10 Films to Watch - Some of the best of 2023
THE ZONE OF INTEREST
DIRECTED BY jonathan glazer
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
THE HOLDOVERS
DIRECTED BY ALEXANDER PAYNE
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to supervise the handful of boys with nowhere to go over the holidays. Through a series of unforeseen adventures, he winds up bonding with one kid in particular — a brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook.
ANATOMY OF A FALL
directed by Justine Triet
For the past year, Sandra, her husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, the police question whether he was murdered or committed suicide. Samuel's suspicious death is presumed murder, and Sandra becomes the main suspect. What follows is not just an investigation into the circumstances of Samuel's death but an unsettling psychological journey into the depths of Sandra and Samuel's conflicted relationship.
EL CONDE
DIRECTED BY PABLO LARRAIN
After living 250 years in this world, Augusto Pinochet, who is not dead but an aged vampire, decides to die once and for all.
The Taste of Things
- La passion de Dodin Bouffant
DIRECTED BY Trân Anh Hùng
The story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin, the fine gourmet with whom she has been working for over the last 20 years.
POOR THINGS
DIRECTED BY YORGOS LANTHIMOS
Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
PAST LIVES
DIRECTED BY Celine Song
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Decades later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront destiny, love and the choices that make a life.
society of the snow
DIRECTed by J.A. Bayona
In 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which had been chartered to fly a rugby team to Chile, crashed in the heart of the Andes. Only 29 of its 45 passengers survived the accident. Trapped in one of the most hostile and inaccessible environments on the planet, they have to resort to extreme measures to stay alive.
ANSELM
DIRECTED BY WIM WENDERS
In Anselm, Wim Wenders creates a portrait of Anselm Kiefer, one of the most innovative and important painters and sculptors of our time. Shot in 3D and 6K-resolution, the film presents a cinematic experience of the artist’s work which explores human existence and the cyclical nature of history, inspired by literature, poetry, philosophy, science, mythology and religion. For over two years, Wenders traced Kiefer’s path from his native Germany to his current home in France, connecting the stages of his life to the essential places of his career that spans more than five decades.
MAY DECEMBER
DIRECTED BY TODD HAINES
Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.
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