My Letterboxd account confidently provided a detailed thematic breakdown of the 225 films viewed this year: Quite what to make of this is somewhat less clear. Either I broke the algorithm or my ideal film is a low key, droll, genre hopping, weird, relationship drama with philosophical pretensions. Which might actually stand as a description of my favourite film of the year. Certainly, on review, 2024 turns out, slightly surprisingly, to have been a strong year. So even before reaching the top 10 there are another ten films very worthy of note: On Becoming A Guinea Fowl The Dead Don't Hurt Green Border The Outrun Good One Showing Up The Holdovers Femme The Settlers Blackbird, Blackbird, Blackberry Then the top ten in traditional reverse order: 10. Janet Planet Wonderfully understated, subtle examination of our perception of connection to others seen most profoundly in the determination of a teen...
Occasional musings about time spent in museums, galleries, theatres, cinemas and other dark settings ..