Towards the end of 2022, as critics dutifully compiled lists for their favourite films of the year, fans of multiverse-jumping darlingThe New York Timesenthusiast tweeted that the film’s omission showed the author to be an “upper middle class zealot”. One of the film’s co-directors, Daniel Kwan, intervened: “This aggression will not stand, man.” Kwan also decried discourse around end-of-year rankings , outrage-fuelled social media algorithms .
And yet, it doesn’t act like a typical awards favourite. It is not a biopic. No one in the cast gained weight, lost weight, shaved their head, or stayed in character for three years for the role. It is that rare Hollywood picture with a majority Asian cast. Quan, the likely and worthy frontrunner for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars, has not acted regularly since his break-out role as Short Round inBut if you’re into it? It’s a perfect storm of nerdy delights.
. Cuaron echoed that sentiment: “I think it happened the same way in the ’90s with the films of Tarantino, or withThe crossover with comic book movie fans, not shy about expressing their feelings, is also key; Marvel has been working away at its own multiverse with 2022’s