2022 Film Challenge

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
3. British New Wave
4. Poetic Realism
5. Cinema Novo

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
5. Indian Subcontinent
Tumbbad
6. Oceania

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]
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
3. Sundance Film Festival
Brittany Runs a Marathon
4. Venice International Film Festival
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
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
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
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
4. Courtroom drama
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 Trial of the Chicago 7
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
3. a 2022 release
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

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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1921.
1922.
1923.
1924.
1925.
1926.
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

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.

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

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

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
3.
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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

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 My Heart Is That Eternal Rose aka Sat sau woo dip mung (1989)
3. British New Wave Billy Liar (1963)
4. Poetic Realism Hôtel du Nord (1935)
5. Cinema Novo

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)
2. Sub-Saharan Africa
3. Middle East
4. Balkans
5. Indian Subcontinent
6. Oceania

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]
2. [Action: Martial Arts] The 36th Chamber of Shaolin aka Shao Lin san shi liu fang (1978) REVIEW
3. [Action: Military]
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
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
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
2. a Romanticism novel adaptation
3. a Modernist novel adaptation East of Eden (1955) John Steinbeck
4. a Postmodernist novel adaptation

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. Luchino Visconti/Rainer Werner Fassbinder/Andrzej Wajda/Masaki Kobayashi
3. Bette Davis Bad Sister (1931)
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 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
5. a film set in the wilderness Letter Never Sent aka Neotpravlennoe pismo (1960)
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]
Silk Road (Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, South Korea, Turkey)
1. Farewell My Concubine aka Ba wang bie ji (1993) China
2. Cairo Station aka Bab el hadid (1958) Egypt
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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 Seven Thieves (1960)
3. Police procedural Un flic aka A Cop (1972) REVIEW
4. Courtroom drama
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
3. Best Sound
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
2. a film with a budget lower than 1 million
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. Les Diaboliques (1955) France
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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
1952 Clash by Night
1953
1954 Journey to Italy
1955 Moonfleet REVIEW
1956
1957 Throne of Blood
1958 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1959 North by Northwest

Is my TV broken?
watch 10 predominantly black and white films released after 2000
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Documentary, my dear Watson
watch 10 documentaries

1. Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018) ++++
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My precious...awards
pick any one list from section D of the main challenge and watch 10 films in it

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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)
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)
2. All About Eve
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)
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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
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Round up the usual suspects
watch 10 films from the same genre

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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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that the studio requested an ending in which he's cured. To his credit the director threatened to quit over it.