A big cheat, but a tie for Number One:
Poor Things for it’s originality and whimsy, Holdovers for it’s homage to my favorite decade (the 1970’s)
Number Two: Going way against my original first impression, Past Lives. The film making from the grand sweeping shots of New York, to the smaller melancholic reflections in mud puddles…this was a film like a fine wine.
Number Three: Anatomy of a Fall-Sandra Huller is a miraculous actress and this is before seeing The Zone of Interest.
Number Four: Nyad. Jodie Foster is my soul sister and Annette Bening is perfection. I cried twice!
Number Five: Killers of the Flower Moon, far too long, but when you tick the landing with perfection as Scorsese did with his radio play, well, all is forgiven.
My Top Five Of 2023
