Finally got around to The Power of the Dog. Good stuff.

Since I never "keep up" in that manner, I cannot give any "Best Movies of 2021". Here's simply the best movies I have watched in 2021 (some might be from 2021).

Shoplifters
Harmony (2015)
The Quiet Earth
Ninotchka
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Lilo & Stitch
Ex Machina
Minari
Loves of a Blonde
Ronin
El Mariachi
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Zootopia
Ready Player One
Moana
The Sound of Metal
Falling Down
La Haine
The Crying Game
John Wick
Birds of Prey
Candyman (1992)
Star Wars: Rogue One (seen it before, but it was a totally new experience)

The Matrix Resurrections: holy shit was this movie terrible. We rewatched the original beforehand because 4 mins into the new one we were thinking we were lost. Hitting the OG one was good and bad. There are MANY direct references to the original. But the original basically held up for the most part. So that might have made this new one more awful. Maybe not. Anyway, I do not recommend. 2.75/10

Don't Look Up: we enjoyed it well enough, but greatly preferred Melancholia. 6.5/10

The French Connection remains great, per last night's rewatch.

Lamb.



Lovely Icelandic folklore drama that isn't the horror/supernatural bloodfest the trailer might suggest, co-written by Sjón who also co-wrote Robert Egger's forthcoming The Northman.

So great. Loved every weird, creepy, fucked-up, beautiful moment.

Petite Maman.

Short and bittersweet. Lovely little bit of cinema.

Pig.

Bang average. Also, not even close to the lead performance many have harped on about.

Jackass Forever

You already know without seeing it whether or not you would enjoy it.

I loved it.

But stick a fork in them.

Belfast.

Excellent. Really well assembled.