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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
January 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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.
The FLOW score is great not only in the film but also to have on in the background while writing.
January 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The FLOW score is great not only in the film but also to have on in the background while writing.
Universal Language getting a 2025 commercial U.S. release means I lose a top-ten film from this year’s list.
December 6, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Universal Language getting a 2025 commercial U.S. release means I lose a top-ten film from this year’s list.
If Oscar voters intend to make a political statement w/ their picks, I actually think The Brutalist could benefit (if they're on board w/ its length and solemnity). It offers a pretty damning portrait of the U.S. in its depiction of the wielding of power, the immigrant experience, and moral rot.
That would seem to suggest Wicked, which has a lot in common with this moment while being a big budget musical blockbuster set in a fantasyland.
But I do wonder if we're underrating Conclave a bit. It checks a lot of the same boxes while being more obviously prestige-y. And it's an arthouse hit.
But I do wonder if we're underrating Conclave a bit. It checks a lot of the same boxes while being more obviously prestige-y. And it's an arthouse hit.
December 3, 2024 at 1:37 AM
If Oscar voters intend to make a political statement w/ their picks, I actually think The Brutalist could benefit (if they're on board w/ its length and solemnity). It offers a pretty damning portrait of the U.S. in its depiction of the wielding of power, the immigrant experience, and moral rot.
I saw Queer back in early October, and I’m still thinking about that epilogue. It continues to move and haunt me.
December 2, 2024 at 8:28 PM
I saw Queer back in early October, and I’m still thinking about that epilogue. It continues to move and haunt me.
My five would be:
Baker, Anora
Bonello, The Beast
Guadagnino, Challengers
Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light
Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow
HM:
Corbet, The Brutalist
Rankin, Universal Language (if it's getting a U.S. commercial release before end of year, Idk)
Schimberg, A Different Man
Baker, Anora
Bonello, The Beast
Guadagnino, Challengers
Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light
Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow
HM:
Corbet, The Brutalist
Rankin, Universal Language (if it's getting a U.S. commercial release before end of year, Idk)
Schimberg, A Different Man
If it were up to Me, best director would go:
RaMell Ross-Nickel Boys
Annie Baker-Janet Planet
Pascal Plante-Red Rooms
M Night Shyamala -Trap
Luca Guadanino-Challengers
Very close:
Alice Rohrwacher-La Chimera
Clint Eastwood-Juror #2
Azazel Jacobs-His Three Daughters
Robert Zemeckis-Here
RaMell Ross-Nickel Boys
Annie Baker-Janet Planet
Pascal Plante-Red Rooms
M Night Shyamala -Trap
Luca Guadanino-Challengers
Very close:
Alice Rohrwacher-La Chimera
Clint Eastwood-Juror #2
Azazel Jacobs-His Three Daughters
Robert Zemeckis-Here
November 27, 2024 at 2:40 AM
My five would be:
Baker, Anora
Bonello, The Beast
Guadagnino, Challengers
Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light
Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow
HM:
Corbet, The Brutalist
Rankin, Universal Language (if it's getting a U.S. commercial release before end of year, Idk)
Schimberg, A Different Man
Baker, Anora
Bonello, The Beast
Guadagnino, Challengers
Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light
Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow
HM:
Corbet, The Brutalist
Rankin, Universal Language (if it's getting a U.S. commercial release before end of year, Idk)
Schimberg, A Different Man
Fav female lead perfs this year so far:
Lily Collias, Good One
Léa Drucker, Last Summer
Willa Fitzgerald, Strange Darling
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Kani Kusruti, All We Imagine as Light
Mikey Madison, Anora
Mia McKenna-Bruce, How to Have Sex
Naomi Scott, Smile 2
Léa Seydoux, The Beast
Lily Collias, Good One
Léa Drucker, Last Summer
Willa Fitzgerald, Strange Darling
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Kani Kusruti, All We Imagine as Light
Mikey Madison, Anora
Mia McKenna-Bruce, How to Have Sex
Naomi Scott, Smile 2
Léa Seydoux, The Beast
November 20, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Fav female lead perfs this year so far:
Lily Collias, Good One
Léa Drucker, Last Summer
Willa Fitzgerald, Strange Darling
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Kani Kusruti, All We Imagine as Light
Mikey Madison, Anora
Mia McKenna-Bruce, How to Have Sex
Naomi Scott, Smile 2
Léa Seydoux, The Beast
Lily Collias, Good One
Léa Drucker, Last Summer
Willa Fitzgerald, Strange Darling
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Kani Kusruti, All We Imagine as Light
Mikey Madison, Anora
Mia McKenna-Bruce, How to Have Sex
Naomi Scott, Smile 2
Léa Seydoux, The Beast
I desperately need Bookmarks functionality if I’m going to use BSky regularly.
November 12, 2024 at 10:33 PM
I desperately need Bookmarks functionality if I’m going to use BSky regularly.
Fav films of the 2020s
November 11, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Fav films of the 2020s
Fav female filmmakers working today: Claire Denis, Sofia Coppola, Kelly Reichardt, Céline Sciamma
Favs more people should know about: Joan Micklin Silver, Lucrecia Martel, Charlotte Le Bon
Fav 2024 film directed by a woman: Payal Kapadia's ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
Favs more people should know about: Joan Micklin Silver, Lucrecia Martel, Charlotte Le Bon
Fav 2024 film directed by a woman: Payal Kapadia's ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
Every episode I ask our guests the following questions:
Who is your favorite female filmmaker working today?
Who is a female filmmaker more people should know about?
And what’s your favorite 2024 film directed by a woman?
So, #FilmSky, tell me your answers!
Who is your favorite female filmmaker working today?
Who is a female filmmaker more people should know about?
And what’s your favorite 2024 film directed by a woman?
So, #FilmSky, tell me your answers!
November 11, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Fav female filmmakers working today: Claire Denis, Sofia Coppola, Kelly Reichardt, Céline Sciamma
Favs more people should know about: Joan Micklin Silver, Lucrecia Martel, Charlotte Le Bon
Fav 2024 film directed by a woman: Payal Kapadia's ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
Favs more people should know about: Joan Micklin Silver, Lucrecia Martel, Charlotte Le Bon
Fav 2024 film directed by a woman: Payal Kapadia's ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT