Best movies of 2023
We dissect the cinema of 2023. Here is our top ranking from best to worst based strictly on our editorial autopsies.
*Demian Rugna delivers a rural horror masterpiece about a demonic possession epidemic in the Argentine pampas that shatters every moral boundary in its path.*
*Poor Things*: Lanthimos’ Frankenstein Blows Up the Myth with Sex, Color, and Victorian Cynicism
(2023)Yorgos Lanthimos delivers a dazzling, operatic, and hypersexualized steampunk fever dream about the wildest and most entertaining female emancipation in contemporary cinema.
Raúl Cerezo delivers a Spanish Gothic thriller that reeks of mothballs and sweat. Psychological terror or nursing home nightmare? Let’s dissect it.
Nicanor Loreti turns the zombie apocalypse into an Argentine style exercise: cheap, effective, and oozing more personality than a barbecue in Constitución. A masterpiece? Hardly. An instant cult classic? Probably.
The Changeling: The Odyssey of Grief in 8mm or How to Lose Your Kid and Find a Monster Under the Bed
(2023)Apollo and Emma were living a fairy tale until folk horror reminded them that babies aren’t always what they seem. Or are they?
The Fall of the House of Usher: Mike Flanagan and His Corporate Gothic Drenched in Shareholder Blood
(2023)Mike Flanagan turns Poe’s tale into a gothic soap opera with more skeletons in the closet than in the basement. Masterpiece or luxury telenovela? Claqueta Ácida dissects this feast of guilt, money, and rot.
A scathing, gut-punch review of *Baghead*, the psychological thriller that drags you into the abyss—kicking, screaming, and probably tripping over your own feet.
A biting review of 'Un amor' (2023) that dissects direction, performances, and production miseries with the cynicism of Claqueta Ácida.
Claqueta Ácida’s scathing review of HBO’s post-apocalyptic series, where cordyceps and maudlin drama run rampant—because nothing says "prestige TV" like a fungal pandemic and a surplus of tearful monologues.
A scathing review of the animated sequel that promises multiverses but delivers less than the web can handle.
F. Javier Gutiérrez exhumes rural trauma with cinematography that reeks of dried blood and a Víctor Clavijo who decomposes in real time. A gothic Andalusian horror masterpiece—or just a pretentious stylistic exercise?
A review that dissects the fifth installment of Insidious with sarcasm, hard data, and a touch of respect for the Blumhouse formula.
Lee Cronin revives Sam Raimi’s demons with a bigger budget and zero soul. Sequel or scam? Claqueta Ácida dissects the corpse.
A scathing review of the controversy surrounding *Barbie* (2023) and its explosive reception on social media.
Eli Roth tries to resurrect the slasher with a Thanksgiving-themed killer, but ends up serving a cold, reheated dish. 107 minutes of unfulfilled promises.
