notable first watches & comfort rewatches

march

• booksmart (2019) dir. olivia wilde
• the miseducation of cameron post (2018) dir. desiree akhavan
• can you ever forgive me? (2018) dir. marielle heller
• breakfast at tiffany's (1961) dir. blake edwards
• the blair witch project (1999) dir. daniel myric, eduardo sanchez
• life of pi (2012) dir. ang lee
• my own private idaho (1991) dir. gus van sant
• juno (2007) dir. jason reitman
• 13 going on 30 (2004) dir. gary winick

april

• a simple favor (2018) dir. paul feig
• moulin rouge! (2001) dir. baz luhrmann
• t2 trainspotting (2017) dir. danny boyle
• the disappearance of eleanor rigby (2013) dir. ned benson
• the stepford wives (2004) dir. frank oz
• greta (2018) dir. neil jordan
• dead poets society (1989) dir. peter weir
• the darjeeling limited (2007) dir. wes anderson
• big fish (2003) dir. tim burton
• bewitched (2005) dir. nora ephron
• sense and sensibility (1995) dir. ang lee
• loving vincent (2017) dir. dorota kobiela, hugh welchman
• bad education (2019) dir. cory finley

may

• mysterious skin (2004) dir. gregg araki
• mulholland drive (2001) dir. david lynch
• real women have curves (2002) dir. patricia cardoso
• manchester by the sea (2016) dir. kenneth lonergan
• rushmore (1998) dir. wes anderson
• to die for (1995) dir. gus van sant
• the descendants (2011) dir. alexander payne
• rough night (2017) dir. lucia anello
• blade runner 2049 (2017) dir. denis villeneuve
• the addams family (1991) dir. barry sonnenfeld
• the little hours (2017) dir. jeff baena
• the florida project (2017) dir. sean baker
• when harry met sally... (1989) dir. rob reiner
• spotlight (2015) dir. tom mccarthy
• sorry to bother you (2018) dir. boots riley
• magnolia (1999) dir. paul thomas anderson
• the master (2012) dir. paul thomas anderson

june

• there will be blood (2007) dir. paul thomas anderson
• fight club (1999) dir. david fincher
• shutter island (2010) dir. martin scorsese
• charlie's angels: full throttle (2003) dir. mcg
• mandy (2018) dir. panos cosmatos
• enemy (2013) dir. dennis villeneuve
• uncut gems (2019) dir. josh & benny safdie
• black swan (2010) dir. darren aronofsky
• the painted veil (2006) dir. john curran
• 50 first dates (2004) dir. peter segal
• dreamgirls (2006) dir. bill condon
• sausage party (2016) dir. conrad vernon
• the people vs larry flynt (1996) dir. milos forman
• the impossible (2012) dir. j. a. bayona
• election (1999) dir. alexander payne
• drop dead gorgeous (1999) dir. michael patrick jann
• ready or not (2019) dir. matt bettinelli-oplin
• alien (1979) dir. ridley scott

july

• thelma & louise (1991) dir. ridley scott
• a serious man (2009) dir. joel & ethan coen
• inherent vice (2014) dir. paul thomas anderson
• ellie parker (2005) dir. scott cofey
• popstar: never stop never stopping (2016) dir. the lonely island
• american beauty (1999) dir. sam mendes
• won't you be my neighbour? (2018) dir. morgan neville
• 10 cloverfield lane (2016) dir. dan tratchenberg
• beetlejuice (1988) dir. tim burton
• rocketman (2019) dir. dexter fletcher
• it follows (2014) dir. david robert mitchell
• ad astra (2019) dir. james gray
• the lobster (2015) dir. yorgos lanthimos
• ex machina (2014) dir. alex garland
• the hours (2002) dir. stephen daldry

august

• never let me go (2010) dir. mark romanek
• ghost world (2001) dir. terry zwigoff
• certain women (2016) dir. kelly reichardt
• i love you phillip morris (2009) dir. glenn ficarra, john requa
• fargo (1996) dir. joel & ethan coen
• under the silver lake (2018) dir. david robert mitchell
• mamma mia! (2008) dir. phyllida lloyd
• clue (1985) dir. jonathan lynn
• the notebook (2004) dir. nick cassavetes
• novitiate (2017) dir. margaret betts
• bridesmaids (2011) dir. paul feig
• flirting (1991) dir. john duigan

september

• im thinking of ending things (2020) dir. charlie kaufman
• bachelorette (2012) dir. leslye headland
• eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (2004) dir. michael gondry
• fallen angels (1995) dir. wong kar-wai
• the glass castle (2017) dir. destin daniel cretton
• joker (2019) dir. todd phillips
• the assistant (2019) dir. kitty green
• the sixth sense (1999) dir. m. night shyamalan
• pieces of april (2003) dir. peter hedges
• hustlers (2019) dir. lorene scafaria

october

• stay (2005) dir. marc forster
• welcome to the dollhouse (1995) dir. todd solondz
• misery (1990) dir. rob reiner
• julie & julia (2009) dir. nora ephron
• margaret (2011) dir. kenneth lonergan
• the lighthouse (2019) dir. robert eggers
• safe (1995) dir. todd haynes
• wiener-dog (2016) dir. todd solondz
• dogtooth (2009) dir. yorgos lanthimos
• happiness (1998) dir. todd solondz
• citizen ruth (1996) dir. alexander payne
• four weddings and a funeral (1994) dir. mike newell
• you can count on me dir. kenneth lonergan
• private life (2018) dir. tamara jenkins
• sideways (2004) dir. alexander payne
• the savages (2007) dir. tamara jenkins
• slums of beverly hills (1998) dir. tamara jenkins
• the killing of a sacred deer (2017) dir. yorgos lanthimos
• velvet goldmine (1998) dir. todd haynes
• carol (2015) dir. todd haynes

november

• the piano (1993) dir. jane campion
• mustang (2015) dir. denis gamze erguven
• persepolis (2007) dir. marjane satrapi
• all about lily chou-chou (2001) dir. shunji iwai
• the watermelon woman (1996) dir. cheryl dunye
• greener grass (2019) dir. jocelyn deboer, dawn luebber
• take this waltz (2011) dir. sarah polley
• girlfriends (1978) dir. claudia weill
• a league of their own (1992) dir. penny marshall
• babyteeth (2019) dir. shannon murphy
• whip it (2009)dir. drew barrymore
• now and then (1995) dir. lesli linka glatter
• sweetie (1989) dir. jane campion
• tank girl (1995) dir. rachel talalay
• morvern callar (2002) dir. lynne ramsay
• inland empire (2006) dir. lynne ramsay
• a new leaf (1971) dir. elaine may
• the children's hour (1961) dir. william wyler
• set it off (1996) dir. f. gary gray
• the heartbreak kid (1972) dir. elaine may
• we need to talk about kevin (2011) dir. lynne ramsay
• skate kitchen (2018) dir. crystal moselle
• you were never really here (2017) dir. lynne ramsay
• an education (2009) dir. lone scherfig
• mikey and nicky (1976) dir. elaine may
• logan lucky (2017) dir. steven soderbergh
• battle of the sexes (2017) dir. valerie faris, jonathan dayton
• reservoir dogs (1992) dir. quentin tarantino
• meek's cutoff (2010) dir. kelly reichardt
• i heart huckabees (2004) dir. david o. russell
• smooth talk (1985) dir. joyce chopra
• the silence of the lambs (1991) dir. jonathan demme
• wendy and lucy (2008) dir. kelly reichardt
• dick (1999) dir. andrew fleming
• tangerine (2015) dir. scott baker
• go (1999) dir. doug liman
• videodrome (1983) dir. david cronenberg
• birth (2004) dir. jonathan glazer

december

• thirteen (2003) dir. catherine hardwicke
• celeste & jesse forever (2012) dir. lee toland krieger
• landline (2017) dir. gillian robespierre
• a girl walks home alone at night (2014) dir. ana lily armipour
• igby goes down (2002) dir. burr steers
• margaret (2011) dir. kenneth lonergan
• sugar & spice (2001) dir. francine mcdougall
• lovesong (2016) dir. so-yong kim
• kajillionaire (2020) dir. miranda july
• marie antoinette (2006) dir. sofia coppola
• suicide club (2001) dir. sion sono
• the kids are all right (2010) dir. lisa chodolenko
• suspiria (2018) dir. luca guadagnino
• the informant! (2009) dir. steven soderbergh
• the tale (2018)_ dir. jennifer fox
• wristcutters: a love story (2006) dir. goran dukic
• the gathering / arisan! (2003) dir. nia dinata
• stories we tell (2012) dir. sarah polley
• the act of killing / jagal (2014) dir. joshua opppenheimer
• the meetings of anna / les rendez-vous d'anna (1978) dir. chantal akerman
• desert hearts (1985) dir. donna deitch
• cléo from 5 to 7 / cléo de cinq à sept (1962) dir. agnès varda
• tenet (2020) dir. christopher nolan
• the station agent (2003) dir. todd mccarthy
• helter skelter (2012) dir. mika ninagawa
• the virgin suicides (1999) dir. sofia coppola
• dogville (2003) dir. lars von trier
• winter's bone (2010) dir. debra granik
• dark waters (2019) dir. todd haynes
• fat girl / à ma soeur! (2001) dir. catherine breillat
• the two faces of january (2014) dir. hossein amini
• ratcatcher (1999) dir. lynne ramsay
• if these walls could talk 2 (2000) dir. anne heche, jane anderson and martha coolidge
• st. vincent (2014) dir. theodore melfi
• pariah (2011) dir. dee rees
• the love witch (2016) dir. anna biller
• polytechnique (2009) dir. denis villeneuve
• water lilies / naissance des pieuvres (2007) dir. céline sciamma
• eyes wide shut (1999) dir. stanley kubrick
• fish tank (2009) dir. andrea arnold
• bring it on (2000) dir. peyton reed
• promising young woman (2020) dir. emerald fennell
• raw / grave (2016) dir. julia ducournau
• shirkers (2018) dir. sandi tan
• the young girls of rochefort / les demoiselles de rochefort (1967) dir. jacques demy
• shiva baby (2020) dir. emma seligman
• minari (2020) dir. lee isaac chung
• farewell my concubine (1993) dir. chen kaige