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Thread of the best films I saw for the first time in 2020. It was a phenomenal year so this will be quite long. Feel free to mute/unfollow if you have no interest in this type of thing --->
75. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1943)
74. Sarabande (Nathaniel Dorsky, 2008)
73. Miejsce urodzenia (Paweł Łoziński, 1992)
72. La noire de (Ousmane Sembène, 1966)
71. Overland / A Return (James Edmonds, 2016/2018)
70. Blanche (Marc Hurtado, 1995)
69. Compline (Nathaniel Dorsky, 2009)
68. AMOR (Robert Beavers, 1980)
67. Romanze in Moll (Helmut Käutner, 1943)
66. Isolation (Abbott Meader, 1974)
65. Chutes. Désert. Syn (Katerina Thomadaki, 1985)
64. Here at the Water's Edge (Leo Hurwitz, 1961)
63. Konstellationen (Helga Fanderl, 2013-2016-???)
62. Souvenirs de printemps dans le Liao Ning (Alain Mazars, 1981)
61. Miss Mend (Boris Barnet & Fyodor Ostep, 1926)
60. The Inheritance (Ephraim Asili, 2020)
59. S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED (Paul Sharits, 1971)
58. Graal (Teo Hernández, 1980)
57. Dialogue With a Woman Departed (Leo Hurwitz, 1980)
56. Le Jardin des âges (Alain Mazars, 1982)
55. Old Redwood Series (Myron Ort, 1979)
54. Feu Mathias Pascal (Marcel L'Herbier, 1925)
53. India (Ute Aurand, 2005)
52. 3rd Degree (Paul Sharits, 1982)
51. Home for Christmas (Rick Hancox, 1978)
50. Le notti bianche (Luchino Visconti, 1957)
49. Three Poplars at Plyuschikha (Tatyana Lioznova, 1968)
48. I topi grigi (Emilio Ghione, 1918)
47. August and After (Nathaniel Dorsky, 2012)
46. Mother (Vsevolod Pudovkin, 1926)
45. Third Eye Butterfly (Storm De Hirsch, 1968)
44. The City of Chromatic Dissolution (Arthur & Corinne Cantrill, 1999)
43. The Lighted Field (Andrew Noren, 1987)
42. Aubade (Nathaniel Dorsky, 2010)
41. The United States of America (James Benning & Bette Gordon, 1975)
40. Junge Kiefern (Ute Aurand, 2011)
39. Porch Glider (James Herbert, 1970)
38. Die Nordkalotte (Peter Nestler, 1991)
37. Himself as Herself (Gregory J. Markopoulos, 1967)
36. Ne croyez pas surtout que je hurle (Frank Beauvais, 2019)
35. The Room of Chromatic Mystery (Arthur & Corinne Cantrill, 2006)
34. Poto and Cabengo (Jean-Pierre Gorin, 1980)
33. Song and Solitude (Nathaniel Dorsky, 2006)
32. Le genou de Claire (Éric Rohmer, 1970)
31. The Secret Garden (Phil Solomon, 1988)
30. By the Law (Lev Kuleshov, 1926)
29. Imaginary Light (Andrew Noren, 1994)
28. Mon cœur est rouge (Michèle Rosier, 1976)
27. The Wind is Driving Him Toward the Open Sea (David Brooks, 1968)
26. Portrait of Jennie (William Dieterle, 1948)
25. The Grapes of Wrath (John Ford, 1940)
24. Sobibor, 14 octobre 1943,16 heures (Claude Lanzmann, 2001)
23. Cristaux (Teo Hernández, 1978)
22. The Cloud-Capped Star (Ritwik Ghatak, 1960)
21. Tomorrow's Promise (Edward Owens, 1967)
20. Double labyrinthe (Maria Klonaris & Katerina Thomadaki, 1976)
19. Notes of an Itinerant Performer (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941)
18. Große Freiheit Nr. 7 (Helmut Käutner, 1944)
17. Unter den Brücken (Helmut Käutner, 1946)
16. Lacrima Christi (Teo Hernández, 1980)
15. Atlantean (Bob Quinn, 1984)
14. Anne Devlin (Pat Murphy, 1984)
* yes, that is (somehow) two actually good Irish films in a row
* yes, that is (somehow) two actually good Irish films in a row
13. Ruskin (Robert Beavers, 1975)
12. Five Year Diary (Anne Charlotte Robertson, 1981---) [excerpts]
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11. Horizons (Larry Gottheim, 1973)
10. Bärbel und Charly (Ute Aurand, 1994)
9. Equinox Flower (Yasujiro Ozu, 1958)
8. How Green Was My Valley (John Ford, 1941)
7. Charmed Particles (Andrew Noren, 1978)
6. The Second Journey (To Uluru) (Arthur & Corinne Cantrill, 1981)
5. Selva: Un portrait de Parvaneh Navaï (Maria Klonaris, 1983)
4. Hitler, ein Film aus Deutschland (Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, 1977)
3. Crude Oil (Wang Bing, 2008)
2. L'Ange Amazonien : Un portrait de Lena Vandrey (Katerina Thomadaki & Maria Klonaris, 1992)
1. Vitalina Varela (Pedro Costa, 2019)
#1 was never in any doubt. This work starts all over again tomorrow. Happy New Year!
