Top 6 Indie Films I Watched in 2024
Three 2024 releases + three I finally caught up on this year.
🎬 The Kitchen
A chaotic, high-wire film about immigration and survival in a restaurant back kitchen. Not perfect, but that one 15-minute single take in the cinema? Unforgettable. My No.1.
🎬 The Sweet East
A breakup, a play, another layer. Loops don’t have to be circles—they can move forward. Quiet, indirect, and full of controlled emotion.
🎬 Sparrows in the Chimney
A “domestic war film,” if that’s a genre. Fractured families, inherited damage, everything unfolding in tight spaces.
📼 2023 catch-ups:
🎬 About Dry Grasses
I’m a committed Ceylan apologist. No notes.
🎬 Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Gaming, blueberries, dumplings, and accidentally falling into adulthood.
🎬 Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
Divisive and 20 minutes too long, but… also: haunting, immersive, and I loved it. The Vietnamese-French auntie next to me ranted after, then told me to watch The Taste of Things. I will.
Bonus shoutout: Kim’s Video.
Happy 2025, fellow film nerds.
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