15 movies to watch in 2022

If you’re tired of scripted TV’s occasional frenzy and seasonal endings (I gave up Zombie many years ago; Can someone tell me if they’ve ever made it from the woods of Georgia?), you might be ready for the brief narrative and satisfying ending of ancient artifacts known as “movies.” “.

Especially since the Omicron variant promises to keep many of us at home a little longer, we might as well have ourselves something to look forward to this year. Here are 15 movies worth watching in 2022:

A Hero (January 7)

Latest film by Iranian artist Asghar Farhadi (The split, Salesman) revolves around the efforts of a man named Rahim to escape from the debtor’s prison. If that doesn’t sound very interesting, you need to spend more time on Farhadi’s previous films – heavy, gripping dramas that revolve around seemingly inconsequential events and decisions. can change lives. As The split describes the breakdown in marriage due to the need to care for ailing parents, A hero describes the ripple effect damage that can be caused by one’s mundanely bad decision making.

The Fall (January 27)

Jenna Ortega (Friend) as Vada, a school shooting survivor facing the emotional consequences of tragedy in Megan Park’s HBO drama Max. Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies) are also the stars in a story as painful and beautiful as 2019 Wave.

Kimi (February 10)

Director Steven Soderbergh brings this COVID-era crime story to HBO Max. Zoë Kravitz plays a Seattle farmer who discovers a violent crime while reviewing data and must overcome his fear and leave his apartment to help solve the case. The fuller outlines of the plot are being kept under wraps, but Soderbergh’s long track record in innovating filmmaking makes it a must-see, especially from a director whose horror flick of the year 2011 grim Infection predict many of the features of our current pandemic.

I want you back (February 11)

If you like your rom-com with a hint of scoff, you’ll be intrigued by this one. Comedian Jenny Slate (Clear child, Sunny night) and Charlie Day (It’s always sunny in Philadelphia) revenge plot is broken when breaking up the new relationship of ex-lovers (Scott Eastwood and Gina Rodriguez). The premise has a superficial resemblance to 2018 The Breaker-Uppers, about a company that explodes relationships just for the sake of cash. The fact that this one comes with an R rating shows that their conspiracies will sometimes violate the boundaries of common sense, and I’m here for it.

Petite Maman (February 22)

French screenwriter and director Céline Sciamma continues the exciting, spectacular Portrait of a woman on fire (2019) with this allegory about 8-year-old Nelly, who returns with her mother Marion to clean up her childhood home after the death of the family’s grandmother. When Marion disappears, Nelly meets a girl in the woods who appears to be an 8-year-old version of her mother. Small Maman (“Little Mother” in French) received glowing review at various film festivals last year, and will premiere statewide next month.

Turning red (March 11)

For more than a quarter of a century, Pixar has consistently produced some of the best animated movies for kids (Toy Story, WALL E, The Incredibles, Upward), making any new release highly anticipated. In Turn red, Mei Lee soon discovers she has a rare trait in her family – she transforms into a giant red panda whenever she gets too stressed out. Hijinx is adorable and conveys the life lesson that ensues, sure to be adorned with winking jokes for the adults watching with their little ones.

Anything Anywhere Anytime (March 25)

From the director of banana completely Swiss Army Knife (2016) tells this story of Evelyn (Yuong Tu Quynh, first seen by American audiences in 2000). Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon), a middle-aged immigrant from China has joined a multi-faceted effort to save the world from some expanding evil force. Evelyn knows that a version of her exists in each iteration of the multiverse, and her powers must be harnessed to prevent the apocalypse from spreading from world to world.

The Northman (April 22)

The third film directed by Robert Eggers (Witch, Lighthouse) is set in 10th century Iceland, where Amleth (Alexander Skarsgård) seeks revenge for the childhood death of her father. Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicole Kidman, Björk and Willem Dafoe also star in what seems to be a dark, contemplative epic. Witch is one of the scariest movies I’ve ever seen, and trailers because the Northerner It feels like a horror movie dressed up like a medieval Norse epic.

Jurassic World: Dominion (June 10)

In a year of reality bursting with sequels and prequels as well as spin-offs that expand the universe (Legal Blonde 3; Top gun: Maverick; Avatar 2; Batman; Light year; Hocus Pocus 2; Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Knife out 2), you’ll have your choice of the story you want to revisit. Much of the original cast of the breakout 1994 Jurassic Park (Laura Dern, Sam Neil, Jeff Goldblum) returns to a world in which the series’ reincarnated dinosaur clones roam freely and threaten the very existence of human civilization. After the nightmare 2021, you can trace the dinosaurs.

No (July 22)

Details of Jordan Peele’s upcoming summer thriller are so tightly wrapped that people are reading in depth about confusing poster published by Universal. It shows a town surrounded by a mountain range, with a doom cloud hanging over it, pulling some sort of rope. Is this the world’s first Kite Horror movie? No one knows, but Peele’s first two genre efforts were legit hits. Get outDark satire about the racism of whites, middle-class elites, and total nerds We, in which a family is hunted by what appear to be underground doppelgangers, has catapulted Peele into Hollywood’s biggest horror name. Maybe the title is an answer to the question “Do we need to know what this is to want to see it?”

Don’t worry, baby (September 23)

Olivia Wilde continues her acclaimed directorial debut, fun and poignant film Smart book, with this psychological thriller. Harry Styles and Florence Pugh play a couple who join a strange utopia from the 50s and realize things may not be as they seem. The 11 seconds long video trailer is all we have right now, and it’s super creepy.

The Woman King (September 23)

Writer-Director Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball) revolves around the story of an all-female defensive legion fighting to defend the 19th century kingdom of Dahomey, a rival to the neighboring Yoruba empire. Based on historical events, the stars of the movie Soo Mbedu (Underground Railroad) as Nawi, a rookie who trains under veteran warrior Nanisca (Viola Davis). Sounds like some kind of West African feminism Brave Heart, which is something I would pay quite a bit to see on screen.

Firestarter (TBD)

Hollywood can’t leave horror icon Stephen King, whose work is not one, not two, but father remakes of previous adaptations in 2022 (new version of Salem’s Lottery coming on September 9th and one Bap’s children remake is expected to be released later this year). In Fire starter, Zac Efron and Sidney Lemmon are parents whose daughter has pyrokinesis and can burn things at will. They must protect her from The Shop, a secret government agency that exploits her supernatural abilities. The 1984 adaptation, starring Drew Barrymore, was not well received,

Area of ​​Interest (TBD)

British filmmaker Jonathan Glazer (sexy beast, Subcutaneous) is one of those directors who goes years between projects, much like Donna Tartt of cinema. Caring area will be his first movie since 2013’s dreamy horror film Subcutaneous, and it is set in and around Auschwitz during the Holocaust in a story that appears to be “inspired by the Novel by Martin Amis 2014 The same name tells the story of a Nazi love triangle. We don’t know much beyond that, except that it will have its own style.

The Killer of the Moon (TBD)

Seventy-nine-year-old Martin Scorcese will find a way to redeem himself after the messy, narcissistic mess in 2019 Irish people. An all-star cast (Leo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Jesse Plemons and Robert DeNiro) will tell the story of a murder chain of the Native American Osage in 1920s Oklahoma, caught the attention of the Bureau of Investigation – you know them better today than the FBI.