Really great video, especially to start the year! Last night I rewatched 'My Night at Maud's' and just love it so much. I've also thought that Rohmer has probably become my favorite filmmaker and currently it's going back-and-forth between him and Bergman (who's been my semi-official pick for a long time). Ozu, Rossellini and Dreyer would probably round out my top 5, if I were to make one. I would love to read 'Lie with Me' (The main character in Jedrowski's 'Swimming in the Dark' also mentions Truffaut among other artists like James Baldwin). I think I will do it this year, probably in the summer time. 'No Longer Human' has been on my radar for quite a while; let's see if I get to it this year. Your manga collection is so impressive and also intimidating and something I would like to tackle, but I have so little space at the moment to buy the kind of thick books you display (for that reason I've really reduced my book purchasing quite a lot). Your weight loss journey is truly inspiring and it's also motivated me to do some small but considerable changes in my eating habits. Thank you for that and I wish you a lovely and wonderful 2025, dear sir ✨🌈

Happy New Year. Oh, A Gentle Breeze ... I watched it many years ago and really loved it as far as I remember. Raúl Ruiz, yes! And Memoria, for me one of Apichatpong Weerasethakul best, can't decide of I like Uncle Boonmee more or not. / Oh, In Front of you Face is at the moment on place 5 in my Hong Sang-soo rating (from 29). 7th Victim is a masterpiece, :-) I haven't seen as many films as the years before - but still 346 films. The best films I have seen 2024 for the first time: Bullet in the Head 1990 My Sons 1991 School on Fire 1988 A Chinese Ghost Story II-III 1990/1994 Viva Erotica 1996 The Captain from Kopenick 1956 Only Angels Have Wings 1939 The Lady Hermit 1971 The Black Tavern 1972 In Those Days 1947 Seven Weeks 2014 Following the Sun 1961 Like a Savage 1985 The Rest Is Silence 1959 Journey to the West 2021 Flower & Snake II 2005 The Queen of Black Magic 1981 A Chinese Torture Chamber Story 1994 She Shoots Straight 1990

Wonderful discussion about a wonderful film. I think this and 'The Red Shoes' are both five-star films, but I think I might prefer 'I've Always Loved You' ever slightly? It seems to me that it goes deep into character psychology even more than the Powell + Pressburger and the subterranean torrents of conflicted feelings and emotional states kind of had me under a spell. I think the ending is definitely optimistic and quite feminist as Myra realizes that the basis of her infatuation with Goronoff wasn't really love (which is selfless), but some strange amalgamation of raw sexual attraction based on domination, possessiveness and passion. Once she realizes this, she can see what love is and looks like and that is George. Really looking forward to rewatching this as it feels considerably forward-thinking for its time.

Such a great episode! I don't even know where to begin but it makes me realize just how much I missed the podcast. Welcome back, Altaz! 🤗 As usual, love how insightful you guys are, but also how level-headed and humble. A happy new year to both of you! 🙏🏼

Great stuff guys. Excellent wrap up show. Looking forward to the future of sjs recommends. Good to see Altaz

I like old black and white…let s see the movie. I watched smth similar, I wonder if I watched it already.

You crazy kids and your crazy music. I only have the nails album. Picked up Paris’ safe space invader from 2020. Wonderful to hear‘proper’ rap which is not about cars,money, girls and jewellery.

Thanks for joining us to bring some intelligence to the proceedings.

Always good to hear you guys talking about films you love 👍. I've enjoyed a few Naruse films this year, including Sound of the Mountain and When a Woman Ascends the Stairs. Happy holidays and thanks for some great recommendations in 2024.🎄

Hi. How is your Japanese? Has watching all of these helped? I'm thinking of trying to immerse myself in Japanese media.

WONDERFUL and interesting video comme d'habitude, ma pêche 🍑 I can relate to so much of what you are saying because I tick much in the same way (I let mood dictate my art consumption, but I also give myself a slight nudge as not to fall into complacency). After some very stressful and emotionally draining weeks, I feel in the headspace to read again (AND Shakespeare, too! I might re-read 'Winter's Tale' and read some frothy, whimsical comedy like 'Much Ado About Nothing'). I think I will also rewatch 'Conte d'hiver'; it truly has become tradition for me (as have the other Rohmer Four Seasons films) and I might rewatch 'Cherbourg', as well. On verra (we'll see) 🙏🏼✨

I like to make plans but always never follow them. I had a film list for October and a film list for noirvember but watched other stuff instead.

Eric Rohmer, yeah. I guess you like or would like the films of Hong Sang-soo. (But a little bit of a warning: If you "get" (in the sense of "feel"/"understand" (emotionally)) than you can get very quick addicted to his films. I have seen now 29. Anf Rohmer films only maybe 10 (I have seen a few a long time ago and have no idea which one they were; and 6 since I am on LB). EDIT: And now you mentioned Hong Sang-soo. I should first finish the video and then comment. Haha

I've watched this month so far only 1 Japanese film, 1 Italian, 3 US, 2 German, and 12 HK films.I am bad this month ... From the films you have seen this month, I've watched: The Twilight Samurai Porco Rosso Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Himizu Labyrinth of Dreams Mirrored Mind Emotion Vital Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno Tony Takitani My Sons Harmonium The Third Murder Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins I must watch more Koji Fukada. When I saw Harmonium I didn't like it much. It was a long time ago, maybe it was a bad day for that film. His The Real Thing was great, and I love (most people don't) The Man From The Sea. On the other hand, I didn't like his A Girl Missing ... I am glad you watched and liked the Gakuryu Ishii films. I still think August in the Water is his best.

It seems like an interesting film. I like this kind of "disfunctional family" comedies and this era of japanese cinema represent a huge blindspot for me. So, this goes in the watchlist.

Thanks for bringing this film to my attention! I love Yoji Yamada but haven't seen this one.

Kurosawa, yeah, He has a few great ones - and 2 or three I couldn't enjoy ... I have Charisma on an old DVD. Haven't seen it in many years.

I have this one in my backlog. I will get to it, honest. Thanks for pointing out the channel.

Hey, I discovered the channel somewhat recently and seen a number of videos in the last couple of months and really appreciated them. I share with you the love for the most mistreated genre in cinema: the romantic/sentimental movies. The good ones obv, but well... sometimes also the bad ones. Good luck with the things in your life!

Good luck with the diet. I do yoga to help with my health and it seems to work well.

All the best with your Masters thesis ...a few weeks of hard work for a lifetime of feeling good about it. I hope you continue to find and watch great movies. 👍

You are better doing it when you’re young as it’s harder the older you get. I went gluten free on the advice of a chiropractor and lost two stones but I could do with losing more. The things that are bad for you tend to taste better. The swines. Best of luck sir. As Charles Bukowski said, you need to find what you love and let it kill you.

Hi there. No new vids anymore?

While I don't consider myself as a Converge fan, mainly due to me not liking the shouty vocals which are often associated with metalcore, I have to admit that between 7:45-7:50 in Jane Doe is one of my favorite moments in music when it comes to drumming. I also don't really like drumming with a hyper fast tempo. One of my favorite songs is called Goodbye (album version) by a japanese math rock band called Toe. Their drummer is an absolute mad man and that song in particular is a great example of his personal drumming style. This is a live performance of the song and I actually prefer it to the LP version: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnPdoHual5Zgh9k&pp=ygUMR29vZGJ5ZSBsaXZl

What this video tell me is that you just want to rob the place. Right? 🤣🤣 Some nice choices made.

Some great choices. I watched My Night At Mauds and The Crucified Lovers for the first time this year and loved them both. I tried rewatching Happiness earlier in the year (first time since I saw it in the cinema on release) but this time I found it so uncomfortable, I couldn't get through it. I'd leave that one on the Criterion shelf. Maybe you should offer to manage and drive the Scandinavian Criterion bus? 😀

Great video! Very exciting to see you broach this topic 😂I personally enjoy the visits where people aren't too self conscious to pick a bunch of titles plus boxsets. So I would wish for you to be invited and that you wouldn't be concerned about appearing greedy! Greed, for lack of a better word, is good 😅

I found it funny that Anna Kendrick picked up the Ingmar Bergman's cinema boxset in her closet video.

Very interesting video, ma fleur. I was actually thinking of buying a Chrétien de Troyes book last year but didn't follow up on that. Same for 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' and that already for years. The covers are also very beautiful, as well (I was thinking of buying the Signet Classics 'Sir Gawain' edition, but the artwork of the Oxford World Classics one is simply much more beautiful. Very nice collection ✨

Hope you enjoy the books. I have a very beat up copy of Once and future king. Try see Lancelot de lac and Excalibur for unique film versions of the myth. the rest you can ignore (outside of monty python)

An inspiration of a list. A well of indefatigable riches ✨

LOL I'm always more than willing to see you tear Christopher Nolan a new one 😅😈 Biggest impact: Conte d'hiver 😻 I haven't seen 'From Paris with Love', but that poster has so many weapons 🥵😅 I don't know if I hate it, but I don't get the 'Die Hard' love either. The video was a lot of fun, ma cerise 🍒

This is my favorite painting of all time I don't know why it gives me feelings I always wondered the story behind it.

An interesting list for sure. I have some catching up to do as have only seen 50% of them and there are some significant classics there that I have but haven’t got around to yet

What's the film in the thumbnail?

You rascal. Now you have me thinking about when did I do my last list haha. I did my last favourite 100 in February 2023.It’s interesting how any time you mention kamikaze girls you start smiling. Me too. As always I have a lot of catching up to do. Classy list as always. No Harlin?

Great summary video. I've probably seen about 20% of those 😀. So many here to check out, and its great to get your comments on them. The excellent Abigail's Party is usually considered a TV programme/film in the UK, so it might seem a bit ignored in cinema discussions. I only saw The Crucified Lovers for the first time about 6 weeks ago. I've only seen House in the last two weeks. Really liked both. But I've not seen Road House 😅. I recently rewatched The Devils and it was even better than I remembered.

I've seen 102/365

Great video and great answers. I love that Mulholland Drive artwork. You're the only person I know who doesn't like Die Hard 😁. Your comments about Nolan, Inception and Dreams are hilarious, and I completely agree. I'll need to have a think about what my answers would be.

Ouch on a couple of your answers but you have expressed your thoughts on those ones before. An interesting set of questions and good answers, some of those I’d definitely need to think about more before I could answer . I can’t imagine The Great Escape really resonating with you. For my generation the thing with that one and several others is that it was shown on tv at Christmas in the days before cable tv and internet and it was just such a huge collective experience for people to watch, millions tuned in. Those days are no more with how we all choose different methods of watching entertainment these days

Hi. 1) It already begins with a question I can't really answer. Maybe: Woman in the Dunes (1964) 2) No idea. What comes to mind first: The Man Who Sleeps (1974) - because it is almost 1:1 the Perec novella, haha. Or I should go with Eureka (2000). Thinking about it ... 3) pass. Well, maybe something like The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973) 4) Red Desert (1964) / The Human Condition I-III 5) difficult ... In the Mood for Love (2000) or A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973, Franco cut). 6) Eureka (2000) or Stalker (1979) 7) Haruka, Nostalgia (1993) or Spasmo (1974), ah, and (hehe): Rim of the World (2019). 8) Climax (2018). Bad music, bad dialogues, boring as hell. 9) Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1998) 10) Climax (2018), Inception (2010) 11) The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008). It is TV trash, but in a way it is perfect. (but one have to see first the other 2 films which aren't as good, IMO) 12) difficult. Maybe: Milano Calibro 9 (1972) 13) I should go for something obvious like Wong Kar-wai or Peter Greenaway or so. But I will go for something totally different and another underrated gem: Demon (1985) by Yasuo Furuhata. 14) pass 15) pass 16) well ... Indiana Jones? 17) Last Night in Soho (2021) 18) Tropical Fish (1995) 19) all films by Nico Mastorakis, especially: Death Has Blue Eyes (1976) and Blind Date (1984) //// And of course a lot by Jess Franco. But he need a category of his own. 20) Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki (1992) :-) / A Quiet Place in the Country (1968) 21) Breaking the Waves (1996) 22) Hong Sang-soo or Sion Sono or maybe Apichatpong Weerasethakul (depends on his next films) 23) The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) 24) pass A great stuff I would like to mention ... But what can I do. :-)

Wonderful list, ma fleur! Even though I think I read on average two books a month, I can also relate to my lack of discipline in reading more due to anxiety-induced concentration issues (which also unfortunately translates into slumps in movie watching and music listening) and also because work can be time-consuming. I actually just re-started 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' after a failed first attempt (due to work-related stress) a couple of days ago and I'm confident I'll finish it in a couple of days. I am itching to re-read 'Crime and Punishment' and the Flauberts, as well. Your love for Huysmans certainly makes him a priority for me. Hopefully I'll get around to him at least before the year ends. I'm also very glad that you popped your Shakespeare cherry and with a positive impression. I started reading him near my mid-20s and I was relieved that I also got the hype even with the at times challenging language. I think 'King Lear' (whose influence on Balzac's 'Père Goriot' is very clear; I'd even say the Balzac is kind of the novel form of 'King Lear') is probably objectively the best, but my favorite at the moment is 'Winter's Tale' because you know ☺

Nice list of books! I can't really say which are my absolute favourite books, I guess that depends on my mood. But I can name a few of mny favourite authors (or authors that were/are very important for me): Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Fernando Pessoa, Vladimir Nabokov, Witold Gombrowicz, Clarice Lispector, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Philip K. Dick, Leo Perutz, and in a way (at least one book by) Angela Carter; and from my youth I guess H. P . Lovecraft. There are for sure more - but at the moment I can't remember ... Still have to read Huysmans (I just began Against Nature a few years ago at the beginning of a reading slump - so I never finished it).

You crazy kids and your strange music. I only have weyes blood on your list and I haven’t digested her properly to make it onto a similar list. This video has reminded me to do a 2020s list.

Lovely list, mon chéri! It reminds me that I need to listen to the Klô Pelgag that came out in the 2020s ('Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs'). Looking very much forward to the new FKA Twigs. I also need to listen to 'XXX'; somehow it escaped me all these years.

I thought you would have at least mentioned Swans

That’s a great collection. Like Ronin, I winced a bit at the Kurosawa McD comment haha. You have lots of great titles. I wish I could find more on my movie hunts but like you say, the good thing is that so many are available on the various streaming platforms. I’ve just been on a UK trip and on my flight watched Hamaguchi’s latest, Evil Does Not Exist. Have you seen yet? I know Altaz is a big fan. I was really engrossed until the head scratching (for me) ending. A flight was definitely not the best way to view it so I’ll be interested in giving it a rewatch. I see Spike Lee has just about finished filming a remake of High and Low with Denzel Washington. Hard to imagine that can improve on the original

Congrats on 300 subscribers! 🥳🎉 I'd much rather visit your channel than Mr Beast's.

I asked a friend (who likes your content) to follow your channel when it still had 299 followers. Now it's 300, so yay. Congratulations on this milestone, ma fleur. So richly-deserved 🌸🥲

Very fun video and varied list, mon âme and thank you for the shout out and thinking of me regarding 'Heartstopper' ✨. Hopefully I get to watch it soon. I recently watched Andrew Haigh's 'Looking' and it became a new favorite for me. It always stuns me how in sync I am with Haigh's sensibilities (down to the pop culture references), but the series is beautiful (made me cry at least twice) and a great companion piece to 'Weekend'. I am currently rewatching 'Six Feet Under' (probably my default answer to the question "what is your favorite show of all time?" when I was in my mid-20s) and I am so glad that it holds up so well. I definitely share your love for it.