[Listed in reverse chronological order of when I watched them. I don’t know how to do a list that counts in the opposite direction. Date after title is the year film was released.]
- Daphne (2017)
“I still don’t know what she was so angry about.” - My Salinger Year (2020)
“Incessant fawning over Catcher in the Rye baffles me.” - Plan B (2021)
“Teen films are so adolescent. But this one gives more.” - The Killing of Two Lovers (2020)
“Watch it for the scenery if nothing else. But there are other compelling reasons too.” - Lesbian Angels (2011)
“I like documentaries about as much as teen films. But this title caught my eye.” - Margot at the Wedding (2007)
“Nicole Kidman plays her characters the same in every film.” - Frances Ha (2012)
“I kept hoping they’d fall in love and live happily ever after.” HA! - Undine (2022)
- Anatomy of a Love Scene (2014)
“A film within a film.” (But a lot of work to get two ex-lovers back together.) - Torn Curtain (1966)
“Was this really a Hitchcock?” - Blood Simple (1984)
“Not my favorite Coen Bros film. Not enough Frances McDormand.” - The Parallax View (1974)
“Meh.” - I’m Your Man (2021)
“Love in the age of algorithms.” - Night on Earth (1991)
“Five cities, five cab drivers, on the same night.” - Duck Butter (2018)
“Interesting premise, yes.” (I could have done without the scatological elements and smegma? No thanks) - Suicide Kale (2016)
Read where is was referred to as “mumblequeer” – I agree. - The Earrings of Madame de… (1953)
“This is an amazing film.” - White as Snow ‘Blanche comme neige’ (2019)
Hupert - Sweetie (1989)
“I saw this in the theater when it first came out. It might have been better this time.
My first Jane Campion. Wow.” - The Ring Thing (2017)
- The Power of the Dog (2021)
- The Lost Daughter (2021)
“Motherhood isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.“ - Nightmare Alley (2021)
“The other shoe was destined to drop.“ - Blood Below the Skin (2015)
“33 minutes. Disgusting boys. Bold ass women.” - The Shower (2011)
“And just like that, it’s over. Who got the cat?“ - The New Girlfriend ‘Unnouvelle amie’ (2014)
“Dressing a dead woman’s body, that was a cinematic first for me.“ - night-shift ‘Police’ (2020)
- Mustang (2015)
“The universal oppression of women portrayed in the lives of 5 young orphaned sisters.“ - Shiva Baby (2020)
- Move to Heaven (2021)
“I can’t begin to describe what an amazing series this is.” (yes, a series but it’s on Letterboxd) - Anne+: the Film ‘Anne+’ (2021)
- Carmen & Lola (2018)
- Je, Tu, Il, Elle (1974)
100% Chantal Akerman “I’d rather she’d left the truck driver out of the story altogether.“ - Tiny Furniture (2010)
“Nah.” - Marty (1955)
“A sad film in so many ways.” but so powerful. - The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
“I do love Cherry Jones.“ - Drive My Car (2021)
“…and Uncle Vanya.” - The Great Train Robbery (2013)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
“A film I’ve seen many times.” - A Teacher (2013)
“2 questions.
Why did anyone make this film?
And,
Why did I watch it?“ - Fat Girl (2001)
- The Irishman (2019)
- Tell No One (2006)
- Girlfriends (1978)
- Three Worlds (2012)
- The Children’s Hour (1961)
“I avoided watching this film for decades.” - The Unknown Girl (2016)
Adele Haenel. - Orphan ‘Orpheline‘ (2016)
Two Adeles. - In the Name of My Daughter (2014)
Haenel dancing. - Bittersweet Symphony (2019)
- Georgetown (2019)
- Heat Wave ‘Apres le sud’ (2011)
Haenel again. “…it seemed real.” - The Trouble with You ‘EnLiberte!’ (2018)
Guess who’s in it? : ) Yup. - House of Tolerance (2011)
- Black Bear (2020)
This one because Aubrey Plaza. - Babel (2006)
“This movie is 143 minutes of sheer tension.“ - The Third Man (1949)
“Great film if you can tune out the background music.” - Puzzle (2018)
“Do puzzle contests really exist?” - Love at First Fight (2014)
“In which Haenel head-butts someone.” - After the Thin Man (1936)
Actual quote from the film, “I don’t like a dame who gets noisy after a few snifters.” - Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)
- Jackie Brown (1997)
- Midsommar (2019)
“Why?” - 36th Precinct ’36 Quai des Orfevres’ (2004)
ACAB - The Book of Delights (2020)
- You Will Be Mine ‘Je te mangerais’ (2009)
- My Little Friend (2011)
- Two Lives ‘Zwei Leben’ (2012)
- First Reformed (2017)
- Imitation of Life (1934)
“For its time, strong messages.” - Don’t Worry Darling (2022)
“Icky.” - Yes, God, Yes (2019)
“No. God. NO!” - Foxtrot (2017)
“In three acts, grief, war, Israel.” - Beetlejuice (1998)
“Just as good, 24 years later.” - Get Shorty (1995)
- The Counselor (2013)
- Seven Psychopaths (2012)
- Four Nights of a Dreamer ‘Quatre nuits d’un reveur’ (1971)
Paris. - Beau Travail (1999)
- Dating Amber (2020)
- The Window (1949)
“What a movie to end the year on.“