1000<400 Challenge (Official, January 2021)

DudeLanez · #201

26.-30. Acht Stunden sind kein Tag. Ep. 1-5 (1972, Fassbinder, 475‘) 8/10 #502

JPN: 8 / USA: 5 / FRA, HUN: 2 etc.

1. Tall in the Saddle (1944, USA) 7/10 #381
2. Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001, JPN) 5/10 #558
3. Krysar (1986, CZE) 6/10 #71
4.a Pereval (1988, 31‘) 7/10 #978
4.b Son smeshnogo cheloveka (1992, 20‘) 7/10 #185
4.c The Wanderer (1988, #921, 11‘) 6/10 #921
4.d Brouillard: Passage #14 (2014, 10‘) 6/10 #527
4.e Jack Frost (1934, 9‘) 5/10 #808
5. Broken Lullaby (1932, Lubitsch, USA) 7/10 #789
6. Yoru no onnatachi (1948, Mizoguchi, JPN) 7/10 #757
7. Testament (1983, USA) 7/10 #838
8. Arigatô-san (1936, JPN) 6/10 #62
9. Midareru (1964, Naruse, JPN) 9/10 #18 (added)
10. Meshi (1951, Naruse, JPN) 6/10 #127
11. La caza (1966, Saura, ESP) 7/10 #673
12. Die letzte Brücke (1954, Käutner, AUT) 7/10 #205
13. Shura (1971, JPN) 8/10 #3 (added)
14. Rapture (1965, USA) 7/10 #4
15. Crime and Punishment (1935, Sternberg, USA) 6/10 #719
16. Okaasan (1952, Naruse, JPN) 8/10 #288 (added)
17. Thérèse Raquin (1953, Carné, FRA) 7/10 #215
18. La nuit du carrefour (1932, Renoir, FRA) 5/10 #434
19. Yama no oto (1954, Naruse, JPN) 8/10 #30 (added)
20. Szerelem (1971, HUN) 6/10 #21
21. Przesluchanie (1989, POL) 8/10 #9 (added)
22. Reise der Hoffnung (1990, CH) 6/10 #162
23.a) Agarrando pueblo (1978, 28') #564
23.b) Fuego en Castilla (1961, 20') #136
23.c) Plastic Bag (2009, 18') #468
23.d) Spiegel van Holland (1950, 10') #308
23.e) Ghost (1984, 5') #745
24. Krug vtoroy (1990, Sokurov, RUS) 7/10 #636
25. Az ötödik pecsét (1976, HUN) 7/10 #8
26.-30. Acht Stunden sind kein Tag. Ep. 1-5 (1972, Fassbinder, 475‘, GER) 8/10 #502 (added)

jeroeno · #202

72aicm wrote: ↑January 21st, 2021, 6:50 pm Got my plat back on the main list!

sol · #203

beavis wrote: ↑January 21st, 2021, 10:35 pm The standout here was Ladybug Ladybug which does a nice job of portraying fear, and then hitting it out of the park with a nice twist (kinda) at the end

Glad to hear you liked this one.

I have been plugging it for a while now, but it's always hard to convince others to give it a go. It could definitely benefit from extra support to get it in the top half of the 1000<400 list some day.

sol · #204

The 1000<400 Blows

1. The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010) #639
2. Go, Go, Second Time Virgin (1969) #297
3. The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) #995
4. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016) #120
5. They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) #341
6. Alone in the Wilderness (2004) #265
7. Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) #858
8. Outcast of the Islands (1951) #548
9. Caliber 9 (1972) #126
10. Nirvana (1997) #734
11. Endless Poetry (2016) #443
12. Mr. Thank You (1936) #62
13. Pop Skull (2007) #904
14. Requiem (2006) #764
15. Peterloo (2018) #743
16. Anatahan (1953) #195
17. Hard Core Logo (1996) #967
18. Finding Frances (2017) #272
19. The Tall Target (1951) #484
20. Man Without a Star (1955) #201
21. Alice in Wonderland (1966) #942
22. Perfumed Nightmare (1977) #771
23. Dead Man's Letters (1986) #132
24. Tea and Sympathy (1956) #588
25. None Shall Escape (1944) #824
26. I'll Be Seeing You (1944) #712
27. Blues in the Night (1941) #616
28. A Christmas Carol (1938) #640
29. Twentynine Palms (2003) #635
30. Carriage to Vienna (1966) #1
31. Pastoral Hide and Seek (1974) #29
32. Kajaki (Kilo Two Bravo) (2014) #310
33. Emperor of the North Pole (1973) #989
34. Pictures of the Old World (1972) #41
35. Girl Walk // All Day (2011) #81

36. National Gallery (2014) #379

The finances of the Gallery are a curious central focus here with the question of how to "be a part of popular culture" without compromising what the gallery is about. Another central focus is the curators and their passion really reverberates. Particularly potent is one curator who talks about how "a painting doesn't have time" to tell a story the same way as a film, as well as another who waxes poetic about how paintings preserve things forever.

iCheckMovies · #205

68. El lugar sin límites (1978, Arturo Ripstein) #848
69. Yuke yuke nidome no shojo (1969, Kôji Wakamatsu) #297
70. Valahol Európában (1948, Géza von Radványi) #486
71. Nogiku no gotoki kimi nariki (1955, Keisuke Kinoshita) #207
72. Lavoura Arcaica (2001, Luiz Fernando Carvalho) #232
73. Tiempo de revancha (1981, Adolfo Aristarain) #783
74. La ardilla roja (1993, Julio Medem) #360

275/500 - 455/1000

1. Yoru no onnatachi (1948, Kenji Mizoguchi) #757
2. Ansatsu (1964, Masahiro Shinoda) #686
3a. Do pivnice (1983, Jan Svankmajer) #601 (15')
3b. Hamsarayan (1982, Abbas Kiarostami) #267 (17')
3c. Ghost (1984, Takashi Ito) #745 (5')
3d. Sisyphus (1974, Marcell Jankovics) #893 (3')
3e. Spacy (1981, Takashi Ito) #876 (10')
3f. The Wanderer (1988, George Ungar) #921 (11')
3g. Brouillard: Passage #14 (2014, Alexandre Larose) #527 (10')
3h. Jack Frost (1934, Ub Iwerks) #808 (9')
4. Zacharovannaya Desna (1964, Yuliya Solntseva) #383
5. Von morgens bis mitternachts (1920, Karl Heinz Martin) #729
6a. Childish Gambino: This is America (2018, Hiro Murai) #871 (4')
6b. Baltie zvani (1961, Ivars Kraulitis) #617 (24')
6c. Pereval (1988, Vladimir Tarasov) #978 (31')
6d. Rusalka (1997, Aleksandr Petrov) #735 (10')
6e. This House Has People in It (2016, Alan Resnick) #738 (12')
7. Chronos (1985, Ron Fricke) #762
8. La ville des pirates (1983, Raoul Ruiz) #79
9. Le grand amour (1969, Pierre Etaix) #206
10. Daïnah la métisse (1932, Jean Grémillon) #677
11. Souls for Sale (1923, Rupert Hughes) #825
12. L'homme qui ment (1968, Alain Robbe-Grillet) #189
13. Une corde un Colt... (1969, Robert Hossein) #495
14. Mujô (1970, Akio Jissoji) #42
15. Pirosmani (1969, Giorgi Shengelaia) #45
16. Alice ou la dernière fugue (1977, Claude Chabrol) #777
17. La cicatrice intérieure (1972, Philippe Garrel) #793
18. Dong dong de jiàqi (1984, Hsiaou-hsien Hou) #52
19. Laissez bronzer les cadavres (2017, Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani) #345
20. Dr. Jack (1922, Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor) #962
21. Tsuma yo bara no yô ni (1935, Mikio Naruse) #982
22. Arigatô-san (1936, Hiroshi Shimizu) #62
23. Inazuma (1952, Mikio Naruse) #226
24. Okaasan (1952, Mikio Naruse) #288
25. L'étrange couleur des larmes de ton corps (2013, Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani) #675
26. Les biches (1968, Claude Chabrol) #402
27. Le dossier 51 (1978, Michel Deville) #243
28. Suzaki Paradaisu: Akashingô (1956, Yûzô Kawashima) #100
29. Calendar (1993, Atom Egoyan) #749
30. Kummatty (1979, Govindan Aravindan) #436
31. Os Verdes Anos (1963, Paulo Rocha) #407
32. Outrage (1950, Ida Lupino) #955
33. Ôsaka no yado (1954, Heinosuke Gosho) #431
34. 4 passi fra le nuvole (1942, Alessandro Blasetti) #183
35. Entotsu no mieru basho (1953, Heinosuke Gosho) #204
36. Anjô-ke no butôkai (1947, Kôzaburô Yoshimura) #235
37-44. "The Ascent of Man" (1973, David Kennard & Dick Gilling) #592
45. O-bi, O-ba - Koniec cywilizacji (1985, Piotr Szulkin) #249
46. Midaregumo (1967, Mikio Naruse) #164
47. Kyônetsu no kisetsu (1960, Koreyoshi Kurahara) #332
48. Krynytsya dlya sprahlykh (1965, Yuri Ilyenko) #357
49. Kladivo na carodejnice (1970, Otakar Vavra) #391
50. Sarmasik (2015, Tolga Karacelik) #994
51. Natvris khe (1976, Tengiz Abuladze) #541
52. El Chacal de Nahueltoro (1969, Miguel Littin) #688
53. Istoriya Asi Klyachinoy, kotoraya lyubila, da ne vyshla zamuzh (1966, Andrey Konchalovskiy) #906
54. Anma to onna (1938, Hiroshi Shimizu) #954
55. Keshtzar haye sepid (2009, Mohammad Rasoulof) #966
56. Emberek a havason (1942, István Szöts) #854
57-62. "Connections" (1978, -) #170
63. Akai tenshi (1966, Yasuzô Masumura) #6
64. Údolí vcel (1968, Frantisek Vlácil) #70
65. O Último Mergulho (1992, João César Monteiro) #905
66. Rengoku eroica (1970, Yoshishige Yoshida) #99
67. Wrony (1994, Dorota Kedzierzawska) #173
68. El lugar sin límites (1978, Arturo Ripstein) #848
69. Yuke yuke nidome no shojo (1969, Kôji Wakamatsu) #297
70. Valahol Európában (1948, Géza von Radványi) #486
71. Nogiku no gotoki kimi nariki (1955, Keisuke Kinoshita) #207
72. Lavoura Arcaica (2001, Luiz Fernando Carvalho) #232
73. Tiempo de revancha (1981, Adolfo Aristarain) #783
74. La ardilla roja (1993, Julio Medem) #360

jdidaco · #206

Still one of the most beautiful shots in all cinema, 'Tea and Sympathy',

15. Tea and Sympathy (Vincente Minnelli, 1956) 9/10 (RV) (#588)
16. Lebenszeichen (Signs of Life, Werner Herzog, 1968) 9/10 (RV) (#285)
17. Angst vor der Angst (Fear of Fear, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975) 9/10 (RV) (#256)
18. Zugvögel - ... einmal nach Inari (Train Birds, Peter Lichtefeld, 1998) 7/10 (#944)

Spoiler

1. Lady Windermere's Fan (Ernst Lubitsch, 1925) 9.5/10 (RV) (#842)
2. It Happened on Fifth Avenue (Roy Del Ruth, 1947) 9/10 (#911)
3. The Moon Is Blue (Otto Preminger, 1953) 8/10 (#329)
4. Little Men (Ira Sachs, 2016) 7.5/10 (#890)
5. The Lathe of Heaven (Fred Barzyk & David R. Loxton, 1980) 7.5/10 (#644)
6. Deadly Prey (David A. Prior, 1987) 5/10 (#892)
7. Yim ji kau (Rouge, Stanley Kwan, 1987) 9/10 (RV) (#529)
8. Ying (Shadow, Zhang Yimou, 2018) 7.5/10 (#909)
9. Susana (The Devil and the Flesh, Luis Buñuel, 1951) 8/10 (RV) (#324)
10. Duze zwierze (Big Animal, Jerzy Stuhr, 2000) 7.5/10 (#788)
11. Okraina (Outskirts, Boris Barnet, 1933) 9.5/10 (RV) (#363)
12. All I Desire (Douglas Sirk, 1953) 9/10 (RV) (#672)
13. Little Murders (Alan Arkin, 1971) 8/10 (#323)
14. Risttuules (In the Crosswind, Martti Helde, 2014) 7.5/10 (#83)

72aicm · #207

040. #677 Daïnah la métisse (1932)
041. #899 102 Minutes That Changed America (2008) (added to my list)

806/1000

001. #119 Da xiang xi di er zuo (2018)
002. #147 Western (2017) (added to my list)
003. #238 L'eau froide (1994)
004. #255 Histoire de Marie et Julien (2003)
005. #283 Aoi haru (2001)
006. #294 Yoru wa mijikashi aruke yo otome (2017)
007. #301 A Thousand Clowns (1965)
008. #336 Foxtrot (2017) (added to my list)
009. #343 Kono sekai no katasumi ni (2016)
010. #345 Laissez bronzer les cadavres (2017)
011. #355 La kermesse héroïque (1935)
012. #363 Okraina (1933)
013. #369 L’amour fou (1969)
014. #387 Perceval le Gallois (1978)
015. #405 Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
016. #409 Monday (2000) (added to my list)
017. #413 La mort de Louis XIV (2016)
018. #422 Cadaveri eccellenti (1976)
019. #425 Lean on Pete (2017)
020. #428 Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
021. #437 Noroît (1976)
022. #454 César (1936)
023. #457 Patti Cake$ (2017) (added to my list)
024. #460 LA Plays Itself (1972)
025. #461 Lourdes (2009)
026. #466 Gruppo di famiglia in un interno (1974)
027. #471 Aus dem Leben der Marionetten (1980)
028. #482 Indignation (2016)
029. #497 Marusa no onna (1987)
030. #596 Streetwise (1984) (added to my list)
031. #674 Basic Training (1971)
032. #677 Daïnah la métisse (1932)
033. #696 Sogobi (2002)
034. #785 Divorce Iranian Style (1998)
035. #804 11 x 14 (1977)
036. #899 102 Minutes That Changed America (2008) (added to my list)
037. #916 Apa (1966)
038. #940 The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2003)
039. #945 Point of Order! (1964)
040. #985 En forårsdag i Helvede (1977)
041. #994 Sarmasik (2015)

jeroeno · #208

41. Durak (2014)
42. La donna del lago (1965)

maksler · #209

Spoiler

1. Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935, Mikio Naruse) 7.5 #982
2. Repast (1951, Mikio Naruse) 8 #127
3. Lightning (1952, Mikio Naruse) 8 #226
4. Mother (1952, Mikio Naruse) 8+ #288
5. Sound of the Mountain (1954, Mikio Naruse) 9 #30
6. Late Chrysanthemums (1954, Mikio Naruse) 8+ #547
7. Flowing (1956, Mikio Naruse) 8 #282
8. Yearning (1964, Mikio Naruse) 9 #18
9. The Stranger within a Woman (1966, Mikio Naruse) 7 #227
10. Two in the Shadow (1967, Mikio Naruse) 8 #164
11. Suzaki Paradise Red Light (1956, Yuzo Kawashima) 8 #100
12. A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957, Yuzo Kawashima) 7 #392

13. Kisses (1957, Yasuzo Masumura) 7.5 #356

Lu-Chin · #210

Spoiler

1. Ukamau (1966) 5/10 #455
2. Araya (1959) 6/10 #154
3. O-Bi, O-Ba - The End of Civilization (1985) 5/10 #249
4. Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966) 6/10 #263
5. Rien que les heures (1926) 6/10 #451
6. Krysar (1986) 6/10 #71
7. Gauche the Cellist (1982) 6/10 #366
8. My Ain Folk (1973) 4/10 #335
9. Vertical Features Remake (1978) 5/10 #397
10. Chronos (1985) 7/10 #762
11. Dementia (1955) 8/10 #714
12. Daïnah la métisse (1932) 7/10 #677
13. Seven Years Bad Luck (1921) 6/10 #408
14. Haze (2005) 6/10 #534
15. Chanson d'Armor (1934) 5/10 #997
16. Birthplace (1992) 8/10 #175
17. So Is This (1982) 6/10 #670
18. Blockade (2006) 7/10 #549
19. Poesía sin fin (2016) 8/10 #443
20. For Heaven's Sake (1926) 6/10 #476
21. L'ange (1982) 4/10 #262
22. The Inner Scar (1972) 4/10 #793
23. Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001) 4/10 #558
24. The Flying Luna Clipper (1987) 6/10 #603
25. Gwen, the Book of Sand (1985) 4/10 #773
26. The Blue Bird (1918) 6/10 #416
27. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978) 8/10 #339
28. Le monde vivant (2003) 6/10 #531
29. A Christmas Carol (1938) 7/10 #640
30. Salt for Svanetia (1930) 7/10 #767
31. Alice in Wonderland (1966) 5/10 #942
32. Dr. Jack (1922) 6/10 #962
33. La vendedora de rosas (1998) 8/10 #579
34. Cuadecuc, vampir (1971) 5/10 #718
35. Kamen (1992) 3/10 #152
36. West of Zanzibar (1928) 6/10 #638
37. The White Reindeer (1952) 4/10 #581
38. Dead Man's Letters (1986) 5/10 #132
39. Carnival of Sinners (1943) 7/10 #180
40. La belle captive (1983) 7/10 #646
41. Ashes and Snow (2005) 5/10 #270
42. Wrony (1994) 6/10 #173
43. Dom na Trubnoy (1928) 6/10 #521
44. Schalcken the Painter (1979) 8/10 #943
45. Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977) 8/10 #467
46. Alone in the Wilderness (2004) 8/10 #265
47. Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969) 4/10 #698
48. The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962) 7/10 #16
49. Carriage to Vienna (1966) 8/10 #1
50. Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994) 5/10 #725
51. Portrait d'une jeune fille de la fin des années 60 à Bruxelles (1994) 6/10 #924
52. US Go Home (1994) 7/10 #28
53. One Way Boogie Woogie (1977) 3/10 #991
54. El lugar sin límites (1978) 8/10 #848
55. Go, Go, Second Time Virgin (1969) 5/10 #297
56. La caza (1966) 7/10 #673
57. Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) 8/10 #326
58. Nobody's Business (1996) 7/10 #961

59. Alice or the Last Escapade (1977) 7/10 #777
60. Monday (2000) 5/10 #409
61. Canoa (1976) 8/10 #532
62. Nothing (2003) 7/10 #894
63. 22nd of May (2010) 5/10 #981
64. Macunaíma (1969) 5/10 #941
65. Himiko (1974) 6/10 #231

ckfilm88 · #211

Watched So Far 67(+2)/1000

1.) The Comfort of Strangers (1990, Paul Schrader) - #666
2.) Prípad pro zacínajícího kata (Case for a Rookie Hangman) (1970, Pavel Jurácek) - #289
3.) Decasia (2002, Bill Morrison) - #240
4.) Arigatô-san (Mr. Thank You) (1936, Hiroshi Shimizu) - #62
5.) Calendar (1993, Atom Egoyan) - #749
6.) Heart of a Dog (2015, Laurie Anderson) - #732
7.) Der Nachtmahr (The Nightmare) (2015, Akiz) - #488
8.) Who Killed Captain Alex? (2010, Nabwana I.G.G.) - #388

9.) The Pumpkin Eater (1964, Jack Clayton) - #637
10.) Yoru wa mijikashi aruke yo otome (Night is Short, Walk on Girl) (2017, Masaaki Yuasa) - #294

sol · #212

The 1000<400 Blows

1. The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010) #639
2. Go, Go, Second Time Virgin (1969) #297
3. The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) #995
4. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016) #120
5. They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) #341
6. Alone in the Wilderness (2004) #265
7. Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) #858
8. Outcast of the Islands (1951) #548
9. Caliber 9 (1972) #126
10. Nirvana (1997) #734
11. Endless Poetry (2016) #443
12. Mr. Thank You (1936) #62
13. Pop Skull (2007) #904
14. Requiem (2006) #764
15. Peterloo (2018) #743
16. Anatahan (1953) #195
17. Hard Core Logo (1996) #967
18. Finding Frances (2017) #272
19. The Tall Target (1951) #484
20. Man Without a Star (1955) #201
21. Alice in Wonderland (1966) #942
22. Perfumed Nightmare (1977) #771
23. Dead Man's Letters (1986) #132
24. Tea and Sympathy (1956) #588
25. None Shall Escape (1944) #824
26. I'll Be Seeing You (1944) #712
27. Blues in the Night (1941) #616
28. A Christmas Carol (1938) #640
29. Twentynine Palms (2003) #635
30. Carriage to Vienna (1966) #1
31. Pastoral Hide and Seek (1974) #29
32. Kajaki (Kilo Two Bravo) (2014) #310
33. Emperor of the North Pole (1973) #989
34. Pictures of the Old World (1972) #41
35. Girl Walk // All Day (2011) #81
36. National Gallery (2014) #379

37. We the Animals (2018) #963

Growing up with an abusive father and neglectful mother, a young boy takes to drawing to escape his dysfunctional family in this coming-of-age drama. Evan Rosado is excellent as the curious lad who slowly discovers that his family is imperfect and that he is very different to his brothers. Stop animation is also used well to bring his illustrations to life at several points. None of the characters beyond the protagonist are really fleshed out in depth though.

sol · #213

The 1000<400 Blows

1. The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010) #639
2. Go, Go, Second Time Virgin (1969) #297
3. The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) #995
4. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016) #120
5. They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) #341
6. Alone in the Wilderness (2004) #265
7. Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) #858
8. Outcast of the Islands (1951) #548
9. Caliber 9 (1972) #126
10. Nirvana (1997) #734
11. Endless Poetry (2016) #443
12. Mr. Thank You (1936) #62
13. Pop Skull (2007) #904
14. Requiem (2006) #764
15. Peterloo (2018) #743
16. Anatahan (1953) #195
17. Hard Core Logo (1996) #967
18. Finding Frances (2017) #272
19. The Tall Target (1951) #484
20. Man Without a Star (1955) #201
21. Alice in Wonderland (1966) #942
22. Perfumed Nightmare (1977) #771
23. Dead Man's Letters (1986) #132
24. Tea and Sympathy (1956) #588
25. None Shall Escape (1944) #824
26. I'll Be Seeing You (1944) #712
27. Blues in the Night (1941) #616
28. A Christmas Carol (1938) #640
29. Twentynine Palms (2003) #635
30. Carriage to Vienna (1966) #1
31. Pastoral Hide and Seek (1974) #29
32. Kajaki (Kilo Two Bravo) (2014) #310
33. Emperor of the North Pole (1973) #989
34. Pictures of the Old World (1972) #41
35. Girl Walk // All Day (2011) #81
36. National Gallery (2014) #379
37. We the Animals. (2018) #963

38. Salt for Svanetia (1930) #767

Life at an isolated mountain village is captured in vivid detail in this silent Soviet documentary. The film has a definite propaganda slant but is watchable throughout due to many creative ways that the footage is shot and edited. Of particular note is a sequence in which the camera rocks up and down while stones are being thrown from a tower; there is also a very innovative part in which a manure shovel is pointed directly into the camera.

klaus78 · #214

Spoiler

1. #53 La muerte de un burócrata (1966) 7/10
2. #61 La religieuse (1966) 8/10
3. #82 LA 92 (2017) 8/10
4. #85 Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (2017) 8/10
5. #86 La gueule ouverte (1974) 6/10
6. #88 Kiga kaikyô (1965) 6/10
7. #107 Bam gua nat (2008) 7/10
8. #109 Mer dare (1983) 8/10
9. #116 Les rendez-vous de Paris (1995) 7/10
10. #124 Tabiate bijan (1974) 8/10
11. #128 Panique (1946) 6/10
12. #134 Flicka och hyacinter (1950) 8/10
13. #135 Uski Roti (1970) 8/10
14. #138 Un coupable idéal (2001) 7/10
15. #139 Le septième juré (1962) 8/10
16. #141 Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle) (1996) 7/10
17. #148 Monanieba (1984) 7/10

18. #155 Reality's Invisible (1971) 7/10
19. #159 Kapò (1960) 6/10
20. #160 Motforestilling (1972) 7/10
21. #163 Durak (2014) 5/10
22. #164 Midaregumo (1967) 7/10

72aicm · #215

042. #565 Il profumo della signora in nero (1974)
043. #588 Tea and Sympathy (1956) (added to my list)

044. Shorts:
#527 Brouillard: Passage #14 (2014) 10min
#601 Do pivnice (1983) 15min
#735 Rusalka (1997) 10min
#745 Ghost (1984) 6min
#871 Childish Gambino: This Is America (2018) 4min
#877 München-Berlin Wanderung (1927) (added to my list) 4min
#893 Sisyphus (1974) 2min
#921 The Wanderer (1988) 11min
#922 Mei to Koneko basu (2002) 14min
#978 Pereval (1988) 30min

818/1000

#119 Da xiang xi di er zuo (2018)
#147 Western (2017) (added to my list)
#238 L'eau froide (1994)
#255 Histoire de Marie et Julien (2003)
#283 Aoi haru (2001)
#294 Yoru wa mijikashi aruke yo otome (2017)
#301 A Thousand Clowns (1965)
#336 Foxtrot (2017) (added to my list)
#343 Kono sekai no katasumi ni (2016)
#345 Laissez bronzer les cadavres (2017)
#355 La kermesse héroïque (1935)
#363 Okraina (1933)
#369 L’amour fou (1969)
#387 Perceval le Gallois (1978)
#405 Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
#409 Monday (2000) (added to my list)
#413 La mort de Louis XIV (2016)
#422 Cadaveri eccellenti (1976)
#425 Lean on Pete (2017)
#428 Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
#437 Noroît (1976)
#454 César (1936)
#457 Patti Cake$ (2017) (added to my list)
#460 LA Plays Itself (1972)
#461 Lourdes (2009)
#466 Gruppo di famiglia in un interno (1974)
#471 Aus dem Leben der Marionetten (1980)
#482 Indignation (2016)
#497 Marusa no onna (1987)
#527 Brouillard: Passage #14 (2014)
#565 Il profumo della signora in nero (1974)
#588 Tea and Sympathy (1956) (added to my list)
#596 Streetwise (1984) (added to my list)
#601 Do pivnice (1983)
#674 Basic Training (1971)
#677 Daïnah la métisse (1932)
#696 Sogobi (2002)
#735 Rusalka (1997)
#745 Ghost (1984)
#785 Divorce Iranian Style (1998)
#804 11 x 14 (1977)
#871 Childish Gambino: This Is America (2018)
#877 München-Berlin Wanderung (1927) (added to my list)
#893 Sisyphus (1974)
#899 102 Minutes That Changed America (2008)
#916 Apa (1966)
#921 The Wanderer (1988)
#922 Mei to Koneko basu (2002)
#940 The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2003)
#945 Point of Order! (1964)
#978 Pereval (1988)
#985 En forårsdag i Helvede (1977)
#994 Sarmasik (2015)

iCheckMovies · #216

75-78. "Môsô dairinin" (2004, Satoshi Kon) #605
79-80. "The Final Cut" (1995, -) #563

Both miniseries were brilliant.
A lot of my friends were praising Paranoia Agent when it was originally aired, and now I can see why.
As for The Final Cut, I really loved "House of Cards" and "To Play the King" but I'd never watched the third act of the trilogy. Amazing performance by Ian Richardson again here.

275/500 - 457/1000

1. Yoru no onnatachi (1948, Kenji Mizoguchi) #757
2. Ansatsu (1964, Masahiro Shinoda) #686
3a. Do pivnice (1983, Jan Svankmajer) #601 (15')
3b. Hamsarayan (1982, Abbas Kiarostami) #267 (17')
3c. Ghost (1984, Takashi Ito) #745 (5')
3d. Sisyphus (1974, Marcell Jankovics) #893 (3')
3e. Spacy (1981, Takashi Ito) #876 (10')
3f. The Wanderer (1988, George Ungar) #921 (11')
3g. Brouillard: Passage #14 (2014, Alexandre Larose) #527 (10')
3h. Jack Frost (1934, Ub Iwerks) #808 (9')
4. Zacharovannaya Desna (1964, Yuliya Solntseva) #383
5. Von morgens bis mitternachts (1920, Karl Heinz Martin) #729
6a. Childish Gambino: This is America (2018, Hiro Murai) #871 (4')
6b. Baltie zvani (1961, Ivars Kraulitis) #617 (24')
6c. Pereval (1988, Vladimir Tarasov) #978 (31')
6d. Rusalka (1997, Aleksandr Petrov) #735 (10')
6e. This House Has People in It (2016, Alan Resnick) #738 (12')
7. Chronos (1985, Ron Fricke) #762
8. La ville des pirates (1983, Raoul Ruiz) #79
9. Le grand amour (1969, Pierre Etaix) #206
10. Daïnah la métisse (1932, Jean Grémillon) #677
11. Souls for Sale (1923, Rupert Hughes) #825
12. L'homme qui ment (1968, Alain Robbe-Grillet) #189
13. Une corde un Colt... (1969, Robert Hossein) #495
14. Mujô (1970, Akio Jissoji) #42
15. Pirosmani (1969, Giorgi Shengelaia) #45
16. Alice ou la dernière fugue (1977, Claude Chabrol) #777
17. La cicatrice intérieure (1972, Philippe Garrel) #793
18. Dong dong de jiàqi (1984, Hsiaou-hsien Hou) #52
19. Laissez bronzer les cadavres (2017, Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani) #345
20. Dr. Jack (1922, Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor) #962
21. Tsuma yo bara no yô ni (1935, Mikio Naruse) #982
22. Arigatô-san (1936, Hiroshi Shimizu) #62
23. Inazuma (1952, Mikio Naruse) #226
24. Okaasan (1952, Mikio Naruse) #288
25. L'étrange couleur des larmes de ton corps (2013, Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani) #675
26. Les biches (1968, Claude Chabrol) #402
27. Le dossier 51 (1978, Michel Deville) #243
28. Suzaki Paradaisu: Akashingô (1956, Yûzô Kawashima) #100
29. Calendar (1993, Atom Egoyan) #749
30. Kummatty (1979, Govindan Aravindan) #436
31. Os Verdes Anos (1963, Paulo Rocha) #407
32. Outrage (1950, Ida Lupino) #955
33. Ôsaka no yado (1954, Heinosuke Gosho) #431
34. 4 passi fra le nuvole (1942, Alessandro Blasetti) #183
35. Entotsu no mieru basho (1953, Heinosuke Gosho) #204
36. Anjô-ke no butôkai (1947, Kôzaburô Yoshimura) #235
37-44. "The Ascent of Man" (1973, David Kennard & Dick Gilling) #592
45. O-bi, O-ba - Koniec cywilizacji (1985, Piotr Szulkin) #249
46. Midaregumo (1967, Mikio Naruse) #164
47. Kyônetsu no kisetsu (1960, Koreyoshi Kurahara) #332
48. Krynytsya dlya sprahlykh (1965, Yuri Ilyenko) #357
49. Kladivo na carodejnice (1970, Otakar Vavra) #391
50. Sarmasik (2015, Tolga Karacelik) #994
51. Natvris khe (1976, Tengiz Abuladze) #541
52. El Chacal de Nahueltoro (1969, Miguel Littin) #688
53. Istoriya Asi Klyachinoy, kotoraya lyubila, da ne vyshla zamuzh (1966, Andrey Konchalovskiy) #906
54. Anma to onna (1938, Hiroshi Shimizu) #954
55. Keshtzar haye sepid (2009, Mohammad Rasoulof) #966
56. Emberek a havason (1942, István Szöts) #854
57-62. "Connections" (1978, -) #170
63. Akai tenshi (1966, Yasuzô Masumura) #6
64. Údolí vcel (1968, Frantisek Vlácil) #70
65. O Último Mergulho (1992, João César Monteiro) #905
66. Rengoku eroica (1970, Yoshishige Yoshida) #99
67. Wrony (1994, Dorota Kedzierzawska) #173
68. El lugar sin límites (1978, Arturo Ripstein) #848
69. Yuke yuke nidome no shojo (1969, Kôji Wakamatsu) #297
70. Valahol Európában (1948, Géza von Radványi) #486
71. Nogiku no gotoki kimi nariki (1955, Keisuke Kinoshita) #207
72. Lavoura Arcaica (2001, Luiz Fernando Carvalho) #232
73. Tiempo de revancha (1981, Adolfo Aristarain) #783
74. La ardilla roja (1993, Julio Medem) #360
75-78. "Môsô dairinin" (2004, Satoshi Kon) #605
79-80. "The Final Cut" (1995, -) #563

DudeLanez · #217

31. Swiadectwo urodzenia (1961) 6/10 #7
32. Malá morská víla (1976) 4/10 #176
33. Il profumo della signora in nero 6/10 (1974) #565

JPN: 8 / USA: 5 / FRA, HUN, POL, CZE: 2 etc.

1. Tall in the Saddle (1944, USA) 7/10 #381
2. Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001, JPN) 5/10 #558
3. Krysar (1986, CZE) 6/10 #71
4.a Pereval (1988, 31‘) 7/10 #978
4.b Son smeshnogo cheloveka (1992, 20‘) 7/10 #185
4.c The Wanderer (1988, #921, 11‘) 6/10 #921
4.d Brouillard: Passage #14 (2014, 10‘) 6/10 #527
4.e Jack Frost (1934, 9‘) 5/10 #808
5. Broken Lullaby (1932, Lubitsch, USA) 7/10 #789
6. Yoru no onnatachi (1948, Mizoguchi, JPN) 7/10 #757
7. Testament (1983, USA) 7/10 #838
8. Arigatô-san (1936, JPN) 6/10 #62
9. Midareru (1964, Naruse, JPN) 9/10 #18 (added)
10. Meshi (1951, Naruse, JPN) 6/10 #127
11. La caza (1966, Saura, ESP) 7/10 #673
12. Die letzte Brücke (1954, Käutner, AUT) 7/10 #205
13. Shura (1971, JPN) 8/10 #3 (added)
14. Rapture (1965, USA) 7/10 #4
15. Crime and Punishment (1935, Sternberg, USA) 6/10 #719
16. Okaasan (1952, Naruse, JPN) 8/10 #288 (added)
17. Thérèse Raquin (1953, Carné, FRA) 7/10 #215
18. La nuit du carrefour (1932, Renoir, FRA) 5/10 #434
19. Yama no oto (1954, Naruse, JPN) 8/10 #30 (added)
20. Szerelem (1971, HUN) 6/10 #21
21. Przesluchanie (1989, POL) 8/10 #9 (added)
22. Reise der Hoffnung (1990, CH) 6/10 #162
23.a) Agarrando pueblo (1978, 28') #564
23.b) Fuego en Castilla (1961, 20') #136
23.c) Plastic Bag (2009, 18') #468
23.d) Spiegel van Holland (1950, 10') #308
23.e) Ghost (1984, 5') #745
24. Krug vtoroy (1990, Sokurov, RUS) 7/10 #636
25. Az ötödik pecsét (1976, HUN) 7/10 #8
26.-30. Acht Stunden sind kein Tag. Ep. 1-5 (1972, Fassbinder, 475‘, GER) 8/10 #502 (added)
31. Swiadectwo urodzenia (1961, POL) 6/10 #7
32. Malá morská víla (1976, CZE) 4/10 #176
33. Il profumo della signora in nero 6/10 (1974, ITA) #565

AB537 · #218

11-13. The Final Cut (BBC, 1995) 7.5/10 ... #563 ... 38 minutes carried over

sol · #219

The 1000<400 Blows

1. The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010) #639
2. Go, Go, Second Time Virgin (1969) #297
3. The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) #995
4. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016) #120
5. They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) #341
6. Alone in the Wilderness (2004) #265
7. Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) #858
8. Outcast of the Islands (1951) #548
9. Caliber 9 (1972) #126
10. Nirvana (1997) #734
11. Endless Poetry (2016) #443
12. Mr. Thank You (1936) #62
13. Pop Skull (2007) #904
14. Requiem (2006) #764
15. Peterloo (2018) #743
16. Anatahan (1953) #195
17. Hard Core Logo (1996) #967
18. Finding Frances (2017) #272
19. The Tall Target (1951) #484
20. Man Without a Star (1955) #201
21. Alice in Wonderland (1966) #942
22. Perfumed Nightmare (1977) #771
23. Dead Man's Letters (1986) #132
24. Tea and Sympathy (1956) #588
25. None Shall Escape (1944) #824
26. I'll Be Seeing You (1944) #712
27. Blues in the Night (1941) #616
28. A Christmas Carol (1938) #640
29. Twentynine Palms (2003) #635
30. Carriage to Vienna (1966) #1
31. Pastoral Hide and Seek (1974) #29
32. Kajaki (Kilo Two Bravo) (2014) #310
33. Emperor of the North Pole (1973) #989
34. Pictures of the Old World (1972) #41
35. Girl Walk // All Day (2011) #81
36. National Gallery (2014) #379
37. We the Animals. (2018) #963
38. Salt for Svanetia (1930) #767

39. Bitter Victory (1957) #562

Richard Burton and Curd Jürgens are both solid as the two leads here, however, this is a film that only really takes off in its final half-hour when the mission has been completed. The pre-mission scenes dull, hitting familiar love triangle notes; the actual mission is a bit more exciting, but things only really get interesting is only as the pair begin to converse and discuss cowardice and "the fine line between war and murder" as they head back.

Lu-Chin · #220

Spoiler

1. Ukamau (1966) 5/10 #455
2. Araya (1959) 6/10 #154
3. O-Bi, O-Ba - The End of Civilization (1985) 5/10 #249
4. Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966) 6/10 #263
5. Rien que les heures (1926) 6/10 #451
6. Krysar (1986) 6/10 #71
7. Gauche the Cellist (1982) 6/10 #366
8. My Ain Folk (1973) 4/10 #335
9. Vertical Features Remake (1978) 5/10 #397
10. Chronos (1985) 7/10 #762
11. Dementia (1955) 8/10 #714
12. Daïnah la métisse (1932) 7/10 #677
13. Seven Years Bad Luck (1921) 6/10 #408
14. Haze (2005) 6/10 #534
15. Chanson d'Armor (1934) 5/10 #997
16. Birthplace (1992) 8/10 #175
17. So Is This (1982) 6/10 #670
18. Blockade (2006) 7/10 #549
19. Poesía sin fin (2016) 8/10 #443
20. For Heaven's Sake (1926) 6/10 #476
21. L'ange (1982) 4/10 #262
22. The Inner Scar (1972) 4/10 #793
23. Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001) 4/10 #558
24. The Flying Luna Clipper (1987) 6/10 #603
25. Gwen, the Book of Sand (1985) 4/10 #773
26. The Blue Bird (1918) 6/10 #416
27. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978) 8/10 #339
28. Le monde vivant (2003) 6/10 #531
29. A Christmas Carol (1938) 7/10 #640
30. Salt for Svanetia (1930) 7/10 #767
31. Alice in Wonderland (1966) 5/10 #942
32. Dr. Jack (1922) 6/10 #962
33. La vendedora de rosas (1998) 8/10 #579
34. Cuadecuc, vampir (1971) 5/10 #718
35. Kamen (1992) 3/10 #152
36. West of Zanzibar (1928) 6/10 #638
37. The White Reindeer (1952) 4/10 #581
38. Dead Man's Letters (1986) 5/10 #132
39. Carnival of Sinners (1943) 7/10 #180
40. La belle captive (1983) 7/10 #646
41. Ashes and Snow (2005) 5/10 #270
42. Wrony (1994) 6/10 #173
43. Dom na Trubnoy (1928) 6/10 #521
44. Schalcken the Painter (1979) 8/10 #943
45. Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977) 8/10 #467
46. Alone in the Wilderness (2004) 8/10 #265
47. Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969) 4/10 #698
48. The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962) 7/10 #16
49. Carriage to Vienna (1966) 8/10 #1
50. Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994) 5/10 #725
51. Portrait d'une jeune fille de la fin des années 60 à Bruxelles (1994) 6/10 #924
52. US Go Home (1994) 7/10 #28
53. One Way Boogie Woogie (1977) 3/10 #991
54. El lugar sin límites (1978) 8/10 #848
55. Go, Go, Second Time Virgin (1969) 5/10 #297
56. La caza (1966) 7/10 #673
57. Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) 8/10 #326
58. Nobody's Business (1996) 7/10 #961
59. Alice or the Last Escapade (1977) 7/10 #777
60. Monday (2000) 5/10 #409
61. Canoa (1976) 8/10 #532
62. Nothing (2003) 7/10 #894
63. 22nd of May (2010) 5/10 #981
64. Macunaíma (1969) 5/10 #941
65. Himiko (1974) 6/10 #231

66. Vuelven (2017) 5/10 #517
67. On the Bowery (1956) 5/10 #576
68. Le révélateur (1968) 4/10 #92
69. At Sea (2007) 5/10 #161
70. Deprisa, deprisa (1981) 7/10 #831
71. The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001) 4/10 #542

frbrown · #221

4. The Pearl Button (2015) #320

Begins with nice images of water, and then it turns depressing.

Spoiler

1. The Blue Bird (1918) #416
2. Heroes of the East (1978) #624
3. The Good Fairy (1935) #423
4. The Pearl Button (2015) #320

sol · #222

The 1000<400 Blows

1. The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010) #639
2. Go, Go, Second Time Virgin (1969) #297
3. The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) #995
4. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016) #120
5. They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) #341
6. Alone in the Wilderness (2004) #265
7. Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) #858
8. Outcast of the Islands (1951) #548
9. Caliber 9 (1972) #126
10. Nirvana (1997) #734
11. Endless Poetry (2016) #443
12. Mr. Thank You (1936) #62
13. Pop Skull (2007) #904
14. Requiem (2006) #764
15. Peterloo (2018) #743
16. Anatahan (1953) #195
17. Hard Core Logo (1996) #967
18. Finding Frances (2017) #272
19. The Tall Target (1951) #484
20. Man Without a Star (1955) #201
21. Alice in Wonderland (1966) #942
22. Perfumed Nightmare (1977) #771
23. Dead Man's Letters (1986) #132
24. Tea and Sympathy (1956) #588
25. None Shall Escape (1944) #824
26. I'll Be Seeing You (1944) #712
27. Blues in the Night (1941) #616
28. A Christmas Carol (1938) #640
29. Twentynine Palms (2003) #635
30. Carriage to Vienna (1966) #1
31. Pastoral Hide and Seek (1974) #29
32. Kajaki (Kilo Two Bravo) (2014) #310
33. Emperor of the North Pole (1973) #989
34. Pictures of the Old World (1972) #41
35. Girl Walk // All Day (2011) #81
36. National Gallery (2014) #379
37. We the Animals. (2018) #963
38. Salt for Svanetia (1930) #767
39. Bitter Victory (1957) #562

40. Brad's Status (2017) #879

While his first world problems are not always relatable, Ben Stiller does a great job infusing his character with both anxiety and deep sense of longing and regret, and it is very easy to relate to this side of his personality. Stiller definitely carries the film, but Mark Mothersbaugh's stringy score is equally as pivotal with the music often seeming to taunt Stiller as his anxieties build up. The film ends a little abruptly - but that's life. Highly recommended.

jeroeno · #223

43. La vie nouvelle (2002) #500
44. Kaigenrei (1973) #479
45. Les biches (1968) #402
46. Aus dem Leben der Marionetten (1980) #471
47. À Flor do Mar (1986) #252

sol · #224

The 1000<400 Blows

1. The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010) #639
2. Go, Go, Second Time Virgin (1969) #297
3. The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) #995
4. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016) #120
5. They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) #341
6. Alone in the Wilderness (2004) #265
7. Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) #858
8. Outcast of the Islands (1951) #548
9. Caliber 9 (1972) #126
10. Nirvana (1997) #734
11. Endless Poetry (2016) #443
12. Mr. Thank You (1936) #62
13. Pop Skull (2007) #904
14. Requiem (2006) #764
15. Peterloo (2018) #743
16. Anatahan (1953) #195
17. Hard Core Logo (1996) #967
18. Finding Frances (2017) #272
19. The Tall Target (1951) #484
20. Man Without a Star (1955) #201
21. Alice in Wonderland (1966) #942
22. Perfumed Nightmare (1977) #771
23. Dead Man's Letters (1986) #132
24. Tea and Sympathy (1956) #588
25. None Shall Escape (1944) #824
26. I'll Be Seeing You (1944) #712
27. Blues in the Night (1941) #616
28. A Christmas Carol (1938) #640
29. Twentynine Palms (2003) #635
30. Carriage to Vienna (1966) #1
31. Pastoral Hide and Seek (1974) #29
32. Kajaki (Kilo Two Bravo) (2014) #310
33. Emperor of the North Pole (1973) #989
34. Pictures of the Old World (1972) #41
35. Girl Walk // All Day (2011) #81
36. National Gallery (2014) #379
37. We the Animals. (2018) #963
38. Salt for Svanetia (1930) #767
39. Bitter Victory (1957) #562
40. Brad's Status (2017) #879

41. At Berkeley (2013) #584

This starts off with university lectures and seminars cut between administrators discussing how to fund and run the university, before gradually shifting between student protests and dissent cut around the board meetings. It is a curious progression with Wiseman pinpointing the bind that all concerned are in; the university needing high fees to retain staff, yet the students believing in free education for all. The film is more interesting though during classes.

72aicm · #225

045. #658 The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) (added to my list)
046. #717 Delta (2008)
047. #824 None Shall Escape (1944)

821/1000

#119 Da xiang xi di er zuo (2018)
#147 Western (2017) (added to my list)
#238 L'eau froide (1994)
#255 Histoire de Marie et Julien (2003)
#283 Aoi haru (2001)
#294 Yoru wa mijikashi aruke yo otome (2017)
#301 A Thousand Clowns (1965)
#336 Foxtrot (2017) (added to my list)
#343 Kono sekai no katasumi ni (2016)
#345 Laissez bronzer les cadavres (2017)
#355 La kermesse héroïque (1935)
#363 Okraina (1933)
#369 L’amour fou (1969)
#387 Perceval le Gallois (1978)
#405 Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
#409 Monday (2000) (added to my list)
#413 La mort de Louis XIV (2016)
#422 Cadaveri eccellenti (1976)
#425 Lean on Pete (2017)
#428 Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
#437 Noroît (1976)
#454 César (1936)
#457 Patti Cake$ (2017) (added to my list)
#460 LA Plays Itself (1972)
#461 Lourdes (2009)
#466 Gruppo di famiglia in un interno (1974)
#471 Aus dem Leben der Marionetten (1980)
#482 Indignation (2016)
#497 Marusa no onna (1987)
#527 Brouillard: Passage #14 (2014)
#565 Il profumo della signora in nero (1974)
#588 Tea and Sympathy (1956) (added to my list)
#596 Streetwise (1984) (added to my list)
#601 Do pivnice (1983)
#658 The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) (added to my list)
#674 Basic Training (1971)
#677 Daïnah la métisse (1932)
#696 Sogobi (2002)
#717 Delta (2008)
#735 Rusalka (1997)
#745 Ghost (1984)
#785 Divorce Iranian Style (1998)
#804 11 x 14 (1977)
#824 None Shall Escape (1944)
#871 Childish Gambino: This Is America (2018)
#877 München-Berlin Wanderung (1927) (added to my list)
#893 Sisyphus (1974)
#899 102 Minutes That Changed America (2008)
#916 Apa (1966)
#921 The Wanderer (1988)
#922 Mei to Koneko basu (2002)
#940 The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2003)
#945 Point of Order! (1964)
#978 Pereval (1988)
#985 En forårsdag i Helvede (1977)
#994 Sarmasik (2015)

jdidaco · #226

19. La kermesse héroïque (Carnival in Flanders, Jacques Feyder, 1935) 8/10 (RV) (#355)
20. Hors Satan (Outside Satan, Bruno Dumont, 2011) 8/10 (#809)

Spoiler

1. Lady Windermere's Fan (Ernst Lubitsch, 1925) 9.5/10 (RV) (#842)
2. It Happened on Fifth Avenue (Roy Del Ruth, 1947) 9/10 (#911)
3. The Moon Is Blue (Otto Preminger, 1953) 8/10 (#329)
4. Little Men (Ira Sachs, 2016) 7.5/10 (#890)
5. The Lathe of Heaven (Fred Barzyk & David R. Loxton, 1980) 7.5/10 (#644)
6. Deadly Prey (David A. Prior, 1987) 5/10 (#892)
7. Yim ji kau (Rouge, Stanley Kwan, 1987) 9/10 (RV) (#529)
8. Ying (Shadow, Zhang Yimou, 2018) 7.5/10 (#909)
9. Susana (The Devil and the Flesh, Luis Buñuel, 1951) 8/10 (RV) (#324)
10. Duze zwierze (Big Animal, Jerzy Stuhr, 2000) 7.5/10 (#788)
11. Okraina (Outskirts, Boris Barnet, 1933) 9.5/10 (RV) (#363)
12. All I Desire (Douglas Sirk, 1953) 9/10 (RV) (#672)
13. Little Murders (Alan Arkin, 1971) 8/10 (#323)
14. Risttuules (In the Crosswind, Martti Helde, 2014) 7.5/10 (#83)
15. Tea and Sympathy (Vincente Minnelli, 1956) 9/10 (RV) (#588)
16. Lebenszeichen (Signs of Life, Werner Herzog, 1968) 9/10 (RV) (#285)
17. Angst vor der Angst (Fear of Fear, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975) 9/10 (RV) (#256)
18. Zugvögel - ... einmal nach Inari (Train Birds, Peter Lichtefeld, 1998) 7/10 (#944)

maksler · #227

Spoiler

1. Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935, Mikio Naruse) 7.5 #982
2. Repast (1951, Mikio Naruse) 8 #127
3. Lightning (1952, Mikio Naruse) 8 #226
4. Mother (1952, Mikio Naruse) 8+ #288
5. Sound of the Mountain (1954, Mikio Naruse) 9 #30
6. Late Chrysanthemums (1954, Mikio Naruse) 8+ #547
7. Flowing (1956, Mikio Naruse) 8 #282
8. Yearning (1964, Mikio Naruse) 9 #18
9. The Stranger within a Woman (1966, Mikio Naruse) 7 #227
10. Two in the Shadow (1967, Mikio Naruse) 8 #164
11. Suzaki Paradise Red Light (1956, Yuzo Kawashima) 8 #100
12. A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957, Yuzo Kawashima) 7 #392
13. Kisses (1957, Yasuzo Masumura) 7.5 #356

14. Giants and Toys (1958, Yasuzo Masumura) 7 #810

iCheckMovies · #228

81. Karami-ai (1962, Masaki Kobayashi) #274
82. Akai satsui (1964, Shôhei Imamura) #305
83. Canoa (1976, Felipe Cazals) #532
84. Chiyari Fuji (1955, Tomu Uchida) #63
85. Das schreckliche Mädchen (1990, Michael Verhoeven) #188

279/500 - 462/1000

1. Yoru no onnatachi (1948, Kenji Mizoguchi) #757
2. Ansatsu (1964, Masahiro Shinoda) #686
3a. Do pivnice (1983, Jan Svankmajer) #601 (15')
3b. Hamsarayan (1982, Abbas Kiarostami) #267 (17')
3c. Ghost (1984, Takashi Ito) #745 (5')
3d. Sisyphus (1974, Marcell Jankovics) #893 (3')
3e. Spacy (1981, Takashi Ito) #876 (10')
3f. The Wanderer (1988, George Ungar) #921 (11')
3g. Brouillard: Passage #14 (2014, Alexandre Larose) #527 (10')
3h. Jack Frost (1934, Ub Iwerks) #808 (9')
4. Zacharovannaya Desna (1964, Yuliya Solntseva) #383
5. Von morgens bis mitternachts (1920, Karl Heinz Martin) #729
6a. Childish Gambino: This is America (2018, Hiro Murai) #871 (4')
6b. Baltie zvani (1961, Ivars Kraulitis) #617 (24')
6c. Pereval (1988, Vladimir Tarasov) #978 (31')
6d. Rusalka (1997, Aleksandr Petrov) #735 (10')
6e. This House Has People in It (2016, Alan Resnick) #738 (12')
7. Chronos (1985, Ron Fricke) #762
8. La ville des pirates (1983, Raoul Ruiz) #79
9. Le grand amour (1969, Pierre Etaix) #206
10. Daïnah la métisse (1932, Jean Grémillon) #677
11. Souls for Sale (1923, Rupert Hughes) #825
12. L'homme qui ment (1968, Alain Robbe-Grillet) #189
13. Une corde un Colt... (1969, Robert Hossein) #495
14. Mujô (1970, Akio Jissoji) #42
15. Pirosmani (1969, Giorgi Shengelaia) #45
16. Alice ou la dernière fugue (1977, Claude Chabrol) #777
17. La cicatrice intérieure (1972, Philippe Garrel) #793
18. Dong dong de jiàqi (1984, Hsiaou-hsien Hou) #52
19. Laissez bronzer les cadavres (2017, Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani) #345
20. Dr. Jack (1922, Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor) #962
21. Tsuma yo bara no yô ni (1935, Mikio Naruse) #982
22. Arigatô-san (1936, Hiroshi Shimizu) #62
23. Inazuma (1952, Mikio Naruse) #226
24. Okaasan (1952, Mikio Naruse) #288
25. L'étrange couleur des larmes de ton corps (2013, Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani) #675
26. Les biches (1968, Claude Chabrol) #402
27. Le dossier 51 (1978, Michel Deville) #243
28. Suzaki Paradaisu: Akashingô (1956, Yûzô Kawashima) #100
29. Calendar (1993, Atom Egoyan) #749
30. Kummatty (1979, Govindan Aravindan) #436
31. Os Verdes Anos (1963, Paulo Rocha) #407
32. Outrage (1950, Ida Lupino) #955
33. Ôsaka no yado (1954, Heinosuke Gosho) #431
34. 4 passi fra le nuvole (1942, Alessandro Blasetti) #183
35. Entotsu no mieru basho (1953, Heinosuke Gosho) #204
36. Anjô-ke no butôkai (1947, Kôzaburô Yoshimura) #235
37-44. "The Ascent of Man" (1973, David Kennard & Dick Gilling) #592
45. O-bi, O-ba - Koniec cywilizacji (1985, Piotr Szulkin) #249
46. Midaregumo (1967, Mikio Naruse) #164
47. Kyônetsu no kisetsu (1960, Koreyoshi Kurahara) #332
48. Krynytsya dlya sprahlykh (1965, Yuri Ilyenko) #357
49. Kladivo na carodejnice (1970, Otakar Vavra) #391
50. Sarmasik (2015, Tolga Karacelik) #994
51. Natvris khe (1976, Tengiz Abuladze) #541
52. El Chacal de Nahueltoro (1969, Miguel Littin) #688
53. Istoriya Asi Klyachinoy, kotoraya lyubila, da ne vyshla zamuzh (1966, Andrey Konchalovskiy) #906
54. Anma to onna (1938, Hiroshi Shimizu) #954
55. Keshtzar haye sepid (2009, Mohammad Rasoulof) #966
56. Emberek a havason (1942, István Szöts) #854
57-62. "Connections" (1978, -) #170
63. Akai tenshi (1966, Yasuzô Masumura) #6
64. Údolí vcel (1968, Frantisek Vlácil) #70
65. O Último Mergulho (1992, João César Monteiro) #905
66. Rengoku eroica (1970, Yoshishige Yoshida) #99
67. Wrony (1994, Dorota Kedzierzawska) #173
68. El lugar sin límites (1978, Arturo Ripstein) #848
69. Yuke yuke nidome no shojo (1969, Kôji Wakamatsu) #297
70. Valahol Európában (1948, Géza von Radványi) #486
71. Nogiku no gotoki kimi nariki (1955, Keisuke Kinoshita) #207
72. Lavoura Arcaica (2001, Luiz Fernando Carvalho) #232
73. Tiempo de revancha (1981, Adolfo Aristarain) #783
74. La ardilla roja (1993, Julio Medem) #360
75-78. "Môsô dairinin" (2004, Satoshi Kon) #605
79-80. "The Final Cut" (1995, -) #563
81. Karami-ai (1962, Masaki Kobayashi) #274
82. Akai satsui (1964, Shôhei Imamura) #305
83. Canoa (1976, Felipe Cazals) #532
84. Chiyari Fuji (1955, Tomu Uchida) #63
85. Das schreckliche Mädchen (1990, Michael Verhoeven) #188

frbrown · #229

5. No Highway (1951) #540

Solid drama, but I hoped it would be more of a thriller

Spoiler

1. The Blue Bird (1918) #416
2. Heroes of the East (1978) #624
3. The Good Fairy (1935) #423
4. The Pearl Button (2015) #320
5. No Highway (1951) #540

Lu-Chin · #230

Spoiler

1. Ukamau (1966) 5/10 #455
2. Araya (1959) 6/10 #154
3. O-Bi, O-Ba - The End of Civilization (1985) 5/10 #249
4. Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966) 6/10 #263
5. Rien que les heures (1926) 6/10 #451
6. Krysar (1986) 6/10 #71
7. Gauche the Cellist (1982) 6/10 #366
8. My Ain Folk (1973) 4/10 #335
9. Vertical Features Remake (1978) 5/10 #397
10. Chronos (1985) 7/10 #762
11. Dementia (1955) 8/10 #714
12. Daïnah la métisse (1932) 7/10 #677
13. Seven Years Bad Luck (1921) 6/10 #408
14. Haze (2005) 6/10 #534
15. Chanson d'Armor (1934) 5/10 #997
16. Birthplace (1992) 8/10 #175
17. So Is This (1982) 6/10 #670
18. Blockade (2006) 7/10 #549
19. Poesía sin fin (2016) 8/10 #443
20. For Heaven's Sake (1926) 6/10 #476
21. L'ange (1982) 4/10 #262
22. The Inner Scar (1972) 4/10 #793
23. Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001) 4/10 #558
24. The Flying Luna Clipper (1987) 6/10 #603
25. Gwen, the Book of Sand (1985) 4/10 #773
26. The Blue Bird (1918) 6/10 #416
27. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978) 8/10 #339
28. Le monde vivant (2003) 6/10 #531
29. A Christmas Carol (1938) 7/10 #640
30. Salt for Svanetia (1930) 7/10 #767
31. Alice in Wonderland (1966) 5/10 #942
32. Dr. Jack (1922) 6/10 #962
33. La vendedora de rosas (1998) 8/10 #579
34. Cuadecuc, vampir (1971) 5/10 #718
35. Kamen (1992) 3/10 #152
36. West of Zanzibar (1928) 6/10 #638
37. The White Reindeer (1952) 4/10 #581
38. Dead Man's Letters (1986) 5/10 #132
39. Carnival of Sinners (1943) 7/10 #180
40. La belle captive (1983) 7/10 #646
41. Ashes and Snow (2005) 5/10 #270
42. Wrony (1994) 6/10 #173
43. Dom na Trubnoy (1928) 6/10 #521
44. Schalcken the Painter (1979) 8/10 #943
45. Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977) 8/10 #467
46. Alone in the Wilderness (2004) 8/10 #265
47. Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969) 4/10 #698
48. The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962) 7/10 #16
49. Carriage to Vienna (1966) 8/10 #1
50. Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994) 5/10 #725
51. Portrait d'une jeune fille de la fin des années 60 à Bruxelles (1994) 6/10 #924
52. US Go Home (1994) 7/10 #28
53. One Way Boogie Woogie (1977) 3/10 #991
54. El lugar sin límites (1978) 8/10 #848
55. Go, Go, Second Time Virgin (1969) 5/10 #297
56. La caza (1966) 7/10 #673
57. Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) 8/10 #326
58. Nobody's Business (1996) 7/10 #961
59. Alice or the Last Escapade (1977) 7/10 #777
60. Monday (2000) 5/10 #409
61. Canoa (1976) 8/10 #532
62. Nothing (2003) 7/10 #894
63. 22nd of May (2010) 5/10 #981
64. Macunaíma (1969) 5/10 #941
65. Himiko (1974) 6/10 #231
66. Vuelven (2017) 5/10 #517
67. On the Bowery (1956) 5/10 #576
68. Le révélateur (1968) 4/10 #92
69. At Sea (2007) 5/10 #161
70. Deprisa, deprisa (1981) 7/10 #831
71. The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001) 4/10 #542

72. Mirrored Mind (2006) 2/10 #891
73. Pictures of the Old World (1972) 6/10 #41
74. Kapurush (1965) 8/10 #299
75. Anma to onna (1938) 5/10 #954
76. Sicilia! (1999) 5/10 #976
77. Tren de sombras (1997) 6/10 #237

AB537 · #231

14. Al-mummia - The Mummy/The Night of Counting the Years (Chadi al-Salem, 1969) 7.5/10 ... #67
15. Night Tide (Curtis Harrington) 7/10 ... #730

jeroeno · #232

48. Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse (2015) #396
49. Laissez bronzer les cadavres (2017) #345

50. Dealer (2004) #220

51. Risttuules (2014) #83
52. Lu bian ye can (2015) #38

beavis · #233

beavis wrote: ↑January 21st, 2021, 10:35 pm
Spoiler
1. Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952, #642) - 8
2. Prästänkan (1920, #593) - 6.5
3. The Patsy (1928, #286) - 7.5
4. Døden er et kjærtegn (1949, #937) - 7.5
5. Kamouraska (1973, #612) - 7.5
6. Les ordres (1974, #171) - 8
7. Hard Core Logo (1996, #967) - 7.5
8. Ebolusyon ng isang pamilyang Pilipino (2004, #375) - 8
9. Welfare (1975, #20) - 7
10. Dying at Grace (2003, #48) - 8
11. The Gambler (1974, #40) - 7
12. The Blue Bird (1918, #416) - 7,5
13. Romanze in Moll (1943, #566) - 8
14. Die letzte Brücke (1954, #205) - 7,5
15. Feu Mathias Pascal (1926, #1000) - 7
16. Boxer a smrt (1963, #278) - 7,5
17. Crime and Punishment (1935, #719) - 8
18. Det regnar på vår kärlek (1946, #695) - 7
19. Drôle de drame (1937, #919) - 7
20. Fängelse (1949, #782) - 9
21. Dementia (1955, #714) - 8
22. Lady Windermere's Fan (1925, #842) - 7
23. La poison (1951, #704) - 7
24. Hospital (1970, #271) - 7
25. Der Untertan (1951, #980) - 8
26. A Married Couple (1969, #481) - 7
27. Kapò (1960, #159) - 7.5
28. Daisy Kenyon (1947, #184) - 7.5
29. Sogobi (2002, #696) - 8.5
30. Scandal Sheet (1952, #78) - 7.5
31. La perla (1947, #404) - 6,5
32. Krakatit (1948, #860) - 8
33. Kladivo na carodejnice (1970, #391) - 7
34. Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera (1964, #983) - 7,5
35. Daisan no kagemusha (1963, #574) - 7,5
36. Dong fu ren (1968, #643) - 7,5
37. Sibaji (1987, #803) - 7,5
38. Ladybug Ladybug (1963, #728) - 8
39. Testament (1983, #838) - 7,5
40. Ramrod (1947, #442) - 5,5

41. Skrivánci na niti (1990, #410) - 7
42. Billy Budd (1962, #143) - 8
43. Chunhyangdyun (2000, #608) - 8.5
44. 24 Frames (2017, #839) - 8
45. Saenghwalui balgyeon (2002, #722) - 7.5

Some pleasant surprises the last few days!

-Billy Budd, the start is not very promising, is it going to be a standard sea mutiny adventure, are we getting the cliche sadistic commander character, is it really going to take two hours??? But then the characters turn deeper and this turns out to be a nuanced parable about justice vs law with interesting moral dilemma's and tragic choices that seem very timeless and universal to me. I was fully engaged.
- 24 frames promises to be a very static affair with Kiarostami reducing his minimalistic impulse even further to what is supposed to be a still image. But these frames are very much enhanced, animated even. And there is a continuity in a use of birds (mostly crows) and tone (mostly black and white and wintery) that adds further depth and also makes this a fitting farewell from a great director.

The others are solid too, Chunhyang is especially great as a beautiful celebration of how art enhances our lives. Turning Gate is typical Hong, with better cinematography than I'm used to from him. My problem with his work is that I never like his male central characters (and since it seems always for a large part autobiographical, I guess I do not much like him?). Here we have another asshole. At least he seems to be aware of this, and the subtlety's of the script don't paint him in a pretty light... and I do like to "hang around" like the characters in his films always do, so it is not like I'm annoyed while watching it... but there is not much to gain or think over either. Larks on a String is a pleasant comedy that was bound to be made under a communist regime, but a bit too pleasant for me to make a real impression; it's more about the guy getting the girl and living happily thereafter than either a protest or a depiction of reality.

Obgeoff · #234

4. La flor (2016, Llinás) 5 #886
5. La casa lobo (2018, Cocina/León) 8 #683

sol · #235

beavis wrote: ↑January 25th, 2021, 9:43 am Some pleasant surprises the last few days!

-Billy Budd...

We going to have amazing affinity this year. First Ladybug, Ladybug - now Billy Budd.

insomnius · #236

Des gens sans importance

7. Secret défense (Jacques Rivette, 1998) 6/10 #846
8. Des gens sans importance / People of No Importance (Henri Verneuil, 1956) 6/10 #702
9. Faccia a faccia / Face to Face (Sergio Sollima, 1967) 5/10 #613

Spoiler

1. Der Kongreß tanzt (Erik Charell, 1931) 8/10 #253
2. Suzaki Paradaisu: Akashingô / Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (Yûzô Kawashima, 1956) 7/10 #100
3. Swiadectwo urodzenia / Birth Certificate (Stanislaw Rózewicz, 1961) 7/10 #7
4. Night Tide (Curtis Harrington, 1961) 8/10 #730
5. Turksib (Victor A. Turin, 1929) 9/10 #90
6. The Proud Ones (Robert D. Webb, 1956) 8/10 #440
7. Secret défense (Jacques Rivette, 1998) 6/10 #846
8. Des gens sans importance / People of No Importance (Henri Verneuil, 1956) 6/10 #702
9. Faccia a faccia / Face to Face (Sergio Sollima, 1967) 5/10 #613

sol · #237

The 1000<400 Blows

1. The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010) #639
2. Go, Go, Second Time Virgin (1969) #297
3. The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) #995
4. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016) #120
5. They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) #341
6. Alone in the Wilderness (2004) #265
7. Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) #858
8. Outcast of the Islands (1951) #548
9. Caliber 9 (1972) #126
10. Nirvana (1997) #734
11. Endless Poetry (2016) #443
12. Mr. Thank You (1936) #62
13. Pop Skull (2007) #904
14. Requiem (2006) #764
15. Peterloo (2018) #743
16. Anatahan (1953) #195
17. Hard Core Logo (1996) #967
18. Finding Frances (2017) #272
19. The Tall Target (1951) #484
20. Man Without a Star (1955) #201
21. Alice in Wonderland (1966) #942
22. Perfumed Nightmare (1977) #771
23. Dead Man's Letters (1986) #132
24. Tea and Sympathy (1956) #588
25. None Shall Escape (1944) #824
26. I'll Be Seeing You (1944) #712
27. Blues in the Night (1941) #616
28. A Christmas Carol (1938) #640
29. Twentynine Palms (2003) #635
30. Carriage to Vienna (1966) #1
31. Pastoral Hide and Seek (1974) #29
32. Kajaki (Kilo Two Bravo) (2014) #310
33. Emperor of the North Pole (1973) #989
34. Pictures of the Old World (1972) #41
35. Girl Walk // All Day (2011) #81
36. National Gallery (2014) #379
37. We the Animals. (2018) #963
38. Salt for Svanetia (1930) #767
39. Bitter Victory (1957) #562
40. Brad's Status (2017) #879
41. At Berkeley (2013) #584

42. Sunset Song (2015) #449

Shot on location in the picturesque fields of Scotland, this is a beautiful-looking film, and the interiors look equally gorgeous, illuminated by candlelight. As a narrative though, I found Sunset Song to be extremely dull. Everything that occurs feels melodramatic rather than down-to-earth and with little sense of urgency. Things do get a bit more interesting towards the end as we see and hear about the effects of World War II, but eh, this wasn't for me.

beavis · #238

sol wrote: ↑January 25th, 2021, 1:26 pm
beavis wrote: ↑January 25th, 2021, 9:43 am Some pleasant surprises the last few days!

-Billy Budd...
We going to have amazing affinity this year. First Ladybug, Ladybug - now Billy Budd.

Even though they are very good and worthy of the 500<400, I still can't promise they'll end up on my list. I make a list from scratch every year and sometimes I am all inclusive (véry big list in my case), sometimes I am "only the very best of my favorites"... it's not an exact science for me. But you can always remind me when the time comes and ask me to put them on my list in case they aren't. I don't mind giving them an extra push if you think they need it.

sol · #239

beavis wrote: ↑January 25th, 2021, 2:47 pm It's not an exact science for me. But you can always remind me when the time comes and ask me to put them on my list in case they aren't. I don't mind giving them an extra push if you think they need it.

Oh, you can count on me to remind you.

Amazingly, Ladybug Ladybug has never been in the 500<400 despite being in the 1000<400 for years (it was also formerly in the DTC).

sol · #240

The 1000<400 Blows

1. The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010) #639
2. Go, Go, Second Time Virgin (1969) #297
3. The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) #995
4. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016) #120
5. They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) #341
6. Alone in the Wilderness (2004) #265
7. Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) #858
8. Outcast of the Islands (1951) #548
9. Caliber 9 (1972) #126
10. Nirvana (1997) #734
11. Endless Poetry (2016) #443
12. Mr. Thank You (1936) #62
13. Pop Skull (2007) #904
14. Requiem (2006) #764
15. Peterloo (2018) #743
16. Anatahan (1953) #195
17. Hard Core Logo (1996) #967
18. Finding Frances (2017) #272
19. The Tall Target (1951) #484
20. Man Without a Star (1955) #201
21. Alice in Wonderland (1966) #942
22. Perfumed Nightmare (1977) #771
23. Dead Man's Letters (1986) #132
24. Tea and Sympathy (1956) #588
25. None Shall Escape (1944) #824
26. I'll Be Seeing You (1944) #712
27. Blues in the Night (1941) #616
28. A Christmas Carol (1938) #640
29. Twentynine Palms (2003) #635
30. Carriage to Vienna (1966) #1
31. Pastoral Hide and Seek (1974) #29
32. Kajaki (Kilo Two Bravo) (2014) #310
33. Emperor of the North Pole (1973) #989
34. Pictures of the Old World (1972) #41
35. Girl Walk // All Day (2011) #81
36. National Gallery (2014) #379
37. We the Animals. (2018) #963
38. Salt for Svanetia (1930) #767
39. Bitter Victory (1957) #562
40. Brad's Status (2017) #879
41. At Berkeley (2013) #584
42. Sunset Song (2015) #449

43. Patti Cake$ (2017) #457

The basic story here is pretty generic - it is your classic underdog tale - but it is pretty well done all things considered. Danielle Macdonald is solid in the lead role and the fact that she is not conventionally pretty and slightly uncouth brings much edge to the story; she is not instantly likeable, but the more we see about how much she cares and how deep her passion is, the more we become invested in her fate. Same for her mother. And the PBNJ song rocks.