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Updated: 2 Mar 2024, after About Dry Grasses and a Holdovers downgrade

Full Listing of Films Screened

20 Days in Mariupol Dir. Mstyslav Chernov. Documentary about urban siege B+

About Dry Grasses Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Deniz Celiloğlu, Musab Ekici B
Air Dir. Ben Affleck. Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Viola Davis, Ben Affleck C
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt Dir. Raven Jackson. Charleen McClure B+
All of Us Strangers Dir. Andrew Haigh. Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy D+
American Fiction Dir. Cord Jefferson. Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown D+
Anatomy of a Fall Dir. Justine Triet. Sandra Hüller, Milo Machado Graner A–
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret. Dir. Kelly Fremon Craig B+
Asteroid City Dir. Wes Anderson. Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson B+

Barbie Dir. Greta Gerwig. Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, American Ferrera B+
Beau Is Afraid Dir. Ari Aster. Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Zoe Lister-Jones B–
Birth/Rebirth Dir. Laura Moss. Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes, AJ Lister C+
Bottoms Dir. Emma Seligman. Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edibiri, Havana Rose Liu B–
The Boy and the Heron Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Voice of Soma Santoki B

The Color Purple Dir. Blitz Bazawule. Fantasia Barrino, Colman Domingo D
El Conde Dir. Pablo Larraín. Jaime Vadell, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro B–

The Delinquents Dir. Rodrigo Moreno. Daniel Elías, Esteban Bigliardi A–
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World Dir. Radu Jude B+
Dumb Money Dir. Craig Gillespie. Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Shailene Woodley C–

Earth Mama Dir. Savanah Leaf. Tia Nomore, Erika Alexander, Doechii A–
Eileen Dir. William Oldroyd. Thomasin McKenzie, Anne Hathaway C–
The Eternal Memory Dir. Maite Alberdi. Documentary about Alzheimer's B–

Fallen Leaves Dir. Aki Kaurismäki. Jussi Vatanen, Alma Pöysti, Janne Hyytiäinen B
Four Daughters Dir. Kaouther Ben Hania. Documentary about Tunisian family A–

The Holdovers Dir. Alexander Payne. Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa D
How to Have Sex Dir. Molly Manning Walker. Mia McKenna-Bruce, Enva Lewis C+

Io Capitano Dir. Matteo Garrone. Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Khady Sy B
The Iron Claw Dir. Sean Durkin. Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Holt McCallany C–

The Killer Dir. David Fincher. Michael Fassbender, Sophie Charlotte B
Killers of the Flower Moon Dir. Martin Scorsese. Leonardo DiCaprio B
Kokomo City Dir. D. Smith. Documentary about black transfemme sex workers B

Maestro Dir. Bradley Cooper. Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Maya Hawke B
Magic Mike's Last Dance Dir. Steven Soderbergh. Channing Tatum, Salma Hayek D–
May December Dir. Todd Haynes. Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore B
Memory Dir. Michel Franco. Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard, Brooke Timber B
Mission: Impossible–Dead Reckoning, Part 1 Dir. Christopher McQuarrie C+
Monster Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda. Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiragi, Sakura Andō B+

NYAD Dir. Elizabeth Chai Vaserhelyi, Jimmy Chin. Annette Bening, Jodie Foster C

Oppenheimer Dir. Christopher Nolan. Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. B+
Origin Dir. Ava DuVernay. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash-Betts B
Orlando, My Political Biography Dir. Paul B. Preciado. Documentary C–

Passages Dir. Ira Sachs. Franz Rogowski, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Ben Whishaw C–
Past Lives Dir. Celine Song. Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah B–
Perfect Days Dir. Wim Wenders. Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Aoi Yamada B
Poor Things Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe C–
Priscilla Dir. Sofia Coppola. Cailey Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Dagmara Domińczyk B–

Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé Dir. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. Documentary B
Rotting in the Sun Dir. Sebastián Silva. Sebastián Silva, Jordan Firstman B–
The Royal Hotel Dir. Kitty Green. Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick, Toby Wallace B
Rustin Dir. George C. Wolfe. Colman Domingo, Johnny Ramey, Gus Halper D

Saltburn Dir. Emerald Fennell. Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Archie Madekwe B+
Society of the Snow Dir. J.A. Bayona. Enzo Vogrincic, Matías Recalt C+
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Dir. Joaquim Dos Santos, et al. B
Strange Way of Life Dir. Pedro Almodóvar. Pedro Pascal, Ethan Hawke D

The Taste of Things Dir. Tran Anh Hung. Benoît Magimel, Juliette Binoche A–
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Dir. Sam Wrench. Concert documentary B+
The Teachers' Lounge Dir. Ilker Çatak. Leonie Benesch, Leonard Stettnisch B–
A Thousand and One Dir. A.V. Rockwell. Teyana Taylor, Aaron Kingsley Adetola B+
Tótem Dir. Lila Avilés. Naíma Sentíes, Marisol Gasé, Montserrat Maranon A–

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Dir. Wes Anderson. Ben Kingsley B+

You Hurt My Feelings Dir. Nicole Holofcener. Julia Louis-Dreyfus B–

The Zone of Interest Dir. Jonathan Glazer. Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller B