Sunday, 9 January 2022

MY HONORS FOR FILMS SEEN BETWEEN JANUARY 1ST 2021 AND DECEMBER 31ST 2021


Best Film from Any Source:  LIMBO (Ben Sharrock, GB
Best Film Not in English:  COLLECTIVE (Alexander Nanau, Romania)
Best American Film:  THE LOST DAUGHTER (Maggie Gyllenhaal)

Best Director:  Ladj Ly - LES MISERABLES (released 2020)
(Runner-up):  Jane Campion for THE POWER OF THE DOG.

Best Actor:  Anthony Hopkins for THE FATHER
(Runner-up):  Ben Whishaw for SURGE.

Best Actress:  Kristen Stewart for SPENCER
(Runner-up):  Carey Mulligan for PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

Best Supporting Actor:  Stanley Tucci for SUPERNOVA
(Runner-up):  Bill Murray for ON THE ROCKS (released 20200

Best Supporting Actress:  Yuh-Jung Youn for MINARI
(Runner-up):  Diana Rigg for LAST NIGHT IN SOHO

Best Original Screenplay:  Andreas Fontana and Mariano Llinas for AZOR
Best Adapted Screenplay:  Maggie Gyllenhaal for THE LOST DAUGHTER

Best Cinematography:  Haris Zambarloukos for BELFAST
Best Production Design:  Marcus Rowland for LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
Best Costume Design:  Jacqueline Durran for SPENCER

Best Film Editing: Paul Machliss for LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
Best Sound Recording:   SOUND OF METAL
Best Special Effects:  THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS

Best Music Score:  Jonny Greenwood for SPENCER

Most Promising Director:  Ben Sharrock for LIMBO
(Runner-up):  Maggie Gyllenhaal for THE LOST DAUGHER
Most Promising Actor:  Alan S. Kim for MINARI
(Runner-up):  Kris Hitchen for SORRY WE MISSED YOU (released 2019)
Most Promising Actress:  Sidney Flanigan for NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
(Runner-up):  Rachel Sennott for SHIVA BABY

Best Comedy:  PALM SPRINGS
Best Thriller:  THE INVISIBLE MAN (released 2020)
Best Musical:  WEST SIDE STORY
Best Horror Film:  SAINT MAUD  (released 2020)
Best Western:  OLD HENRY
Best Documentary:  COLLECTIVE
Best Animation:  n/a
Best War Film:  THE PAINTED BIRD (released 2020)
Best Action Film:  NO TIME TO DIE

Most Overrated Films:  ANNETTE and THE GREEN KNIGHT
Most Underrated Films:  THE LAST DUEL and ON THE ROCKS
Most Neglected Film:  HAM ON RYE
Most Imaginative Film:  TITANE
Most Disappointing Film:  THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Most Distasteful Film:  SURVIVE THE NIGHT

5 Best Classics Seen For The First Time:  BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWING, DEVI, HE WHO MUST DIE, FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI and MADCHEN IN UNIFORM.
5 Best Rediscoveries:  THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER, GOODBYE DRAGON INN, MAN OF THE WEST, ONE FROM THE HEART and A THOUSAND CLOWNS

and finally 5 Worst Films:  AVA (released 2020), GREYHOUND (released 2020), LIBERTE (released 2019), SURVIVE THE NIGHT and VENOM LET THERE BE CARNAGE.

My 10 Best Films of 2021
1)  LIMBO  
2)  COLLECTIVE
3)  THE LOST DAUGHTER
4)  NOMADLAND
5)  THE POWER OF THE DOG
6)  LES MISERABLES
7)  DUNE
8)  SAINT MAUD
9)  THE FATHER
10) NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS.




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