As I mentioned last month, I’m trying to stay away from TV in favor of movies, and I’ve been tracking what I watch with a diary on Letterboxd. (Even better, last month Letterboxd released an iPhone app, which makes tracking even easier.) It’s been a lot of fun; I don’t miss TV nearly as much as I’m enjoying watching (and re-watching) movies I never seemed to have time for before. I was able to clock eighteen of them in March; only one of which (“Black Mass”) I could really call a dud. Here’s the list:

March 2016

• “Inception” Re-watched, totally holds up.
• “Two Days, One Night” Truly superb.
• “Hail, Caesar!”
• “Barton Fink” Re-watched.
• “Bone Tomahawk” Disappointing.
• “Ride Lonesome” I’m getting into The Ranown Cycle; great stuff.
• “Carol” An exquisite masterpiece.
• “Big Trouble in Little China”
• “Punch-Drunk Love”
• “Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films”
• “All Things Must Pass”
• “Hello, My Name Is Doris” Very cute.
• “Zootopia”
• “The Big Short” A real misfire; a weak derivative of “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
• “Gravity” Re-watched.
• “Love & Mercy” Decent but very biopic-y.
• “Black Mass” Just awful.
• “Goodfellas” Re-watched; it’s still amazing. Great way to counter the bitter taste of the previous movie.

For the month, the best movies I watched for the first time were either “Two Days, One Night” or “Carol,” with a very slight edge going to the former. The best one I re-watched was “Goodfellas,” by a mile. In spite of its age that movie still feels as vibrant and alive as anything in theaters today.

Also see the movies I watched in January and February.