Watch-List 04/23

A list of all the great and interesting films and shows I’ve seen recently.


★★★★★ – Favourite / Classic / Masterpiece
★★★★½ – Excellent
★★★★ – Great
★★★½ – Good (Minor Flawed Elements)
★★★ – Interesting (Flawed Elements)
★★½ – Major Flaws but Some Interesting Ideas
★★ – Disappointing




Harley Quinn: Season 3
★★★½
developed by Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker and Dean Lorey
Adult Animated Black Comedy Superhero
[USA, 2022]




Romeo Must Die
★★½
dir. Andrzej Bartkowiak
Action
[USA, 2000]
Budget: $25 million




Hard Eight
★★★½
dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Crime
[USA, 1996]
Budget: $3 million




Tenet
★★★½
dir. Christopher Nolan
Science Fiction Action Thriller
[UK / USA, 2020]
Budget: $205 million




Fish Tank
★★★★
dir. Andrea Arnold
Coming-of-Age Drama
[UK, 2009]
Budget: $3 million




Animal Kingdom
★★★★
dir. David Michôd
Crime Drama
[Australia, 2010]
Budget: $5 million




Blue Valentine
★★★★
dir. Derek Cianfrance
Drama
[USA, 2010]
Budget: $1 million



Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
★★★
dir. Eric Radomski and Bruce Timm
Animated Superhero
[USA, 1993]
Budget: $6 million




Barbie
★★★½
dir. Greta Gerwig
Fantasy Comedy
[USA, 2023]
Budget: $128–145 million




The Talented Mr. Ripley
★★★½
dir. Anthony Minghella
Psychological Thriller
[USA, 1999]
Budget: $40 million




ONODA 一万夜を越えて (Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle)
★★★½
dir. Arthur Harari
War Adventure Drama
[France / Japan / Germany / Belgium / Italy / Cambodia, 2021]




Rimini
★★½
dir. Ulrich Seidl
Drama
[Austria / France / Germany, 2022]





დასაწყისი – (Beginning)
★★★½
dir. Déa Kulumbegashvili
Drama
[France / Georgia, 2020]




Notturno
★★★½
dir. Gianfranco Rosi
Documentary
[Italy / France / Germany, 2020]




A Chiara
★★★½
dir. Jonas Carpignano
Drama
[Italy, 2021]




江湖儿女 (Ash Is Purest White)
★★★½
dir. Jia Zhangke
Drama
[China, 2018]




Dune: Part One
★★★½
dir. Denis Villeneuve
Epic Science Fiction
[USA, 2021]
Budget: $165 million




Oppenheimer
★★★★½
dir. Christopher Nolan
Biographical Drama
[USA / UK, 2023]
Budget: $100 million




Interstellar
★★★
dir. Christopher Nolan
Epic Science Fiction
[UK / USA, 2014]
Budget: $165 million




Shutter Island
★★★
dir. Martin Scorsese
Neo-Noir Psychological Thriller
[USA, 2010]
Budget: $80 million




No Time to Die
★★★½
dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga
Spy
[UK / USA, 2021]
Budget: $250–301 million




Häxan
★★★★½
dir. Benjamin Christensen
Silent Horror Essay
[Sweden, 1922]
Budget: SEK 2 million




Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
★★★½
dir. Christopher McQuarrie
Spy Action
[USA, 2023]
Budget: $291 million




Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari)
★★★★★
dir. Robert Wiene
Silent Expressionist Horror
[Weimar Republic, 1920]
Budget: $12,371




Event Horizon
★★½
dir. Paul W. S. Anderson
Science Fiction Horror
[USA, 1997]
Budget: $60 million




First Blood
★★★½
dir. Ted Kotcheff
Action
[USA, 1982]
Budget: $15 million




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