News Blast - '3 Overlooked 2022 Films'

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The newest blast is to highlight some 2022 films you should know.

For RogerEbert.com, I highlighted a trio of under-the-radar movies that I have loved this year: Neptune Frost, God’s Creatures, and Aftershock. Here’s an excerpt from the piece:

“It’s an annual ritual for me: End of the year lists drop from major publications and respected colleagues and I pull my hair out seeing lesser-known films left off in lieu of glitzy blockbusters and prestige titles. Usually, I spend my time standing on a soapbox shouting into the social media wind hoping at least a few people will hear me and discover the delights I’ve taken into my heart during the year. This time, however, with this piece—which offers a chance with far more cogent thoughts than my usual desperate pleas—I’ve been given the opportunity to stump for what I think are some of 2022’s best films.

The trio I’ve chosen, on their face, aren’t bound by obvious ties. What could an Afrofuturist dream, an Irish moral crucible, and a documentary concerned with maternal deaths among Black women have in common? They attack broken systems, and the glaring inequality lurking within them. They are rebellious declarations whose time and place are fully felt, and are indicative of the crisis of confidence in our contemporary institutions. They have weighed heavy on my mind, and deep in my spirit. And they deserve your attention.”

The full piece can found, HERE.

Paul Mescal and Emily Watson in Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer’s God’s Creatures (2022).