I'm joining Ponder's challenge.

PROGRESS: 50/52

Rules:
1. The goal is simple: 1 Year. 52 prompts. 52 feature length films that are NOT in The Criterion Collection.
2. Use “anti-criterion challenge 2025” or “acc2025” so others can see what you’re watching.

Prompts:

✅ 1. Pick any challenge from the past 4 years of challenges! (A film from the year you were born that is NOT in the Criterion Collection)
✅ 2. 1920's
✅ 3. 1930's
✅ 4. 1940's
✅ 5. 1950's
✅ 6. 1960's
✅ 7. 1970's
✅ 8. 1980's
✅ 9. 1990's
✅ 10. 2000's
✅ 11. 2010's
✅ 12. 2020's
✅ 13. Starring Hiam Abbass
✅ 14. Starring Sandra Oh
✅ 15. Starring Isaac de Bankolé
✅ 16. Olivier Lemay's I'M ALWAYS A SLUT FOR UNUSUAL ASPECT RATIOS
✅ 17. Adam T's Hotels as Liminal Spaces
✅ 18. michelle grondine's blue eyeshadow cinematic universe
✅ 19. comrade_yui's neo-expressionism: the forgotten studio style
✅ 20. Horror made in Indonesia by an Indonesian director
✅ 21. Romance or Drama made in South Korea by a South Korean director
✅ 22. A film with practical monsters or creatures
✅ 23. Golden Raspberry Winner in any category
✅ 24. Film that did have a theatrical release, but did not have a theatrical release in the US
✅ 25. Film from any director in any style or genre
✅ 26. Another film from the same director in a different style or genre
✅ 27. A narrative film or documentary about sex work *
✅ 28. A narrative film or documentary about a revolution, demonstration, protest, activist, or human rights movement *
✅ 29. Starring one of the Real Housewives
✅ 30. Payal Kapadia's List of 50 Favorite Films
✅ 31. Condemned by the Catholic Church
✅ 32. Directed by an indigenous director whose work you haven't seen before
✅ 33. Directed by a trans, nonbinary, two-spirit, or other gender non-conforming director whose work you haven't seen before
✅ 34. Broken up into chapters
✅ 35. Five or more words in the title *
✅ 36. Made with a micro-budget (less than $400,000) *
✅ 37. Armando Vanegas' Afro-Latino Representation
38. Mentioned in Shazia Iqbal’s article Muslim Life in India for Film Independent
✅ 39. Edited by Maysie Hoy
✅ 40. Edited by Marie-Hélène Dozo
41. Edited by Tina Baz
✅ 42. A film whose primary spoken language is the primary language for less than 1,000 other films *
✅ 43. Musical that is not in English
✅ 44. Based on mythology, folklore, or fairy tales *
✅ 45. Adapted from a children’s book
✅ 46. Silent film made in Japan by a Japanese director
✅ 47. Comedy made in Egypt by an Egyptian director
✅ 48. Starring a professional athlete
✅ 49. From a fandom you've never participated in
✅ 50. Hallmark holiday (or equivalent vibes)
✅ 51. Someone holds a cat
✅ 52. Ends in a freeze frame

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