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Films I watched in a cinema during 2022

14 films

I’ll continue with these lists until cinema-going feels completely normal again. 

EDIT: Well it happened. Watching The Northman without a…

  • Nomadland
  • Klute
  • Censor
  • The Green Knight
  • Spencer
  • Relic
  • I Used to Go Here
  • The Forty-Year-Old Version
  • My Octopus Teacher
  • Boys State
  • Hail Satan?
  • Only You
  • The Kindergarten Teacher
  • Aniara
  • Hustlers

#52FilmsByWomen - year 04 (2020)

55 films

Okay, better result last year than the year previous (34 female-directed films watched in 2019 versus only 19 in 2018)…

  • La Dolce Vita
  • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
  • Jojo Rabbit
  • Uncut Gems
  • Waves

Films I watched in a cinema during 2020

15 films

In a normal year, I would visit the cinema once a week or more. 2020 started off as a normal…

  • Bird Box
  • Leave No Trace
  • Freedom Fields
  • The Miseducation of Cameron Post
  • Skate Kitchen

#52FilmsByWomen - year 03 (2019)

34 films

After last year’s embarassing failure (only 19 female-directed films watched), I’m making a renewed commitment to watch 52 films directed…

  • Phantom Thread
  • Cold War
  • The Old Man & the Gun
  • Suspiria
  • Three Identical Strangers

Favourite new releases of 2018

20 films

Favourite new films viewed in 2018 by UK release date.

First two are my absolute favourites of the year -…

  • Heaven Knows What
  • Spring Night, Summer Night
  • Weekend
  • Green
  • Sun Don't Shine

Discoveries 2018

20 films

Films viewed for the first time in 2018 that made a real impression on me. In no particular order.

  • The Farthest
  • Lady Bird
  • You Were Never Really Here
  • Fun Mom Dinner
  • River of Grass

#52FilmsByWomen - Year 02

19 films

Wow, as of July 4th, only 8 of the 75 films I have watched so far in the viewing period…

  • Mustang
  • Prevenge
  • Appropriate Behavior
  • Things to Come
  • In a World...

#52FilmsByWomen - Year 01

52 films

Last week (end of May 2017) I totalled up the number of films I'd watched this year that were directed…

  • Her
  • Inside Llewyn Davis
  • Dallas Buyers Club
  • Under the Skin
  • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Favourite films of 2014

10 films

There were loads of great new releases (determined by UK release date) that I missed in 2014 but these are…

  • Gravity
  • Upstream Color
  • Frances Ha
  • Stories We Tell
  • Ain't Them Bodies Saints

My top 10 films of 2013

10 films

My favourite films of 2013 (UK release dates). I felt like I missed a lot of notable films in 2013…