Watch-List 06/23

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




Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
★★★½
dir. J. J. Abrams
Epic Space Opera
[USA, 2019]




Solo: A Star Wars Story
★★★½
dir. Ron Howard
Space Western
[USA, 2018]




Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
★★★½
dir. J. J. Abrams
Epic Space Opera
[USA, 2015]




Home Alone
★★★★
dir. Chris Columbus
Christmas Comedy
[USA, 1990]




Die Hard
★★★★½
dir. John McTiernan
Action Thriller
[USA, 1988]




La Noire de… (Black Girl)
★★★★
dir. Ousmane Sembène
Drama
[France / Senegal, 1966]




Lost Highway
★★★½
dir. David Lynch
Surrealist Psychological Thriller
[USA, 1997]




Uncut Gems
★★★★½
dir. Josh & Benny Safdie
Crime Thriller
[USA, 2019]




মেঘে ঢাকা তারা (Mēghē Ḍhākā Tārā)
★★★½
dir. Ritwik Ghatak
Drama
[India, 1960]




Zuhurs Töchter (Zuhur’s Daughters)
★★★½
dir. Laurentia Genske and Robin Humboldt
Documentary
[Germany, 2021]




Trois Couleurs: Rouge (Three Colours: Red)
★★★½
dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
Romantic Mystery
[France / Switzerland / Poland, 1994]




Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
★★★★½
dir. Beyoncé
Documentary Concert
[USA, 2023]




Jalsaghar (Music Room)
★★★★½
dir. Satyajit Ray
Drama
[India / Bengal, 1958]




Vidas Secas
★★★★½
dir. Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Drama
[Brazil, 1963]




The Birds
★★★½
dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Natural Horror Thriller
[USA, 1963]




Singin’ in the Rain
★★★★★
dir. Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
Musical Romantic Comedy
[USA, 1952]




La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc)
★★★★★
dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
Silent Historical
[France, 1928]




Июльский дождь (July Rain)
★★★★½
dir. Marlen Khutsiev
Drama
[Soviet Union, 1967]





Boyz n the Hood
★★★★½
dir. John Singleton
Coming-of-Age Hood Crime Drama
[USA, 1991]




Los Olvidados (The Young and the Damned)
★★★★½
dir. Luis Buñuel
Teen Crime
[Mexico, 1950]




A Torinói Ló (The Turin Horse)
★★★★½
dir. Béla Tarr
Drama
[Hungary, 2011]




Dance, Girl, Dance
★★★½
dir. Dorothy Arzner
Comedy-Drama
[USA, 1940]




Werckmeister Harmóniák (Werckmeister Harmonies)
★★★★½
dir. Béla Tarr
Drama
[Hungary, 2000]




Pratidwandi
★★★★½
dir. Satyajit Ray
Drama
[India / Bengal, 1970]




Accattone
★★★★½
dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Drama
[Italy, 1961]




Horse Money
★★★★
dir. Pedro Costa
Experimental Drama
[Portugal, 2014]




The Maltese Falcon
★★★★½
dir. John Huston
Film Noir
[USA, 1941]




Passages
★★★★
dir. Ira Sachs
Romantic Drama
[France, 2023]




Il Grido (The Cry)
★★★★½
dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Drama
[Italy, 1957]




Sans Soleil (Sunless)
★★★★½
Chris Marker
Documentary
[France, 1983]




Человек с киноаппаратом (Man with a Movie Camera)
★★★★½
dir. Dziga Vertov
Experimental Silent Documentary
[Soviet Union, 1929]




Widows
★★★½
dir. Steve McQueen
Neo-Noir Heist Thriller
[USA, 2018]




Umberto D.
★★★★½
dir. Vittorio De Sica
Italian Neorealist Drama
[Italy, 1952]




They Live by Night
★★★★½
dir. Nicholas Ray
Film Noir
[USA, 1948]




Die Ehe der Maria Braun (The Marriage of Maria Braun)
★★★★½
dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Drama
[West Germany, 1978]




Taxi Driver
★★★★½
dir. Martin Scorsese
Neo-Noir Psychological Thriller
[USA, 1976]




HΘMΣCΘMING: A Film by Beyoncé
★★★★½
dir. Beyoncé
Concert Film
[USA, 2019]




The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
★★★★
dir. Wes Anderson
Fantasy Short Film
[USA, 2023]




Uncut Gems
★★★★½
dir. Josh & Benny Safdie
Crime Thriller
[USA, 2019]




Mission: Impossible – Fallout
★★★½
dir. Christopher McQuarrie
Spy Action
[USA, 2018]




La Terra Trema (The Earth Trembles)
★★★★½
dir. Luchino Visconti
Italian Neorealist Drama
[Italy, 1948]




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