Here is the list of the challenge prompts and my choices for each one.
Light Blue = Watched
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1. Movie From the Year you were Born:
Blue Velvet (1986) – 2.5/5
2. Movie From the 1920’s:
The Circus (1928)
3. Movie From the 1930’s:
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
4. Movie From the 1940’s:
The Uninvited (1944)
5. Movie From the 1950’s:
The Seventh Seal (1957)
6. Movie From the 1960’s:
Easy Rider (1969)
7. Movie From the 1970’s:
Enter the Dragon (1973)
8. Movie From the 1980’s:
Brazil (1985)
9. Movie From the 1990’s:
Chungking Express (1994)
10. Movie From the 2000’s:
Yi Yi (2000)
11. Movie From the 2010’s:
Uncut Gems (2019) – 1.5/5
12. Genre: War:
Beasts of No Nation (2015)
13. Genre: Science Fiction:
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
14. Genre: Musical/Music-Themed:
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
15. Director’s Work you Haven’t Seen – Bergman:
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
16. Directed by Chantal Akerman:
Les Rendez-vous d’Anna/The Meetings of Anna (1978)
17. Directed by R.W. Fassbinder:
World on a Wire (1973)
18. Directed by Wong Kar-Wai:
2046 (2004)
19. Directed by Claire Denis:
Let Sunshine In (2017)
20. Isabel Sandoval’s Top Ten:
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) – 3.5/5
21. Bill Hader’s Top Ten:
Mona Lisa (1986) – 4/5
22. Ana Lily Amirpour’s Top Ten:
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) – 4.5/5
23. Richard Linklater’s Top Ten:
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) – 3.5/5
24. Made in the USA:
Days of Heaven (1978)
25. Made in Poland:
Cold War (2018)
26. Made in Iran:
Close-Up (1990)
27. Made in Mexico:
The Devil’s Backbone (2001)
28. Made in Senegal:
Touki Bouki (1973)
29. Film that has an ‘Out-of-Print’ Physical Print:
Dead Ringers (1988)
30. Film From ‘America Lost & Found: BBS Story’:
The Last Picture Show (1971)
31. Spine #1-100:
Do the Right Thing (1989)
32. Spine #500-600:
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
33. Cannes Film Fest:
Sex, Lies, and Videotapes (1989) – 3.5/5
34. Midnight Madness: Cult Classic:
House (1977) – 5/5
35. Coming of Age:
The Ice Storm (1997)
36. Stage to Screen:
One Night in Miami (2020)
37. Out at Criterion: LGBTQ+:
My Own Private Idaho (1991
38. Summer Travels List:
A Room With a View (1985)
39. Hollywood Classics:
Body Heat (1981) – 3.5/5
40. Animation Before the 2000’s:
The Last Unicorn (1982)
41. Starring Catherine Deneuve:
Belle de Jour (1967) – 3.5/5
42. Starring Anna Karina:
Band of Outsiders (1964) – 1.5/5
43. Starring Jenna Moreau:
Elevator to the Gallows (1958) – 3.5/5
44. Paul Dano’s Closet Picks:
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
45. Hawke/Sherman’s Closet Picks:
Before Sunset (2004)
46. Michael K. Williams’ Closet Picks:
Dazed & Confused (1993)
47. Sean Baker’s CP:
Repo Man (1984)
48. Amy Heckerling’s CP:
8 1/2 (1963)
49. Agnes Varda’s CP:
Taste of Cherry (1997)
50. Random # Generator: 778:
A Special Day (1977)
51. Film in Essential Arts House Box Sets:
Beauty & the Beast (1946)
52. Any Criterion Film on your Watchlist:
Deep Cover (1992)