This year, society is almost back to normal, with a few caveats, and we’re all back at film festivals and theaters, grateful for the countless features from some of the best filmmakers. In the following 19 articles, the directors offer praise and insight into their favorite movies — the ones that moved them the most or the ones they found amazing — of 2022.
Guillermo del Toro found Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” fascinating. “It was like a concert – it was experimental, full of details, perfectly observed behavior and hidden clues,” the director of “Pinocchio” wrote. “Austin Butler and Buzz showcase Elvis’ shaky world and his transformative talent, his joy, his spirit and his sadness – the actor and director work side by side to re-embrace and reinvigorate the power and danger that Elvis possesses”.
On the other hand, Wes Anderson favored Noah Baumbach’s White Noise, writing: “This is perhaps the most massive sci-fi blockbuster ever made (and the most language-oriented). College professors lecture. Academics discuss. Grocery shoppers They dance in the corridors. A giant toxic cloud poses an existential threat. But first and foremost, it’s a metaphor. This movie is dazzling, mysterious, poetic and deeply entertaining.”
“Catherine Cold Birdie” director Lena Dunham paid tribute to Maria Schrader’s “She Said,” writing that Schrader was “the perfect director to confront the horrors of Harvey Weinstein through the lens of the women reporting on the surprising New York Times story whose first story was a chink in his armour.” “.
Read on for articles from the likes of Judd Apatow, Edgar Wright, and Claire Denis.
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