Letterbox'd reveals the following about my viewing in 2025 suggesting that whilst obviously I watched far more films in English than in any other language, my highest ratings were skewed towards other countries. Since the picture below is a screenshot you can't click on the bars to see the underlying scores but the average score for the Polish films was almost 4.5 (out of 5). For British films it was just over 3. I also watched more films made in France (61) than in the UK (57) and slightly to my surprise saw 30 German films. Eat your heart out USA. I view all of this as a positive! Before the proverbial list a few other films to reference: Why have I never watched this before top rating goes to Dog Day Afternoon , a masterpiece which weaves together bathetic comedy for the ages in the bumbling incoherence of the initial attempted heist; a nuanced portrait of social dynamics and prejudices seen through class, sex, gender and race; an astoundingly tender relationsh...
Occasional musings about time spent in museums, galleries, theatres, cinemas and other dark settings ..