a priority watchlist for autumn

in an unsentimental mood

The thing I have the least of to spare and which I want the most, recently, is time. In no particular order, here are all of the films on my priority watchlist this fall, when I will be in the mood for solitude, nostalgia, and the Classics.

• News From Home (1977) — Chantal Akerman

• Midnight Cowboy (1969) — John Schlesinger

• Following (1998) — Chris Nolan

• Infernal Affairs (2002) — Alan Mak, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung

• La Haine (1995) — Mathieu Kassovitz

• Melancholia (2011) — Lars von Trier

• The Last Seduction (1994) — John Dahl

• Lost Highway (1997) — David Lynch

• A Woman Under the Influence (1974) — John Cassavetes

• Queen & Slim (2019) — Melina Matsoukas

• After Life (1998) — Hirokazu Kore-eda

• Like Minds (2006) — Gregory J. Read

• Saving Face (2004) — Alice Wu

• La Notte (1961) — Michelangelo Antonioni

• Megalopolis (2024) — Francis Ford Coppola