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Post by jimmalone on Jun 30, 2020 17:45:26 GMT
Some important ones you are missing!!! Edgar Wright (The Cornetto Trilogy, Baby Driver, Last Night in Soho) Tom Hooper (The King's Speech, Les Misérables, The Danish Girl) Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, Darkest Hour, The Woman in the Window) Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper, Knives Out) Ben Affleck (Gone Baby Gone, The Town, Argo) Barry Jenkis (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Underground Railroad series) Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station, Creed, Black Panther) Greta Gerwig (Ladybird, Little Women) Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us) Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation) Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) Some great mentions with Jenkins, Gerwig, Joe Wright (though he is very hit and miss with me) and Johnson.
I'll also add one more: Makoto Shinkai (Your Name, Weathering with You)
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Post by Mattsby on Jul 1, 2020 22:26:48 GMT
1. Fukunaga 2. Lanthimos 3. Sofia Coppola 4. Safdies
Was confused for a bit by so few Coppola votes, only recently she seemed to gain here. On the Rocks could be good or seem small in her filmography and fade…… When is that coming out? Safdies are here for their own thrilling urban urgency and running theme of adults behaving like goofy children until made dangerous (or dangerously stupid), becoming more like cornered animals. Uncut Gems, Good Time, and the sweeter, poignant Daddy Longlegs. Lanthimos is as unique and exciting a filmmaker working, he’s closely breathing on Fukunaga who gets my top pick bc he made the best piece of any of ‘em (True Detective), proved to be as controlled in his craft as anyone, with visuals, mood, performance, and across daring varied spaces/language - Sin Nombre, Beasts of No Nation, Jane Eyre. We would’ve seen his Bond by now (the longest Bond btw!) but I have so-so expectations on that one……
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jul 2, 2020 14:03:47 GMT
Some important ones you are missing!!! Edgar Wright (The Cornetto Trilogy, Baby Driver, Last Night in Soho) Tom Hooper (The King's Speech, Les Misérables, The Danish Girl) Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, Darkest Hour, The Woman in the Window) Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper, Knives Out) Ben Affleck (Gone Baby Gone, The Town, Argo) Barry Jenkis (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Underground Railroad series) Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station, Creed, Black Panther) Greta Gerwig (Ladybird, Little Women) Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us) Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation) Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) This. Some of these are much better directors than some of the names in the poll.
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Post by Mattsby on Jul 2, 2020 22:30:42 GMT
brancaleone first mentioned Asghar Farhadi and he's I think the biggest name that I forgot. Now that that's outta the way (I know, shame on me!!!!!!!!!) why don't we, y'know, discuss.... I think he's the only living filmmaker with more than one Foreign Film Oscar win? That's pretty huge, and the other multiple winners are names like Bergman, Fellini, Kurosawa. He's also mostly worked under an oppressive gov't - less freedoms than say American filmmakers - I mean, Taraneh Alidoosti (who's costarred in four of his films) was sentenced to half a year in prison last week for sharing an anti police tweet. Speaking of Alidoosti, I watched Fireworks Wednesday (2006) last night and thought it was terrific, maybe his best. Like a lot of his films deals with social views of women, neglect within the class system, disillusionment of marriage, etc. Its powerful emotional framework feels based in theater, but Farhadi's locational eye and detail-specific focus gives it a fully grounded effect and resonance. And, as usual, it's greatly acted, especially Alidoosti as the meek, maid protagonist. Anybody else seen it? (Wasn't released in the US until 2016, wtf.) I've also seen and liked The Past (French!) - the underrated Everybody Knows (Spanish!) - and of course the flawless A Separation. If he seems to repeat his themes, he also finds new nooks and even a bit of daring in his commitment over language barriers. Imagine the English language actors who'd line up to work with him......
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Post by themoviesinner on Jul 3, 2020 6:09:51 GMT
Speaking of Alidoosti, I watched Fireworks Wednesday (2006) last night and thought it was terrific, maybe his best. Like a lot of his films deals with social views of women, neglect within the class system, disillusionment of marriage, etc. Its powerful emotional framework feels based in theater, but Farhadi's locational eye and detail-specific focus gives it a fully grounded effect and resonance. And, as usual, it's greatly acted, especially Alidoosti as the meek, maid protagonist. Anybody else seen it? (Wasn't released in the US until 2016, wtf.) It's a pretty great film and, as you say, it deals with a lot of social issues in Iran without becoming too forced or didactic. What I like most about Farhadi is that he can create tension even through the most mundane of situations. Films like The Past and The Salesman are among the most intense dramas of the last decade and, thus, are incredibly gripping works. And he can definitely get some fantastic performances out of his actors. For example, in Everybody Knows, both Bardem and Cruz delivered their best performance in years. He's definitely among the best directors of the 21st century for me.
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Post by jimmalone on Jul 3, 2020 7:14:33 GMT
As for a Top 3 I'd probably say right now:
1. Ben Affleck 2. Asghar Farhadi 3. Fatih Akin/Sofia Coppola/Rian Johnson
But from many directors mentioned I have seen only 1 to 3 films. That's why Gerwig doesn't make my list yet. Her two films were great, but it's only two films.
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Post by DaleCooper on Jul 5, 2020 9:21:12 GMT
My top 5 would include Farhadi, Fukunaga, Gerwig, Johnson and Affleck I think.
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Post by Mattsby on Apr 5, 2021 20:42:19 GMT
Another addition not mentioned yet.... 39y/o Jan Komasa from Poland, a Lodz graduate - Suicide Room and Warsaw 44 show someone with dark and daring ideas and style to burn, but still green and eager at times... then Oscar-nominated Corpus Christi a very good evener pic except the awkward very end, and then The Hater my fav movie of 2020. All of these movies have young protagonists entering new worlds in unexpected ways... He's a talent and one to watch. He's apparently developing a Fritz Lang biopic among other things.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Apr 5, 2021 21:16:39 GMT
not a single mention in this thread for 42 year-old Céline Sciamma, ouch. She'd be my pick if she was in this list. No one makes films about womanhood and gender as distinctively and humanistically as her, and her flawless trifecta of 2010s films attests to that. But as it stands my answer is still Lanthimos hands down from these options ( Dogtooth, Sacred Deer, The Favourite, come on) and I echo my earlier H/M to Jenkins who's the most exciting new-ish voice in independent cinema. Can't wait for Underground Railroad. And he's already exerting influence in the space. You can see echoes of his style in Waves and especially Joe Talbot's The Last Black Man in San Francisco. And it feels like he's just getting started.
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Post by franklin on Apr 6, 2021 10:49:57 GMT
Whiplash La La Land First Man
Come on, it's easily Chazelle, and it's not even close. One day he'll be revered at the same level of Scorsese or PTA.
My top 6: 1. Damien Chazelle 2. Ari Aster 3. Robert Eggers 4. Safdie Brothers 5. Yorgos Lanthimos 6. Barry Jenkins
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Post by Mattsby on Jul 18, 2021 0:14:59 GMT
Since April, Chazelle and Coppola have gained a vote, and Guadanigno has lost a vote. Again - the poll is for fun but flawed, especially missing Farhadi who looks to have another strong film with A Hero. At 49, he'll soon be outta this discussion but for now contends as The Best.
Two more genre-affiliated names.... Paco Plaza 48y/o from Spain, he directed the REC series, and recently Verónica, Eye for an Eye, with a new horror out this October. And Joko Anwar 45 from Indonesia, you can tell he's skilled, unafraid to get nasty with it, he may make a really great horror someday...
Also not mentioned yet, and I know there are some big Mare of Easttown fans here... Craig Zobel 45y/o.... Great World of Sound, Compliance, Z for Zachariah, some Leftovers and Westworld eps, The Hunt, and all of Mare.... Haven't seen/don't love some of those but it's a pretty solid career so far.
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Post by quetee on Jul 18, 2021 2:28:10 GMT
I'm still trying to figure out why Mike Flanagan is even an option.
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Post by Mattsby on Jul 18, 2021 3:19:43 GMT
I'm still trying to figure out why Mike Flanagan is even an option. Bc horror is very important to some of us! I dig his productivity... and that he writes and edits all his movies. He's a competent filmmaker, technically... and can be very clever (the great Oculus) or kinda clever (the lean Hush) and I maintain that Ouija Origin of Evil is well made and better than anyone could've guessed (82% on RT, compare to the original's 6%). He did all 10 hours of Hill House which sapped the bed at the end but before that was very good (Ep6 is his Birdman)... He's made 11 movies, haven't seen some, but I'd give him 6 thumbs up - that's a lot, even if they aren't masterpieces. He's only 43y/o and doesn't lag, I'm also curious if and when he'll try out another genre...
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Post by Film Socialism on Jul 18, 2021 4:52:45 GMT
takashi makino is leaps and bounds the best imo, he's pushing avant-garde further than anyone ever has and is more or less a top 10 filmmaker in my eyes
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Post by TerryMontana on Jul 18, 2021 10:49:30 GMT
Where is Ryan Coogler??
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 18, 2021 13:36:03 GMT
Not mentioned (unless I missed it?) but Ruben Östlund is in his late 40s and has a big English language film coming this year following up Force Majeure and The Square......
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Post by tobias on Jul 19, 2021 12:42:09 GMT
I'm not super excited about any of the names on the list. These guys and gals deserve a mention (haven't necesarilly seen that many of their films, but all of them made something great):
- Ruben Östlund - Khavn - Andrew Bujalski - Shane Carruth - Hlynur Pálmason - Joachim Trier - Céline Sciamma - Joshua Oppenheimer - Maren Ade - Miguel Gomes - Alice Rohrwacher - Mia Hansen-Løve
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Post by jakesully on Jul 19, 2021 15:01:44 GMT
I'll show some love to American director S. Craig Zahler (he is currently 48 years old) . He wrote & directed Bone Tomahawk , Brawl in Cell Block 99, Dragged Across Concrete . He is 3 for 3 in my book. I dig his unflinching / uncompromising style. On his imdb page his films are described as Films that begin grounded in the real-world and slowly transform into surrealistic tales with hyper-stylized depictions of violence.
He doesn't pander to anyone and makes films the way he wants them to be . I respect the hell out of that and find him to be a breathe of fresh air among a lot of these "safe" Hollywood directors. Really can't wait to see what he does next.
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Post by Mattsby on Jul 19, 2021 21:42:19 GMT
Another good one not mentioned yet.... Andrew Haigh 48y/o. I haven't seen Weekend or Looking, but 45 Years and Lean on Pete were both very good, and his ambitious miniseries The North Water is currently airing.
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Post by quetee on Jul 20, 2021 1:13:05 GMT
I'm still trying to figure out why Mike Flanagan is even an option. Bc horror is very important to some of us! I dig his productivity... and that he writes and edits all his movies. He's a competent filmmaker, technically... and can be very clever (the great Oculus) or kinda clever (the lean Hush) and I maintain that Ouija Origin of Evil is well made and better than anyone could've guessed (82% on RT, compare to the original's 6%). He did all 10 hours of Hill House which sapped the bed at the end but before that was very good (Ep6 is his Birdman)... He's made 11 movies, haven't seen some, but I'd give him 6 thumbs up - that's a lot, even if they aren't masterpieces. He's only 43y/o and doesn't lag, I'm also curious if and when he'll try out another genre... I like horror also but he needs to switch it up a bit. He's starting to repeat himself.
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