Watched:
ALCARRÀS (Carla Simón) (NYFF). Metacritic 87%. Watched but didn't review, so shapeless it's hard to describe, or enjoy.
RRR (S.S. Rajamouli), one of the talked about movies of the year, but, not looking for a tumultuous 3-hour Indian docu-drama, didn't finish. On Netflix.
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE. (Daniels) Multiple category Oscar possibilities so I forced myself to watch. It leaves me cold, and is going to win big.
EMPIRE OF LIGHT (Sam Mendes). Watched in a theater, didn't seem worth reviewing.
NOPE (Jordan Peele). Many platforms. Watched, enjoyed, didn't review. Very clever but somewhat slight.
Want to watch:
ALL THAT BREATHES (Shaunak Sen) (NYFF) Important Indian doc I want to watch, coming 2023 on HBO. (Watched, from Mostly British: great! Superbly made and moving film.)
NO BEARS (Jafar Panahhi) (NYFF), definitely want to watch, now at Film Forum but inaccessible from where I am now.
ARGENTINA, 1985 (Santiago Mitre). Political thriller available on Amazon, watched, a bit conventional, but good. Won Best Foreign, Golden Globes.
CAIRO CONSPIRACY aka
BOY FROM HEAVEN (Tarik Saleh). Thriller set at Al Azhar University in Cairo, want to watch, not yet available 2/23Pa.
BAD AXE (David Siev). Important doc, plan to check out on Amazon.
HOLY SPIDER (Ali Abbasi). METASCORE 68. Grim Tehran serial killer tale from Cannes Competition, might watch. But deterred due to the depressing subject.
JOYLAND (Saim Sadiq) Pakistani, dancer falls for trans woman. On Amazon, not yet watched
NOVALNY (Daniel Roher). Doc about Russian poison assassination attempt, on HBO.
Watched: an entertaining film with thriller qualities, as people say. Not my favoriate 2022 doc, though.
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