2022 Films (Alphabetically)
Title (Director, Country) Review/Grade* Distributor, Release Date
* Grades represented Nathaniel's take so they do not always correlate with the Reviews themselves
last updated 03/17/2023
US RELEASES IN 2022
• 1982 (Oualid Mouaness, Lebanon) Abe's Review Tricycle Logic, June 10th
• 3000 Years of Longing (George Miller, Australia/US) Elisa's Review B MGM Aug 31st
• Adam Project, The (Shawn Levy, US) Nathaniel's Take C- Netflix March 11th
• After Yang (Kogonada, US) Elisa's Capsule, Nathaniel's Take A- A24, March 4th
• Aftersun (Charlotte Wells, US/UK) Eurocheese's Review, TOP TEN LIST A- A24, Oct 21st
• Against the Ice (Peter Flinth, Denmark) Abe's Review Netflix, March 2nd
• Alice (Krystin Ver Linden, US) Jason's Review D Roadside Attractions, March 18th
• All Quiet On the Western Front (Edward Berger, Germany) Baby's Take Netflix Oct 28th
• All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen) Glenn's Review
• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Laura Poitras, US) Glenn's Review, Elisa's Take NEON, Nov 23rd
• AmbuLAnce (Michael Bay, US) Nathaniel's Review B+ Universal, April 8th
• Amsterdam (David O. Russell, US) B- 20th Century, Oct 7th
• Apollo 10½ A Space Age Childhood (Richard Linklater, US) Nathaniel's Take B Netflix April 1st
• Argentina 1985 (Santiago Mitre, Argentina) Abe's Review, Elisa's Take Amazon Sept 30th
• Armageddon Time (James Gray, US) Elisa's Review B Focus, Oct 28th
• Athena (Romain Gavras, France) Elisa's Review Netflix, Sept 23rd
• Automat, The (Lisa Hurwitz, US) Glenn's Take A Slice of Pie, Feb 18th
• Avatar: The Way of Water (James Cameron, US) B+ Disney, Dec 16th
• Babi Yar, Context (Sergei Loznitas, Ukraine) Glenn's Take Distributor?, April 1st
• Babylon (Damien Chazelle, US) C+ Paramount, Dec 23rd
• Babysitter (Monia Chokri, Canada) Jason's Review Aug 19th
• Bad Axe (David Siev, US) Glenn's Review IFC Films, Nov 18th
• Balcony Movie (Pawel Loziski, Poland) Glenn's Review
• Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, Ireland) Nathaniel's Review, Elisa's Take, TOP TEN LIST A Searchlight Oct 21st
• Bantú Mama (Ivan Herrera, Dominican Republic) Cláudio's Review Netflix, Nov 17th
• Bardo False Chronicle of... (Alejandro G. Iñárittu, Mexico) Elisa's Take Netflix, Dec 16th
• Batman, The (Matt Reeves, US) Nathaniel's Review C+ Warner Bros, March 1st
• Better Nate Than Ever (Tim Federic, US) B Abe's Review Disney+, April 1st
• Bitter Brush (Emelie Mahdavian, US) Glenn's Review Magnolia June 17th
• Black Panther Wakanda Forever (Ryan Coogler, US) Nathaniel's Review C+ Disney, Nov 11th
• Blonde (Andrew Dominik) Elisa's Review Netflix, Sept 16th
• Bob's Burgers Movie (Bouchard & Derriman, US) Nathaniel's Take B- 20th Century May 27th
• Bones and All (Luca Guadagino, US/Italy) Elisa's Review, Nathaniel's Take, Christopher's Take C+
• Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (Nina Menkes, US) Glenn's Review Kino Lorber, Oct 21st
• Breaking (Abi Damaris Corbin, US) Abe's Review Bleecker St, Aug 26th
• Broker (Hirokazu Koreeda, South Korea) Elisa's Review NEON, Dec 26th
• Bros (Nicholas Stoller, US) Podcast, Baby Clyde's Take B+ Sept 30th
• Bullet Train (David Leitch, US) Nathaniel's Review C+ Columbia Pictures, Aug 5th
• Call Jane (Phyllis Nagy, US) Ben's Review Roadside Attractions Oct 28th
• Cane Fire (Anthony Banua-Simon, US) Glenn's Review Cinema Guild, May 20th
• Cathedral, The (Ricky D'Ambrose, US) Abe's Review MUBI, Sept 9th
• Catherine Called Birdy (Lena Dunham, US) Nathaniel's Take B+ Amazon, Sept 23rd
• Cha Cha Real Smooth (Cooper Raiff, US) Eurocheese's Review, Nathaniel's Take B AppleTV+, June 17th
• Children of the Mist (Ha Le Diem) Glenn's Review
• Close (Lukas Dhont, Belgium) Claudio's Review, Elisa's Take A24, QUALIFYING ONLY
• Corsage (Marie Kreutzer, Austria) Abe's Review, Elisa's Take B+ IFC Films, Dec 23rd
• Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg, Canada) Elisa's Review C+ NEON, June 3rd
• The Cursed (Sean Ellis, UK) Nathaniel's Take B NEON, Feb 18th
• Dead For a Dollar (Walter Hill, US) Elisa's Take Quiver, Sept 30th
• Dear Mr Brody (Keith Maitland, US) Glenn's Review Discovery+, March 4th
• Death on the Nile (Kenneth Branagh, UK) Chris Review C- Disney, Feb 11th
• Decision to Leave (Park Chan Wook, South Korea) Cláudio's Review, Elisa's Take B+ MUBI, Oct 14th
• Deep Water (Adrian Lyne, US) Nathaniel's Review C 20th Century/Amazon, March 18th
• Descendant (Margaret Brown, US) Glenn's Review
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Sam Raimi, US) Nathaniel's Review C Disney, May 6th
• Dog (Tatum & Carolin, US) Nathaniel's Take B MGM, Feb 18th
• Don't Worry Darling (Olivia Wilde, US) Glenn's Review, Elisa's Take Warner Bros, Sept 19th
• Downton Abbey: A New Era (Simon Curtis, UK) Chris's Review B+ Focus Features, May 20th
• Dual (Riley Stearns, US) Jason's Review RLJE Films, April 16th
• Elvis (Baz Luhrmann, Australia) Elisa's Review B+ Warner Bros, June 24th
• Emergency (Carey Williams, US) Abe's Review Amazon, May 27th
• Emily (O'Connor, UK) Abe's Review, Bleecker Street, QUALIFYING ONLY
• Emily the Criminal (John Patrick Ford, US) Ben's Review B+ Roadside Attractions, Aug 12th
• Empire of Light (Sam Mendes, UK) Matt's Review, Baby Clyde's Take Searchlight, Dec 9th
• EO (Jerry Skolimowski, Poland) Cláudio's Review, Elisa's Take, TOP TEN LIST Janus Films, Nov 18th
• Eternal Daughter (Joanna Hogg, UK) Christopher's Review, Elisa's Take A24, Dec 2nd
• Eternal Spring (Jason Loftus, Canada) Glenn's Review
• Everything Everywhere All At Once (The Daniels, US) Eurocheese's Review, Stephanie Hsu Interview, TOP TEN LIST A- A24, March 25th
• Fabelmans, The (Steven Spielberg, US) Baby Clyde's Take , TOP TEN LIST A Universal, Nov 11th
• Father Stu (Rosalind Ross, US) Ben's Review Sony/Columbia, April 13th
• Firebird (Peeter Rebane, UK/Estonia) Director Interview B- Roadside Attractions, April 29th
• Fire Island (Andrew Ahn, US) Best Shot Episode , TOP TEN LIST A- Searchlight/Hulu, June 3rd
• Fire of Love (Sara Bosa, Canada/US) Glenn's Review B NEON, July 6th
• Fistful of Vengeance (Roel Reiné, US) Nathaniel's Capsule D- Netflix, Feb 17th
• Four To Dinner (Alessio Maria Federici, Italy) Elisa's Review Netflix, Jan 5th
• Framing Agnes (Chase Joynt, Canada) Cláudio's Review Kino Lorber Dec 2nd
• Free Chol Soo Lee (Julia Ha and Eugene Yi, US) Glenn's Review MUBI, Aug 12th
• Freedom on Fire (Evgeny Afineevsky, Ukraine) Glenn's Review QUALIFYING ONLY
• Fresh (Mimi Cave, US) Matt's Review D Hulu, March 4th
• Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down (West & Cohen, US) Glenn's Review July 15th
• Girl Picture (Alli Haapasalo, Finland) Director Interview, Cast Interview, TOP TEN LIST A- Nordisk Film, Aug 12th
• Glass Onion (Rian Johnson, US) Chris's Review, Baby Clyde's Take B Netflix Nov 23rd
• God's Country (Julian Higgins, US) Matt's Review IFC Films, Sept 16th
• God's Creatures (Saela Davis & Anna Rose Holmer, Ireland/US/UK) Eurocheese's Review A24, Sept 30th
• Good Boss, The (Fernando Leon de Aranoa, Spain) Claudio's Review, Goyas Cohen, Aug 26th
• Good House, The (Forbes & Wolodarksy, US) Abe's Review Lionsgate Sept 30th
• Good Night Oppy (Ryan White, US) Interview, Glenn's Review Amazon
• Good Nurse, The (Tobias Lindholm, US) Jessica at the Premiere, Baby's Take Netflix, Oct 26th
• Good Luck To You Leo Grande (Sophie Hyde, UK) Nathaniel's Review B+ Hulu, June 17th
• Great Freedom (Sebastian Meise, Austria) Cláudio's Review A- MUBI, March 4th
• Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio (Guillermo Del Toro, US) Eurocheese's Review Netflix Nov 9th
• Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen (Dayna Goldfine & Daniel Geller) Glenn's Review
• Happening (Audrey Diwan, France) Nathaniel's Review, Interview, TOP TEN LIST A- IFC Films, May 6th
• Hatching (Hanna Bergholm, Finland) Cláudio's Review IFC Films, April 29th
• Hocus Pocus 2 (Anne Fletcher, US) C Disney+, Sept 30th
• Holy Spider (Ali Abbasi, Sweden) Cláudio's Review, Elisa's Review, Baby Clyde's Take B+ Utopia, Oct 28
• A House Made of Splinters (Simon Lereng Wilmont, Denmark/Ukraine) Glenn's Review POV, QUALIFYING ONLY
• How to Survive a Pandemic (David France, US) Glenn's Review HBOMax, March 29th
• Hunt (Lee Jung Jae, South Korea) Abe's Review Magnolia, Dec 2nd
• Hustle (Jeremiah Zagar, US) Abe's Review
• I Didn't See You There (Reid Davenport) Glenn's Review
• The Inspection (Elegance Bratton, US) Baby's Take B A24, Nov 18th
• Inu-Oh (Masaaki Yuasa, Japan) Nathaniel's Review B GKids, Aug 12th
• The Janes (Lessin & Pildes, US) Eurocheese's Review HBO, June 8th
• Janet Jackson (Benjamin Hirsch, US) Glennn's Review Lifetime, Jan 28th
• Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story) Glenn's Review
• Jurassic World Dominion (Colin Trevorrow, US) Chris's Review D Universal, June 10th
• Katrina Babies (Edward Buckley, US) Glenn's Review
• Land of Dreams (Neshat & Azari, US) Jason's Review Vertical, Sept 16th
• Last Flight Home (Orli Timoner, US) Glenn's Review
• Little Nicholas (France) Abe's Review QUALIFYING ONLY
• Living (Oliver Hermanus, UK) Cláudio's Review, Nathaniel's Take, Christopher's Take B+ SPC, Dec 23rd
• Lost City, The (Aaron Nee & Adam Nee, US) Chris' Review B- Paramount, March 25th
• Lost King, The (Stephen Frears, UK) Abe's Review IFC, QUALIFYING ONLY
• Love Song, A (Max Walker-Silverman, US) Matt's Review Bleecker Street, July 29th
• Louis Armstrong: Black and Blues (Sacha Jenkins, US) Elisa's Review Apple TV+ Oct 28th
• Lucy and Desi (Amy Poehler, US) Abe's Review, Glenn's Take Amazon, March 4th
• Lunana A Yak in the Classroom (Pawo Choyning Dorji, Bhutan) Cláudio's Review, Director Interview B+ Samuel Goldwyn Films, Jan 21st
• Mack and Rita (Katie Aselton, US) Chris's Review Gravitas, Aug 12th
• Mariner of the Mountains (Karim Anouz, Brazil) Glenn's Review MUBI, May 23rd
• Master (Mariama Diallo, US) Matt's Review Amazon, March 18th
• Men (Alex Garland, US/UK) Elisa's Review A24, May 20th
• The Menu (Mark Mylod, US) Chris's Review Disney, Nov 18th
• Minions: The Rise of Gru (Kyle Balda, US) Chris's Review Universal July 1st
• Montana Story (McGeehee & Siegel, US) Matt's Review, Bleecker Street, May 13th
• Moonage Daydream (Brett Morgen) Glenn's Review, HONORABLE MENTION B+ Neon, Sept 16th
• Morbius (Daniel Espinoza, US) Ben's Review, Nathaniel's Take F Sony, April 1st
• Mothering Sunday (Eva Husson, UK) Cláudio's Review SPC, March 25th
• Mrs Harris Goes to Paris (Anthony Fabian, UK) Chris's Review B Focus, July 15th
• My Father's Dragon (Nora Twomey, Ireland/US) Nathaniel's Take B Netflix, Nov 4th
• My Imaginary Country (Patricio Guzman) Glenn's Review Icarus Sept 23rd
• My Old School (Jono McLeod, UK) Abe's Review Magnolia, July 22nd
• My Policeman (Michael Grandage, UK) Baby Clyde's Take C- Amazon, Oct 21st
• Navalny (Daniel Roher, US) Glenn's Review CNN/HBOMax, April 11th
• Nitram (Justin Kurzel, Australia) Elisa's Capsule IFC Films, March 30th
• No Bears (Jafar Panahi, Iran) Elisa's Take Janus / Sideshow, Dec 23rd
• Nope (Jordan Peele, US) Nathaniel's Review, Composer Interview B+ Universal, July 22nd
• The Northman (Robert Eggers, US) Nathaniel's Review B+ Focus Features, April 22nd
• Not Okay (Quinn Shephard, US) Matt's Review Searchlight/Hulu July 29th
• Nothing Compares (Kathryn Ferguson) Glenn's Review Showtime
• Official Competition (Cohn & Duprat, Spain) Nathaniel's Review B+ IFC, June 17th
• One Fine Morning (Mia Hansen-Løve, France) Elisa's Review, Claudio's Review SPC Qualifying
• Operation Mincemeat (John Madden) Ben's Review Netflix, May 11th
• Orphan: First Kill (William Brent Bell) Jason's Review Paramount, Aug 19th
• Paris 13th District (Jacques Audiard, France) Matt's Review, Elisa's Take IFC, April 15th
• Persuasion (Carrie Cracknell, US) Nathaniel's Review C- Netflix, July 15th
• Piggy (Carlota Pereda, Spain) Cláudio's Review Magnet, Oct 7th
• Playground (Laura Wandel, Belgium) Cláudio's Review, Director Interview B+ Film Movement, Feb 11th
• Poly Styrene (Bell & Sng, UK) Glenn's Review Modern Films, Feb 2nd
• Prey (Dan Trachtenberg, US) 20th Century Studios/Hulu, Aug 5th B
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (US) Christopher's Review Universal, Dec 21st
• Raymond & Ray (Rodrigro Garcia, US) Elisa's Review Apple TV+ Oct 21st
• Resurrection (Andrew Semans, US) Jason's Review C+ Shudder, August 5th
• Retrograde (Matthew Heineman, US) Glenn's Review National Geographic, Nov 11th
• The Return of Tanya Tucker Featuring Brandi Carlisle (Kathlyn Horan, US) Baby Clyde's Take Sony Pictures Classics, Oct 21st
• Riotsville USA (Sierra Pettengill, US) Glenn's Review Magnet, Sept 16th
• Robbing Mussolini (Renato De Maria, Italy) Elisa's Take Netflix Oct 26th
• Saint Omer (Alice Diop, France) Abe's Review, Elisa's Review, Nathaniel's Take B QUALIFYING ONLY
• The School for Good and Evil (Paul Feig, US) Nathaniel's Take C- Netflix Oct 19th
• Scream (Bettinelli-Olpin & Gillett, US) Glenn's Review Paramount, Jan 14th
• The Sea Beast (Chris Williams, US) Nathaniel's Take B Netflix, July 8th
• Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me (Alek Keshishian, US) Eurocheese's Review Apple TV+ Nov 4th
• Senior Year (Alex Hardcastle, US) Nathaniel's Review C Netflix, May 13th
• Sharp Stick (Lena Dunham, US) Abe's Review Utopia, July 29th
• She Said (Maria Schrader, US) Ben's Take B Universal, Nov 18th
• Sidney (US) Baby Clyde's Take Apple TV+, Sept 23rd
• The Silent Twins (Agnieszka Smoczyńska, Poland/UK) Elisa's Review Focus, Sept 16th
• Sirens (Rita Baghdadi, Lebanon/US) Glenn's Review Oscilloscope, Sept 30th
• Soft & Quiet (Beth de Araújo) Matt's Review Momentum, Nov 4th
• The Son (Florian Zeller, UK) Christopher's Review, Elisa's Take, Baby Clyde's Take SPC QUALIFYING ONLY
• Sophia (Kasbe & Moselle, US) Jason's Review Showtime, TBA
• Speak No Evil (Christian Tafdrup, Denmark/Netherlands) Jason's Review Shudder, Sept 9th
• Stars at Noon (Claire Denis, France) Abe's Review, Elisa's Take A24, Oct 14th
• The Stranger (Thomas M Wright, Australia) Elisa's Review Netflix, Oct 19th
• Sound of 007 (Mat Whitecross, US) Nathaniel's Take Amazon, Oct 5th
• The Swearing Jar (Lindsay MacKay, Canada) Abe's Review Gravitas Features, Sept 23rd
• The Swimmers (Sally El Hosaini) Matt's Review Netflix, Nov 23rd
• Taming the Garden (Salomé Jashi, Georgia) Glenn's Review MUBI, Jan 19th
• Tár (Todd Field, US) Nathaniel's Review, Elisa's Take, On Mahler's 5th, On the Ending, TOP TEN LIST A- Focus, Oct 7th
• The Territory (Alex Pritz, Brazil) Cláudio's Review, Glenn's Review National Geographic, Aug 19th
• Thirteen Lives (Ron Howard, US) Nathaniel's Take C Searchlight, July 29th
• Thor Love and Thunder (Taika Waititi, US) D+ Nathaniel's Review Disney/Marvel, July 8th
• Three Minutes - A Lengthening (Bianca Stigter, UK) Abe's Review Super LTD, Aug 19th
• Ticket to Paradise (Ol Parker, US) Chris's Review B Universal, Oct 21st
• Till (Chinonye Chukwu, US) Nathaniel's Review B- United Artists, Oct 14th
• To Leslie (Michael Morris, US) Abe's Review SXSW Momentum, Oct 7th
• Top Gun Maverick (Joseph Kozinski, US) B+ Paramount, May 27th
• Triangle of Sadness (Ruben Östlund, Sweden) Elisa's Review, Interview, Nathaniel's Take , TOP TEN LIST A-/B+ NEON, Oct 7th
• Turning Red (Domee Shi, US) Lynn's Review B+ Disney+, March 11th
• Utama (Alejandro Loayza Grisi, Bolivia/Uruguay) Cláudio's Review Kino Lorber, Nov 4th
• ¡ Viva Maestro ! (Ted Braun, US) Glenn's Take Greenwich, April 8th
• Vengeance (BJ Novak, US) Jason's Review Focus, July 29th
• Watcher (Chloe Okuno, US/UAE) Matt's Review IFC, June 3rd
• We Met in Virtual Reality (Joe Hunting, UK) Glenn's Review July 27th
• Werewolf By Night (Michael Giacchino, US) Nathaniel's Take C+ Disney+, Oct 7th
• The Whale (Darren Aronofsky, US) Elisa's Review, Nathaniel's Take , Sadie Sink Interview C- A24
• White Hot: The Rise and Fall... (Alison Klayman, US) Glenn's Take Netflix, April 19th
• White Noise (Noah Baumbach, US) Elisa' Review, Nathaniel's Take B+ Netflix
• The Will to See (Klayman & Roussel, France) Glenn's Take Cohen Media Group, April 29th
• The Woman King (Gina Prince-Bythewood, US) Baby Clyde's Take Sony, Sept 16th
• Women Talking (Sarah Polley, Canada) Matt's Review, Christopher's Review B- MGM Dec 2nd
• The Wonder (Sebastian Lelio) Abe's Review B Netflix Dec 7th
• You Won't Be Alone (Goran Stolevski, Macedonia) Matt's Review Focus, April 1st
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• Allelujah! (UK) Baby Clyde's Take TIFF
• American Dreamer (Paul Dektor, US) Abe's Review Tribeca
• Beyond the Wall (Vahid Jalilvand, Iran) Elisa's Take Venice
• Blood (Bradley Rust Gray, US) Cláudio's Review Sundance
• Breaking the Ice (Clara Stern, Austria) Abe's Review Tribeca
• Brother & Sister (Arnaud Desplechin, France) Elisa's Review Cannes
• Chiara (Susanna Nicchiarelli, Italy) Elisa's Review Venice
• A Compassionate Spy (Steven James, US) Elisa's Take Venice
• Coupez! / Final Cut (Michel Hazanavicius, France) Elisa's Review Cannes
• A Couple (Frederick Wiseman) Elisa's Take Venice
• The Courtroom (Lee Sunday Evans, US) Abe's Review Tribeca
• Dreamin' Wild (Bill Pohlad, US) Elisa's Take Venice
• Forever Young (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, France) Elisa's Review Cannes
• Good Girl Jane (Sarah Elizabeth Mintz, US) Abe's Review Tribeca
• De Humani Corporis Fabrica (Verena Paravel & Lucien Castaing-Taylor, France) Jason's Review NYFF
• I Eat Your Heart (Pippo Mezzapesa, Italy) Elisa's Take Venice
• Klondike (Maryna Er Gorbach, Ukraine) Claudio's Review
• Leila's Brothers (Saeed Roustayi, Iran) Elisa's Review Cannes
• Lord of the Ants (Gianni Amelio, Italy) Elisa's Review Venice
• Love Life (Koji Fukada, Japan) Elisa's Take Venice
• A Man (Kei Ishikawa, Japan) Elisa's Take Venice
• Marcel! (Jasmine Trinca, Italy) Elisa's Review Cannes
• Mother & Son (Léonor Serraille,France) Elisa's Review Cannes
• Nostalgia (Mario Martone, Italy) Elisa's Review Cannes
• Padre Pio (Abel Ferrara) Elisa's Take Venice
• The Pez Outlaw (The Storkels, US) Abe's Review SXSW
• Princess (Roberto de Paolis, Italy) Elisa's Review Venice
• Sicitta (Paolo Virzi, Italy) Elisa's Take Venice
• Sophia (Kasbe & Moselle, US) Jason's Review Tribeca
• Space Oddity (Kyra Sedgwick, US) Abe's Review Tribeca
• Le Syndicaliste (Jean-Paule Salome, France) Elisa's Take Venice
• Tchaikovsky's Wife (Kirill Serenbrennikov, Russia) Elisa's Review Cannes
• Tiger Gentre (Elizabeth Unger, US) Glenn's Review EarthX
• Our Ties (Roschdy Zem, France) Elisa's Take Venice
• The Unknown Country (Morrisa Maltz, US) Abe's Review SXSW
• Valeria Is Getting Married () Abe's Review TIFF
• The Year Between (Alex Heller, US) Abe's Review Tribeca
• You Can Live Forever (Watts & Slutsky, US) Abe's Review Tribeca