Marco11
Some of my favourite things, without any order: Hannibal; Godspeed You! Black Emperor; Miles Davis; Virginia Woolf; Lost; Radiohead; Massive Attack; The lord of the rings; Middle Age (as an historical period); Tennis.
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January 19, 2020 at 12:03 pm #1203292561
I was trying to write a list from a “critic” point of view, but then I moticed how I didn’t feel so much difference among Tarantino’s films in terms of quality – all of them have interesting elements in their favour, and most of them have some problems too. Therefore this is based only on how much I love each of them.
1. Death Proof
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2. Kill Bill
3. Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
4. The Hateful Eight
5. Jackie Brown
6. Pulp Fiction
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. Reservoir Dogs
9. Django UnchainedJanuary 11, 2020 at 9:55 am #1203275553I really hope Zaillian takes the trophy. His script was probably my favourite element of The Irishman.
ReplyJanuary 10, 2020 at 1:16 pm #1203274348Finally finished the show, and I confirm what I said before; that this was my favourite season. As this was not the most popular opinion here, I thought it’d be interesting to share a very short and personal impression; apologies in advance if everything I write here was already expressed by someone else.
What I really, really liked about this season was less about the incredible cast (which I preferred to the previous one) and more about how conceptually coherent the whole thing was, from start to finish.
The issue of representation and the contrast between external appearance and inner reality, something which was definitely already present in the previous seasons, was elevated to an actual theme; more precisely: it was thematized as thecentral core of the show.
I thought the move was clever and brilliant. From merely watching a certain story unfolding (and carrying some recurrent element and issues within it, of course, but that was only secondary) I ended up with the impression that I was looking, episode after episode, at the exact same theme – but every time, expressed in a new, fresh and often thoughtful way.Like a prism, every episode was a new face of it. After ep 1, which was necessary to show the theme, we see someone (Margaret) who manages to show her inner self and still be useful to the crown and who is punished for that by someone (the Queen) who cannot do the same; in Aberfan, well, the contrast is too evident to need any explaination; in what was my favourite episode, Bubbikins, the only person who manages to look good to the press is the one who isn’t even aware of the contrast and for that specific reason end up resembling a stranger in the palace – a saint.
I could go on like that, perhaps in a less superficial way, for almost each episode of the season. I’ve rarely seen something equally coherent on tv and that felt challenging and insightful in a very powerful way.
ReplyJanuary 5, 2020 at 11:57 pm #1203265472Succession, finally! It was time for it to win something big.
ReplyJanuary 2, 2020 at 2:23 pm #1203256980Haven’t seen many films from the past year yet, but I thought Joker and Jojo Tabbit were terrible.
ReplyDecember 31, 2019 at 11:49 pm #1203255547Recently, I loved and felt very moved by the confrontation between Philip and her mother at the end of The Crown S03E04.
ReplyDecember 30, 2019 at 11:47 pm #1203254637Perhaps the most unfortunate timing was Homogenic nominated in alternative album (best alternative music performance as it was called back them) in the same eligibility period as OK Computer.
I did not remember that. Ok Computer, Homogenic and Dig Your Own Hole battling against each other that year. What a lineup!
ReplyDecember 28, 2019 at 1:38 pm #12032527181. Ghosteen, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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2. U.F.O.F. & Two Hands, Big Thief
3. Lifetime, Klein
4. Ecstatic Computation, Caterina Barbieri
5. God Is Not A Terrorist, Usted Saami
6. Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery, The Comet is Coming
7. Jesus Is King, Kanye West
8. Thanks for the Dance, Leonard Cohen
9. When I Get Home, Solange
10. No Home Record, Kim Gordon
11. For You And I, Loraine James
12. The Talkies, Girl Band
13. Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest, Bill Callahan
14. Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis, Matana Roberts
15. American Football (LP3), American Football
16. Leaving Meaning, Swans
17. The Oracle, Angel Bat Dawid
18. Arrival, Fire! Orchestra
19. Your Wilderness Revisited, William Doyle
20. Schlagenheim, black midi
21. CALIGULA, LINGUA IGNOTA
22. Everywhere at the end of time – Stage 6, The Caretaker
23. Analog Fluids Of Sonic Black Holes, Moor Mother
24. Designer, Aldous Harding
25. The Age of Immunology, Vanishing Twin
26. Cows on Hourglass Pond, Avey Tare
27. Signals into Space, Ultramarine
28. Cummedia, Cesare Basile
29. It Should Be Us, Andy Stott
30. Arthropods, 33EMYBW
31. There Existed an Addition to Blood, clipping.
32. Henryk Górecki: Symphony 3, Beth Gibbons & the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
33. ANIMA, Thom Yorke
34. Racines, C’mon Tigre
35. Yes! Come Parade With Us, Leafcutter John
36. Quiet Signs, Jessica Pratt
37. Grapefruit Regret, Karenn
38. Trojan, Ghost Horse
39. New Atlantis, Efdemin
40. Serfs Up!, Fat White Family
41. Nothing Great About Britain, slowthai
42. Smith, The Winstons
43. The Book Of Traps And Lessons, Kate Tempest
44. Imperial Flood, Logos
45. i, i, Bon Iver
46. Titanic Rising, Weyes Blood
47. The Return, Sampa the Great
48. MAGDALENE, FKA twigs
49. Assume Form, James Blake
50. All My Heroes Are Cornballs, JPEGMAFIADecember 28, 2019 at 12:13 am #1203252095Unacceptable but not surprising, considering how challenging and demanding the music she’s been making from the beginning of her career is.
ReplyDecember 25, 2019 at 12:58 pm #1203249953Three episodes left and this is probably my favourite season of the show (although I should rewatch the others before make such statements).
ReplyDecember 23, 2019 at 9:16 am #1203247904I did not enjoy this movie as much as I hoped I would, as it is very easy for me to love a Baumbach movie; for istance, I very much prefered Frances Ha, Mistress America and While We’re Young.
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I guess my main complaint involves the fact that I didn’t find it to be a well-balanced movie; too much of Charlie POV and too little of Nicole’s. For quite a large part of the film I found myself criticizing Nicole’s behaviour, not as the result of my (more or less) impartial judgment on her but because I was looking at her with Charlie’s eyes; the opposite happened too rarely. I could really feel that the script was written by a man; perhaps Gerwig would have been helpful in the writing.
Still, it wasn’t a bad experience and I look forward to Baumbach next feature. And Driver is ten times better than Phoenix this time.December 20, 2019 at 11:53 pm #1203245991Christgau’s list is crazy and there are very few things I agree with, but it was cool indeed. So refreshing not to see Kanye West, Kendrick Lanar, Beyonce and Frank Ocean (great artists with great albums, before I get misunderstood) in top 5 – and just three of their works in top 25 – for once.
ReplyDecember 11, 2019 at 11:31 am #1203231987Reading that Spotify’s recap of the year was fun.
Artists listened the most:5. Julia Holter
4. Aldous Harding
3. Any Other
2. Yo La Tengo
1. Big ThiefSongs played the most:
5. Andromeda, Weyes Blood
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4. Something, Any Other
3. Little Eyes, Yo La Tengo
2. UFOF, Big Thief
1. The Barrel, Aldous HardingDecember 7, 2019 at 10:43 am #1203221597I think of power, corruption & lies as one of new order’s weaker efforts in the 80s. I’ll probably swap lucinda’s self-titled out for substance if I had more time to think over the list
Agree to disagree on that, but I really like your list anyway!
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December 7, 2019 at 4:46 am #1203221046Not sure about these albums being my favourites or not. Just ten extraordinary works that never fail to excite me.
Remain in Light, Talking Heads
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Ambient 4, Brian Eno
Big Science, Laurie Anderson
Isn’t Anything, My Bloody Valentine
Daydream Nation, Sonic Youth
Psychocandy, The Jesus and Mary Chain
Treasure, Cocteau Twins
Power, Corruption & Lies, New Order
Spirit of Eden, Talk Talk
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