A list of all the films and shows I’ve seen in early 2022.
It features some new arthouse and documentary films I tried and also some classic films and childhood memories I revisited to see how they hold up today.
List is ordered chronologically backwards.
★★★★★ Masterpiece / Classic / Favourite
★★★★½ Exceptional
★★★★ Great
★★★½ Entertaining but some flawed elements
★★★ Interesting / Not bad but failed to impress
★★½ Major flaws but some good ideas
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
★★★★
dir. Coodie & Chike
Three-Part Documentary
[USA, 2022]
Dune
★★★½
dir. Denis Villeneuve
Epic Science Fiction
[USA, 2021]
Budget: $165 million
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
★★★★
dir. Evgeny Afineevsky
Documentary
[Ukraine / USA / UK, 2015]
Skyfall
★★★★½
dir. Sam Mendes
Spy
[UK / USA, 2012]
Budget: $150–200 million
Uncut Gems
★★★★★
dir. Josh & Benny Safdie
Crime Thriller
[USA, 2019]
Budget: $19 million
Black Hawk Down
★★★½
dir. Ridley Scott
War
[USA / UK, 2001]
Budget: $110.5 million
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
★★★½
dir. Uli Edel
Historical Drama
[Germany / France / Czech Republic, 2008]
Budget: $19.7 million
Veep: Season 4
★★★★
Created by Armando Iannucci
Political Satire
[USA, 2015]
Chinese Portrait
★★★★
dir. Wang Xiaoshuai
Documentary
[China, 2018]
76 Days
★★★★
dir. Hao Wu, Weixi Chen, Anonymous
Documentary
[USA / China, 2020]
Sin Señas Particulares (Identifying Features)
★★★
dir. Fernanda Valadez
Drama
[Mexico / Spain, 2020]
Cow
★★★★
dir. Andrea Arnold
Documentary
[UK, 2021]
Last Train Home
★★★★½
dir. Lixin Fan
Documentary
[Canada, 2009]
Elle
★★★★½
dir. Paul Verhoeven
Thriller
[France / Germany, 2016]
Budget: $9.1 million
Pocahontas
★★★★★
dir. Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg
Musical Historical Drama
[USA, 1995]
Budget: $55 million
Titanic
★★★★★
dir. James Cameron
Epic Romance / Historical Disaster
[USA, 1997]
Budget: $200 million
Robin Hood
★★★½
dir. Wolfgang Reitherman
Animated Adventure Musical Comedy
[USA, 1973]
Budget: $5 million
Karlsson auf dem Dach (Världens bästa Karlsson)
★★★½
dir. Olle Hellbom
Children Comedy
[Sweden, 1974]
The Jungle Book
★★★½
dir. Wolfgang Reitherman
Animated Musical Comedy
[USA, 1967]
Budget: $4 million
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
★★★★★
dir. George Lucas
Epic Space Opera
[USA, 1977]
Budget: $11 million
The Velvet Underground
★★★★½
dir. Todd Haynes
Documentary
[USA, 2021]
The Crime of the Century
★★★★½
dir. Alex Gibney
2-Part Documentary
[USA, 2021]
Veep: Season 3
★★★★½
Created by Armando Iannucci
Political Satire
[USA, 2014]
The Exorcist
★★★★½
dir. William Friedkin
Supernatural Horror
[USA, 1973]
Budget: $12 million
Sansho the Bailiff
★★★★½
dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Japanese Period Drama
[Japan, 1954]
My Girl
★★★½
dir. Howard Zieff
Coming-of-Age Comedy-Drama
[USA, 1991]
Budget: $17 million
Jurassic Park
★★★½
dir. Steven Spielberg
Science Fiction Action
[USA, 1993]
Budget: $63 million
Raiders of the Lost Ark
★★★★½
dir. Steven Spielberg
Action-Adventure
[USA, 1981]
Budget: $20 million
Citizen Kane
★★★★★
dir. Orson Welles
Drama
[USA, 1941]
Budget: $839,727
Dunkirk
★★★★★
dir. Christopher Nolan
War
[UK / USA / France / Netherlands, 2017]
Budget: $100–150 million
Mad Max: Fury Road
★★★★★
dir. George Miller
Post-Apocalyptic Action
[Australia, 2015]
Budget: $154.6–185.1 million
Underworld
★★½
dir. Len Wiseman
Action Horror
[UK / Germany / Hungary / USA, 2003]
Budget: $22 million
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