So even though it’s still early in the year, we’ve started a survey of which 2022 releases have excited us most, from big action-adventures to small indie genre movies. The streaming era has changed that calculus - a novelty-hungry home-viewing audience doesn’t much care about the season, so more release houses are slipping interesting movies onto VOD or even bringing them to theaters during a season when they’ll face less competition.Īnd then there are always the little gems that were never intended for a blockbuster audience, and the compelling surprises we weren’t expecting would move us. The first few months of the year is a good time for resolutions, renewal, and taking stock of life, but it’s often a slow time for new movies.
