So, Cineticle made a choice of the best films this year, the first of the really worthwile year-end-lists.
My own top is there. And here's a concise version, so to say; without any reflections and ruminations:
1. Histoire de Judas (Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche, 2015)
2. As Mil e Uma Noites (Miguel Gomes, 2015)
3. Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) (Abbas Fahdel, 2015)
4. Horace and Pete (Louis CK, 2016)
5. 88:88 (Isiah Medina,2015)
6. Everybody Wants Some!! (Richard Linklater, 2016)
7. Somethin Between Us (Jodie Mack, 2015)
8. The Pearl Button (Patricio Guzman, 2015)
9. The Day Before the End (Lav Diaz, 2016)
10. The Plague at the Karatas Village (Adilkhan Yerzhanov, 2016)
+ 15 more excellent films, in alphabetical order:
Bahubali: The Beginning (S. S. Rajamouli, 2015)
Bella e perduta (Pietro Marcello, 2015)
Fuocoammare (Gianfranco Rosi, 2016)
Gravity Falls (2012-2016)
In Jackson Heights (Frederick Wiseman, 2015)
L'avenir (Mia Hansen-Love, 2016)
L'oiseau de la nuit (Marie Losier, 2015)
La academia de las musas (Jose Luis Guerin, 2015)
La Deuxieme Nuit (Eric Pauwels, 2016)
Love (Judd Apatow, 2016)
Love & Partnership (Nikita Lavretski, 2016)
Palms (Mary Helena Clark, 2015)
The Exquisite Corpus (Peter Tscherkassky, 2015)
The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers (Ben Rivers, 2015)
Wake (Subic) (John Gianvito, 2015)
+ my post-cinematic 13 of music videos
ANOHNI - Drone Bomb Me (Nabil)
Arca - Sin Rumbo (Jesse Kanda)
clipping - wriggle (Rodney Ascher)
Ital Tek - Beyond Sight (Clayton Welham and Joseph Lion)
James Blake - I Need A Forest Fire (ft. Bon Iver) (United Visual Artists: Matt Clark, Chris Davenport)
Julianna Barwick - Nebula (Derrick Belcham)
Kari Faux - Fantasy (Carlos Lopez Estrada)
Oneohtrix Point Never - Animals (Rick Alverson)
Soda_Jerk & The Avalanches - The Was (Soda_Jerk)
Massive Attack - The Spoils ft. Hope Sandoval (John Hillcoat)
Mark Pritchard - Sad Alron (Jonathan Zawada)
The Avalanches - Frankie Sinatra (Fleur, Manu)
Vince Staples - Prima Donna (Nabil)
I only regret forgetting to include Tyrone Lebon's video for Nikes by Frank Ocean.
Overall, it was a troubled and rushed but nevertheless very enjoyable year. Cheers!
My own top is there. And here's a concise version, so to say; without any reflections and ruminations:
1. Histoire de Judas (Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche, 2015)
2. As Mil e Uma Noites (Miguel Gomes, 2015)
3. Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) (Abbas Fahdel, 2015)
4. Horace and Pete (Louis CK, 2016)
5. 88:88 (Isiah Medina,2015)
6. Everybody Wants Some!! (Richard Linklater, 2016)
7. Somethin Between Us (Jodie Mack, 2015)
8. The Pearl Button (Patricio Guzman, 2015)
9. The Day Before the End (Lav Diaz, 2016)
10. The Plague at the Karatas Village (Adilkhan Yerzhanov, 2016)
+ 15 more excellent films, in alphabetical order:
Bahubali: The Beginning (S. S. Rajamouli, 2015)
Bella e perduta (Pietro Marcello, 2015)
Fuocoammare (Gianfranco Rosi, 2016)
Gravity Falls (2012-2016)
In Jackson Heights (Frederick Wiseman, 2015)
L'avenir (Mia Hansen-Love, 2016)
L'oiseau de la nuit (Marie Losier, 2015)
La academia de las musas (Jose Luis Guerin, 2015)
La Deuxieme Nuit (Eric Pauwels, 2016)
Love (Judd Apatow, 2016)
Love & Partnership (Nikita Lavretski, 2016)
Palms (Mary Helena Clark, 2015)
The Exquisite Corpus (Peter Tscherkassky, 2015)
The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers (Ben Rivers, 2015)
Wake (Subic) (John Gianvito, 2015)
+ my post-cinematic 13 of music videos
ANOHNI - Drone Bomb Me (Nabil)
Arca - Sin Rumbo (Jesse Kanda)
clipping - wriggle (Rodney Ascher)
Ital Tek - Beyond Sight (Clayton Welham and Joseph Lion)
James Blake - I Need A Forest Fire (ft. Bon Iver) (United Visual Artists: Matt Clark, Chris Davenport)
Julianna Barwick - Nebula (Derrick Belcham)
Kari Faux - Fantasy (Carlos Lopez Estrada)
Oneohtrix Point Never - Animals (Rick Alverson)
Soda_Jerk & The Avalanches - The Was (Soda_Jerk)
Massive Attack - The Spoils ft. Hope Sandoval (John Hillcoat)
Mark Pritchard - Sad Alron (Jonathan Zawada)
The Avalanches - Frankie Sinatra (Fleur, Manu)
Vince Staples - Prima Donna (Nabil)
I only regret forgetting to include Tyrone Lebon's video for Nikes by Frank Ocean.
Overall, it was a troubled and rushed but nevertheless very enjoyable year. Cheers!
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