a priority watchlist for winter

6 more weeks

January felt endless, and February, now an extension of it. I want a film to wake me up, shake off my lethargy, and show me something beautiful — something worth seeing.

• That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) — Luis Buñuel

• I Knew Her Well (1965) — Antonio Pietrangel

• Darling (1965) — John Schlesinger

• Showing Up (2022) — Kelly Reichardt

• Medicine for Melancholy (2008) — Barry Jenkins

• Close-Up (1990) — Abbas Kiarostami

• PlayTime (1967) — Jacques Tati

• To Die For (1995) — Gus Van Sant

• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1968) — Terry Gilliam

• Microhabitat (2017) — Jeon Go-woon

• Donkey Skin (1970) — Jacques Demy

• The Informers (2008) — Gregor Jordan

• The Store (1983) — Frederick Wiseman

• The Color of Pomegranates (1969) — Sergei Parajanov