A link to my ten-best list at the Scarecrow blog.
2022 is finished and from this perspective, it feels like a down year for movies. I have no doubt that in the future some films that struck me as wanting will grow in stature, and I will discover as-yet unwatched titles of merit. Still: disappointing.
Maybe at that future date, I will want to rank the films in order of preference. Having watched a huge number of them in the last month, this is challenging—it’s not like years past, when I had the chance to live with movies for a while before ranking ’em. Here are the good things, in different groups of urgency.
Top tier:
Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg).
Happening (Audrey Diwan).
The Eternal Daughter (Joanna Hogg).
Tár (Todd Field).
Second tier:
The Quiet Girl (Colm Bairéad).
The Banshees of Inisheran (Martin McDonaugh).
Hit the Road (Panah Panahi).
In Front of Your Face (Hong Sang-soo).
EO (Jerzy Skolimowski).
Watcher (Chloe Okuno).
Third tier:
Utama (Alejandro Loayza Grisi).
The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg).
Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).
Close (Lukas Dhont).
Three Minutes: A Lengthening (Bianca Stigter).
Murina (Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic).
Benediction (Terence Davies).
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What about the 10 worst?
I can only give the same reason as last year: I just didn’t have to see all the movies, which I did for so many years. On the other hand, I did watch Adrian Lyne’s DEEP WATER. https://blog.scarecrow.com/the-seasoned-ticket-187/
Most of these were not on my radar, so thanks for changing that.
Of the movies on your list I’ve only seen Watcher, which I really enjoyed.
I’ve been excited for Crimes of the Future, but also nervous, and I’ve been putting it off. Cronenberg/Mortensen are 3-for-3 in my book, though, so I’m not sure why I’m procrastinating.
I mean, it’s understandable to be nervous before watching CRIMES OF THE FUTURE. You should be. I think it’ll grow on you.