Best Films of 2014
This was another banner year for cinema. Here are my picks for…
2014
TajLV’s year in review
Films by week
Jan
Dec
- 386 Films watched
- 32.2 Average per month
- 7.4 Average per week
Milestones
First Film
Jan 2
Most Watched
twice
Last Film
Dec 31
Featured lists
5 Directors x 5 Unseen Films
I've shamelessly borrowed this idea from Mr. DuLac as a way "to…
50 States in 50 Films
This list provides a road map for a cinematic tour of the…
A~Z Foreign Language Film Challenge
Watching films in languages other than English, with one title representing each…
Genres, countries & languages
Breakdown
2014 Releases Older
Watches Re-watches
Reviewed Not Reviewed
Stars
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★ 4.5
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★ 4.5
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★ 4.5
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★ 4.5
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★ 4.5
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★ 4.5
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★ 4.5
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★ 4.5
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★ 4.5
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★ 4.2
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★ 4.2
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★ 4.2
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★ 4.2
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★ 4.2
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★ 4.2
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★ 4.2
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★ 4.2
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★ 4.2
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★ 4.2
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★ 4.2
Directors
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★ 5.0
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★ 4.5
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★ 4.5
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★ 4.5
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★ 4.5
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★ 4.5
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★ 4.5
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★ 4.5
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★ 4.2
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★ 4.2
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★ 4.2
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★ 4.0
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★ 4.0
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★ 4.0
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★ 4.0
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★ 4.0
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★ 4.0
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★ 4.0
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★ 4.0
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★ 4.0
Crew & studios
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Producers
Victor Lyndon 5.0
Craig J. Flores 5.0
William Fay 5.0
Tatsuo Hosoya 5.0
Megan Ellison 4.5
Bernie Goldmann 4.5
Gianni Nunnari 4.5
Chelsea Barnard 4.5
Daniel Lupi 4.5
Natalie Farrey 4.5
Spike Jonze 4.5
Vincent Landay 4.5
Will Weiske 4.5
Adam Fields 4.5
Casey La Scala 4.5
Christopher Ball 4.5
Drew Barrymore 4.5
Hunt Lowry 4.5
Nancy Juvonen 4.5
William Tyrer 4.5
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Writers
Arthur C. Clarke 5.0
Kurt Johnstad 4.5
Zack Snyder 4.5
Spike Jonze 4.5
Richard Kelly 4.5
David O. Russell 4.5
Koushun Takami 4.5
Ennio Flaiano 4.5
Federico Fellini 4.5
Tullio Pinelli 4.5
Frank Butler 4.5
Frank Cavett 4.5
Leo McCarey 4.5
Frank Miller 4.2
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Editors
Ray Lovejoy 5.0
Hisashi Sagara 5.0
William Hoy 4.5
Eric Zumbrunnen 4.5
Jeff Buchanan 4.5
Bernat Vilaplana 4.5
Alan Baumgarten 4.5
Jay Cassidy 4.5
Hirohide Abe 4.5
Reginald Mills 4.5
Leo Catozzo 4.5
LeRoy Stone 4.5
Mary Sweeney 4.2
Ulla Ryghe 4.2
Tim Squyres 4.0
Paul Hirsch 4.0
Lee Smith 4.0
Barney Pilling 4.0
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Cinematography
Larry Fong 5.0
Yoshio Miyajima 5.0
Steven Poster 4.5
Linus Sandgren 4.5
Jack Cardiff 4.5
Aldo Tonti 4.5
Lionel Lindon 4.5
Sven Nykvist 4.0
Peter Deming 4.0
Vadim Yusov 4.0
George Barnes 4.0
Vilmos Zsigmond 4.0
Rodrigo Prieto 4.0
Jeff Cronenweth 4.0
Sean Bobbitt 4.0
Pablo Plaisted 4.0
Michael Grady 4.0
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Production Design
Anthony Masters 5.0
Ernest Archer 5.0
Harry Lange 5.0
Bibi Lindström 4.5
Judy Becker 4.5
Kyôko Heya 4.5
Hein Heckroth 4.5
Piero Gherardi 4.5
James Chinlund 4.0
Adam Stockhausen 4.0
Luciana Arrighi 4.0
Nathan Crowley 4.0
Bob Shaw 4.0
David Womersley 4.0
Jim Clay 4.0
Grant Freckelton 4.0
John Myhre 4.0
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Art Direction
John Hoesli 5.0
Junpei Oosumi 5.0
Shigemasa Toda 5.0
Nicolas Lepage 4.5
Austin Gorg 4.5
Carlos Zaragoza 4.5
Jesse Rosenthal 4.5
Emmanuel Shiu 4.5
Jeanette Scott 4.5
Steve Joyner 4.5
Arthur Lawson 4.5
Hans Dreier 4.5
William Flannery 4.5
Isabelle Guay 4.2
Sue Chan 4.0
Javiera Varas 4.0
Patrick Rolfe 4.0
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Set Decoration
Guy Pigeon 5.0
Marco Lavallée 5.0
Zenichi Tajiri 5.0
Alex Touikan 4.5
Frédéric Amblard 4.5
Philippe Lord 4.5
Allen Coulter 4.5
Edward Tamayo 4.5
Jamie Maheu 4.5
Jeff Higinbotham 4.5
Jennie Harris 4.5
Julia K. Levine 4.5
Laura Musso 4.5
Pilar Revuelta 4.5
Heather Loeffler 4.5
David Hack 4.5
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Visual Effects
Stanley Kubrick 5.0
Andy Fowler 5.0
Arild Anfinnsen 5.0
Chad Malbon 5.0
Colin Strause 5.0
Daniel Leduc 5.0
Gayle Busby 5.0
Grant Freckelton 5.0
Greg Strause 5.0
Ismat Zaidi 5.0
Joshua Cordes 5.0
Mandy Tankenson 5.0
Michael Meagher 5.0
Nina Fallon 5.0
Richard Martin 5.0
Thierry Delattre 5.0
Michael Cozens 4.8
Kirsty Millar 4.5
Persis Reynolds 4.5
Chris Watts 4.5
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Composers
Toru Takemitsu 5.0
Owen Pallett 4.5
Will Butler 4.5
Javier Navarrete 4.5
Lars Johan Werle 4.5
Graeme Revell 4.5
Masamichi Amano 4.5
Fumio Hayasaka 4.5
Brian Easdale 4.5
Nino Rota 4.5
Troy Sanders 4.5
Danny Elfman 4.2
Pino Donaggio 4.0
Tyler Bates 4.0
Franz Waxman 4.0
Simon Rhodes 4.0
Atticus Ross 4.0
Trent Reznor 4.0
Jake Monaco 4.0
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Sound
H.L. Bird 5.0
Winston Ryder 5.0
Brad North 5.0
David Werntz 5.0
Jon Mete 5.0
Scott Hecker 5.0
Hideo Nishizaki 5.0
Chris Jenkins 4.5
Larry Zipf 4.5
Michael Payne 4.5
John Neff 4.5
Patrick Giraudi 4.5
Dana Blanco 4.5
Martín Hernández 4.5
Lennart Engholm 4.5
Olle Jacobsson 4.5
Robert Rodriguez 4.5
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Costumes
Lyse Pomerleau 5.0
Mitsuzô Ueda 5.0
Casey Storm 4.5
Joseph Markham 4.5
Cheri Reed 4.5
Lucinda Campbell 4.5
Lala Huete 4.5
Rocío Redondo 4.5
Mago 4.5
Annette Hoffman 4.5
Hein Heckroth 4.5
Piero Gherardi 4.5
Alexandra Byrne 4.0
Lynda Foote 4.0
Amy Stofsky 4.0
Beau Desmond 4.0
Debbie Holbrook 4.0
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Make-Up
Graham Freeborn 5.0
Stuart Freeborn 5.0
David Scott 5.0
Scott Wheeler 5.0
Steve Artmont 4.5
Kimberly Greene 4.5
Lynn Barber 4.5
Randy Westgate 4.5
David Martí 4.5
José Quetglás 4.5
Montse Ribé 4.5
Janeen Schreyer 4.5
Trish Seeney 4.5
Ermahn Ospina 4.5
Joe Rivera 4.5
Scott Patton 4.5
Eric Carter 4.5
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Studios
Stanley Kubrick Productions 5.0
Virtual Studios 5.0
Shochiku 5.0
Atmosphere Entertainment MM 4.5
Hollywood Gang Productions 4.5
Nimar Studios 4.5
Flower Films 4.5
Gaylord Films 4.5
Pandora Cinema 4.5
Babbo Inc. 4.5
Esperanto Filmoj 4.5
Estudios Picasso 4.5
Telecinco Cinema 4.5
TajLV’s most liked review
Mulholland Drive 2001
No hay banda! It's all a tape. Il n'est pas de orquestra. It is... an illusion! ~ Bondar at Club Silencio
This magnificent movie will mess with your mind. Over a five-hour period on Saturday night, I watched this film carefully, read up about it on the Internet, and watched…
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Best Picture
A list of all the films that have won the Academy Award for Best Picture, in chronological order.
A lot of very popular films never even get nominated for Best Picture, so I don't think "staying power" has much to do with it. The criteria for selection is rather arbitrary…
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