Best films of 2022. I normally do 1 through 10 but in 2022, no films stood above the rest. The Batman The Black Phone A Love Song The Fabelmans The Menu Aftersun The Banshees of Inisherin The Inspection Elvis Tar Honorable Mention: Emily the Criminal, The Whale, I Love My Dad, Decision to Leave, Everything Everywhere All at Once, She Said.

Time, how one spends one's time in life, self-actualization, death. Motorcycle Boy is seemingly trapped in being a legend, a victim of greatness and fame. He doesn't even have a name. He's Motorcycle Boy. Like Elvis or Marilyn or whoever. And doomed to a similar fate. He goes to California but never makes it to the ocean. "California got in the way". "California" being an allusion to Hollywood, stardom, fame, and everything that comes with it. Never makes it to the ocean but he gets his picture in a magazine, hair slicked back leaning against his motorcycle. Once again, Motorcycle Boy becomes a brand, becomes an object, a representation. But not real. Rusty James is very different. He has no

1- Westside Story 2- Belfast 3- Mass 4- Pig 5- The Humans 6- The Lost Daughter 7- The Rescue 8- Riders of Justice 9- House of Gucci 10- I'm Your Man Honorable Mention (in order): Worst Person in the World, Power of the Dog, Titane, Licorice Pizza, Old Henry, The Card Counter, Bo Burnham: Inside, Swan Song, Coda)

1- Sound of Metal 2- Trial of Chicago 7 3- The King of Staten Island That's it...