VV essited to join in on the second annual Anti-Criterion Challenge, a companion to The Criterion Challenge 2022. 

Links:
• T.H. Ponders’s original challenge list with all the rules and prompts
• My Criterion Challenge 2022 list

Top 5:
1. Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
2. After Yang (2021)
3. Hatching (2022)
4. The Green Knight (2021)
5. The Novice (2021)

Personal Superlatives
Highlights: The endings of After Yang and They Live, hosting the filmmaker q&a for Hatching, falling so in love with The VVitch i got a tattoo in honor of it to remind me to live a certain way every day, Everything Everywhere All At Once filmmaker & star q&a and Michelle Yeoh high-fiving me; @mubi’s Man With a Camera screening at Brain Dead Studios with Riki performing live score;
Most Beautiful: After Yang, The Souvenir, A Ghost Story, Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood, The VVitch, Blue My Mind, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Most Thought-Provoking: Pleasure, After Yang, Hatching, Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power, The VVitch, Blue My Mind, November, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Made Me Feel The Most: After Yang, The Green Knight, Hatching, The VVitch, Blue My Mind, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Made Me Cry: The Novice, After Yang, Hatching, Blue My Mind, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Surprises: Hatching, The Novice, Pleasure, After Yang, The Green Knight
Biggest Letdowns: Benedetta; Suspiria (2018); His Motorbike, Her Island
Not My Vibe: Benedetta, Father of the Bride (2022), Free to Be… You and Me
Most Fun: The Spongebob Squarepants Movie
Made Me Laugh The Most: The Spongebob Squarepants Movie, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Most Recommend: After Yang, Hatching, The VVitch, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Performances: Sofia Kappel, Pleasure; Isabelle Furhman, The Novice; Isabella Andjani, Possession; Dev Patel, The Green Knight; Anya Taylor Joy, The VVitch; the entire cast of Everything Everywhere All At Once; Mia Goth, Suspiria (2018),

Started: 01/01/22
Completed*: received permission from challenge host @ponders to finish in 2023 :)))
👁 35/52