Challenge Details
My second year doing this!
Week, dates, my category descriptor, and additional qualifying films watched are all listed in film notes.
My "pick" (and the one with the film entry) is the first qualifying film I watched or plan to watch for the category, not necessarily the best or most thematic (though for many, I try to go with a showcase option, if applicable).
Week 1 (Sep. 2nd-8th): X-Rated Mainstream (not porn)
Week 2 (Sep. 8th-15th): Anxiety-Inducing
Week 3 (Sep. 16th-22nd): Nicecore (radical kindness)
Week 4 (Sep. 23rd-29th): Female-Led Dark Comedy
Week 5 (Sep. 30th - Oct. 6th): Anders(s)on (Wes, P.T., Roy, Brad, Paul W.S.)
Week 6 (Oct. 7th-13th): Kaiju (giant monsters)
Week 7 (Oct. 13th-20th): Indigenous
Week…
Challenge Details
My second year doing this!
Week, dates, my category descriptor, and additional qualifying films watched are all listed in film notes.
My "pick" (and the one with the film entry) is the first qualifying film I watched or plan to watch for the category, not necessarily the best or most thematic (though for many, I try to go with a showcase option, if applicable).
Week 1 (Sep. 2nd-8th): X-Rated Mainstream (not porn)
Week 2 (Sep. 8th-15th): Anxiety-Inducing
Week 3 (Sep. 16th-22nd): Nicecore (radical kindness)
Week 4 (Sep. 23rd-29th): Female-Led Dark Comedy
Week 5 (Sep. 30th - Oct. 6th): Anders(s)on (Wes, P.T., Roy, Brad, Paul W.S.)
Week 6 (Oct. 7th-13th): Kaiju (giant monsters)
Week 7 (Oct. 13th-20th): Indigenous
Week 8 (Oct. 21st-27th): Alien Encounters
Week 9 (Oct. 28th - Nov. 3rd): Found Footage
Week 10 (Nov. 4th-10th): Long Takes
Week 11 (Nov. 11th-17th): Named After Seasons
Week 12 (Nov. 18th-24th): 2000s Comedy (list 1, list 2)
Week 13 (Nov. 25th - Dec. 1st): Featuting Food
Week 14 (Dec. 2nd-8th): Voodoo, Hoodoo, and Afro-Caribbean Religions
Week 15 (Dec. 9th-15th): Unconventional Music Documentary
Week 16 (Dec. 16th-22nd): Political Revolution Involving Violence
Week 17 (Jan. 6th-12th): True Crime
Week 18 (Jan. 13th-19th): American Neorealism
Week 19 (Jan. 20th-26th): Martin Scorsese’s Companion Piece
Week 20 (Jan. 27th - Feb. 2nd): Unconventional Biopic
Week 21 (Feb. 3rd-9th): Golden Leopard (Locarno, Switzerland's top prize winner)
Week 22 (Feb. 10th-16th): Sapphic Women of Color
Week 23 (Feb. 17th-23rd): Female Composers
Week 24 (Feb. 24th - Mar. 2nd): One-Vote Wonders (on a single ballot for S&S)
Week 25 (Mar. 3rd-9th): Thai New Wave
Week 26 (Mar. 10th-16th): Spy (from a country other than your own)
Week 27 (Mar. 17th-23rd): Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan)
Week 28 (Mar. 24th-30th): Arab (list 1, list 2)
Week 29 (Mar. 31st - Apr. 6th): Polarizing
Week 30 (Apr. 7th-13th): The Black List (screenplays given later production)
Week 31 (Apr. 14th-20th): Debut Acting Role of Oscar Winner
Week 32 (Apr. 21st-27th): The Dame Game (Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren, Angela Lansbury, Julie Andrews)
Week 33 (Apr. 28th - May 4th): Featuring Milk
Bonus 1: Roger Ebert's Great Movies
Bonus 2: Cahiers du Cinéma Top 100
Bonus 3: Best You've Never Seen (Leonard Maltin, Richard Crouse, Monsieur Flynn - Part 1, Monsieur Flynn - Part 2)
Bonus 4: 2023
Bonus 5: Past Challenge Host Favorites (Monsieur Flynn - LSC1, Kurt K. - LSC2-3, Benjamin Milot - LSC4-8)
Bonus 6: Letterboxd Top 250
Bonus 7: One and Done (filmmaker's only film; list 1, list 2)
Bonus 8: Letterboxd Top 250 Horror
Bonus 9: Letterboxd Top 250 Documentaries
Bonus 10: Current Challenge Host Favorites (Wade McCormick, sethenstein, Adam Graff)
