Theater Diaries: 2023
Statistics for 2023 (34 films total; 36 seen overall in 2023, including Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Beautiful Disaster)
1. Original films: 19 (15 American films) (Skinamarink, Sisu, Anatomy of a Fall, The Boy and the Heron)
2. Prestige adaptations: 4 (Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.; Oppenheimer; Killers of the Flower Moon; Priscilla)
3. Other adaptations: 1 (The Blackening)
4. IP films: 10 total (including The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Godzilla Minus One)
5. Superhero: 5 (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Marvels) (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) (The Flash, Blue Beetle)
6. Sequels: 3 (Creed III, Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny)
Statistics for 2022 (11)
1. Babylon
2. Broker
3. Everything Everywhere All at Once
4. EO
5. The Quiet Girl
6. Women Talking
M3GAN, Skinamarink, Sissu, Stay Awake, and The Blackening also premiered in 2022 before their theatrical releases in 2023.
1. Original films: 19 (15 American films) (Skinamarink, Sisu, Anatomy of a Fall, The Boy and the Heron)
2. Prestige adaptations: 4 (Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.; Oppenheimer; Killers of the Flower Moon; Priscilla)
3. Other adaptations: 1 (The Blackening)
4. IP films: 10 total (including The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Godzilla Minus One)
5. Superhero: 5 (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Marvels) (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) (The Flash, Blue Beetle)
6. Sequels: 3 (Creed III, Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny)
Statistics for 2022 (11)
1. Babylon
2. Broker
3. Everything Everywhere All at Once
4. EO
5. The Quiet Girl
6. Women Talking
M3GAN, Skinamarink, Sissu, Stay Awake, and The Blackening also premiered in 2022 before their theatrical releases in 2023.
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- DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsBrad PittMargot RobbieJean SmartA tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.January 1
2022 release - DirectorGerard JohnstoneStarsAllison WilliamsViolet McGrawRonny ChiengA robotics engineer at a toy company builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life of its own.January
- DirectorDaniel KwanDaniel ScheinertStarsMichelle YeohStephanie HsuJamie Lee CurtisA middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led.January 11
2022 release - DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsSong Kang-hoGang Dong-wonBae DoonaWhen a young mother reconsiders abandoning her baby, she discovers a scheme selling foundlings for adoption.January 14
2022 release - DirectorKyle Edward BallStarsLucas PaulDali Rose TetreaultRoss PaulTwo children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished.January 21
- DirectorSarah PolleyStarsRooney MaraClaire FoyJessie BuckleyDo nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.January 22
2022 release - DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsHolaTakoMariettaFollows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of modern Europe through his eyes.February 8
2022 release - DirectorColm BairéadStarsCarrie CrowleyAndrew BennettCatherine ClinchIn rural Ireland, a quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer where she blossoms and learns what it is to be loved.March 28
2022 release - DirectorMichael B. JordanStarsMichael B. JordanTessa ThompsonJonathan MajorsAdonis has been thriving in both his career and family life, but when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces, the face-off is more than just a fight.April 4
- DirectorBen AffleckStarsMatt DamonJason BatemanBen AffleckFollows the history of sports marketing executive Sonny Vaccaro, and how he led Nike in its pursuit of the greatest athlete in the history of basketball, Michael Jordan.April 7
- DirectorAaron HorvathMichael JelenicPierre LeducStarsChris PrattAnya Taylor-JoyCharlie DayA plumber named Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother Luigi, trying to save a captured princess.April 8
- DirectorA.V. RockwellStarsTeyana TaylorAaron Kingsley AdetolaAven CourtneyAfter unapologetic and fiercely loyal Inez kidnaps her son Terry from the foster care system, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability, in a rapidly changing New York City.April 12
- DirectorAri AsterStarsJoaquin PhoenixPatti LuPoneAmy RyanFollowing the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.April 29
- DirectorKelly Fremon CraigStarsAbby Ryder FortsonRachel McAdamsKathy BatesWhen her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.May 3
- DirectorJames GunnStarsChris PrattChukwudi IwujiBradley CooperStill reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful.May 5
3D screening - DirectorJalmari HelanderStarsJorma TommilaAksel HennieJack DoolanWhen an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, German soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.May 12
- DirectorJoaquim Dos SantosKemp PowersJustin K. ThompsonStarsShameik MooreHailee SteinfeldBrian Tyree HenryMiles Morales catapults across the multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero.June 10
- DirectorAndy MuschiettiStarsEzra MillerMichael KeatonSasha CalleBarry Allen uses his super speed to change the past, but his attempt to save his family creates a world without super heroes, forcing him to race for his life in order to save the future.June 17
3D screening - DirectorTim StoryStarsGrace ByersJermaine FowlerMelvin GreggSeven friends go away for the weekend and end up trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. Will their street smarts and knowledge of horror movies help them stay alive? Probably not.June 18
- DirectorPeter SohnStarsLeah LewisMamoudou AthieRonnie Del CarmenFollows Ember and Wade, in a city where fire-, water-, earth- and air-residents live together.June 18
3D screening - DirectorGene StupnitskyStarsJennifer LawrenceAndrew Barth FeldmanLaura BenantiOn the brink of losing her home, Maddie finds an intriguing job listing: helicopter parents looking for someone to bring their introverted 19-year-old son out of his shell before college. She has one summer to make him a man or die trying.June 23
- DirectorCeline SongStarsGreta LeeTeo YooJohn MagaroNora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.July 5
- DirectorJamie SisleyStarsWyatt OleffFin ArgusChrissy MetzConfronting a serious and common problem of rural families across the country with human mix of humor and levity.July 6
- DirectorAdele LimStarsAshley ParkSherry ColaStephanie HsuFollows four Asian American friends as they bond and discover the truth of what it means to know and love who you are, while they travel through China in search of one of their birth mothers.July 7
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsJason SchwartzmanScarlett JohanssonTom HanksFollowing a writer on his world famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City to compete in a junior stargazing event, only to have his world view disrupted forever.July 9