10 Docs We Can’t Wait to See at Sheffield Doc Fest 2013

morgan — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:44:17 +0000

Sheffield is a premiere international documentary film fest and one of our personal favorites. In just one month, the city will be teeming with creatives, fun events and incredible films. With so much to do and see, you have to prioritize. Here are 10 docs we’re most excited to see at this year’s fest:

1. Plot for Peace, Mandy Jacobson and Carlos Agull

2. Mirage Men, John Lundberg, Mark Pilkington, Roland Denning and Kypros Kyprianou

3. The Summit, Nick Ryan

4. Google and the World Brain, Ben Lewis

5. Salma, Kim Longinotto

6. After Tiller, Martha Shane and Lana Wilson

7. Blackfish, Gabriela Cowperthwaite

8. The Great Hip Hop Hoax, Jeanie Finlay

9. I Am Divine, Jeffrey Schwarz

10. Project Wild Thing, David Bond

For a full list of films as well as screening times, visit: http://sheffdocfest.com/films

Rooftop 2013 Most Anticipated

morgan — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:38:28 +0000

This is our list of the 20 most anticipated films of the Rooftop Films Summer Series 2013. We’ve included a handful of awesome shorts and loads of incredible documentaries. If you’re in NY, be sure to get tickets (some events are free). If not, add these titles to your Watchlist and figure out when they’re coming to you!

In Order of Screening Date:

1. Stand Clear of the Closing Doors (4/27)
2. Slomo – short (5/10)
3. Frances Ha (5/11)
4. Brother’s Hypnotic (5/17)
5. Endless Day – short (5/31)
6. The Kings of Summer (5/25)
7. The Dirties (6/1)
8. Twenty Feet From Stardom (6/8)
9. Frankenstorm – short (6/14)
10. The Genius of Marian (6/25)
11. Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (TBD)
12. Awful Nice (TBD)
13. Bending Steel (TBD)
14. Black Out (TBD)
15. Brasslands (TBD)
16. Cutie and the Boxer (TBD)
17. Newlyweeds (TBD)
18. Our Nixon (TBD)
19. Twelve O’Clock Boys (TBD)
20. William and the Windmill (TBD)

10 Summer Blockbusters (Coming to Theaters May/June)

morgan — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:22:23 +0000

It’s finally May, which means BIG summer movies start rolling out into theaters. Here are the 10 most anticipated blockbusters of May and June 2013:

MAY
1. Iron Man 3 (May 3)
2. The Great Gatsby (May 10)
3. Star Trek into Darkness (May 17)
4. The Hangover Part III (May 24)
5. Fast and Furious 6 (May 24)

JUNE
1. After Earth (June 7)
2. This is the End (June 12)
3. Man of Steel (June 14)
4. World War Z (June 21)
5. Monsters University (June 21)

Welcome to Flicklist.

morgan — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:08:31 +0000

Flicklist is a new app for the iPhone that makes finding films you’ll love easier than ever. It cuts through the noise to find the best films to watch with your friends, based on the opinions of those you trust. Flicklist helps you discover, share and socialize around any film – whether it is available in theaters, at festivals, online or at home.

Click the red tab above to sign up for a free membership, watch the video below to find out how to use the app, or explore the sections to the left to find out more.

Accidentally Hilarious – A List of Films with Unintended Comedic Consequences

morgan — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:03:09 +0000

Sometimes the best movies to watch, are actually the worst. There is a plethora of cinematic gold out there, waiting to be uncovered by the discerning eye. It may not be the type of gold the filmmakers were aiming for, but who cares? Entertainment is entertainment. If you’re in the mood for hilarity, but you’ve exhausted the comedy section of Netflix, check out these cheese fests. With outrageous plots, not-so-scary villains, and unforgivable one-liners, you’re guaranteed a good laugh, or cry (if that’s your style).

1. The Brain That Wouldn’t Die, Joseph Green, 1962

2. Orphan, Jaume Collet-Serra, 2009

3. Sleepwalkers, Mick Garris, 1992

4. The Amazing Spider-Man, Marc Webb, 2012

5. Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Stephen Chiodo, 1988

6. Conan the Barbarian, John Milius, 1982

7. Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus, Jack Perez, 2009

8. The Saint, Phillip Noyce, 1997

9. Point Break, Kathryn Bigelow, 1991

The Year-End List Roundup

morgan — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:45:14 +0000

It’s that time of year, when people make their “Best of” lists. We’ve made plenty of such lists on Flicklist.com but let’s have a quick look at some others that we like from around the web. Consider this our curated list of the lists, showing only the best of the “Best” lists. Our top ten in reverse order:

List #10: First off, Film Comment selected its 50 Best Films of 2012 with Holy Motors ranked number one.

The rest of the list:

2. The Master
3. Moonrise Kingdom
4. This Is Not a Film
5. Amour
6. The Turin Horse
7. The Kid With a Bike
8. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
9. Lincoln
10. Zero Dark Thirty
11. Tabu
12. The Deep Blue Sea
13. Bernie
14. Beasts of the Southern Wild
15. Cosmopolis
16. Barbara
17. The Loneliest Planet
18. Silver Linings Playbook
19. Oslo, August 31st
20. Neighboring Sounds
21. Django Unchained
22. Almayer’s Folly
23. Magic Mike
24. Argo
25. Attenburg
26. The Color Wheel
27. Rust & Bone
28. Killer Joe
29. Looper
30. Life of Pi
31. A Man Vanishes
32. Skyfall
33. The Gatekeepers
34. Elena
35. Haywire
36. Damsels in Distress
37. Abendland
38. Two Years at Sea
39. How to Survive a Plague
40. Keep the Lights On
41. A Burning Hot Summer
42. Miss Bala
43. Footnote
44. Compliance
45. Alps
46. Kill List
47. Farewell, My Queen
48. In Another Country
49. The Dark Knight Rises
50. The Day He Arrives

List #9: This was the case over at CriticWire as well – with Holy Motors topping the list of Indiewire’s over 200 critics they survey annually.

Their top ten:

1. Holy Motors
2. The Master
3. Zero Dark Thirty
4. Amour
5. This is Not a Film
6. Moonrise Kingdom
7. Beasts of the Southern Wild
8. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
9. The Turin Horse
10. Lincoln

List #8: Dana Stevens at Slate gave an alphabetical list where Holy Motors only came as a runner-up.

Dana’s top ten were:

1. Amour
2. How to Survive a Plague
3. Lincoln
4. The Master
5. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
6. The Queen of Versailles
7. Silver Linings Playbook
8. Take This Waltz
9. The Turin Horse
10. Zero Dark Thirty

List #7: Andrew O’Hehir’s top ten at Salon gave the number one slot to Andrea Arnold’s “Wuthering Heights.”

Here’s the rest of his list:

2. Holy Motors
3. Amour
4. Zero Dark Thirty
5. Rust and Bone
6. Lincoln
7. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
8. Whores’ Glory
9. Oslo, August 31st
10. Take This Waltz

List #6: While a few documentaries slipped into some of these best lists, we think the best doc lists come from the Cinema Eye Honors, which are the unofficial Oscars of the documentary community. See all of their selections here: http://www.cinemaeyehonors.com/archives/press/cinema-eye-honors-announces-nominees-for-6th-annual-nonfiction-film-awards

List #5: Many of the best little indie films never make it to these lists, which is why the Gotham Award’s “Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You” is such a great list to check out each year.

This year their five titles were:

1. Kid-Thing
2. An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
3. Red Flag
4. Sun Don’t Shine
5. Tiger Tail in Blue

List #4: Fandor published a great list of the essential online videos of 2012.

They were:

1. Girl Walk // All Day
2. The Mitt Romney “47 percent” video
3. Girl’s first ski jump
4. Skyrim Macho Dragon Mod
5. Call Me Maybe (Chatroulette Version)

List #3: Richard Brody’s List at the New Yorker, may be one of the smartest out there.

His top 5 were:

1. Holy Motors
2. Moonrise Kingdom
3. The Master
4. Oki’s Movie
5. This Is Not a Film

List #2: is not actually a list. But over at Hammer to Nail, Mike Ryan has judged Tabu to be not just the best film of 2012, but the best film so far this century. Wow. Read the review

List #1: And the best list is…a “Worst of” list. Our very favorite list of the year is Bilge Ebiri’s “‘Unclean! Unclean!’ The 10 Worst Films of 2012 (OR: A Bad Year for the Color Red)” which gave the worst film slot to What to Expect When You’re Expecting.

The rest of the list:

2. Red Lights
3. One for the Money
4. Good Deeds
5. Gone
6. The Paperboy
7. Big Miracle
8. Red Dawn
9. Red Tails
10. A Thousand Words

Ted Hope’s All-Time Favorite Films

morgan — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:10:37 +0000

Co-founder Ted Hope, who’s produced over 70 films, made a Flicklist of his All-Time Faves. Check it out:

1. In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-Wai, 2000

2. Talk to Her, Pedro Almodovar, 2002

3. Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979

4. Chinatown, Roman Polanski, 1974

5. A Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick, 1971

6. The Battle of Algiers, Gillo Pontecorvo, 1967

7. The 400 Blows, Francois Truffaut, 1959

8. Rififi, Jules Dassin, 1956

9. Days of Heaven, Terrence Malick, 1978

10. There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007

11. L’atalante, Jean Vigo, 1934

12. Come and See, Elem Klimov, 1985

13. Money, Robert Bresson, 1983

14. Wall-E, Andrew Stanton, 2008

15. Annie Hall, Woody Allen, 1977

What are your Top Ten? What movies do you watch over and over? Sign up HERE to get your free Flicklist membership and start making your own lists, or tell Ted what you think of his.

The year is almost over…What were 2012′s best films?

morgan — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:08:07 +0000

Our CEO, Brian Newman, made a Flicklist of his favorites from this year.

Check it out:

13. The Imposter, Bart Layton

12. Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Alison Klayman

11. Collaborator, Martin Donovan

10. Bernie, Richard Linklater

9. Skyfall, Sam Mendes

8. Looper, Rian Johnson

7. Your Sister’s Sister, Henry Mason

6. Wish You Were Here, Kieran Darcy-Smith

5. Jiro Dreams of Sushi, David Gelb

4. Magic Mike, Steven Soderbergh

3. Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin

2. The Kid with a Bike, Jean Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne

1. Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson

Want to see more? Sign up HERE to get a free membership. Tell us what you think of this list and make your own!

Flicklist Version 1.1 Launch

briannewman — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:59:50 +0000

We’ve been approved by Apple and the new version of Flicklist is now in the app store. If you’ve received an invite code in the past, you can now download the latest version of the app here. If you haven’t yet received a member invite, just click here and register to get one. We’re releasing new memberships daily, and we promise we’ll get to you fast.

Why membership? Flicklist is built on the notion of trust. You follow people you trust for their film recommendations, just like you do in “real life.” You’re more likely to find someone you trust in Flicklist if you’ve been invited by someone you know. Second, we’re in beta, and we are still adding new features, so we want people we can trust to give us good feedback. So we decided to invite people we know and trust first, and give them early access to Flicklist, but also let them invite their trusted friends. From the beginning, we’ve also gotten emails from people who really, really wanted to use Flicklist, so we decided that anyone who wanted to use the app enough to contact us would be added to our trusted friends list and given an early invite as well. These invites have gone out, and people are inviting new trusted friends daily.

As we get more users, and let them kick the tires a bit, we’ll add more people, and we’ll open the doors to everyone soon. So sign up – you’ll get a membership code soon, we promise.