I was wondering just the other day what was going to happen to legend and icon John Waters' annual top ten list now that ArtForum shat the bed -- well the smarties at Vulture snatched him up, that's what! His favorite 2023 movies are listed right here -- can't believe John Waters loved Oppenheimer, but here we are! That said per usual he always picks a couple I haven't seen, no matter how hard I try and there are three this time. I tragically missed Catherine Breillat's movie when it screened at the NYFF, and I hadn't even heard of the Éric Gravel or Ulrich Seidl movies.
That said I did actually see the one he goes out of his way to say nobody will have seen -- Pierre Creton's deliciously bizzarre gay gerontophilic romance A Prince, which played for a hot second at NYFF, and he is correct -- it's ace. Everybody should seek it out, at least if you've got a taste for strange.
And he's also doing good work when he says that Sigourney Weaver is giving "the best performance of the year" in Paul Schrader's Master Gardener -- I really don't understand why this work isn't getting more love! I thought she was phenomonal here; it's her best and most complicated work in some time. Here is my review of that movie, which I really dug. Anyway check the whole list to see what Mr. Waters has to say about all ten of his faves. Of the seven I've seen there's not a rotten apple among 'em -- although my feelings on Oppenheimer are more mixed I do think it's Nolan's best work in a long time.
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Oppenheimer was monotonous in its pacing and rhythm. Any of the documentaries about him are more tolerable. Cillian was great though .
No May December. Huh.
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