Mar 4, 2018

My 2017 Film Awards:
http://bit.ly/2CZeA28

See all categories by following the link


Top 17 of '17:

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
2. Song to Song
3. Phantom Thread
4. On the Beach at Night Alone
5. A Ghost Story
6. The Square
7. The Lost City of Z
8. Good Time
9. The Florida Project
10. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
11. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
12. Logan
13. Western
14. Call Me By Your Name
15. Shape of Water
16. Lucky
17. In the Fade

* Hong Sang-soo’s Claire’s Camera does not make the list, as it will be released in 2018.

 

Jan 20, 2018

I take it the film section is gone? If this is the new film part of the website, consider me in.

 

Jan 20, 2018

beautiful film. I really got lost in it - I thought that the general atmosphere was as intoxicating as anything PTA has ever done (save The Master), and the three leads absolutely killed it. Some scenes had me on edge for what seemed like almost no reason at all. It leaves you with a lot to chew on, and I'm really looking forward to seeing it again - not a thought I had after Inherent Vice.

Also, I can't post this without mentioning that this is almost certainly Jonny Greenwood's best work yet

what were your thoughts? am I remembering correctly that you weren't really into it?

 

Jan 19, 2018

oops forgot to post my 2017 list

Top Films:
1. Twin Peaks: The Return (David Lynch)
2. On the Beach at Night Alone (Hong Sang-soo)
3. Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson)
4. Song to Song (Terrence Malick)
5. Good Time (Safdie Brothers)
6. The Day After (Hong Sang-soo)
7. Voyage of Time (Terrence Malick)
8. The Human Surge (Eduardo Williams)
9. Split (M. Night Shyamalan)
10. Hermia & Helena (Matías Piñeiro)
11. Dark Night (Tim Sutton)
12. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (Paul W.S. Anderson)
13. Person to Person (Dustin Guy Defa)
14. The Florida Project (Sean Baker)
15. I Love You, Daddy (Louis C.K.)
16. The Lost City of Z (James Gray)

Best Director: David Lynch, Twin Peaks: The Return
Runner up: Hong Sang-soo, On the Beach at Night Alone & The Day After

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Runner up: Kyle MacLachlan, Twin Peaks: The Return

Best Actress: Kim Min-hee, On the Beach at Night Alone & The Day After
Runner up: Rooney Mara, Song to Song

Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, Song to Song
Runner up: Paul Thomas Anderson (?), Phantom Thread

Best Score: Johnny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
Runner up: OPN, Good Time

Best Screenplay: David Lynch & Mark Frost, Twin Peaks: The Return
Runner up: Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread

Need to see:
Claire's Camera, The Post, Detroit, mother!, On Body and Soul, Call Me By Your Name, Our Time Will Come, Marjorie Prime, Princess Cyd, The Square.

https://www.razvahn.com/film2017/

 

Jan 11, 2018

Saw Molly's game and wanna give a big f u to Sorkin for making me re-live the Canucks game 7 loss. Barely remember what happened afterwards. James Joyce was referenced or something.

Also watched Menashe the other day. Almost criminally under seen. Very moving. Should be on more 2017 lists

 

Dec 12, 2017

I went to high school(he was 4 years older but we had a real good film program at our school so anyone who took film knew each other) at the same time as the director of Luk'Luk'l. Might even have some of his old s--- on year end DVDs. I'm excited to see the film

Side note: it is weird to me that he's like got a new last name and s--- cuz there's no way in a zillion years you would know he was native. But that's just me being salty because I was one of like 20 (we had exchange students that would come in and out) not visibly white kids(I'm native) at the school. But I'm proud that someone is pushin native film and it's someone I know.

 

Dec 10, 2017

My current ranking for 2017

https://letterboxd.com/kamahmed/list/2017-ranked/

Top 10:
Song to Song
On the Beach at Night Alone
The Square
Lost City of Z
Good TIme
Luk'Luk'I
Prototype
The Florida Project
Killing of a Sacred Deer
Logan

*if including Twin Peaks: The Return, it would be competing for first with Song to Song, but likely a slight notch above.

 

Dec 6, 2017

 

Dec 6, 2017

my top 5 pretty cool but PTA gonna slide in it

The Return
On the Beach at Night Alone
Song to Song
Good Time
Split

 

Nov 22, 2017

I just saw this today. Perhaps more than any other Hong Sang-soo movie, it left me completely bewildered walking out of the theater, though it's one I'm certainly willing to wrestle with further. There are various strands and elements at play here all at once, but for the most part, the film is simply willing to linger with Kim Min-hee's melancholic, raw-nerve performance.

 

Nov 22, 2017

Got a Magnolia/Boogie Nights/Eternal Sunshine boxset for $3 at a thrift store today

 

Nov 21, 2017

one more time for Peep

 

Nov 17, 2017

they don't love you til you're gone.

rip Amy
rip Lil Peep

 

Oct 24, 2017

All my posts for viff so far are available here: http://nextprojection.com/author/kamran-ahmed/
22 reviews and 1 article\
Still writing reviews, but I figured I'd post this here since some of you don't follow my twitter or facebook, or are too incompetent (*ahem* @Vahn :P) to figure it out.

 

Oct 23, 2017

I don't know about you guys, but I consistently say "P-T-A" like Rob Van d--- whenever I discuss his films.

 

Oct 19, 2017

Joanna Newsom has approved of timbre.

Cannes 2018 we innit.

 

Oct 10, 2017

I spent a few hours of my weekend typing up this guide to Polish Cinema.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HmklxeDE1wLYbQgw0wG3wdXIp5VDO5E--BBvAA6JkYw/edit?usp=sharing

 

Oct 2, 2017

will obviously change but:

1. Detroit
2. Dunkirk
3. Get Out
4. Personal Shopper
5. mother!

alt: Logan Lucky
@Twan

 

Sep 27, 2017

Speaking of human feces, Harry Knowles, I apologize in advance for sharing this, but his review of Blade 2 is quite possibly the worst thing ever written. While reading it, I popped a blood vessel from cringing. NSFW.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/11793

 

Sep 27, 2017

On a lighter note,

VIFF 17 about to start. I'll be providing coverage for Next Projection since I'm not working for the festival this year. I'll be able to spend my time actually watching films (like in 14/15)

I have 53 films scheduled, but I also hold a full time job. Let's see what happens.

Guaranteed, I'll be seeing the new Kiarostami, Sangsoo, Varda, Haynes, Haneke, Kaurismaki, Trier, Zvyagnitzev, Maddin, Ostlund, Perry, Baker, Lanthimos... and the rest is a bonus.