Just like that, another year has come and gone, and it's been an interesting one. At times it's been difficult juggling all my various interests and responsibilities while still maintaining the blog, and for awhile I had to take a break from it; but don't worry, my love for cinema is as strong as ever, and I plan to keep doing my part in bringing attention to films nobody's heard of for as long as I can.
Looking at my stats as I write this, I'm up to over 650 posts, the vast majority of them being reviews. Most amazingly there have been over 530,000 pageviews from 308,000 unique visitors, and in the last year there have been visits from 190 different countries. That represents almost the entire world, save for North Korea, plus a small handful of countries in Central Africa. I never expected my little niche to have this kind of reach or popularity when starting out, so its a bit staggering to see.
Big shout outs go out to my most frequent and loyal commenters. Some of whom have been around since almost the beginning, and some who I've sadly not seen or heard from in a long time:
- The Angry Lurker
- D4AM
- A 1Tofu Life
- Front Room Cinema
- The Reel Foto
- Never Too Early Movie Predictions
- Jack L. film reviews
- Rorschach Redemption
- Blah blah blah gay
- Le Mot du Cinephiliaque
- Beasts in Human Skin
- 365 Movies and Songs
- Film Master Journal
- Lime Reviews and Strawberry Confessions
- A Vegetarian Mind
- Genkinahito's Blog
- Lisa Thatcher
- Impassioned Cinema
- Anomalous Material
- Cinematic Corner
and also to those who visit and send traffic my way but prefer to lurk on the sidelines:
- Southern Vision
- Danzon
- Jackie Sekar
- The Film Emporium
- The Droid You're Looking For
- A Hero Never Dies
- Croissant au Chocolat
- Cinematic Paradox
- Deadly Doll's House of Horror Nonsense
- Duke & The Movies
- Big Thoughts from a Small Mind
- The Velvet Café
- Inspired Ground
- Cinemascope
- FilmScope
- Myfilmviews
- Cinema JZ
- Cinemart
- Goregirl's Dungeon
- 1001Plus
and a few other important blogs/bloggers who provide endless amounts of awesomeness, inspiration, entertainment, and valuable insight:
- Aidy Reviews
- A Potpourri of Vestiges
- Can You Dig It?
- Cinematic Katzenjammer
- Deny Everything
- Dr Blood's Video Vault
- Fille Sourires
- Flights, Tights, & Movie Nights
- Fogs' Movie Reviews
- French Toast Sunday
- Hollywood Spy
- Love & Squalor
- The Most Beautiful Fraud in the World
- Movie On
- Mettel Ray Movie Blog
- Surrender to the Void
- Virginie's Cinema
and to everyone else I forgot, including the hundreds who stop by daily for whatever reason. Thank you all!
It's been a great adventure so far, I've seen and learned so much, and made a lot of cool friends from all over. Hopefully more of these great things are in store for the coming year.
Cheers!
79 comments:
2 years and so many accomplishments- congratulations for everything BT, you deserve it! Your blog is one of the best, most informative and interesting ones I have ever read! Keep up the good work!
I don't know anyone who makes more to highlight the great movies that otherwise would pass unnoticed than you do. You are a filmspotter in its best sense. Thank you for bringing the world of movies to all of us! And congratulations!
Congratulations! 2 years is a great achievement! As Jessica said, you do highlight so many films that I would have never heard of had it not been for you. So well done :)
2 years, feels like you've always been there! (I've been at it for 2½ years you see) Happy Anniversary, and thanks for all the reviews and festival coverage.
Congrats,BT.The whole cinema world should thank you,you site is the most unique blog I've ever read.
Well done BT. It's a hard slog sometimes I know but worth it in the end!
Hey man, congrats! I've been visiting your blog regularly, but ever since you changed the comments system (twice I believe), I just got tired of creating a new account and logging in.
Anyway, here's to two more years of awesome movie recommendations!!! :D
Oh, right. I forgot out blogoversaries are a day apart. Congratulations for the success of your blog. The third year's gonna be more awesome, that we can promise.
Congratulations. Time flies by when you start blogging. doesn't it? Thanks you for providing information about some often overlooked foreign movies which I then have to spend months trying to track down. :)
So, I haven't posted here (or anywhere else where Disqus is used) because the comment thread didn't load. Now I realise the problem is Chrome, sorry about that.
Anyway, congratulations! You keep this site neat, you're constant, reliable, and always professional. There's some real quality here, and your dedication to foreign cinema sets BT apart, and it's educational - if not for your reviews I wouldn't have seen many great independent films, so thank you. I'm glad to know you're reaching so many people, and hope BT keeps growing. Have a swell third year of blogging!
Congrats for two awesome years so far! Amazing stuff indeed!
Congrats!! Thanks for the link this is very much appreciated! I hope you'll keep on blogging for thousands of other posts! I love your niche and you bring light on movies that I wouldn't have heard of have read about. Now Bonjour Tristesse is essential in my morning routine!
Congratulations mate! Your ability to be true to your aspirations has made you our primary source of inspiration. I salute your perseverance and assiduity. Thanks for being a role model for me as well as countless other bloggers!!! Just keep the juggernaut rolling :-)
Congratulations, Bonjour!
Thank you for expanding my pallet with films foreign, domestic and just plain good!
Looking forward toward many more!
Great! Congratulations on 2 Awesome Years, Bonjour. It's great to see you highlighting films that we generally don't see anywhere else. Keep it up, Bonjour !!
Happy birthday and 1000 congratulations! Keep up the good work!
Happy Birthday from Buenos Aires, Argentina!
Congratulations! and Many More!!!
Congratulations! You're truly an inspiration, I hope to juggle my life around and manage myself into something as professional as what you've got eventually.
To many more!
Congratulations Bonjour! You really do provide an important service here and I am always amazed that you are able to find so many of these films! Happy Anniversary!
Congrats on 2 years!!!
Huge congrats BT! Your site is one of the few on my morning routine. Your email never goes unopened by me. And even the grey lady sometimes goes unopened by me!
Your site is superb, your warmth and hospitality second to none! You have a winning formula here and I wish you many many many more happy years.
No!!! Thankyou!!! Pleasure discovering some gems I hadn't heard off...
You are one of the bloggers I respect the most, so your words mean a lot. Thank you Jessica!
Thank you Stevee! It actually is a big achievement for me sticking with something for this long.
Thanks Chris, seems like yesterday I discovered your blog and your great mix of music and films.
Thanks David. You too provide a unique perspective in the blogging world. I don't know of any other Chinese, or even any other Asian film blogs that are actually based over there and also write in English.
Thanks Steven. It's comments like these that make it worth it.
I actually only changed it once. Disqus recently did an overhaul of their system, and your old account should still work with it. Not sure what's up with that.
Anyhow, thanks for sticking around, and for highlighting the work of cool photographers!
That's cool. We are almost twins :) Here's to another great year!
Thanks Dr Blood. I hope the recommendations have been mostly good ones.
That's odd, I'm using Chrome to reply right now. Maybe it's one of the extensions you are using? Anyhow, thanks for letting me know about that. I'll see if there is some kind of compatibility problem. And also thank you for your kind words!
Thanks Joel! Hopefully before too long I'll get to review a Joel Burman Production on here.
Thanks Michaël! You are a part of my daily rounds too, and I hope we both make it that long.
Thanks JD, and thanks for all your always vivid posts and comments. Maybe I'll have to try recruiting you for a couple guest spots from time to time.
Thank you SDG! You do an excellent job with the foreign classics yourself.
Thanks Pete!
Thanks Ricardo!
Thanks Storyteller! Your awards and festival coverage is by far the best around, and I aspire to one day be able to provide the same level of dedicated coverage.
Thanks D4, especially for your remarkably consistent visits and comments. You've come a long way too since the early days, as far as quality of posts and presentation. Keep bringing the tunes, and I'll keep bringing the flicks.
Thanks, and good to see you back in action NTE! Was getting worried there.
Thank you Steven! Your pace and consistency always amazes me.
Thank you Lisa, despite what I've heard about the quality of Aussie newspapers that is a huge compliment. :)
Thanks Mavi, you guys do a great job over there too, and I like it even better now that I finally discovered the button to change the theme from dark to light.
Thank you very much Diana!
Thanks Murtaza, that's some strong praise. I will try my best to live up to that.
Congratulations BT on a great milestone, and hopefully many more to come!
Congratulations BT on a great milestone, and hopefully many more to come!
Ha! I don't even read Aust newspapers ( I can hear about football and female wardrobe malfunctions on the net). I was talking about the NYT - and it's still true! :)
Congratulations! I know how much hard work it is and how it's sometimes a challenge to keep it going so well done.
I can only comment on your site using Google Chrome. I've experienced Internet Explorer doesn't load Disqus. Same deal for me at Pete's site I Love That Film(he also uses Disqus)
Thanks for the inclusion and congrats on 2 wonderful years. I thought this website had been around for a lot longer. You do a fantastic job here. Here's to many more.
And let's not forget A.Jaye from Thrill Fiction who's always a bridesmaid.
Two years! Congratulations! You should get a medal for Services to Cinema or something along those lines only much more finely worded. Your blog is still one of the most interesting and stylish!
Thanks for the shout out and thanks for commenting on my blog. I always appreciate the comments and it's great exchanging ideas because you are a true cinephile and I like to read your views on Japanese cinema!
Congrats! Two years is an important threshold, I remember my blogging totally expanded after the second year. I'm coming into my third now and it has been a wild ride - definitely for everybody so good luck with the blogging future as well!
PS: Wow, you can list so many blogs and stuff, magic. I keep forgetting to check my blogroll now as I'm back in school. Bad, blogger, bad! Anyways, congrats again!!
Aw thank you for including me in your blog-friends, BT!
And may the many years of blogging carry on for you!
niiiiiiiiiiiiice, Congrats again. 2 years is serious now as most people flake out of blogging after a few months. Always enjoy your write ups and tips for new films.
Thanks Martin!
Haha. In that case, thank you again. I'll try to not let it get to my head.
Thank you AHND!
Thanks evl keith, you do a great job finding the obscurities, and I'm glad to count you among my readers.
Thanks Max. For dropping by and for the mention on your site!
Apologies, but thanks for stopping by AJaye.
Thanks Jason. You provide an excellent service over there as well. There are tons of Japanese movie blogs but you are my favorite one.
Thanks Mettel Ray! Here's to a great third year!
You know, I used to try to discover and follow at least 5 new blogs every month, but lately I barely have the time to even keep up with the existing ones in my reader.
Thanks Cherokee, and no worries, I always love reading your rants.
Thanks MRanthrope. It's true only the serious ones make it this far. Glad you are one of them.
Hi, Bonjour:
I'm always up for a challenge.
Let me know what you think.
Never mind me; you know I was joking, right?
Congrats Bonjour!! Sorry I haven't been around often but I'll come and visit more often :)
A bit late dropping by, but congrats on hitting the two year mark!
HUGE cheers to you and your site! Happy two years, keep on going!
How the feck did I miss this??????
Happy 2nd Anniversary matey
Thanks Ruth!
and a bit late in reply... thank you!
Thanks Alex! I appreciate it.
No worries. Thanks for your continued support Scott!
Amazing! Can't believe I missed this as well! Buried in books! Thank you so much for the mention. You truly have a wonderful and informative site. I am truly inspired by you. Thank you for your awesome.
Thanks AIDY, better late than never. Always glad when you drop by!
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