My Ten Best List for IndieWire (2021)
I no longer remember the order of this list (apart from the fact that BAD LUCK BANGING, MEMORIA, and PASSING were all near or at the top), so here’s an alphabetical listing: — J. R. BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN (Radu Jude) BENEDETTA (Paul Verhoeven) CRY MACHO (Clint Eastwood) HER SOCIALIST SMILE (John Gianvito) JOHN FARROW HOLLYWOOD’S MAN IN THE SHADOWS (Claude Gonzalez & Frans Vandenburg) MARTIN UND HANS (Mark Rappaport) MEDIUM (Edgardo Cozarinsky) MEMORIA (Apichatpong Weerasethakul) PASSING (Rebecca Hall) TIANG BAHRU SOCIAL CLUB (Tan Bee Thiam) P.S. MEDIUM came out in 2020, but I only caught up with it in 2021. Read more

I no longer remember the order of this list (apart from the fact that BAD LUCK BANGING, MEMORIA, and PASSING were all near or at the top), so here’s an alphabetical listing: — J. R.
BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN (Radu Jude)
BENEDETTA (Paul Verhoeven)
CRY MACHO (Clint Eastwood)
HER SOCIALIST SMILE (John Gianvito)
JOHN FARROW HOLLYWOOD’S MAN IN THE SHADOWS (Claude Gonzalez & Frans Vandenburg)
MARTIN UND HANS (Mark Rappaport)
MEDIUM (Edgardo Cozarinsky)
MEMORIA (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
PASSING (Rebecca Hall)
TIANG BAHRU SOCIAL CLUB (Tan Bee Thiam)