I came across the Anti-Criterion challenge halfway through 2024 and had already joined another challenge that same month (which I didn’t finish, haha), so I was afraid I wouldn’t complete this one. But now that a new year and a new challenge are starting, I’m dying to do it!
The original list: https://boxd.it/AQDHs
Progress: 27/52
The categories + my list <3 (some might change along the way):
1. 5 Years of Anti-Criterioning! Pick any challenge from the past 4 years of challenges!: Wicked ✅
2. 1920's
3. 1930's: Dracula ✅
4. 1940's
5. 1950's: Creature From the Black Lagoon ✅
6. 1960's
7. 1970's
8. 1980's: Back to the Future ✅
9. 1990's: Fargo ✅
10. 2000's: Ponyo ✅
11.…
I came across the Anti-Criterion challenge halfway through 2024 and had already joined another challenge that same month (which I didn’t finish, haha), so I was afraid I wouldn’t complete this one. But now that a new year and a new challenge are starting, I’m dying to do it!
The original list: https://boxd.it/AQDHs
Progress: 27/52
The categories + my list <3 (some might change along the way):
1. 5 Years of Anti-Criterioning! Pick any challenge from the past 4 years of challenges!: Wicked ✅
2. 1920's
3. 1930's: Dracula ✅
4. 1940's
5. 1950's: Creature From the Black Lagoon ✅
6. 1960's
7. 1970's
8. 1980's: Back to the Future ✅
9. 1990's: Fargo ✅
10. 2000's: Ponyo ✅
11. 2010's: Scott Pilgrim ✅
12. 2020's: A Real Pain ✅
13. Starring Hiam Abbass
14. Starring Sandra Oh: Under the Tuscan Sun ✅
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: Dead Talents Society ✅
18. michelle grondine's blue eyeshadow cinematic universe: The Phoenician Scheme ✅
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: Lost in Starlight ✅
22. A film with practical monsters or creatures: The thing ✅
23. Golden Raspberry Winner in any category: Interview with the vampire ✅
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: Mickey 17 ✅
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: White Chicks ✅
30. Payal Kapadia's List of 50 Favorite Films
31. Condemned by the Catholic Church: Nosferatu ✅
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: I Saw the TV Glow ✅
34. Broken up into chapters: Entergalactic ✅
35. Five or more words in the title *: How to Train Your Dragon ✅
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: Sweet Bean ✅
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: Emilia Perez ✅
44. Based on mythology, folklore, or fairy tales *
45. Adapted from a children’s book: The Iron Giant ✅
46. Silent film made in Japan by a Japanese director
47. Comedy made in Egypt by an Egyptian director: Excuse My French ✅
48. Starring a professional athlete: Space Jam ✅
49. From a fandom you've never participated in: The Matrix ✅
50. Hallmark holiday (or equivalent vibes)
51. Someone holds a cat
52. Ends in a freeze frame: Miss Congeniality ✅
