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My Best of 2020: Non-2020 Films

My Best of 2020 is a series of annual lists in which I pick the best of the best from 2020, all leading up to my official picks for My Top 10 Films of 2020.

I didn’t see as many new non-2020 films as I would have liked, as I gravitated toward books from late-April on. But I did catch some gems, and finally ‘discovered’ two Studio Ghibli masterpieces.

1. The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (Karel Zeman, 1962)

Holy. Shit. An absolute masterpiece. Never anything less than visually stunning, and always every bit as bizarre as it is funny as it is exciting.

2. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)

Clearly, Miyazaki’s imagination knows no bounds. The world-building, mythology and sense of wonder here is insane. What a beautifully realized, thoroughly enjoyable piece of cinema.

3. My Neighbor Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)

A virtual tie with Spirited Away, becuase it’s just as perfect, and they’re both Straight. F*cking. Magic.

4. Stop Making Sense (Jonathan Demme, 1984)

How do you spell Talking Heads?? A-R-T.

5. Tucker: The Man and His Dream (Francis Ford Coppola, 1988)

‘Don’t get too close to people, you’ll catch their dreams… ’

Fantastic! It surely doesn’t hurt that I love a good David v Goliath tale, but Coppola brings this one to life with such creativity and playfulness, and the cinematography and production design are breathtaking. Then you have Jeff Bridges and Martin Landau, whose performances are overflowing with whimsy and heart. It all comes together to form a beautiful piece about dreams.

6. The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke, 1934)

A ton of fun…

William Powell and Myrna Loy are incredible together. The screenplay is clever and witty and lightning fast. And the direction understands the balance between screwball comedy and mystery, showcasing both the phenomenal writing and our perfect leads without ever letting things lose control or get too messy/silly (when they’re not supposed to be).

7. Chocolat (Lasse Hallström, 2000)

Absolutely delightful. Juliette Binoche is magical.

8. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Frank Capra, 1936)

Damn. What a crowd-pleaser. Gary Cooper is perfection as the pixilated Longfellow Deeds. And the screenplay and Capra’s direction blend perfectly to tell a heartwarming story about how a man’s worth doesn’t come from his bank account, but from his heart. Much like some of Capra’s other crowd-pleasers, mainly It’s a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, this one effortlessly works its way into the heart of its viewer to make them want to cheer upon its ending.

9. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)

A masterpiece of a mosaic. PTA’s Magnolia is a masterclass in not only screenwriting, but also editing and directing. PTA works us through this day-in-the-life, everything is connected tale in a way that throws us for a loop while never losing us in the complexities of it all.

10. Doctor Sleep: Director’s Cut (Mike Flanagan, 2019)

I never wanted a sequel to The Shining. It’s a perfect film, and in a separate and entirely different way, it’s a perfect novel. I haven’t read Doctor Sleep (I have read it, now, and also loved it... even more so than the film.), and I skipped this in the cinemas because ::shrugs:: it just didn’t look like something I needed in my life.

I was wrong.

Enjoy!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

Next Up: Assorted (Animated Feature, Foreign Film, Editing, Screenplay, Etc.) - Coming Next Week!

More of My Best of 2020…

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Barbara Rush.

Filmografía

Cine

- Los Goldberg (1950) como Debby Sherman

- Quebec (1951) como Madelon

- La Primera Legión (1951) como Terry Gilmartin

- Cuando los mundos chocan (1951) como Joyce Hendron

- Flaming Feather (1952) como Nora Logan

- Príncipe de piratas (1953) como la condesa Nita Orde

- Vino del espacio exterior (1953) como Ellen Fields

- Taza, hijo de Cochise (1954) como Oona

- Magnífica obsesión (1954) como Joyce Phillips

- El escudo negro de Falworth (1954) como Meg

- Capitán Lightfoot (1955) como Aga Doherty

- Beso de fuego (1955) como Princesa Lucía

- Mundo en mi esquina (1956) como Dorothy Mallinson

- Más grande que la vida (1956) como Lou Avery

- Vuelo a Hong Kong (1956) como Pamela Vincent

- ¡Oh hombres! ¡Oh mujeres! (1957) como Myra Hagerman

- Sin pago inicial (1957) como Betty Kreitzer

- Los jóvenes leones (1958) como Margaret Freemantle

- Harry Black y el tigre (1958) como Christian Tanner

- Los jóvenes de Filadelfia (1959) como Joan Dickinson

- The Bramble Bush (1960) como Margaret 'Mar' McFie

- Extraños cuando nos encontramos (1960) como Eve Coe

- Fecha límite: San Francisco (película de televisión de 1962)

- Ven a soplar tu cuerno (1963) como Connie

- The Unknown (película para televisión de 1964) como Leonora Edmond

- Robin y las 7 capuchas (1964) como Marian

- The Jet Set (película de televisión de 1966)

- Hombre (1967) como Audra Favor

- Estrategia del terror (1969) como Karen Lownes

- Mannix (serie de televisión de 1969, S2Ep06 'Una copia del asesinato') como Celia Bell

- De repente soltero (película para televisión de 1971) como Evelyn Baxter

- Cutter (película para televisión de 1972) como Linda

- Los ojos de Charles Sand (película para televisión de 1972) como Katharine Winslow

- El hombre (1972) como Kay Eaton

- Moon of the Wolf (película para televisión de 1972) como Louise Rodanthe

- Crime Club (película para televisión de 1973) como Denise London

- Peege (corto de 1973) como Mom

Superdad (1973) como Sue McCready

- Tontos, mujeres y diversión (película para televisión de 1974) como Karen Markham

- El último día (película de televisión de 1975) como Betty Spence

- Death Car on the Freeway (película para televisión de 1979) como Rosemary

No puedo detener la música (1980) como

- Amantes del verano (1982) como Jean Featherstone

- La noche en que cayó el puente (película para televisión de 1983) como Elaine Howard

- A su servicio (película para televisión de 1984) como Barbara Stonehill

- Web of Deceit (película para televisión de 1990) como Judith

- El beso de la viuda (película para televisión de 1996) como Edith Fitzpatrick

- El peinado de mi madre (corto de 2006) como Destino

- Corazones sangrantes (corto de 2017) como Barbara Irons.

Créditos de teatro

- El Balón de Oro (1937) debut en el escenario

- The Little Foxes USC Santa Barbara, 1948 y 1975

- Antonio y Cleopatra (1950) Teatro de Pasadena

- Stock de verano (1951) con Anthony Perkins

- La loca de Chaillot (1951) con Jeffrey Hunter

- La voz de la tortuga (1953), con Jeffrey Hunter

- Siempre abril (1969)

- Gira nacional de 40 quilates (1969-1971,1972)

- El cuatro con cartel (1971)

- La insumergible Molly Brown (1972)

- Las mariposas son libres (1972, 1981)

- Private Lives (1973) gira nacional con Louis Jourdan

- Gira nacional del Día del Padre (1974) con Carole Cook

- Toques finales (1974, 1978)

- Fiebre del heno (1975, 1980)

- Los hijos de Kennedy (1975, 1976)

- Especies en peligro de extinción (1976)

- Gira nacional a la misma hora, el próximo año (1976-1978)

- Noche de la iguana (1978)

- Ramitas (1980)

- The Supporting Cast (1982) gira nacional con Carole Cook y Sandy Dennis

- Espíritu alegre (1982-1983)

- Genio discapacitado (1983)

- Mujer de medios independientes (1983-1988) Broadway y gira nacional

- Steel Magnolias (1988-1989) gira nacional con Carole Cook, June Lockhart y Marion Ross

- Cartas de amor (1990-1993)

- Monólogos de la vagina (1995-1997)

- Un delicado equilibrio (1993)

- La edad de oro (1997)

- Hazme un lugar en Forest Lawn (2002-2007).

Televisión

- Lux Video Theatre (1954-1956, 4 episodios) como Cathy / Ruth / Charlotte / Joyce Gavin

- Playhouse 90 (1957-1960, 2 episodios) como Liz / Clara

- La undécima hora (1962, 1 episodio) como Linda Kincaid

- Saints and Sinners (1962-1963, 4 episodios) como Lizzie Hogan

- The Outer Limits (1964, 1 episodio: " Las formas de las cosas desconocidas

Dr. Kildare (1965, 2 episodios) como Madge Bannion

- El fugitivo (1965, 2 episodios) como Marie Lindsey Gerard

- Custer (1967, 1 episodio) como Brigid O'Rourke

- Batman (1968, 2 episodios) como Nora Clavicle

- Peyton Place (1968-1969, 75 episodios) como Marsha Russell

- Mannix (1968-1975, 2 episodios) como Rebekah Bigelow / Celia Bell

- Marcus Welby, MD (1969-1972, 2 episodios) como Dorothy Carpenter / Nadine Cabot

- Medical Center (1969-1974, 4 episodios) como Claire / Pauline / Judy / Nora Caldwell

- Amor, estilo americano (1970, 1 episodio) como Carol (segmento "El amor y el motel")

- The Mod Squad (1971, 1 episodio) como Mrs.Hamilton

- Ironside (1971-1972, 2 episodios) como Lorraine Simms / Mme. Jabes

- Night Gallery (1971, 1 episodio) como Agatha Howard (segmento "Cool Air")

- Maude (1972, 1 episodio) como Phyllis 'Bunny' Nash

- Las calles de San Francisco (1973, 1 episodio) como Anna Slovatzka Marshall

- El nuevo show de Dick Van Dyke (1973-1974, 3 episodios) como Margot Brighton

- Cannon (1975, episodio "Lady on the Run") como Linda Merrick

- La mujer biónica (1976, 1 episodio) como Ann Sommers / Chris Stuart

- Los misterios de Eddie Capra (1978, 1 episodio)

- Fantasy Island (1978-1984, 3 episodios) como Mildred Koster / Kathy Moreau / Professor Smith-Myles

- The Love Boat (1979, 2 episodios) como Eleanor Gardner

- Los buscadores (miniserie de 1979) como Peggy Kent

- Flamingo Road (1980-1982, 38 episodios) como Eudora Weldon

- Knight Rider (1983, 1 episodio) como Elizabeth Knight

- Magnum, PI (1984-1987, 2 episodios) como Phoebe Sullivan / Ann Carrington

- Murder, She Wrote (1987, 1 episodio) como Eva Taylor

- Los corazones son salvajes (1992, 1 episodio) como Caroline Thorpe

- All My Children (1992-1994, 35 episodios recurrentes) como Nola Orsini

- La ley de Burke (1995, 1 episodio) como la jueza Marian Darrow

- The Outer Limits (1998, 1 episodio) como Barbara Matheson

- 7th Heaven (1997-2007, 10 episodios) como Ruth Camden.

Créditos: Tomado de Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Rush

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[artofcinema]

all movies watched in JULY 2019

bold: rewatch

Alice in Wonderland (1951, Clude Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske) American Made (2017, Doug Liman) Anima (2019, Paul Thomas Anderson) Bitter Moon (1992, Roman Polanski) Cabaret (1972, Bob Fosse) Céline (1992, Jean-Claude Brisseau) Charade (1963, Stanley Donen) Dead Ringers (1988, David Cronenberg) eXistenZ (1999, David Cronenberg) Eyes Wide Shut (1999, Stanley Kubrick) Fellini Satyricon (1969, Federico Fellini) Hairspray (1988, John Waters) I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK (2006, Park Chan-Wook) Ichi the Killer (2001, Takashi Miike) Immoral Tales (1973, Walerian Borowczyk) Islands (2017, Yann Gonzalez) (Short) It Happened One Night (1934, Frank Capra) Jack Reacher (2012, Christopher McQuarrie) Knife+Heart (2018, Yann Gonzalez) Labyrinth (1986, Jim Henson) Magnolia (1999, Paul Thomas Anderson) Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011, Brad Bird) Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015, Christopher McQuarrie) Oblivion (2013, Joseph Kosinski) Orpheus (1950, Jean Cocteau) Piercing (2018, Nicolas Pesce) Rain Man (1988, Barry Levinson) Risky Business (1983, Paul Brickman) Sarah Plays a Werewolf (2017, Katharina Wyss) Scarlet Diva (2000, Asia Argento) Seconds (1966, John Frankenheimer) Secretary (2002, Steven Shainberg) Shame (2011, Steve McQueen) Sucker Punch (2011, Zack Snyder) The Dreamers (2003, Bernardo Bertolucci) The Mummy (2017, Alex Kurtzman) The Outsiders (1983, Francis Ford Coppola) Vanilla Sky (2001, Cameron Crowe) Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock) Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey (2016, Terrence Malick) Walk the Walk (1970, Jac Zacha) War of the Worlds (2005, Steven Spielberg) Wet Hot American Summer (2001, David Wain)

[wanderer-among-undead]

// 1-5 for the not-so-nice questions meme?

1. What is one word to shut them up?

I don’t think one can really shut Jarrod up with a single word. It takes several to build an insult that can really get to him. Though, on a less insulting note, he would actually shut up and listen the moment he hears the name of someone of particular interest to him, namely Rosalind, Marie, and Aslatiel--the latter most, because there is a desire deep down in him to hurt him and make him suffer.

2. What is the thing they feel the most guilty about? 

He killed Rosalind with his own hands, and he also blames himself for her being cursed in the first place, believing that the Capra Demon killing her did it and that was his fault. 

In Drangleic, I think the most guilt he truly carries at this point is that he feels like Marie became the monster she did because he and Rosalind went the wrong way--because he did not trust her and went his own way. There is some guilt over him basically leaving Marie to die in the cold, and even though he acted very cold and seemed unaffected by her, he had braced himself for awhile, because he felt something was off--noticing how far Marie had been taken and all that.

There is plenty of guilt on his conscience in Lothric, but I’m saving that talk for whenever it is relevant.

3. What is the worst pain they’ve ever experienced?

Physically, I think the worst pain he’s experienced is when Capra Demon’s dogs mangled his arm before he got finished off by the demon. It’s the whole reason Jarrod has a phobia of dogs that follows him even into Lothric, though by the he has better ways of managing it.

4. Describe their worst nightmare. 

I think failing to protect his children is a very fair nightmare for a father to have. One of the reasons he is trying to get Magnolia into a proper magic school, or--better yet-- with Marylin, is to get her as far from the dangers of being in the Court of Roses as possible. Ewan and Rice both have their own goals as well, and he wants to see his kids free themselves from the Court, if he and Rose can’t.

It’s just gotten too large for them to deal with, now.

It’s either that, or dealing with a pissed off Marie, after what happened in Drangleic.

5. List 3 fears; one “surface level” fear, one “repressed” fear, and one “deep dark” fear.

Tbh, this is the one question I really dunno how to answer. Surface level, he’s afraid of dogs. But repressed fear’s kinda difficult for me. I suppose he is afraid of the cruelty of man, after having hunted the worst of the worst for a good while. And the deep dark fear is easily going hollow. No one knows what a hollows feels. Are they still conscious or are they truly empty husks? Where does one go when they truly die?

[lunaciies-archived]

         A common trait that most demons share is their relation to a patron animal, although the methods which determine a demon’s individual animal vary from person to person. Some demons are born/reborn with their animal imparted onto them by their parents or perhaps even a distant ancestor, or the demon lords of their chosen circle will bestow upon them an animal that they find fitting according to their skill-set and personality; human souls that have been thrust into the fire and turned over into fully-fledged demons will generally fall under the latter.

Examples of lesser demons and their patron animals include:

Lucca Basquerville [ WRATH ]

Black Wolf (Canis lupus)

Luna Basquerville [ PRIDE ]

Long-eared Myotis Bat (Myotis sententrionalis)

Carlotta Lawrence [ LUST ]

Bagot Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)

Magnolia Degrand [ HERESY ]

Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis)

Arsenii Vereshchagin [ GREED ]

Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)

[clearwell-aja-ly-blog]

Capra Magnolia [Open]

When she was young, Aja’s grandmother would often compare her to the magnolia, which bloomed every spring in her yard. 

Back home, the old woman would say, they are said to represent the perfection of feminine beauty. 

Then she would pluck one of the white blossoms from the tree, tucking it behind Aja’s ear. The little girl stood as solemnly as she could, wanting to let her grandma know how seriously she took the whole ordeal.

Just like you.

What a load of garbage. She was named after a goat, for goodness sake.

“Oh, Gran, if you could only see me now,” Aja murmured, and gave her reflection a hard look. Through the glass, she saw a girl: thin as a chopstick and as flimsy as beanstalk. Plain face. Messy bun. Eye bags. All her. Nothing at all like her cute shop underling, who, with her bright face and approachable demeanor, was far more magnolia-like than Aja could ever see herself being.

But whatever. She had her brains.

And so Aja began her mourning routine, which was much more orderly than her room’s appearance would suggest. After scrutinizing her appearance came clumsily pulling on the sweater that had been laid out the night prior, and rolling up the sleeves. Then, after adding pants and socks, the shop uniform. With silent pride, Aja draped it over herself: a simple green apron, with white embroidering across the breast. Capra Cultivars.

Now having made herself presentable, she headed down the wooden steps to the shop. Flip. “Open for Business”.