tagged by @herbaklava @timrothencrantz and @wutheringdyke to post my top nine new-to-me watches of the year—thank you all!
in no particular order (l-r, top row to bottom row):
skinamarink (kyle edward ball, 2023)
great freedom (sebastian meise, 2021)
earth mama (savanah leaf, 2023)
nineteen eighty-four (michael radford, 1984)
enys men (mark jenkin, 2022)
marina abramović & ulay: no predicted end (kasper bech dyg, 2022)
paris 5:59: théo & hugo (olivier ducastel and jacques martineau, 2016)
nationtime (william greaves, 1972)
giants and toys (yasuzo masumura, 1958)
while i hit my continual goal of half of the films by women and nonbinary filmmakers, i still definitely need to keep up with deliberately seeking out films by directors of color! tell me your faves if you’ve seen any of these; do we think i can hit 150 titles in 2024? 👀🎬🍿🎥
i'll tag @sightofsea / @lesbiancolumbo / @nelson-riddle-me-this / @draftdodgerag / @edwardalbee / @majorbaby / @radioprune / @glennmillerorchestra / @deadpanwalking and anyone else who'd like to do this!
my full watchlist is included under the cut, favorites of the year are bolded in red:
The Final Exit of the Disciples of Ascensia (Jonni Phillips, 2019)
Nothing Bad Can Happen (Katrin Gebbe, 2013)
Dive (Lucía Puenzo, 2022)
The Menu (Mark Mylod, 2022)
The Wonder (Sebastián Lelio, 2022)
The Whale (Darren Aronofsky, 2022)
Shapeless (Samantha Aldana, 2021)
Skinamarink (Kyle Edward Ball, 2023)
Avatar: The Way of Water (James Cameron, 2022)
Actual People (Kit Zauhar, 2021)
Honeycomb (Avalon Fast 2022)
Warrendale (Allan King, 1967)
Women Talking (Sarah Polley, 2022)
This Place Rules (Andrew Callaghan, 2022)
Nationtime (William Greaves, 1972)
Deep End (Jerzy Skolimowski, 1970)
Incident in a Ghostland (Pascal Laugier, 2018)
Keane (Lodge Kerrigan, 2004)
I Start Counting (David Greene, 1970)
Bones and All (Luca Guadagnino, 2022)
Tár (Todd Field, 2022)
The Most Dangerous Game (Ernest B. Schoedsack and Irving Pichel, 1932)
These Three (William Wyler, 1936)
Dead End (William Wyler, 1937)
The Sport Parade (Dudley Murphy, 1932)
We're All Going to the World's Fair (Jane Schoenbrun, 2021)
Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay, 1995)
Smile (Parker Finn, 2022)
Holiday (Isabella Eklöf, 2018)
When Women Kill (Lee Grant, 1983)
Softie (Samuel Theis, 2021)
My Old School (Jono McLeod, 2022)
Beyond The Black Rainbow (Panos Cosmatos, 2010)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Marielle Heller, 2015)
Infinity Pool (Brandon Cronenberg, 2023)
Murina (Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic, 2021)
The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022)
Doubt (John Patrick Shanley, 2007)
Enys Men (Mark Jenkin, 2022)
Bully (Larry Clark, 2001)
My King (Maïwenn, 2015)
Festen (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998)
Marina Abramovic & Ulay: No Predicted End (Kasper Bech Dyg, 2022)
Elles (Małgośka Szumowska, 2011)
Poison Ivy (Katt Shea, 1992)
ear for eye (debbie tucker green, 2021)
Spring Blossom (Suzanne Lindon, 2020)
God's Creatures (Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer, 2023)
I Blame Society (Gillian Wallace Horvat, 2020)
Bama Rush (Rachel Fleit, 2023)
Is This Fate? (Helga Reidemeister, 1979)
Paris 5:59: Théo & Hugo (Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau, 2016)
Madeline's Madeline (Josephine Decker, 2018)
The Strays (Nathaniel Martello-White, 2023)
Here Is Always Somewhere Else (René Daalder, 2007)
The Weather Underground (Sam Green and Bill Siegel, 2002)
American Revolution 2 (Mike Gray, 1969)
Judas and the Black Messiah (Shaka King, 2021)
Underground (Emile de Antonio, Mary Lampson, and Haskell Wexler, 1976)
Saint Omer (Alice Diop, 2022)
Baby Ruby (Bess Wohl, 2022)
Welcome to Me (Shira Piven, 2014)
Clock (Alexis Jacknow, 2023)
Knock at the Cabin (M. Night Shyamalan, 2023)
Blue Jean (Georgia Oakley, 2022)
Soft & Quiet (Beth de Araújo, 2022)
Jesus' Son (Alison Maclean, 1999)
The Rehearsal (Alison Maclean, 2016)
Violent Playground (Basil Dearden, 1958)
Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog, 2005)
A Banquet (Ruth Paxton, 2021)
Jagged Mind (Kelley Kali, 2023)
The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani, 1974)
Good Boy (Viljar Bøe, 2023)
Sanctuary (Zachary Wigon, 2022)
Little Girl (Sébastien Lifshitz, 2020)
Séance on a Wet Afternoon (Bryan Forbes, 1964)
Massacre at Central High (Rene Daalder, 1976)
Summer of Soul (Amir "Questlove" Thompson, 2021)
Bad Things (Stewart Thorndike, 2023)
Still (Takashi Doscher , 2018)
Lake Mungo (Joel Anderson, 2008)
The Vanishing (George Sluizer, 1988)
The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring (Erin Lee Carr, 2023)
Giants and Toys (Yasuzo Masumura, 1958)
Spoonful of Sugar (Mercedes Bryce Morgan, 2022)
Double Lover (François Ozon , 2017)
Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018)
Bodies Bodies Bodies (Halina Reijn, 2022)
Don't Call Me Son (Anna Muylaert, 2016)
Great Freedom (Sebastian Meise, 2021)
Mother! (Darren Aronofsky, 2017)
The Mind of Mr. Soames (Alan Cooke, 1970)
The Bloody Child (Nina Menkes, 1996)
Bunker (Jenny Perlin, 2021)
Polytechnique (Denis Villeneuve, 2009)
Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America (Brian Knappenberger, 2023)
The Woodsman (Nicole Kassell, 2004)
Giant Little Ones (Keith Behrman, 2018)
The Killing of a Sacred Deer(Yorgos Lanthimos, 2017)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (Michael Radford, 1984)
Saltburn (Emerald Fennell, 2023)
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé (Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, 2023)
May December (Todd Haynes, 2023)
Free Chol Soo Lee (Julie Ha and Eugene Yi, 2022)
Girl (Lukas Dhont, 2018)
Queen of Hearts (May el-Toukhy, 2019)
Streetwise (Martin Bell, 1984)
System Crasher (Nora Fingscheidt, 2019)
Burden (Richard Dewey and Timothy Marrinan, 2016)
As Above, So Below (Larry Clark, 1973)
The Captive (Chantal Akerman, 2000)
Run Rabbit Run (Daina Reid, 2023)
Subject (Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall, 2022)
Earth Mama (Savanah Leaf, 2023)
Woodshock (Kate Mulleavy and Laura Mulleavy, 2017)
Swept Away (Lina Wertmüller, 1974)
Meadowland (Reed Morano, 2015)
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (Nina Menkes, 2022)
La Ciénaga (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)
Zola (Janicza Bravo, 2021)
The Starling Girl (Laurel Parmet, 2023)
Night Comes On (Jordana Spiro, 2018)
Dance, Girl, Dance (Dorothy Arzner, 1940)
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