2024 Film Challenge

A. The Human Condition
[watch a film that prominently features the common themes listed below]
1. Blackmail The Letter (1940)
2. Infidelity Les Diaboliques (1955)
3. Theft Big Deal on Madonna Street aka I soliti ignoti (1958)
4. Murder Knives Out (2019)

B. Good old terra firma!
[watch a film predominantly taking place in each of the landscapes listed below]
1. Desert Sahara (1943) +++
2. Jungle
3. Open Sea
4. Snowland

C. Sophomore’s Choice
[watch one film from each duo of subgenres listed below]
1. Screwball Comedy My Little Chickadee (1940) +
2. Steampunk Sci-Fi Steamboy aka Suchîmubôi (2004) +++
3. Film Noir The Verdict (1946) +++
4. Hand-drawn Animation The Twelve Tasks of Asterix aka Les 12 travaux d'Astérix (1976)
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5. Spaghetti Western Django (1966)

D. I coulda been a contender:
[watch a film that has won the following awards]
1. Cannes Film Festival Blow-Up (1966) Palme d'Or: Michelangelo Antonioni
2. Academy Award Departures (2008) Best Foreign Language Film of the Year ++ REVIEW
3. Sundance Film Festival
4. Toronto International Film Festival Belfast (2021) Best Film

E. I have always depended on the lists of strangers:
[watch one film featured in each of the following prominent lists]
1. Roger Ebert’s Great Films
2. IMDb Top 250 (2023 edition) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
3. Criterion Collection
4. BFI Top 100 British films Whisky Galore! (1949)
5. MoFo Hall of Fame

F. I see dead people:
[watch one film from each group of deceased directors, actors and cinematographers]
1. George Cukor, Oscar Micheaux, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Charles Chaplin
2. Lino Brocka, Federico Fellini, Agnes Varda, Yoshishige Yoshida
3. Gina Lollobrigida, Angela Lansbury, Jeanne Moreau, Natalie Wood
4. Marlon Brando, Lasse Pöysti, Leslie Cheung, Anthony Quinn
5. Kazuo Miyagawa, Leon Shamroy, Piotr Sobocinski, James Wong Howe

G. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
[watch a film in which the protagonist has the following profession]
1. Journalist
2. Lawyer Bank of Dave (2023) +++
3. Police Officer Dark Blue (2002)
4. Teacher or Professor

H. Michael Jackson in Disneyland
[watch one film for each category inspired by Michael Jackson songs]
1. Remember the Time: a time-travelling film The Adam Project (2022)
2. Smooth Criminal: a Gentleman Thief film Raffles (1930) ++
3. Black or White: a black & white film released between 1958-2009 H-8 (1958) ++ REVIEW
4. Beat it: a martial arts film Fist of Fury aka Jing wu men (1972)
5. Bad: a film with an IMDb score below 5.0 Batman & Robin (1997) IMDb Rating: 3.8

I. The Golden Age Part 1: The Dirty 30s
[watch a 1930s Hollywood film for each of the challenges relating to the decade]
1. a film that won an Academy Award Dangerous (1935) Best Actress Bette Davis
2. a Universal Horror (or other monster) film Werewolf of London (1935) +
3. a traditional Western Three Godfathers (1936)
4. a film directed by Ernst Lubitsch Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
5. a film starring James Cagney, Bela Lugosi, Jean Arthur or Ginger Rogers

J. There’s no place like home
[watch a film corresponding to each of the settings below]
1. a road film
2. a stranger-in-a-foreign-place film
3. a film taking place in a confined space
4. a film that is an homage to a city Blue Collar (1978) Detroit, Michigan

K. I need a hero
[watch a film adhering to the conflict-inspired themes below]
1. Human vs Nature
2. Human vs Society
3. Human vs Technology

L. Are we there yet?
[watch one film for each of the miscellaneous challenges listed below]
1. a biographical film Missing (1982) +++
2. a film from a country you’ve visited or live in God's Little Acre (1958) United States REVIEW
3. a film with more than 300k votes on IMDb Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) 344K
4. a film in theaters Dune: Part Two (2024) ++

What we've got here is a failure to communicate
watch 10 films in the same foreign language
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Round up the usual suspects
watch 10 films from the same genre Noir
1. Dead Reckoning (1946)
2. Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) REVIEW
3. Kansas City Confidential (1952) +++
4. Too Late for Tears (1949)
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My precious...awards
pick any one festival from section D and watch 10 films that won an award in it Academy Award
1. Poor Things (2023) ++ Emmma Stone Leading Actress, Best Makeup and Hairstyling
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Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close up
watch 10 films featuring the same actor
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I have a vision...
watch 10 films from the same director Jules Dassin
1. The Law aka la legge (1959)
2. Night and the City (1950)

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Taking the stage
watch 10 films based on theatrical plays
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Do you know what the preservation room is for?
watch 10 films inducted in the US National Film Registry
1. Edge of the City (1957)
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Year of the Dragon
watch 10 films released in each of the years of the Dragon in the Chinese Zodiac
1916 Fatty and Mabel Adrift
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1940 High Sierra +++
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1964 Joy House aka les félins
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2024 Damsel ++

Stamp of approval
watch 10 films recommended by other participants of this challenge
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We’re gonna need a longer shot
watch 10 films featuring long takes (continuous shots lasting longer than one minute)
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You MoFo I almost had you
Pick one of the lists featured in MoFo and watch 10 films in it
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