Whoops - I never cleared out my tracker...
2023 here (27/18). 2022 here (12/50). 2021 here (21/37). 2020 here (23/4), 2019 here (15/25), 2018 here (22/20).
I saw very, very few films in 2024, what with a heavy workload, so this year is pretty down. 12/8. Definitely my worst year.
Features
Nocturnes (2024, Anupama Srinivasan & Anirban Dutta) 5 stars. MOTH SCIENTISTS. PERFECT FILM. STILL WAITING FOR A BLURAY.
How to Have Sex (2023, Molly Manning Walker) 4.5 stars. This reminded me a lot of Thirteen, in the realistic queasiness of the situations. It just struck me as incredibly grounded and true to life.
Confessions of a Good Samaritan (2023, Penny Lane) 4.5 stars - I love Penny Lane. I just think she's brilliant and her films are so engaging.
Good One (2024, India Donaldson). I rated it 3.5 at the time, but it's really grown on me. I love a camping film and this character study is incredibly well done.
The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2023, Joanna Arnow) 4 stars. Not for everybody, but this deadpan BDSM comedy really made me laugh.
Every Little Thing (2024, Sally Aitken) 4 stars. So charming. So lovely. I don't know anyone who wasn't taken with this. I think we all need this type of uplifting art during these times.
Girls Will Be Girls (2024, Shuchi Talati) 3.5 stars. Very sweet and well done.
The Battle for Laikipia (2024, Daphne Matziaraki & Peter Murimi) 4 stars, but I think I graded up. I watched this because I was going to Laikipia in January 2025. This had some interesting parts, but it was very fly on the wall, and I would have liked more probing questions and more follow up on some threads.
The Marvels (2023, Nia DaCosta) 3 stars. This was perfectly fine, mild fun. I just can't keep up with Marvel at this point. Ms. Marvel seems fun.
Wicked Little Letters (2023, Thea Sharrock) 3 stars. Really 2.5 stars because I was hoping to like this more, but the entrance of Tim Key delighted me so much I gave it an extra .5 star. I believe I said at the time that the film made me want to go rewatch the Endeavour episode Confection.
Handling the Undead (2024, Thea Hvistendahl) 2.5 stars. I was so excited for a zombie drama with Renate Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie, and this was so boring.
Veni Vidi Vici (2024, Julia Niemann & Daniel Hoesl) 2 stars. Doesn't have anything interesting to say. Your time would be better spent watching the 1932 Most Dangerous Game.
Shorts
Goodbye My World (2023, Florian Maurice, Astrid Novais, Estelle Bonnardel, Baptiste Duchamps, Quentin Devred, Maxime Foltzer) 5 stars. I am SO SAD this didn't get nominated for the Oscar (it was on the shortlist). I love it.
Eeva (2022, Lucija Mrzljak & Morten Tšinakov) 4 stars.
Puffling (2023, Jessica Bishopp) 3.5 stars
Boom (2022, Laurie Pereira De Figueiredo, Charles Di Cicco, Yannick Jacquin, Romain Augier, Gabriel Augerai) 3.5 stars
Layla (2024, Oscar Baron, Diego H. Blanco, Emma Ferréol, Rachel Gitlevich, Lucille Reynaud, Narda Rodriguez) 3.5 stars
Measure (2023, Helen Simmons & Julia Cranney) 3 stars.
Oasis (2022, Justine Martin) 2.5 stars.
Fishing (2024, Josie Charles) 2 stars.
Rules (Jeanette Jeanenne) 1 star.
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