The Best Movies of 2022
Bilge Ebiri and Alison WillmoreDec. 9, 2022
As the iron grip streaming held on our culture loosened this past year, the theatrical experience reestablished itself.
Best of 2022
The best entertainment of the year, as chosen by Vulture’s critics.
Photo-Illustration: Photo Illustration: Rowena Lloyd and Susanna Hayward; Photos: Courtesy of the Studios
This year, the iron grip that streaming has held on our culture seemed to have loosened a bit. Netflix and several of itscompetitors took a financial hit in 2022; meanwhile, certain audiences expressed exhaustion with the idea of watching movies at home as the default option. Fans of Prey, Disenchanted, and Glass Onion bemoaned the full theatrical releases that could have been. Fans of Top Gun: Maverick, Everything Everywhere All At Once, and RRR happily embraced the insides of cineplexes after avoiding them since the pandemic (or, for some, even earlier). The future of theaters remains uncertain, but our critics are cautiously optimistic. Hey, maybe there’s a downside to envisioning streaming platforms as tubes from which people consume undifferentiated content, whenever, so long as it’s new. Maybe that ends up cheapening the experience of watching movies to the point where the work doesn’t seem as urgent or valuable?
Of course, no one feels entirely happy that so many studios’ go-for-broke investments in streaming are blowing up in their faces. (Especially when the main casualties of the streaming meltdown wind up being the non-guilty parties: the filmmakers.) And having to worry about the box office as if the entire art form is on the line based on the returns for Bullet Train is less than ideal. (It’s inadvertently turned critics into industry cheerleaders, which is not their job.) Nonetheless, when compiling their lists of the best movies of the year, our critics found some solace in the fact that even though 2022 wasn’t exactly a great year for movies, there were memorable, provocative, and even spectacular theatrical experiences to be had.
Alison Willmore’s Top 10 Movies
Photo: A24
10.Flux Gourmet
Available to stream on AMC+
9.Saint Omer
8.The Banshees of Inisherin
In theaters
7.Nope
Available to stream on Peacock
6.Both Sides of the Blade
5.RRR
Available to steam on Netflix
4.All That Breathes
3.Tár
In theaters
2.Aftersun
In theaters
1.No Bears
Bilge Ebiri’s Top 10 Movies
Photo: Elise Lockwood/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
10.Descendant
Available to stream on Netflix
9.Murina
Available to stream on Showtime
8.Lingui, the Sacred Bonds
7.Compartment No. 6
6.Three Thousand Years of Longing
5.No Bears
4.Cyrano
3.Both Sides of the Blade
Available to rent on Amazon
2.Top Gun: Maverick
1.Athena
Available to stream on Netflix
Other Movie Highlights From This Year
January
Belle
Photo: スタジオ地図/STUDIO CHIZU/YouTube
Available to stream on HBO Max
February
Jackass Forever
Photo: Paramount Pictures/YouTube
Available to stream on Paramount+
The Worst Person in the World
Photo: NEON/YouTube
Available to stream on Hulu
Air Doll
Photo: Matchboxfilmsuk/YouTube
Kimi
Photo: HBO Max/YouTube
Available to stream on HBO Max
Playground
Photo: New Wave Films/YouTube
The Burning Sea
Photo: Movie Trailers Source/YouTube
Available to stream on Hulu
The Long Walk
Photo: Yellow Veil Pictures/YouTube
Available to stream on Tubi
March
After Yang
Photo: A24/YouTube
Available to stream on Showtime
The Batman
Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures/YouTube
Available to stream on HBO Max
Great Freedom
Photo: Madman Films/YouTube
Huda’s Salon
Photo: IFC Films/YouTube
Available to stream on AMC+
Turning Red
Photo: Pixar/YouTube
Available to stream on Disney+
Ahed’s Knee
Photo: Kino Lorber/YouTube
X
Photo: A24/YouTube
Intregalde
Photo: Cinematheque Trailers/YouTube
Available to stream on Mubi
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Photo: A24/YouTube
Nitram
Photo: IFC Films/YouTube
Available to stream on AMC+
April
Babi Yar. Context
Photo: ATOMS & VOID/ Films by SERGEI LOZNITSA/YouTube
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
Photo: Utopia/YouTube
Photo: kinolorber/YouTube
The Northman
Photo: Focus Features/YouTube
Available to stream on Peacock
Petite Maman
Photo: Madman Films/YouTube
Vortex
Photo: Utopia/YouTube
May
Happening
Photo: IFC Films/YouTube
Available to stream on AMC+
Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers
Photo: Walt Disney Studios/YouTube
Available to stream on Disney+
Fire in the Mountains
Photo: kinolorber/YouTube
Top Gun: Maverick
Photo: Paramount Pictures/YouTube
In theaters
Vengeance Is Mine
Photo: Film Forum/YouTube
June
Benediction
Photo: Roadsideflix/YouTube
Available to stream on Hulu
Lost Illusions
Photo: PalaceFilms/YouTube
In theaters
Spiderhead
Photo: Netflix/YouTube
Available to stream on Netflix
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Photo: SearchlightPictures/YouTube
Available to stream on Hulu
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Photo: A24/YouTube
In theaters
July
The Sea Beast
Photo: Netflix/YouTube
Available to stream on Netflix
Fire of Love
Photo: National Geographic/YouTube
In theaters
Good Madam
Photo: Shudder/YouTube
Available to stream on Shudder
We Met in Virtual Reality
Photo: HBO/YouTube
Available to stream on HBO Max
Ali & Ava
Photo: Altitude Films/YouTube
A Love Song
Photo: Bleecker Street/YouTube
Resurrection
Photo: IFC Films/YouTube
Available to stream on AMC+
August
Traveling Light
Photo: Xenon Pictures
Bullet Train
Photo: Scott Garfield
Available to stream on Netflix
I Love My Dad
Photo: Magnolia Pictures
Emily the Criminal
Photo: Roadside Attractions/Vertical Entertainment
Available to stream on Netflix
Beast
Photo: Lauren Mulligan/Universal Studios
Available to stream on Peacock
The Good Boss
Photo: Cohen Media Group
September
Barbarian
Photo: 20th Century Studios
Available to stream on HBO Max
Dos Estaciones
Photo: The Cinema Guild/YouTube
The African Desperate
Photo: MUBI/YouTube
Blonde
Photo: Netflix
Available to stream on Netflix
Catherine Called Birdy
Photo: Alex Bailey/Prime Video
Available to stream on Prime Video
Bros
Photo: Universal Pictures
Available to stream on Peacock
The Cathedral
Photo: MUBI/YouTube
Available to stream with Mubi
October
Armageddon Time
Photo: Anne Joyce/Focus Features
In theaters
November
The Menu
Photo: Eric Zachanowich/Searchlight Pictures/20th Century Studios
In theaters
Glass Onion
Photo: Netflix
Stream on Netflix December 23
December
White Noise
Photo: Wilson Webb/Netflix
In theaters
Babylon
Photo: Paramount Pictures
In theaters December 23
Women Talking
Photo: Michael Gibson/Orion Pictures
In theaters December 23
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SERILE FILMULUI ROMÂNESC la CENTRUL CULTURAL REDUTA: Proiecție specială și Q&A „Întregalde”
În cadrul Serilor Filmului Românesc la Centrul Cultural Reduta organizate în Sala Reduta va fi prezentată proiecția specială ,,ÎNTREGALDE ” în data de 25 septembrie, la ora 19.00.
Invitat la acest eveniment moderat de Robert Elekes va fi regizorul Radu Muntean.
Filmul Intregalde: Radu Muntean si Luca Sabin,
Foto: Arhiva personala ( sursa Hotnews)
Radu Muntean a absolvit în 1994 Academia de Teatru și Film, secția Regie Film. Din 1996 până în prezent, a regizat peste 400 de spoturi publicitare și a câștigat peste 40 de premii naționale și internaționale la festivaluri de publicitate.
În 1999 a fost lector universitar la Universitatea Media, Facultatea de Regie Film. Lung-metrajul său de debut, Furia, a primit Premiul pentru debut din partea UCIN. Cel de-al doilea lung-metraj, Hârtia va fi albastră, a deschis Competiția internațională a Festivalului de la Locarno. Cel de-al treilea film, Boogie, a fost selectat pentru Quinzaine de Realisateurs, Cannes, 2008, pentru Karlovy Vary, Mar del Plata.
Proiecție specială și Q&A „Întregalde”, 25 septembrie, 19:00, Sala Reduta
Întregalde (2021, RO)
Regia: Radu Muntean
Cu: Maria Popistașu, Ilona Brezoianu, Alex Bogdan, Luca Sabin, Toma Cuzin
Bilete: https://bit.ly/3zVreh6
Sinopsis:
Trei prieteni se află într-o excursie umanitară de sfârșit de an. Călătorind într-un jeep pe drumurile de munte neasfaltate ale satului Întregalde, întâlnesc un bătrân singur pe care încearcă să-l ajute să ajungă la gaterul unde pretinde că lucrează. Când mașina lor rămâne blocată într-un șanț în pădure, gaterul se dovedește a fi abandonat și sunt nevoiți să petreacă noaptea împreună cu bătrânul senil, ideile lor despre empatie și generozitate încep să fie puse la îndoială.
,,Îmi place să joc, e o provocare și o ocazie să înțeleg mai bine prin ce trece un actor în timpul cadrului. Cred că mă ajută să lucrez mai bine cu actorii. În plus, acum nu mai poate să-mi spună nimeni: e ușor să dai indicații de pe margine.
Trebuie să mărturisesc însă că la un moment data m-au copleșit problemele de la filmare, du-te-vino-ul ăla dintre perspectiva actorului imersat în filmare și cea a regizorului care trebuie să controleze tot momentul, plus locul lui în schema mare a filmului. Așa că, pe undeva am fost ușurat când s-au terminat secvențele în care am jucat’‘, declară regizorul Radu Muntean despre rolul său în film pentru Hotnews.
Eveniment organizat în cadrul „Serilor Filmului Românesc la Centrul Cultural Reduta”, 24-26 septembrie 2021.
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