2014 best movies

Best movies of 2014 1. “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (Wes Anderson)
2. “Thou Wast Mild and Lovely” (Josephine Decker)
3. “Goodbye to Language” (Jean-Luc Godard)
4. “The Last of the Unjust” (Claude Lanzmann)
5. “The Immigrant” (James Gray)
6. “American Sniper” (Clint Eastwood)
7. “Listen Up Philip” (Alex Ross Perry)
8. “Actress” (Robert Greene)
9. “Memphis” (Tim Sutton)
10. “Butter on the Latch” (Josephine Decker)
11. in alphabetical order: “Evolution of a Criminal” (Darius Clark Monroe) “Gone Girl” (David Fincher) “Happy Christmas” (Joe Swanberg) “It Felt Like Love” (Eliza Hittman) “Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian” (Arnaud Desplechin) “Life of Riley” (Alain Resnais) “Magic in the Moonlight” (Woody Allen) “Soft in the Head” (Nathan Silver) “Story of My Death” (Albert Serra) “Stranger by the Lake” (Alain Guiraudie)
21.in alphabetical order: “Jealousy” (Philippe Garrel) “Jersey Boys” (Clint Eastwood) “Life Itself” (Steve James) “Manakamana” (Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez) “Marvin Seth and Stanley” (Stephen Gurewitz) “The Missing Picture” (Rithy Panh) “Selma” (Ava DuVernay) “Tip Top” (Serge Bozon) “The Unknown Known” (Errol Morris) “What Now? Remind Me” (Joaquim Pinto) “One Day Pina Asked … ” (Chantal Akerman), which was released here this year but is from 1983; it would be eleventh in the top ten.
 Best Tv Shows: “Jane the Virgin” Amazon’s “Transparent.” HBO’s “Getting On.” NBC’s “Hannibal.” Vimeo’s “High Maintenance.” Channel 4’s “Black Mirror,” a sci-fi series to resurface your brain. HBO’s “The Leftovers,” a weepy oddity with miraculous force. Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black.” HBO’s “Olive Kitteridge,” a stealthy, slow-fuse literary adaptation. Comedy Central’s “Broad City,” shaggy, salty, and crazy confident. Of course, new isn’t all that’s interesting.
Below are the shows I recommend when people are looking for a drama, once I figure out whether they’re looking to cry, solve a murder, or are simply one of all the people who live on earth, to whom I recommend “The Good Wife.” Again, they are not in order. FX’s “The Americans,” especially after its near-perfect Season 2. CBS’s “The Good Wife.” Please go back and watch it all. BBC’s “Sherlock,” which stars Benedict Cumberbatch. ABCFamily’s “The Fosters,” a warm, intelligent, and deep family series. CW’s “Jane the Virgin,” the best new show of the year, if I made lists. Showtime’s “Homeland,” which had a memorable comeback season. Netflix’s “Happy Valley,” a gritty, affecting crime drama. BBC’s “Call the Midwife,” a satisfying British historical medical procedural. AMC’s still-trippy “Mad Men.” HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” most likely—though because time is non-infinite, I never managed to catch up on the whole season. (Full disclosure: I’m entirely caught up on “Nashville,” although it is objectively twenty-three times more terrible than “Game of Thrones.”) If I were really doing this in order, my whole non-list might be comedies—and half the shows listed above are very funny. Anyway, in no order, these are some favorite half-hour series that contain jokes, although there are a bunch missing (like “Review” and “Peep Show”) that I need to catch up on. FXX’s “Always Sunny,” now and forever. HBO’s “Girls,” endlessly critiqued, now entering Season 4, in which Hannah gets critiqued. FX’s “Louie,” which hits and misses in the best way. FXX’s “You’re the Worst,” the best new sitcom of the year, if I made lists. Fox’s “The Mindy Project,” the rare network sitcom with bite and idiosyncrasy. FX’s “Archer,” good counter-programming for every horrible thing in the news. ABC’s “The Middle,” the perfect family sitcom. “The Comeback,” a caustic skeleton key to television. IFC’s “Portlandia,” Comedy Central’s “Key & Peele,” and Comedy Central’s “Inside Amy Schumer”—fantastic sketch shows. FOX’s “Bob’s Burgers,” which has a cult following for good reason. Comedy Central’s “Drunk History,” from which you’ll learn more than you realize (although I regret not catching up with “The Roosevelts,” which I would almost certainly have somewhere on this non-list). HBO’s “Veep” found its feet in Season 2 and has been kicking ever since. Email Print