icons headed for blockbuster Cannes festival

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Heroes and villains! Screen legends and scandal! Indiana Jones, Martin Scorsese and Johnny Depp! The script for the 76th Cannes Film Festival, which opens next Tuesday, suggests it will be a blockbuster.

Hollywood is descending en masse on the French Riviera for the world's leading film shindig, which runs from May 16 to 27.

But it is striking that most of its big stars are icons who made their names in the 20th century.

Harrison Ford will receive a special homage when the 80-year-old's final outing as the whip-cracking archaeologist in "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" gets its world premiere.

Martin Scorsese, also 80, will launch his epic "Killers of the Flower Moon" alongside stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.

Michael Douglas will receive an honorary Palme d'Or at the opening ceremony, Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore team up for "May December" from celebrated indie director Todd Haynes, and Jude Law dons the crown of Henry VIII in "Firebrand".

The king of quirky, Wes Anderson, will premiere "Asteroid City" and bring a typically star-packed cast to the red carpet, this time including Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie and Scarlett Johansson.

As if any more attention-grabbing selections were needed, the opening film is Johnny Depp's so-called comeback, "Jeanne du Barry", testing his French accent as King Louis XV.

It is his first role since a defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard involving bitter allegations of domestic abuse, and arrives just after the film's director and star, Maiwenn, was herself accused of assaulting a journalist in a Paris restaurant.

Depp will be joined by his daughter, Lily Rose, who stars in "The Idol", a TV series playing out of competition, produced by musician Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye. It had a tumultuous production with reports of major rewrites and reshoots.

It's a stronger year for women than normal, with a record seven female directors among the 21 competing for the Palme d'Or top prize.

One has been another source of scandal, however, with France's Catherine Corsini only added at the last minute (with "Homecoming") following controversy over an underage sex scene.

They will face a jury led by Ruben Ostlund, a two-time Palme-winner for "Triangle of Sadness" and "The Square".

There are five previous winners in the competition, including Japan's Hirokazu Kore-eda, Germany's Wim Wenders, Turkey's Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Italy's Nanni Moretti and another two-time winner, Britain's Ken Loach.

In a recent interview with AFP, Ostlund joked that he would be scrupulously fair if 86-year-old Loach's "The Old Oak" seduces the jury: "I will definitely work very hard to get over my own egoistic goals of being the first director with three Golden Palmes."

But arthouse fans are perhaps most excited for a rare appearance by Britain's Jonathan Glazer ("Under the Skin", "Sexy Beast") with a romance set in the Auschwitz concentration camp, "The Zone of Interest".

Another lauded Brit, Steve McQueen, will present a four-hour documentary about wartime Amsterdam, "Occupied City", out of competition.

Star of the moment and so-called "Internet Daddy" Pedro Pascal is also expected alongside Ethan Hawke for a "queer Western" short film by Spain's Pedro Almodovar.

And the festival is set to close on a colourful note with the latest animation from Pixar Studios, "Elemental". It is set in a city where residents made from fire, air and water must learn to live together.

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personal-reporter · 1 year

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Festival del Cinema di Cannes 2023

Dal 16 al 27 maggio si terrà uno degli eventi cinematografici più attesa dell’anno come la 76esima edizione del Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Cannes, una vetrina imperdibile sia per gli appassionati che per gli addetti ai lavori, che hanno la possibilità di presentare gli ultimi lavori, iniziare a vincere un premio e ricevere buone recensioni. Come sempre, anche l’edizione 2023 si preannuncia ricca per gli ospiti che i film in concorso, oltre alla consegna della Palma d’Oro alla carriera a Michael Douglas. Ad aprire il festival sarà Jeanne Du Barry, film della regista francese Maïwenn, incentrato sulla vita della favorita di Re Luigi XV e nei panni del re troveremo Johnny Depp, alla sua prima apparizione sul grande schermo dopo le vicende legali che lo hanno coinvolto. Sempre fuori concorso ci saranno l’attesissimo Killers of The Flower Moon di Martin Scorsese, con Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Jesse Plemons e Lily Gladstone, confermati come ospiti sul red carpet francese, oltre ad Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, quinto e ultimo capitolo di una delle saghe più amate di tutti i tempi. Una proiezione molto attesa è Strange Way of Life, cortometraggio di Pedro Almodóvar con protagonisti Ethan Hawke e Pedro Pascal e a chiudere la rassegna sarà invece il film d’animazione Disney Pixar Elemental, diretto da Peter Sohn. Per il concorso, nei film in gara spicca sicuramente Wes Anderson con Asteroid City, dove regista e sceneggiatore texano dirige come di consueto un cast stellare, con Tom Hanks, Jason Schwartzmann, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Margot Robbie, Willem Dafoe e Maya Hawke. Altri film da non perdere sono Club Zero, dell’austriaca Jessica Hausner, The Zone of Interest di Jonathan Glazer, The Old Oak di Ken Loach e Kaibutsu del famoso regista giapponese Hirokazu Kore’eda. L’Italia presenta invece Il sol dell’avvenire di Nanni Moretti, già vincitore di una Palma d’oro nel 2001 per La stanza del figlio e, dopo la Palma d’oro onoraria vinta nel 2021, torna anche Marco Bellocchio, che presenterà Rapito, incentrato sul caso di Edgardo Mortara, inoltre sarà presente anche Alice Rohrwacher con La chimera, con Josh O’Connor, Isabella Rossellini e la sorella Alba Rohrwacher. Read the full article

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2010-2019

top 25, by release date:

Halloween II [Director’s Cut] (2010, Rob Zombie)

Black Swan (2010, Darren Aronofsky)

4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011, Abel Ferrara)

It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2012, Don Hertzfeldt)*

Frances Ha (2012, Noah Baumbach)

Spring Breakers (2012, Harmony Korine)

The Bling Ring (2013, Sofia Coppola)*

Stranger by the Lake (2013, Alain Guiraudie)

Under the Skin (2013, Jonathan Glazer)

Maps to the Stars (2014, David Cronenberg)*

Unfriended (2014, Levan Gabriadze)

88:88 (2015, Isiah Medina)*

Happy Hour (2015, Ryūsuke Hamaguchi)*

Personal Shopper (2016, Olivier Assayas)*

Elle (2016, Paul Verhoeven)

Moonlight (2016, Barry Jenkins)*

The OA, TV Series (2016, 2019; Brit Marling + Zal Batmanglij)

24 Frames (2017, Abbas Kiarostami)*

Twin Peaks: The Return (2017, David Lynch)*

Assassination Nation (2018, Sam Levinson)

An Elephant Sitting Still (2018, Hu Bo)

“Beychella - Coachella Live Stream” (2018, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter)*

Vox Lux (2018, Brady Corbet)

“Fleabag” @ Soho Playhouse Theater (2019, Vicky Jones)

“The Irishman” @ Belasco Theatre (2019, Martin Scorsese)

+++, in alphabetical order:

“Adele - Hello” (2015, Xavier Dolan)

American Honey (2016, Andrea Arnold)

Annihilation (2018, Alex Garland)

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018; Scott Alexander + Larry Karaszewski + Brad Falchuk + Nina Jacobson + Ryan Murphy + and Brad Simpson)

Big Little Lies, Season 1 (2017, Jean-Marc Vallée)

Blade Runner 2049 (2017, Denis Villeneuve)

Boyhood (2014, Richard Linklater)

Breaking and Entering (2017, Kelley Dong)

Call Me by Your Name (2017, Luca Guadagnino)

Cameraperson (2016, Kirsten Johnson)

Carol (2015, Todd Haynes)

Certain Women (2016, Kelly Reichardt)

Citzenfour (2014, Laura Poitras)

Climax (2018, Gaspar Noé)

Cosmopolis (2012, David Cronenberg)

End of the Century (2019, Lucio Castro)

Everybody Wants Some!! (2016, Richard Linklater)

First Reformed (2017, Paul Schrader)

The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo, Web series (2016, Brian Jordan Alvarez)

The Girlfriend Experience, TV Series (2016-17; Lodge Kerrigan + Amy Seimetz)

Girlhood (2014, Céline Sciamma)

Girls, TV Series (2012-2017; Lena Dunham)

God’s Own Country (2017, Francis Lee)

Gone Girl (2014, David Fincher)

"Grimes - Oblivion" (2012, Emily Kai Bock + Claire Boucher)

Heaven Is Still Far Away (2016, Ryūsuke Hamaguchi)

High Life (2018, Claire Denis)

Holy Motors (2012, Leos Carax)

The House That Jack Built (2018, Lars von Trier)

If Beale Street Could Talk (2018, Barry Jenkins)

In Chris Marker’s Studio (2011, Agnès Varda)

Interstellar (2014, Christopher Nolan)

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013, Ethan Coen + Joel Coen)

"Kelela - Frontline" (2018, Claudia Matè + Kelela + Mischa Notcutt)

The Knick, TV Series (2014-15; Jack Amiel + Michael Begler)

Knife+Heart (2018, Yann Gonzalez)

Lady Bird (2017, Greta Gerwig)

“Lady Gaga - Telephone ft. Beyoncé” (2010, Jonas Åkerlund)

The Leftovers, TV Series (2014-15, 2017; Damon Lindelof + Tom Perrotta)

Lemonade (2016, Kahlil Joseph + Beyoncé Knowles-Carter)

The Love Witch (2016, Anna Biller)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015, George Miller)

Magic Mike XXL (2015, Gregory Jacobs)

Margaret (2011, Kenneth Lonergan)

Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011, Sean Durkin)

The Master (2012, Paul Thomas Anderson)

Melancholia (2011, Lars von Trier)

Mistress America (2015, Noah Baumbach)

mother! (2017, Darren Aronofsky)

Mountains May Depart (2015, Jia Zhangke)

“My First Film” @ Metrograph (2018, Zia Anger)

Nasty Baby (2015, Sebastián Silva)

Neon Bull (2015, Gabriel Mascaro)

The Neon Demon (2016, Nicolas Winding Refn)

No Home Movie (2015, Chantal Akerman)

Nocturama (2016, Bertrand Bonello)

The Ornithologist (2016, João Pedro Rodrigues)

Pain and Glory (2019, Pedro Almodóvar)

Palo Alto (2013, Gia Coppola)

Paterson (2016, Jim Jarmusch)

Phantom Thread (2017, Paul Thomas Anderson)

Post Tenebras Lux (2012, Carlos Reygadas)

The Real Housewives of New York City, TV Series (2008-present; Andy Cohen + Megan Estrada + Pam Healey + Lisa Shannon)

“Robyn ‘Call Your Girlfriend’ Official Video” (2011, Max Vitali)

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 2 (2016; RuPaul)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010, Edgar Wright)

Shoplifters (2018, Hirokazu Kore-eda)

The Social Network (2010, David Fincher)

A Star Is Born (2018, Bradley Cooper)

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer (Official)" (2015)

Stray Dogs (2013, Tsai Ming-liang)

Sucker Punch (2011, Zack Snyder)

Support the Girls (2018, Andrew Bujalski)

Tangerine (2015, Sean Baker)

The Tree of Life (2011, Terrence Malick)

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010, Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

Under the Silver Lake (2018, David Robert Mitchell)

World of Tomorrow (2015, Don Hertzfeldt)

World of Tomorrow Episode 2: The Burden of Other People’s Thoughts (2018, Don Hertzfeldt)

Young Adult (2011, Jason Reitman)

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sleepythug · 4 years

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whats ur top 10 of the decade? can include honorable mentions :)

off top:

twin peaks: the return (david lynch, 2017)

silence (martin scorsese, 2016)

phantom thread (paul thomas anderson, 2017)

under the skin (jonathan glazer, 2013)

cemetery of splendour (apichatpong weerasethakul, 2015)

inside llewyn davis (joel coen, ethan coen 2013)

toni erdmann (maren ade, 2016)

black hat (michael mann, 2015)

certified copy (abbas kiarostami, 2010)

mad max: fury road (george miller, 2015)

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list will probably be defunct once i revisit stuff like (spl 2, somewhere, elle, stray dogs, the wind rises, the assassin) and catch up on a lot of major stuff (mysteries of lisbon, romancing in thin air, no home movie, house of tolerance, baahubali 2), but y’know until then htis is the stuff I return back to/think about most/have stuck with me.

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Memories : The Best Films of the 2010s

Only a few years into my tenure as a film blogger, and I’ve been tasked with a monumental undertaking : ranking the top films of the last decade. Reflecting year by year is a journey in its own right, and with things like recency bias to take into account, plus the dice roll of blessing and curse that perspective and time bring to older films, I knew that this would be memorable at best, and stressful at worst.

That being said, I don’t claim to have seen every movie, so I know that there are some ‘glaring’ omissions. I am always open to recommendations for films I should watch (for the purpose of blogging on them or otherwise), but DOOMonFILM has always been about my personal experience as a film fan, first and foremost. Discussion is welcome, and constructive criticism will always be considered, but this is one man’s opinion.

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THOUGHTS ON THE DECADE

The 2010s, despite moments of controversy in terms of diversity, turned out to be surprisingly forward-thinking in hindsight. On more than one occasion in the decade, the film of the year (in terms of awards or in terms of critical/public reception), as well as highlight films of each year, were made by foreign directors. Women and minorities also managed to be recognized in front of and behind the camera at what seemed like a higher rate. Newer technologies were embraced, such as pushes forward in new cameras or directors opting to shoot on devices as small as iPhones, leaps forward in special effects, and a multitude of movies given the iMax treatment. A handful of directors happened to put out multiple movies throughout the decade, and a few of those in that handful managed to make multiple award-winning and widely accepted films. Marvel left such an impact on Hollywood, and the worldwide movie industry, that DC was forced to try and follow suit, and mergers with Sony and Disney were top tier news for months on end. Actors like Scarlett Johanson, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and Leonardo DiCaprio, among others, solidified themselves as box-office legends, while actors on both sides of their career (first-timers and those in the twilight of their career) found success throughout the decade. All in all, it was a decade that continued to make me happy to be a movie fan, and as hard as it was to do, I managed to find 100 films throughout the decade to rank.

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100. It Comes at Night (dir. Trey Edward Shults, 2017) 99. Kick-Ass (dir. Matthew Vaughn, 2010) 98. The Peanuts Movie (dir. Steve Martino, Andy Beall and Frank Molieri, 2015) 97. Everybody Wants Some!! (dir. Richard Linklater, 2016) 96. Upstream Color (dir. Shane Carruth, 2013) 95. Avengers : Age of Ultron (dir. Joss Whedon, 2015) 94. John Dies at the End (dir. Don Coscarelli, 2013) 93. Doctor Strange (dir. Scott Derrickson, 2016) 92. Keanu (dir. Peter Atencio, 2016) 91. Free Fire (dir. Ben Wheatley, 2017) 90. Upgrade (dir. Leigh Whannell, 2018) 89. Chappie (dir. Neill Blomkamp, 2015) 88. American Ultra (dir. Nima Nourizadeh, 2015) 87. I, Tonya (dir. Craig Gillespie, 2017) 86. Boyhood (dir. Richard Linklater, 2014) 85. The Grand Budapest Hotel (dir. Wes Anderson, 2014) 84. La La Land (dir. Damien Chazelle, 2016) 83. Ex Machina (dir. Alex Garland, 2015) 82. Nightcrawler (dir. Dan Gilroy, 2014) 81. Sicario (dir. Denis Villeneuve, 2015) 80. Looper (dir. Rian Johnson, 2012) 79. The Killer Inside Me (dir. Michal Winterbottom, 2010) 78. Hell or High Water (dir. David Mackenzie, 2016) 77. End of Watch (dir. David Ayer, 2012) 76. Django Unchained (dir. Quentin Tarantino, 2012) 75. Thoroughbreds (dir. Cory Finley, 2018) 74. Chronicle (dir. Josh Trank, 2012) 73. Melancholia (dir. Lars von Trier, 2011) 72. Black Mirror : Bandersnatch (dir. David Slade, 2018) 71. Detroit (dir. Kathryn Bigelow, 2017) 70. BlacKkKlansman (dir. Spike Lee, 2018) 69. Black Panther (dir. Ryan Coogler, 2018) 68. I Am Not Your Negro (dir. Raoul Peck, 2017) 67. Straight Outta Compton (dir. F. Gary Gray, 2015) 66. Kubo and the Two Strings (dir. Travis Knight, 2016) 65. It Follows (dir. David Robert Mitchell, 2014) 64. Logan Lucky (dir. Steven Soderbergh, 2017) 63. Get Out (dir. Jordan Peele, 2017) 62. Booksmart (dir. Olivia Wilde, 2019) 61. Beats, Rhymes & Life : The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (dir. Michael Rapaport, 2011) 60. Lady Bird (dir. Greta Gerwig, 2017) 59. Moonrise Kingdom (dir. Wes Anderson, 2012) 58. The Cabin in the Woods (dir. Drew Goddard, 2012) 57. Black Swan (dir. Darren Aronofsky, 2010) 56. Captain America : The Winter Soldier (dir. Joe Russo, 2014) 55. If Beale Street Could Talk (dir. Barry Jenkins, 2018) 54. Avengers : Infinity War (dir. Anthony Russo, 2018) 53. True Grit (dir. Ethan and Joel Cohen, 2010) 52. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (dir. Martin McDonagh, 2017) 51. Whiplash (dir. Damien Chazelle, 2014) 50. Midsommar (dir. Ari Aster, 2019) 49. Journey to the West : Conquering the Demons (dir. Stephen Chow and Derek Kwok, 2013) 48. Sorry To Bother You (dir. Boots Riley, 2018) 47. Mid90s (dir. Jonah Hill, 2018) 46. Logan (dir. James Mangold, 2017) 45. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos, 2017) 44. Phantom Thread (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017) 43. The Hateful Eight (dir. Quentin Tarantino, 2015) 42. Exit Through the Gift Shop (dir. Banksy, 2010) 41. The Irishman (dir. Martin Scorsese, 2019) 40. Suspiria (dir. Luca Guadagnino, 2018) 39. The VVitch (dir. Robert Eggers, 2016) 38. Dogtooth (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos, 2010) 37. The Lighthouse (dir. Robert Eggers, 2019) 36. Annihilation (dir. Alex Garland, 2018) 35. Drive (dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011) 34. Beyond the Black Rainbow (dir. Panos Cosmatos, 2012) 33. The Favourite (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos, 2018) 32. Searching (dir. Aneesh Chaganty, 2018) 31. Tangerine (dir. Sean Baker, 2015) 30. Snowpiercer (dir. Bong Joon-ho, 2014) 29. Under the Skin (dir. Jonathan Glazer, 2013) 28. Dunkirk (dir. Christopher Nolan, 2017) 27. Blade Runner 2049 (dir. Denis Villeneuve, 2017) 26. Baby Driver (dir. Edgar Wright, 2017) 25. Joker (dir. Todd Phillips, 2019) 24. The Neon Demon (dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2016) 23. Spider-Man : Into the Spider-Verse (dir. Peter Ramsey, Bob Persichetti and Rodney Rothman, 2018) 22. The Shape of Water (dir. Guillermo del Toro, 2017) 21. The Social Network (dir. David Fincher, 2010) 20. Frances Ha (dir. Noah Baumbach, 2013) 19. Under the Silver Lake (dir. David Robert Mitchell, 2019) 18. Mad Max : Fury Road (dir. George Miller, 2015) 17. Good Time (dir. Josh and Benny Safdie, 2017) 16. Mandy (dir. Panos Cosmatos, 2018) 15. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (dir. Quentin Tarantino, 2019) 14. Her (dir. Spike Jonze, 2013) 13. The Lobster (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos, 2015) 12. Inherent Vice (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014) 11. The Master (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012)

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10. The Last Black Man in San Francisco (dir. Joe Talbot, 2019)

I saw this film as the decade was winding to a close, but it made easily one of the starkest impressions on me of any film-going experience I can recall. The movie looks amazing, the score and soundtrack are powerful, the acting is rich and dynamic, San Francisco is as beautiful on film as it is in real life, and the thoughts that arise from the narrative presented are the kind that hang around and result in personal changes that matter. A shining achievement from a stellar year of film.

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9. Inception (dir. Christopher Nolan, 2010)

If Christopher Nolan wasn’t already considered top tier prior to Inception, any doubters were left floored at the close of this masterpiece. For a story that could have easily been way too convoluted for standard audiences, the visuals, direction and pacing guide us through the madness perfectly. For anyone interested in dream depictions on cinema, for fans of stellar action, and for the smart people who know the quality that comes with the Nolan name, this one was a no-brainer.

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8. mother! (dir. Darren Aronofsky, 2017)

After being a bit on the nose with Noah, in terms of a film on religion, most directors would take that as a sign to move on from the topic. For a director like Darren Aronofsky, however, the next step was to seemingly go back to your mind-scrambling roots, dig deeper symbolically, narratively and metaphorically, and come back to the table with one of the most divisive and controversial films of the decade. mother! will clearly be a film ripe for analysis for years to come, and for as subjective and deep an experience as the film is, this reflection is welcome, as it serves to enrich future viewing experiences.

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7. Uncut Gems (dir. Josh and Benny Safdie, 2019)

How long does a film have to be out to be considered one of the best of the decade? In the case of Uncut Gems, I will allow recency bias, as it is clearly evident at the beginning of the closing credits that the film is special and will resonate for years to come. The Safdie brothers already had a classic under their belt with Good Time, and throwing that Sandler magic into the mix only amplifies their heightened and immersive style.

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6. The Florida Project (dir. Sean Baker, 2017)

There are a small fraternity of directors that put out their first films and follow-up films in the 2010s, and while examples of possible award snubs can be found for these directors, there was one clear-cut case of oversight : the 2017 lack of recognition for Sean Baker’s immaculate, beautiful and moving The Florida Project. While Tangerine was certainly the loudest of warning shots a first time director could provide, the amount of growth, nuance and confidence found in this follow-up deserved multiple awards, not just an acting nod for Willem Dafoe. Perhaps Baker’s next film will bring him the recognition he deserves in terms of awards, but he’s already made a clear cut name for himself.

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5. Hereditary (dir. Ari Aster, 2018)

I rediscovered a love for horror films in the 2010s, and a key reason would be the emergence of director Ari Aster. Upon seeing trailers for Hereditary, I knew that it would probably scare the life out of me, but the taste of the story given was so gripping I had to see it. The fact that the trailer was so powerful, only for the movie to unfold in ways that I never would have imagined or discerned from the trailer, was one of the most rewarding film experiences of the decade. Toni Collette also gave a performance for the ages.

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4. You Were Never Really Here (dir. Lynne Ramsay, 2018)

It’s arguable that Joaquin Phoenix may have had the strongest decade of any actor, and for my money’s worth, he was at his best in You Were Never Really Here. Much of the angst presented was previously explored in The Master, and as great as Joker is, it’s essentially the DCEU version of You Were Never Really Here, tonally and in terms of specific elements. Nobody short of the Safdie brothers are making movies that look, sound and feel like this one, and the unfortunate practice of human trafficking hitting the news forefront makes this film as timely as it is sad.

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3. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (dir. Edgar Wright, 2010)

Hands down the coolest film of the decade. Not since Who Framed Roger Rabbit? had so many elements that I loved from other properties managed to find their way into the same movie, and the way that the gumbo was prepared and served was pitch perfect. As my friend Erin stated after we viewed the film, ‘If you watch this movie and don’t like it, I don’t think we can be friends’. Some of my favorite sequences of any film are in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and this is the EXACT kind of film I look forward to one day sharing with my children.

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2. Parasite (dir. Bong Joon-ho, 2019)

Another recent film that made an instant impact. In terms of topics like honesty, entitlement, and family dynamics, nothing I can think of in recent memory is touching Parasite. The parallels between the two families presented are perfect both visually and in the performances, and with each new bit of information presented, much of what you were previously presented is immediately recontextualized and put into question. This film, from front to back, is one of the most gripping journeys a filmgoer can take.

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1. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2014)

Easily my favorite film of the decade. This is the closest thing to a song-poem that I’ve ever seen presented on film, and it’s heartbreakingly beautiful. Nothing else released in the decade looked or sounded like this film, and the way it meta-reflects on Hollywood, Broadway, superhero films and the importance of actors is equal parts hilarious, thought-provoking and wonderfully frustrating. The film answers enough questions it posits so as to not completely confound the viewer, but it leaves enough open-ended so that repeat viewings are rewarding. A true achievement of film, regardless of decade.

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New Fiction 2019

Previously: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013

Novels

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn (1989)

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (2003)

Short Stories

"The Geranium" by Flannery O'Connor (1946)

"The Barber" by Flannery O'Connor (1947)

"Wildcat" by Flannery O'Connor (1947)

Video Games

Super Mario Bros. 3 dev. Nintendo EAD (1988)

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening dev. Grezzo (2019)

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D dev. Grezzo (2015)

Movies

Mary Poppins Returns dir. Rob Marshall (2018)

The Bone Collector dir. Phillip Noyce (1999)

American Gangster dir. Ridley Scott (2007)

Glass dir. M. Night Shyamalan (2019)

Escape Room dir. Adam Robitel (2019)

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday dir. Adam Marcus (1993)

Alita: Battle Angel dir. Robert Rodriguez (2019)

Captain Marvel dir. Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (2019)

Us dir. Jordan Peele (2019)

The Grand Budapest Hotel dir. Wes Anderson (2014)

Dragged Across Concrete dir. S. Craig Zahler (2018)

The Favourite dir. Yorgos Lanthimos (2018)

Creed II dir. Steven Caple Jr. (2018)

If Beale Street Could Talk dir. Barry Jenkins (2018)

A Private War dir. Matthew Heineman (2018)

The Spectacular Now dir. James Ponsoldt (2013)

Shazam! dir. Peter Safran (2019)

Avengers: Endgame dir. Anthony Russo and Joe Russo (2019)

El Chicano dir. Ben Hernandez Bray (2019)

Pokémon Detective Pikachu dir. Rob Letterman (2019)

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum dir. Chad Stahelski (2019)

Brightburn dir. David Yarovesky (2019)

Booksmart dir. Olivia Wilde (2019)

Godzilla: King of the Monsters dir. Michael Dougherty (2019)

Kill the Irishman dir. Jonathan Hensleigh (2011)

Lord of War dir. Andrew Niccol (2005)

Always Be My Maybe dir. Nahnatchka Khan (2019)

Toy Story 4 dir. Josh Cooley (2019)

Armour of God dir. Jackie Chan and Eric Tsang (1986)

Armour of God II: Operation Condor dir. Jackie Chan (1991)

Spider-Man: Far From Home dir. Jon Watts (2019)

Midsommar dir. Ari Aster (2019)

1922 dir. Zak Hilditch (2017)

The Book of Eli dir. The Hughes Brothers (2010)

Crawl dir. Alexandre Aja (2019)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood dir. Quentin Tarantino (2019)

The Farewell dir. Lulu Wang (2019)

Burn After Reading dir. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (2008)

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark dir. André Øvredal (2019)

Ready or Not dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett (2019)

It dir. Andy Muschietti (2017)

It Chapter Two dir. Andy Muschietti (2019)

Hustlers dir. Lorene Scafaria (2019)

Rambo: Last Blood dir. Adrian Grunberg (2019)

Ad Astra dir. James Gray (2019)

Scream 3 dir. Wes Craven (2000)

Candyman dir. Bernard Rose (1992)

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie dir. Vince Gilligan (2019)

Ex Machina dir. Alex Garland (2014)

Under the Skin dir. Jonathan Glazer (2013)

Taking Lives dir. D. J. Caruso (2004)

Mystic River dir. Clint Eastwood (2003)

Mandy dir. Panos Cosmatos (2018)

The Lighthouse dir. Robert Eggers (2019)

Terminator: Dark Fate dir. Tim Miller (2019)

Fallen dir. Gregory Hoblit (1998)

Cam dir. Daniel Goldhaber (2018)

Executive Decision dir. Stuart Baird (1996)

Fracture dir. Gregory Hoblit (2007)

The Pelican Brief dir. Alan J. Pakula (1993)

16 Blocks dir. Richard Donner (2006)

The Brave One dir. Neil Jordan (2007)

Perfect Stranger dir. James Foley (2007)

The Game dir. David Fincher (1997)

Enter the Dragon dir. Robert Clouse (1973)

Gothika dir. Mathieu Kassovitz (2003)

The Interview dir. Craig Monahan (1998)

The Captive dir. Atom Egoyan (2014)

Parasite dir. Bong Joon-ho (2019)

Doctor Sleep dir. Mike Flanagan (2019)

Jojo Rabbit dir. Taika Waititi (2019)

It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood dir. Marielle Heller (2019)

Ford v Ferrari dir. James Mangold (2019)

Knives Out dir. Rian Johnson (2019)

Queen & Slim dir. Melina Matsoukas (2019)

21 Bridges dir. Brian Kirk (2019)

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale dir. Jalmari Helander (2010)

Jumanji: The Next Level dir. Jake Kasdan (2017)

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle dir. Jake Kasdan (2019)

Richard Jewell dir. Clint Eastwood (2019)

Frozen II dir. Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee (2019)

The Long Kiss Goodnight dir. Renny Harlin (1996)

Fractured dir. Brad Anderson (2019)

The Lake House dir. Alejandro Agresti (2006)

Imagine That dir. Karey Kirkpatrick (2009)

Daddy Daycare dir. Steve Carr (2003)

Eat Pray Love dir. Ryan Murphy (2010)

The Angel dir. Ariel Vromen (2018)

Klaus dir. Sergio Pablos (2019)

Dolemite Is My Name dir. Craig Brewer (2019)

Cats dir. Tom Hooper (2019)

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker dir. J. J. Abrams (2019)

Uncut Gems dir. Josh Safdie & Benny Safdie (2019)

A Nightmare on Elm Street dir. Samuel Bayer (2010)

Death Becomes Her dir. Robert Zemeckis (1992)

Casino Royale dir. Martin Campbell (2006)

TV Episodes

What We Do in the Shadows - "Pilot" (2019)

Hanna - “Forest” (2019)

Bob’s Burgers - “Brunchsquatch” (2017)

Bob’s Burgers - “The Silence of the Louise” (2017)

Bob’s Burgers - “Sit Me Baby One More Time” (2017)

The Simpsons - “Holidays of Future Passed” (2011)

Star Trek: Discovery - "The Vulcan Hello” (2017)

The Simpsons - “Treehouse of Horror XXX” (2019)

The Simpsons - “Thanksgiving of Horror” (2019)

TV Series

Parks and Recreation (2009-2015)

The Punisher - Season 2 (2019)

Luther - Series 5 (2019)

Tuca & Bertie (2019)

Jessica Jones - Season 3 (2019)

Black Mirror - Seasons 4 & 5 (2017, 2019)

Mindhunter - Season 2 (2019)

Penny Dreadful (2014-2016)

The Haunting of Hill House (2018)

The Good Place - Season 4 (2018)

Disenchantment - Part 2 (2019)

American Horror Story: Apocalypse (2018)

Unbelievable (2019)

Cheers (1982-1993)

The Mandalorian (2019)

#new fiction #2019

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The Night Before (2015)

Those involved in making The Night Before, must've found it hysterical and heartwarming. For the rest of us, it’s not!

Orphaned as a child, Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) has relied on his friends Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie) to get him through the holidays. Chris is now a famous football player, Isaac is now married with a baby on the way. With these growing responsibilities and two of them perceiving a change within Ethan since his girlfriend broke up with him, it seems their yearly tradition has come to an end.

There are people who will relate to this story. In theory, I like it. We have many Christmas films about the importance of family but what if you don't have one? What if you spend the holidays with friends? How do adults maintain a relationship that important when blood doesn't tie them together? What sacrifices and compromises should you make to compensate for the growing responsibilities that come with adulthood?

What's missing to make The Night Before work are the characters. You understand why Ethan's desire to keep his buddies close, but he’s a loser. He and Diana (Lizzy Caplan) broke up because he refused to meet her parents. Learning this, you want to slap him across the face and tell him to grow up. Chris is injecting himself with steroids, selling out to corporate sponsors, and actively avoids his mother around Christmas. I guess having an orphaned friend hasn't made him appreciate family. As for Isaac, he spends nearly the entire film under the influence of drugs, embarrassing those around him or otherwise getting someone in trouble. Who is there to like?

Despite what seems like an original premise, much of the film plays out in familiar ways. Seth Rogen is enthusiastic about taking drugs… again! The same material we’ve seen in other “friends and their wild night of shenanigans” comedies - male nudity for yucks and "the true face" of celebrities - are the intended "big laughs". The story itself is also predictable. The second the drug-dealing Mr. Green (Michael Shannon) mentions a party, you know exactly what it means. When you learn why Ethan and Diana broke up, you can practically set your watch to the plot beats.

I rarely found the film funny and without those laughs, I could only focus on the nonsensical elements. I initially assumed that a Christmas-hating thief (Ilana Glazer) was a supernatural character, as she’s capable of some truly eyebrow-raising feats. She’s not. Her worth in this story is debatable. I sat there, confused at Isaac’s reaction to a crucifix. I know he’s Jewish and on drugs, but surely as someone who married a catholic, he must be aware of what Jesus looks like? I’m putting way too much thought into it.

The best aspect of The Night Before wind up being the side characters. Mindy Kaling and Michael Shannon are the only ones who made me laugh. It simply isn't original, particularly if you’ve seen Seth Rogen’s other comedies. Unfortunately, it's hard to get into the spirit of The Night Before. (On DVD, December 17, 2016)

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Library Update

Edward P. Comentale, Aaron Jaffe - The Year's Work at the Zombie Research Center

Jennifer Otter Bickerdike - Fandom, Image and Authenticity: Joy Devotion and the Second Lives of Kurt Cobain and Ian Curtis

Jonathan Gray, Cornel Sandvoss, and C. Lee Harrington - Fandom: Identities and communities in a mediated world

Lynnette Porter - The Doctor Who Franchise: American Influence, Fan Culture and the Spinoffs

Louisa Ellen Stein, Kristina Busse, Louisa Ellen Stein, Kristina Busse - Sherlock and Transmedia Fandom: Essays on the BBC Series

Mark Duffett - Understanding Fandom: An Introduction to the Study of Media Fan Culture

Paul Booth - Playing Fans: Negotiating Fandom and Media in the Digital Age

Paul Booth - Crossing Fandoms: SuperWhoLock and the Contemporary Fan Audience

Zoe Fraade-Blanar, Aaron M. Glazer - Superfandom: Como nossas obsessões estão mudando o que compramos e quem somos

Aaron Schwabach - Internet and the Law: Technology, Society, and Compromises

Jonathan Gray - Show Sold Separately_ Promos, Spoilers, and Other Media Paratexts

Jonathan Gray, Amanda D. Lotz - Television Studies

Jonathan Gray, Derek Johnson - A Companion to Media Authorship

Jonathan Gray, Jeffrey Jones, Ethan Thompson - Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era

Lincoln Geraghty - American Science Fiction Film and Television

Paul Booth - Game Play: Paratextuality in Contemporary Board Games

Various Authors - Heroines of Film and Television: Portrayals in Popular Culture

Will Brooker - Batman Unmasked_ Analyzing a Cultural Icon

Will Brooker - The Blade Runner Experience: The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic

#type: links #masterpost #library update

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State and Legislative Action

1a) Assembly member Kahan does not have anything on endangered species why. There aren’t a species endangered inside the district. State Senator Glazer also doesn’t have anything about the issue endangered species as for he same reason Kahan has.

b)nothing to agree o but maybe invest time into more help towards animal related issues.

C)no bills

2a) AB-202

b)introduced-January 14, 2019

c) to have the California harbor report any transport of an endangered species. to fail to do so it would be a crime.

D) the bill is fine as they fixed it from expiring to making it indefinite.

3a)

The Honorable Dianne Feinstein,

The issue I am concerned about is endangered species. I am concerned about this issue although there is not a true endangered species I am still concerned to the lack of any animal issue such as animal cruelty. I am currently a senior at Acalanes High School and I am researching this issue for my senior Government class. Please clarify your stance on this issue. Thank you so much for your time.

Sincerely,

Ethan Lerch-----used the same explanation for the emails

4a) there are bills and couldn't find exact number but a decent amount.

b)SB-831

C) Proposes to take the Grey wolf of the endangered species list so it can be hunted again in the western area.

d) Grey Wolves will be able to be hunted in Wisconsin; Michigan; Minnesota; Wyoming

e)nay, the wolf was almost wiped out and it is a predator animal so ts important for the ecosystem it lives in. History would repeats itself and undo the hard work it has done to bring the species back to life.

f) the House has not voted neither has the Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works has reviewed it.

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“Gretchen, stop trying to make Dean Winchester happen. It’s not going to happen.” OR: a list of characters that are ACTUALLY bisexual from pretty decent TV shows for all us salty sailors.

Criteria 4 this lyst: A) character is either THE main character or a primary character (secondary or a main in a larger ensemble cast). B) their bisexuality is confirmed in narrative. Or barring that, it isn’t just a wink and a nod/subtle suggestion, and is made fairly explicit. C) their bisexuality isn’t just a one off/dropped point/something that gets glossed over, and actually is significant to that character and/or future plot lines. and D) I, personally, both like the show and am ok with the portrayal of their bisexuality en narrative.

Some characters weren’t included on this list because I couldn’t force myself to get through the show or I really couldn’t be bothered to start watching all ten thousand seasons of it despite whatever A+ bi character debuts in season 10. And since this is supposed to be an actual rec list...

MVPs:

Joe MacMillan - Halt and Catch Fire

Quentin Coldwater - The Magicians

Rosa Diaz - Brooklyn 99

Clarke Griffin - The 100

Eleanor Shellstrop - The Good Place

Annalise Keating - How To Get Away With Murder

The sense8 + basically everyone else - Sense8

Hannibal Lecter + Dr Alana Bloom - Hannibal

Eleanor Guthrie - Black Sails

Illana Glazer - Broad City

Leila - The Bisexual

David Rose - Schitt’s Creek (technically ‘pansexual’ in show but functionally the same thing for our purposes. Also this show is hilarious. Basically Canadian Arrested Development with the worst dirtbag characters who you get to watch become not-dirtbags)

Robert Armstrong - Insatiable (does this show have issues? Absolutely. Is his bisexuality one of them? Nope.)

Nolan Ross - Revenge (kind of a terrible show but he is an A+ bi deuteragonist who kisses the faces of many men and women throughout its 3 seasons. Honestly I grit my teeth through all of it just to watch that and it was still worth it)

Waverly Earp - Wynonna Earp (surprisingly fun and funny show for the budget they’re working with)

Ethan Chandler - Penny Dreadful (yes he has sex with a dude. Yes that is absolute confirmation of bisexuality imo. But it’s just a throwaway thing in the story and other than that one scene has absolutely no bearing on anything else so. Eh.)

Jack Harkness + Ianto Jones + Toshiko Sato - Torchwood (is this “good television?” No. Is it still fun in a low budget and frequently obnoxious scifi kind of way? Sure. Did I watch most of it? Yes. Most of it.)

Honorable mentions:

James Flint + Anne Bonny + Max - Black Sails (debatable - they all p gay. The take home is that this is a very iconic and queer show and u should be watching it)

Villanelle - Killing Eve (debatable. She also p gay)

Will Graham - Hannibal (I like to think so but, debatable)

Daryl Whitefeather + Valencia Perez - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Good characters. Smaller roles in ensemble cast)

Shinji Ikari - Neon Genesis Evangelion (an ocean of anime fanboys disagree with me. This was a point included in the final hour of the show. That’s ok. I felt it was pretty explicit, so he can still be on this list. Also included to spite an ocean of anime fanboys)

Bob Belcher - Bob’s Burgers (“I’m straight. I mean I’m mostly straight.”)

Korra + Asami - The Legend of Korra (I haven’t actually seen this show but I go hard for this pairing)

Other:

NOT Chidi Anagonye - The Good Place (why not? More guys should be bi. It’s 2018! It’s like get over yourselves.)

And if that doesn’t just sum it up.

#bisexuality #bi stuff #bisexual characters #queer #rec list #should i tag this by show?#would that piss off everyone in the tags? probably #like at this point even is that one dude character was confirmed bi i wouldnt even list is cuz thats how bad it is in its golden years.#anyway apparently im on a huge ‘genre show with bi main’ kick and decided to like. actually keep a catalogue #dear anyone who sees this please reblog with your recs too!! because i am thirsty.#friends.#mutuals.#countrypeeps #lend me ur rec #thank you and godbless #2019 resolutions: to consume 100% more queer media

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Screen icons headed for blockbuster Cannes festival

PARIS

Hollywood is descending en masse on the French Riviera for the world's leading film shindig, which runs from May 16 to 27.

But it is striking that most of its big stars are icons who made their names in the 20th century.

Harrison Ford will receive a special homage when the 80-year-old's final outing as the whip-cracking archaeologist in "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" gets its world premiere.

Martin Scorsese, also 80, will launch his epic "Killers of the Flower Moon" alongside stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.

The king of quirky, Wes Anderson, will premiere "Asteroid City" and bring a typically star-packed cast to the red carpet, this time including Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie and Scarlett Johansson.

As if any more attention-grabbing selections were needed, the opening film is Johnny Depp's so-called comeback, "Jeanne du Barry", testing his French accent as King Louis XV.

It's a stronger year for women than normal, with a record seven female directors among the 21 competing for the Palme d'Or top prize.

One has been another source of scandal, however, with France's Catherine Corsini only added at the last minute (with "Homecoming") following controversy over an underage sex scene.

They will face a jury led by Ruben Ostlund, a two-time Palme-winner for "Triangle of Sadness" and "The Square".

Another lauded Brit, Steve McQueen, will present a four-hour documentary about wartime Amsterdam, "Occupied City", out of competition.

Star of the moment and so-called "Internet Daddy" Pedro Pascal is also expected alongside Ethan Hawke for a "queer Western" short film by Spain's Pedro Almodovar.

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