President Barack Obama’s shared his favorite movies of 2022, an interesting mix of indie films, documentary, foreign movies and Descendant, a film produced by his company Higher Ground.
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Guzen to sozo)
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President Barack Obama Shares his Favorite Movies of 2022
President Barack Obama | Photo Credit: Marty Jean-Louis
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‘Drive My Car’ Wins Best Picture of 2021 – National Society Of Film Critics Awards
Drive My Car by Ryusuke Hamaguchi The National Society of Film Critics awarded Drive My Car the honor of Best Picture of 2021 along with Best Director for Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Best Actor for Hidetoshi Nishijima and Best Screenplay.
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Florida Film Critics Honor THE POWER OF THE DOG as Best Film of 2021, PIG Wins Best First Film
Pig starring Nicolas Cage (Neon) Florida Film Critics, (like pretty much most film critics), awarded The Power of the Dog the honors of Best Picture of 2021, along with Best Director and Adapted Screenplay for Jane Campion, Supporting Actor for Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Cinematography.
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Film Comment Announces 2021 Best-of-Year Lists
Memoria directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car, and Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Part II took the top spots among films released in 2021 on Film Comment’s annual end-of-year survey. Of the films that screened at festivals worldwide but have not announced stateside distribution, Claire Simon’s I Want To Talk About Duras, Ted Fendt’s Outside Noise, and Kyoshi Sugita’s Haruhara-san’s Recorder received the top rankings.
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THE SOUVENIR PART II Named Best Film of 2021 by Sight and Sound Magazine
The Souvenir: Part II directed by Joanna Hogg Sight and Sound, the BFI’s international film magazine, named Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Part II the Best Film of the Year. Hogg’s glorious follow up to The Souvenir (2019) stars Honor Swinton Byrne, alongside Richard Ayoade, Tilda Swinton, Jaygann Ayeh and Harris Dickinson in this semi-autobiographical portrait of the birth of a filmmaker. This is the second time Joanna Hogg has topped the Sight and Sound annual poll, following The Souvenir coming in first place in 2019 and the first time a woman has topped the Sight and Sound poll twice. This is the third year in a row where the poll has been topped by a British film.
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The Velvet Underground Doc to Close Perlak Lineup of 2021 San Sebastian Festival
The Velvet Underground directed by Todd Haynes The Perlak program of the 69th edition of San Sebastian Festival will showcase a total of 15 films from filmmakers like Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Todd Haynes, François Ozon and Paul Verhoeven, joined by important contemporary filmmakers, such as the last Golden Palm-winner Julia Ducournau, Céline Sciamma, Sean Baker and Joachim Lafosse. The writer Emmanuel Carrère will present her second fiction as a director, while the debuts by Shipei Wen and Charlotte Gainsbourg will also screen.
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Berlin Film Festival 2021 Announces Winners, ‘Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn’ Wins Golden Bear
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc) directed by Radu Jude was awarded the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlin International Film Festival. In the film, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn stars Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Olimpia Mălai, Nicodim Ungureanu, Alexandru Potocean, and Andi Vasluianu.
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Berlin Film Festival 2021 Announces Competition and Berlinale Special Lineup Featuring Tina Turner, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jodie Foster, Benedict Cumberbatch
“The Mauritanian” starring Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley, Benedict Cumberbatch Berlin International Film Festival 2021 announced the 15 films, two of which are first features, which will compete for the Golden Bear and the Silver Bears. Productions from 16 countries are represented in the Competition.