my favorites of 2023

  • Anatomy of a Fall. Justine Triet

  • Poor Things. Lanthimos

  • Past Lives. Celine Song

  • Killers of the Flower Moon. Scorsese

  • American Fiction. Cord Jefferson

  • Beau Is Afraid. Aster

  • Puss In Boots. Joel Crawford.

  • How To Blow Up A Pipeline. Daniel Goldhaber.

  • Barbie. Gerwig 

  • Saint Omer. Alice Diop

  • Passages. Ira Sachs

  • All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt. Raven Jackson 

  • A Thousand and One. A.V. Rockwell

  • Origin. Ava

  • Saint Omer. Alice Diop

  • Nope. Peele

  • Fallen Leaves. Aki Kaurismaki

  • It Lives Inside. Bishal Dutta

  • The Holdovers. Payne

  • M3GAN. Gerard Johnstone

  • Saltburn. Emerald Fennell

  • Cocaine Bear. Elizabeth Banks

movies i saw in the theater 2023

*streamed

Broker. Hirokazu Koreeda. CJ ENM

Babylon (x2). Damien Chazelle. 

Women Talking. Sarah Polley. Orion Pictures, Plan B

*After Yang. Kogonada. composer Aska Matsumiya (& Ryuichi Sakamoto). A24

Puss In Boots. Joel Crawford. DreamWorks and Universal

*In The Mood For Love. Wong Kar-wai. Paradis Films

*Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels. Chantal Akerman.

*Stars at Noon. Claire Denis. A24

M3GAN. Gerard Johnstone. Written x Akela Cooper. Universal, Blumhouse. 

 *Pinocchio. Guillermo del Toro. Netflix

 *Nanny. Nikyatu Jusu. Blumhouse, Stay Gold, Amazon

*Girl. Lukas Dhont. Lumiére

Knock At The Cabin. M. Night Shyamalan. Universal

*EO. Jerzy Skolimowski. Skopia. 

*All Quiet on the Western Front. Edward Berger. Netflix

Docs: 

A Well Spent Life. Les Blank.

Portrait of Jason. Shirley Clark 

De Humani Corporis Fabrica. Verena Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor. Norte Productions and Grasshopper Film

Cocaine Bear. Elizabeth Banks. Universal and Focus Features

Creed III. Michael B Jordan. MGM and Warner Bros.

Scream VI. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin. Spyglass and Paramount

*The Apartment. Billy Wilder. The Mirisch Co.

*Michael Clayton. Tony Gilroy. Castle Rock Ent. and Warner Bros.

A Good Person. Zach Braff. Killer Films and MGM 

*Rye Lane. Raine Allen-Miller. Searchlight

A Thousand And One. A.V. Rockwell. Sight Unseen and Hillman. Focus and Universal 

*Decision to Leave. Park Chan-Wook. Moho Film and CJ ENM

Air. Ben Affleck. Amazon and Warner Bros.

How To Blow Up A Pipeline. Daniel Goldhaber. Neon

The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic. Universal

*River of Grass. Kelly Reichardt

Beau Is Afraid. Ari Aster. A24

Showing Up. Kelly Reichardt. A24 

Joyland. Saim Sadiq. Producers Lauren Mann, Apoorva Charan

Chevalier. Stephen Williams. Element Pictures and Searchlight. 

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. James Gunn. Marvel and Disney. 

Evil Dead Rise. Lee Cronin. New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. 

Fast X. Louis Leterrier. Universal 

Little Mermaid. Rob Marshall. Disney. 

Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse. Joaquim Dos Santos. Kemp Powers. Justin Thompson. Sony

Past Lives. Celine Song. CJ ENM, 2AM, A24

Ari Aster Shorts:

Beau (2011). Produced by Alejandro De Leon 

The Strange Things About The Johnsons (2011). Produced by Alejandro De Leon 

Munchausen (2014). Produced by Alejandro De Leon 

C’est La Vie (2016). Produced by Ahsen Nadeem 

The Blackening. Tim Story. Lionsgate

Asteroid City. Wes Anderson. Focus and Universal

Shorts from Sundance Co//ab class:

Miller & Son. Asher Jelinksy

Wasp. Andrea Arnold

Doublespeak. Hazel Mckibbin

Fantasy. Teemu Nikki

Fauve (2020). Jeremy Comte

Anita. Sushma Khadepaun

We Win. Michael Stahl-David

Barbie (x3). Greta Gerwig. HeyDay, LuckyChap Ent., Mattel, and Warner Bros. 

Oppenheimer. Christopher Nolan. Atlas Ent. and Universal 

Passages. Ira Sachs. SBS Productions 

Talk To Me. Danny and Michael Philippou. A24 

Bottoms. Emma Seligman. Orion Pictures and MGM

Equalizer. Antoine Fuqua. Columbia Pictures and Sony 

Elemental. Pixar and Disney 

My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Nia Vardalos. Focus and Universal 

A Haunting In Venice. Kenneth Branagh. 20th Century 

*Love at First Sight. Vanessa Caswill. Netflix. 

*Sanctuary. Zachary Wigon. Neon, Hulu

*Wolf of Wall Street. Scorsese. Paramount  

It Lives Inside. Bishal Dutta. Neon 

Saw X. Kevin Greutert. Lionsgate

The Exorcist. David Gordon Green. Blumhouse and Universal 

Anatomy of a Fall. Justine Triet. Palm D’or. Les Films Pelléas and Le Pacte

Killers of the Flower Moon. (x2) Scorsese. Apple and Paramount 

Priscilla. Sofia Coppola. A24

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt. Raven Jackson. Pastel and A24

*Joyride. Adele Lim. Point Grey and Lionsgate

*You’ve Got Mail. Nora Ephron. Warner Bros. 

Dream Scenario. Kristoffer Borgli. A24

The Holdovers. Alexander Payne. Miramax and Focus 

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of the Songbirds and Snakes. Francis Lawrence. Lionsgate

The Master. Paul Thomas Anderson. Annapurna and The Weinstein Co

Roald Dahl Shorts: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and The Swan. Wes Anderson. Netflix

May December. Todd Haynes. Gloria Sanchez, Killer Films, and Netflix

Nope. Jordan Peele. Monkeypaw and Universal

2001: Space Odyssey. Stanley Kubrick. MGM 

Napoleon. Ridley Scott. Scott Free Productions, Columbia (through Sony), and Apple

No Country for Old Men. Joel and Ethan Coen. Paramount, Scott Rudin, Miramax, and Paramount 

*The Age of Innocence. Scorsese. Cappa and Columbia Pictures

Origin. Ava Duverney. ARRAY and Neon 

Poor Things. Yorgos Lanthimos. Film4 and Searchlight 

*Killing of a Sacred Deer. Yorgos Lanthimos. Film4 

Wonka. Paul King. The Roald Dahl Story Co. and Warner Bros. 

*Saint Omer. Alice Diop 

*Sanctuary. Zachary Wigon. Neon— Supererrari. Michael Mann. Neon 

American Fiction (x2). Cord Jefferson. Orion

Fallen Leaves. Aki Kaurismaki

Monster. Hirokazu Kore-eda. Gaga

The Iron Claw. Sean Durkin. A24, Lionsgate

The Color Purple. Blitz Bazawule. Warner Bros.

Ferrari. Michael Mann. Neon