Watching Victor Erice’s melancholy 2023 film Close Your Eyes on MUBI. 🎥
Watching Niclas Larsson’s 2023 film Mother, Couch on Kanopy. 🎥
Sad at the passing of David Lynch but glad that he left such an interesting collection of films.
I feel lucky to have seen the world premiere of Blue Velvet in Montreal with David Lynch introducing the film. One of my all-time favourite film festival experiences. 🎥
Watching Nathan Silver’s 2024 film Between The Temples. 🎥
Finally watching the 2024 film Conclave directed by Edward Berger. 🎥
Watching the 1934 film Thirty Day Princess directed by Marion Gering on The Criterion Channel. 🎥
Watching Věra Chytilová’s 1966 surreal Czech New Wave masterpiece Daisies again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥
Starting off the new year with that Lubitsch Touch with the 1930 film Monte Carlo on The Criterion Channel. 🎥
My favourite 15 films of 2024 were: Civil War, Faye, Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger, Janet Planet, Black Box Diaries, When the Light Breaks, Bird, Julie Keeps Quiet, Dahomey, Bob Trevino Likes It, The Substance, I Saw the TV Glow, Blink Twice, Kinds of Kindness, and A Different Man.
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In 2024 I logged 373 films with over 70% being first time views. The most popular actors I watched were Shirley MacLaine, Jack Lemon, Margaret Qualley, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Robert Mitchum. 🎥