A list of all the great and interesting films and shows I’ve seen recently.
List is ordered chronologically backwards.
★★★★★ Masterpiece / Classic / Favourite
★★★★½ Exceptional
★★★★ Great
★★★½ Good but some flawed elements
★★★ Interesting but flawed
★★½ Major flaws but some good ideas
The Kids Are All Right
★★★★
dir. Lisa Chodolenko
Comedy-Drama
[USA, 2010]
L’Illusioniste (The Illusionist)
★★★★
dir. Sylvain Chomet
Animated Drama
[France / UK, 2010]
13 Lakes
★★★★½
dir. James Benning
Non-Narrative Experimental
[USA, 2004]
The Skeleton Key
★★½
dir. Iain Softley
Southern Gothic Supernatural Horror
[USA, 2005]
Sweetgrass
★★★★½
dir. Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Documentary
[USA, 2009]
Im toten Winkel – Hitlers Sekretärin (Blind Spot: Hitler’s Secretary)
★★★★
dir. André Heller and Othmar Schmiderer
Documentary
[Austria, 2002]
La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher)
★★★★
dir. Michael Haneke
Erotic Psychological Drama
[France / Austria / Germany, 2001]
Insomnia
★★★★
dir. Christopher Nolan
Psychological Thriller
[USA, 2002]
City Slickers
★★★½
dir. Ron Underwood
Comedy Western
[USA, 1991]
The Ring
★★½
dir. Gore Verbinski
Supernatural Horror
[USA, 2002]
Meet the Parents
★★★½
dir. Jay Roach
Comedy
[USA, 2000]
21 Jump Street
★★
dir. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Buddy Cop Action Comedy
[USA, 2012]
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
★★★★★
dir. George Lucas
Epic Space Opera
[USA, 1977]
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
★★½
dir. Peter Jackson
Epic High Fantasy Adventure
[New Zealand / USA, 2013]
Im Keller (In the Basement)
★★★
dir. Ulrich Seidl
Documentary
[Austria, 2014]
Korengal
★★★½
dir. Sebastian Junger
Documentary
[USA, 2014]
Models
★★★½
dir. Ulrich Seidl
Drama
[Austria, 1998]
一代宗师 (The Grandmaster)
★★★½
dir. Wong Kar-Wai
Martial Arts Drama
[Hong Kong / China, 2013]
Paradies: Liebe (Paradise: Love)
★★★½
dir. Ulrich Seidl
Drama
[Austria, 2012]
John Wick: Chapter 4
★★
dir. Chad Stahelski
Action
[USA, 2023]
犬王 (Inu-Oh)
★★★½
dir. Masaaki Yuasa
Japanese Animated Musical
[Japan, 2021]
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
★★★½
dir. Tim Burton
Urban Gothic Musical Slasher
[UK / USA, 2007]
Sleepy Hollow
★★★
dir. Tim Burton
Gothic Supernatural Horror
[Germany / USA, 1999]
Apocalypse Now: Final Cut
★★★★★
dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Epic War
[USA, 2019]
Black Bird
★★★★
developed by Dennis Lehane
Crime Drama Miniseries
[USA, 2022]
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