2024

January 2024

Perfect Days (2024) - Wim Wenders
A meditative portrait of a Tokyo toilet cleaner finding beauty in daily routines
All of Us Strangers (2023) - Andrew Haigh
Haunting British drama about love, loss, and childhood memories
The Zone of Interest (2023) - Jonathan Glazer
Chilling examination of bureaucratic evil through an Auschwitz commandant’s family life
Poor Things (2023) - Yorgos Lanthimos
Victorian sci-fi feminist tale with stunning visual imagination
Memories of Murder (2003) - Bong Joon-ho
Masterful South Korean true-crime drama about an unsolved serial killer case

The Boy and the Heron (2023) - Hayao Miyazaki
Miyazaki’s dreamlike return to animation
Evil Does Not Exist (2023) - Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Subtle environmental drama from Drive My Car director
In the Mood for Love (2000) - Wong Kar-wai
Beautifully restored version of the Hong Kong romance classic
Anatomy of a Fall (2023) - Justine Triet
Complex legal drama exploring truth and perception
La Nuit du 12 (2022) - Dominik Moll
Atmospheric French procedural about an unsolved murder

Paris, Texas (1984) - Wim Wenders
Restored version of the haunting American road movie
Dune: Part Two (2024) - Denis Villeneuve
Epic continuation of the sci-fi adaptation
The Seventh Seal (1957) - Ingmar Bergman
Medieval allegory about death and faith
Close (2022) - Lukas Dhont
Tender Belgian drama about childhood friendship
Memoria (2021) - Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Meditative exploration of sound and memory

Mickey 17 (2024) - Bong Joon-ho
Sci-fi clone drama with Robert Pattinson
Three Colors: Blue (1993) - Krzysztof Kieślowski
First part of the renowned trilogy
Past Lives (2023) - Celine Song
Quiet meditation on love, time, and cultural identity
Stalker (1979) - Andrei Tarkovsky
Philosophical sci-fi journey through the Zone
The Double Life of Véronique (1991) - Krzysztof Kieślowski
Mystical exploration of identity and connection

Fallen Leaves (2023) - Aki Kaurismäki
Deadpan Finnish romance
Taste of Cherry (1997) - Abbas Kiarostami
Iranian masterpiece about life and death
Perfect Blue (1997) - Satoshi Kon
Psychological thriller about identity and fame
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) - Martin Scorsese
Epic historical crime drama
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) - Victor Erice
Poetic Spanish drama about childhood imagination

Playtime (1967) - Jacques Tati
Restored comedy about modern life
Tokyo Story (1953) - Yasujirō Ozu
Masterpiece about family and generational divide
Drive My Car (2021) - Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Complex drama about loss and art
Possession (1981) - Andrzej Żuławski
Restored version of the cult psychological horror
The Piano (1993) - Jane Campion
Period drama about music and passion

Wings of Desire (1987) - Wim Wenders
Angels in divided Berlin
8½ (1963) - Federico Fellini
Surreal exploration of creativity
Three Colors: White (1994) - Krzysztof Kieślowski
Second part of the trilogy
Safe (1995) - Todd Haynes
Environmental horror with Julianne Moore
Woman in the Dunes (1964) - Hiroshi Teshigahara
Existential Japanese classic

Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974) - Jacques Rivette
Playful French New Wave fantasy
Cure (1997) - Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Atmospheric Japanese psychological thriller
Three Colors: Red (1994) - Krzysztof Kieślowski
Final part of the trilogy
The Mirror (1975) - Andrei Tarkovsky
Poetic autobiographical film
A Brighter Summer Day (1991) - Edward Yang
Epic Taiwanese coming-of-age drama

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) - Peter Weir
Australian mystery about disappearing schoolgirls
Trouble Every Day (2001) - Claire Denis
Controversial French horror
L’Avventura (1960) - Michelangelo Antonioni
Modernist mystery about disappearance
Persona (1966) - Ingmar Bergman
Psychological drama about identity
Chungking Express (1994) - Wong Kar-wai
Energetic Hong Kong romance