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20 Best Films of 2023 (So Far)
With the year at the halfway point, our writers choose their favourite films, from daring documentaries to box office bombs
The Super Mario Bros. Movie review – doesn’t leave mushroom for originality
The second attempt at bringing Nintendo's iconic gaming series to the big screen feels like a first draft with a fatal case of faithfulness
The Pod Generation review – Black Mirror byproduct births only frustration
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Emilia Clarke co-star in a stunted and overtly twee social sci-fi that could have used way more gestation time
Alice, Darling review – resolutely realistic but slightly underpowered domestic abuse drama
Anna Kendrick is excellent in a dependable but limited character study of a woman pushed to the edge by her cruel boyfriend
Nil by Mouth review – Gary Oldman’s gritty drama is like Ken Loach on coke
The great actor's sole directorial credit, re-released for its 25th anniversary, offers a bleak, uncompromising vision of 90s Britain
Blonde review – Andrew Dominik imagines Marilyn Monroe’s life as a gauntlet of misery
Ana de Armas is well-cast as the Hollywood icon in the Australian director's beautifully made but repetitive and exhausting film
The Whale review – Brendan Fraser elevates Aronofsky’s tender black comedy
The actor does fine work in this adaptation, bringing humanity and humour to the story of an obese man in the throes of grief
A Perfect Day for Caribou review – handsome ruminations on inherited misery
A father-son tale about intergenerational trauma, Jeff Rutherford’s debut feature is visually appealing but too literary for its own good
Joyride review – insufferable and farcically dim-witted road movie
Olivia Colman follows up The Lost Daughter with an utterly awful dramedy that constantly trips into treacly self-parody
Firestarter review – passable but utterly uninspired Stephen King remake
Though it's blessed by an excellent score from John Carpenter, this superpowered-kid retread rarely rises above forgettable