This was done today therefore my sentiments and memories toward some of movies may have changed since the initial watch of them. For the most part I can recall every film but there are a few I forget a little bit - there are 200+ so go figure.
Well, here we go!
- Mulberry Street (2010) - hey Abel Ferrara, nice street party, where is Harvey Keitel!?
- Antiporno (2016) - turns out you can examine sexual exploitation and gender politics and still be pretty damn sexist
- Lost City of Z (2016) - serious actor Robert Pattinson, welcome to the floor
- Ava (2017) - being a teenage girl and going blind sucks but it can be directed beautifully
- Reprise (2006) - poetic and creatively edited
- Something Different (1963) - a dancer and a housewife, both complex and both essential
- The Pleasure of Being Robbed (2008) - girl being a complete wastrel and boring me senseless
- Fracture (2007) - man I can't remember this, but I do love Ryan Gosling...
- Tomorrowland (2015) - I fell asleep during this one. What a fascinating idea, what terrible CGI... Hugh Laurie what are you doing?
- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) - genius and terrifying in equal measure, gorgeous set
- Self-Criticism of a Bourgeois Dog (2017) - self indulgent and aimless
- Dyketactics (1974) Superdyke Meets Madame X (1976) - the first one was blessedly short and well cut together, the second was nonsense and boring.
- Drive, He Said (1971) - Jack Nicholson directs a film about some moronic young fellas, I really disliked this one
- The Crimson Kimono (1959) - a noir film where the asian guy gets as much weight and emotion as his white best friend? Amazing and thrilling.
- Midnight Run (1988) - this one just made me inexplicably happy, it was just an enjoyable movie
- Blue Collar (1978) - Paul Shrader directs Richard Pryor and Harvey Keitel in an interesting look at union disputes (my first conscious Harvey Keitel experience)
- Good Time (2017) - Robert Pattinson continues to be a fascinating actor
- I am Not Your Negro (2016) - Essential
- The Promise (2016) - lest we forget the Armenian Genocide, a heartbreaking reality and a well crafted film
- Valerian: The City of a Thousand Planets (2017) - when Rhianna is the best thing about your film you seriously need a rethink
- The Big Sick (2017) - Zoe Kazan plays such interesting roles
- The Power Rangers Movie (2017) - unashamedly dumb and fun
- Girls Trip (2017) - girls be nasty and funny
- The Night of the Hunter (1955) - Robert Mitchum terrifies me, it's because of this movie
- Say When (2014) - Sam Rockwell you charming so-and-so...
- Mr Right (2015) - ditto
- Colossal (2016) - kaijus and toxic maculinity? shouldn't work, but it does.
- Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) - you mean we could have been friends all along?
- Vanilla Sky (2001) - what a frustrating waste of time
- In Bed With Victoria (2016) - because getting some random 20 year old to be your babysitter and then falling in love with him is... totally fine?
- Man Bites Dog (1992) - viscious, cruel, nasty, amazing
- The Structure of Crystal (1969) - I tried to get into Zanussi (not the guy who makes washing machines) but I did not manage to penetrate his psyche
- Cat People (1982) - fun B-movie with Malcolm McDowell
- Family Life (1971) - the Zanussi experiment part 2 - same result
- Crimson Peak (2015) - gothic costume drama, gorgeous but lacking
- Black Panther (2018) - a pleasant surprise
- Not One Less (1999) - 13 year old substitute teacher in China is told not to lose any students! My heart breaks as she does her darned best
- The Road Home (1999) - Zhang Yimou strikes again, much like the previous one, this made me weep and it was beautiful
- Fifty Shades Freed (2018) - contrary to popular believe, these films are pure lifestyle porn, women aren't so bothered about the kinky stuff, they want to marry a billionaire
- Illumination (1973) - Zanussi part 3 - same resuts
- Before Summer Ends (2017) - a thoroughly enjoyable road-trip
- Wings of Desire (1987) - COLUMBO!! Fascinating idea and engagingly explored. Couldn't get over Peter Falk being charming and magical
- The Lost Weekend (1945) - an intricate and powerfully acted insight into alcoholism, before it's time
- Lover for a Day (2017) - boring, good dance routine
- Six Shooter (2004) - black as Martin McDonagh's soul and brilliant
- Wild at Heart (1990) - Laura Dern and Nicholas Cage living their best lives
- On Body and Soul (2017) - a sensitive love story set at an abbattoir, strange and striking
- No Country For Old Men (2007) - if you see Javier Bardem you run, you run away.
- Mute (2018) - a massive disappointment on every level
- Ladybird (2017) - Greta Gerwig can see inside my soul and the main character's conflicted feelings about her home town spoke to me
- When We First Met (2018) - flaming trash, Netflix you can do better than this!
- Admission (2013) - because Paul Rudd
- Las Plantas (2015) - Chilean teen coming of age film with added comic books/conventions, delicate and interesting
- Thelma (2017) - gorgeous, thrilling and disturbing
- Annihilation (2018) - see above
- Going My Way (1944) - enjoyable but remembered for beating Double Indemnity at the Oscars
- Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) - this is the thing about corruption, people in power don't care what you do, as long as you don't drag the rest down
- Morvern Callar (2002) - angry and chilling, Morvern Callar has bruised my soul
- Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) - more fun than it had any right to be
- Baden Baden (2016) - i couldn't bring myself to care
- Serial Mom (1994) - good family fun
- The Last Picture Show (1971) - teenagers being aimless and empty, young Jeff Bridges!
- Snow Canon (2011) - boring and pointless
- Strange Days (1995) - imperfect but a prescient concept and glorious casting (Ralph Fiennes and Angela Bassett) elevated this
- Documenteur (1981) - I've got such a soft spot for Agnes Varda and this was a sensitive portrait of a mother
- Marie Antoinette (2006) - I have another soft spot reserved for Sofia Coppola, she operates on a feeling and i admired her anachronistic take on Marie Antoinette
- Ishtar (1981) - 'Telling the truth can be dangerous business...' - this film is a masterpiece, don't tell me otherwise
- Bottle Rocket (1996) - Owen Wilson being obnoxious in a Wes Anderson film, because... sure?
- All I Desire (1953) - my first Douglas Sirk and most importantly my introduction to Barbara Stanwyck, she is a goddess
- Magnificent Obsession (1954) - Douglas Sirk part 2, the melodrama, the escalation, the colourful endlessly surprising plot... gorgeous
- All That Heaven Allows (1955) - Douglas Sirk part 3, same players, different drama, not as affecting but still enthralling
- As You Are (2015) - Charlie Heaton from Stranger Things being caustically cool. Worth it for the last minute
- Tootsie (1982) - not as clever or enlightening as it thinks it is
- Selma (2014) - borderline hagiographic but nevertheless powerful
- Caramel (2007) - women doing their best and being charming, what more could I ask for
- Happy Anniversary (2018) - Netflix why!?! You have a charming cast and you still have the most infuriating propensity for weak storytelling
- The Fall (2006) - unashamedly fairytale and gorgeous, it's not perfect but it's certainly ambitious and I admire it
- Written on the Wind (1956) - Douglas Sirk part 4, Lauren Bacall breaks my heart
- Gholam (2017) - slight but curious, a London cabbie who wants no part of the criminal world nevertheless being dragged in
- The Squid and the Whale (2005) - navel-gazing but charismatic and personal enough to be interesting
- Point Break (1991) - an enjoyable classic, I can't believe I've never seen it before
- The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017) - by the numbers schlock, forgettable
- The Awful Truth (1937) - Cary Grant is damn hilarious and Irene Dunne matches him barb for barb
- North by Northwest (1959) - an old Cary Grant in a Hitchcock classic
- Bridge of Spies (2015) - I was surprised by how this (purportedly true story) had a happy ending, I can't get enough of Tom Hanks though
- The Avengers: Infinity War (2018) - I just struggled to care because it's missing an end and you know there's a reset button waiting to be pressed
- There’s Always Tomorrow (1956) Douglas Sirk part 5, the return of Barbara Stanwyck, she is undeniably magnificent
- City of Angels (1998) - Nicholas Cage and Meg Ryan star in the American remake of Wings of Desire, everything that made the original charming and curious (COLUMBO) is missing and it's worse for it
- Primary Colors (1998) - I love Mike Nichols (The Graduate) but I didn't care much for this
- Closer (2004) - Mike Nichols part 2, I hate everyone in this film, I hated the end
- Kodachrome (2018) - Jason Sudeikis, Ed Harris and Elizabeth Olsen being charming, well done Netflix, I wasn't bored to tears or frustrated by this one
- A Bigger Splash (2016) - 'Of course. I'll be sad forever.'
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) - amazing idea, poor execution, still not terrible
- The Tarnished Angel (1957) Douglas Sirk part 6 (I committed to this retrospective), not his most memorable
- How to be Single (2016) - Dakota Johnson, you are so very charming aren't you?
- The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) - Asia Argento adapted what was a very difficult book (I read as a teenager) and it's such an awful experience on film
- Prisoners (2013) - extremely upsetting and gripping
- Absence of Malice (1981) - Sydney Lumet directs a forgettable hard to follow mess
- Lost River (2014) - Ryan Gosling in his directorial debut, it's not a perfect film but Ben Mendelsohn dancing is worth it... so worth it...
- Bad Neighbours 2 (2016) - rehash of the original with girls, silly and fun
- Nightcrawler (2014) - no but seriously, Jake Gyllenhaal is terrifying
- Call Me By Your Name (2017) - Luca Guadagnino's direction is gorgeous and this delicate story of love is enchanting
- The Florida Project (2017) - if you're going to take advantage of a motel, make sure that it's run by Willem Defoe. Shot on an iPhone and colourfully unforgettable
- Maps to the Stars (2014) - freaking awful
- Deadpool 2 (2018) - Josh Brolin... you've been working out I see...
- Solo: A Star Wars Movie (2018) - a film with sole intention of filling out the mythology about Han Solo flying the Millennium Falcon through the Kessel Run and somehow it's still confusing nonsense
- Touch of Evil (1958) - everyone talks about that opening sequence and to be honest that's all I can remember
- A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) - Douglas Sirk part 7, i love melodrama but this was a very long view of the war...
- Imitation of Life (1959) - Douglas Sirk part 8 (the finale), this was what I was waiting for! What a fantastic heartbreaking film with difficult themes and raw emotions... perfection.
- Ibiza (2018) - Netflix strikes again with some trashy nonsense shot in Croatia
- The Comedy (2012) - oh good God, this was unforgiveable crap
- Stand By Me (1986) - a classic and thoroughly enjoyable, hey there tiny River Phoenix!
- The Lady Without Camelias (1953) - the curious thing about this film is that the main character's trajectory strongly reflected her real life. So very sad...
- Una (2016) - Ben Mendehlson and Rooney Mara act out what I think is a play, full of tricky and painful emotions, very dreary
- My Own Private Idaho (1991) - the Shakespeare nonsense is so irritating when you have River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves vibrating with magical chemistry...
- Set it Up (2018) - Netflix made a charming and enjoyable rom-com, who'd have thought!?!
- The Inertia Variations (2017) - Matt Johnson famed for The The and one of my favourite songs - This is the Day - which was my theme tune for the year, watching this felt like a thank you to him
- The Glass Key (1942) - Veronica Lake is divine... some other things happened...
- Horrible Bosses (2011) - tone deaf and a bit disturbing
- Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) - a zombie invasion in all but name, gripping
- Rumble Fish (1983) - a young Diane Lane enchants all who see her, the rest is teenage boy posturing
- Body Double (1984) - I can't quite get this one out of my head, it's a shlocky B-movie but it's visually arresting
- A Burning Hot Summer (2011) - Louis Garrell banging Monica Bellucci should not be this boring
- Kuro (2017) - a confusing art piece which maintained my focus but left me cold and bewildered
- The Exorcist (1973) - oh how this aged terribly... spent most of the film coveting the 70s costume design
- Rosemary’s Baby (1968) - whereas this is timeless, an effective and terrifying film, an unforgettable classic
- To Rome with Love (2012) - a forgettable and frustrating effort from Woody Allen, Jesse Eisenberg and Ellen Page have the least chemistry
- Mala Noche (1985) - a tricky but fascinating film in stylish black and white about infatuation
- Erase and Forget (2017) - a documentary about Bo Gritz which failed to hold my attention
- Detroit (2017) - we don't know what happened in that hotel that night, I don't think we ever will, this film is so difficult but it's important
- Tamara Drewe (2010) - all over the place, terrible
- Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again (2018) - nothing short of a masterpiece
- Minnie and Moskowitz (1971) - my first John Cassavettes, I kind of loved how messed up and difficult the characters were
- Albert Nobbs (2011) - toothless and disappointing
- Antman and the Wasp (2018) - fun and forgettable
- Tomb Raider (2018) - wasted cast
- The Illusionist (2006) - hated it
- Phantom Thread (2017) - a fascinating character study, Lesley Manville stole the whole film
- Did You Wonder Who Fire the Gun? (2017) - a blistering documentary
- Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) - trite and light but still heartwarming and effective
- How Heavy This Hammer (2015) - an ugly man, inside and out
- The Wedding Banquet (1993) - a film based around an interracial gay couple hiding the fact from the Chinese guy's parents, it's impressive and immersive and I loved it
- Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) - three sisters with full and complex lives and interiors but the best part is watching the dad spend hours and hours cooking
- My Man Godfrey (1936) - i loved this farce, it's bitter and tricky and hilarious
- Death Becomes Her (1992) - shouldn't have been as good as it was
- Cape Fear (1962) - Robert Mitchum returns to haunt my nighmares
- Cape Fear (1991) - i couldn't see past The Simpsons parodies
- The Last Emperor (1987) - a three hour film about an era in history I knew nothing about, fascinating
- Machete (2010) - dumb, loud and crazy fun
- Blackkklansman (2018) - how much should we be laughing and how much should we be weeping? I just couldn't tell...
- Searching (2018) - watching a computer screen in a cinema, John Cho elevated this effective thriller
- Molly’s Game (2017) - Idris Elba and Jessica Chastain sniping at one another from a Aaron Sorkin script? Uh yes please
- Bridget Jones Baby (2016) - POOR DR MCDREAMY
- Wind River (2017) - heartbreaking but unforgettable
- The Land of Steady Habits (2018) - a Netflix film by Nicole Holofcener, starring Ben Mendelsohn, interminably dull
- 8 1/2 (1963) - my first Fellini, visually arresting and glorious
- Mass for Shut Ins (2017) - so very very boring but that's probably the point
- Sullivan's Travels (1941) - the inception of O Brother, Where Art Thou, a rollicking and incredibly entertaining picture about the struggles of authenticity in cinema. Timeless.
- The Andromeda Strain (1971) - sci-fi at it's most turgid, it's a great idea but it's so long and deliberate
- The Lady Eve (1941) - Barbara Stanwyck seduces Henry Fonda and it's the most fun I had watching a film
- 12 Angry Men (1957) - an older and wiser Henry Fonda convinces a jury of righteousness, it's engrossing
- Rope (1948) - a chamber piece directed by Hitchcock which is entertaining and has a one endless shot conceit before Birdman was even conceived. Apparently Hitchcock hated it, I didn't mind it
- Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool (2017) - a tender love story which works as a delicate biopic with glorious acting performances but treads a little too carefully
- Game Night (2018) - Rachel McAdams should star in more comedies
- Table 19 (2017) - June Squibb made me cry, I didn't care about the rest of it
- A Star is Born (2018) - that electric moment on stage when Ally sings Shallows for the first time is unforgettable, everything else is just filler
- His Girl Friday (1940) - Cary Grant you charming devil you...
- Doctor Strange (2016) - Benedict Cabbagepatch playing the manipulative genius but in a Marvel film
- The Birdcage (1996) - shouldn't work as well as it does but by God does it work
- Enter the Void (2009) - the first 20 minutes are fascinating, then I spent the longest 3 hours watching a film about a man who wanted to sleep with his sister
- Maggie’s Plan (2015) - Greta Gerwig is an angel, Ethan Hawke is obnoxious
- Night of the Living Dead (1968) - I was surprised by how timeless and chilling this was
- Sorry to Bother You (2018) - when your story keeps escalating and never holds up with visual creativity and painful social commentary, you know you have a classic on your hands
- Suspiria (2018) - an homage to the original with more layers and more disturbing imagery but manages to be both overlong and alienating. I need to watch it again but I'm too afraid
- Inuyashiki (2018) - because nothing is more funny than an middle-aged guy turning into a robot
- Widows (2018) - an effective and clever thriller which is both thoughtful and mindlessly entertaining
- Peterloo (2018) - 2 hours of endless talking, 20 minutes of a massacre
- You Were Never Really Here (2017) - brutal and beautiful
- Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (2016) - I wanted to like you... why did you let me down so hard?
- Red Lights (2012) - Cillian Murphy and Sigourney Weaver start the film on such an intriguing note and then it just falls apart so bad...
- Red Sparrow (2018) - terrible view on women, on people, on espionage, boilerplate spy drama with absolutely zero understanding of the complexity human emotion
- Passengers (2016) - JLaw and Chris Pratt do messy kissing on a shiny spaceship
- I, Tonya (2018) - a biopic which makes you question the veracity of the people telling the story, it's both fun and serious and impressively made
- Another Year (2010) - Lesley Manville broke my heart, people don't want to see the vulnerable and the lost, they do as little as they can to make themselves feel better - Mike Leigh is a genius, more of this and less of Peterloo please!
- Animal Kingdom (2010) - Ben Mendehlson is the only actor I seem to be highlighting with any frequency. That's because he is in difficult and fascinating films.
- Unfaithful (2002) - Diane Lane for the love of God, get as far as away as possible from Richard Gere!!!
- Suspiria (1977) - the original is as bright and colourful as the remake is not. It's an odd film I'm not sure I fully appreciated, the soundtrack is magic though
- Hellzapoppin’ (1941) - breaking all of the walls and being deliriously silly can be much fun
- The Thing (1982) - terrifying on every single level, a masterpiece
- Mandy (2018) - the most metal film ever made.
- Senna (2010) - impressive documentary, heartbreaking story
- From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) - the first half of the film is so good, the second half is so SO bad
- Cosmopolis (2012) - would have worked as a play, as a film it's sinfully dull and self-indulgent
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - HEY STELLAAAAAAA
- Outlaw King (2018) - I confess my interest in military history is limited but the battle sequences in this film were the best part
- Bright Young Things (2003) - STOP SELLING EMILY MORTIMER
- I Am Love (2009) - Tilda Swinton has the most poetic/arty affair... the end was so jarring
- The Post (2017) - Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep publish the Pentagon Papers, drinks for everyone!
- Breathless (1960) - French new wave, very visually stylish with a charismatic lead but very much a product of it's time (in my uneducated eyes)
- A Star is Born (1937) - the original based on Barbara Stanwyck's life (convince me otherwise) starring Janet Gaynor, the ingenue rises as an acting talent, predictable and just fine
- A Star is Born (1954) - Judy Garland's turn, very similar but with additional song and dance routines, so very very long...
- The Old Man &The Gun (2018) - charming and warm
- Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998) - the ending was unforgiveable, what was waste of time
- Walkabout (1971) - it just made me so very sad...
- Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse (2018) - the best comic book movie ever made
- Thelma & Louise (1991) - LET THEM BE FREE
- Win It All (2017) - Jake Johnson gambling for a bit, why not?
- Tag (2018) - terrible
- Tumbledown (2015) - Rebecca Hall is a sad widow and Jason Sudeikis is there, no further comment required
- The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) - David Bowie convinces as an alien
- Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018) - great fun, perfect action flick
- Aquaman (2018) - unashamed schlock but Jason Mamoa's charisma didn't quite save it
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