Award Season 2022-2023
Here are the 2022-2023 awards, so far, from the various film critics’ groups, The National Board of Review, and The Gothams. More to come!
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Category: The Best of the Best
TheBrownees Favorite Films 2022
His haunting dialogue and stunningly assured direction are on display from the opening shot as Padraic walks towards the house of his friend.
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TheBrownees Favorite Performances 2022
Danielle Deadwyler, Colin Farrell, Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan gave my favorites performances of 2022 but there were plenty of others that impressed.
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TheBrownees Favorite International Film 2022
“The Tale of King Crab”, “Great Freedom”, “Happening” and “Hit the Road” are my favorite International Films of 2022.
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Aftersun (2022) Film Review
“Aftersun” is unforgettable movie. Proustian, in that it is both a remembrance of things past and a search of lost time, it’s one of the best films of 2022.
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The Menu (2022) Film Review
There is a fantastic faceoff between Fiennes and a mysterious guest who was not invited. She is played by the extraordinary Anna Taylor-Joy
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White Noise (2022) Film Review
Our savior is Driver, who, against all odds, manages to give another really good performance in inhospitable settings.
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The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) Film Review
Condon is breathtakingly good, capturing every scene she’s in with a mixture of common sense and sadness, but always with a drollness lurking in the background.
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Emily The Criminal (2022) Film Review
Plaza’s performance is something to behold. All of that nervous energy is now bursting out in a performance that is always true and believable.
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Causeway (2022) Film Review
And Henry gives a tour de force performance that matches his spine-tingling monologue in “If Beale Street Could Talk”. Like Lawrence he is one of the all-time greats.
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Bodies, Bodies, Bodies (2022) Film Review
Beautifully Queer friendly, the relationship between Bee (Maria Bakalova) and Sophiie (Amanda Stenberg) is the emotional center of the movie.
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Girl Picture (2022) Film Review
Aamu Milonoff is exceptionally good, giving a beautifully grounded yet magical performance. The kind that makes you sit up and take notice.
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The Inspection (2022) Film Review
The revelation is Pope. Those big, beautiful, expressive eyes speak volumes and question volumes. A gay man, you can feel his star presence.
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Till (2022) Film Review
The 2023 Best Actress Oscar Goes To…Danielle Deadwyler in Till. And as she reaches the volta of her magnificent speech she does something extraordinary…
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Babylon (2022) Film Review
I had no problem sitting through the movie’s bloated 180-minute running because, through all of this nothingness, five actors manage to make lasting impressions
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The Whale (2022) Film Review
As Charlie, an overweight teacher, Brendan Fraser gives a very sweet and appealing performance in director Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale”.
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The Fabelmans (2022) Film Review
He films one of his jock tormentors as a blond God-like figure – I swear, it reminded me of Leni Riefenstahl’s “Olympia.”
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actors (Part 1)
Douglas, Grant, Stewart, Robinson, Muni, Cagney, Brando, Nicholson, Pacino and DeNiro. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actors.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actors (Part 2)
Malkovich, Mitchum, Dean , Bogart, Cotten, Voight, Perkins, Nolte, Sutherland and Irons. The Best of the Best of 10 of my favorite actors.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actors (Part 3)
Hoffman, Damon, Law, Seymour Hoffman, Ledger, Gyllenhaal, Depp, Hackman, Mason and Hanks. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actors.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actors (Part 4)
Harvey, Fonda, Newman, Sinatra, McCrea, Scott, Lancaster, Preston, Léaud and Lemmon. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actors.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actors (Part 5)
Tracy, Finch, Holden, Penn, Marinelli. Mastroianni, Andrews, Peck, Redford and Beatty. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actors.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actors (Part 6)
Laughton, Guinness, Price, Harrison, Harris, O’Toole, Burton, Donat, Finney and Bates. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actors.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actors (Part 7)
Courtney, Welles, Widmark, Young, Hayden, Calhern, Jaffe, Sanders, Caine, Trintingant and Macmurray. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actors.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actors (Part 8)
The Best of the Best Of Ten of My Favorite Actors. Olivier, Richardson, Gielgud, Everett, Day Lewis, Firth, Oldman, Grant, Jennings and Hurt.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actors (Part 9)
The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actors, Part 9. Rains, Webb, Coburn, Kennedy, Gable, Cooper, Morley, Griffith, Russell, and von Stroheim.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actors (Part 10)
The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actors, Part 10. DiCaprio, Depardieu, Auteuil, Lonsdale, Wilson, Garfield, Ryan, Lorre, Waltz, and Woods.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actresses (Part 1)
Close, Bening, Moore, Watts, Adams, Blanchett, Winslet, Stewart, Chastain and Streep. The Best of the Best of ten of my favorite actresses.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actresses (Part 2)
Mulligan, Swinton, Fanning, Sévigny, Kidman, Davis, De Havilland, Sullivan, Leo, and Davis. Best of the best of ten of my favorite actresses
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actresses (Part 3)
Ronan, Weaver, Pfeiffer, Davis, Rampling, Christie, Hepburn, Kerr, Arthur, Wood. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actresses (Part 4)
Collette, Stanwyck, Dern, Bergman, Swank, Fontaine, Russell, Novak, Monroe, Metcalf. The Best of the Best of the favorite actresses.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actresses (Part 5)
Swanson, Anderson, Leigh, Hepburn, Mc Teer, Leigh, Lane, Lansbury, Crawford, Linney. The best of the best of ten of my favorite actresses.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actresses (Part 6)
Reed, Wyman, Smith, Taylor, Bancroft, Fonda, Redgrave, Mirren, Dench and Dunne. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actresses (Part 7)
Kelly, Wright, Loy, Ritter, Turner, Remick, Turner, Witherspoon, Reynolds and Walter. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actresses (Part 8)
Page, Bujold, Dunaway, MacLaine, Winger, Simmons, Rogers, Day, Garland and Minnelli. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actresses (Part 9)
The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses. Part 9. Tierney, Huston, Black, Smith, Anspach, Cher, Keaton, Saint, Denevue, Binoche.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actresses (Part 10)
The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses. Ullmann, Andersson, Rogers, Sarandon, Davis, Jackson, Snodgress, Baker, Garson, Spacek.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actresses (Part 11)
The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses. Masina, Ashcroft, Johnson, Harris, Huppert, Adjani, Miou-Miou, Baye, Azema and Seyrig.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actresses (Part 12)
The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses Part 12. Weisz, Stone, Coleman, Stanley, Connelly, Portman, Ryder, Keener, Mortimer, and Diaz.
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Top 10 of My Favorite Actresses (Part 13)
The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses. Part 13. Dunst, Gainsbourg, Schygulla, Johansson, Hall, Scott Thomas, Lupino, Oberon, Fitzgerald, and Winkler.
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