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  Most Anticipated Movies of 2022 (A Compilation of 50 Upcoming Films By Chris Bush) Part III 20. May December Director: Todd Haynes ( Carol , Far From Heaven )  Cast: Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman. Of all the films I will include in this list, this one is probably the biggest stretch in terms of whether or not it actually comes out this year.  Cameras have not even begun rolling yet, and it's still unclear when exactly production is scheduled to begin (although I have heard sometime during the first quarter of the year from a few different sources.)  That being said though, I felt I had to include it because the odds of Haynes completing production before the end of the year are still not beyond the realm of  possibility (at least not yet anyway), and this could totally be one of those dark horse films that pops up during the midst of awards season to upset a few hopeful nominees (think Spielberg's The Post ,   which filmed during the summer of 2017, ...

  Most Anticipated Movies of 2022 (A compilation of 50 films by Chris Bush) PART II 35. Triangle of Sadness Director: Ruben Östlund ( Force Majeure , The Square )  Cast: Harris Dickinson, Charlibi Dean, Woody Harrelson, Zlatco Burić, Iris Berben, Sunnyi Melles, Henrik Dorsin, Dolly De Leon, Vicki Berlin, Shaniaz Hama Ali, Carolina Gynning, and Oliver Ford Davies. Ruben Östlund has demonstrated a sharp and wicked tongue in the dark-comedy morality plays that have become his signature genre of choice.  His dialogue flows effortlessly (and naturally) and cuts deep in a symphony of comedic beats and wordplay that even rivals the acidic wit of more familiar auteurs such as Yorgos Lanthimos and Martin McDonagh.  The Swedish director first landed on my radar with his 2014 hit, Force Majeure (which sadly fell victim to Hollywood's penchant for remaking every alternative language film into English with the superfluous copycat, Downhill , starring Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-...