Cynthia Li — Features — Cinema As We Know It

Cynthia’s Top Ten Films of 2022

If 2021 was the year that brought the return of cinemas, then 2022 was the return of cinemas being a social experience, at least for me. I found myself less alone in the theater, with more packed screenings and livelier audiences, to the point where I finally experienced sitting in the overflow balcony of my local theater for an exciting screening of Chunking Express. If 2022 was just a preview of the electricity that could be felt in the theater again as a social experience, then bring on 2023!

FeaturesCynthia LiJanuary 17, 2023Top10s, Best of, 2022, Top Ten of 2022, Best of 2022, Cynthia Li, Irma Vep, One Fine Morning, Top Gun Maverick, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Showing Up, The Eternal Daughter, TAR, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Decision to Leave, Women Talking, Aftersun

Back to the Movies

The movies are back! As theaters begin to reopen and restrictions are lifted, we can begin to take our places again, seated alongside friends or strangers, and find fresh joys in the world on screen. The celebration and preservation of film and filmgoing will be ongoing, but the best reasons for returning to the theater and committing to making them as accessible as possible, with as much selection as possible, are those personal. In honor of their return, our August & September theme is all about our favorite theatrical experiences and why in the light of the big screen anything is possible.

Features, ThemesCinema As We Know ItAugust 6, 2021Features, Themes, Greg Arietta, Kevin Conner, Theo Rollason, 2021, Back to the Movies, Cynthia Li, Ivy Pottinger-Glass, Dante Hay