http://www.imdb.com/list/Uioy2Nt4n-8/ These are my 100 favourite films except for films that aren't on the IMDb at the time of writing: Hours for Jerome (1982 - Nathaniel Dorksy) Aubade (2010 - Nathaniel Dorksy) Compline (2010 - Nathaniel Dorsky) Epileptic Seizure Comparison (1976 - Paul Sharits) Impulses (1959 - Jim Davis) Shadow Cuts (2010 - Martin Arnold) Into The Unknown (2010 - Deimantas Narkevicius). I've written in some personal thoughts about a few of them, for quite a lot I have user comments on the relevant IMDb pages. I am drawn to movies that inspire or depict ecstatic experiences, concern the body, outsider perspectives, giddy escapism, nihilism, or stories of hard-won personal growth. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:34:47 GMT Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:20:59 GMT Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:34:58 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205809/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205809/ Cesaree leaves me speechless with every watch, Duras' voice is magnetic. Rosenbaum has described her as a narcissist, if that's so, Cesaree is a splendiferous fragrant tiger-lily of narcissism. It's inexorable nature proves that the voice of authority is the voice of the slave, the slave to love. Duras, high priestess, prostrate at the altar of Venus in this film. How curious is cinema that my favourite film should prove to have been made from unused shots of another? That it should be made by a writer who considers the images secondary to the narration? Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:35:16 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064272/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064272/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:35:34 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067040/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067040/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:35:47 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087537/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087537/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:36:02 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060277/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060277/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:36:21 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036154/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036154/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:36:42 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278308/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278308/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:36:58 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041705/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041705/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:37:16 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058500/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058500/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:37:32 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056801/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056801/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:37:47 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085852/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085852/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:38:00 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060955/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060955/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:38:27 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288575/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288575/ Nathaniel Dorsky makes short films with no narratives or actors, visual works that have some sort of thematic coherence only. Visual poetry is a cliche that doesn't go far enough to describe his work. He often ends up using focus and framing to produce abstract images from what he's photographed whose origins are hard to decipher. Unfortunately his works are limited to playing at festivals and special screenings. He hinted in a talk he gave that he may allow dvd released after he is dead, but for now he sees himself as more like Vivaldi, prefering to accompany his work when it is displayed. Winter is quite a magnificent piece where &quot;peace comes dropping slow&quot; in the words of Yeats. My favourite however is his longer more exuberant Hours for Jerome, which is not on the IMDb and which is one of the great achievements in human art. The difference in tone compared to his later works is that he found humorous images in Hours, and also there's machine-gun style editing in places. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:38:40 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115755/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115755/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:38:52 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130884/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130884/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:39:08 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102050/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102050/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:39:21 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092637/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092637/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:39:34 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021576/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021576/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:39:48 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063557/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063557/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:39:58 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123755/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123755/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:40:16 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070820/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070820/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:40:29 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019043/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019043/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:40:44 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095525/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095525/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:40:58 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068883/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068883/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:41:17 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407236/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407236/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:41:27 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0321782/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0321782/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:41:38 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0321781/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0321781/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:41:52 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066019/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066019/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:42:06 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:42:19 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089153/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089153/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:42:38 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:42:58 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048261/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048261/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:43:10 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081250/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081250/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:43:27 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073540/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073540/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:45:40 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088919/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088919/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:45:59 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054632/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054632/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:46:14 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068182/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068182/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:46:25 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481797/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481797/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:46:39 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108394/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108394/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:47:00 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311654/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311654/ Following on from painters Hodler and Friederich, a spiritual portrayal of a community and danger, and the beyond. Really defies description, go and see it now, on Re:Voir DVD, your looking for the court-metrages of Patrick Bokanowski. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:47:26 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0149565/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0149565/ I'm a big fan of alternative views, not many films where you see Vietnamese portrayed as anything other than *beep* Alvarez expresses his rage at imperialism by literally allowing it to damage the footage. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:47:45 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113840/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113840/ Found footage masterpiece. An entire archive distilled into this supreme expression of wonder and horror. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:47:58 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063628/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063628/ Ken Russell manages to make a movie without bombast and excess, indeed a disciplined highly moving brilliant film. Who would have thought it after watching some of his quite insane and sprawling later work? Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:49:55 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060107/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060107/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:50:13 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041386/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041386/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:06:12 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059578/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059578/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:06:29 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064465/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064465/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:06:59 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103926/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103926/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:07:14 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057091/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057091/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:07:36 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060196/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060196/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:07:58 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000546/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000546/ If it's not accompanied by the original soundtrack, the loony accompaniment provided by the Edison Military Band, then you aren't getting anything near the whole experience. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:08:51 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093870/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093870/ An entirely juvenile choice on my part, I could claim that I care about the satire, but I don't. On the other hand this is one of the few scripts I've ever seen that display financial literacy.<br/><br/>Can you fly, Bobby? Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:18:17 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099939/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099939/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:19:15 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315110/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315110/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:19:31 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079501/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079501/ I AM THE NIGHTRIDER! I'm a fuel injected suicide machine<br/>The Toecutter - he knows who I am. I am the Nightrider! Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:21:05 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117653/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117653/ Yes this is a Dolph Lundgren movie. It's also a sublime minimalist existential movie, shot in atmospheric locations. I will convert you to this movie... oh yes. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:22:39 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064040/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064040/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:22:56 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105114/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105114/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:23:08 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1360887/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1360887/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:23:21 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446685/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446685/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:23:38 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209191/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209191/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:23:52 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:24:17 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083559/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083559/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:25:18 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038057/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038057/ Lazy legs...Oh jeepers I love you Johnny! Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:26:40 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069369/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069369/ Faraldo's brilliant bonfire of the vanities. Savonarola would have been proud. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:27:29 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095475/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095475/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:27:49 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075404/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075404/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:28:18 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276919/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276919/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:28:36 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443693/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443693/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:28:54 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038975/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038975/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:29:10 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102299/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102299/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:32:32 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013257/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013257/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:32:47 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063278/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063278/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:33:00 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093277/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093277/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:33:17 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053279/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053279/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:33:34 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084315/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084315/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:34:30 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041469/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041469/ Perhaps a highly personal choice from me. It's the story of a sensitive dreamer, a Victorian store clerk who daydreams about Arthurian legends. He's out of place in the world of commerce and the venality of typical romances. He drifts through several situations before his chance at being a Sir Galahad arrives. It makes me want to weep just thinking about it. A kindness from HG Wells, John Mills, and Anthony Pelissier. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:41:25 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482571/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482571/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:41:46 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029350/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029350/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:42:03 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085287/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085287/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:42:41 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082272/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082272/ Lunatic film that comes close to Stevenson's original lurid conception, censored by his wife who burnt it and the bowdlerisation of the time. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:44:01 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062262/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062262/ Just how many great films has Jack Nicholson been in? Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:44:47 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018371/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018371/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:44:58 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066854/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066854/ Bof being the typical French expression approximating to &quot;I couldn't care less&quot;. More genius from Faraldo with a mind boggling experimental score, availability is almost non-existent. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:46:14 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070544/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070544/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:46:32 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443844/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443844/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:46:44 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1528792/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1528792/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:47:19 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065126/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065126/ The version of the movie where the line, &quot;Fill your hands you sonofabitch&quot; is delivered properly. The Coen Brothers genuinely improved on some parts but in total their movie was half-baked and graphic novelish in tone. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:49:44 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057345/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057345/ A dear film to me, because, whilst also being astonishingly good, I watched it with my brothers, whom I have also been to Capri with. Since then our trajectories have sent us hurtling away from one another. Malheureusment. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:51:47 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039635/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039635/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:52:02 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061537/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061537/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:52:13 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095354/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095354/ Song of the outsider Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:52:42 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107623/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107623/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:52:57 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056811/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056811/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:53:07 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016013/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016013/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:53:28 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067546/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067546/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:53:41 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067893/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067893/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:53:54 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588895/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588895/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:54:08 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073312/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073312/ Highly mixed feelings about Woody Allen and his films, but he seemed to manage to get over himself here. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:55:18 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1236371/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1236371/