![]() You could feel a whirlwind of emotions thunder out of Charlotte Regan’s debut feature film Scrapper: rage, loss, and untameable, sherbet-bright youthful joy – all at once. Like this? Try this: Tigertail (2020), Aftersun (2022). Each time the movie met up with her, she was in a new phase of reinvention, chaotically racing through life as she tried to find answers that felt heartbreakingly just out of reach.ĭid you know? Newcomer Park Ji-min didn’t want to be in the film originally – until Chou agreed to let her work on the script with him. It found her, despite feigning indifference, in search mode – for her birth parents and, as it revisited her over the course of eight years, for her true identity. The visual artist-turned-actor provided the beating heart for the film, delivering a phenomenal performance as a French-Korean adoptee returning to her homeland for the first time.ĭeeply affecting and emotional, Return To Seoul grappled with ideas of identity and family, using Freddie as its vessel. In his latest movie, Return To Seoul, he used the same tactic for lead character Freddie – and struck gold with Park Ji-min. ![]() In his 2016 debut feature-length film Diamond Island, Davy Chou used unknown actors to build out his cast. ![]() Like this? Try this: But I’m a Cheerleader (1998), Whip It (2009). Influenced by popular queer classic But I’m A Cheerleader, Bottoms achieved the delicate balance of having characters that feel empowering while also displaying endearing humanity.ĭid You Know? Retired NFL player Marshawn Lynch, who plays teacher Mr G, took on the role because he regretted his reaction to his own sister coming out. Edebiri and Sennott were the types of best friends we all wish we had in high school, while Havana Rose Liu and Kaia Gerber were excellent as the popular girls with more going on than people expected. The club brought more attention than they bargained for though, and set up an energetic comedy that refreshed teen movie tropes with a modern perspective. Their solution? Start an all-female fight club and meet the girls of their dreams. Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri played PJ and Josie, two gay BFF high-schoolers desperate to lose their virginity before college. In her follow up to 2018’s excellent Shiva Baby, director Emma Seligman showed why queer cinema is currently in its boom era. Like this? Try this: Saving Mr Banks (2013), Catch Me If You Can (2002). One of his conditions on appearing in the movie was to have Cheetos in his dressing room. Another one for the ages.ĭid you know? David Lynch took a lot of convincing for his cameo portrayal of the cantankerous Western director John Ford, but mutual pal and Twin Peaks icon Laura Dern talked him round. You’d expect nothing less than a visual cinematic feast from the man who invented the blockbuster showing you what first inspired him – including his DIY attempts at a Western and war epic as a teen – and The Fabelmans practically came with the smell of popcorn. Gabriel LaBelle made a career-making star-turn as Sammy, brimming with all the nervous energy and endless nerdy ambition of the young Spielberg, with the movie truly made by a devastating portrayal of his eccentric but tempestuous mother and Paul Dano as the doting but pragmatic dad and the tensions between them. This stylishly shot period drama was semi-autobiographical and loosely based on the monolith of modern cinema Steven Spielberg’s own coming of age as young Sammy Fabelman battled the challenges of adolescence, a less than typical family life, anti-Semitism and bullying, using his love of film as a tool to make sense of the world around him. You’re welcome.Īlex Flood, Commissioning Editor (Film + TV)Ĭontributors: Paul Bradshaw, Rhian Daly, Liberty Dunworth, Alex Flood, Jesse Hassenger, Victoria Luxford, James Mottram, Kevin EG Perry, Gary Ryan, Lou Thomas, Andrew Trendell, Kyann-Sian Williams, Sophie Williams. ![]() So tough, in fact, that we’ve had to make the actors promise to strike again in 2024 so we can revisit those that didn’t make it this time around. From Barbenheimer to Taylor Swift’s pop-tastic tour of the multiplex, plus plenty of under-the-radar indie gems, we were always spoiled for choice at the box office – even if Hollywood was busy picketing it.Īs a result, compiling this list was really tough. It’s been a tricky year for film lovers – striking actors and writers meant some of the tentpole releases got kicked down the road – but there was still a lot to get excited about. ![]()
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