THE BEST AND WORST OF 2022
Alan's picks
The Year's Dozen Best Pictures
(In Descending Order)
1. The Banshees Of Inisherin
2. Tar
3. The Fabelmans
4. Amsterdam
5. Blonde
6. The Menu
7. Babylon
8. The Woman King
9. She Said
10. Catherine Called Birdy
11. Emily The Criminal
12. To Leslie
Also:
13. Living
14. The Whale
15. Thirteen Lives
16. The Batman
17. Crimes Of The Future
18. The Good Nurse
19. Don't Worry Darling
20. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
I also liked:
Decision To Leave
Triangle Of Sadness
Luckiest Girl Alive
Top Gun: Maverick
Matilda The Musical
Glass Onion
Aftersun
Smile
Bodies Bodies Bodies
The Year's Best Performances
Best Actor:
Colin Farrell (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
Best Actress:
Ana de Armas (Blonde)
Best Supporting Actor:
Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
Best Supporting Actress:
Kerry Condon (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
Additional Great Performances Of 2022:
ACTOR:
Bill Nighy (Living), Brendan Fraser (The Whale), Austin Butler (Elvis), Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse), Brad Pitt (Babylon), Adam Driver (White Noise), Ralph Fiennes (The Menu)
ACTRESS:
Cate Blanchett (Tar), Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie), Frankie Corio (Aftersun), Carey Mulligan (She Said), Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans), Margot Robbie (Babylon), Anya Taylor-Joy (The Menu), Aubrey Plaza (Emily The Criminal), Jennifer Lawrence (Causeway), Mila Kunis (Luckiest Girl Alive)
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Paul Dano (The Fabelmans), Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway), Russell Crowe (The Greatest Beer Run Ever)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Hong Chau (The Whale), Sadie Sink (The Whale), Julia Butters (The Fabelmans), Evan Rachel Wood (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story)
Best Director:
Martin McDonagh (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
Additional Great Directors:
Todd Field (Tar), Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans), Damien Chazelle (Babylon), Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Woman King)
Best Picture:
The Banshees Of Inisherin
The Year's Worst Pictures
(In Descending Order)
1. Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul.
2. All The Old Knives
3. Senior Year
4. Vengeance
5. The Contractor
6. Choose Or Die
7. Falling For Christmas
8. The People We Hate At The Wedding
9. The Bubble
10. Do Revenge
11. My Best Friend's Exorcism
12. Everything Everywhere All At Once
Chelsea's picks
The Year's Dozen Best Pictures
(In Descending Order)
1. The Fabelmans
2. Catherine Called Birdy
3. Blonde
4. Babylon
5. The Banshees Of Inisherin
6. The Menu
7. Luckiest Girl Alive
8. The Good Nurse
9. Thirteen Lives
10. The Whale
11. To Leslie
12. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Also:
13. Vengeance
14. She Said
15. The Greatest Beer Run Ever
16. The Batman
17. Glass Onion
18. Aftersun
19. I Want You Back
20. Operation Mincemeat
I also liked:
Downton Abbey: A New Era
My Policeman
Matilda The Musical
Smile
A Jazzman's Blues
Where The Crawdads Sing
X
Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris
Emancipation
The Year's Best Performances
Best Actor:
Tie: Austin Butler (Elvis) / Colin Farrell (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
Best Actress:
Ana de Armas (Blonde)
Best Supporting Actor:
Paul Dano (The Fabelmans)
Best Supporting Actress:
Kerry Condon (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
Additional Great Performances Of 2022:
ACTOR:
Brendan Fraser (The Whale), Ralph Fiennes (The Menu), Bill Nighy (Living), Adam Driver (White Noise), Harry Styles (My Policeman), Viggo Mortenson (Thirteen Lives)
ACTRESS:
Margot Robbie (Babylon), Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie), Mila Kunis (Luckiest Girl Alive), Jessica Chastain (The Good Nurse), Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans), Jennifer Lawrence (Causeway), Carey Mulligan (She Said), Zoe Kazan (She Said), Greta Gerwig (White Noise), Kristen Bell (The People We Hate At The Wedding), Anya Taylor-Joy (The Menu), Danielle Deadwyler (Till), Frankie Corio (Aftersun)
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees Of Inisherin), Brian Tyree-Henry (Causeway), Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse), Brad Pitt (Babylon), Marc Maron (To Leslie), Tom Hanks (Pinocchio), Russell Crowe (The Greatest Beer Run Ever)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Sadie Sink (The Whale), Hong Chau (The Whale), Evan Rachel Wood (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story), J-Smith Cameron (Vengeance)
Best Director:
Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)
Additional Great Directors:
Martin McDonagh (The Banshees Of Inisherin), Lena Dunham (Catherine Called Birdy), Mark Mylod (The Menu), Damien Chazelle (Babylon), Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Woman King)
Best Picture:
The Fabelmans
The Year's Worst Pictures
(In Descending Order)
1. Everything Everywhere All At Once
2. Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul.
3. The Bubble
4. Choose Or die
5. Me Time
6. Crimes Of The Future
7. Do Revenge
8. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
9. Wendell & Wild
10. The Adam Project
11. Senior Year
12. Fire Island
Also:
13. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
14. Me Time
15. Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness
16. Fire Island
17. Nope
18. Along For The Ride
19. Persuasion
20. Fresh
21. The Adam Project
Also:
13. Poker Face
14. Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness
15. Spider Head
16. Along For The Ride
17. Falling For Christmas