a few last movie lists for 2023

I'll probably watch a few more movies this year, but unless one is an all-time classic, these will likely remain the best movies I watched in 2023 for the first time. I gave all of them a rating of 9 on a scale of 10. Sorted by release year:

• The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
• The House Is Black (1963)
• Sankofa (1993)
• Secrets and Lies (1996)
• Downfall (2004)
• Women Talking (2022)
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

[Letterboxd list of movies I watched in 2023]

I have watched 60 movies from 2022. I watched 23 of them in 2023, which is why I make lists like this a year late ... after an extra year, I will have seen a lot more movies from that year:

[Letterboxd list of my favorite 2022 movies]

As of this writing, my favorite 2022 movies are:

1. Women Talking
2. RRR
3. Everything Everywhere All at Once

As I said in a different context, I was a bit behind the times, but 2023 was when I gave myself over completely to my Jessie Buckley crush. So, always looking for an excuse to include a video of Jessie Buckley and the delightful way her mouth turns up on one side like she's an Irish female Elvis, I'll add this brief clip from a Women Talking red carpet moment: