The Top 100 Films of the 21st Century (guess where Inherent Vice comes in!)

[Laura Kelber]

I'm lucky to live in NYC, where I've been able to see most of these in
theaters. For those who live in the US, here's a good source for finding
ways to stream or rent most of the films on my list.

https://www.justwatch.com/us

Again, (Untitled) (2009) is worth tracking down. For some reason, the
reviewers panned it for being either a low-brow
my-kid-brother-could-do-better-than-that look at the art world, or a
pretentious commentary on esthetics. It's just a comedy about an
avant-garde musician who gets involved with an avant-garde art gallery
owner. Watching the worlds clash is lots of fun.

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 5:54 PM Allan Balliett <allan.balliett at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Laura
>
> How are you able to access this wonderfully wide array of films?
>
> -ALLAN in Netflix land
>
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 12:59 PM Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> OK, I'll play, though I haven't seen a number of the films on the list.
>>
>> My favorite films of the 21st century so far (subject to amendment):
>>
>> Top 10:
>> I’m Not There (2007, Todd Haynes, USA)
>> The White Ribbon (2009, Michael Haneke, Germany)
>> The Prestige (2006, Christopher Nolan, USA)
>> Ghost World (2001, Terry Zwigoff, USA)
>> The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015, Marielle Heller, USA)
>> Ex Machina (2015, Alex Garland, UK)
>> The Square (2017, Ruben Ostlünd, Sweden)
>> The Tree of Life (2011, Terrence Malick, USA)
>> (Untitled) (2009, Jonathan Parker, USA) - a little gem that almost no one
>> has seen, but is worth tracking down.
>> The Congress (2013, Ari Folman, Israel)
>>
>> And honorable mention:
>> The Edukators (2004, Hans Weingartner, Germany)
>> Even the Rain (2011, Icíar Bollaín, Spain)
>> The Lives of Others (2006, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
>> Lumumba (2000, Raoul Peck, France)
>> Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007, Sergei Bodrov, Russia)
>> Mysterious Skin (2004, Gregg Araki, USA)
>> Neruda (2016, Pablo Larraín, Chile)
>> Notes On a Scandal (2006, Richard Eyre, UK)
>> The Return (2003, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia)
>> Secret Ballot (Raye Makhfi) (2001, Babak Payami, Iran)
>> The Way Home (Jibeuro) (2002, Jeong-hyang Lee, South Korea)
>> We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011, Lynne Ramsay, UK)
>> White God (2014, Kornél Mundruczó, Hungary)
>> Zama (2017, Lucrecia Martel, Argentina)
>>
>> Apologies to anyone subscribing to the weekly digest - those accents are
>> going to be a syntax nightmare!
>>
>> Laura
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 12:30 PM Rob Miller <robcmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Anyone else a Synecdoche, NY fan? I’d put that, The Master, & Inherent
>> Vice
>> > as my top 3.
>> > On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 12:06 PM Allan Balliett <
>> allan.balliett at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Probably common knowledge but Inherent Vice is on HBO currently.
>> > >
>> > > Dunno how many times I've seen it but it just gets better
>> > >
>> > > And, yes, I appear to learn so much more every time.
>> > >
>> > > (But, no, don't ask me to explain it!)
>> > >
>> > > -Allan in TV Land
>> > >
>> > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 11:50 AM Thomas Eckhardt <
>> > > thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > I have seen about half of them but can recommend "Ratatouille" and
>> > > > particularly "City of God" although it feels strange to mention
>> these
>> > > > two movies in the same sentence.
>> > > >
>> > > > "Mulholland Drive", yes. Good to see "Spirited Away" in the top ten.
>> > > > "Inside Llewyn Davis" at number 11, seriously? I actively dislike
>> > > > "Amélie" and movies by Lars von Trier (I have to say, however, that
>> I
>> > > > stopped watching his movies after "Dancer in the Dark"). Wes
>> Anderson
>> > > > doesn't do anything for me.
>> > > >
>> > > > Am 31.10.2018 um 16:18 schrieb Johnny Marr:
>> > > > > I’ve seen all but four:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > City of God
>> > > > > Moolade
>> > > > > Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter .... and Spring
>> > > > > Ratatouille
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I do like Mulholland Dr a lot. The top ten’s strong (if slightly
>> > > > > predictable). Wouldn’t have minded seeing Werckmeister Harmonies
>> > placed
>> > > > > slightly higher.
>> > > > --
>> > > > Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
>> > > >
>> > > --
>> > > Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
>> > >
>> > --
>> > Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
>> >
>> --
>> Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
>>
>