Fall 2024 Watchlist
I’m a constant victim to saudade, and if you’re anything like me you enjoy leaning into the melancholic longing this time of year seems to stir up. Here’s a roundup of films perfectly accompanied by a cup of mulled cider and dimly lit room
Twice Born (2012)
Revisited this old favorite I first watched in high school. An interesting experience I’d say being a decade on the other side of drinking champagne late at night in cemeteries with a circle of friends discussing Kurt Cobain’s death. A constant theme of conversation at the time was if any of us thought Courtney Love was responsible. If I give it another ten years I might be in a white button up by the sea, and I’m really looking forward to it.
The Trouble With Harry (1955)
If a weekend getaway at the Woodstock Inn & Resort is not a part of your itinerary this fall, watch this instead.
Late August, Early September (1998)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
I Am Love (2009)
Esther (1999)
Metropolis (1927)
Blue Valentine (2010)
Autumn in New York (2000)
Ophelia (2019)
Dream for an Insomniac (1998)
Young Ione Skye and Jennifer Aniston read Rilke at a cafe in North Beach. A hidden gem for the melancholic romantic.
La Belle et la Bête (1946)
Atonement (2007)
Mary Magdalene (2018)
A Single Man (2009)
The Red Shoes (1948)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Catherine Deneuve’s wardrobe in the film was designed by Yves Saint Laurent, apt for a repressed and masochistic housewife.