Watching Craig Gillespie’s 2023 film Dumb Money. 🎥
Watching Craig Gillespie’s 2023 film Dumb Money. 🎥
Watching Aki Kaurismäki’s darkly funny existential 1988 film Ariel (part of the “Proletariat” series) to get ready for rewatching Fallen Leaves again later this week. 🎥
Watching Bruce Robinson’s 1987 film Withnail & I again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥
The list of my 20 Favourite Films for 2023 on Letterboxd. It was a good year for films. The list is only films that I saw in 2023, so some of the 2023 releases that I didn’t see could have been on the list, but those are the rules I set.
Watching Martin Scorsese’s remarkable Killers of the Flower Moon again. 🎥
Watching Kelly Reichardt’s 2016 masterpiece Certain Women again on The Criterion Channel. 🎥
Watching Aki Kaurismäki’s 1990 film I Hired a Contract Killer. 🎥
A big-eared loaf of sourdough bread fresh from the oven.
Last year I watched 425 films and my most watched actor was Cary Grant and most watched director was Agnès Varda. My Letterboxd stats tell the full story.
Watching the 1966 film The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean written, produced, and directed by Juleen Compton on The Criterion Channel. 🎥
Watching the 2019 documentary about HandMade Films, An Accidental Studio directed by Kim Leggatt, Bill Jones, and Ben Timlett on The Criterion Channel. 🎥
Watching the 1963 Czech science fiction film Ikarie XB1 directed by # Jindřich Polák on The Criterion Channel. 🎥
Watching the 2006 musical short film The Music of Regret on The Criterion Channel. 🎥
Happy New Year!
I went to sleep just before midnight after watching some films which was a nice way to end the year.
I hope that it is a wonderful new year for everyone.
Wrapping up the year by watching Frank Capra’s 1944 film Arsenic and Old Lace for the first time. 🎥
Watching Martin Scorsese’s 1985 comedy After Hours again. 🎥
Watching Joan Micklin Silver’s 1979 film Chilly Scenes of Winter on TCM. 🎥
Installing a new IKEA Dirigera hub and updating the devices in my home and it’s definitely easier than the old Tradfri hub.
Watching Todd Haynes’ 2023 film May December on Netflix. 🎥
Currently reading: The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro 📚
Watching Justine Triet’s brilliant slow burning 2023 film Anatomy of a Fall again. 🎥
Watching the 1949 film Holiday Affair on TCM for the first time. 🎥
Watching Elaine May’s 1987 film Ishtar for the first time. 🎥
Time to go outside and shovel some snow on the first snow day of the season.
Watching Christian Petzold’s 2023 film Afire on The Criterion Channel. 🎥