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SCENE SELECTIONS Episode 28: Best of 2022

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“KTFC: Scene Selections” is a series of conversations between Anthony McKelroy, Miquela Davis, and a rotating cast of friends of The Frida Cinema. Tune in as we dissect shot compositions, overanalyze subtext, and wait for our coronavirus boosters.

Anthony & Miquela discuss the year in movies and compare top fives. Then later, we take a glimpse at what’s coming in 2023.

Best of 2022

 

 

HONORABLE MENTIONS

ANTHONY

Bobs Burgers: The Movie, 

Slaughterhouses Of Modernity, Heinz Emigholz

Crimes of the future, David Cronenberg

 

MIQUELA

Don’t Worry Darling, Olivia Wilde

Barbarian, Zach Cregger

Moonage Daydream, Brett Morgen

 

TOP FIVES

ANTHONY

Babylon, Damien Chazelle

Nope, Jordan Peele

Jackass Forever, Jeff Tremaine

The Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg

White Noise, Noah Baumbach

 

MIQUELA

White Noise, Noah Baumbach

The House, Emma De Swaef, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Paloma Baeza, and Marc James Roels

Babylon, Damien Chazelle

The Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg

Nope, Jordan Peele

 

ANTICIPATED 2023 RELEASES

Barbie, Greta Gerwig

Legally Blonde 3, Jamie Suk

Showing Up, Kelly Reichardt

Beau Is Afraid, Ari Aster

Asteroid City, The Wonderful Henry Sugarman, Wes Anderson

Magic Mike’s Last Dance, Steven Soderberg

Indiana Jones: The Dial Of Destiny, James Mangold

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Kelly Fremon Craig

Inside, Vasilis Katsoupis

Shortcomings, Randall Park

 

SPECIAL FEATURES

 

ANTHONY

“Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century” by Dana Stevens

 

MIQUELA

“Heroes Of The Frontier” by Dave Eggers

 

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