2022 Film Challenge

A. Get lost in the movement:
[Watch one film belonging to each of the following cinematic movements]
1. Soviet Montage
Alexander Nevsky
2. Hong Kong New Wave
3. British New Wave
4. Poetic Realism
5. Cinema Novo
How Tasty is my Little Frenchman?

B. It's a big world out there:
[Watch a film from the following regions]
1. Scandinavia
Rams
2. Sub-Saharan Africa
3. Middle East
4. Balkans
Dogtooth
5. Indian Subcontinent
Tumbbad
6. Oceania
Hunt for the Wilderpeople

C. Lets break this down, shall we?
[Pick one of the following genres and watch one film from each of its subgenres or themes listed]
1. [Western: Revisionist]
Buffalo Bill and the Indians (or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson)
2. [Western: Spaghetti]
3. [Western: Epic]
4. [Western: Neo-Western]
The 3 Burials of Melquiades Estrada


D. I coulda been a contender:
[Watch a film that has won the following awards]
1. Cannes Film Festival
Raining Stones
2. Academy Award
Harry and Tonto
3. Sundance Film Festival
Brittany Runs a Marathon
4. Venice International Film Festival
Maurice
5. Independent Spirit
River’s Edge

E. Never judge a book by its movie:
[Watch one film adapted from a novel belonging to each of the following literary eras]
1. a Victorian novel adaptation
2. a Romanticism novel adaptation
3. a Modernist novel adaptation
4. a Postmodernist novel adaptation

F. I see dead people:
[Watch one film from each group of deceased directors and actors]
1. ROBERT ALTMAN/Sam Peckinpah/John Cassavetes/Cecil B. De Mille
Kansas City
2. Luchino Visconti/Rainer Werner Fassbinder/ANDRZEJ WAJDA/Masaki Kobayashi
3. Anna Karina/BETTE DAVIS/Anna Magnani/Kinuyo Tanaka
The Little Foxes
4. Spencer Tracy/Jean-Paul Belmondo/Vittorio De Sica/KUNIE TANAKA

G. Background to the forefront:
[Watch one film featuring each of the following types of settings]
1. a film predominantly set in a single location
Keyhole
2. a film taking place in a military setting during war
3. a film set in a small town or village
The Russians are coming, The Russians are Coming!
4. a film set in a chaotic metropolis
1990: The Bronx Warriors
5. a film set in the wilderness
The Hunter (2011)
6. a film set in an extraterrestrial world

H. We've met before, haven't we?
[Pick one of the following country groups and watch 5 films from its members, without repetitions]
1. Silk Road
China: Black Coal, Thin Ice
Indonesia: Impetigore
Iran: The Salesman
Japan: Violent Cop
South Korea: Svaha, The Sixth Finger



I. Crime doesn't pay off kids...does it?:
[Watch one film adhering to each of the crime-related themes listed below]
1. Gangster film
New Jack City
2. Heist film
The Killing
3. Police procedural
T-Men
4. Courtroom drama
The Trial of the Chicago 7
5. Prison film
Bronson

J. With a song in your heart!
[watch a film nominated for each of the following Academy awards]
1. Best Original Score
The Red Shoes
2. Best Original Song
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
3. Best Sound
4. Best Sound Editing (discontinued)
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

K. Are we there yet?
[Watch one film for each of the miscellaneous challenges listed below]
1. a film more than 160 minutes long
Intolerance
2. a film with a budget lower than 1 million
The Vampire (1957)
3. a 2022 release
Everything Everywhere All At Once
4. a film suggested by another participant of this challenge

You know what they call a Quarter Pounder with cheese in Paris?
watch 10 foreign language films
1. Subway to the Stars
2. Children of Hiroshima
3. Let the Corpses Tan
4. Tristana
5. Get out Your Handkerchiefs
6. The Official Story
7.

One film, two films, red fil...it was the worst of times!
watch 10 films released in consecutive years of the same decade
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1922.
1923.
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1927.
1928.
1929.

Is my TV broken?
watch 10 predominantly black and white films released after 2000
1. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
2. Ida
3. The Eyes of My Mother
4. The Lighthouse
5. A Field in England
6. Control
7. Frantz
8. Blancanieves.
9. A Coffee in Berlin
10. La Leon

Documentary, my dear Watson
watch 10 documentaries

My precious...awards
pick any one list from section D of the main challenge and watch 10 films in it
Cannes Film Festival

1. Distant Voices, Still Lives
2. Quartet
3. Riff Raff
4. Hidden Agenda
5. Shoplifters
6. Arabian Nights

Chekhov, Method or Meisner?
watch 10 films featuring the same actor
Harold Lloyd

I have a vision...
watch 10 films from the same director
Takashi Miike
1. Harakiri: Death of a Samurai
2. Blade of the Immortal

I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore
watch 10 films from the same country
Mexico
1. The Rebellion of the Hanged
2. Solo Con Tu Pareja
3. Tigers Are Not Afraid
4. Curse of the Doll People

Mrs Cinematographer, you're trying to seduce me, aren't you?
watch 10 films that have won a cinematography award from the competitions in section D

1. Drugstore Cowboy
2. Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
3. Wuthering Heights (1939)
4. Passing
5. Call Me By Your Name
6. Memoirs of a Geisha
7. A River Runs Through It

Round up the usual suspects
watch 10 films from the same genre
Giallo
1. Bay of Blood
2. Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
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You MoFo I almost had you
Pick one of the lists featured in MoFo and watch 10 films in it
Films directed by women
1. Wadjda
2. Wendy and Lucy
3. Mikey and Nicky
4. The Hitch-Hiker

A. Get lost in the movement:
[Watch one film belonging to each of the following cinematic movements]
1. Soviet Montage (Russia 1924-1933)
2. Hong Kong New Wave (Hong Kong late 1970s-early 2000s)
3. British New Wave (UK 1959-1963)
4. Poetic Realism (France 1930s)
5. Cinema Novo (Brazil 1950s-early 1970s)

B. It's a big world out there:
[Watch a film from the following regions]
1. Scandinavia
2. Sub-Saharan Africa: Sin City (2019) (Ghana)
3. Middle East The Suit (2018) (Egypt)
4. Balkans Open Door (2019) (Albania)
5. Indian Subcontinent Jab We Met (2006) (India)
6. Oceania This Little Love of Mine (2021) (Australia)

C. Lets break this down, shall we?
[Pick one of the following genres and watch one film from each of its subgenres or themes listed] Horror
1. [Horror: Zombie]
2. [Horror: J-horror]
3. [Horror: Psychological] The Block Island Sound (2021)
4. [Horror: Found Footage] Hell House LLC (2015)

D. I coulda been a contender:
[Watch a film that has won the following awards]
1. Cannes Film Festival
2. Academy Award
3. Sundance Film Festival
4. Venice International Film Festival The Power of the Dog (2021)
5. Independent Spirit Uncut Gems (2019)

E. Never judge a book by its movie:
[Watch one film adapted from a novel belonging to each of the following literary eras]
1. a Victorian novel adaptation
2. a Romanticism novel adaptation
3. a Modernist novel adaptation
4. a Postmodernist novel adaptation: Blade Runner: The Final Cut (2007)

F. I see dead people:
[Watch one film from each group of deceased directors and actors]
1. Robert Altman/Sam Peckinpah/John Cassavetes/Cecil B. De Mille
2. Luchino Visconti/Rainer Werner Fassbinder/Andrzej Wajda/Masaki Kobayashi
3. Bette Davis Of Human Bondage (1934)
4. Spencer Tracy Father's Little Dividend (1951)

G. Background to the forefront:
[Watch one film featuring each of the following types of settings]
1. a film predominantly set in a single location Rope (1948)
2. a film taking place in a military setting during war The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
3. a film set in a small town or village
4. a film set in a chaotic metropolis Midnight in Paris (2011)
5. a film set in the wilderness
6. a film set in an extraterrestrial world Starforce (2000)

H. We've met before, haven't we?
[Pick one of the following country groups and watch 5 films from its members, without repetitions] Silk Road
1. China
2. Egypt
3. Japan
4. South Korea
5. Turkey

I. Crime doesn't pay off kids...does it?:
[Watch one film adhering to each of the crime-related themes listed below]
1. Gangster film
2. Heist film Sabotage (2014)
3. Police procedural Time of Death (2013)
4. Courtroom drama Denial (2016)
5. Prison film

J. With a song in your heart!
[watch a film nominated for each of the following Academy awards]
1. Best Original Score
2. Best Original Song Thank God It's Friday (1978)
3. Best Sound The Bishop's Wife (1947)
4. Best Sound Editing (discontinued)

K. Are we there yet?
[Watch one film for each of the miscellaneous challenges listed below]
1. a film more than 160 minutes long Silence (2016) (161 minutes)
2. a film with a budget lower than 1 million Beach Rats (2017)
3. a 2022 release Rescued by Ruby (2022)
4. a film suggested by another participant of this challenge

Bonus Films Not Included:
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Nightmare Alley (2021)
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
The Hundred Foot Journey (2014)
Earth to Echo (2014)
Father of the Bride (1950)
The Mitchells vs The Machines (2021)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Authors Anonymous (2014)

A. Get lost in the movement:
[Watch one film belonging to each of the following cinematic movements]
1. Soviet Montage
2. Hong Kong New Wave City on Fire aka Lung foo fung wan (1987) REVIEW
3. British New Wave Room at the Top (1959) REVIEW
4. Poetic Realism Hôtel du Nord (1935) REVIEW
5. Cinema Novo The Guns aka Os Fuzis (1964)

B. It's a big world out there:
[Watch a film from the following regions]
1. Scandinavia A Royal Affair aka En kongelig affære (2012) Sweden
2. Sub-Saharan Africa
3. Middle East Cairo Station aka Bab el hadid (1958) Egypt
4. Balkans
5. Indian Subcontinent
6. Oceania The Year My Voice Broke (1987)

C. Lets break this down, shall we?
[Pick one of the following genres and watch one film from each of its subgenres or themes listed]
1. [Action: Disaster] A Night to Remember (1958)
2. [Action: Martial Arts] The 36th Chamber of Shaolin aka Shao Lin san shi liu fang (1978) REVIEW
3. [Action: Military] Waterloo (1970)
4. [Action: Swashbuckler] Cartouche (1962) REVIEW

D. I coulda been a contender:
[Watch a film that has won the following awards]
1. Cannes Film Festival The Assassin aka Ci ke Nie Yin Niang (2015) Best Director, Soundtrack, Palme d'Or REVIEW
2. Academy Award Topsy-Turvy (1999) Best Costume Design: Lindy Hemming Best Makeup: Christine Blundell/Trefor Proud
3. Sundance Film Festival
4. Venice International Film Festival Panique (1946) Feature Films Julien Duvivier
5. Independent Spirit

E. Never judge a book by its movie:
[Watch one film adapted from a novel belonging to each of the following literary eras]
1. a Victorian novel adaptation A Tale of Two Cities (1935) Charles Dickens REVIEW
2. a Romanticism novel adaptation Jane Eyre (1943) Charlotte Brontë
3. a Modernist novel adaptation East of Eden (1955) John Steinbeck
4. a Postmodernist novel adaptation The Name of the Rose (1986) Umberto Eco REVIEW

F. I see dead people:
[Watch one film from each group of deceased directors and actors]
1. Cecil B. De Mille The Buccaneer (1938) REVIEW
2. Andrzej Wajda Danton (1983)
3. Bette Davis The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) REVIEW
4. Jean-Paul Belmondo Classe tous risques (1960) REVIEW

G. Background to the forefront:
[Watch one film featuring each of the following types of settings]
1. a film predominantly set in a single location The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) REVIEW
2. a film taking place in a military setting during war The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
3. a film set in a small town or village The Wild One (1953)
4. a film set in a chaotic metropolis Foreign Correspondent (1940) REVIEW
5. a film set in the wilderness Letter Never Sent aka Neotpravlennoe pismo (1960)
6. a film set in an extraterrestrial world Pitch Black (2000) REVIEW

H. We've met before, haven't we?
[Pick one of the following country groups and watch 5 films from its members, without repetitions]
European Union (Austria, Belgium, Finland)
1. Les Diaboliques (1955) France
2. Magical Girl aka Magična devojka (2014) Spain REVIEW
3. The Secret of Roan Inish Ireland REVIEW
4. Against the Ice (2022) Denmark REVIEW
5. The Travelling Players aka O thiasos (1975) Greece

I. Crime doesn't pay off kids...does it?:
[Watch one film adhering to each of the crime-related themes listed below]
1. Gangster film A Colt Is My Passport aka Koruto wa ore no pasupooto(1967) REVIEW
2. Heist film The Town (2010) REVIEW
3. Police procedural Un flic aka A Cop (1972) REVIEW
4. Courtroom drama The Verdict (1982)
5. Prison film Escape From Alcatraz (1979)

J. With a song in your heart!
[watch a film nominated for each of the following Academy awards]
1. Best Original Score A Double Life (1947)
2. Best Original Song Never on Sunday aka Pote tin Kyriaki (1960)
3. Best Sound That Hamilton Woman (1941)
4. Best Sound Editing (discontinued)

K. Are we there yet?
[Watch one film for each of the miscellaneous challenges listed below]
1. a film more than 160 minutes long Children of Paradise aka Les enfants du paradis (1945) 189 minutes REVIEW
2. a film with a budget lower than 1 million Safety Last! (1923) $121,000 REVIEW
3. a 2022 release The House (2022) REVIEW
4. a film suggested by another participant of this challenge

You know what they call a Quarter Pounder with cheese in Paris?
watch 10 foreign language films
1. Elevator to the Gallows aka Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958) France
2. Farewell My Concubine aka Ba wang bie ji (1993) China
3. Demons aka Shura (1971) JapanREVIEW
4. One Cut of the Dead aka Kamera o Tomeru na! (2017) Japan REVIEW
5. Rams aka Hrútar (2015) Iceland
6. Cure (1997) Japan REVIEW
7. L'amour braque aka Mad Love (1985) France REVIEW
8. Cuties aka Mignonnes (2020) France
9. Blue Spring aka Aoi haru(2001) Japan
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One film, two films, red fil...it was the worst of times!
watch 10 films released in consecutive years of the same decade
1950 Young Man With a Horn
1951 Othello aka The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice
1952 Clash by Night
1953 The Adultress aka Thérèse Raquin REVIEW
1954 Journey to Italy
1955 Moonfleet REVIEW
1956
1957 Throne of Blood
1958 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1959 Day of the Outlaw

Is my TV broken?
watch 10 predominantly black and white films released after 2000
1. The Painted Bird (2019)
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Documentary, my dear Watson
watch 10 documentaries
1. Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018) ++++
2. Fantastic Fungi (2019) ++
3. Count Me In (2021) -
4. Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020) ++
5. Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) ++
6. I am Divine (2013)
7. Hemmingway (2021)
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My precious...awards
pick any one list from section D of the main challenge and watch 10 films in it
Venice International Film Festival
1. Henry V aka The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944) International Critics Award - Special Mention REVIEW
2. À Nous la Liberté (1931) Winner Audience Referendum; Most Amusing Film René Clair REVIEW
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Chekhov, Method or Meisner?
watch 10 films featuring the same actor
Alec Guinness
1. Cromwell (1970)
2. Damn the Defiant! aka H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
3. The Mudlark (1950)
4. The Promoter aka The Card (1952)
5. The Horse's Mouth (1958)
6. The Man in the White Suit (1951)
7. Tunes of Glory (1960)
8. Last Holiday(1950) REVIEW
9. Our Man in Havana (1959)
10. The Prisoner (1955)

I have a vision...
watch 10 films from the same director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1. Julius Caesar (1953) REVIEW
2. All About Eve (1950)
3. Sleuth (1972)
4. The Honey Pot (1967)
5. 5 Fingers (1952)
6. A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
7. House of Strangers (1949)
8. The Late George Apley (1947)
9. Somewhere in the Night (1946
10. Dragonwyck (1946) REVIEW

I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore
watch 10 films from the same country
Italy Ciao, bella!!
1. Nights of Cabiria aka Le notti di Cabiria (1957)
2. Mafioso (1962)
3. I Vitelloni (1953)
4. La Strada (1954)
5. Rocco and his Brothers (1960)
6. Germany Year Zero aka Germania anno zero (1948)
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Mrs Cinematographer, you're trying to seduce me, aren't you?
watch 10 films that have won a cinematography award from the competitions in section D
1. To Catch a Thief (1955) Academy
2. A Man for all Seasons (1966) Academy REVIEW
3. Great Expectations (1946) Academy REVIEW
4. Hamlet (1948) Venice Film
5. Apocalypse Now (1979) Academy REVIEW
6. Ship of Fools (1965) Academy
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Round up the usual suspects
watch 10 films from the same genre
Comedy
1. The Boy (2010)
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3. Alfie (1966) REVIEW
4. Diner (1982)
5. Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) REVIEW
6. Ready or Not (2019))
7. Symbol (2009)
8. Blithe Spirit (1945) REVIEW
9. Bananas (1971) REVIEW
10. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) REVIEW

You MoFo I almost had you
Pick one of the lists featured in MoFo and watch 10 films in it
Roger Ebert's Great Movies
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