London, Europe Brief News – 2023 is set to be a continuing year of recovery, with an eclectic schedule chockablock full of blockbusters and arthouse fare that should hopefully bump up ticket sales.
But here is a rundown of the five most anticipated films of 2023.
Infinity Pool
Brandon Cronenberg’s third feature, following up his fantastic 2020 bodyhorror thriller Possessor, is a sci-fi thriller which follows a wealthy couple on vacation at an island resort. A fatal accident, which will expose a dark subculture of hedonistic tourism, leaves them facing a zero-tolerance policy for crime: either be executed or, if you’re rich enough, create a double of yourself whose death you can watch.
Scream VI
Yes, the start of this year is going to be horror-heavy. And that’s no bad thing.
Even if last year’s fifth instalment anchored itself within the tiresome trend of sharing the exact same name as the original film – see: 2010’s A Nightmare on Elm Street, 2011’s The Thing, 2018’s Halloween – it was a pretty solid and well-crafted chapter.
Barbie
Directed by Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird, Little Women) and starring Margot Robbie as the iconic doll and Ryan Gosling as her slick beau Ken, Barbie is gearing up to be the eye-catching, kitsch and playfully subversive live-action version of the ubiquitous Mattel doll no one could have expected.
Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan’s last film, Tenet, was a conceptually-intricate noodlebaker that bought a little too hard into how clever it was. It remains one of his most disappointing films, one which saw the British director disappear up his own backside.
