We are officially halfway done with the year! Six months have come and gone, bringing us some intriguing films that may or may not enter the Oscar conversation in six more months’ time. But what if the Academy Awards were held today? Which 2023 films would walk away with the major awards? Let’s take a look back at the first half of the year and determine our winners!
Past Lives (2023) is a drama film from first-time writer-director Celine Song. It stars Greta Lee as Nora, a Korean-American immigrant who runs into her long-lost childhood best friend (Teo Yoo), triggering a week-long exploration of lost time and what could have been between them. The film premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival ahead of its June theatrical release by A24. Can this get the indie studio back into the Oscar-winning conversation?
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) is an animated superhero film and the sequel to 2018’s Into the Spider-Verse. It is directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kept Powers and Justin K. Thompson and written by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and David Callaham. It continues the story of Miles Morales, the teenager who becomes Spider-Man and discovers the ability to travel between multi-verses to visit other versions of Spider-Man. The film debuted to rave reviews ahead of its June 2 release. Is it truly as special as everyone has been saying?
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