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· Jan 3
A thread of my 25 fav films of 2024. At the end, I'll link to my published piece with more titles and some reflections on the year in cinema.
This would be my #2 film of the year right now if it had a 2025 U.S. release date. Pálmason is a master!
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS - OFFICIAL TRAILER
YouTube video by Janus Films
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October 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This would be my #2 film of the year right now if it had a 2025 U.S. release date. Pálmason is a master!
IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU should be an absolute lock for Best Actress and Best Sound Oscar noms (if not, cancel the awards) and a major contender for Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Film Editing, and Cinematography.
October 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU should be an absolute lock for Best Actress and Best Sound Oscar noms (if not, cancel the awards) and a major contender for Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Film Editing, and Cinematography.
I will not be shocked if he tweets about sending the National Guard to Baktan Cross. That's our reality now.
September 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I will not be shocked if he tweets about sending the National Guard to Baktan Cross. That's our reality now.
Haha, I wrote about that on Lboxd
August 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Haha, I wrote about that on Lboxd
Short(s): The documentary work of Vittorio De Seta, particularly THE AGE OF SWORDFISH and SEA COUNTRYMEN
Feature: Yūzō Kawashima's ELEGANT BEAST
Feature: Yūzō Kawashima's ELEGANT BEAST
We're halfway through the year, so we're wondering, what is the best film you've seen in 2025?
Doesn't have to have been released this year, just a film that you saw for the first time in 2025 that you loved.
Doesn't have to have been released this year, just a film that you saw for the first time in 2025 that you loved.
June 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Short(s): The documentary work of Vittorio De Seta, particularly THE AGE OF SWORDFISH and SEA COUNTRYMEN
Feature: Yūzō Kawashima's ELEGANT BEAST
Feature: Yūzō Kawashima's ELEGANT BEAST
Spent two days mulling over a bloated "best" top 10 and this morning decided to just pick 10 favorites.
June 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Spent two days mulling over a bloated "best" top 10 and this morning decided to just pick 10 favorites.
More to add: BRUTE FORCE, WHITE HEAT, COOL HAND LUKE, I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, OUT OF SIGHT, STALAG 17, LOGAN LUCKY, O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?, FACE/OFF, RUNAWAY TRAIN, RAISING ARIZONA, CHICKEN RUN, PADDINGTON 2
May 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
More to add: BRUTE FORCE, WHITE HEAT, COOL HAND LUKE, I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, OUT OF SIGHT, STALAG 17, LOGAN LUCKY, O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?, FACE/OFF, RUNAWAY TRAIN, RAISING ARIZONA, CHICKEN RUN, PADDINGTON 2
Other People’s Children
Full Time
Things to Come
Full Time
Things to Come
April 25, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Other People’s Children
Full Time
Things to Come
Full Time
Things to Come
Cronenberg Top 10:
1. VIDEODROME
2. THE FLY
3. CRASH
4. DEAD RINGERS
5. CRIMES OF THE FUTURE ('22)
6. EASTERN PROMISES
7. SCANNERS
8. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
9. A DANGEROUS METHOD
10. NAKED LUNCH
1. VIDEODROME
2. THE FLY
3. CRASH
4. DEAD RINGERS
5. CRIMES OF THE FUTURE ('22)
6. EASTERN PROMISES
7. SCANNERS
8. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
9. A DANGEROUS METHOD
10. NAKED LUNCH
Top 5 Cronenbergs:
1) VIDEODROME
2) THE FLY
3) CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (2022)
4) A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
5) eXistenZ
1) VIDEODROME
2) THE FLY
3) CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (2022)
4) A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
5) eXistenZ
My top five Cronenbergs:
1. Dead Ringers
2. Videodrome
3. The Fly
4. Naked Lunch
5. The Brood
1. Dead Ringers
2. Videodrome
3. The Fly
4. Naked Lunch
5. The Brood
April 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Cronenberg Top 10:
1. VIDEODROME
2. THE FLY
3. CRASH
4. DEAD RINGERS
5. CRIMES OF THE FUTURE ('22)
6. EASTERN PROMISES
7. SCANNERS
8. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
9. A DANGEROUS METHOD
10. NAKED LUNCH
1. VIDEODROME
2. THE FLY
3. CRASH
4. DEAD RINGERS
5. CRIMES OF THE FUTURE ('22)
6. EASTERN PROMISES
7. SCANNERS
8. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
9. A DANGEROUS METHOD
10. NAKED LUNCH
You watched Charlotte Le Bon on The White Lotus, now watch her feature directorial debut, Falcon Lake, one of the best films in recent years.
April 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
You watched Charlotte Le Bon on The White Lotus, now watch her feature directorial debut, Falcon Lake, one of the best films in recent years.
Anora > The Brutalist > Dune: Part Two > Nickel Boys > I’m Still Here > A Complete Unknown > The Substance > Conclave > Wicked > Emilia Pérez
March 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Anora > The Brutalist > Dune: Part Two > Nickel Boys > I’m Still Here > A Complete Unknown > The Substance > Conclave > Wicked > Emilia Pérez
I urge everyone to watch Girls Will Be Girls. Great script and directorial debut for Shuchi Talati, impressive acting debut by Preeti Panigrahi, and incredible supporting performance from Kani Kusruti.
The John Cassavetes Award, awarded to the best feature made under $1,000,000, goes to ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ (Juno Films). #SpiritAwards
February 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I urge everyone to watch Girls Will Be Girls. Great script and directorial debut for Shuchi Talati, impressive acting debut by Preeti Panigrahi, and incredible supporting performance from Kani Kusruti.
I posted my annual film awards today. Only three of my winners might take home Oscars. Most weren't even nominated.
15th Goresy Awards — JARED GORES
Honoring the best in 2024 cinema.
www.jaredgores.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I posted my annual film awards today. Only three of my winners might take home Oscars. Most weren't even nominated.
I hear you. As an American, I can tell you it's deeply embarrassing and infuriating.
February 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I hear you. As an American, I can tell you it's deeply embarrassing and infuriating.
This situation is beyond fucked. It's an actual constitutional crisis as he prepares to become dictator, and everyone is letting it happen. Every day I feel like I'm on the verge of a breakdown.
February 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This situation is beyond fucked. It's an actual constitutional crisis as he prepares to become dictator, and everyone is letting it happen. Every day I feel like I'm on the verge of a breakdown.
But where are the Queer and A Different Man discs? 😣
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
But where are the Queer and A Different Man discs? 😣
Hung Up
Like a Prayer
Holiday
Into the Groove
Ray of Light
Like a Prayer
Holiday
Into the Groove
Ray of Light
Into the Groove
Crazy for You
Borderline
Live to Tell
Ray of Light
Crazy for You
Borderline
Live to Tell
Ray of Light
ray of light
frozen
borderline
like a prayer
open your heart
frozen
borderline
like a prayer
open your heart
February 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Hung Up
Like a Prayer
Holiday
Into the Groove
Ray of Light
Like a Prayer
Holiday
Into the Groove
Ray of Light
January Favorite First Viewings:
Elegant Beast (1962)
The Bitter Stems (1956)
Yokohama BJ Blues (1981)
El Vampiro Negro (1953)
Chess of the Wind (1976)
Girls Will Be Girls (2024)
I’m Still Here (2024)
Misunderstood (1966)
Prisoners of the Land (1939)
The Beast Must Die (1952)
Elegant Beast (1962)
The Bitter Stems (1956)
Yokohama BJ Blues (1981)
El Vampiro Negro (1953)
Chess of the Wind (1976)
Girls Will Be Girls (2024)
I’m Still Here (2024)
Misunderstood (1966)
Prisoners of the Land (1939)
The Beast Must Die (1952)
February 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
January Favorite First Viewings:
Elegant Beast (1962)
The Bitter Stems (1956)
Yokohama BJ Blues (1981)
El Vampiro Negro (1953)
Chess of the Wind (1976)
Girls Will Be Girls (2024)
I’m Still Here (2024)
Misunderstood (1966)
Prisoners of the Land (1939)
The Beast Must Die (1952)
Elegant Beast (1962)
The Bitter Stems (1956)
Yokohama BJ Blues (1981)
El Vampiro Negro (1953)
Chess of the Wind (1976)
Girls Will Be Girls (2024)
I’m Still Here (2024)
Misunderstood (1966)
Prisoners of the Land (1939)
The Beast Must Die (1952)
Challengers, All We Imagine as Light, and Furiosa shut out. Snubs for Jean-Baptiste, Craig, Maclin, Villeneuve, Fray. 13 noms for Pérez, 10 for Wicked. Lame.
January 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Challengers, All We Imagine as Light, and Furiosa shut out. Snubs for Jean-Baptiste, Craig, Maclin, Villeneuve, Fray. 13 noms for Pérez, 10 for Wicked. Lame.
Same. I only had a chance to see it once, and I can't stop thinking about it.
January 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Same. I only had a chance to see it once, and I can't stop thinking about it.
More on 2024 cinema:
Best Films of 2024 — JARED GORES
Observations on a somewhat underwhelming year of cinema.
www.jaredgores.com
January 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
More on 2024 cinema:
1. CHALLENGERS (dir. Luca Guadagnino)
January 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
1. CHALLENGERS (dir. Luca Guadagnino)
2. ANORA (dir. Sean Baker)
January 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
2. ANORA (dir. Sean Baker)