2024 books/films/shows

[Corpsey]

The 50 best films of 2024

Our round-up of the best movies of the year finds a dazzling array of cinematic wonders from around the world

www.bfi.org.uk

A cursory edit of my letterboxd list reveals the 20 best films i've seen this year (that I hadn't watched a million times before)—in reverse chronological order

Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron 2024
Yojimbo 1961
Stray Dog 1949
Drunken Angel 1948
Point Break 1991
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000
Police Story 1985
Anatomy of a Fall 2023
Evil Dead II 1987
The Passenger 1975
The Long Good Friday 1980
Insomnia 2002
Dune: Part Two 2024
Still Walking 2008
Aftersun 2022
The Zone of Interest 2023
Ronnie O’Sullivan: The Edge of Everything 2023
Sideways 2004
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead 2007
Poor Things 2023

I've not been to the cinema much this year—during the winter months I've mainly been binging stuff via BFI player / Amazon Prime/ Netflix.

 

[Corpsey]

Books (wow I sucked at reading this year...)

Susan Cooper: Over Sea Under Stone/The Dark is Rising/Greenwitch/The Grey King
John J. Ratey: Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
La Rochefacauld: Maxims
Terry Pratchett: Wyrd Sisters/Witches Abroad
Michael Ende: Momo
Pat Barker: The Eye In The Door
Michael Mechanic: Jackpot
Shakespeare: The Tempest/Julius Caesar
Tolkien: The Fellowship of the Motherfucking Ring
Brian Sewell: Naked Emperors

 

[yyaldrin]

what is letterbox? what does it do?

 

[ver$hy ver$h]

what is letterbox? what does it do?

Film-based social media. You make a profile and log the films you've watched.

Letterboxd • Your life in film

Letterboxd is a social platform for sharing your taste in film. Use it as a diary to record your opinion about films as you watch them, or just to keep track of films you’ve seen in the past. Rate, review and tag films as you add them. Find and follow your friends to see what they’re enjoying...

letterboxd.com

 

[yyaldrin]

Film-based social media. You make a profile and log the films you've watched.

Letterboxd • Your life in film

Letterboxd is a social platform for sharing your taste in film. Use it as a diary to record your opinion about films as you watch them, or just to keep track of films you’ve seen in the past. Rate, review and tag films as you add them. Find and follow your friends to see what they’re enjoying...

letterboxd.com

hmm so it's like goodreads but for movies?

 

[yyaldrin]

what is your letterbox account @Corpsey?

 

[Corpsey]

c0rpsey’s profile

c0rpsey uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 358 films watched. Favorites: Wild Strawberries (1957), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989).

letterboxd.com

 

[Corpsey]

This is one of those useful but toxic things where i start debating what star rating i'm going to give something on letterboxd when i'm only 20 minutes into it

 

[ver$hy ver$h]

c0rpsey’s profile

c0rpsey uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 358 films watched. Favorites: Wild Strawberries (1957), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989).

letterboxd.com

Who did the drawing?

 

[Corpsey]

Me ofc

 

[Corpsey]

wish i hadn't made it my profile pic

very cringe decision

 

[yyaldrin]

i wonder if being on letterbox makes you watch more movies because you want to gain more likes or comments on the things you've watched

 

[ver$hy ver$h]

wish i hadn't made it my profile pic

very cringe decision

It's good, tbf.

 

[ver$hy ver$h]

This is one of those useful but toxic things where i start debating what star rating i'm going to give something on letterboxd when i'm only 20 minutes into it

Yeah, I hate the pressure that sort of thing exerts on stuff. I start to feel the list or rating system influencing my habits.

 

[Corpsey]

i wonder if being on letterbox makes you watch more movies because you want to gain more likes or comments on the things you've watched

Definitely, that's why it's useful...

But also bad

 

[yyaldrin]

i always thought letterbox was a bit of a niche nerd corner of the internet but i've recently seen it mentioned everywhere.

 

[ver$hy ver$h]

A cursory edit of my letterboxd list reveals the 20 best films i've seen this year (that I hadn't watched a million times before)—in reverse chronological order

Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron 2024
Yojimbo 1961
Stray Dog 1949
Drunken Angel 1948
Point Break 1991
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000
Police Story 1985
Anatomy of a Fall 2023
Evil Dead II 1987
The Passenger 1975
The Long Good Friday 1980
Insomnia 2002
Dune: Part Two 2024
Still Walking 2008
Aftersun 2022
The Zone of Interest 2023
Ronnie O’Sullivan: The Edge of Everything 2023
Sideways 2004
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead 2007
Poor Things 2023

Only two of these are from 2024.

 

[shakahislop]

god knows what was released when but i had a great time going to the cinema this year saw all kinds of amazing things ducking into these little dark rooms walking over town to see what someone has made with a camera. didn't see anything good from the hollywood side but it is on a mad trajectory has been great to watch it careen down this weird track

 

[shakahislop]

watching shows on tv remained the same as it was basically self-medication

 

[wg-]

Jilly Cooper's Rivals