Mara Kessler · year in review

2026

58 logs, 58 rated, mean 3.75. 33 films, 6 seriess, 13 books, 6 albums.

The year in five lines

Mara Kessler logged 58 titles and rated 58, averaging 3.8★; 14 got five stars.
The year in one title: In the Mood for Love (2000).
Kindest to Aftersun, 1.2 above the crowd; hardest on The Avengers, 3.5 below.
April was the busiest month, with 14 logs.
Maker of the year: Christopher Nolan, 3 titles.

Everything below is the long version.

Their year, in one title
In the Mood for Love 2000★★★★★
Our pick: the title that best explains everything else you loved.
The surprise
Parasite 2019★★★★★
Runs against their usual leans, and Mara Kessler loved it anyway.
Kindest call
Aftersun 2022★★★★★
1.2 stars above the crowd.
Harshest call
The Avengers 2012½
3.5 stars below the crowd.

Maker of the year

Christopher Nolan

3 titles this year.

Blind spot of the year

raw

Nothing Mara Kessler loved this year went far toward raw (craft attention).

By the numbers

58
rated
73 h
in films
44
days with a log
7
reviews
219
words written
5
rewatches
14
five stars
3★
most common rating

Month by month

April was the busiest month, with 14 logs.

Ratings

mean 3.75 · 0.4 stars harsher than the crowd

Genres

Drama22 · 4.0★
Science Fiction12 · 2.9★
Adventure11 · 2.8★
Comedy11 · 3.5★
Action8 · 2.6★
Thriller7 · 3.6★

Decades

1930s1
1940s1
1960s3
1970s3
1980s4
1990s10
2000s11
2010s18
2020s7

Fun facts

The oldest thing Mara Kessler logged was The Hobbit from 1937; the newest, BEEF from 2023. That is 86 years of range.
The longest sit was Titanic at 3 h 14 min.
The year opened with Guardians of the Galaxy (1.5★) and closed with Pulp Fiction (4.5★).
73 hours in films: 3 full days of the year.
Mara Kessler logged across 4 media this year. Omnivore territory.
5 returns to things already loved. Comfort is a taste too.

Five stars