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Bonus: A Look Back at 2023

Holy Moly! It’s been a minute!
We’re back after a long hiatus to have a long, winding chat about a bunch of our favourite films from 2023.
Chris & Lee discuss huge blockbusters (Barbenheimer included), smaller festival films, and some hidden gems that they really dug. They also give a bit of an update on the state of the podcast (we’re not gone, we’re just busy!).
The discussion is rather spoiler filled, so we’ve included timecodes below, so please if you want to avoid any spoilers please skip ahead.

Spoiler timecodes if you need to skip ahead:
Barbie - 00:10:54
Oppenheimer - 00:22:47
Beau Is Afraid - 00:48:36
Bottoms - 00:55:56
The Zone of Interest - 01:09:35
Anatomy of a Fall - 01:16:01
Past Lives - 01:25:45
Priscilla - 01:39:39
Saltburn - 01:49:27
The Killer - 01:52:39
Killers of the Flower Moon - 02:00:48

You can find Chris’s Favourite Films of 2023 video on YouTube

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Bonus: A Look Back at 2022

It’s 2023! What better way to kick off the new year than with a massive and meandering chats about some of our favourite films from the previous year. Joined by special guest Toby (and his seemingly endless fountain of slight negativity and ambivalence), Lee & Chris sit down and discuss everything from The Northman to Nope, RRR to Rescue Rangers… and everything in between. (Warning: there are some slight spoilers for The Fabelmans, but we do our best to keep things “spoiler free”).

You can find Chris’s Favourite Films of 2022 video on YouTube

The song used to open and close the episode is called Lullaby by Grace Ives from her 2022 album Janky Star.

Support us on Patreon where you’ll find bonus episodes, monthly commentary tracks and all sorts of fun stuff: patreon.com/TheCriterionQuest
We’re on Instagram at instagram.com/thecriterionquest/
Chris is on Letterboxd and Twitter and Lee is on Letterboxd