The Films I Love in 2024

Mostly older titles, but new to me

Lion’s Love by Agnés Varda (1969)

Kung Fu Master! by Agnés Varda (1988)

le Bonheur by Agnés Varda (1965)

No Country for Old Men by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (2007)

The Face Behind The Mask by Robert Florey (1941)

Murder by Contract by Irving Lerner (1958)

Evil Does Not Exist by Ryusuke Hamaguchi (2023)

Out of the Blue by Dennis Hopper (1980)

Anatomy of Hell by Catherine Breillat (2004)

Meantime by Mike Leigh (1983)

Megalopolis by Francis Ford Coppola (2024)

The Train by John Frankenheimer (1964)

The Adventures of Arséne Lupin by Jacques Becker (1957)

Code Name: Melville by Olivier Bohler (2008)

The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo (1966)

The 10th Victim by Elio Petri (1965)

Ennio by Giuseppe Tornatore (2021)

Hamlet by Laurence Olivier (1948)

The Trial of Joan of Arc by Robert Bresson (1962)

Le Notti Bianche by Luchino Visconti (1957)

Senso by Luchino Visconti (1954)

The World’s Greatest Sinner by Timothy Carey (1962)

The Zone of Interest by Jonathan Glazer (2023)

Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes by Jean Eustache (1966)

Ripley by Steven Zaillian (2024)

Robinson’s Place by Jean Eustache (1964)

Antoine and Colette by François Truffaut (1962)

Witness in the City by Édouard Molinaro (1959)

Perfect Days by Wim Wenders (2024)

je t’aime je t’aime by Alain Resnais (1968)

Songs From The Second Floor by Roy Andersson (2000)

World of Glory by Roy Andersson (1991)

Suzanne’s Career by Éric Rohmer (1963)

I don’t go to movie theaters that often anymore. And I have seen two films on this list in a theater. I think you can guess which one. Otherwise, these films were new to me, and I hadn’t seen them in the past until this year. Thanks to Criterion and Kanopy, with some visits to MUBI for most of these films. - Tosh Berman.