Thanks Chris and Tab for the excellent reviews of movies released in 2018. As far as 2019, by far the best film i've seen is Sunset, from hungary. i have finally watched enough movies from 2018 to merit posting a top 10. As follows, in rough order of preference...
zama
24 Frames
the other side of the wind
roma
life & nothing more
first reformed
wajib
a fantastic woman
if beale street could talk
the shape of water
foxtrot
burning
isle of dogs
first man
leave no trace
cold war
Last edited by oscar jubis; 08-09-2019 at 04:33 PM.
You're welcome, and thanks for your list. I particularly agree on Zama, Cold War, and Foxtrot. I can see the unique qualities of Sunset, Beale Street and Wajib.
Don't you like Asian films?
No, Asian films are ugly.Originally Posted by Chris Knipp
just kidding ;-)
There were 3 Asian films that were widely recommended in 2018. I listed 1) "Burning" and didn't think 2) "Shoplifters" was quite as special/meaningful/distinctive. I plan to watch 3)"Ash is Purest White" next month.
I plan to finally catch up with Jia Zhangke's MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART this weekend.
Anything you recommend particularly?
I love Korean romances and just bought an import dvd of "Art Museum by the Zoo" for my collection
PARASITE
Ash Is Purest White/江湖儿女 (Jia Zhang-ke 2018)
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Bi Gan)
Suburban Birds//郊区的鸟/Jiao qu de niao (Qiu Sheng 2018)[/SIZE][/B]
Burning was one of my favorites of the year, seen in the NYFF last fall, also re-watched on screeners.
Burning/Beoning /버닝 (Lee Chang-dong 2018)
I wasn't that crazy about Shofplifters. It will be interesting to see the Cannes prizewinner Parasite, which has a related theme.
I've done coverage of the New York Asian Film Festival at Lincoln Center for the past two years and will do it for this year, and it's coming up.
NYAFF 2017
NYAFF 2018
Last edited by Chris Knipp; 06-20-2019 at 07:08 PM.
Thanks for the recommendations. I'll definitely see "Long Day's" some day soon.
Good. Don't miss Burning. Suburban Birds might be harder to find. I saw it in ND/NF this year and it crept up on me.
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