"A very simple rape revenge story elevated to incredible heights... by the lively, frantic authorial hand of Abel Ferrara and... Joe Delia's raucous jazzy score."
My ★★★★½ @letterboxd.social review of MS .45 (1981) directed by Abel Ferrara #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
My ★★★★½ @letterboxd.social review of MS .45 (1981) directed by Abel Ferrara #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
A ★★★★½ review of Ms .45 (1981)
Criterion Challenge 2026 25. “Good For Her” Cinematic Universe Sister. A very simple rape revenge story elevated to incredible heights of vintage New York sleaze and misandristic catharsis by the live...
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February 6, 2026 at 7:20 PM
"A very simple rape revenge story elevated to incredible heights... by the lively, frantic authorial hand of Abel Ferrara and... Joe Delia's raucous jazzy score."
My ★★★★½ @letterboxd.social review of MS .45 (1981) directed by Abel Ferrara #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
My ★★★★½ @letterboxd.social review of MS .45 (1981) directed by Abel Ferrara #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
Currently on a journey to watch all of PTA's movies and then rewatch One Battle After Another, and Dead Man was on my #criterionchallenge list! I'm at 7/52 on that :)
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Currently on a journey to watch all of PTA's movies and then rewatch One Battle After Another, and Dead Man was on my #criterionchallenge list! I'm at 7/52 on that :)
February 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
February 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
HAPPY JOE BOB DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE!
It's "haunted house night"!
Darcy said they're showing one of her favs but she *might* like the remake better so that's gotta be THE HAUNTING.
Personally I really hope they show THE OTHERS since it's on my #CriterionChallenge #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam 🎥👻🎬
It's "haunted house night"!
Darcy said they're showing one of her favs but she *might* like the remake better so that's gotta be THE HAUNTING.
Personally I really hope they show THE OTHERS since it's on my #CriterionChallenge #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam 🎥👻🎬
the last drive in with joe bob briggs shows a green beach chair
Alt: the last drive in with joe bob briggs sitting in a green beach chair
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February 6, 2026 at 3:39 PM
HAPPY JOE BOB DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE!
It's "haunted house night"!
Darcy said they're showing one of her favs but she *might* like the remake better so that's gotta be THE HAUNTING.
Personally I really hope they show THE OTHERS since it's on my #CriterionChallenge #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam 🎥👻🎬
It's "haunted house night"!
Darcy said they're showing one of her favs but she *might* like the remake better so that's gotta be THE HAUNTING.
Personally I really hope they show THE OTHERS since it's on my #CriterionChallenge #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam 🎥👻🎬
#CriterionChallenge No.6 was to pick one from the 20 least-watched titles in the Criterion catalogue. Plumped for this sobering, fatalistic view of the collapse of order and the hopelessness of men who only know war. Now want to watch Die Blechtrommel again.
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Coup de Grâce (1976)
A countess loves her brother's Prussian-officer friend in the 1919 Baltic area.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:09 AM
#CriterionChallenge No.6 was to pick one from the 20 least-watched titles in the Criterion catalogue. Plumped for this sobering, fatalistic view of the collapse of order and the hopelessness of men who only know war. Now want to watch Die Blechtrommel again.
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#CriterionChallenge film this week: the Nouvelle Vague classic #HiroshimaMonAmour, which had the added bonus of being on my 'films I really should have watched by now' list. Fascinating in many ways, not least the music.
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Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hirosh...
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January 28, 2026 at 5:10 AM
#CriterionChallenge film this week: the Nouvelle Vague classic #HiroshimaMonAmour, which had the added bonus of being on my 'films I really should have watched by now' list. Fascinating in many ways, not least the music.
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"Everything is nothing."
My ★★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of SPACE IS THE PLACE (1974) directed by John Coney #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
My ★★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of SPACE IS THE PLACE (1974) directed by John Coney #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
A ★★★★★ review of Space Is the Place (1974)
Criterion Challenge 2026 31. Watch a film rated 3.7 stars Everything is in place except you, Planet Earth. An intergalactic, interdimensional odyssey into the black void that is one with the rhythms o...
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January 27, 2026 at 4:51 AM
"Everything is nothing."
My ★★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of SPACE IS THE PLACE (1974) directed by John Coney #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
My ★★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of SPACE IS THE PLACE (1974) directed by John Coney #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
"I mean, yeah, sure, it's satire of the aristocracy... but I think Buñuel just has a little too much fun torturing rich people."
My ★★★★½ @letterboxd.social review of THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (1962) directed by Luis Buñuel #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🔪🎬
My ★★★★½ @letterboxd.social review of THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (1962) directed by Luis Buñuel #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🔪🎬
A ★★★★½ review of The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Criterion Challenge 2026 23. Pick any category from a past Criterion Challenge year (2024: 22. Directed by Luis Buñuel) Part of me feels like this shouldn't work as well as it does--I mean, it's basic...
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January 26, 2026 at 1:37 AM
"I mean, yeah, sure, it's satire of the aristocracy... but I think Buñuel just has a little too much fun torturing rich people."
My ★★★★½ @letterboxd.social review of THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (1962) directed by Luis Buñuel #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🔪🎬
My ★★★★½ @letterboxd.social review of THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (1962) directed by Luis Buñuel #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🔪🎬
"A brutally bleak and devastating World War II film with incredible performances and outstanding cinematography."
My ★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of THE ASCENT (1977) directed by Larisa Shipetko #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
My ★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of THE ASCENT (1977) directed by Larisa Shipetko #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
A ★★★★ review of The Ascent (1977)
Criterion Challenge 2026 33. War A brutally bleak and devastating World War II film with incredible performances and outstanding cinematography. Honestly, though, I don't think I fully understood ever...
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January 25, 2026 at 3:11 AM
"A brutally bleak and devastating World War II film with incredible performances and outstanding cinematography."
My ★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of THE ASCENT (1977) directed by Larisa Shipetko #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
My ★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of THE ASCENT (1977) directed by Larisa Shipetko #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
"...seeing the cinematic purity of silent film combine with the purity of Japanese cinema / storytelling brings it into especially sharp focus."
My ★★★★½ @letterboxd.social review of A STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS (1934) directed by Yasujirō Ozu #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
My ★★★★½ @letterboxd.social review of A STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS (1934) directed by Yasujirō Ozu #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
A ★★★★½ review of A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)
Criterion Challenge 2026 8. 1930s While it can be a bit arcane in the ways the characters relate to each other, there is something so timelessly pure, simple, and elegantly beautiful about this. So mu...
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January 24, 2026 at 2:09 AM
"...seeing the cinematic purity of silent film combine with the purity of Japanese cinema / storytelling brings it into especially sharp focus."
My ★★★★½ @letterboxd.social review of A STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS (1934) directed by Yasujirō Ozu #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
My ★★★★½ @letterboxd.social review of A STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS (1934) directed by Yasujirō Ozu #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
"This is one of those movies where I can confidently say this is a perfect film and also the kind of film that is generally difficult for me to vibe with..."
My ★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (1964) directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini #CriterionChallenge 📽️🎬
My ★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (1964) directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini #CriterionChallenge 📽️🎬
A ★★★★ review of The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
Criterion Challenge 2026 7. Queer Cinema This is one of those movies where I can confidently say this is a perfect film and also the kind of film that is generally difficult for me to vibe with, subje...
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January 23, 2026 at 9:24 PM
"This is one of those movies where I can confidently say this is a perfect film and also the kind of film that is generally difficult for me to vibe with..."
My ★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (1964) directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini #CriterionChallenge 📽️🎬
My ★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (1964) directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini #CriterionChallenge 📽️🎬
Next up in the #CriterionChallenge; a film from the 2020s; Payal Kapadsia's luminous, human and spellbinding All We Imagine As Light. boxd.it/yXaQ
All We Imagine as Light (2024)
In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with h...
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January 22, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Next up in the #CriterionChallenge; a film from the 2020s; Payal Kapadsia's luminous, human and spellbinding All We Imagine As Light. boxd.it/yXaQ
#CriterionChallenge film no.3 is the official documentary of the 1976 Winter Olympics, White Rock.
I owned the soundtrack album (and still have a copy), but had never seen the film. If you want to see James Coburn trying various winter sports, this is for you... 1/2
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I owned the soundtrack album (and still have a copy), but had never seen the film. If you want to see James Coburn trying various winter sports, this is for you... 1/2
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White Rock (1977)
British documentary filmmaker and producer Tony Maylam reinvigorated the sports documentary genre with WHITE ROCK, an idiosyncratic and utterly engaging account of the XII Olympic Winter Games Innsbru...
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January 17, 2026 at 12:49 AM
#CriterionChallenge film no.3 is the official documentary of the 1976 Winter Olympics, White Rock.
I owned the soundtrack album (and still have a copy), but had never seen the film. If you want to see James Coburn trying various winter sports, this is for you... 1/2
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I owned the soundtrack album (and still have a copy), but had never seen the film. If you want to see James Coburn trying various winter sports, this is for you... 1/2
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"What. an. experience this movie is!"
My ★★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of IN A LONELY PLACE (1950) directed by Nicolas Ray #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
My ★★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of IN A LONELY PLACE (1950) directed by Nicolas Ray #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
A ★★★★★ review of In a Lonely Place (1950)
Criterion Challenge 2026 37. Must see Criterion released films as featured on Danny Peary’s “Guide for the Film Fanatic” (1986) I wanted to say these things and be laughed at. But you're not laughing....
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January 12, 2026 at 5:10 AM
"What. an. experience this movie is!"
My ★★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of IN A LONELY PLACE (1950) directed by Nicolas Ray #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
My ★★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of IN A LONELY PLACE (1950) directed by Nicolas Ray #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
"...one of the great treasures of cinema history and undeniably one of its greatest achievements."
My ★★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED (1926) directed by Lotte Reiniger #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
My ★★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED (1926) directed by Lotte Reiniger #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
A ★★★★★ review of The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
Criterion Challenge 2026 51. 1920s Considering how it was made, I think you'd be hard-pressed not to count this among the greatest animated films ever made--if not the greatest films ever made, period...
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January 11, 2026 at 4:11 AM
"...one of the great treasures of cinema history and undeniably one of its greatest achievements."
My ★★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED (1926) directed by Lotte Reiniger #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
My ★★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED (1926) directed by Lotte Reiniger #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️🎬
"The stop motion and special effects in this are excellent and highly entertaining. Unfortunately, virtually nothing else is."
My ★★★ @letterboxd.social review of EQUINOX (1970) directed by Dennis Muren & Jack Woods #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽👻️🎬
My ★★★ @letterboxd.social review of EQUINOX (1970) directed by Dennis Muren & Jack Woods #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽👻️🎬
A ★★★ review of Equinox (1970)
Criterion Challenge 2026 22. Watch a film rated 2.0-2.9 stars The stop motion and special effects in this are excellent and highly entertaining. Unfortunately, virtually nothing else is. The script an...
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January 11, 2026 at 4:04 AM
"The stop motion and special effects in this are excellent and highly entertaining. Unfortunately, virtually nothing else is."
My ★★★ @letterboxd.social review of EQUINOX (1970) directed by Dennis Muren & Jack Woods #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽👻️🎬
My ★★★ @letterboxd.social review of EQUINOX (1970) directed by Dennis Muren & Jack Woods #CriterionChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽👻️🎬
Last night's second entry in the #CriterionChallenge was #TheBigSleep Shockingly, I had never seen it, and now I merely have no idea what was going on in the second half.
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The pictured scene is hilarious in how much got past the censors - "depends who's in the saddle"
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The pictured scene is hilarious in how much got past the censors - "depends who's in the saddle"
The Big Sleep (1946)
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, de...
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January 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Last night's second entry in the #CriterionChallenge was #TheBigSleep Shockingly, I had never seen it, and now I merely have no idea what was going on in the second half.
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The pictured scene is hilarious in how much got past the censors - "depends who's in the saddle"
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The pictured scene is hilarious in how much got past the censors - "depends who's in the saddle"
I decided to join the #CriterionChallenge this year so racking up some early watches to cross off the list :)
January 7, 2026 at 1:58 AM
I decided to join the #CriterionChallenge this year so racking up some early watches to cross off the list :)
#LastFourWatched and already sitting at 2/52 on the #CriterionChallenge 😌
January 3, 2026 at 1:45 AM
#LastFourWatched and already sitting at 2/52 on the #CriterionChallenge 😌
Link to the #CriterionChallenge, for anyone interested: letterboxd.com/benvsthemovi...
The Criterion Challenge 2026
Welcome to the sixth annual Criterion Challenge where we celebrate The Criterion Collection! Hundreds of you have participated in these challenges year after year, so thanks to all of you for making t...
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January 2, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Link to the #CriterionChallenge, for anyone interested: letterboxd.com/benvsthemovi...
My top 100 first time watches of 2025
Top 10:
1. Faya Dayi
2. Koyaanisqatsi
3. La Haine
4. Hamnet
5. This is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
6. 12 Angry Men
7. Au Revoir Les Enfants
8. Do the Right Thing
9. Pump Up the Volume
10. To Sleep With Anger
8 of these watched for #CriterionChallenge 📽️🎬
Top 10:
1. Faya Dayi
2. Koyaanisqatsi
3. La Haine
4. Hamnet
5. This is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
6. 12 Angry Men
7. Au Revoir Les Enfants
8. Do the Right Thing
9. Pump Up the Volume
10. To Sleep With Anger
8 of these watched for #CriterionChallenge 📽️🎬
Top 100 "New" Movies of 2025
My top 100 movies I watched for the first time in 2025 Ratings based on (in order of emphasis): 1. purely subjective enjoyment 2. subjective assessment of objective quality 3. rewatchability
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January 1, 2026 at 5:06 PM
My top 100 first time watches of 2025
Top 10:
1. Faya Dayi
2. Koyaanisqatsi
3. La Haine
4. Hamnet
5. This is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
6. 12 Angry Men
7. Au Revoir Les Enfants
8. Do the Right Thing
9. Pump Up the Volume
10. To Sleep With Anger
8 of these watched for #CriterionChallenge 📽️🎬
Top 10:
1. Faya Dayi
2. Koyaanisqatsi
3. La Haine
4. Hamnet
5. This is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
6. 12 Angry Men
7. Au Revoir Les Enfants
8. Do the Right Thing
9. Pump Up the Volume
10. To Sleep With Anger
8 of these watched for #CriterionChallenge 📽️🎬
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Only Angels Have Wingsn (1939)
Directed by Howard Hawks
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Only Angels Have Wingsn (1939)
Directed by Howard Hawks
Sunday evening flick of the button
📽🎥🎬🎞🎦
#filmsky #filmskya #moviesky
#letterboxd #trakt
#pressplay #criterionchallenge2025
#criterionchallenge
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Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a major contract.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Press ▶️
Only Angels Have Wingsn (1939)
Directed by Howard Hawks
Sunday evening flick of the button
📽🎥🎬🎞🎦
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#letterboxd #trakt
#pressplay #criterionchallenge2025
#criterionchallenge
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Only Angels Have Wingsn (1939)
Directed by Howard Hawks
Sunday evening flick of the button
📽🎥🎬🎞🎦
#filmsky #filmskya #moviesky
#letterboxd #trakt
#pressplay #criterionchallenge2025
#criterionchallenge
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