films films and some more films
i recently figured out that when i 1) post about wanting to watch something i am more likely to do it and 2) i am less likely to be overwhelmed by all the films i want to watch when i focus on a region or country, age or movement, director, etc. it also helps to stay away from mubi, as i have a tendency to get sucked into all the lists on there and spend more time reading about films than watching them. so here's a list i'm posting for myself of stuff i want to watch. my choices for now are based on what i've had on my hd for forever and what's streaming on youtube, netflix, and hulu.
japan
sadao yamanaka
yasujiro ozu
mikio naruse
kenji mizoguchi
akira kurosawa
masaki kobayashi
hirokazu kore-eda
korea
hong sang-soo
lee chang-dong
taiwan
hou-hsiao hsien
edward yang
tsai ming-liang
hong kong
wong kar-wai
china
yuan muzhi
zhang yimou
jia zhang ke
liu jiayin
wang bing
russia/ussr
vsevolod pudovkin
boris barnet
andrei tarkovsky
marlen khutsiyev
otar iosseliani
aleksandr sokurov
sergei loznitsa
sergei dvortsevoy
kira muratova
hungary
miklos jancso
gyorgy feher
bela tarr
agnes hranitzky
lithuania
sharunas bartas
arunas matelis
jonas mekas
poland
andrzej wajda
andrzej munk
jerzy kawalerowicz
tadeusz konwicki
andrzej zulawski
dorota kedzierzawska
romania
liviu ciulei
ion popescu-gopo
lucian pintilie
dan pita
iran
ebrahim golestan
dariush mehrjui
abbas kiarostami
shirin neshat
england
bill douglas
terence davies