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The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock, UK, 1935) A
Baby Face (Alfred E. Green, USA, 1933) A–
Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, UK/USA, 1975) A
Berberian Sound Studio (Peter Strickland, UK, 2013) B+
Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Alejandro González Iñárritu, USA, 2014) B
Black Mass (Scott Cooper, UK/USA, 2015) D+
Blade Runner 2049 (Denis Villeneuve, USA, 2017) C
Boardinghouse (John Wintergate, USA, 1982) C+
Calcutta (Louis Malle, France, 1969) C
The Cat's Meow (Peter Bogdanovich, UK/Germany/Canada/USA, 2001) A
Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, USA, 2016) A
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, USA, 1941) A
Climax (Gaspar Noé, France/Belgium, 2019) A–
Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg, Canada/France/Greece/UK, 2022)
The Curse of the Cat People (Gunther von Fritsch & Robert Wise, 1944) A–
Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch, USA, 1986) A
Eyes Without a Face (Georges Franju, France, 1960) A–
Fireworks Wednesday (Asghar Farhadi, Iran, 2006) A–
Go West (Buster Keaton, USA, 1925) A–
Godzilla (Ishiro Honda, Japan, 1954) A
Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi, Japan, 1962) A
Hard to Be a God (Aleksei German, Russia, 2015) B+
Hector and the Search for Happiness (Peter Chelsom, Germany/Canada/UK/South Africa/USA, 2014) D
I Walked with a Zombie (Jacques Tourneur, USA, 1943) A
The Imitation Game (Morten Tyldum, USA/UK, 2014) D–
It Follows (David Robert Mitchell, USA, 2015) A–
Judex (Georges Franju, France, 1963) A–
Mrs. Miniver (William Wyler, USA, 1942) A
Ms. 45 (Abel Ferrara, USA, 1981) A
Norte, the End of History (Lav Diaz, Philippines, 2014) A
Pickpocket (Robert Bresson, France, 1959) A
Piercing (Nicolas Pesce, USA, 2019) C–
Pom Poko (Isao Takahata, Japan, 1994) A
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, France, 2020) A
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, USA, 1994) B+
Queen of Earth (Alex Ross Perry, USA, 2015) A
Roman Holiday (William Wyler, USA, 1953) A
Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski, USA, 1968) A
Tár: The Character is the Message (Todd Field, USA, 2022) A–
Touki Bouki (Djibril Diop Mambety, Senegal, 1973) B+
Tramontane (Vatche Boulghourjian, Lebanon/France/Qatar/United Arab Emirates, 2016) B–
Tully (Jason Reitman, USA, 2018) B+
Under the Shadow (Babak Anvari, UK/Jordan/Qatar/Iran, 2016) B
Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, Switzerland/UK/USA, 2014) A–
Us (Jordan Peele, USA/Japan, 2019) B+
Western (Valeska Grisebach, Germany/Bulgaria/Austria, 2018) B+
White Dog (Samuel Fuller, USA, 1982) A
Why Don't You Play in Hell? (Sion Sono, Japan, 2014) B+
Winter Sleep (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey/France/Germany, 2014) A–
The Witch (Robert Eggers, UK/Canada/USA, 2016) B+
The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, USA, 1939) A–
Woman at War (Benedikt Erlingsson, Iceland/France/Ukraine, 2019) B
Baby Face (Alfred E. Green, USA, 1933) A–
Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, UK/USA, 1975) A
Berberian Sound Studio (Peter Strickland, UK, 2013) B+
Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Alejandro González Iñárritu, USA, 2014) B
Black Mass (Scott Cooper, UK/USA, 2015) D+
Blade Runner 2049 (Denis Villeneuve, USA, 2017) C
Boardinghouse (John Wintergate, USA, 1982) C+
Calcutta (Louis Malle, France, 1969) C
The Cat's Meow (Peter Bogdanovich, UK/Germany/Canada/USA, 2001) A
Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, USA, 2016) A
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, USA, 1941) A
Climax (Gaspar Noé, France/Belgium, 2019) A–
Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg, Canada/France/Greece/UK, 2022)
The Curse of the Cat People (Gunther von Fritsch & Robert Wise, 1944) A–
Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch, USA, 1986) A
Eyes Without a Face (Georges Franju, France, 1960) A–
Fireworks Wednesday (Asghar Farhadi, Iran, 2006) A–
Go West (Buster Keaton, USA, 1925) A–
Godzilla (Ishiro Honda, Japan, 1954) A
Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi, Japan, 1962) A
Hard to Be a God (Aleksei German, Russia, 2015) B+
Hector and the Search for Happiness (Peter Chelsom, Germany/Canada/UK/South Africa/USA, 2014) D
I Walked with a Zombie (Jacques Tourneur, USA, 1943) A
The Imitation Game (Morten Tyldum, USA/UK, 2014) D–
It Follows (David Robert Mitchell, USA, 2015) A–
Judex (Georges Franju, France, 1963) A–
Mrs. Miniver (William Wyler, USA, 1942) A
Ms. 45 (Abel Ferrara, USA, 1981) A
Norte, the End of History (Lav Diaz, Philippines, 2014) A
Pickpocket (Robert Bresson, France, 1959) A
Piercing (Nicolas Pesce, USA, 2019) C–
Pom Poko (Isao Takahata, Japan, 1994) A
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, France, 2020) A
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, USA, 1994) B+
Queen of Earth (Alex Ross Perry, USA, 2015) A
Roman Holiday (William Wyler, USA, 1953) A
Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski, USA, 1968) A
Tár: The Character is the Message (Todd Field, USA, 2022) A–
Touki Bouki (Djibril Diop Mambety, Senegal, 1973) B+
Tramontane (Vatche Boulghourjian, Lebanon/France/Qatar/United Arab Emirates, 2016) B–
Tully (Jason Reitman, USA, 2018) B+
Under the Shadow (Babak Anvari, UK/Jordan/Qatar/Iran, 2016) B
Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, Switzerland/UK/USA, 2014) A–
Us (Jordan Peele, USA/Japan, 2019) B+
Western (Valeska Grisebach, Germany/Bulgaria/Austria, 2018) B+
White Dog (Samuel Fuller, USA, 1982) A
Why Don't You Play in Hell? (Sion Sono, Japan, 2014) B+
Winter Sleep (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey/France/Germany, 2014) A–
The Witch (Robert Eggers, UK/Canada/USA, 2016) B+
The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, USA, 1939) A–
Woman at War (Benedikt Erlingsson, Iceland/France/Ukraine, 2019) B
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The Best Films of 2022
The Cameras Must Stay On: Censorship, Jafar Panahi, and This Is Not a Film
Catching Up with the Films of Summer 2019
The Joys of Slow Cinema: Ash is Purest White and The Wild Pear Tree
Mother of Sighs: The Two Suspirias
Movie Memories from My Pandemic Year
Revisiting Beloved
A Ribbon of Dreams: Dreams and cinema
Specters and Spectacles: The crime serials of Louis Feuillade (excerpt)
