The 2014 screening record starts with Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon on January 2nd and ends with an Iranian film called The Wedlock, which I screened recently in Esfahan. The index is organized by month below, so you can peruse and see my letter grades and short thoughts on every film. Before that however, here’s a quick top ten fifteen list, the best non-2014 films I watched (or rewatched) in 2014:

1. In a Lonely Place (Ray, 50)
2. The Cranes Are Flying (Kalatozov, 57)
3. The Night It Rained (Shirdel, 67)
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 68)
5. Through the Olive Trees (Kiarostami, 94)
6. Leili Is With Me (Tabrizi, 96)
7. The Shop Around the Corner (Lubitsch, 40)
8. Where Is the Friend’s Home? (Kiarostami, 87)
9. The 400 Blows (Truffaut, 59)
10. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Gondry, 04)
11. Still Life (Shahid Saless, 74)
12. A Moment of Innocence (Makhmalbaf, 96)
13. Fortress/Women’s Prison (Shirdel, 65)
14. Full Metal Jacket (Kubrick, 87)
15. Hamoun (Mehrjuyi, 90)

Complete list of 2014 screenings
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January