2024 First Watches

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Renewed Appreciation: Kung Fu Hustle, Nocturama, Leviathan, There Will Be Blood, Zombi Child, Last Things

Shorts: Spacy, Thunder, This Action Lies, Train Again, We Don’t Talk Like We Used To, Grim, Ghost, Zone, Devil’s Circuit, Venus, Wall, NE CORRIDOR, (it’s not a prison if you never try the door), The Mummy’s Dream, Box, LUNA E SANTUR, (tourism studies), The United States of America, Dreams Under Confinement, Greetings From Crîngași!, Halimuhfack, BURNING STAR, Sunshine State (Extended Forecast), Laying Out, The Moon, 28.IV.81 (Descending Figures), Reckless Eyeballing, Speaking in Tongues: Take One, AGAINST LANDSCAPE

  1. Johnny Guitar (1954, Nicholas Ray) [March]
  2. La Région centrale (1971, Michael Snow) [March]
  3. The Beast (2023, Bertrand Bonello) [March]
  4. Le Trou (1960, Jacques Becker) [March]
  5. Evil Does Not Exist (2023, Hamaguchi Ryusuke) [May]
  6. The Human Surge 3 (2023, Eduardo Williams) [April]
  7. Drunken Master II (1994, Lau Kar-leung) [March]
  8. 11 x 14 (1977, James Benning) [April]
  9. One Way Boogie Woogie (1977, James Benning) [April]
  10. Waking Life (2001, Richard Linklater) [March]
  11. Boat People (1982, Ann Hui) [March]
  12. Landscape Suicide (1986, James Benning) [April]
  13. The Shadowless Tower (2023, Zhang Lu) [March]
  14. Eureka (2023, Lisandro Alonso) [April]
  15. Liverpool (2008, Lisandro Alonso) [April]
  16. Los muertos (2004, Lisandro Alonso) [April]
  17. El futuro (2013, Luis López Carrasco) [February]
  18. Drunken Master (1978, Yuen Woo-ping) [March]
  19. Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (2023, Phạm Thiên Ân) [January]
  20. Man in Black (2023, Wang Bing) [January]
  21. Coma (2022, Bertrand Bonello) [March]
  22. The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2023, Joanna Arnow) [April]
  23. Sylvia Scarlett (1935, George Cukor) [March]
  24. Forty Guns (1957, Samuel Fuller) [March]
  25. Hit Man (2023, Richard Linklater) [January]
  26. Between the Temples (2024, Nathan Silver) [January]
  27. Nowhere Near (2023, Miko Revereza) [January]
  28. The Beast in the Jungle (2023, Patric Chiha) [April]
  29. The Sweet East (2023, Sean Price Williams) [January]
  30. Mambar Pierrette (2023, Rosine Mbakam) [February]
  31. AGGRO DR1FT (2023, Harmony Korine) [February]
  32. i hate myself 🙂 (2013, Joanna Arnow) [April]
  33. Dream Team (2024, Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn) [April]
  34. Challengers (2024, Luca Guadagnino) [May]
  35. Gasoline Rainbow (2023, Bill & Turner Ross) [April]
  36. Stinking Heaven (2015, Nathan Silver) [March]
  37. Mr. Nice Guy (1997, Sammo Hung) [March]
  38. Only the River Flows (2023, Wei Shujun) [February]
  39. Union (2024, Brett Story & Stephen Maing) [January]
  40. Europa Europa (1990, Agnieszka Holland) [January]
  41. Coconut Head Generation (2023, Alain Kassanda) [May]
  42. I Saw the TV Glow (2024, Jane Schoenbrun) [May]
  43. Dune: Part Two (2024, Denis Villeneuve) [March]
  44. Stress Positions (2024, Theda Hammel) [May]
  45. We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2021, Jane Schoenbrun) [January]
  46. Kneecap (2024, Rich Peppiatt) [January]
  47. Girls Will Be Girls (2024, Shuchi Talati) [January]
  48. Sujo (2024, Astrid Rondero & Fernanda Valadez) [January]
  49. Love Lies Bleeding (2024, Rose Glass) [March]
  50. American Fiction (2023, Cord Jefferson) [January]
  51. Good Bad Things (2024, Shane D. Stanger) [January]
  52. The People’s Joker (2022, Vera Drew) [March]
  53. Drive-Away Dykes (2024, Ethan Coen) [February]
  54. Dìdi (2024, Sean Wang) [January]
  55. Ibelin (2024, Benjamin Ree) [January]

Old

  1. Johnny Guitar (1954, Nicholas Ray)
  2. La Région centrale (1971, Michael Snow)
  3. Le Trou (1960, Jacques Becker)
  4. Drunken Master II (1994, Lau Kar-leung)
  5. 11 x 14 (1977, James Benning)
  6. One Way Boogie Woogie (1977, James Benning)
  7. Waking Life (2001, Richard Linklater)
  8. Boat People (1982, Ann Hui)
  9. Landscape Suicide (1986, James Benning)
  10. Liverpool (2008, Lisandro Alonso)
  11. Los muertos (2004, Lisandro Alonso)
  12. El futuro (2013, Luis López Carrasco)
  13. Drunken Master (1978, Yuen Woo-ping)
  14. Sylvia Scarlett (1935, George Cukor)
  15. Forty Guns (1957, Samuel Fuller)
  16. i hate myself 🙂 (2013, Joanna Arnow)
  17. Stinking Heaven (2015, Nathan Silver)
  18. Mr. Nice Guy (1997, Sammo Hung)
  19. Europa Europa (1990, Agnieszka Holland)
  20. We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2021, Jane Schoenbrun)

New

  1. The Beast (2023, Bertrand Bonello)
  2. Evil Does Not Exist (2023, Hamaguchi Ryusuke)
  3. The Human Surge 3 (2023, Eduardo Williams)
  4. The Shadowless Tower (2023, Zhang Lu)
  5. Eureka (2023, Lisandro Alonso)
  6. Hit Man (2023, Richard Linklater)
  7. Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (2023, Phạm Thiên Ân)
  8. Man in Black (2023, Wang Bing)
  9. Coma (2022, Bertrand Bonello)
  10. The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2023, Joanna Arnow)
  11. Between the Temples (2024, Nathan Silver)
  12. Nowhere Near (2023, Miko Revereza)
  13. The Beast in the Jungle (2023, Patric Chiha)
  14. The Sweet East (2023, Sean Price Williams)
  15. Mambar Pierrette (2023, Rosine Mbakam)
  16. AGGRO DR1FT (2023, Harmony Korine)
  17. Dream Team (2024, Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn)
  18. Challengers (2024, Luca Guadagnino)
  19. Gasoline Rainbow (2023, Bill & Turner Ross)
  20. Only the River Flows (2023, Wei Shujun)
  21. Union (2024, Brett Story & Stephen Maing)
  22. Coconut Head Generation (2023, Alain Kassanda)
  23. I Saw the TV Glow (2024, Jane Schoenbrun)
  24. Dune: Part Two (2024, Denis Villeneuve)
  25. Stress Positions (2024, Theda Hammel)
  26. Kneecap (2024, Rich Peppiatt)
  27. Girls Will Be Girls (2024, Shuchi Talati)
  28. Sujo (2024, Astrid Rondero & Fernanda Valadez)
  29. Love Lies Bleeding (2024, Rose Glass)
  30. American Fiction (2023, Cord Jefferson)
  31. Good Bad Things (2024, Shane D. Stanger)
  32. The People’s Joker (2022, Vera Drew)
  33. Drive-Away Dykes (2024, Ethan Coen)
  34. Dìdi (2024, Sean Wang)
  35. Ibelin (2024, Benjamin Ree)