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01 The Drama (Kristoffer Borgli)
02 Boards of Canada: Tape 05
03 The Rip (Joe Carnahan)
04 Send Help (Sam Raimi)
05 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Nia DaCosta)
06 Wuthering Heights (Emerald Fennell)
07 Project Hail Mary (Phil Lord & Christopher Miller)

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Last edited Apr 17, 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]
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. Paper Trail (Don Hertzfeldt)
4. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (Matt Johnson)
5. DTF St. Louis (Steven Conrad)
6. The Christophers (Steven Soderbergh)
7. Deux Pianos (Arnaud Desplechin)

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. Mother Mary (David Lowery)
5. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Nia DaCosta)
6. The Moment (Aidan Zamiri)
7. Hoppers (Daniel Chong)
8. Big Girls Don't Cry (Paloma Schneideman)
9. Burn (Makoto Nagahisa)
10. Project Hail Mary (Phil Lord, Christopher Miller)

1. Sirat
2. Mother Mary
3. Christophers
4. The Drama
5. Project: Hail Mary
6. Sheep Detetive
7. Obsession
8. Crime 101
9. Send Help
10. Scream 7

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.
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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

Great: Hokum

Good:

Fine:

Mixed:

Horrible:

Edited 4/30/26

1. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (Johnson)
2. Blue Heron (Romvari)
3. Chronovisor (Walker & Auen)
4. The Christophers (Soderbergh)
5. Miroirs No. 3 (Petzold)
6. Maddie’s Secret (Early)
7. Magellan (Diaz)
8. The Napa Boys (Corirossi)
9. By Design (Kramer)
10. The Love That Remains (Palmason)

Also enjoyed (ranked):

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)
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), 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. Deux Pianos (Arnaud Desplechin)
2. La Petite Dernière (Hafsia Herzi)

ALSO SEEN: The Bride! (Maggie Gyllenhaal), Project Hail Mary (Phil Lord & Christopher Miller), 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 Drama (Borgli)
02. Obsession (Barker)
03. The Napa Boys 4: The Sommelier's Amulet (Corirossi)
04. Send Help (Raimi)

LAST UPDATED: 5/28/2026

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

The Drama
Obsession
Send Help
The Napa Boys

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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