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01 The Drama (Kristoffer Borgli)
02 Paper Trail (Don Hertzfeldt)
03 The Napa Boys (Nick Corirossi)
04 Her Private Hell (Nicolas Winding Refn)
05 Mother Mary (David Lowery)
06 Boards of Canada: Tape 05
07 Backrooms (Kane Parsons)
08 The Christophers (Steven Soderbergh)
09 The Bride! (Maggie Gyllenhaal)
10 The Rip (Joe Carnahan)

11 Send Help (Sam Raimi)
12 Gary (Christopher Storer)
13 Hoppers (Daniel Chong)
14 Toy Story 5 (Andrew Stanton)
15 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Nia DaCosta)
16 DTF St. Louis (Steve Conrad)
17 Hokum (Damian McCarthy)
18 Wuthering Heights (Emerald Fennell)
19 Is God Is (Aleshea Harris)
20 Disclosure Day (Steven Spielberg)
21 Project Hail Mary (Phil Lord & Christopher Miller)

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Last edited Jul 27, 2026

At least we have a new mayor. Happy New Year!

Magalhães / Magellan [Lav Diaz]
EIGHT BRIDGES [James Benning]
Remake [Ross McElwee]
Nuestra Tierra / Landmarks [Lucrecia Martel]
ხმელი ფოთოლი / Dry Leaf [ალექსანდრე კობერიძე / Alexandre Koberidze]
黒牢城 / The Samurai and the Prisoner [黒沢 清 / Kiyoshi Kurosawa]
Le Cri des Gardes (The Cry of the Guards / U.S. title: The Fence) [Claire Denis]
Miroirs No. 3 [Christian Petzold]

1. The Drama (Kristoffer Borgli)
2. Gary (Christopher Storer)
3. The Seeing Eye Dog Who Saw Too Much (Eric Jackowitz)
4. Disclosure Day (Steven Spielberg)
5. Paper Trail (Don Hertzfeldt)
6. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (Matt Johnson)
7. DTF St. Louis (Steven Conrad)
8. The Christophers (Steven Soderbergh)
9. Deux Pianos (Arnaud Desplechin)
10. The Odyssey (Christopher Nolan)

Past lists: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005-2000

1. The Friend's House Is Here (Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Ataei)
2. Levitating (Wregas Bhanuteja)
3. The Drama (Kristoffer Borgli)
4. Is God Is (Aleshea Harris)
5. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Nia DaCosta)
6. Leviticus (Adrian Chiarella)
7. Backrooms (Kane Parsons)
8. Burn (Makoto Nagahisa)
9. Mother Mary (David Lowery)
10. Toy Story 5 (Andrew Stanton)

1. Sirat
2. Mother Mary
3. Christophers
4. The Drama
5. The Odyssey
6. Rose of Nevada
7. Project: Hail Mary
8. Sheep Detetive
9. Obsession
10. Backrooms

The rest in order of preference: Crime 101, Send Help, Toy Story 5, Gail Daughtry/Sex Pass, Disclosure Day, Her Private Hell, Scream 7, The Furious

1) Obsession (Barker)
2) 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (DaCosta)
3) Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (Johnson)
4) Hokum (McCarthy)
5) We Bury the Dead (Hilditch)
6) The Whistler (Velasco) - Bad

Honourable Mentions:

Good:

Decent:

Bad:

Garbage:

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

I do not support it.

1. 28 Years Later: the Bone Temple
2. The Rip

I hope to watch a movie this year

reserved

Reserved.
Though something tells me we may need to shorten this to Top Three or Top Four in the upcoming years.

1. Hokum
2. Send Help
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Edited 05-03-2026

1. Backrooms
2. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
3. Wuthering Heights
4. Iron Lung
5. Obsession

1.
2. Hokum
3.
4.
5.

Mixed:

Horrible:

Edited 7/17/26

1. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (Johnson)
2. Blue Heron (Romvari)
3. Chronovisor (Walker & Auen)
4. The Christophers (Soderbergh)
5. Disclosure Day (Spielberg)
6. Miroirs No. 3 (Petzold)
7. Maddie’s Secret (Early)
8. Magellan (Diaz)
9. The Napa Boys (Corirossi)
10. Jackass: Best and Last (Tremaine)

Also enjoyed (ranked):

By Design (Kramer)
The Love That Remains (Palmason)
Send Help (Raimi)
The Rib of the Greater Bay Area (Tao)
Late Fame (Jones)
Propeller One-Way Night Coach (Travolta)
Camp (Fast)
The Serpent’s Skin (Maio Mackay)
Mother Mary (Lowery)
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office (Almereyda & Stephens)
I Love Boosters (Riley)
Forbidden Fruits (Alloway)
Mile End Kicks (Levack)
The Moment (Zamiri)
Girls Like Girls (Kiyoko)
Marc by Sofia (Coppola)
The Bride! (Gyllenhaal)
Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Cameron & Eilish)
Wuthering Heights (Fennell)
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Newman)
Roommates (Levack)
Tycoon (Zhang)

The rest:
I Want Your Sex (Araki), The Wizard of the Kremlin (Assayas), How to Make a Killing (Patton Ford), Never Change! (Schousboe), Outcome (Hill)

1. What Does That Nature Say to You?
2. Pillion
3. Silent Friend
4. Miroirs No. 3
5. Palestine 36

1.

Reserved

I really will try and watch some new stuff this year…

TK

ALSO SEEN, ON THE UP END:
ALSO SEEN, ON THE DOWN END: ”Wuthering Heights”

Last update: 02/21/26

1. Disclosure Day (Steven Spielberg)
2. Deux Pianos (Arnaud Desplechin)
3. La Petite Dernière (Hafsia Herzi)

ALSO SEEN: The Bride! (Maggie Gyllenhaal), The Invite (Olivia Wilde), Project Hail Mary (Phil Lord & Christopher Miller), Supergirl (Craig Gillespie), The Wizard of the Kremlin (Olivier Assayas), ”Wuthering Heights” (Emerald Fennell)

Other lists: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018

--Edited May 6th

1. Sirat
2. The Drama
3.
4.
5.
6. Mother Mary
7.
8.
9.
10. Hokum

01. The Odyssey (Nolan)
02. Disclosure Day (Spielberg)
03. The Drama (Borgli)
04. The Furious (Tanigaki)
05. Obsession (Barker)
06. The Napa Boys 4: The Sommelier's Amulet (Corirossi)
07. Backrooms (Parsons)
08. The Invite (Wilde)
09. Hoppers (Chong)
10. Send Help (Raimi)

LAST UPDATED: 7/18/2026

Past lists: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007

The Drama
Backrooms
Obsession
Send Help
The Napa Boys
Hoppers

Big hopes for Farhadi’s Parallel Tales, and praying that Spielberg’s Disclosure Day is better than the trailer makes it look!

Also, come on Fincher and Pitt. Do Cliff Booth proud.

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