what are your 3 favorite movies of 2023 so far?

Eyeballs In The Darkness
Beau Is Afraid
Bottoms

please baby please (if it counts)
john wick 4
knock at the cabin

I think it counts. I recall it was tough to catch in theaters.

Never heard of Eyeballs in The Darkness or Please Baby Please. Knock at the Cabin was way better than I was expecting

My top 3

Asteroid City (I wasnt keen on recent Wes but I really loved this)
How to Blow Up A Pipeline
Return to Seoul

Cette Maison
No Bears
Magic Mike's Last Dance

killers of the flower moon
past lives
infinity pool

but i haven't yet been able to see most of the 2023 movies interested in (fallen leaves, poor things, american fiction, anatomy of a fall, the zone of interest, may december, priscilla, la chimera, meus-plaisirs les troisgros, youth (spring), club zero, etc...)

Same. It feels like a lot of stuff is about to start screening/streaming right around the same time. American Fiction & Zone of Interest are out in December, May December is super limited right now.

Oppenheimer
Reality

These are the only new films I've seen this year. Hoping to see Killers of the Flower Moon in the next few weeks.

De Humani Corporis Fabrica
All of Us Strangers
Showing Up

(Two of those technically 2022 movies, obv, but I'll play by the rules of the game at this point in the year)

i did my best with de humani corporis fabrica as i truly love castaing-taylor and paravel's other movies, but medical gore makes me pass out

showing up would be top 3 for me as well if we're considering it 2023

Swap in Passing Time and You Hurt My Feelings if we're doing strict "premiered in 2023" lists

Rye Lane
Across the Spider-Verse
Pamfir

I think it should be fine to observe premiere dates outside of fest screenings, so Showing Up works.

showing up was incredible

Indeed.

Yeah, one of my favorites from this year.

Also Killers of the Flower Moon, The Boy and the Heron, Allensworth, R.M.N. and May December would probably figure in there too. Plenty more coming out in the next month - Frederick Wiseman's new film opens tomorrow.

I was hoping Evil Does Not Exist would open theatrically this year (it has overseas and it's been playing in American film festivals) but at this point, I think it's going to be out next year.

Mission Impossible: Crypto AI Badguy Part One
Donks
Barbie

André at the kiln regarding the burned pieces, possibly the movie moment that's stuck with me the most this year

Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros
De Humani Corporis Fabrica
The Delinquents

One Fine Morning
Passages
May-December

i have a loooot of catching up to do but:

asteroid city
how to blow up a pipeline
showing up

mission:impossible:dead reckoning:pt. 1 and across the spiderverse were my two favorite movies that were each essentially half movies despite being very long

Watched How to Blow Up a Pipeline, going in my top ten.

what are some of the world cinema arthouse heavy hitters of the year? Fallen Leaves, Evil Does Not Exist, El Conde, The Delinquents, anything else?

almost total lack of consensus itt, lol

what are some of the world cinema arthouse heavy hitters of the year? Fallen Leaves, Evil Does Not Exist, El Conde, The Delinquents, anything else?

― Daniel_Rf

Some favorites:

Alcarràs
Will-o'-the-Wisp
Passages
One Fine Morning
THe

To those, add:
About Dry Grasses
Walk Up and In Water
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
The Human Surge 3
Monster
Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars

Trenque Lauquen from Argentina was a late entry in my end of year list.
Also enjoyed
The Innocent (France)
Pamfir (Ukraine)
Afire (Germany)
Broker (Japan/ South Korea)

Was tempted to start a thread on the Argentinian El Pampero Cine film collective, who I am seriously intrigued by, but thought it might be too niche for ilx2023 :(

BEST SCREENPLAY: May December

— New York Film Critics Circle (@nyfcc) November 30, 2023

Ope, wrong thread sorry

i have a loooot of catching up to do but:

asteroid city
how to blow up a pipeline
showing up

mission:impossible:dead reckoning:pt. 1 and across the spiderverse were my two favorite movies that were each essentially half movies despite being very long

― na (NA), Wednesday, November 29, 2023 2:25 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

after finally watching may december, it has got to knock out one of my top 3. i guess how to blow up a pipeline. though may december/asteroid city/showing up feels like a fairly unprovocative top 3.

I haven't seen very many, but I guess it would be Killers of the Flower Moon, Anatomy of a Fall, and Asteroid City.

Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros
De Humani Corporis Fabrica
The Delinquents

I'm also swapping May December in place of Beau Is Afraid.

Yay!

For now:

May December
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie