Tuesday, December 31, 2024

2024's Film-watching summary


2023 - Hit Man
2023 - The Holdovers
2023 - Godzilla Minus One
2023 - Dream Scenario
2023 - Robot Dreams (wonderful, but I didn't review it because it's a Frederick film)
2022 - Everything Everywhere All At Once
2022 - Bodies Bodies Bodies
2021 - The Worst Person in the World
2016 - The Nice Guys
2014 - The Fool
2014 - Predestination
2007 - Eastern Promises
2007 - Timecrimes
2004 - Primer
1994 - Cabin Boy
1990 - Close-Up
1987 - Where is the friend's house?
1987 - The Hidden
1975 - Barry Lyndon
1974 - The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
1961 - Il Posto (The Job)
1961 - Viridiana
1960 - L'Avventura
1960 - Midnight Lace
1959 - Floating Weeds
1959 - Fires On The Plain
1958 - Ivan the Terrible, Part II
1955 - Pather Panchali
1955 - Richard III
1952 - Forbidden Games
1947 - The Lost Moment
1945 - Christmas in Connecticut
1944 - The Uninvited
1942 - I Married a Witch
1941 - Nous Les Gosses
1939 - The Roaring Twenties
1938 - Alexander Nevsky
1938 - Angels with Dirty Faces
1933 - King Kong
1931 - À Nous La Liberté
1924 - The Hands of Orlac 
1921 - The Indian Tomb

Well, this year, while a horrible anus in other respects, was a definite improvement on last in quantity of films watched - I see we hit every decade from the 1920s to the 2020s. We made a concerted effort to finish our 50 Years of Janus Films/Essential Art House box set (falling only 5 short), and it was in there that we found many of this year's gems (Il Posto, Forbidden Games, Fires on the Plain and Floating Weeds were unexpected highlights).  I see we also saw a fair number of films from the 2020's, of which the standout was probably The Holdovers (for me) or Everything Everywhere (for Jami).  Definitely the most obscure (at least, these days) film had to be The Indian Tomb, which I enjoyed more than I expected, but will not feel the need to revisit soon.  Unlike previous years, we didn't binge on any particular person's filmography, something that The Criterion Channel makes easier - so perhaps that a sign that we should re-subscribe.  But let's finish that box set first!

Previous Years' Summaries:
2023
2022
2021
2020

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