Best of 2021

                   

     1)    Quo Vadis Aida                                               Jasmila Zbanic

     2)    Undine                                                             Christian Petzold

     3)    Bergman Island                                              Mia Hansen-Love

     4)    Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy                      Ryusuke Hamaguchi

     5)    Riders of Justice                                             Anders Thomas Jensen

     6)    Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn                Radu Jude

     7)    Annette                                                            Leos Carax

     8)    France                                                              Bruno Dumont

     9)    The French Dispatch                                      Wes Anderson

     10)    The Hand of God                                          Paolo Sorrentino

          Honorable Mention

              Saint Maud -- Glass, Mandibles -- Dupieux, Hive -- Basholli

              The Worst Person in the World -- Trier, Pretend It's a City -- Scorsese 

     Movies I Enjoyed

     The Disciple, Drive My Car,

     Zola, Red Rocket,

     The Tragedy of Macbeth, Journey to the West,

     Murder Among the Mormons, Memoria,

     Mad God, The Velvet Underground, 

     Can't Get You Out of My Head, The Souvenir Part 2, 

     The Lost Daughter, The Power of the Dog,

     Passing, Summer of Soul,

     Shiva Baby, Candyman,

     Cry Macho, Censor,

     In the Earth, The Green Knight,

     The Automat, The Storms of Jeremy Thomas,

     The  Killing of Two Lovers, The Night House,

     White Tiger, Pig,

     French Exit, The Dry, Flee,

     Siberia, Barb and Star Visit Vista Del Mar,

     West Side Story, Nightmare Alley,

     The Sparks Brothers,

     Judas and the Black Messiah, No Sudden Move,

     Don't Breathe 2, Parallel Mothers,

     The Dig, Pink: All I Know So Far,

     Tick, Tick...Boom!, Benedetta,

     The Electric Life of Louis Wain, The Last Duel,

     Nine Days, The Water Man,

     Nitram, Hellbender,

     Last Night in Soho, Yes Day,

     No Time to Die, Honey Dew,

     Best Sellers, The Matrix Resurrections,

     The Tsuga Diaries,

     The Mad Woman's Ball, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,

     Dune, Madame Claude,

     

   Below the Mendoza Line

     Werewolves Within, House of Gucci

     Hell Hath No Fury, Zeros and Ones, 

     Spider-Man: No Way Home, Bo Burnham Inside,

     The Suicide Squad,

     On the Rocks, Lansky,

     The Card Counter, Spencer,

     C'mon, C'mon, Wrath of Man, 

     Holler, Cyrano,

     Isaac, Old, The World to Come,

     Titane, Gaia, Electric Jesus,

     The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Voyeurs,

     Being the Ricardos, Jakob's Wife,

     Malignant, The Trip, 

     Jolt, King Richard,

     Last Words, A Quiet Place 2,

     Willy's Wonderland,

     Don't Look Up, Halloween Kills, 

     Belfast, I Care a Lot,

     Free Guy, Antlers,

     Gunpowder Milkshake,

     Greenland, The Little Things,

     Good on Paper, Blithe Spirit,

     Al Davis vs. The NFL

   Haven't Seen

     CODA,

     various comic book movies...

Among the many reasons I enjoy the David Bordwell/ Kristin Thompson website is that every New Year's day they print their top ten from ninety years previous. As Zhou Enlai was reputed to say about the effects of the French Revolution, it is always too early to say.