An ongoing list of the films I’ve seen in cinema in 2023.
★★★★★ – Favourite / Classic / Masterpiece
★★★★½ – Excellent
★★★★ – Great
★★★½ – Good (Minor Flawed Elements)
★★★ – Interesting (Flawed Elements)
★★½ – Major Flaws but Worthy
★★ – Disappointing
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
★★★★½
dir. Beyoncé
Documentary Concert
[USA, 2023]
Jalsaghar (Music Room)
★★★★½
dir. Satyajit Ray
Drama
[India / Bengal, 1958]
Pratidwandi
★★★★½
dir. Satyajit Ray
Drama
[India / Bengal, 1970]
탑 (Walk Up)
★★★½
dir. Hong Sang-Soo
Drama
[South Korea, 2022]
Killers of the Flower Moon
★★★★½
dir. Martin Scorsese
Epic Revisionist Western Crime Drama
[USA, 2023]
Pierrot le Fou
★★★★★
dir. Jean-Luc Godard
New Wave Romantic Road Drama
[France, 1965]
Barbie
★★★½
dir. Greta Gerwig
Fantasy Comedy
[USA, 2023]
Oppenheimer
★★★½
dir. Christopher Nolan
Biographical Drama
[USA / UK, 2023]
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
★★★½
dir. Christopher McQuarrie
Spy Action
[USA, 2023]
Asteroid City
★★
dir. Wes Anderson
Comedy-Drama
[USA, 2023]
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
★★★★
dir. Joaquim de Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson
Computer-Animated Superhero
[USA, 2023]
Eismayer
★★★
dir. David Wagner
Drama
[Austria, 2022]
Der Rhein fließt ins Mittelmeer (The Rhine Flows to the Mediterranean Sea)
★★★
dir. Offer Avnon
Documentary
[Israel, 2021]
Das Lehrerzimmer (The Teacher’s Lounge)
★★★
dir. İlker Çatak
Drama
[Germany, 2023]
John Wick: Chapter 4
★★
dir. Chad Stahelski
Action
[USA, 2023]
Apocalypse Now: Final Cut
★★★★★
dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Epic War
[USA, 2019]
Tár
★★★★½
dir. Todd Field
Psychological Drama
[USA / Germany, 2022]
Close
★★★★
dir. Lukas Dhont
Coming-of-Age Drama
[Belgium / Netherlands / France, 2022]
Titanic: 3D
★★★★★
dir. James Cameron
Epic Romance / Disaster
[USA, 1997]
Jaws: 3D
★★★★★
dir. Steven Spielberg
Thriller
[USA, 1975]