Since I leave for Sundance in a couple of days -- have I mentioned that I'm going to Sundance enough yet? I'm going to Sundance! -- I have decided that it'll be the best for us all if I just go ahead and drop my favorite movies of 2023 list right now without a lot (or more, anyway) hemming and hawing on it. Lord knows I could put this off for a few more weeks as I try to get around to some outstanding movies, and rearrange this list every single day as my erratic mood shifts like the breeze, but I think I'll prefer to just not have this hanging over my head as I start reviewing 2024 films.
Anyway as I've stated already I think last year was a marvel of a year for movies -- excellence abounded. And while I'm cool on several of the ones that seem to racking up a lot of the established awards out there (Barbie is fine and The Holdovers is mediocre at best) there's a lot to love even on the mainstream stages, and several movies in my Top 20 will probably have Oscar nominations come Oscar nomination time. Hell I even like the Nolan movie -- it's only a runner-up on my list and my least favorite thing about it (Robert Downey Jr.'s performance) seems to be the thing marching straight to Oscar gold, but since we're talking one of my least favorite, most overrated filmmakers, this is something!
Yadda yadda I've put off the list as long as I can with my rambling
so let's just do it. Here are my 20 favorite movies of 2023!
20.
De Humani Corporis Fabrica(dir. Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Verena Paravel) --
my review19.
La Chimera (dir. Alice Rohrwacher) --
my review18.
Showing Up (dir. Kelly Reichardt) --
my review17.
El Conde (dir. Pablo Larraín) --
my review15. Godland (dir. Hlynur Pálmason)
14. Past Lives (dir. Celine Song)
13.
Rotting in the Sun (dir. Sebastián Silva) --
my review12.
Beau is Afraid (dir. Ari Aster) --
my review11.
Godzilla Minus One (dir. Takashi Yamazaki) --
my review10.
Killers of the Flower Moon (dir. Martin Scorsese) --
my review 9.
Asteroid City (dir. Wes Anderson) --
my review8.
May December (dir. Todd Haynes) --
my review7.
Poor Things (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos) --
my review6.
Saltburn (dir. Emerald Fennell) --
my review5.
Skinamarink (dir. Kyle Edward Ball) --
my review4.
Afire (dir. Christian Petzold) --
my review(dir. Felix van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch) --
my review2.
The Zone of Interest (dir. Jonathan Glazer) --
my review1.
All Of Us Strangers (dir. Andrew Haigh) -
my review-------------------------------
Runners-up: The Killer, Anatomy of a Fall, Oppenheimer, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, Eileen, A Thousand and One, Infinity Pool, You Hurt My Feelings, Silver Dollar Road, Will-o'-the-Wisp, Fallen Leaves, Full Time, Bottoms, Priscilla, Return To Seoul, Robot Dreams
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7 comments:
Love your love for Saltburn - and your choice of that gif.
Looking forward to watching The Eight Mountains. Purchased the blu-ray so that I could, since you are so high on it.
Hey Jason, Silver Lake Road would probably be a totally better film than Silver Dollar Road. I was moved by that doc. Glad to see it on your runners up. I'm so happy you adored the Eight Mountains. I cried through half of it. Still have not seen your top two yet. It's so frustrating how long it's taking. I don't have a theater near me that played either one.
Bahhh good catch Shawny, will fix that title right away. By the time I got to pounding out the runners-up my brain was a bit scrambled, I was rushing through posting this before I got distracted again ;)
I understand a slow build with Zone given what a tough movie it is, but I can't believe All of Us Strangers isn't everywhere already. That's just cruel
FYI, Hiro Clark is doing a tie in w/ All Of Us Strangers.
We have the same number one. Nice. That movie is devastating, but I would see the movie again. Destroy my soul again, Andrew Haigh.
I highly recommend The Teacher's Lounge. It's so good - great script, great acting, beautiful building of suspense. I think you'd like it.
Anon -- funny enough I just watched The Teacher's Lounge yesterday! I did really like it, it was fantastic.
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