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Movies & Series 10 January 2023, 14:18

author: Jan Tracz

The Menu. Best movies of 2022

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The Menu, dir. Mark Mylod, Searchlight Pictures, 2022 - The best films of 2022 - documentary - 2022-12-16
The Menu, dir. Mark Mylod, Searchlight Pictures, 2022
  1. Director : Mark Mylod
  2. Genre : horror/satire
  3. Movie length : 1 hour 47 minutes
  4. Where to watch: Cinema

The Menu is a cheeky satire and black comedy that quickly won the hearts of viewers and critics around the world. A couple goes to a remote island to taste dishes prepared by the best chef, but - as it soon turns out - something is seriously wrong there. We have class struggle, elements of horror, satire, even Kafka, savoring the things we shouldn't, and a bit of sensationalism.

And we have Ralph Fiennes: not an acting journeyman, but an artist. Some time ago I had the opportunity to see him live in the theater and it was a transcendental experience - Fiennes exudes his charisma and proves every time that he is one of the best in the business. And so it is in this film: as the chef of this unusual restaurant, he inspires both fear and laughter. Fiennes has not had such a role in the cinema for a long time and we can only be glad that he was nominated for a Golden Globe.

Jan Tracz

Jan Tracz

Graduated Film Studies (BA and MA) at King's College London, UK. Currently, he writes for Collider, WhyNow, The Upcoming, Ayo News, Interia Film, Przegląd, Film.org.pl, and Gamepressure.com. He has had publications in FIPRESCI, Eye For Film, British Thoughts Magazine, KINO, Magazyn PANI, WP Film, NOIZZ, Papaya Rocks, Tygodnik Solidarnosc, and Filmawka. He has also collaborated with Rock Radio and Movies Room. Conducted interviews with Alejandro González Ińárritu, Lasse Hallström, Michel Franco, Matthew Lewis, and David Thomson. His published works include an essay in the anthology "Nikt Nikomu Nie Tlumaczy: Swiat wedlug Kiepskich w kulturze" (Brak Przypisu Publishing, 2023). Laureate of the Leopold Unger Scholarship in 2023. Member of the Young FIPRESCI Jury during WFF 2023.

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