Lists

  • Angela’s Best Films of 2023 List

    1. Fallen Leaves. Dir: Aki Kaurismäki
    2. Past Lives. Dir: Celine Song
    3. All of Us Strangers.Dir: Andrew Haigh
    4. Perfect Days. Dir: Wim Wenders
    5. Anatomy of a Fall. Dir: Justine Triet
    6. Poor Things. Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos
    7. Killers of the Flower Moon. Dir: Scorsese
    8. May/December. Dir: Todd Haynes
    9. The Boy and the Heron. Dir: Miyazaki
    10. Zone of Interest. Dir: Jonathan Glazer
    11. The Taste of Things. Dir: Tran Anh Hung
    12. You Hurt My Feelings. Dir: Nicole Holofcener
    13. Bottoms. Dir: Emma Seligmann
    14. Passages. Dir: Ira Sachs
    15. The Holdovers. Dir: Alexander Payne
    16. A Thousand and One. Dir: A.V. Rockwell
    17. Spider-Man Into the Spider Verse. Dirs: Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson, Kemp Powers
    18. Afire. Dir: Christian Petzold
    19. Shortcomings. Dir: Randall Park
    20. The Promised Land. Dir:  Nikolaj Arcel
    21. The Five Devils. Dir:  Léa Mysius
    22. Brother. Dir: Clement Virgo

    23. Barbie. Dir: Greta Gerwig (Max)

  • Reel Film Snobs, Best Films of 2022 #5-#1

    RFS Episode 582

    Join Angela and her guest host Ernie Quiroz in their discussion of their top 10 films from 2022:

    Angela’s #05-01:

    Tár. Director: Todd Field

    Decision to Leave. Director: Park Chan-wook

    A Love Song. Director: Max Walker-Silverman

    Everything Everywhere All at Once. Directors:Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

    Descendant. Director: Margaret Brown

    Ernie’s #05-01:

    Riottsville, USA

    Decision to Leave

    Aftersun

    EEAAO

    Tar

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  • Reel Film Snobs: Best of 2022, #6-#10

    RFS Episode 581  

    Join Angela and her guest host Ernie Quiroz in their discussion of their top 10 films from 2022:  

    Angela’s #10-6:

    10. Fire in the Mountains. Director: Ajitpal Singh

    09. Women Talking. Director: Sarah Polley

    08. Lingui the Sacred Bonds. Director: Mahamat Saleh Haroun

    07. Marte Um (Mars One). Director: Gabriel Martins

    06. Nope. Director: Jordan Peele

    Ernie’s #10-6:

    10. RRR

    09. Subject

    08. Top Gun Maverick

    07. Moonage Daydream 

    06. All Quiet on the Western Front

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  • Best Films of 2021 #10-6

    Best Films of 2021 #10-6
    Angela’s 10-6
    10: Prayers for the Stolen. Director: Tatiana Huezo (tied) The Harder They Fall. Director: Jeymes Samuel

    9. Titane. Director: Julia Ducournau

    8. Passing. Director: Rebecca Hall

    7. Summer of Soul. Director: Questlove

    6. The Power of the Dog. Director: Jane Campion
    Ernie’s 10-6

    10. Spider-Man: No Way Home. Director: Jon Watts

    9. Strawberry Mansion. Directors: Kentucker Audley, Albert Birney

    8. Wheel of Fortune & Fantasy. Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

    7. Mass. Director: Franz Kranz (tied) The Fallout. Director: Megan Park

    6. Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America. Directors: Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler

  • Comfort Films

    The Awful Truth (1937) Director: Leo McCarey

    Victor/Victoria (1982) Director: Blake Edwards

    Swing Time (1936) Director: George Stevens

    The Odd Couple (1968) Director: Gene Saks

    Downton Abbey (2019) Director: Michael Engler

  • RFS Favorite Films of the Decade (2010-2019)

    Angela’s Top 10 of the Decade

    10. Blindspotting. Director: Carlos Lopez Estrada

    9. Pain and Glory. Director: Pedro Almodovar

    8. Bridesmaids. Director: Paul Feig

    7. A Separation. Director: Asghar Farhadi

    6. If Beale Street Could Talk. Director: Barry Jenkins

    5. Winter’s Bone. Director: Debra Granik

    4. Phoenix. Director: Christian Petzold

    3. Get Out. Director: Jordan Peele

    2. Moonlight. Director: Barry Jenkins

    1. The Florida Project. Director: Sean Baker

    Bryan’s Top 10 of the Decade

    10. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    9. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Director: Quentin Tarantino

    8. Moonlight. Director: Barry Jenkins

    7. Gravity. Director: Alfonso Cuaron

    6. We Need to Talk About Kevin. Director: Lynne Ramsay

    5. Nightcrawler. Director: Dan Gilroy

    4. Shoplifters. Director: Hirokazu Koreeda

    3. Manchester by the Sea. Director: Kenneth Lonergan

    2. Drive. Director: Nicolas Winding Refn

    1. Mad Max: Fury Road. Director: George Miller

  • Best Films of 2019

    Angela’s Top 10

    1. Pain and Glory. Director: Pedro Almodovar

    2. Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Director: Céline Sciamma

    3. A Hidden Life. Director: Terrence Malick

    4. Parasite. Director: Bong Joon-ho

    5. Uncut Gems. Director: The Safdie Brothers

    6. The Last Black Man in San Francisco. Director: Joe Talbot

    7. The Irishman. Director: Martin Scorsese

    8. Birds of Passage. Directors: Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra

    9. Honeyland. Directors: Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska

    10. The Lighthouse. Director: Robert Eggers

    Honorable Mentions: Monos, For Sama, Us, Toy Story 4, The Heiresses, One Child Nation, It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

    Bryan’s List

    1. Once Upon a Time in America. Director: Quentin Tarantino

    2. Parasite. Director: Bong Joon-ho

    3. Booksmart. Director: Olivia Wilde

    4. Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Director: Céline Sciamma

    5. A Hidden Life. Director: Terrence Malick

    6. Monos. Director: Alejandro Landes

    7. Little Women. Director: Greta Gerwig

    8. The Biggest Little Farm. Director: John Chester

    9. Pain and Glory. Director: Pedro Almodovar

    10. Avengers: End Game. Director: Anthony & Joe Russo

    Honorable Mentions: The Lighthouse, The Irishman, 63Up, Honeyland, For Sama, Uncut Gems, Shadow, Toy Story 4, The Joker