May December Leads Film Comment’s Top 20 Films of 2023

As different movie critics teams and honors bodies administer their top films of the year, it can be difficult to analyze which ones are really worth focusing on. Following our top 50 films of 2023, one such listing has actually shown up today with Film Comment’s yearly end-of- year study. Exposed at an unique online talk last evening, Todd Haynes’s May December, Kelly Reichardt’s Appearing, and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Blossom Moon got the top 3 places, while Eduardo Williams’s The Human Rise 3, Lisandro Alonso’s Eureka, and Víctor Erice’s Close Your Eyes covered the very best undistributed films.

“It speaks to the ongoing vitality of cinema as an art form, as well as the discernment of our critics in the year of ‘Barbenheimer,’ that this year’s top films represent some of the most boundary-pushing, complex movies of recent times—three new classics from contemporary masters,” claimed Krute.

“It’s invigorating to see so many independent films that boldly deny the conventions of narrative and nonfiction cinema—including Cyril Schäublin’s Unrest, Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós’s Dry Ground Burning, and Alain Gomis’s Rewind & Play—land in the Top 20, not to mention the wonderfully inventive gems in our undistributed list,” claimed Girish. “It’s reassuring for the future of not only cinema, but also criticism to see these titles emerge as the consensus picks of more than 100 critics!”

Film Comment’s Top 20 Films Launched in 2023

May December Todd Haynes, UNITED STATE
Appearing Kelly Reichardt, UNITED STATE
Killers of the Blossom Moon Martin Scorsese, UNITED STATE
Fallen Leaves Aki Kaurismäki, Finland
Pacifiction Albert Serra, France/Spain/Germany/ Portugal.
Composition of a Loss Justine Triet, France.
Afire Christian Petzold, Germany.
The Area of Rate Of Interest Jonathan Glazer, U.K./ UNITED STATE/ Poland.
Discontent Cyril Schäublin, Switzerland.
Our Body Claire Simon, France.
Dry Ground Burning Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós, Brazil.
Flows Individual Retirement Account Sachs, France.
Trenque Lauquen Laura Citarella, Argentina.
Orlando, My Political Bio Paul B. Preciado, France.
De Humani Corporis Fabrica Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor, France/Switzerland/U. S.
Menus-Plaisirs– Les Troisgros Frederick Wiseman, France/U. S.
Young People (Springtime) Wang Bing, France/Luxembourg/Netherlands.
Planet City Wes Anderson, UNITED STATE
Rewind & & Play Alain Gomis, France/Germany.
The Young boy and the Heron Hayao Miyazaki, Japan.

Film Comment’s Top 10 UndistributedFilms of 2023

The Human Rise 3 Eduardo Williams, Argentina/Portugal/Netherlands/ Taiwan/Brazil/Hong Kong/Sri Lanka/Peru.
Eureka Lisandro Alonso, Argentina/France/Portugal.
Close Your Eyes Víctor Erice, Spain.
ALLENSWORTH James Benning, UNITED STATE
Gush Fox Maxy, UNITED STATE
No place Near Miko Revereza, UNITED STATE/ Philippines.
The Plough Philippe Garrel, France.
La práctica Martín Rejtman, Argentina/Chile/Germany/ Portugal.
Concerning Thirty Martín Shanly, Argentina.
Samsara Lois Patiño, Spain.

Discover even more right here and pay attention to Girish, Krute, Bilge Ebiri, and Amy Taubin count down the top 10 listed below.