From an alien invasion movie (Nope) to a comedic murder mystery (Glass Onion), the bestmoviesof2022 showcased refreshing originality and diversity.
With 2022 almost in the history books, there’s a danger it will be known as a disappointing period for cinema. Driven by a narrative consumed by fluctuating box office grosses and depressed stocks, studios, streamers, and independent distributors alike are nervous about the future, and film industry prognosticators are all too happy to declare that moviegoing as we know it is dead.
Yet West doesn’t forget that this is still a slasher film and unlike recent elevated horror movies, he delivers the bloodshed. Throats are cut, eyes are poked out, and, in a memorable scene, a character meets her unfortunate end in the jaws of a hungry crocodile. One of West’s secret weapons in elevating this mayhem into art is lead star Mia Goth, who pulls double duty here as the cocaine-consuming porn ingenue Maxine and the murderous and still horny old lady Pearl.
Ostensibly a horror story, The Eternal Daughter is essentially The Souvenir, Part III as it’s revealed the real terror is less what’s outside and more about internal conflicts that rise to the surface. Hogg, unlike most other directors, knows the value of silence, and in using everyday sounds like the ticking of a clock or the hum of a machine to evoke both mystery and dread.
In telling the story of the Haywood siblings and their efforts to capture the flying alien Jean Jacket, Peele is able to work in many genres at the same time: a sci-fi film that updates the Spielbergian sense of awe in humans experiencing a close encounter of the dangerous kind; a Western that comments on the death of heroism; a domestic drama about a brother and sister who have grown apart; and a Hollywood film about how the star system uses and abuses its minority creatives.
We’ve seen this type of costume drama before, but never done so well and so alive. The director, Xavier Giannoli, evokes the stink and mud of Paris’ crowded streets just as well as he does the quaint drawing rooms of France’s upper class.
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