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(Photo by Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection)
2022’s awards and festival season begins with the Venice Film Festival, this year celebrating its 79th edition with Julianne Moore as Jury President. Venice 2022 opened with Noah Baumbach’s White Noise, an adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel and starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig. Beyond the red carpet, highlights as the festival unfolds include inescapable tabloid fodder Don’t Worry Darling, the latest black comedy from Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin), and Blonde, the NC-17 Marilyn Monroe drama starring Ana de Armas. Call Me By Your Name‘s Luca Guadagnino reunites with Timothee Chalamet in Bones and All, director Todd Field returns after 16 years with Tár starring Cate Blanchett, and Darren Aronofsky’s Brendan Fraser-starring The Whale got a standing ovation.
Below, we’re gathering up every title at the fest that’s getting enough reviews for Tomatometer score, up until closing night on September 10. —Alex Vo
#1
Adjusted Score: 100913%
Critics Consensus: Led by the soaring melody of Cate Blanchett’s note-perfect performance, Tár riffs brilliantly on the discordant side of fame-fueled power.
#2
Adjusted Score: 101444%
Critics Consensus: Featuring some of Martin McDonagh’s finest work and a pair of outstanding lead performances, The Banshees of Inisherin is a finely crafted feel-bad treat.
#3
Adjusted Score: 95311%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#4
Adjusted Score: 89515%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#5
Adjusted Score: 58998%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#6
Adjusted Score: 53733%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#7
Adjusted Score: 47771%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Starring:
#8
Adjusted Score: 97757%
Critics Consensus: Living sets a high bar for itself in setting out to remake a Kurosawa classic — and director Oliver Hermanus and star Bill Nighy clear it in triumphant fashion.
#9
Adjusted Score: -1%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#10
Adjusted Score: 90328%
Critics Consensus: Although its subject matter may be hard to stomach, Bones and All proves a deeply romantic and thought-provoking treat.
#11
Adjusted Score: 90969%
Critics Consensus: White Noise may occasionally struggle with its allegedly unfilmable source material, but Noah Baumbach succeeds in finding the humorous heart of its surprisingly timely story.
#12
Adjusted Score: 53805%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#13
Adjusted Score: -1%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#14
Adjusted Score: 47233%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#15
Adjusted Score: 60595%
Critics Consensus: Blonde can be hard to watch as it teeters between commenting on exploitation and contributing to it, but Ana de Armas’ luminous performance makes it difficult to look away.
#16
Adjusted Score: -1%
Critics Consensus: Held together by a killer Brendan Fraser, The Whale sings a song of empathy that will leave most viewers blubbering.
#17
Adjusted Score: 92203%
Critics Consensus: Pearl finds Ti West squeezing fresh gore out of the world he created with X — and once again benefiting from a brilliant Mia Goth performance.
#18
Adjusted Score: 65141%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#19
Adjusted Score: 80192%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#20
Adjusted Score: 29678%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#21
Adjusted Score: -1%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#22
Adjusted Score: 51730%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#23
Adjusted Score: 41202%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
#24
Adjusted Score: 54852%
Critics Consensus: As deeply personal as it is demanding, Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths unsteadily walks the line between brilliance and sheer self-indulgence.
#25
Adjusted Score: 36058%
Critics Consensus: Despite an intriguing array of talent on either side of the camera, Don’t Worry Darling is a mostly muddled rehash of overly familiar themes.
#26
Adjusted Score: 23590%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.