Jake Gittes

Updated and beefed up with only Minari and Nomadland left to be seen pre-deadline. (I'll double feature them on the 26th.) Last ditch push please watch Fourteen. It's on Amazon Prime if you're in the US.

Spider-Man This Ain't a Home Movie XXX

Also, Patton Oswalt was in I'm Thinking of Ending Things?

well at least the 200m grossing january movie was not discriminated against. whew

As long as the top 5 in a 5-movie list can get the same # of points as the top 5 in a 25-movie list, the results are gonna be goofy and largely meaningless.

FYC: Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay (I think? It was expanded from a short), Ensemble, Supporting Actress, Cinematography, Soundtrack

January *A Star Is Born (1954) - 10/10 *Aloha, Bobby and Rose (1975) - 7/10 *Prince of Darkness (1987) - 6/10 *Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) - 9/10 Under the Cherry Moon (1986) - 7/10 Walker (1987) - 6/10 The Grapes of Wrath (1940) - 8/10 *Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) - 7/10 Rifkin's Festival (2020) - 5/10 *Bound (1996) - 8/10 *All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) - 7.5/10 (10 for the war sequences, 5 for all the monologuing) *The Blue Angel (1930) - 7/10 *People on Sunday (1930) - 6/10 *His Girl Friday (1940) - 8/10 *Ms .45 (1981) - 7/10 *Breathless (1960) - 9/10 [up from 8] The Big Risk (1960) - 7/10 Shoot the Piano Player (1960) - 7/10 The Sign of Leo (1962) - 7/10 The Suitor (1962) - 6/10 Suzanne's Career (1963) - 7/10 The Soft Skin (1964) - 7/10 *The Band Wagon (1953) - 8/10 *Mulholland Dr. (2001) - 10/10 [fourth viewing, first on the big screen; always adored it but it may have shot up into my top 10 after last night] *rewatches