Cannesversations

For the last episode of Cannesversations this year, Eliana, and Patrick are joined by critic friends Öykü Sofuoğlu (this marks Öykü’s second time on the podcast; check out our Cannes episode on About Dry Grasses and May December) and Lawrence Garcia to look back at their favorite films of 2023.

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Below, you'll find our Top 5 films.

Top 5

Öykü

• 5 The Human Surge 3 (Eduardo 'Teddy' Williams)
• 4 Afire (Christian Petzold)
• 3 Los delincuentes (Rodrigo Moreno)
• 2 May December (Todd Haynes)
• 1 Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (Radu Jude)

Lawrence

• 5 Here (Bas Devos)
• 4 This Closeness (Kit Zauhar)
• 3 Un Prince (Pierre Creton)
• 2 May December
• 1 Arturo a los 30 (Martín Shanly)

Eliana

• 5 Our Body (Claire Simon)
• 4 Un Prince
• 3 Sobre todo de noche (Victor Iriarte)
• 2 A Wild Roomer (Lee Jeong-Hong)
• 1 About Dry Grasses (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)

Patrick

• 5 About Dry Grasses
• 4 The Human Surge 3
• 3 Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
• 2 Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Phạm Thiên Ân)
• 1 The Shadowless Tower (Zhang Lü)

At the end of the second episode, we asked Öykü and Lawrence about writings they are proud of or happy with. Öykü interviewed Radu Jude for Mubi’s Notebook, which you can find here, and Lawrence referred to his 15,000-word deep dive into David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: The Return. Make sure to check both of them out!

We wish all of you a happy year of 2024 and are hopeful for many more episodes to come in the new year!