2023: My Year at the Metrograph

(Yeah, I saw a lot of movies at my local arthouse/repertory theater.)

If you follow me on social media, then you probably would have seen me talk about this movie theaters that conveniently set up shop a block from where I’ve lived for 30 years back in 2016. I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to get to as many movies this year, because I’ve been spending quite a bit of time in Long Island working on a record, plus I had to take on more duties at Above the Line a few months back. Even so, I was at the Metrograph whenever I had some free time, and I was regularly buying 7 or 8 advance tickets when the new schedules hit.

So yeah, I saw a mix of first-time watches (noted with a *) and a lot of long-time faves and classics, some which I hadn’t seen in decades. I absolutely LOVE the Metrograph, and I expect to be there during most of my free time in 2024, as well.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

The Abyss: Special Edition (1989)

Alien (1979)

*All About My Mother (1999)

American Beauty (1999)
*Archangel (1990)

Arrival (2016)

The Artist (2011)

*The Assassin (2015)

Bad News Bears (1976)

*Barbarella (1968)

Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)

Battle Royale (2000)

Best in Show (2000)

Blade Runner Directors Cut (1982)

*Bottoms (2023)

Breaking the Waves (1996)

Brick (2005)

*Broadcast News (1987)

*The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023)

*California Split (1974)

Call Me By Your Name (2017)

Cape Fear (1991)

Casino Royale (2006)

*The Cincinnatti Kid (1965)

*A City Called Dragon (1970)

Clue (1985)

*Coffy (1973)

*Command Z (2023)

Computer Chess (2013)

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, Her Lover (1989)

*Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Cronos (1993)

*Days of Being Wild (1990)

*Dead Man Walking (1995)

*Dick (1999)

Donnie Darko (2001)

*The Doom Generation (1995)

*Django (1966)

*Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

*Empire of the Ants (1977)

Essential Killing (2010)

Existenz (1999)

*Fallen Angels (1995)

*Fear and Desire (1953)

*Fever Pitch (1997)

Final Destination (2000)
First Reformed (2017)

Five Easy PIeces (1970)

*Foxy Brown (1974)

Frances Ha (2013)

*A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

*God of Gamblers (1989)

*The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (2020)

*Harvey (1950)

The Hateful Eight (2015)

The Haunting (1963)

Heathers (1988)

*The Housemaid (1962)

*The Idiots (1989)

I’m Not There (2007) 

In Bruges (2008)

Infernal Affairs (2002)

*In the Heat of the Night (1967)

The Italian Job (2003)

*Kes (1969)

*Lady Killer (1937)

Lady Snowblood (1973)

*The Last Emperor (1987) 

*The Last Picture Show (1971)

Let the Right One In (2008)

Live and Let Die (1973)

Lone Wolf and Cub 1 (1972)

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart and the River Styx (1972)

Looney Tunes: Bugs Bunny

*The Long Goodbye (1973)

Lost in Translation (2003)

*Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over (2019)

*The Maids (1975)

*The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Magnolia (1999)

*Memoria (2021)

*Nashville (1975)

*Night Orchid (1983)

Nowhere in Africa (2001)

Office Space (1999)

*Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

*Our House (2017)

*Paris, Texas (1984)

Past Lives (2023)

The Player (1992)

*Poison

Possessor Uncut (2020)

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)

Pump Up the Volume (1990)

Rabbit A La Berlin  (2009)

*Robby Muller: Living the Light (2018)

Robocop Directors Cut (1987)

*Roman Holiday (1958)

Romeo+Juliet (1996)

*Rope (1948)

*Rouge (1987)

*Salvation! (1987)

*Serpico (1973)

*Set It Off (1996)

The Silence of the Lambs

*Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)

*Spacked Out (2000)

*Stealing Beauty (1996)

*The Strange Mister Victor (1938)

*The Strangler (1970)

*Streetwise (1984)

*Sword of Doom (1966)

*Swordsman of All Swordsmen (1968)

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (1974)

The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)

*The Tenant (1976)

*Thief (1981)

*The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

*Tokyo Drifter (1966)

To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

Trollhunter (2010)

*The Valiant Ones (1975)

*Vengeance of the Phoenix Sisters (1968)

Videodrome (1983)

The Virgin Suicides (1999)

*Winter Kills

*Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

*The Wild Bunch (1969)

The Witch (2016)

Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)

*Zazie dans le Metro (1960)