Films Watched in 2023

Year In Review • ​​I watched a total of __ films • 107 (97%) were directed by she or they • ​
​41 (37%) were international films, representing __ different countries • ​I loved 90% of what I watched!
Favorite Films Released in 2023

​Favorite Films Released prior to 2023, but Watched for the First Time
December
  • GHASIDEYEH GAVE SEFID / BALLAD OF A WHITE COW (2020, dir. Maryam Moghadam & Behtash Sanaeeha, Iran, France) Persian
  • À MA SOEUR! / FAT GIRL (2001, dir. Catherine Breillat, France, Italy) French, Italian, English
  • **LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS / CHILDREN OF PARADISE (1945, dir. Marcel Carné, France) French
  • Season 6 of THE CROWN (episodes 1-4) (2023)
  • **MAY DECEMBER (2023, dir. Todd Haynes, USA) English
  • EILEEN (2023, dir. William Oldroyd, USA, UK, South Korea) English
  • AMERICAN SYMPHONY (2023, dir. Matthew Heineman, USA) English
  • KUOLLEET LEHDET / FALLEN LEAVES (2023, dir. Aki Kaurismäki, Finland, Germany) Finnish, Arabic
  • TOIVON TUOLLO PUOLEN / THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE (2017, dir. Aki Kaurismäki, Finland, Germany) Finnish, English, Arabic, Swedish, Japanese
  • **LE HAVRE (2011, dir. Aki Kaurismäki, Finland, France, Germany) French​
  • KAUAS PILVET KARKAAVAT / DRIFTING CLOUDS (1996, dir. Aki Kaurismäki, Finland, Germany, France) Finnish, Swedish, English​
  • SONGS MY BROTHER TAUGHT ME (2015, dir. Chloé Zhao, USA) English
  • **POOR THINGS (2023, dir. Yorgos Lanthimos, Ireland, UK, USA) English, French, Portuguese
  • RUSKIN (2023, dir. George C. Wolfe, USA) English
November
  • ELENA SABE / ELENA KNOWS (2023, dir. Anahí Berneri, Argentina) Spanish
  • THE LADY BIRD DIARIES (2023, dir. Dawn Porter, USA) English
  • **ANATOMIE D'UNE CHUTE / ANATOMY OF A FALL (2023, dir. Justine Triet, France) French, English, German​
October
  • CROSS-STITCH by Jazmina Barrera (2021, Two Lines Press 2023) translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney #WIT
  • BASIC BLACK WITH PEARLS by Helen Weinzweig (1980, NYRB Classics 2018) #NYRBWomen23