Cinema and Popcorn

Personally, I think 2023 was a year for the cinema history books. Overall, there were a LOT of good movies. It was a year of many great directors' comeback - Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson, Greta Gerwig, Todd Haynes, Alexander Payne, Yorgos Lanthimos, Hayao Miyazaki, Jonathan Glazer or Ava DuVernay - and each one have presented us some of their best works so far. Still, there were a lot of less estabilished names that also brought some unique pieces of cinema - from Celine Song to A.V. Rockwell and Chloe Domont, just to name a few - wich made 2023 even more interesting.  From big names in the industry to bright new voices in cinema, here I am to present you those I consider to be the 10 Best Movies of 2023. Special mention to Chloe Domont's Fair Play, which I dropped from #10 after watching Society of the Snow - I loved the whole movie and its subject has stayed with me since the first watch that I feel "unthankful" not having it making my personal T...

TALK TO ME I followed a tip: don’t watch the trailer and just go watch the movie. I did it. And I liked it a lot. While it doesn’t offer the same level of satire as Jordan Peele’s Get Out , Talk to Me is a commentary about Gen Z’s TikTok and social media culture and how things derailed because of the need of being cool, the need of being seen and universally accepted. Sophie Wilde delivers an outstanding breakthrough performance here with an unsympathetic character she approaches with sensibility – even for those who never felt any warm towards Mia, there’s no way to deny her ability to carry the whole movie – and the young Joe Bird excels in some of the most terrifying scenes. As an horror piece, Talk to Me is never too scary, but it is chilling and it features some very graphic visual horror elements that can make you look away for some bits. It is never surprising, but it can cause nail bites. The makeup team’s work should be highlighted and so does the sound department. Consideri...