The 10 best movies from January to July 2022 according to the press
July 31, 2022
9:00 AM
What are the top rated movies on AlloCiné based on press reviews as of January 5, 2022? Here are the top 10!*
Seven months have passed since January 1, 2022, and several films, not necessarily very famous, have been praised by the French press. In first place, Paul Thomas Anderson’s intimate novel Licorice Pizza is unanimous. It was narrowly overtaken by La Nuit du 12, Dominique Moll’s realistic thriller, with Bastien Bouillon and Bully Lanners in the two lead roles.
The rest of the rating includes several dramas (Tales of Accidents and Other Fantasy, Les Travaux et les Jours, The Souvenir and Vitalina Varela), as well as the thriller As Bestas, directed by Denis Menochetti, as well as the documentaries Cahiers noirs, Et. j’ likes rage and Soy Libre. So many performances brilliantly leave a lot to be desired, both aesthetically and script-wise.
* Based on AlloCiné panel press reviews as of Friday, July 29, 2022 for films released between January 5 and July 27 with a minimum 10 press rating.
10th: And I Like To Be Angry – 4.2/5
By Andre Bonzel Since childhood, THIS HAS HAS ARIVIED NEAR YOU co-director Andre Bonzel has been collecting film reels. Thanks to these moments in the life of the anonymous filmmakers and traces of these stored emotions, he reconstructs the adventure of his family. See all film press reviews
9th: The Black Notebooks I and II – 4.21/5
Shlomi Elkabetz – with Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabe too Written and directed by Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz, based on excerpts from the trilogy and family archives, Cahiers Noirs – Viviane and Cahiers Noirs – Ronit invite us into the intimacy of a Judeo-Arab family. An imaginary story where a sibling revisits the past and present to defy the challenges of the future. See all film press reviews
7th: As Bestas – 4.25/5
Rodrigo Sorogoyen – with Marina Foy, Dennis MenochettiLuis Zahera… Antoine and Olga, a French couple, have been living in a small village in Galicia for a long time. They own a farm and restore abandoned houses to facilitate repopulation. Everything should be idyllic, but a serious conflict with the neighbors makes the tension irreparable… See all film press reviews
6th: Souvenir – Part I – Part II – 4.26/5
Joanna Hogg – Courtesy Swinton Byrne, Tilda Swinton, Tom Burke… In the early 80s, Julie, a young film student still in search of herself, meets Anthony, a dandy as charismatic as he is mysterious. Falling under the spell of this older man, she blindly embarks on what turns out to be her first true love. See all film press reviews
Fifth: Works and Days – Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 – 4.3/5
By Anders Edstrom, CW Winter – With Taiko Shiojiri, Hiroharu Shikata, Ryo Kase… Works and Days is a chronicle that tells the daily life of Taioko Shiojiri, a farmer in a mountain village in the Kyoto region, through the seasons, where he paints a portrait of a woman, a family, a terrain, a soundscape. and other relationships with time. See all film press reviews
2nd: 12th Night – 4.45/5
Of Dominic Mol – with Bastien broth, Bowling LanesAnuk Greenberg… In PJ, each investigator encounters a crime they cannot solve and which haunts them. For Johann, it is Clara’s murder. The interrogations follow each other, there is no shortage of suspects, and Johan’s suspicions are growing. Only one thing is clear, the crime happened on 12th night. See all film press reviews
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