Top movies 2022

Medea. But as she listens to Laurence’s story, she begins to see the web of experience and feeling that connects her with her subject. This is a perceptive and delicately unnerving work, a reflection on the way humans can instinctively reach out to one another even across seemingly uncrossable chasms. Malanda’s radiantly somber face, held by the camera with a kind of inquisitive tenderness as she tells her story on the stand, is the heart of the picture. In Celine Song’s Past Lives is semiautobiographical, and that’s easy to believe. There are no villains here; no one lashes out or behaves badly. The movie ripples with the quiet melodrama of real life, the way big things often happen in the margins, and small things gradually come to mean the world. Somewhere between the right and the wrong decision is the choice we learn to live with, a sea of joy and sadness and everything in between. Writer-director Mia Hansen-Løve’s delicately shaded One Fine Morning deals with the wrenchingly mundane nature of caring for those who used to take care of us. But it’s also about the difficulty—and the necessity—of tending to our own emotional lives even as we’re looking after others. Léa Seydoux is Sandra, a widowed translator living in Paris with her eight-year-old daughter. She’s been alone for a long time, but she tumbles into a kind of happiness after a chance encounter with an old friend, Clément (Melvil Poupaud), turns into an illicit affair. She needs some joy in her life: her fath...

From the mind-bending antics of The Daniels' Everything Everywhere All at Once to the upping of the superhero cinema ante that Matt Reeves achieved with The Batman, 2022 gave us a bunch of great movies to choose from when it came time to pick our nominees. That includes the incredible action spectacle of Indian filmmaker S. S. Rajamouli's RRR, the unique vision of Jordan Peele's sci-fi/horror outing Nope, and even the return of Maverick himself in Tom Cruise's surprise mega-hit Top Gun sequel. But only one film could take home the top prize. Our winner for the Best Movie of 2022 is... Everything Everywhere All at Once At a time where the movie landscape is dominated by adaptations and franchises, the wildly original Everything Everywhere All at Once has managed to come screaming through the noise for a reason: it’s a bonafide masterpiece. It’s not just the Daniels’ confident direction, the inventive sci-fi ideas, the exhilarating action scenes, or the cast so incredible that they consist of more than one of the year’s best performances – although, it’s got all of that too. But what really makes it the kind of once-in-a-generation triumph that it is is its stunning emotional core, a surprising brand of hopeful nihilism that makes it, amidst everything else, endlessly inspiring. The premise is simple enough… until it’s, well, very much not. But it all starts with Michelle Yeoh’s unhappy and overwhelmed Evelyn, whose laundromat is being audited by the IRS, just as she’s also ...

Aside from the Hollywood blockbusters, the communal fun of RRR and feels of Everything Everywhere All At Once got people to try out independent cinema again. Oh, and a star was born portraying The King himself, Elvis. Streaming didn't suddenly stop, either. On Disney Plus, we got Turning Red, a coming-of-age movie so great that we can't stop rewatching it. Also, Hulu impressed with a trip to Fire Island. Maybe it's recency bias, maybe it's the power of a single, memorable performance, but Pearl makes it to our list when it's predecessor X does not. Ti West's modern horror movies, which tell the tales of things gone wrong on a farm in the boonies, got a lot more attention than they were budgeted for. Mia Goth's performance as the titular Pearl, though, is riveting enough that it makes us feel okay about using 'unhinged,' one of the words that's definitely gotten over-used in 2022. Pearl is a simple farm girl, whose life veered off the road into isolation due to the 1918 influenza pandemic, which has made her mother extra-precautious about Pearl's ailing father. And it's all warped Pearl's mind so much that she puts too much of her hopes, wants and dreams into a talent competition that could get her out of this town. – Henry T. Casey Buy or rent on Amazon , Apple and other on demand services 24. Smile Outside of the financial success of Top Gun: Maverick, 2022 was the year of the horror movie. And if Pearl's dalliances in the genre were subtle, Smile's were anything but. Rem...

No one could be blamed for thinking that the Movies — the capital-M medium — was in a midst of an existential crisis in 2022. The theatrical experience constantly seemed to be hanging on by a thread, threatening to become a thing of the past. (Though a hearty thank you to you, Yes, the big-picture view of big pictures did sometimes seem dire. But once again, the movies delivered. Sometimes, it was a matter of knowing where to look for them, and to keep the faith that something lifechanging, if not gamechanging was right around the corner. Other times, there seemed to be a bounty of incredible cinema, running the gamut from lyrical documentaries to genre exercises to left-field blockbusters, coming in waves. Films like Tár could still inspire arguments and discussions; Nope could still inspire deep-dive explainers that went way beyond “Killer Spaceship 1, People 0.” It was a good 12 months to be an cine-omnivore. We expanded the roster to 22 films this year — because 2022! Yes, we are indeed shameless! — but even then, there were a number of extraordinary films that kept crowding their way into the idea of a “best of” lineup. The movies aren’t dead. They’re not even the past. (A quick shout out to some honorable mentions: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Armageddon Time, Barbarian, Bones and All, Catherine Called Birdy, Corsage, Donbass, The Eternal Daughter, God’s Country, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Men, Montana Story, Moonage Daydream, The Northman, Peter von Kant, ...

If you're in search of a great flick for your next family movie night, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchioand its collection of older kid-friendly films like the original Rocky, the streamer is home to a vast library of fun movies for all ages. Whether your clan is in the mood for action, comedy, fantasy, or animated hijinks, there are plenty of options that appeal to kids and adults alike. Read on for EW's guide to the best family movies on Netflix right now. Director Boyhood, Dazed & Confused) recounts his 1960s youth in this charmingly low-key animated film. Unlike most contemporary children's movies, Apollo 10 ½ has almost no overarching plot. Instead, it's a patchwork of memories about family, innocence, and growing up during the space race. Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly — creates a dreamlike atmosphere that enhances the nostalgia factor. Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood: Netflix Director: Richard Linklater Cast: Jack Black, Related content: Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood A group of anthropomorphic animal thieves try their hand at heroism in this recent hit from DreamWorks. Like other reformed- villain animated movies (see: Megamind, Wreck-It Ralph, and Despicable Me), The Bad Guys finds both humor and drama in its protagonists' struggle to do the right thing. It's a simple but immensely entertaining heist movie for kids, packed with dynamic action choreography and charming character designs to spare. The Bad Guys: Netflix Director: Pierre Perifel Cast: The first ...