#films of 2022

[chinchillasorchildren]

Films of 2022: The Banshees of Inisherin (dir. Martin McDonagh)

Grade: A-

Kerry Condon hive let’s go

#films of 2022 #the banshees of inisherin #martin mcdonagh #colin farrell #brendan gleeson #kerry condon #barry keoghan #Carter Burwell #a little awkward at the start but wow this is good

[disappointingyet]

These are my favourite films released in the UK in 2022 – as far as I can tell (it’s getting increasingly hard to work out what snuck out when. Taken as a whole, the list looks a bit Nordic, a bit gloomy, short on action. I’ve put together a round-up of some of the other movies I saw this year, including the critics’ favourite and at least one notorious turkey. And, as ever, there was a lot I didn’t see, because I didn’t get around to it or because I didn’t want to. Specifically, I should mention Top Gun: Maverick, which by most accounts is an excellent piece of film-making – but going to watch a sequel to a film I found excruciatingly dull and full of unappealing characters seemed kind of perverse. And The Banshees of Inisherin:  Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is unforgivable racist trash, I didn’t like In Bruges (or his brother’s film Calvary for that matter), so I’m not willing to give Camberwell’s Martin McDonagh another chance.

Anyway, on to the list (and do let me know what you think I might have enjoyed but missed).

1. Licorice Pizza 

Paul Thomas Anderson in fun mode, telling the story of an entrepreneurial teen in early 1970s LA. It’s beautifully specific, and rather than making cheap and obvious jokes  based on stereotypes of the era, it builds punchlines from history. Contains (words I never anticipated writing) a cameo from Bradley Cooper that’s just gobsmacking.

Full review here

2. Hytti nro 6 (Compartment No6)

This is a Finnish train movie set in super-bleak post-Soviet Russia. So yes, you will feel cold and uncomfortable just watching it. Our mismatched travellers are a Finnish mature student exiting a relationship with a Moscow-based academic and a young Russian miner. The question, of course, is how these two will find common ground, but this film – with moments of sharp humour and excellent observation – avoids the obvious and earns your time and patience.

Full review here

3. Verdens Verste Menneske (The Worst Person In The World)

I remain baffled by the title, which does come from a line in the film, but sets off all sorts of false expectations. The central character is no monster (nor, despite what one of the other leads tells her, a particular good person), just a typical contemporary female lead, struggling to find something fulfilling to do as her twenties and early thirties drift past her while dealing with the inadequacy of men, whether as relatives or partners. This is told in 14 sharply written chapters. In particular, the one in which two strangers at a party play at testing what they can do without technically cheating on their partners is great film-making. One quibble and a question: the film sympathises a bit too much with the I’m-just-saying-it-as-I-see-it comix writer dude, and can a bookshop assistant and a barista really afford a flat like that in central Oslo?

(MUBI)

4. White Noise

Middle-aged angst, teen angst, fear-of-the-apocalypse angst, married angst, it’s-the’80s angst, American consumer angst, academic rivalry angst… all these angsts and more are explored in Noah Baumbach’s dark comedy, adapted from a novel by Don DeLillo. Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig play the couple who know that in many ways they should be happy, but of course that just amplifies their misery. Baumbach does a fine job of recreating the 1980s and manages several switches in scale that could have easily tipped the film off balance. Make sure you stay for the closing credit sequence, which is great although it does make hard to actually read who the key grip or the catering company were. 

(Netflix)

5. Bergman Island 

A filmmaking couple go to Ingmar Bergman’s old stomping ground to get some writing done. All does not go smoothly. Much less heavy-going than that makes it sound, and at least as reminiscent of Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy as it is of Bergman. I found it captivating.

Full review here

(MUBI)

6. Emily The Criminal 

Pleasingly spare, low-budget gig economy and scam economy LA thriller that makes superior use of Audrey Plaza's particular screen presence and vibe. Firmly recommended.

Full review here

7. Les Olympiades, Paris 13e (Paris 13th District)

Shot in very lovely black & white, this is essentially a sweet comedy-drama about the romantic misadventures of a trio of young(ish) Parisians, although it was marketed as something a bit edgier than it really is. Director Jacques Audiard is best known for male-centric crime movies, but maybe the co-writing credit for Céline Sciamma (Portrait Of A Lady On Fire, Petite Maman) gives a better steer on what this is like. 

(MUBI)

8. Madres Paralelas 

I’ve been mostly underwhelmed by Almodóvar’s recent run of what could be called anti-melodramas: stories of wild coincidences and personal tragedies told in numb, mostly humour-free fashion. Madres Paralelas worked better for me: he makes an odd choice of framing the central narrative with a very different one involving the same characters. It’s jarring, but I think it ultimately makes its own kind of sense.

Full review here 

9/10. Bodies Bodies Bodies/Triangle Of Sadness

I wasn’t expecting to be repeatedly reminded in 2022 of Very Bad Things, a (not very good) 1998 comedy starring Christian Slater and Cameron Diaz that’s like The Hangover only with a high body count. These films are both vastly superior to VBT, but echo its rapidly escalating nastiness. Both involve the privileged classes placed in situations of extreme discomfort, although the politics of Triangle Of Sadness are more explicit and (it feels) more central to the film than those of Bodies Bodies Bodies.

In BBB, a bunch of twentysomethings gather in big, isolated house just as a storm is approaching. They start playing bodies bodies bodies (known in my time as murder in the dark), only… well, you can guess. There’s a strong 1990s vibe to this, especially the way the movie seems to feel about its characters, while being very 2020s in its casting, the sex lives of the characters and the woman worried her podcast (‘a podcast takes a lot of work!’) isn’t getting any respect from her friends. I really enjoyed this.

If you have seen Ruben Østlund’s Force Majeure or The Square, you’ll know to expect fairly broad satire and the lives of the pampered going very wrong in Triangle Of Sadness. (If you haven’t seen any of them, start with Force Majeure, which is the best of the trio.) TOS ups the stakes on Force Majeure’s ski resort by putting its characters on a luxury yacht. There’s a deceptively low-key beginning in which we’re introduced to Yaya (the late Charlbi Dean) and Carl (Harris Dickinson), models in a relationship driven - at least for her - by the potential for Instagram influencer synergy. The intensity builds when they bag a free holiday on the yacht, where Østlund attempts to outdo The Square’s much-discussed party scene. At which point, it’s fair to say that as much as Jean Luc Godard’s Week End and assorted Buñuel films, this is indebted to American gross-out movies. Subtle this film is not, but if you have a strong stomach and a taste for comedy that’s grotesque and openly political, this is a blast.

11. Competencia Oficial (Official Competition)

Take the title of the movie itself plus that of the film-within-the-film – Rivalry – and you’ve got the theme of this Spanish comedy. An aging billionaire decides to fund a potentially prize-winning film in an attempt to cement his legacy. He’s advised to hire the talented-but-eccentric Lola (Penelope Cruz) to direct and she casts a very serious theatrical type (Oscar Martinez) and a mainstream movie star who has houses in LA and St Tropez (Antonio Banderas).  The two actors, inevitably, clash over their contrasting lifestyles and approaches to their craft, with Lola’s interventions pushing up the tension. The film is essentially a three-hander, as the trio rehearse the film in the vast, empty, marble spaces of the rich dude’s foundation. 

It stays more on the leash than I was expecting – there are multiple opportunities for things to get unhinged that the film doesn’t take (or mostly). I did properly laugh a fair number of times, and with Almodóvar seemingly sworn off comedies for good, this does a decent job of filling that void.

#films of 2022 #films of the year #2022 best movies

[tasteslikekeys]

My fave films of 2022 list, in no particular order. Save for Everything Everywhere All At Once, which holds my top spot by a mile. Some of these are wonderful, and I wouldn’t change a thing about them, while others are imperfect but have a message, style, or way of storytelling I think our cinematic landscape could use more of. 

There’s a long list of great movies I know I missed out on, and I’d probably change what’s on this list if I revisited tomorrow. But here’s to finding and supporting cool stories in 2023!

#films of 2022 #top films 2022 #film lover #buy hard copies of the things you love folks #if they even exist out there #streaming is going to fight us the whole way

[russelllamon]

Hollywood Reporter Magazine

February 2023 Editions

#hollywood reporter #magazine #oscars 2023 #avatar the way of water #filmlover #pinochio #films of 2022 #academy award nominee #academy awards #hollywood

[lighthousekeepers-burner-blog]

Caught up with almost everything in 2022 with regards to high profile end of the year films. It really was the worst year that I can remember. I feel like I tend to be more generous than not with ratings and practically nothing edged above four stars for me. Even the stuff that was four stars, they tend to be really uneven with high highs and low lows, and just ranking more from strangeness than emotional resonance. Open to last minute recommendations, of something I may have missed.

#films of 2022

[zegalba]

Gab Bois: Film Collection (2022)

#Gab Bois #film #art #repurposed #fashion #accessories #2022 #brown

[zanephillips]

Jordan Oosterhof in Punch (2022)

#jordan oosterhof #punch #punch 2022 #movie #film #filmedit #jim richardson #welby ings #actor #men #menedit #filmvoyeurs #gifs #mine #*

[ghosthierophant]

NOPE (Jordan Peele) / Regarding the Pain of Others (Susan Sontag)

#nope 2022 #nope film #jordan peele #susan sontag #antlers holst #oj haywood #jupe park #ricky park #regarding the pain of others #spectacle #NOPE #my graphics #photography #photograph #threads

[fleurum]

the movie of all time 🐎

#nope 2022 #jordan peele #artists on tumblr #nope movie #horror #sci-fi #art #graphic design #* #*des #movies #films #nope spoilers kinda idk #(graphic design work 1/?)

[julesdap]

a hungry audience

#nope 2022 #nope movie #nope film #jordan peele #julesart #art #this is late tumblr girlies are u still obsessed w this film </3 #horror

[chinchillasorchildren]

Films of 2022: To Leslie (dir. Michael Morris)

Grade: B-

Some ordinary writing enlivened by Åndrëá giving it 110%.

#that shot of her standing under the light along in the dark whew #films of 2022 #to Leslie #andrea riseborough #allison janney #marc maron

[coffeebookslovegt]

-Todos me dicen "Tails" y te preguntarás por que.

-Adivino, ¿porque significa "colas"?

-¡Exacto!

#movies #films #fantasy #sonic the hedgehog #sonic movie #sonic fanart #sonic adventure 2 #sonic tails #family movies #animated movies #films of 2022 #video games #sonic the hedgehog 2 #sonic adventure #cinephile #cinema #comedy movies #action #aventure

[odetokeons]

i don't know what this movie genre is called, but it's my favourite movie genre

#campy horror comedies? some of which are also musicals? #re-animator #renfield #renfield (2023) #beetlejuice #beetlejuice (1988) #what we do in the shadows #what we do in the shadows (2014) #the munsters #the munsters (2022) #repo! the genetic opera #little shop of horrors #the rocky horror picture show #bride of re-animator #movies #films

[leehallfae]

“there is a lion in my living room” - clementine von radics // ricky “jupe” park in nope (2022) dir. jordan peele

#my comps #my screencaps #paralles #clementine von radics #nope #jordan peele #comparatives #web weaving #ricky jupe park #ricky park #jupe park #nope film #nope spoilers #nope 2022 #jupe nope #horror #greatest hits #tw blood #so it goes #caps

[actionflickchick]

11 Movies I Recommend From 2022 in a List I Can Call Whatever I Want Because This is My Website and I Am the Boss, Part 2

11 Movies I Recommend From 2022 in a List I Can Call Whatever I Want Because This is My Website and I Am the Boss, Part 2

As promised, here are the rest of the films from 2022 you should catch up on if you haven’t seen them already. Read part 1 here In no particular order other than the order I put them in:  6. Nope Don’t say nope to Nope. Another incredible film from writer/director Jordan Peele, it’s about an alien creature visiting Earth and eating all the snacks. Talk about rude! This alien is the worst house…

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#action #action chick #Action Flick Chick #Alien #barbarian #best movies of 2022 #best of 2022 #Bill Skarsgard #Brandon Perea #Channing Tatum #Daniel Kaluuya #Dominic Cooper #Ed Stoppard #Enola Holmes #ENola Holmes 2 #films of 2022 #Georgina Campbell #Henry Cavill #horror #Joel Edgerton #Joey King #Jordan Peele #kColin Farrell #Keith #Keke Palmer #Louis Partridge #Matchgirls Strike #Millie Boddy Brown #movie #Nope

[philomena-famulok]

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#philomena famulok #photographers on tumblr #original photographers #artists on tumblr #scan #analog #film #analog photography #35mm film #film soup #filmisnotdead #film photography #minolta sr t 303 #flowers #nature #emotion #film soup film #manipulated negative #scanner #2022