Barbie was my highlight of the year. I've never experienced anything like it, from the anticipation of going to the cinema to the aftermath of realizing how some (men) did not get this film at all it was a real eye-opener for me. At the cinema, America Ferrera's speech got spontaneous cheers and applause. I felt there was finally a film made for me! A film-maker and big budget company understood what people like me want to see. I laughed and cried. I loved Ryan Gosling, the dance battle, the songs, the jokes. I loved it all.
My favourite film of 2023 by far is the South Korean disaster flick Concrete Utopia. It's a contemporary, very Korean take on Lord of the Flies, with liberal doses of 1984 and The Admirable Crichton thrown in for good measure. Superbly acted with plenty of darkly comic plot twists along the way, I found it to be a thought-provoking and at times bleakly disturbing study of civilization breakdown following an extreme natural disaster. I've never been more grateful not to be living in an earthquake zone! I was not at all surprised to learn that Concrete Utopia is the highest-grossing domestic film this year and has been selected as South Korea's entry for best foreign film at the upcoming Oscars.
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