I didn’t do a round up post for May due to the state of things at the beginning of June, but I do want to do the films I watched in May justice, so I am doing a two month post this month. So, after the cut you will find everything I watched in May *and* June, a breakdown by decade, and my favorites.

May:

1. All Day and a Night
2. The Half of It
3. Ema
4. Joyce at 34
5. Becoming
6. Selah and the Spades
7. Clotheslines
8. Un beau soleil intérieur (Let the Sunshine In)
9. Carrie Pilby
10. Loser
11. Diabolo menthe (Peppermint Soda)
12. Outside In
13. Jean of the Joneses
14. Qarib Qarib Singlle
15. Galveston
16. Rough Night
17. Ophelia
18. The Weekend
19. Sword of Trust
20. Paper Year
21. Growing Up Female
22. Janie’s Janie
23. Betty Tells Her Story
24. It Happens to Us
25. Yudie
26. Second Cousins Once Removed

June:

1. Janine
   
2. She Don’t Fade
   
3. Vanilla Sex
   
4. Untitled Portrait
   
5. The Potluck and the Passion
   
6. Greetings from Africa
   
7. The Owls
   
8. I Am Not A Witch
   
9. A Well-Spent Life
   
10. Atlantiques
    
11. Snow Canon
    
12. Big in Vietnam
    
13. A Thousand Suns
    
14. Liberian Boy
    
15. Cane River
    
16. And When I Die, I Won’t Stay Dead
    
17. Get On The Bus
    
18. Chris and Bernie
    
19. Inside Women Inside
    
20. She’s Gotta Have It
    
21. Da 5 Bloods
    
22. Several Friends
    
23. The Horse
    
24. The Final Insult
    
25. Quiet as Kept
    
26. My Brother’s Wedding
    
27. Wasp Network
    
28. Disclosure (2020)
    
29. Miss Juneteenth
    
30. Shirley
    
31. Feel The Beat
    
32. Songs My Brothers Taught Me
    
33. Olivia
    
34. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

1880s: 0
1890s: 0
1900s: 0
1910s: 0
1920s: 0
1930s: 0
1940s: 0
1950s: 1
1960s: 1
1970s: 11
1980s: 4
1990s: 8
2000s: 2
2010s: 21
2020s: 12

Here are some of my favorite films I’ve watched over the last two months. All of these are available either on streaming on Netflix/Amazon/Criterion Channel or for rent on VOD.

The Half of It, 2020 (dir. Alice Wu)

Joyce at 34, 1972 (dir. Joyce Chopra & Claudia Weill)

Selah and the Spades, 2020 (dir. Tayarisha Poe)

Clotheslines, 1981 (dir. Roberta Cantow)

Growing Up Female, 1971 (dir. Julia Reichert and Jim Klein)

Janie’s Janie, 1971 (dir. Geri Ashur, Peter Barton, Marilyn Mulford, Stephanie Pawleski)

Betty Tells Her Story, 1972 (dir. Liane Brandon)

Yudie, 1974 (dir. Mirra Bank)

Atlantiques, 2009 (dir. Mati Diop)

Da 5 Bloods, 2020 (dir. Spike Lee)

Miss Juneteenth, 2020 (dir. Channing Godfrey Peoples)

Songs My Brothers Taught Me, 2015 (dir. Chloé Zhao)

Olivia, 1951 (dir. Jacqueline Audry)

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, 2020 (dir. David Dobkin)

I saw lots of great films over the last two months. I know people are missing movie theaters, but there are PLENTY of films – brand new and super old – available on streaming services. Hit me up on Twitter (@oldfilmsflicker) if you ever need a rec!