Old Blues Chapter and Verse | The Best 21st Century Films I’ve Seen: 40-31 @OldBluesChapterandVerse | Uploaded September 2022 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
I've long believed that the first two decades of this century have been two of the weakest decades for cinema. It occurred to me not long ago to wonder what, then, might be the best films from these 20 years -- the gems in the dross, if you will. So during the pandemic, I started filling in gaps in my viewing and assembling a ranked list of the 21st century films I -- as a student of film, as an unabashed film fan and as a former Film Studies instructor -- considered the best.

The Ethan Hawke interview that I mention can be found here: indiewire.com/2022/07/ethan-hawke-interview-the-last-movie-stars-1234742709

A magnificent bit of writing on Noah, that chimes with my own appreciation and that I just discovered earlier this summer: brightwalldarkroom.com/2016/08/08/sacred-texts-and-ruined-childhoods-on-aronofskys-noah

Please let me know what you think of the films I hold in such high regard from the last two decades. The earlier videos in this series can be found linked below:

The Best 21st Century Films I've Seen: Introduction: youtube.com/watch?v=f-zhCGB601g

The Best 21st Century Films I've Seen: 100-91: youtube.com/watch?v=ooBy95-33jY

The Best 21st Century Films I've Seen: 90-81: youtube.com/watch?v=-IhqFo6-KW0

The Best 21st Century Films I’ve Seen: 80-71: youtube.com/watch?v=cj-9CFXHCyY&t=106s

The Best 21st Century Films I've Seen: 70-61: youtube.com/watch?v=8bt-ro1ijZQ&t=646s

The Best 21st Century Films I've Seen: 60-51: youtube.com/watch?v=anaT1D9ReOI&t=153s

The Best 21st Century Films I've Seen: 50-41: youtube.com/watch?v=1610PedaaSQ&t=89s