“This year’s list is satisfyingly eclectic, reflecting the varying sensibilities of our contributors as well as the wide range of quality films released in 2022,” said Krute. “And it’s exciting to see so many first and second features in the top 20-that’s an invigorating prognosis for the art form!” “That the winner of this year’s poll is a strange, gory, apocalyptic film about a future where art and humanity are both on the precipice of extinction is a striking reflection of what we’re seeking from cinema in 2022,” said Girish. The complete lists of released and undistributed films are included below. Following the talk, attendees were treated to a surprise screening of Film Comment’s #1 film of 2022, Crimes of the Future. The top 20 films of 2022 were unveiled last night at a special live talk with critics Bilge Ebiri, Alissa Wilkinson, and Inney Prakash, moderated by Film Comment ’s Co-Deputy Editors, Devika Girish and Clinton Krute the lively discussion is now available on the Film Comment Podcast. Lee (Locarno Film Festival), Dennis Lim (Film at Lincoln Center), Violet Lucca ( Harper’s Magazine), Adam Nayman (The Ringer), Andréa Picard (Toronto International Film Festival), Inney Prakash (Maysles Documentary Center), Jonathan Romney ( FC contributing editor), Gavin Smith, Imogen Sara Smith, Abby Sun (International Documentary Association), Amy Taubin ( FC and Artforum contributing editor), Manu Yáñez Murillo (Otros Cines Europa), Cristina Nord (Berlinale Forum), Jean-Michel Frodon, and more.įrom left: Devika Girish, Bilge Ebiri, Alissa Wilkinson, Inney Prakash, Clinton Krute

Cade (Black Film Archive), Edo Choi (The Museum of the Moving Image), Monica Castillo (The Paley Center for Media), Nick Davis ( FC contributing editor), Molly Haskell, Kevin B. The poll was voted on by Film Comment contributors and colleagues from around the globe, including Jamsheed Akrami (scholar and filmmaker), Erika Balsom (scholar and critic), Richard Brody ( The New Yorker ), Maya S. Of the films that screened at festivals worldwide but have not announced stateside distribution, David Easteal’s The Plains, Bertrand Bonello’s Coma, and Laura Citarella’s Trenque Lauquen received the top rankings. New York, NY (December 15, 2022) – Film Comment ’s annual end-of-year survey was revealed at a special live talk last night, with David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future, Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO, and Charlotte Wells’s Aftersun taking the top spots among films released in 2022.

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