“Asteroid City”The play within a play conceit of Wes Anderson’s “ Asteroid City ” is perhaps his most self-conscious film, made in his signature style but also about his style and the artifice of it. That the Elvis estate wasn’t on board just means she did her job as an independent artist.Ĥ. It provides a singular showcase for her very capable actors, Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi, that’s about all the small things - the moments that might be imperceptible were it not for her quiet gaze. “Priscilla”Sofia Coppola’s “ Priscilla ” is so beautiful to look at, it’s easy not to notice its rigorous restraint and minimalism in storytelling. Glazer’s film is a masterclass in atmosphere: A chilling, artful representation of the not so grey areas of complicity.ģ. In “The Zone of Interest,” it’s only a wall that separates one Nazi family from the gas chambers of Auschwitz. Depiction bubbled up as a hot topic this year, as though audiences aren’t intelligent enough to imagine the worst. “The Zone of Interest”Like “Oppenheimer,” the horror in Jonathan Glazer’s “ The Zone of Interest ” is what is unseen. “Oppenheimer”Christopher Nolan has had so many major films in a relatively short time, that “ Oppenheimer ” might seem like a given, rather than the triumphant fusion of everything he’s passionate about: Large format film the tension between humanity and science the turmoil of a brilliant mind and the wonder of an exceptional group coming together to make an impossible thing (in this case a nuclear weapon) but also on a meta level, the film.Ģ. The Associated Press’ Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle’s picks for the best movies of 2023:
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