I'm joining T.H. Ponders' Challenge.

PROGRESS: 46/52

Rules:

1. Pick one film for each of the prompts below which are NOT in The Criterion Collection.
2. Use the tags “anti-criterion challenge 2024” and “acc2024” so others can see what you’re watching!

Prompts:

✅ 1. A film whose world premier coincides with your star sign
✅ 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. Made in a country with land South of the Tropic of Capricorn by a director from that country
✅ 14. Made in a country with land between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Equator by a director from that country
✅ 15. Buddy film, but the buddies aren’t cops
✅ 16. Slow cinema, but it’s 95 minutes or less
✅ 17. Heist film, but the thing being stolen is someone’s heart
✅ 18. Directed by Lois Weber
✅ 19. Directed by Kasi Lemmons
20. Directed by Ann Hui On-wah
✅ 21. Directed by a director with three or less feature films (Suggested by jlorabbit!)
✅ 22. Andy Young’s “That” shot of someone in a theater watching a movie
✅ 23. annie’s b-movies for the GIRLS
✅ 24. evilbjork’s Avant-Garde Underground
✅ 25. rafael 🍊’s lonely people in neon cities
✅ 26. Made in a country with a border that crosses the Equator by a director from that country
✅ 27. A director's highest rated film
✅ 28. That same director's lowest rated film
✅ 29. A karaoke scene (Suggested by Michelle Grondine, based on their list karaoke realness!)
✅ 30. A character that has more than 4 limbs
31. Directed by an indigenous director whose work you haven’t seen before
✅ 32. Directed by a trans or nonbinary director whose work you haven’t seen before
✅ 33. Superhero movie that's not a DC, Marvel, Disney or Darkhorse property (Suggested by kevsaund!)
✅ 34. Animated film from a country that is not the US or Japan
✅ 35. Music documentary from a genre that isn't modern pop or classic rock
36. Documentary about Africa by an African director
✅ 37. Edited by Terilyn A. Shropshire
38. Music by A.R. Rahman
✅ 39. Cinematography by Theo van de Sande
✅ 40. Made in a country with land between the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer by a director from that country
41. Made in a country with land north of the Tropic of Cancer by a director from that country
✅ 42. A titular character (Suggested by Neil Johnson!)
✅ 43. Title formatted as X vs. X
✅ 44. Arab Film & Media Institute’s Cinema of Palestine
✅ 45. Korean Screen’s 100 Greatest Korean Films
✅ 46. Kyle Turner’s The Queer Film Guide: 100 Great Movies That Tell LGBTQIA+ Stories
✅ 47. Screenplay adapted from a work of nonfiction
48. Made in Georgia (Country)
✅ 49. Made in Georgia (U.S. State)
✅ 50. Holiday horror for any holiday
✅ 51. Someone holds a cat
✅ 52. Any film from your watchlist!

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