Nostalgia more middle but Solaris is definitely at the bottom for me

Saw Solaris way before I saw the other ones and it almost put me off Tark entirely tbh. First Rublev watch was the s***ty old dvd which didn't look amazing so first watch didnt hit that hard but first HD watch was stunning.

Maybe it was the shrooms but I deadass knew from the first couple minutes of Mirror that I was in for a life changing experience and the feeling didn't let up until the moment it ended plenty of sober watches since then have not dulled it's impact. Immediately jumped to my top 5 all time and stayed there.

Seen all 13 now so I'll re-do my Kubrick

no re-watches yet

Eyes Wide Shut
A Clockwork Orange
The Shining
2001: THE space oddesy
Barry Lyndon
Full Metal Jacket
Paths of Glory
Lolita
Spartacus
The Killing
Dr. Strangelove
Killer's Kiss
Fear & Desire

Jim Jarmusch; I should rewatch Dead Man and I couldn't finish Permanent Vacation so take those with a grain of salt

Ghost Dog - 10/10

Night on Earth - 9/10
Broken Flowers
Stranger Than Paradise
Mystery Train

Paterson - 8/10
The Limits of Control
Only Lovers Left Alive

Dead Man - 7/10
Down by Law

Coffee & Cigarettes - 6/10

The Dead Don't Die - 5/10

Shoutout @Bourbon_Ben for putting me on (and yes I got your favs at the bottom haha)

Paul Schrader

First Reformed – 10/10
The Card Counter – 9/10
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters – HR/MS
Light Sleeper – 8/10
The Comfort of Strangers – 8/10
American Gigolo – R/HR
Cat People – 7/10
Auto Focus – 7/10
Affliction – 6/10
Dog Eat Dog – 4/10
Dying of the Light – 2/10

Denis Villeneuve

1. Blade Runner 2049 (5 stars)
2. Arrival (4.5 stars)
3. Prisoners (4.5 stars)
4. Dune (4 stars)
5. Sicario (4 stars)
6. Enemy (4 stars)
7. Incendies (3 stars)

Dead Man far and away his best

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Le Salaire de la peur (1953)
Les Diaboliques (1955) (the francophile in me happy clouzot beat hitchcock to the script rights for this)
Le Corbeau (1943)
La prisonnière (1968)
La Vérité (1960)
Quai des Orfèvres (1947)
Les Espions (1957)
L'assassin habite au 21 (1942)
Manon (1949)

Leos Carax

Mauvais Sang (1986)
Holy Motors (2012)
Les amants du Pont-Neuf (1991)
Pola X (1999)
Boy Meets Girl (1984)
Annette (2021)

Id agree with this if incendies was top 3

Pier Paolo Pasolini

1. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
2. Salo: Or 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
3. The Decameron (1971)
4. Oedipus Rex (1967)
5. Arabian Nights (1974)
6. Hawks and Sparrows (1966)
7. Medea (1969)
8. Mamma Roma (1962)
9. Accattone (1961)
10. The Canterbury Tales (1972)
11. Theorem (1968)
12. Pigsty (1969)

Erich von Stroheim

1. Greed (1924)
2. The Wedding March (1928)
3. Foolish Wives (1922)
4. Blind Husbands (1919)
5. Queen Kelly (~1932)
6. The Merry Widow (1925)
7. Hello Sister! (1933)
8. The Great Gabbo (1929)

Glauber Rocha

1. Entranced Earth (1967)
2. Black God, White Devil (1964)
3. The Age of the Earth (1980)
4. Antonio das Mortes (1969)
5. The Lion Has Seven Heads (1970)
6. Barravento (1962)
7. Cutting Heads (1970)

Yeah it could be, I watched Dead Man a year before getting to all the others so there’s a disconnect there and I’m due for a revisit

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Why don’t you appreciate Dr Strangelove as much as you should?

Why the Strangelove disrespect?

Incendies is hella overrated IMO. I didn’t feel like the characters had a lot of depth, they just felt like vehicles for suffering. I feel like it gets a lot of credit for having a really dark twist, but it just didn’t make me feel anything.

I think it takes multiple viewings to fully appreciate a Kubrick film and I've only seen it once so there's that. But also I didn't enjoy Peter Seller's overacting in some parts (as the titular character) and I didn't find it initially to be as well directed as what I have in the top 7 aside from the excellent sets.

incendies twist is so trash