January
That Old Dream That Movies (2001, Alain Guiraudie) – 9
Kimi (2022, Steven Soderbergh) – 7
De Humani Corporis Fabrica (2022, Véréna Paravel & Lucien Castaing-Taylor) – 9
A Short Story (2022, Bi Gan)
The Sower of Stars (2022, Lois Patiño)
La Cérémonie (1995, Claude Chabrol) – 10
Flash Point (2007, Wilson Yip) – 6
Both Sides of the Blade (2022, Claire Denis) – 8
Stars at Noon (2022, Claire Denis) – 8
Elvis (2022, Baz Luhrmann) – 5
The Batman (2022, Matt Reeves) – 6
Oh Supreme Light (2010, Jean-Marie Straub)
Glass Onion (2022, Rian Johnson) – 7
Gush (2023, Fox Maxy) Sundance – 6
It’s Raining Frogs Outside (2021, Maria Estela Paiso) Sundance
Last Things (2023, Deborah Stratman) Sundance – 7
Fremont (2023, Babak Jalali) Sundance – 7
Passages (2023, Ira Sachs) Sundance – 7
A Common Sequence (2023, Mary Helena Clark & Mike Gibisser) Sundance – 7
The Tuba Thieves (2023, Alison O’Daniel) Sundance – 6
Skinamarink (2022, Kyle Edward Ball) DP – 7
February
+Millennium Mambo (2001, Hou Hsiao-hsien) DP – 10 [up from 9]
Tomatos Every Day (1930, James Sibley Watson) DP
The Backrooms (Found Footage) (2022, Kane Parsons) DP
Could see a puma. (2011, Eduardo Williams) DP
I Remember Nothing (2015, Zia Anger) DP
This Is My Kingdom (2010, Carlos Reygadas) DP
The Blue Rose of Forgetfulness (2022, Lewis Klahr) DP – 8
Fly, Fly Sadness (2015, Miryam Charles) DP
Towards the Colonies (2016, Miryam Charles) DP
Three Atlas (2018, Miryam Charles) DP
Cette maison (2022, Miryam Charles) DP – 6
Kagero-za (1981, Suzuki Seijun) 35mm – 9
Tokyo Drifter (1966, Suzuki Seijun) 35mm – 9
Knock at the Cabin (2023, M. Night Shyamalan) DP – 7
Birth of a Notion (1947, Robert McKimson) 35mm
+The Host (2006, Bong Joon-ho) 35mm – 8
Mother (2009, Bong Joon-ho) 35mm – 8
+Figure Minus Fact (2020, Mary Helena Clark)
in water (2023, Hong Sang-soo) – 8
+A New Old Play (2021, Qiu Jiongjiong) LED – 9
March
Stonewalling (2022, Huang Ji & Otsuka Ryuji) DP – 8
Tugboat Granny (1956, Friz Freleng) 35mm
Titanic (1997, James Cameron) 35mm – 7
The Adventures of Gigi the Law (2022, Alessandro Comodin) Locarno in Los Angeles, DP – 7
Where Is This Street? or With No Before or After (2022, João Pedro Rodrigues & João Rui Guerra da Mata) Locarno in Los Angeles, DP – 8
Saturn Bowling (2022, Patricia Mazuy) Locarno in Los Angeles, DP – 8
Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick? (2022, Franciska Eliassen) Locarno in Los Angeles, DP – 6
Matter Out of Place (2022, Nikolaus Geyrhalter) Locarno in Los Angeles, DP – 8
Fairytale (2022, Alexander Sokurov) Locarno in Los Angeles, DP – 6
Astrakan (2022, David Depesseville) Locarno in Los Angeles, DP – 7
It Is Night in America (2022, Ana Vaz) Locarno in Los Angeles, DP – 7
Last Screening (2022, Darezhan Omirbaev) Locarno in Los Angeles, DP
Safe Place (2022, Juraj Lerotić) Locarno in Los Angeles, DP – 7
Tales of the Purple House (2022, Abbas Fahdel) Locarno in Los Angeles, DP – 8
Full River Red (2023, Zhang Yimou) DP – 7
L’Enfant (2005, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne) 35mm – 9
Rosetta (1999, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne) DP – 8
The Kid With a Bike (2011, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne) 35mm – 9
Targets (1968, Peter Bogdanovich) 35mm – 8
+Zero Dark Thirty (2012, Kathryn Bigelow) – 5 [down from 7]
+PlayTime (1967, Jacques Tati) 35mm – 10 [up from 9]
April
Invocation (1982, Amy Halpern) 16mm
Roll #1 for Nancy (1972, Amy Halpern) 16mm
Three Preparations (1972, Amy Halpern) 16mm
Cigarette Burn (1978, Amy Halpern) 16mm
Self-Portrait as a City (1977, Amy Halpern) 16mm
Plausible Light Source (1976, Amy Halpern) 16mm
Ginko Yellow (2022, Amy Halpern) 16mm
Fire Belly (2021, Amy Halpern) 16mm
Cuticle Torture (1981, Amy Halpern) 16mm
Palm Down (2012, Amy Halpern) 16mm
Newt Leaders (2020, Amy Halpern) 16mm
By Halves (2012, Amy Halpern) 16mm
Injury on a Theme (2012, Amy Halpern) 16mm
Verge (for my sisters) (2022, Amy Halpern) 16mm
Birds in the Window (2021, Amy Halpern & David Lebrun) DP
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023, Chad Stahelski) DP – 8
Rewind & Play (2022, Alain Gomis) DP – 8
Showing Up (2022, Kelly Reichardt) DP – 9
May
+The River (1997, Tsai Ming-liang) – 10 [up from 9]
The Cat Came Back (1936, Friz Freleng) 35mm
Imitation of Life (1959, Douglas Sirk) 35mm – 10
+Mildred Pierce (1945, Michael Curtiz) 35mm – 9 [up from 8]
Nemesis (1992, Albert Pyun) 35mm – 6
+GoodFellas (1990, Martin Scorsese) 35mm – 9 [up from 8]
Full Contact (1992, Ringo Lam) 35mm – 9
+De humani corporis fabrica (2022, Véréna Paravel & Lucien Castaing-Taylor) DP – 9
Shin Ultraman (2022, Higuchi Shinji) – 7
Warriors of Future (2022, Ng Yuen-fai) – 6
June
Asteroid City (2023, Wes Anderson) DP – 9
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023, Joaquim Dos Santos & Kemp Powers & Justin K. Thompson) DP – 6
Music (2023, Angela Schanelec) Taipei, DP – 9
Remembering Every Night (2022, Kiyohara Yui) Taipei, DP – 8
The Plough (2023, Philippe Garrel) Taipei, DP – 8
A Woman Escapes (2022, Sofia Bohdanowicz & Burak Çevik & Blake Williams) Taipei, 3D – 7
The Maiden (2022, Graham Foy) Taipei, DP – 7
Absence (2023, Wu Lang) Taipei, DP – 7
July
News From Home (1976, Chantal Akerman) – 10
Samsara (2023, Lois Patiño) Taipei, DP – 8
Enys Men (2022, Mark Jenkin) Taipei, DP – 7
Here (2023, Bas Devos) Taipei, DP – 8
+House of Tolerance (2011, Bertrand Bonello) – 9 [up from 8]
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One (2023, Christopher McQuarrie) DP – 8
Passion (2008, Hamaguchi Ryusuke) DP – 7
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023, James Mangold) DP – 6
Café Lumière (2003, Hou Hsiao-hsien) 35mm – 10
Happer’s Comet (2022, Tyler Taormina) – 7
Return to Dust (2022, Li Ruijun) – 8
Barbie (2023, Greta Gerwig) DP – 7
Oppenheimer (2023, Christopher Nolan) DP – 6
+Taipei Story (1985, Edward Yang) DP – 10
August
Local Legends (2013, Matt Farley) – 7
+Classical Period (2018, Ted Fendt) – 8 [up from 7]
Knock Off (1998, Tsui Hark) 35mm – 7
Double Team (1997, Tsui Hark) 35mm – 7
Main Hall (2013, Philipp Fleischmann) 35mm
The Invisible Cinema 3 (2017, Philipp Fleischmann) 16mm
Untitled (Generali Foundation Vienna) (2015, Philipp Fleischmann) 16mm
mumok kino (2017, Philipp Fleischmann) 35mm
Austrian Pavilion (2019, Philipp Fleischmann) 35mm
Untitled (34bsp) (2021, Philipp Fleischmann) 35mm
Film Sculpture (4) (2023, Philipp Fleischmann) 16mm
Nivea (1967, Peter Weibel) 16mm
zzz: hamburg special (1968, Hans Scheugl) 16mm
Abstract Film No. 1 (1968, Valie Export) 16mm
A Proposal to project in 4:3 (2016, Viktoria Schmid) 16mm
Navigator (2015, Björn Kämmerer) 35mm
Cavalcade (2019, Johann Lurf) 35mm
+Saint Laurent (2014, Bertrand Bonello) – 8 [up from 7]
Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang? (2022, Tsai Ming-liang) DP
Where (2022, Tsai Ming-liang) DP – 8
+Nocturama (2016, Bertrand Bonello) – 9 [up from 8]
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973, Sam Peckinpah) DP – 8
The Adults (2023, Dustin Guy Defa) DP – 8
The Draft Horse (1942, Chuck Jones) 35mm
+Army of Shadows (1969, Jean-Pierre Melville) 35mm – 9 [up from 7]
ALLENSWORTH (2023, James Benning) DP – 8
September
Shiva Baby (2020, Emma Seligman) – 6
Bottoms (2023, Emma Seligman) DP – 6
The Human Voice (2020, Pedro Almodóvar)
Strange Way of Life (2023, Pedro Almodóvar) DP
Good Morning (1959, Ozu Yasujiro) 35mm – 9
+Goodbye to Language (2014, Jean-Luc Godard) 3D – 10 [up from 9]
3x3D (2013, Omnibus) 3D – 6
Late Autumn (1960, Ozu Yasujiro) 35mm – 9
Veronika Voss (1982, Rainer Werner Fassbinder) 35mm – 8
Our House (2017, Kiyohara Yui) – 7
The End of Summer (1961, Ozu Yasujiro) 35mm – 8
+An Autumn Afternoon (1962, Ozu Yasujiro) 35mm – 10 [up from 9]
Perfect Days (2023, Wim Wenders) – 7
La chimera (2023, Alice Rohrwacher) – 8
Made in Hong Kong (1997, Fruit Chan) – 9
JFK (1991, Oliver Stone) 35mm – 6
+Stop Making Sense (1984, Jonathan Demme) DP – 10
The Zone of Interest (2023, Jonathan Glazer) DP – 8
+Oppenheimer (2023, Christopher Nolan) 70mm – 7 [up from 6]
Long Arm of the Law (1984, Johnny Mak) – 9
The Longest Summer (1998, Fruit Chan) – 9
Little Cheung (1999, Fruit Chan) – 8
October
Durian Durian (2000, Fruit Chan) – 9
+Made in Hong Kong (1997, Fruit Chan) – 9
Anatomy of a Fall (2023, Justine Triet) Beyond Fest, DP – 9
Passing Time (2023, Terence Davies)
The Delinquents (2023, Rodrigo Moreno) DP – 9
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023, Martin Scorsese) DP – 8
The Miracle (2022, Nienke Deutz)
Sweet Like Lemons (2023, Jenny Jokela)
The Potemkinists (2022, Radu Jude)
Occupied City (2023, Steve McQueen) AFI Fest, DP – 8
Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (2023, Radu Jude) AFI Fest, DP – 9
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973, Víctor Erice) – 9
Close Your Eyes (2023, Víctor Erice) AFI Fest, DP – 9
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus (2023, Sora Neo) AFI Fest, DP – 8
Ur Heinous Habit (2023, Eugene Kolb)
My Name Is Edgar and I Have a Cow (2023, Filip Diviak)
Chutes (2023, Kenzie Sutton)
Eeva (2022, Lucija Mrzljak & Morten Tšinakov)
George-Peterland (2023, Christer Wahlberg & Sebastian Rudolph Jensen)
Miisufy (2023, Liisi Grünberg)
A Kind of Testament (2023, Stephen Vuillemin)
A Crab in the Pool (2023, Alexandra Myotte & Jean-Sébastien Hamel)
Sandwich Cat (2022, David Fidalgo)
La perra (2023, Carla Melo Gampert)
The Waiting (2023, Volker Schlecht)
Merman (2023, Sterling Hampton IV)
Fleshwork (2023, Lydia Cornett)
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó (2023, Sean Wang)
Puffling (2023, Jessica Bishopp)
Alpha Kings (2023, Enrique Pedráza Botero & Faye Tsakas)
Quiet As It’s Kept (2023, Ja’Tovia Gary)
Thriving: A Dissociated Reverie (2023, Nicole Bazuin)
Friday Night Blind (2022, Scott Krahn & Robb Fischer)
Been There (2023, Corina Schwingruber Ilić)
Dildotectónica (2023, Tomás Paula Marques)
Fratelli Carbonai (2023, Joshua Hughes & Felix Bazalgette)
Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black) (2023, Matthew Thorne & Derik Lynch)
Honolulu (2022, Maya Tanaka)
The Skates (2023, Halima Ouardiri)
Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays (2022, Christian Avilés)
Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy (2023, Khozy Rizal)
Beyond the Sea (2023, Hippolyte Leibovici)
Skin (2023, Leo Behrens)
The Old Young Crow (2022, Liam LoPinto)
Thursday (2022, Bren Cukier)
Sèt Lam (2022, Vincent Fontano)
Hafekasi (2023, Annelise Hickey)
Primetime Mother (2023, Sonny Calvento)
Madden (2023, Malin Ingrid Johansson)
Closing Dynasty (2022, Lloyd Lee Choi)
Starling (2023, Mitra Shahidi)
Savi the Cat (2022, Bryan Tucker & Netsanet Tjirongo)
Tango Is Conscious! (2023, Maddie Wu)
Maestro (2023, Bradley Cooper) AFI Fest, DP – 7
+A One and a Two… (2000, Edward Yang) 35mm – 10
November
The Killer (2023, David Fincher) DP – 8
Anselm (2023, Wim Wenders) 3D – 6
Limbo (2021, Soi Cheang) – 9
Mad Fate (2023, Soi Cheang) – 8
Pictures of Ghosts (2023, Kleber Mendonça Filho) DP – 8
Poor Things (2023, Yorgos Lanthimos) DP – 7
On the Rocks (2020, Sofia Coppola) – 7
Priscilla (2023, Sofia Coppola) DP – 8
Godzilla Minus One (2023, Yamazaki Takashi) DP – 7
Ferrari (2023, Michael Mann) DP – 8
Fallen Leaves (2023, Aki Kaurismäki) DP – 9
Youth (Spring) (2023, Wang Bing) DP – 9
May December (2023, Todd Haynes) DP – 9
The Holdovers (2023, Alexander Payne) DP – 7
A Couple (2022, Frederick Wiseman) – 7
How Do You Live? (2023, Miyazaki Hayao) DP – 8
Afire (2023, Christian Petzold) – 9
Following the Sound (2023, Sugita Kyoshi) – 7
December
This Woman (2023, Alan Zhang) – 7
A Marble Travelogue (2021, Sean Wang) – 7
In the Morning of La Petite Mort (2021, Wang Yu-lin) – 5
Daughter and Son (2022, Cheng Yu)
Hao Hao Wan Wan (2022, Em Yue)
Is There a Pine on the Mountain (2022, Liu Chongyan)
Somewhere (2022, Li Jiahe)
The Mountains Sing (2021, Yang Xiao)
The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost (2021, Lei Qinyuan) – 6
The Fadings (2022, You Wenhu) – 7
De Closin Night (2022, Zhu Shicong)
Will You Look at Me (2022, Huang Shuli)
Olympic (2022, Zhu Xin)
China PK Queen (2021, Wei Xiaogang)
Children’s Corner (2021, Guan Haotian)
Outside the Glass Jar (2023, Zhang Xitong)
The Woman From Myanmar (2022, Wang Xiuyue) – 5
Be Concerned (2021, Li Jia) – 6
Maria Schneider, 1983 (2022, Elisabeth Subrin) DP
Shulie (1997, Elisabeth Subrin) DP
The Discarnates (1988, Obayashi Nobuhiko) – 9
Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars (2023, Jean-Luc Godard)
Still Film (2023, James N. Kienitz Wilkins) – 8
Past Lives (2023, Celine Song) – 7
The Daughters of Fire (2023, Pedro Costa) DP
+in water (2023, Hong Sang-soo) DP – 9 [up from 8]
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (2023, Kelly Fremon Craig) – 8
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023, Wes Anderson)
The Swan (2023, Wes Anderson)
The Rat Catcher (2023, Wes Anderson)
Poison (2023, Wes Anderson)
The Taste of Things (2023, Trần Anh Hùng) – 7
Menus-Plaisirs—Les Troisgros (2023, Frederick Wiseman) – 8
All of Us Strangers (2023, Andrew Haigh) – 8
Tótem (2023, Lila Avilés) – 6
A Thousand and One (2023, A. V. Rockwell) – 6
+The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023, Wes Anderson)
Talk to Me (2023, Danny & Michael Philippou) – 5
The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (2023, William Friedkin) – 7
+Ferrari (2023, Michael Mann) – 8
Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023, Karan Johar) – 7
In Our Day (2023, Hong Sang-soo) – 9