Ryan McDermond
@ryanmcdermond.bsky.social
D-tier cinephile. I haven't seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Before the Emmys, my personal Best of TV 2024-25 ballot:
Series: The Pitt
Director: The Last of Us - Neil Druckmann
Lead Actor: Kevin Kline / Kim Min-ha
Supporting Actor: Harrison Ford / Ruth Negga
Screenplay: The Pitt / Pachinko
Guest Actor: Gong Yoo / Julianne Nicholson
Series: The Pitt
Director: The Last of Us - Neil Druckmann
Lead Actor: Kevin Kline / Kim Min-ha
Supporting Actor: Harrison Ford / Ruth Negga
Screenplay: The Pitt / Pachinko
Guest Actor: Gong Yoo / Julianne Nicholson
September 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Before the Emmys, my personal Best of TV 2024-25 ballot:
Series: The Pitt
Director: The Last of Us - Neil Druckmann
Lead Actor: Kevin Kline / Kim Min-ha
Supporting Actor: Harrison Ford / Ruth Negga
Screenplay: The Pitt / Pachinko
Guest Actor: Gong Yoo / Julianne Nicholson
Series: The Pitt
Director: The Last of Us - Neil Druckmann
Lead Actor: Kevin Kline / Kim Min-ha
Supporting Actor: Harrison Ford / Ruth Negga
Screenplay: The Pitt / Pachinko
Guest Actor: Gong Yoo / Julianne Nicholson
My favorite first time watches of June 2025:
Y tu mamá también (dir. Alfonso Cuarón)
In the Mood for Love (dir. Wong Kar-wai)
Let the Right One In (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
The Royal Tenenbaums (dir. Wes Anderson)
Y tu mamá también (dir. Alfonso Cuarón)
In the Mood for Love (dir. Wong Kar-wai)
Let the Right One In (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
The Royal Tenenbaums (dir. Wes Anderson)
July 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My favorite first time watches of June 2025:
Y tu mamá también (dir. Alfonso Cuarón)
In the Mood for Love (dir. Wong Kar-wai)
Let the Right One In (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
The Royal Tenenbaums (dir. Wes Anderson)
Y tu mamá también (dir. Alfonso Cuarón)
In the Mood for Love (dir. Wong Kar-wai)
Let the Right One In (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
The Royal Tenenbaums (dir. Wes Anderson)
My favorite first time watches of May 2025:
Mission: Impossible III (dir. J.J. Abrams)
Mission: Impossible (dir. Brian De Palma)
Black Bag (dir. Steven Soderbergh)
The White Balloon (dir. Jafar Panahi)
Mission: Impossible III (dir. J.J. Abrams)
Mission: Impossible (dir. Brian De Palma)
Black Bag (dir. Steven Soderbergh)
The White Balloon (dir. Jafar Panahi)
June 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
My favorite first time watches of May 2025:
Mission: Impossible III (dir. J.J. Abrams)
Mission: Impossible (dir. Brian De Palma)
Black Bag (dir. Steven Soderbergh)
The White Balloon (dir. Jafar Panahi)
Mission: Impossible III (dir. J.J. Abrams)
Mission: Impossible (dir. Brian De Palma)
Black Bag (dir. Steven Soderbergh)
The White Balloon (dir. Jafar Panahi)
My favorite first time watches of March 2025:
20,000 Species of Bees (dir. Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren)
Room at the Top (dir. Jack Clayton)
The Last Picture Show (dir. Peter Bogdanovich)
Okja (dir. Bong Joon-ho)
20,000 Species of Bees (dir. Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren)
Room at the Top (dir. Jack Clayton)
The Last Picture Show (dir. Peter Bogdanovich)
Okja (dir. Bong Joon-ho)
April 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My favorite first time watches of March 2025:
20,000 Species of Bees (dir. Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren)
Room at the Top (dir. Jack Clayton)
The Last Picture Show (dir. Peter Bogdanovich)
Okja (dir. Bong Joon-ho)
20,000 Species of Bees (dir. Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren)
Room at the Top (dir. Jack Clayton)
The Last Picture Show (dir. Peter Bogdanovich)
Okja (dir. Bong Joon-ho)
3 wins - The Count of Monte Cristo
2 wins each somehow - The Fire Inside, The Girl with the Needle, His Three Daughters, Red Rooms, and Sing Sing
2 wins each somehow - The Fire Inside, The Girl with the Needle, His Three Daughters, Red Rooms, and Sing Sing
March 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
3 wins - The Count of Monte Cristo
2 wins each somehow - The Fire Inside, The Girl with the Needle, His Three Daughters, Red Rooms, and Sing Sing
2 wins each somehow - The Fire Inside, The Girl with the Needle, His Three Daughters, Red Rooms, and Sing Sing
PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Count of Monte Cristo
CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Girl with the Needle - Michał Dymek
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: Nosferatu
COSTUME DESIGN: The Count of Monte Cristo - Thierry Delettre
FILM EDITING: Red Rooms - Jonah Malak
VISUAL EFFECTS: Better Man
CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Girl with the Needle - Michał Dymek
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: Nosferatu
COSTUME DESIGN: The Count of Monte Cristo - Thierry Delettre
FILM EDITING: Red Rooms - Jonah Malak
VISUAL EFFECTS: Better Man
March 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Count of Monte Cristo
CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Girl with the Needle - Michał Dymek
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: Nosferatu
COSTUME DESIGN: The Count of Monte Cristo - Thierry Delettre
FILM EDITING: Red Rooms - Jonah Malak
VISUAL EFFECTS: Better Man
CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Girl with the Needle - Michał Dymek
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: Nosferatu
COSTUME DESIGN: The Count of Monte Cristo - Thierry Delettre
FILM EDITING: Red Rooms - Jonah Malak
VISUAL EFFECTS: Better Man
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Red Rooms
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Fire Inside
ORIGINAL SCORE: Look Back - Haruka Nakamura
ORIGINAL COMPOSITION: "Le trésor" from The Count of Monte Cristo - Jérôme Rebotier
SOUND EDITING: Cloud
SOUND MIXING: Flow
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Fire Inside
ORIGINAL SCORE: Look Back - Haruka Nakamura
ORIGINAL COMPOSITION: "Le trésor" from The Count of Monte Cristo - Jérôme Rebotier
SOUND EDITING: Cloud
SOUND MIXING: Flow
March 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Red Rooms
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Fire Inside
ORIGINAL SCORE: Look Back - Haruka Nakamura
ORIGINAL COMPOSITION: "Le trésor" from The Count of Monte Cristo - Jérôme Rebotier
SOUND EDITING: Cloud
SOUND MIXING: Flow
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Fire Inside
ORIGINAL SCORE: Look Back - Haruka Nakamura
ORIGINAL COMPOSITION: "Le trésor" from The Count of Monte Cristo - Jérôme Rebotier
SOUND EDITING: Cloud
SOUND MIXING: Flow
Okay, my personal Best of 2024 ballot:
PICTURE: The Fire Inside
DIRECTOR: Azazel Jacobs - His Three Daughters
ACTOR: Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
ACTRESS: Natasha Lyonne - His Three Daughters
S ACTOR: Clarence Maclin - Sing Sing
S ACTRESS: Trine Dyrholm - The Girl with the Needle
PICTURE: The Fire Inside
DIRECTOR: Azazel Jacobs - His Three Daughters
ACTOR: Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
ACTRESS: Natasha Lyonne - His Three Daughters
S ACTOR: Clarence Maclin - Sing Sing
S ACTRESS: Trine Dyrholm - The Girl with the Needle
March 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Okay, my personal Best of 2024 ballot:
PICTURE: The Fire Inside
DIRECTOR: Azazel Jacobs - His Three Daughters
ACTOR: Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
ACTRESS: Natasha Lyonne - His Three Daughters
S ACTOR: Clarence Maclin - Sing Sing
S ACTRESS: Trine Dyrholm - The Girl with the Needle
PICTURE: The Fire Inside
DIRECTOR: Azazel Jacobs - His Three Daughters
ACTOR: Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
ACTRESS: Natasha Lyonne - His Three Daughters
S ACTOR: Clarence Maclin - Sing Sing
S ACTRESS: Trine Dyrholm - The Girl with the Needle
My favorite first time watches of February 2025:
The Count of Monte Cristo (dir. Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière)
Look Back (dir. Kiyotaka Oshiyama)
Last Summer (dir. Catherine Breillat)
Better Man (dir. Michael Gracey)
The Count of Monte Cristo (dir. Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière)
Look Back (dir. Kiyotaka Oshiyama)
Last Summer (dir. Catherine Breillat)
Better Man (dir. Michael Gracey)
March 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
My favorite first time watches of February 2025:
The Count of Monte Cristo (dir. Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière)
Look Back (dir. Kiyotaka Oshiyama)
Last Summer (dir. Catherine Breillat)
Better Man (dir. Michael Gracey)
The Count of Monte Cristo (dir. Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière)
Look Back (dir. Kiyotaka Oshiyama)
Last Summer (dir. Catherine Breillat)
Better Man (dir. Michael Gracey)
My favorite first time watches of January 2025:
His Three Daughters (dir. Azazel Jacobs)
Black Box Diaries (dir. Shiori Itō)
The Girl with the Needle (dir. Magnus von Horn)
Nosferatu (dir. Robert Eggers)
His Three Daughters (dir. Azazel Jacobs)
Black Box Diaries (dir. Shiori Itō)
The Girl with the Needle (dir. Magnus von Horn)
Nosferatu (dir. Robert Eggers)
February 1, 2025 at 5:40 AM
My favorite first time watches of January 2025:
His Three Daughters (dir. Azazel Jacobs)
Black Box Diaries (dir. Shiori Itō)
The Girl with the Needle (dir. Magnus von Horn)
Nosferatu (dir. Robert Eggers)
His Three Daughters (dir. Azazel Jacobs)
Black Box Diaries (dir. Shiori Itō)
The Girl with the Needle (dir. Magnus von Horn)
Nosferatu (dir. Robert Eggers)
Me showing my most normal friend my Oscar predictions spreadsheet
January 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Me showing my most normal friend my Oscar predictions spreadsheet
My favorite first time watches of December 2024:
The Fire Inside (dir. Rachel Morrison)
Red Rooms (dir. Pascal Plante)
Hundreds of Beavers (dir. Mike Cheslik)
Good One (dir. India Donaldson)
The Fire Inside (dir. Rachel Morrison)
Red Rooms (dir. Pascal Plante)
Hundreds of Beavers (dir. Mike Cheslik)
Good One (dir. India Donaldson)
January 1, 2025 at 6:29 AM
My favorite first time watches of December 2024:
The Fire Inside (dir. Rachel Morrison)
Red Rooms (dir. Pascal Plante)
Hundreds of Beavers (dir. Mike Cheslik)
Good One (dir. India Donaldson)
The Fire Inside (dir. Rachel Morrison)
Red Rooms (dir. Pascal Plante)
Hundreds of Beavers (dir. Mike Cheslik)
Good One (dir. India Donaldson)
My favorite first time watches of November 2024:
Chicken for Linda! (dir. Sebastien Laudenbach and Chiara Malta)
Memoir of a Snail (dir. Adam Elliot)
A Real Pain (dir. Jesse Eisenberg)
The Piano Lesson (dir. Malcolm Washington)
Chicken for Linda! (dir. Sebastien Laudenbach and Chiara Malta)
Memoir of a Snail (dir. Adam Elliot)
A Real Pain (dir. Jesse Eisenberg)
The Piano Lesson (dir. Malcolm Washington)
December 2, 2024 at 5:16 AM
My favorite first time watches of November 2024:
Chicken for Linda! (dir. Sebastien Laudenbach and Chiara Malta)
Memoir of a Snail (dir. Adam Elliot)
A Real Pain (dir. Jesse Eisenberg)
The Piano Lesson (dir. Malcolm Washington)
Chicken for Linda! (dir. Sebastien Laudenbach and Chiara Malta)
Memoir of a Snail (dir. Adam Elliot)
A Real Pain (dir. Jesse Eisenberg)
The Piano Lesson (dir. Malcolm Washington)
51. Nomadland (dir. Chloe Zhao)
November 21, 2024 at 3:44 AM
51. Nomadland (dir. Chloe Zhao)
50. Tea and Sympathy (dir. Vincente Minnelli)
November 20, 2024 at 6:45 PM
50. Tea and Sympathy (dir. Vincente Minnelli)
49. Memento (dir. Christopher Nolan)
November 20, 2024 at 1:39 AM
49. Memento (dir. Christopher Nolan)
48. The Philadelphia Story (dir. George Cukor)
November 18, 2024 at 11:11 PM
48. The Philadelphia Story (dir. George Cukor)
47. Raiders of the Lost Ark (dir. Steven Spielberg)
November 18, 2024 at 1:00 AM
47. Raiders of the Lost Ark (dir. Steven Spielberg)
46. Carol (dir. Todd Haynes)
November 17, 2024 at 10:41 PM
46. Carol (dir. Todd Haynes)
45. Glengarry Glen Ross (dir. James Foley)
November 17, 2024 at 10:30 PM
45. Glengarry Glen Ross (dir. James Foley)
44. Cloud Atlas (dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, and Tom Tykwer)
November 17, 2024 at 10:22 PM
44. Cloud Atlas (dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, and Tom Tykwer)
43. Sense and Sensibility (dir. Ang Lee)
November 17, 2024 at 9:53 PM
43. Sense and Sensibility (dir. Ang Lee)
42. The Wind Rises (dir. Hayao Miyazaki)
November 17, 2024 at 9:47 PM
42. The Wind Rises (dir. Hayao Miyazaki)
41. Born Yesterday (dir. George Cukor)
November 17, 2024 at 9:12 PM
41. Born Yesterday (dir. George Cukor)
40. Ashes of Time (dir. Wong Kar-wai)
November 17, 2024 at 9:03 PM
40. Ashes of Time (dir. Wong Kar-wai)