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Movie Quote of the Day – Inside Llewyn Davis, 2013 (dir. Joel and Ethan Coen)
Lillian Gorfein: This is not our cat!
Llewyn Davis: What? Of course that’s your cat!
Mitch Gorfein: Oh, my God.
Lillian Gorfein: It’s not even male. Where’s its scrotum, Llewyn?
Llewyn Davis: Wha. .. it’s. . .
Lillian Gorfein: Where’s its scrotum?!
Cinema Fanatic’s Favorite Fifteen Films of 2013
I don’t know if I saw the wrong movies this year or if cinema just really let me down this year or maybe I’m just getting burned out, but I didn’t fall in love with movies as much this year as previous years. Last year was the same. I think the last year I saw a lot of movies that I truly loved was 2011 (and 2009. Boy, I loved 2009). That said, you can see all the 2013 releases I watched here and after the cut you can see the fifteen that rose to the top of my favor this year.
Toronto Film Critics Association Names “Inside Llweyn Davis” Best Picture
BEST PICTURE: “Inside Llewyn Davis”
Runners-up: “Her”, “12 Years a Slave”
BEST ACTOR: Oscar Isaac, “Inside Llewyn Davis”
Runners-up: Chiwetel Ejiofor, “12 Years a Slave”, Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club”
BEST ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine”
Runners-up: Julie Delpy, “Before Midnight”, Greta Gerwig, “Frances Ha”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”
Runners-up: Michael Fassbender, “12 Years a Slave”, James Franco, “Spring Breakers”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence, “American Hustle”
Runners-up: Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”, June Squibb, “Nebraska”
BEST DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuarón, “Gravity”
Runners-up: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, “Inside Llewyn Davis”, Steve McQueen, “12 Years a Slave”
BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL: Spike Jonze, “Her”
Runners-up: Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy, “Before Midnight”, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, “Inside Llewyn Davis”
BEST FIRST FEATURE: “Neighboring Sounds”, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Runners-up: “Fruitvale Station”, directed by Ryan Coogler, “In a World …”, directed by Lake Bell
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: “The Wind Rises”
Runners-up: “The Croods”, “Frozen”
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: “A Touch of Sin” (Films We Like)
Runners-up: “Blue Is the Warmest Color”, “The Hunt”
BMO ALLAN KING DOCUMENTARY AWARD: “The Act of Killing”
Runners-up: “Leviathan”, “Tim’s Vermeer”
ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FILM AWARD FINALISTS:
“The Dirties”
“Gabrielle”
“Watermark”
Noirvember 2013 in Films
I hope you guys all had a great Noirvember, I know I did. You can see all the films noir I watched after the cut, as will as a list of my favorites. I saw some great things in the theatres this month, some new-to-me and others old favorites. Last night I saw a double feature at the New Bev of The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca. So good. So so so good. I managed to watch a little more than 30 new-to-me films noir, actually, as well as a few repeat viewings. Next year will be Noirvember Five and I’m hoping it’ll be the most epic yet.
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