Langona Film Club
Films watched and rated at the Langona Film Club, June-December 2024. Watch this space – the film club will be resumed later in the year.
Star Wars (Lucas, 1977) ★★★★★
The Empire Strikes Back (Kershner, 1980) ★★★★★
Return of the Jedi (Marquand, 1983) ★★★★
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (Lucas, 1999) ★★
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (Lucas, 2002) ★★
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (Lucas 2005) ★★★
The Force Awakens (Abrams, 2015) ★★★★
The Delinquents (Moreno, 2023) ★★★★★
Fantastic Planet (Laloux, 1973) ★★★★★
Hideous Kinky (MacKinnon, 1998) ★★★
Tess (Polanski, 1979) ★★★★★
Hero (Yimou, 2002) ★★★★
Passages (Sachs, 2023) ★★★
Petite Mamam (Sciamma, 2021) ★★★
Variety (Gordon, 1983) ★★★
Lee* (Kuras, 2024) ★★★★
The Fall (Pace, 2006) ★★★★
Padre Padone (Taviani brothers, 1977) ★★★★
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (Schoenburn, 2021) ★★★
The Substance* (Fargeat, 2024) ★★★
Bad God (Tippett, 2021) ★★
The Last Movie (Hopper, 1971) ★★★★★
The Last Jedi (Johnson, 2017) ★★★
The Rise of Skywalker (Abrams, 2019) ★★★★
King of Marvin Gardens (Rafelson, 1972) ★★★
Challengers (Guadagnino, 2024) ★★
Close Your Eyes (Erice, 2023) ★★★★
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (Huber, 2012) ★★★★★
Daughters of the Dust (Dash, 1991) ★★★★
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong, 2010) ★★★★★
Dawn of the Dead (Romero, 1978) ★★★★★
Love is the Devil (Maybury, 1998) ★★★
Strange Way of Life (Almodóvar, 2023) ★★★★
The Mission (Joffé, 1986) ★★★
Blue Sunshine (Lieberman, 1977) ★★★★
Messiah of Evil (Huyck, Katz, 1973) ★★★★★
Phase IV (Bass, 1974) ★★★★★
Malice (Becker, 1993) ★★★★
Annette (Carax, 2021) ★★★
Mekong Hotel (Apichatpong, 2012) ★★
Peter Ibbertson (Hathaway, 1935) ★★★
Hot Frosty (Ciccoritti, 2024) ★
Island of Lost Souls (Kenton, 1932) ★★★★
Panic in Needle Park (Schatzberg, 1971) ★★★★
Singapore Sling (Nikolaidis, 1990) ★★★★
Two Years at Sea (Rivers, 2011) ★★★★
I Saw the TV Glow (Schoenburn, 2024) ★★★★★
Alien: Romulus (Álvarez, 2024) ★★★★
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Miller, 2024) ★★★★★
The Holdovers (Payne, 2023) ★★★★★
*Field trips to the local cinema.
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