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Friday November 22nd 2024

Movie Corner’s Top Ten of 2022 (And More)

Howard McQuitter II

By HOWARD MCQUITTER II

#1  Everything Everywhere All at Once. Fantasy/Comedy/Action/Science Fiction/Thriller. Directors: Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.

#2  Till. African American/Biographical/Drama/History/Civil Rights. Director: Chinonye Chukwu.

#3  The Banshees of Inisherin. Drama/Period Piece. Director: Martin McDonagh.

#4  The Whale. Drama.  Director: Darren Aronofsky.

#5  Elvis. Biography/Music/Drama. Director: Baz Luhrmann.

#6  Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio. Animation/Claymation/Drama/Family/Thriller. Director: Guillermo Del Toro.

#7  The Fabelmans. Semibiographical/Family/Drama/Period Piece. Director: Steven Spielberg.

#8  Nope. Science Fiction/Science Fantasy/Thriller/Drama. Director: Jordan Peele.

#9  Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Science Fantasy/Action/African American. Director: Ryan Coogler.

#10  The Gravedigger’s Wife. Drama/Romance/Road. Director: Khadar Ayderus Ahmed.*


Other Notable Films:

The Crossing. Animation/Drama/Thriller/Mystery. Director: Florence Miailhe. (French with English subtitles) *

Barbarian. Horror/Drama/Mystery. Director: Zach Cregger. 

Vengeance. Comedy/Mystery/Thriller. Director: B. J. Novak.

The Good Nurse. Biography/Crime/ Drama. Director: Tobias Lindholm.   

Persian Lessons. Drama/WWII/Nazi Germany. Director: Vadim Perelman. (German/French/Farsi with English subtitles) *

Hinterland. Drama/WWII/Germany/Mystery/Murder. Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky. (German with English subtitles) *

Empire of Light. Romance/Race Relations/1980s/Drama/Great Britain. Director: Sam Mendes.

Medusa. Mystery/Drama/Women/Evangelical Christianity/Violence/Romance. Director: Anita Rocha da Silveira. (From Brazil, Portuguese with English subtitles) *

Smile. Horror/Mental Hospital/Drama/Psychoanalysis. Director: Parker Finn

                                                                                                                                                                           *  Minneapolis and St. Paul International Film Festival        

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