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Frameline47

127 films Edit list

The San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, In Person June 14-24, 2023 / Streaming Encore June 24-July 2, 2023

  • Official Secrets
  • The Parallax View
  • The Conversation
  • Three Days of the Condor
  • Marathon Man

Paranoid Political Thrillers

16 films Edit list

My favorite movie genre is the *intelligent* paranoid political thriller, which thrived in the 1970s, in the wake of Watergate,…

  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  • Vivre Sa Vie
  • Such a Pretty Little Beach
  • Journey to Italy
  • Stroszek

BAMPFA Tom Luddy retrospective

31 films Edit list

A series at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, running in June and July, 2023.

  • Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
  • Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
  • Johnny Tremain
  • Moochie of the Little League
  • Lullaby
  • I Hate Mondays
  • Case for a Rookie Hangman
  • The Barnabás Kos Case
  • March, march! Tra-ta-ta!
  • The Witness

Cinema of the Absurd; Eastern Europe 1958-89

10 films Edit list

Films shown during a series shown in late 2022 and early 2023 at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film…

  • La Belle de Nuit
  • Amok
  • Escale
  • Typist
  • The Last Billionaire

THE OTHER SIDE OF "THE LOST CONTINENT" 2023

18 films Edit list

As seen at the Roxie theater in San Francisco, April 2023. I didn't get to see any of these on…

  • Living
  • Saint Omer
  • Fire of Love
  • Women Talking
  • EO

Un Certain Regard 2022

27 films Edit list

All the four star films from 2022.

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Babylon
  • TÁR
  • The Fabelmans
  • Crimes of the Future

Best of 2022

11 films Edit list

My favorite films, rated 5 or 4.5 stars, released in the US in 2022 (despite the year noted on Letterboxd).

  • The Tragedy of Macbeth
  • Licorice Pizza
  • Drive My Car
  • The Beatles: Get Back
  • The Last Duel

Best of 2021

6 films Edit list

Only six films in 2021 got the coveted 5-star Bob rating. Lots of 4.5 stars though. Maybe I'll add those…

  • If Beale Street Could Talk
  • The Rider
  • First Man
  • Blindspotting
  • Leave No Trace

Best of 2018

18 films Edit list

All the five-star films. The 4.5 star films are almost too numerous, but I'll throw them in as well. Quotes…

  • Rust Creek
  • Birds of age
  • Avengers: Endgame
  • Ad Astra
  • One Cut of the Dead

Un Certain Regard 2019

14 films Edit list

This is my list of films just a hair under the very top tier. They all impressed the hell out…

  • 1917
  • Little Women
  • The Last Black Man in San Francisco
  • For Sama
  • The Farewell

Best of 2019

9 films Edit list

I gave nine films from 2019 a five star rating. Coincidentally, there were nine Best Picture nominees for the Oscars,…