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My Favorite Films of 2022
Although I am aware that this channel is firstly about books and secondly about cinema, I just wanted to share my favorite films from last year in video form, hoping you get good recommendations out of it and love them as much as I did.
Here I present a curated selection of the best films from 2022, showcasing cinematic masterpieces from various countries around the world. Join me on this international journey as we explore the diverse storytelling, exceptional performances, and visual wonders that made these films stand out in the past year.
From thought-provoking dramas to thrilling adventures, this collection encompasses a wide range of genres and themes, each offering a unique perspective and cultural richness. Discover hidden gems and acclaimed titles that captivated audiences and critics alike, as we celebrate the art of filmmaking on a global scale.
Join me as we celebrate the rich tapestry of world cinema, appreciating the incredible talent and creativity from different corners of the globe. Whether you're a film enthusiast or looking for new recommendations, this video will introduce you to outstanding films that deserve your attention.
Don't forget to subscribe to my channel for more exciting discussions on films, international cinema, and the power of storytelling. Share your thoughts in the comments below and let's continue exploring the vibrant world of cinema together!
Until we meet again.
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In - Words That Matter
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In this video, we delve into the captivating world of the graphic novel "In." written by the talented Will McPhail. Join me as we explore the profound storytelling and stunning visuals that make this graphic novel a must-read. Written by acclaimed author and illustrator Will McPhail, "In." takes readers on an introspective journey through the complexities of everyday life. Through a series of i...
Top Ten Sci-Fi Novels from the 50s // Curious Robin's Favorites
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In this video, I share my top ten favorite science fiction novels from the 1950s, taking you on a literary journey into the world of classic sci-fi. Join me as we explore the captivating stories that defined the era and continue to inspire readers today. From visionary concepts to thought-provoking narratives, these novels captured the essence of science fiction during the 1950s. Get ready for ...
Top Ten Sci-Fi Films from the 50s // Curious Robin's Favorites
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In this video, I share my top ten favorite science fiction films from the 1950s, taking you on a nostalgic journey into the world of classic sci-fi. Join me as we explore the captivating movies that defined the era and continue to inspire audiences today. From thrilling adventures to imaginative concepts, these films captured the essence of science fiction during the 1950s. Get ready for a coun...
The Incredible Shrinking Man // Meaningful Science Fiction From the 50s
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The Incredible Shrinking Man // Meaningful Science Fiction From the 50s
Stranger in the Woods // The North Pond Hermit
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Stranger in the Woods // The North Pond Hermit
The Life and Death of Vincent van Gogh
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The Life and Death of Vincent van Gogh
House of Leaves - A Place of Absence
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House of Leaves - A Place of Absence
Where the Wild Things Are // Growing Up is Hard
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Where the Wild Things Are // Growing Up is Hard
2021 Is Over
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2021 Is Over
Profile // Making a Movie With Just a Computer Screen
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Profile // Making a Movie With Just a Computer Screen
Dune // Adapting the Unadaptable
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Dune // Adapting the Unadaptable
The End of the F***ing World // A Dark Coming of Age Story
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The End of the F ing World // A Dark Coming of Age Story
Drive // How to Elevate Actions Films
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Drive // How to Elevate Actions Films
The Shining TV Series // One of the Worst Stephen King Adaptations
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The Shining TV Series // One of the Worst Stephen King Adaptations
Kubrick's The Shining // Can Great be Greater?
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Kubrick's The Shining // Can Great be Greater?
Perfume // The Smell of Beauty
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Perfume // The Smell of Beauty
Children of Men // Why is it so good?
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Children of Men // Why is it so good?
I'm Thinking of Ending Things // What Gets Lost in Adaptation
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things // What Gets Lost in Adaptation

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  • @jerrioboi
    @jerrioboi 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Would like to buy the book but have held off, afraid that I might get lost or uninterested while reading. This video is definitely a good visual representation of it and stirred up my interest. There's a question I wanna ask, what is the piano piece music used in Chapter 2 of this video when describing a home?

  • @Lavinia_Garcia
    @Lavinia_Garcia 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Miss your videos, great taste and analysis!

  • @youprettywow
    @youprettywow 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you! I needed this. I keep trying to read the book but keep getting lost in the details. Now I might be able to actually finish it

  • @peaceandquiet1983
    @peaceandquiet1983 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's giving jordan Peterson

  • @peaceandquiet1983
    @peaceandquiet1983 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I read this book back to back with Where the Crawdaddys Sing this weekend. Im hooked on the topics of isolation and surviving in nature. (This is a great video)

  • @MrBloodycape
    @MrBloodycape หลายเดือนก่อน

    So good!

  • @natnat4006
    @natnat4006 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who is the music by ?

  • @PablodelaRocha
    @PablodelaRocha 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Still reading the book and just found your amazing video. Thank you for this. I'm loving the experience of reading nd your video just made it richer.

  • @davidnighten5553
    @davidnighten5553 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video is fantastically made...

  • @AnthonyRusso93
    @AnthonyRusso93 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Terrifying? Hardly. The suspense and thriller genres are not mutually inclusive with horror. It is scary like Donnie Darko is scary. It isn't. Unlike Donnie Darko it isn't a super hero movie nor does it have the either or conclusion or even a finite number of conclusions for that matter. It also has a much better internal logic lacking the corny tropes, self-important neologisms in the lore lexicon, lacking the specificity, and most importantly it is far less conclusive. But Donnie Darko being finite is more easily illustrative of something that is harder to notice about Danielewski's labyrinth: all clues are red herrings. The analysis is an exercise in futility much like Navi's efforts to uncover all the House's secrets. If one is lucky enough to have their Karen drag them out they must not ever return lest they risk staying lost should they find themselves lost again. You can not trust a dang word that comes from legendary sigmamale Johnny Truant like oh my god Johnny we get it you score with chicks all the time and you are "the beast" just like Alister Crowley fighting till you knuckles bleed and winning trips to Europe all things that so totally really happened guys trust me fr.

  • @deborah3709
    @deborah3709 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is so well done!!

  • @andrew45038
    @andrew45038 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just picked up the book today I read the first chapter and man I’m in for a journey loved your video❤️

    • @CuriousRobinKnows
      @CuriousRobinKnows 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Indeed you are! Thanks for watching!

  • @andresatf361
    @andresatf361 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    amazing video, will be a long time sub.

  • @weirddreams_fe
    @weirddreams_fe 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just finished the book. Sometimes it was too much. Of everything, really. I need sometime to process. Thanks for such a great video!

  • @IReallyLikeSnails
    @IReallyLikeSnails 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s incomprehensible that this doesn’t have more views. Instant sub! Keep up the excellent work :)

  • @bank8489
    @bank8489 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    6:36 fragments of euclid! i played that game so so much a few years ago

  • @michaeljdauben
    @michaeljdauben 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I first read Martian Chronicles many years ago as a teenager, and at that time I just didn't appreciate it. I recently reread the book, and now realize what a beautiful writer Bradbury was. I'm slowly working my way through the rest of his books now and enjoying every on of them.

    • @CuriousRobinKnows
      @CuriousRobinKnows 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you gave it another try, such a wonderful book!

  • @fallbladew967
    @fallbladew967 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is criminaly under rated, such an amazing video about House of Leaves

  • @s.a.m8365
    @s.a.m8365 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Firstly, fantastic assessment of the "book", I thought it very engaging and well written however I do think to improve your future projects you should try working on your vocal performance (not trying to be mean, just a note). Secondly, I've never heard a better definition of liminal spaces. Great video

    • @CuriousRobinKnows
      @CuriousRobinKnows 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @xxxedward15xxx
    @xxxedward15xxx 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is it that bad?

    • @CuriousRobinKnows
      @CuriousRobinKnows 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is worse than the first part.

  • @magdalenefarmer1331
    @magdalenefarmer1331 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Promo-SM

  • @willp2877
    @willp2877 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice list! I respect the inclusion and placement of Sirens of Titan. Love that book. The only critique I would have is I feel like this list could've used some Alfred Bester. Either The Demolished Man or The Stars My Destination.

  • @RobertGoldman-o2p
    @RobertGoldman-o2p 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When u realize when this movie was made, u appreciate the special effects.

  • @Liz-iu5lx
    @Liz-iu5lx 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great taste!❤

  • @Liz-iu5lx
    @Liz-iu5lx 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video itself is a work of art.

  • @Liz-iu5lx
    @Liz-iu5lx 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video is GREAT. Wow. What a work of art.

  • @joshuamcpeak.
    @joshuamcpeak. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I couldve spent days watching their interpretation of Arrakis

  • @ollyonthemoon
    @ollyonthemoon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    An amazing video, one of the best Hol videos I've ever seen, great job!

  • @trickeried
    @trickeried 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent

  • @Travanators
    @Travanators ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a great video and exactly as I would have pictured the navidson reccord.

  • @someonecalledeulogio2280
    @someonecalledeulogio2280 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don' t forget the fiat multipla

  • @1990embarba
    @1990embarba ปีที่แล้ว

    congrats for the video

  • @TheCapedWanderer
    @TheCapedWanderer ปีที่แล้ว

    I watched Forbidden Planet last week and was blown away by the storytelling craft. The professor truly not knowing who the monster was-what an incredible twist! Rarely does a movie pull off a big reveal like that, with the visual spectacle spent in the middle act. The plot turned completely on itself with no visual help. No new aliens, just expository dialogue and new insight into the characters, almost like a noir ending. Clever and very effective; I was thoroughly impressed. Reminded me of the sci-fi one-shot comics from Steve Ditko in the ‘50s, which always end with a cheesy twist. “The alien-investigator was the alien all along!” This was less cheesy, but in the same spirit of posing psycho-philosophical questions about humanity. Anyway, nice list, I’ll check out some of these others. Day the Earth and War o’ Worlds look interesting. My mom showed me Invasion of the Body Snatchers when I was 11 and it messed me up real bad, I had nightmares for weeks.

    • @CuriousRobinKnows
      @CuriousRobinKnows ปีที่แล้ว

      Forbidden Planet is a film that has definitely stood the test of time. I also love that the professor has very Shakespearean levels of cheese that somehow work perfectly with the tone of the film. Thanks for watching!

  • @cultofj3777
    @cultofj3777 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great list, there are a few titles Im not familiar with at all. More dancing dogs!

  • @IvorPresents
    @IvorPresents ปีที่แล้ว

    Unusual choice for Asimov. I Robot was influential, or the massive Foundation series. Curiously missing from your list is Dune.

  • @stahli3750
    @stahli3750 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video was amazing! Great job

  • @joshuamcpeak.
    @joshuamcpeak. ปีที่แล้ว

    beautiful compilation full of beautiful films

  • @johnathanmaygarden5809
    @johnathanmaygarden5809 ปีที่แล้ว

    Genius and scary at the same time

  • @duende14
    @duende14 ปีที่แล้ว

    So I just bought the book

    • @CuriousRobinKnows
      @CuriousRobinKnows ปีที่แล้ว

      Awesome! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

  • @anthrocoon
    @anthrocoon ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting. The film and the original novel are both wonderful though there's some scientific anomalies (one seventh of an inch per day?) and some dialogue is dated. etc. As an adventure story and psychological thriller, it does work. Our control over our lives can ebb away and we have to struggle for survival against a cat or an insect. Is life still worth living? As Scott becomes separated from his wife (though she is down there in the cellar as she's moving away, and unaware he's there!), he has other things to be concerned about. How not to be decapitated by a mousetrap (film) that he'd set himself. Hunger. The spider (surprised there aren't any other insects down there...) There are also some real life little people we see in person or online--adults three foot tall or less who have to survive in a too-big world, let alone being made fun of. At least they are a constant size. Scott is getting smaller and (in the original book/comic book) has to worry his daughter Beth might crush him by accident. Is he a doll, or her daddy? We take our size for granted but what happens when we revert to kid size, insect size, or even smaller? Somehow in my mind I figure there could be a guy a fraction of an inch tall, walking across a fork leading to a plate, and digging into tiny portions of leftover food...then a spider the size of an airplane shows up. Bob/ShrinkingMan dot com

  • @LarsHuva
    @LarsHuva ปีที่แล้ว

    Its nice to see someone talking about meaningful things, keep it up!

  • @lanmind1024
    @lanmind1024 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was very thoughtful. Thanks.

    • @CuriousRobinKnows
      @CuriousRobinKnows 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

  • @Lavinia_Garcia
    @Lavinia_Garcia 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude you deserve more subs:I loooved this video, as a passionate short stories Sci-fi reader hope to hear more about "vintage" SF or just vintage surreal cinema in general on your channel! Great editing as well!

    • @CuriousRobinKnows
      @CuriousRobinKnows 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! As you can see, I'm very passionate about Sci-Fi too and I'm open to recommendations, if you have a Goodreads account we could add each other, my handle is the same as the name of this channel. Thank you for watching!

  • @ТодорБогосављевић
    @ТодорБогосављевић 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video, though I disagree with Number 9. Have you ever read any books by the Strugatsky brothers? They have a really popular one called "Roadside Picnic" - but I'd argue their best work is severely underrated. It's called "The Doomed City" - and it's my favorite book from them, and it is probably my favorite book ever. They have a really magical writing style in all their other books (snail on the slope, monday begins on saturday), but "Roadside Picnic" and "The Doomed City" are much more grounded in reality. I don't really see "The Doomed City" being discussed anywhere, and I spent a lot of time trying to find information on it - it's just a shame that not many people have read it.

    • @CuriousRobinKnows
      @CuriousRobinKnows 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Woa, I know of Roadside Picnic, but I wasn't aware of The Doomed City, I'll definitely add it to my reading list, maybe if I do a 70s list in the future I may add some of their work, thank you for watching!

  • @joseespinosa843
    @joseespinosa843 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love "The Illustrated Man". Some of those stories would make great adaptations for "Love, Death and Robots"

    • @CuriousRobinKnows
      @CuriousRobinKnows 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Would love to see them in animation style, that's a great idea, actually!

  • @joshuamcpeak.
    @joshuamcpeak. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the martian chronicles has to be the most poetic piece of sci-fi I've ever read. it touches on so much - war, colonization, racism, etc. - and does it through pulpy stories about golden-eyed aliens and madmen. it's genius.

    • @CuriousRobinKnows
      @CuriousRobinKnows 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's that balance between pulp and poetry that makes it so unforgettable, among many other reasons, let's call it pulpy poetry. Thanks for watching!

  • @joseespinosa843
    @joseespinosa843 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    All these new CGI monsters got nothing on the classics

    • @CuriousRobinKnows
      @CuriousRobinKnows 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Definitely, these monsters beat watching polygon-made creatures fighting any day.

  • @joshuamcpeak.
    @joshuamcpeak. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    probably the best words to describe the house on ash tree lane are those spoken by johnny truant in the first few pages: "this is not for you." the house is not for the navidsons or zampanò or johnny, and it punishes them for believing so. the navidsons are driven out, exposed to the deaths of friends and family. zampanò is found dead in his trashed apartment at the start of the novel. johnny goes mad, obsessed with the house to the point of self-destruction. imo, johnny is warning the reader with those beginning words, foreshadowing the labyrinth of words the book will put them through. the house is not for mankind. the house is not for you. excellent video, you've got a new sub :)

    • @CuriousRobinKnows
      @CuriousRobinKnows 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And even with all those warnings, we still enter the house… thank you for watching!

    • @Cl_dzieciak
      @Cl_dzieciak 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I mean Navidson ended up as a better, happier person in spite of all that suffering. For me the House was a metaphor of getting to the lowest point, losing your mind complacently and find a peace in that insanity. Then accepting yourself with all your laws and moving on. I don't think that the House was some evil entity - it wanted to help Navidson in its own twisted way.

  • @lovejuno8648
    @lovejuno8648 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not sure why there isint more videos about this wonderful series both the comic and show :( disappointing glad you made one

  • @oalblunkont6120
    @oalblunkont6120 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've seen most of them, not the scorpion or spider ones. What's great about the early Godzilla franchise is the Akira Ifukube scores.

    • @CuriousRobinKnows
      @CuriousRobinKnows 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You’re right, the score of that film is awesome, what did you think of the list overall?