March'26 #Top5Views
5. Bastard Swordsman (1983)
4. Testament (1983)
3. Torment (1994)
2. A Legend or Was It? (1963)
1. Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935)
HM: Dry Leaf, Below the Clouds, Mexicali, Gonin, The Forbidden City, Wild Boys of the Road, Falling Leaves, Kisses
Feb'26 #Top5Views
5. Blades of the Guardians (2026)
4. Tokyo Bordello (1987)
3. Turtle Vision (1991)
2. Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935)
1. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
HM: Dreaming the Reality, A Poet, The Company, The Love That Remains, A Different Image, Nirvanna the Band the Show The Movie
Sometimes, I forget Michel Franco exists.
Thinking about EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED again, and how the film definitely lives up to its title 😂
I was planning on going to bed early on my last day in Berlin due to averaging ~4-5 hours of sleep a night over the past week. Then I saw the new Angela Schanelec is playing tonight at 9:30 so I guess I'm embracing sleep deprivation for a little bit longer.
Oh man, good call! Would love to see THAT on the big screen.
There is a wealth of good cinema (and, unfortunately, a lot of bad cinema as well). Tonight, in the span of an hour or so, I randomly thought about Bill Forsyth's Housekeeping and Věra Chytilová's Fruits of Paradise. Why? No idea tbh! but damn both those movies rule.
Go see this movie LA!
Opens Friday in Los Angeles!
Jan'26 #Top5Views
5. Bayaning 3rd World (2000)
4. A Good Marriage (1982)
3. Expect the Unexpected (1988)
2. The Sealed Soil (1977)
1. She Taught Me Serendipity (2024)
HM: Hong Kong Godfather, Execution in Autumn, Swimming in a Sand Pool, Breaking In, Kantara - A Legend: Ch 1
Everything sucks but hey LA, go see this movie. Thanks 😘
It's pretty exhausting to see so many people continuously and blanketly equate box office revenue with quality with no acknowledgement of all the various factors. The worst is when they use it to validate their opinion. Like there is some type of valor in that; get bent.
Hey, We made the print section of the New York Times 🔥
A Useful Ghost opens today in NYC, don't miss one of the great feature debuts from last year. LA, next week😘
I'm going to be annoying about this one, sorry not sorry.
One of the great feature debuts of last year opens at IFC Center tomorrow in NYC.
Next week, LA, and more cities are on the way. Go see it! (Please lol)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/m...
Everything sucks, but hey, I'm finally catching the latest Jamursch tonight, so that's something...
When it comes to deeply thoughtful and emotionally resonant rom-coms, I would be extremely hard-pressed to name any contemporary filmmaker operating on the same level as Akiko Ōku.
Although quite different, Emmanuel Mouret was the only name that came to mind.
As a long-time reader and admirer of Film Comment, I'm just happy to see The Things You Kill getting some love on the individual ballots 💕😂
Still a few things to see, of course, but most of those will have a lot of exposure
Stuck at the mechanic, forgot a book, and am waiting for my car to be fixed. Fuck it here are my favorite films of 2025. Not based solely on US release date but tried to include things released stateside in 2025 that I missed last year.
Decision to Leave >>>>>>> No Other Choice
*Ducks*
It's a film I fought hard to get distributed through my company, so any support is appreciated.
Got to have a good conversation with Phyllis Nagy today, who is a big fan of The Things You Kill, so that was pretty cool. The film has drawn a lot of comparisons to Lynch, Bunuel, Kiarostami, etc but Phyllis Nagy said that the director she thought of the most was Kieślowski. Damn, I love that.
Thrilled to be introducing this formally precise, quietly haunting work to North American audiences next year. It won't be for everyone but personally, I think it's a special one!
variety.com/2025/film/gl...
Hey LA, come join me on Friday. While not a household name (yet), Alireza Khatami has crafted one of the more absorbing psychological thrillers to debut in recent memory. It's Canada's Oscar submission, and I'm really proud to be involved with this film. Hope to see you there!
"Debts to Luis Buñuel and David Lynch are obvious, but The Things You Kill has its own way of getting inside its protagonist’s head space — and yours."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/m...
If you have the means, please support this film. Canada's official Oscar submission is one of the best psychological thrillers in recent memory, masterfully synthesizing the surreal and unsettling atmospherics of David Lynch with the intricate moral and dramatic craftsmanship of Kiarostami.
I got something to say -- In person, Lee Kang-sheng's Aura is palpable.
We don't talk about Peter Watkins genius enough
