Monday, December 21, 2015

Top 10 Discoveries of the Year

The films below are the ones I discovered for the first time this year. Actually, I've seen Godard's Eloge de l'amour in theaters and I remember hating it. I wasn't really a Godardhead back then. Innocent times. But the rest of the films are the first time viewing.

My search for the works of particular artist continued and I landed on the works of Lisandro Alonso, who is by far, one of the most interesting filmmakers working out there. Then there is of course, Pedro Costa and Godard. My film viewing dwindled because of a job change in the middle of the year and not as robust as last few years. But still got to discover quite a few gems, the the ones below:

O Sangue - Costa
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Los Muertos - Alonso
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Il Futuro - Scherson
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Liverpool - Alonso
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Eloge de l'amour/Forever Mozart/Passion - Godard
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Mildred Pierce *mini series - Haynes
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La belle personne - Honoré
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Yearning - Naruse
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