This was the year in which I crossed the 5000-ratings threshold. It was also a year where I made some adjustments to ratings: after sixteen years, it was time to consider whether my scores were consistent across that time period (of course, some arbitrariness and uncertainty is inevitable).
The great discovery of 2022 was The Golden Coach (1953), Jean Renoir's masterpiece. Perhaps the reception of this movie was held back somewhat at the time of release by the fact that Anna Magnani’s English is sometimes a bit difficult to understand (according to Renoir, she learned the language specifically in order to make the film). Nevertheless, her performance is terrific. The film looks great on Blu-ray, but that disc was produced in France and lacks English subtitles: the best possible option is to find a way to add the Criterion DVD subtitles to an HD file of the movie. It can be done, and the results are superb.
- 2022 SUMMARY
Total number of movies rated on Criticker at year’s end 2022
5023 films.
New films watched during 2022
201 films, with an average percentile of 52. The full list of films watched in 2022 can be found here: https://www.criticker.com/ratings/?collection=84132.
Masterpieces (scores between 91 and 100) watched in 2022
1 film. As mentioned above, it was The Golden Coach (1953).
Non-masterpiece, but percentile of 90 or above (scores between 80 and 90) watched in 2022
4 films. They were: Providence (1977), The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), Vagabond (1985), and Chronicle of a Summer (1961). All were surprises, in one way or another.
Percentile between 80 and 89 (scores between 72 and 78), watched in 2022
22 films.
Lowest scoring films watched in 2022
A score of 25: Captain Voyeur (1969), Despair (1978), Jennifer Lopez: Halftime (2022). A score of 20: Perfect Strangers (1984). A score of 15: Xenogenesis (1978).
First and last films watched in 2022
First was The Silent Sea (2021); last was White Noise (2022).
Seen at the theatre in 2022
4 films. They were: De humani corporis fabrica (2022), Earwig (2021), Vortex (2021), and My Imaginary Country (2022).
2022 films watched
29 films. Highest score was for De humani corporis fabrica, with a score of 78, followed by White Noise with a score of 70 and The Batman with a score of 65. The lowest score for a 2022 movie was received by Jennifer Lopez: Halftime (25).
Re-watched in 2022
45 films. Among them: 8½ (1963), leading to a significantly increased score of 97. Also Contempt (1963), after the death of Godard.
Some slight shifts in the relationship between scores and percentiles at end of 2022- 92 to 100: 99th percentile
90 to 91: 98th percentile
88: 97th percentile
86: 96th percentile
84: 95th percentile
82: 93rd percentile
80: 91st percentile
78: 89th percentile
76: 87th percentile
74: 84th percentile
72: 81st percentile
70: 77th percentile
65: 70th percentile
60: 62nd percentile
55: 53rd percentile
50: 43rd percentile
45: 34th percentile
40: 26th percentile
35: 19th percentile
30: 13th percentile
25: 8th percentile
20: 3rd percentile
15: 1st percentile
0 to 10: 0th percentile
1. lumpnboy; 2. jgreenwood; 3. dardan; 4. lisa-; 5. iconogassed; 6. cherrorist; 7. iqcumber; 8. Karamazov.; 9. oskarhu; 10. Sellis; 11. Anomaly; 12. Yiannos; 13. Timon88; 14. Nathan S; 15. AFlickering. 16. Moribunny; 17. loc42; 18. Hawkins; 19. k177105; 20. JPFerguson. Of these, six are people I know “in real life”. - 92 to 100: 99th percentile