Alphabetical annual exercise in accountability (to self/transparency on blind spots), plus:
Most embarrassing gaps also filled: The Blade, Daughters of Darkness, Deep Cover, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Drugstore Cowboy, The Getaway, Happiness, Heathers, Histoire(s) du Cinema, House
Annual exercise in rep accountability. Not my most exploratory year — I don't have the energy right now, and am not sure if I will ever again — but Bang Bang is the best movie I've
Top 20 first-time viewings in rep for 2016 (Only Yesterday is a stand-in for the whole John M. Stahl trilogy of adultery, including Seed and [less so] Back Street). Alphabetical order.
Most embarrassing gaps filled: An
The 20 movies new-to-me I most enjoyed this year (all but one seen in rep, per my usual standard/obtuse/expensive practice), in alphabetical order — the movies that most made me glad I was there at that
Renewed appreciation: News From Home, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Shining, The King of Escape, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, M*A*S*H, Wayne's World, Down by Law, Panic Room, The Color Purple
Most embarrassing gaps filled: Beware of
This is not necessarily a list of the 10 best films I saw for the first time in rep in 2013 (though A Borrowed Life and Man's Favorite Sport? were instant personal pantheon additions), more like