That film was released in 1976. It's not even "eligible" for this list.

Sure, except his films (his early ones anyway) were a synthesis of Godard and Corbucci and Suzuki and HK action and blacksploitation and wuxia, etc. This list contains 6 films nominated for Best Picture. Considering how he dragged this out for weeks it doesn't feel like he labored over it much.

Don't know about "history of forever." This is just his favorite films of the last 25 years and Fury Road is almost a perfect Venn diagram of highbrow/lowbrow/critical acclaim/awards winner/formalism/populism/etc.

It felt like a film from an artist who's much older than 55 in that it's particularly consumed with legacy and a perceived lack of vitality. How will I be remembered vs. I just want to be left alone so I can order a pizza in peace.

I just filed my gently pro review last night. It's a lot of the stylistic brio & non sequiturs of his earlier films but it's in service of a (perhaps overly reverential) portrait of a politician who takes compassion, the law & the responsibilities of the role seriously which is quite the salve ATM.

I'm not even disparaging the choices. Reminds me of when people were bagging on Ti West's Sight & Sound ballot as being too "normie." No one's saying CHINATOWN or THE GODFATHER are bad films. But if you view lists as reflective of a person's idiosyncrasies it doesn't tell us much about them.

Har har. Yes, that occurred to me at the time. Two Scott films as well two "Woody" ones.

I knew I was getting myself into trouble not calling him Allen.

Didn't even make his top 20.

I don't think that's really factoring into his tastes unless you're calling out unconscious bias on his part (he used to date Coppola so her inclusion should raise eyebrows some).

I'm more surprised that for such a champion of international cinema they're all English-language films.

I haven't posted it yet but my lbox review riffs on the old "why not build the whole plane out of the black box" gag only it's "why not build the entire Bond film out of the over-sexed, credit sequence?"

I had the same thought but about MUBI the other night (4 comp titles). They seemed to have taken all the wrong lessons from the surprise success of THE SUBSTANCE and then spent like a sailor on shore leave.

I would say the entire area is not very motorist friendly. Public lots in my experience are rather expensive but also just dodging pedestrians clogging intersections. Whereas parking/getting to the Aero is an absolute breeze (Westwood would be more convenient for me than LF3 and the Egyptian tho).