As I always do during the first few months of a new year, I raced through as many of the 2022 releases as I could in service of my annual 10 best films list. It’s a delight to put together with my old friend Steve, and you can read it here and get the audio version of our film state of the union here.
So, yeah, this is mostly an SEO-backlinking kind of post, but also I wanted to make sure if you follow me here, you can follow me over there.
For many years now, I haven’t done a ranking within my 10, but unofficially here’s how my 10 favorites stacked up relative to each other:
TÁR
Crimes of the Future
Decision to Leave
Triangle of Sadness
Three Thousand Years of Longing
The Woman King
Kimi
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
The Banshees of Inisherin
Nope
As for the Best Picture nominees …
TÁR
Triangle of Sadness
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Top Gun: Maverick
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Fabelmans
All Quiet on the Western Front
Women Talking (because I haven’t seen it yet)