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Angela’s Best Films of 2023 List

Friday, March 22nd, 2024

1. Fallen Leaves. Dir: Aki Kaurismäki
2. Past Lives. Dir: Celine Song
3. All of Us Strangers.Dir: Andrew Haigh
4. Perfect Days. Dir: Wim Wenders
5. Anatomy of a Fall. Dir: Justine Triet
6. Poor Things. Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos
7. Killers of the Flower Moon. Dir: Scorsese
8. May/December. Dir: Todd Haynes
9. The Boy and the Heron. Dir: Miyazaki
10. Zone of Interest. Dir: Jonathan Glazer
11. The Taste of Things. Dir: Tran Anh Hung
12. You Hurt My Feelings. Dir: Nicole Holofcener
13. Bottoms. Dir: Emma Seligmann
14. Passages. Dir: Ira Sachs
15. The Holdovers. Dir: Alexander Payne
16. A Thousand and One. Dir: A.V. Rockwell
17. Spider-Man Into the Spider Verse. Dirs: Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson, Kemp Powers
18. Afire. Dir: Christian Petzold
19. Shortcomings. Dir: Randall Park
20. The Promised Land. Dir:  Nikolaj Arcel
21. The Five Devils. Dir:  Léa Mysius
22. Brother. Dir: Clement Virgo

23. Barbie. Dir: Greta Gerwig (Max)

Best Films of 2021 #10-6

Thursday, March 24th, 2022

Best Films of 2021 #10-6
Angela’s 10-6
10: Prayers for the Stolen. Director: Tatiana Huezo (tied) The Harder They Fall. Director: Jeymes Samuel

9. Titane. Director: Julia Ducournau

8. Passing. Director: Rebecca Hall

7. Summer of Soul. Director: Questlove

6. The Power of the Dog. Director: Jane Campion
Ernie’s 10-6

10. Spider-Man: No Way Home. Director: Jon Watts

9. Strawberry Mansion. Directors: Kentucker Audley, Albert Birney

8. Wheel of Fortune & Fantasy. Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

7. Mass. Director: Franz Kranz (tied) The Fallout. Director: Megan Park

6. Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America. Directors: Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler

Comfort Films

Thursday, December 3rd, 2020

The Awful Truth (1937) Director: Leo McCarey

Victor/Victoria (1982) Director: Blake Edwards

Swing Time (1936) Director: George Stevens

The Odd Couple (1968) Director: Gene Saks

Downton Abbey (2019) Director: Michael Engler

RFS Favorite Films of the Decade (2010-2019)

Friday, September 11th, 2020

Angela’s Top 10 of the Decade

10. Blindspotting. Director: Carlos Lopez Estrada

9. Pain and Glory. Director: Pedro Almodovar

8. Bridesmaids. Director: Paul Feig

7. A Separation. Director: Asghar Farhadi

6. If Beale Street Could Talk. Director: Barry Jenkins

5. Winter’s Bone. Director: Debra Granik

4. Phoenix. Director: Christian Petzold

3. Get Out. Director: Jordan Peele

2. Moonlight. Director: Barry Jenkins

1. The Florida Project. Director: Sean Baker

Bryan’s Top 10 of the Decade

10. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

9. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Director: Quentin Tarantino

8. Moonlight. Director: Barry Jenkins

7. Gravity. Director: Alfonso Cuaron

6. We Need to Talk About Kevin. Director: Lynne Ramsay

5. Nightcrawler. Director: Dan Gilroy

4. Shoplifters. Director: Hirokazu Koreeda

3. Manchester by the Sea. Director: Kenneth Lonergan

2. Drive. Director: Nicolas Winding Refn

1. Mad Max: Fury Road. Director: George Miller

Best Films of 2019

Wednesday, July 15th, 2020

Angela’s Top 10

1. Pain and Glory. Director: Pedro Almodovar

2. Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Director: Céline Sciamma

3. A Hidden Life. Director: Terrence Malick

4. Parasite. Director: Bong Joon-ho

5. Uncut Gems. Director: The Safdie Brothers

6. The Last Black Man in San Francisco. Director: Joe Talbot

7. The Irishman. Director: Martin Scorsese

8. Birds of Passage. Directors: Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra

9. Honeyland. Directors: Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska

10. The Lighthouse. Director: Robert Eggers

Honorable Mentions: Monos, For Sama, Us, Toy Story 4, The Heiresses, One Child Nation, It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Bryan’s List

1. Once Upon a Time in America. Director: Quentin Tarantino

2. Parasite. Director: Bong Joon-ho

3. Booksmart. Director: Olivia Wilde

4. Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Director: Céline Sciamma

5. A Hidden Life. Director: Terrence Malick

6. Monos. Director: Alejandro Landes

7. Little Women. Director: Greta Gerwig

8. The Biggest Little Farm. Director: John Chester

9. Pain and Glory. Director: Pedro Almodovar

10. Avengers: End Game. Director: Anthony & Joe Russo

Honorable Mentions: The Lighthouse, The Irishman, 63Up, Honeyland, For Sama, Uncut Gems, Shadow, Toy Story 4, The Joker

Scary Streaming 6

Thursday, October 31st, 2019

Bryan’s Picks:

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Black Christmas (1974)

Angela’s Picks:

Cat People (1942)

Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Old Dark House (1932)

Oscar Nominated Films List

Thursday, June 27th, 2019

Monsieur Vincent (1948)

Gate of Hell (1954)

Sundays and Cybele (1962)

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (1964)

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)

The Tin Drum (1979)

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)

Pelle the Conquerer (1988)

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