2022 Favorites: Older Movies and Rewatches

Favorite older movies watched this year:

1. Sign ‘o’ the Times (1987, Prince)
2. The Concert for Bangladesh (1972, Saul Swimmer)
3. Jazz on a Summer’s Day (1960, Aram Avakian & Bert Stern)
4. Duel (1971, Steven Spielberg)
5. Miami Blues (1990, George Armitage)
6. Drifting Clouds (1996, Aki Kaurismaki)
7. Ginger Snaps (2000, John Fawcett)
8. Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971, Dario Argento)
9. La France (2007, Serge Bozon)
10. Le Trou (1960, Jacques Becker)
11. Morvern Callar (2002, Lynne Ramsay)
12. Arrebato (1980, Ivan Zulueta)
13. Dragon Inn (1966, King Hu)
14. Roadgames (1981, Richard Franklin)
15. Rouge (1987, Stanley Kwan)
16. The Mission (1999, Johnnie To)
17. The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (1972, Rainer Fassbinder)
18. Eating Raoul (1982, Paul Bartel)
19. Vanishing Point (1971, Richard C. Sarafian)
20. Lizard in a Woman’s Skin (1971, Lucio Fulci)


Favorite rewatches of the year
(ranked by rewatch-experience, not necessarily quality of film)

1. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-liang) at the multiplex
2. RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven) at the Plaza
3. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola) at the Plaza
4. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg)
5. Youth of the Beast (Seijun Suzuki)
6. Trouble Every Day and High Life (Claire Denis)
7. SHOCKtober picks Prince of Darkness and The Fog and Bride of Chucky and Hellraiser III
8. Classic comedies A Night at the Opera and Steamboat Bill, Jr. and The Chaplin Revue
9. Blood Simple (Coens)
10. Svankmajer shorts